Right next to the balcony was a litter flown by four teenage army girls. it wasn't overly fancy compared to other things in thus reality; the mist decorative thing about it was the silk hangings gathered at the corners that could be pulled in to offer privacy. Karyn and I stepped across onto it without any fear at all and then the girls flew us away.'
We took a fairly straight path towards the city and descended quickly so by the time we had reached the city limits we were just high enough to clear the tree tops. As we moved forward, we were steadily joined by other flying litters carrying the other governesses and my sisters. We touched down on a road called Queen's Way, because it was the widest path and it ran in a straight line from the royal tower to the palace. Immediately another four girls ran up to grab the lower poles so the liter could be walked to the palace and the first four flew off, probably to get good seats to watch.'
The road was backed with spectators cheering as I went by. One little girl was jumping up and down so hard her raven black pigtails were flying all over and her miniskirt kept threatening to reveal her panties as she screamed, "Mommy! Mommy! Here comes the Queen! I can see her!" The woman standing behind her, presumably her mother, finally said, "Rachel, please try to behave more like a young lady." Of course, this was the same woman that almost fainted when I blew her a kiss.
I winked down at Karyn and she just shook her head and sighed. But we were both having a lot of fun, waving to various people, batting our eyelashes seductively, but all the while keeping a tight hold on one of the other's hands.
When we reached the palace, it almost took my breath away. It was like the White House, but on steroids. Here's a little brain teaser. Where is our capital city and which country grew to an interstellar empire? I'll give you three clues.'
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There is a famous saying about this place: "All Roads lead to..." (now it's: all space flights lead to Earth)
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Even in the old reality this empire is famous as being one of the biggest and most powerful of it's time.
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The religion of my people says that Minerva, goddess of wisdom fell in love with Venus who she married and latter made the immortal goddess of love. I am descended from their first daughter. Obviously this religion is distorted from the mythology in the old reality, but the names and titles are the same.
Okay. That should have been enough clues for you to realize that I am queen of the Roman Empire, and therefore, the capital city is in, psych!, Rome. Enough of that...
We entered through a pair of silver double doors. The throne room immediately through them was pretty impressive. With the high arched roof and and statues of past queens along the walls it was very fancy. The litter stopped right at the door so we could step of just inside. We walked up to our throne and sat down to watch everyone else come in.'
Sarah sat in a throne to my right. Her outfit was identical to mine except she wore a much smaller tiara. Michele sat on Karyn's left and she had the curliest little dress on. She wore a pair of white lace pantyhose over her legs. The skirt of her dress was very short and it stuck out almost horizontal because she had such a huge petticoat underneath but the booty of her pantyhose was ruffled silk for a very girlish effect. The bodice was very high cut so none of her chest was revealed, but the entire dress looked like it was made out of big pink flowers and she had a flower tucked into her hair over one ear. The only jewelry she wore was a pair of tinny diamond earrings and a diamond necklace.'
The thrones were on a semicircular, raised dais. In four rows of sectional couches divided into three sections were the governesses and the diplomats. The governess sat in the two sections on the side and the diplomats on the one in the middle. They represented all of other empires that we had alliances with, were our vassals, or hand various treaties that they wanted negotiated. Behind those rows were all of the citizens of the city and visitors that had come to either get a glimpse of the menagerie of aliens or see first hand the decisions of my court. At the very back, squashed into the corners, were the camera crews.
When it looked like everyone was getting settled down, Karyn squeezed my hand, gave me a quick kiss and whispered in my ear "You're on love." I stood up an cleared my throat. Instantly the room got quiet.
I won't bore you with the details. Let's just say that all inter-solar problems were dealt with appropriately, alliances were reapproved, harsh warnings were given to the groups that had been problematic, and everyone clapped and bowed graciously before heading out to dinner.'
I didn't linger, however. As soon as it was appropriate for us to do so, Karyn and I were on a plane headed north. Today was the last day of the fall council and Karyn and I were going to spend our month long break in out private winter wonderland.
