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Sitting just on the other side of the door, a few steps up the marble stairs that led up to the main floor of the castle, was a little elven girl. Well, little to some. She was about nine years old, but very nearly Triton's height. She was a thin little thing, whip-thin as some described her. She had dusky skin and vivid green eyes, and her black hair, though she was sitting down, appeared to flow at least down to her ankles.

"Suilad!" she said brightly as the door opened and she saw the angel's face in the doorway. "Welcome! I'm glad to see you found your way through the labyrinth, many have lost more than time in there."

She giggled, the same giggle that had led them through the maze.

Triton elbowed the elder man, not caring the fact the man was his elder and considered a father to half of his siblings. No wonder why his mother had no problem with whacking Donovan.

"Uhm.. hello there," Triton replied thinking on how tall the girl was, because she sounded young, but... she was his height, which was strange.

Then again she was an elf.

"Ah, but everyone is in bed," the girl smiled. "Indeed, I should also be in bed. Ada will be frightfully upset if he finds out I'm not."

She giggled again. "Did you like what I did with the torches? I can't make the fire, or light them, I can only make them dim and brighten. But I heard you come in, I didn't want you to get lost. I've heard so much about you!"

She pointed at Triton. "You have ears like a cat," she smiled. "You must be Triton." Her finger moved to point at Yue. "And you," she continued, "are an angel with very long hair. You must be Yue. And you," she giggled, pointing at the last person there, "are very rude, just as I have been told. You must be Donovan!"

She giggled again. "Am I correct?"

Triton chuckled at that, he thought it was a bit amusing, but of course he would be amused by all of this. Though since it was very late the question was, what where they going to do for the night?

"The guards," the girl replied with an impish grin, green eyes sparkling mischievously. "Ninako won't mind though, she always likes to hear when we have visitors."

She looked at Donovan and grinned, not even bothering to answer his question. Then she rose to her feet, her long pale nightdress falling to her thin ankles, and turned and started up the stairs in graceful steps. She said nothing to her guests, expecting that they would follow without needing to be told.

There were no guards in the hall at the top of the stairs, but when the girl opened the door, there were six in the conference hall on the other side.

One of them, the tallest of them, called out to the girl. She giggled, then replied in a cheerful tone.

"Come," she said lightly, turning back to Yue, Triton and Donovan. "I will take you to the queen. Sir Leith," she added, indicating the guard who had spoken to her, "will be following us. A precautionary measure, nothing more."

And she turned on her heel once more and led them through the conference room and down the hall towards the tower.

Donovan eyed the guard suspiously even though he knew the guard was probably just there for the kid. Still, he couldn't help it, it was just the way he was. Still he followed the pair, hoping to get this done and over with.