Sunlight poured down from the sky, its reflection glittering off the surface of the water as it moved.
In order to participate in the Dream Vow Ceremony, members of the royal family from every country had gathered together… and in one corner of Traumere, three princes came face-to-face.
Corail: “Woooow! You’re really flying!”
Adiel: “Hehe, this is nothing!”
Corail: “Can everyone in your country fly like that?”
Micaela: “That’s right. Everyone has wings and can fly as they please.”
Corail: “That’s so awesome! I bet the sea is really pretty when seen from way up high.”
Corail’s eyes sparkled as he smiled amiably, and Micaela smiled back.
Micaela: “I’m sure the Land of Coral is beautiful too. We can’t judge as we’ve never seen under the sea though… we can’t even really imagine it.”
Adiel: “Yeah. Seeing the sea from high up is definitely way different from seeing it from underwater.”
Corail: “The coral reef in Coralia is really pretty! And at the bottom of the sea there’s lots of shells and rare fish…-“
Corail spoke excitedly, then stopped as he looked at Adiel and Micaela.
Adiel: “Why’d you stop all of a sudden?”
Corail: “Hehe, it just made me real happy that your eyes were so sparkly as you listened to me talk.”
Adiel: “M-my eyes were sparkling?”
Micaela: “Hmm… well, it’s like a world out of a story, and I guess I just got caught up in it.”
Micaela and Adiel, there eyes glinting, looked to each other and tilted their heads in puzzlement. A sense of warmth enveloped the place.
Coral: “I’ll have to thank OO.”
Micaela: “Eh?”
Corail: “I mean, we live in totally different places. If it weren’t for the Dream Vow Ceremony, we probably would have never met, right?”
Adiel: “You’ve got a point. I’d have probably always been wondering what it was like under the sea if I hadn’t met you Corail.”
Micaela: “Yes, that’s true.”
Micaela came closer to Corail as he kicked his feet in the water.
Micaela: “Prince Corail. Would you mind letting us listen to more of your stories?”
Corail: “My stories?”
Micaela: “Yes. About the things living in the sea, about the stars when you look up at them from the sea… We have finally met, and I would like to cherish this meeting.”
Corail: “Yeah sure! And in exchange, will you tell me more about you?”
Adiel: “Yeah! If you want, do you wanna try flying? I should be able to carry you by myself.”
Corail: “Really? I want to fly!”
The sun reflected off the water and brightened their smiles.
And the three princes enjoyed an exchange of stories.
END