After that dream, everything seemed to make sense. Well, most of it did anyway. The two things I couldn't understand still after all of this is why I was kidnapped in the first place and lived on Earth for 15 years without being found and the second was why pretend that I was a boy. It completely baffled me.
"Princess, have you thought about things lately?" Henry asked.
"What things, Henry?" I asked.
"Isn't it better on this wonderous ship than on that pitiful planet?" Henry asked.
"Why would you call Earth pitiful?" I asked, "It has good things too."
"Like what?" Henry asked. I tried to think of anything that he would consider good.
"The native flora," I said.
"But isn't the great tree in our ship much better?" Henry asked. I frowned, from my memories that tree was dying.
"Isn't it dying?" I asked. Henry stared at me for a few seconds as if he was trying to find the right words.
"It suddenly revived itself," Henry said, "And it helped lead us to you." I was rather surprised by this notion.
"Wait, what?" I asked, "I thought it only did that when a true heir came of age."
"Yes, Princess," Henry said, "And it's you." I felt a little under qualified for this, but if Henry said so, it might be true.
"I don't know," I said, "That doesn't seem right."
"It led us to you, Princess," Henry said, "What more can I say to make sure you understand?" I sighed, I really didn't want to argue over this even though it made me uneasy.
"Let's just drop it," I said, "I need to go find Father."
"What do you need Dr. Cross for?" A familiar voice asked from behind me. I turned to see Mother looking at me with an odd look on her eye.
"I was going to ask him a question that only he could answer," I said. Mother rolled her eyes.
"And here I was going to take you to go greet the captain and pilots of the crystal palace," Mother said, "But if you need to see Dr. Cross that urgently, we can stop there on the way."
"That's fine," I said, "It shouldn't take too long."
"If you say so," Mother said. Mother and I walked to Dr. Cross's lab and she waited outside when I went in.
"Father, I was thinking about the brainwashing," I said, "And it made me realize that there was a glaring oversight. I was told that I had a terrible temper, but could it possibly just be a bad reaction to the brainwashing?"
"Well, it's nice to see you too, Viktorea," Dr. Cross said.
"Father, please answer the question," I said.
"Well, I don't see the temper," Dr. Cross said, "But it is possible as you never had a bad temper before that the brainwashing could have done such a thing. It also might be puberty."
"Oh okay," I said, "But that's not a definite answer... I thought you would have the answer, but I guess it hasn't been long enough for you to be able to tell."
"I would have to do some brain scans to be able to understand it fully and it would take quite a bit of time," Dr. Cross said, "But the pilots and captain have been waiting for you to greet them, so I think it should wait until after then. Also you don't seem to be in any danger at the moment, so it should be safe."
"How long would the brain scans take?" I asked.
"At least 2, possibly up to 4 hours," Dr. Cross said.
"So it wouldn't take an entire day?" I asked, "Why don't we do it now?"
"But the pilots and captain?" Dr. Cross asked.
"Screw them," I said, "I think this is more important."
"Viktorea, I don't think you understand," Dr. Cross said.
"First you say that I might die if I go meet people," I said, "Now you say that I have to go no matter what. What kind of logic is that?" Dr. Cross sighed.
"I can't afford to offend your Mother at the moment," Dr. Cross said.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"While you were asleep, it was confirmed that..." Dr. Cross started, but then looked away.
"That what?" I asked, after a brief period of silence, "What can't you tell your own daughter about her own Mother?"
"We might be able to have another offspring," Dr. Cross said, "But she made me agree to do what she wants for a whole day first. And her first thing she wanted me to do was go with you to greet the captain and the pilots."
"You really want another child," I said.
"Of course I do," Dr. Cross said, "But we haven't been... You probably don't want to hear about your old man's mating life."
"Okay," I said, "Let's just go then." Dr. Cross smiled and we left the room to find Mother looking worried.
"What took you so long?" Mother said.
"We were just having some Father daughter bonding time," Dr. Cross said. Mother rolled her eyes.
"Let's just go," Mother said, "And when that's over with, we'll have a nice meal, the three of us."
When we got to the bridge where the great tree, captain and pilots were, there was a bit of a strange mood, almost somber like someone had died. The great tree had grown much bigger since last time I saw it, but I saw something I never expected... The tree bore fruit, white spheres with pink dots on them, thousands of them. I paid more attention to the fruit than the captain and pilots.
"What's wrong, Captain Carlos?" Mother asked.
"The great tree has never bore fruit before," a familiar voice said. I turned to see that Captain Carlos was actually my Father's old friend Carlos Mooney. Then, I saw a rather dashing young pilot that I never saw before with lavender hair and pink eyes. My eyes were drawn to them, my heart beating faster.
"It's actually a wonderful thing," Mother said.
"Is this the Princess?" Captain Carlos asked.
"Yes," Mother said, "Viktorea, what are you doing?" I turned to look at her.
"Sorry," I said, "Yes, I am Princess Viktorea."
"It's been a while, hasn't it, Princess?" Captain Carlos asked.
"Yes," I said.
"Go on and introduce yourselves, boys," Captain Carlos said.
"I'm a girl," the other one, who had pastel pink hair said, "But anyway, I'm Ivory Lost."
"I'm Castiel Morning," the one with lavender hair said, "On the other hand, I am a boy. It's a shame, if you weren't the Princess, I would've had a chance to be with you." Mother and Father looked at each other.
"Viktorea isn't going to have a political marriage," Dr. Cross said, "So I don't see why it would be a problem. What about you, dear?"
"No problem whatsoever," Mother said, "Viktorea can choose whoever she wants."
"Castiel, why did you say something so strange?" Ivory asked.
"I meant to say it when her and I were alone," Castiel said, "But it just sort of popped out without me wanting to."
"This is why you shouldn't try to act like a playboy," Ivory said, "Nobody is fooled."
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