Today was finally the day Aria had been looking forward to for as long as she could remember.  She was finally old enough to start her serious training for being a queen.  But first, she would get the chance to go out and see the world for a day.  But her father had not brought anything up about her journey.  She had been waiting patiently all morning for him to finally speak up, but he never did.<br/>It was around noon when the young princess finally appraoched her father while he was in his study.  Her face looked like it was attempting to look serious, but came out looking nervous and unsure of herself.  "Father....I-I want to see the world!", she blurted out suddenly.  Her father looked up from his map at his daughter with a rather quizzacal look on his face, "hm?  Excuse me?" He chuckled.<br/>Aria's cheeks turned red and she looked down as she twiddled her thumbs, "I mean....I am old enough to finallu see what life is like outside the royal walls...you promised that once I was eighteen I was aloud to go.." she said as she approached him with a small smile on her face.<br/>Her father sighed, patting his daughters head, "well...I suppose you're right.  You can go out and see the forest for the day" he said, not sounding all too approving of the request.  He didn't like tge idea of his precious daughter going out by herself, but if that was what she wished.<br/>With a smile on her face, Aria's lavender eyes lit up in pure delight as she hugges her father, "thank you father!  Thank you so much!" She exclaimed.  She immediately grabbed her already prepared satchel and changed into a more suitable dress that could be easy to walk around in.<br/><br/>Aria exited her village quickly as she headed for the gates and walked through them eagerly.  She windered how the forest was and how much it might have changed.  The first thing ahe did was wander off to where she uses to play as a child.  A smile formed on her lips as she found the old wooden planks shaped like swords.  She used to play with Alexander here...<br/><br/>She wondered how he was and if he remembered her at all.  She had always wanted to meet with him again, so she could apologize for being pulled away from him.  She continued to look around the area.  The trees were a dense green and the air was nice and warm, perfect weather.