A memorable meeting

She looked around and found that she was in a large meeting room, a room of her palace, and it was full of people.

"I'm home," she thought. "I can't beleive it! I'm home!" She got up, unaware that she had been seated, and spun around, taking it all in.

"It's over! The nightmare is over! No more dragon! No more deathly perils! No more demented knight!"

"Uh, princess?" said a serene female voice beside her. "Are you feeling all right?"

She looked towards the voice. It was Kiara, one of her most trusted advisors. She had quit, so if she was beside her, the time-reversal had obviously worked.

"If you want," she continued, "we can discuss this later."

Astra looked down at her table. On it was a request for funds to build a new school; a request she remembered having rejected because there wasn't enough children in the area.

"No, Kiara," said Astra, smiling. "Everything's going to be fine."

Astra picked up a pen, and signed the request. If she was going to be given more time, she might as well start by trying to keep Kiara from quitting.

Kiara got up, and addressed everyone in the room. "Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was the last order of business. Unless, of course, Her Highness has anything to add?"

Astra got up, still smiling. "Not at all. I remember you have been working very hard, so I'll give all of you the rest of the day off. Meeting adjourned!"

With the meeting over, her thoughts turned to...

1. ...her parents, who should be out on a battlefield now.
2. ...Kiara, who had had more reasons than just a school to quit over.
3. ...the kidnapping, which was bound to occur in a few days.

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