Raelanan royal home
"A burden should never be placed on the unprepared, or else they might crumble under it."
Catherine sat in her favorite spot in the high tower overlooking the nearby town and the bridge. This was the same spot she has visited for a couple times a month every month for two years. At one time she would await her parent's arrival from this spot, but now she just watched over her land. If she was asked to recall the day her parent's left or the day when she figured out they weren't coming back she could tell you in perfect detail. She could still sometimes see the grand procession that lead them out of the castle before they left, on an embassy mission to another planet. Week after week she had stared out this window, waiting excitedly for their return, never once had her hope faltered, even at the half a year point. But finally, almost a year after their leave, news finally came. The King and Queen's envoy had been found long destroyed, the royal escorts found dead and yet, the King and Queen were never found. For months Catherine sat up there, losing hope slowly until she finally broke down. During this time her regents took over, transforming some of the land out of the normal people's eye. Machines and wonders eventually came out of no where, supposedly by government owned manufacturing cities. Now that it's been a bit over two years and Catherine was on the throne, leaving her old regents in control of much of the economics and internal problems while Catherine decided that she would take over Nameet's reopening politics and some of it's military.
Shaking herself out of the past, Catherine stood up and a smile started to form on her face, she was going to see Natalie today! She headed down to her room where her maids helped her get ready to head out, chatting with her all the while. She then smiled and waved goodbye as she headed to the zeppelin, oh how she loved the zeppelin! The zeppelin wasn't the fastest thing ever, and if one of the bigger air creatures on Nameet decided to attack it it'd probably be doomed, but nothing could beat the sites you could see from it. She got in, escorted by two of her guards and sat down. As they took off, heading to the castle of her best friend's father, she stared out the window and watched the fields go by.
When the zeppelin neared the castle of Natalie's father she she stood up, barely holding her excitement, Catherine hadn't seen her for quite a while. When she finally got out they greeted each other with a tight hug. Natalie and Catherine would then walk around for a while until they finally went to Natalie's room and talked. While talking, Natalie suddenly said "You know, I know this isn't my place, but I think you should start talking with the other planets soon, I think it's been long enough after.... You know." she finished nervously, knowing it wouldn't be good to directly bring up the disappearance of Catherine's parents. Knowing what Natalie had been about to say, Catherine gave her an appreciative smile and said "You know what, I think I will.. The time for the old rulers' sons and daughters to take over is already happening."