A carriage, white pristine, the door, latch with gold embroidery, adorned with sigil
A shield, carried by a bird of prey
Meaning the protection till the end of time
Inside, a space as comfortable as carriage can be, a family of three. Chilling, chatting, and preparing
For what's to come
"You'll love him"
Said the mother, to her cute little daughter
Her daughter, hand fidgeting. Her heart, thumping loudly, so loud you can heard it even after a miles away
The girl, is cute. A face of beauty. Pink flowing hair, smooth as silk. Eyes sky blue, tribute to her mother genes. A combination that define pretty
Soo much only handful can match her in the field
Even a duke, enticed by her, His son that is.
There was one problem tho
Its duke Burgundy, an apple drop not far from the tree
And luckily, her loving parents, even tho the offer is "very" profitable, kindly decline. At first
The third time, a tragedy
In a gala, full of nobles. The 8th birthday of the crown prince. She is 7th at that time. The son of duke Burgundy, Tiernan Burgundy, is feeling on top of the wind. Keep clinging to her, like a bond made of glue
Claiming her to be his in front of the noble houses
And her father, came to her defense. Storm in anger
The king is there, stopping the charade
For her father, a pardon, latch with threat. Same for the heir of burgundy
Peaceful solution, as all thing should be
But for Tiernan, who knows what kind of evil hidden in his tiny black heart
Her name is Violet Fernicus, of house Fernicus
A marquis house a position right under duke, with their own economy, their own anatomy.
Cause the king allowed it.
Too important to lose, but too scary at the top
That was house Fernicus
And this matchmaking, the combining between two noble house. It doesn't make sense.
Marquis and Viscount, were too far apart on the ledder. That is if you look from basic noble perspective.
But if you look at the head of family, A literal Joker, and a madman full of love
Then you understand
Both noble house combined in the name of friendship, stupid and weak
So the other noble, look away, to busy to care
Except duke Burgundy that is
After undefined time, who the perspective lost between chat and love, they finally see a silhouette of a manor. Uniquely place in the middle of forest, close, but far enough from the nearest town.
A demand from the joker himself, after his ascension to noble
Quote from him
"I don't like been seen"
Wonder what secret lies in this little family
The parents, grew exited from time to time, while the daughter, heart thumping. Throat starting to dry, his being has been gripped buy choking anxiety
"What if he cruel, What if he doesn't like me, What if he ugly, What if he Boring, What if he like male ?"
Her thought jumble, growing impossible by the second
Until the carriage came to a stop, right in front of the manor gate
A giant, black, scary door seen from her perspective, Standing ominously in front of her. Ah..... She want's to puke
That is until he saw a woman, clad in dark simple gown, showing her prominent curve, sexy, but also untouchable.
In her left, a boy, as tall as her. Black short hair, dressed neatly. Red glowing eyes, judging, and quiet hot to look at. Both of them bowing, enough to show respect, but far from show if submission
Looking at the boy, Violet heart stopped
Do u believe, in love at first sight ?
If u don't, then it's understandable...trully
Cause you neither noble nor have choice little to none
And looking at the boy, Violet can't help but muttered
"Perfect"
"Ehm"
A voice, sweet, with a tinge of masculine. Interrupting her little admiring and daydreaming.
Looking at it, her father smile, while her mother, even bigger. They afraid, their daughter will not accept this betrothal proposal. Can't help it tho, The maquis is family man at its core.
If he need to choose the world or his daughter, the world will burn.
Well, He'll try at least
"So"
The marquis said, cut to the chase
Looking at her daughter, he accepted immediately. The women in front of him, is now a family. The boy, are now his son in law. Now...the only thing he supposed to do was to find the man of the house.
"A little rude no ? to welcome us here without the man of the house"
The marquis says
"Who says i'm not here"
Immediate answer, from his left side. The marquis, turn to left, to the supposed to be the source of the sound, Yet, his vision drawn to the love of his life, looking at him with concern
"What is this ?"
He thought. With brows taut almost touching one another
Helping her husband, the marquess point her finger, to the right. Just beside him
There, a man, still in black tuxedo, standing without care in the world. His joker like mask, still piling in his face. Then, comes the bow, as a sign of courtesy, also because some maid is still watching. Who knows if there was a rat who hidden among them.
"Its a pleasure to meet you marquis, I welcome you to my humble abode"
Say the joker, calm, and devoid of tricks
The marquis, satisfied, ever direct
"Pleasure is all mine, Anyway, why don't you give me a tour, and let the youngster do.... youngster thing"
"A magnificent proposition, don't you think ?"
The joker ask, his eyes straight at the viscountess, signaling something only the two of them can heard
With a smile as bright as sun, she declare
"Agreed"
"This way"
The joker lead, leaving 2 bewildered kids in their own little thing
Altaris, dazed, both by the beauty in front of him and by the development of their relationship.
"What should we do ?"
He ask, meakly. Also with some shake in his tone
"I....I don't know"
Violet, even better. Her voice ware cracked even
"It's too soon".
She thought. Her finger, fidgeting in uncontrollable way. Her eyes altered, between two thing that interest her. Either her own toes, or Altaris magnificent face.
Oh...sweet young love
Altaris, realized that he need to step in, rack his brain. Then, something click. A plan, to make the moment more memorable, for her mother, and for his love life
The first step is to extend his hand, slowly, surely, guiding her to accept and with tweak. following it with poem like sentence, coated with sweat sugar voice
"My fair lady, may i guide you to the land full of flowers ?"
Ah.... what a romantic words