Iris smiled, her hand instinctively going to the crown that now sat permanently upon her head. It felt heavier than her Earthly hair clips ever had. "It’s good to be home, Mephisto."
Princess Iris, flanked by her best friends and fellow princesses—Talia, Auriana, and Carissa—stepped through. After years of exile on Earth, after countless battles against the tyrannical Gramorr, they were finally coming home not as refugees, but as victors. lolirock home
The Royal Homecoming
"Your Highnesses!" Mephisto, the royal steward, dabbed at his gem-encrusted eyes with a silk handkerchief. "The sun hasn't shone this brightly in a decade." Iris smiled, her hand instinctively going to the
But for Auriana, the bubbly princess of Borealis, the adjustment was hardest. She stood on a balcony overlooking the vast, silent gardens. No cars honked. No Mr. Jenkins yelled at her for stepping on his petunias. There was no pizza. After years of exile on Earth, after countless
Auriana danced with a candelabra. Talia tapped her foot, finally relaxed. Carissa beat a rhythm on her shield.
The next morning, the palace staff was bewildered. Princess Iris was in the royal kitchen, sleeves rolled up, trying to explain what "dough" was to a very confused, four-armed Voltan chef. Princess Auriana had somehow gotten the royal laundry room to produce a giant, inflatable swimming pool which she was filling with rainbow-colored bubbles. Carissa was using her gem powers to build a go-kart track in the throne room, and Talia was writing a rulebook for a board game called "Defeat Gramorr-opoly."