I wrote my first
Amelia/Zelgadis fic... It's an angst >.< I think I
did good on this one...
The Love of a Princess
"I call him and he doesn't come... when will he be
here?" Amelia,
Princess of Seyruun, was leaning on her windowsill, looking
out her
window.
It seemed like everyone dear to her was gone. Lina and
Gourry went to
the Dark Star's world to find good food. Filia stayed in
the outer
world, as did Zelgadis, searching for his cure. Her father
was
dealing with his duties, not having much time for her. She
wouldn't
even mind Xellos' company at this time.
A tear slid down her face, which turned it to many more
tears. She
slid to the ground, and let herself cry.
"Zelgadis-san... you said you'd visit." She said
while sobbing.
She heard a knock on her door and she immediately dried her
tears and
put on her best voice.
"Who's there?" She asked.
"Princess, Its Captain Diego. An important letter came
in for you.
May I step in?" A booming man's voice sounded.
"Come in." Amelia answered.
The Captain of the Guards walked in; bowing before her then
handed
her the letter. She quickly took the letter opening it up.
Amelia,
I'm currently living in Dunedin. I finally found my cure
there, but
no one told me the consequences. It seems that I will only
be able to
live for another 3 months. By the time you get this 2
months will
have passed. I was hoping I would be able to see you before
I died.
Maybe you could cheer me up like you normally do. Please
come here,
Amelia... I need you...
Zelgadis
"Oh my..." Amelia put her hand to her mouth. She
dropped the letter.
"Princess Amelia. Are you alright?" Diego walked
over to her side.
"Leave me alone please..." Amelia murmured.
"H-Hai!" Diego left, shutting the door behind him
softly.
Amelia waited till she hadn't heard his footsteps anymore
and got up
and packed a small bag for herself. She knew that her
father wouldn't
let her go, but she had to go. And no one was going to stop
her. She
strapped her bag to her back and took off with a Raywing
spell.
"Zelgadis-san." An elderly woman stepped in the
room of Zelgadis
Greywers worriedly.
"She'll be here," Zelgadis said weakly. "I'm
sure of it."
"Maybe you should stop thinking about it and
rest." The lady said.
She placed a glass of coffee by Zel's bed stand.
"You know you shouldn't be drinking that coffee."
She said, leaving
the room.
"She'll be here..." Zelgadis closed his eyes and
went to sleep with a
smile on his face.
This conversation happened every day. Zelgadis's life
energy was
going away every second that he breathed. He was losing
hope in
Amelia coming to visiting him. He was also regretting all
the times
he was too busy caring about his cure, when he should be
paying
attention to Amelia's love for him.
"I'm here to see Zelgadis-san. Please let me see
him!" A voice was
echoing through Zelgadis's mind.
"He cannot have visitors." The elderly lady
answered the desperate
girl at the door.
"My name is Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun! He asked me to
come!" The girl
replied.
"Amelia...??" The lady widened her eyes in
surprise.
"Amelia!" Zelgadis sat up in his bed, looking
around wildly.
"Come this way." He heard the widowed lady, Mrs.
Sakenen, lead Amelia
towards his room.
"It's not a dream..." He said softly, his eyes
widening. Zelgadis
turned his head to the doorway, seeing Amelia standing
there, her
eyebrows furrowed with worry.
"Z-Zelgadis-san?" She asked. He voice was a
whisper and could barely
be heard. Amelia looked at him. He was frail which made her
burst
into tears. She ran towards him, hugging him.
"Z-Zelgadis-san... Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai!" She
exclaimed. "I had
trouble dodging the guards that came after me and such. I'm
sorry it
took so long... I really wanted to be with you!" She
sobbed.
Zelgadis smiled and patted her on her back. "It's all
right... It's
all right."
"Don't go Zelgadis-san... I want you to stay!"
Amelia looked up at
him, tears streaming down her face.
"Now it's my turn to say sorry. If I weren't so caught
up in getting
a cure, maybe things would have been different."
Zelgadis said
soothingly.
Amelia reached up and placed her hand on the side of his
face. "You're skin is soft..." She murmured with
a slight smile. She
remembered that even though this was a sad event for her,
it was even
worse for Zelgadis.
"I think so too," He said laughed then told her
softly: "You've grown
into a beautiful woman... no make that Princess."
They talked for a few hours about Zelgadis's journeys and
Amelia's
life as a Princess. Since she had turned 18, she had more
duties as a
Princess of Seyruun than usual. As they talked, Amelia
admired
Zelgadis' bright and happy face. Finding his cure did a lot
to his
attitude. Though he was still serious, he actually laughed
at the
jokes she told.
Amelia brought out a camera, sometime during the day and
took
pictures. A few of Zelgadis and Mrs. Sakenen, but mostly
some of
Zelgadis. She had one picture left to take and wanted it to
be of
Zelgadis, but Mrs. Sakenen took the camera with a smile.
"Amelia-chan. Wouldn't it be nice to have a picture of
Zelgadis and
yourself together?" She asked softly.
"But I have pictures of Zelgadis and myself
together." Amelia started
to protest. Then she thought, `Correction… it's of us and
Lina-san
and Gourry-san.
"Sure… I'd like that." She smiled and inched
closer to Zelgadis.
Mrs. Sakenen snapped the picture of the smiling couple,
then handed
Amelia back the camera.
"Would you like to sleep in this room with your
koibito tonight?"
Mrs. Sakenen walked in the room, asking Amelia kindly.
"K-Koibito?! Anou… Zelgadis-san and I-" She was
cut off by Zelgadis.
"She could stay here the night. I'm sure you have
something she could
sleep on?" He asked Mrs. Sakenen.
Mrs. Sakenen smiled. "Alright. I'll get it ready for
you, Amelia-
chan." The lady already like Amelia, seeing how nice
and polite she
was, though she occasionally spilled tea.
When she left, Zelgadis spoke up before Amelia could.
"Amelia… Remember when you gave me your Heroine of
Justice bracelet?
I had a strong urge to kiss you right then and there and
stay with
you forever and protect you. But I knew I couldn't. The
people of
Seyruun wouldn't let someone who looked like a freak marry
their
princess."
Amelia opened her mouth to speak, but Zelgadis placed his
finger on
her mouth, not letting her. "I've always regretted it,
and spite the
fact I wanted to go to you and make it up, I decided to
find my cure
instead. When I found out my cure, I was greedy and I cured
myself
with out finding out the consequences."
Amelia started to cry silently, all over again.
"Shimatta… I didn't
want to make you cry." Zelgadis said, frowning.
Amelia smiled through her tears. "No Zelgadis-san…
It's OK."
Zelgadis lift his hand to her face, wiping her tears. He
then leaned
forward and before he kissed her whispered: "I love
you… Amelia."
He then sealed it with a kiss, kissing her with all the
love he had
for her. Amelia's eyes widened at first, then slowly
closed, a light
blush appearing over the bridge of her nose. Mrs. Sakenen
started to
walk through the door, but stopped when she saw them
kissing. She
leaned on the wall next to the door, with a sigh.
She reached into the pocket of her dress and pulled out a
heart
shaped locket, a picture inside. It was a picture of her
and her late
husband. The picture showed the cute couple that looked
slightly like
Amelia and Zelgadis.
Amelia didn't end up sleeping where Mrs. Sakenen had placed
a place
for her. Instead she slept with her head near the crook of
his neck
and slightly sitting/laying on his bed. The next morning
Mrs. Sakenen
walked in the room, Zelgadis and Amelia still sleeping. She
quickly
woke Amelia up.
"Amelia-chan. Zelgadis-san will not make it past ten
minutes after he
wakes up." She said solemnly, yet firmly.
Amelia frowned, her lip quivering. "How can you say
that?! Zelgadis-
san will make it! I'll cast a resurrection spell and he'll
make it! I
just know he will!" She exclaimed.
"No… Amelia-chan. It's Zelgadis-san' time. He'll wait
for you up
there." Mrs. Sakenen shook her head sadly.
She held out her arms and Amelia immediately went to her
for comfort.
She was just eighteen. So many of her loved ones died in
her past
eighteen years and now Zelgadis? Her shoulders shook as she
buried
her face in the motherly like woman's shoulder. Thirty
seconds past
and Amelia stepped back, wiping her tears.
"Gomen nasai… I didn't mean to cry like that."
She apologized.
"It's alright Amelia-chan…" Mrs. Sakenen smiled
softly, reminding
Amelia of her own mother.
Mrs. Sakenen offered Amelia to have some tea, which Amelia
agreed to.
Amelia let the tea soothe her.
"Amelia-chan? You are Princess of Seyruun? How is it?
It must be
nice." Mrs. Sakenen said, starting a conversation.
"It's alright. It's not as much fun as it used to
be." Amelia
answered thoughtfully.
"Ah… but it's every girls dream to be a princess and
have a handsome
prince on a white horse." Mrs. Sakenen said.
"I've heard that… Huh? Zelgadis-san!!" Amelia had
a feeling rush over
her that she didn't recognize, but she knew something was
happening
to Zelgadis.
She and Mrs. Sakenen both hurried up and ran into the room.
Zelgadis
was awake, but having a coughing fit and seemed to be in a
lot of
pain.
"Zelgadis-san! Hang on!" Amelia exclaimed,
raising her hands above
her head to cast a resurrection spell.
Zelgadis reached up and took her hand. "It won't work.
I don't know
why but it won't work."
"Why? Why Zelgadis-san?" Amelia's face was
clouded with worry.
"Amelia don't fret… it'll cause wrinkles at an early
age." Zelgadis
said, trying to cheer her up.
"Zelgadis-san…" Amelia struggled to smile, but
couldn't.
"Amelia… Promise me…" Zelgadis squeezed his eyes
shut, struggling to
keep from screaming because of all the pain.
"Promise me… you'll rule Seyruun like you are supposed
to." He
couched out.
"And that you'll… marry a handsome prince… And you'll
live happily
ever after…"
"Zelgadis-san… please don't ask me that." Amelia
said, hugging her
self with her bangs covering her eyes.
"I understand." He relaxed the pain seemingly
disappearing.
Amelia knew what was going to happen next. She couldn't
bear to
watch, but she looked up anyway.
"I love you…. Amelia…" Zelgadis lifted his hand
to Amelia's
face. "Sayonara…"
Amelia let her tears stream down Zelgadis's hand and lifted
her hand
up to clasp his. "I love you too… Zelgadis-san."
Zelgadis smiled then his hand went limp. Though she didn't
want to
believe it, he was dead. She fell to her knees, burying her
head in
Zelgadis' chest. Mrs. Sakenen watched her, but said
nothing. She knew
what happened and knew that Amelia needed time alone.
Four years later, Amelia was married. By the law she had to
be
married before she reached the age of 20. The neighboring
Prince
Zachary of Spectrum was delighted to hear of their arranged
marriage.
Amelia never had a child of his. It turned out that she
would never
be able to bear children.
She `justicefully' suggested that they adopt an orphan. It
was a
tough decision, since there were so many children to pick
from and
since Prince Zachary didn't want to adopt at first. She
finally
picked a boy, who resembled Zelgadis and re-named him,
Zamel, putting
together hers and Zelgadis's names.
Amelia had a smile on her face and a happy heart when Zamel
came home
with them. She felt as if Zelgadis was smiling down on her
from above.
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