The North PacificBoard

The Churches of the German Republic were in the midst of celebration on this Easter Sunday, millions attending cathedrals and church sessions to hear the story of the lord rising from his tomb and the formation of Christendom itself.

For the Royal Family, an annual trip to the Deutscheras Grand Cathedral was in order. As they arrived the cameras flashed on them, Josephine and her husband Kaiser Paul Braün walked up the stairs, Paul wrapping his arm and gloved hand around Josephine for comfort, knowing that Josephine had always been uncomfortable with the media.

Lucrezia meanwhile walked behind them with her younger sister and Brother Elizabeth and George, she was in her twenties now, a popular woman amongst the youth for her more rebellious nature compared to the polished nature shared by much of her family. Once inside they were safe from from the eyes of the media as they took their seats on one of the many balcony viewing areas around the side walls of the church, being royals gave them the privilege of being separated from the rest of society at times, this was one of them. The session was as normal, people had families to go and see so the church couldn’t keep them all day as they could’ve centuries earlier.

Josephine and Paul left for the limo first, they were hosting an Easter Dinner Party for the highest in German Government. Lucrezia was invited but turned it down, seeing Parties as such to be only bragging circles for the rich and powerful. Though she was one of them she preferred her time in the streets speaking with normal everyday men and women, unbeknownst to her sister the Kaiserin, it was she who truly won the hearts of the people to the royal family. Lucrezia let her younger siblings go with Josephine and Paul as she walked down the large avenues of the city, people would walk up to her and get her autograph, only to still be standing there with her having an average conversation.

Lucrezia enjoyed this aspect of her life as a Royal, people would come to get autographs and she’d be able to hear their stories and troubles. She decided to take a break from walking for just a moment and sat down on a park bench. She looked above her at the wonderful trees, filled with shades of Green, Pink, Red, And yellow. She smiled to herself and sighed.

“If only I could just stand around and do nothing all day.” She said with a small laugh as she began thinking about what she was going to do that day. She continued thinking for sometime, beginning to go through the memories of her childhood. She remembered back when the German Empire was last active on the world stage, thinking about that though brought her back to a particular day when she was fourteen and the Pandoskan royals had arrived for a summit on a war against another power, one which she forgot the name of at the time.

She smiled as she thought of the young man Yuri that she used to hang around whenever he was around, she found the boy an enjoyable presence in her life. However the last time she saw them was when she had turned sixteen, after that the Empire fell into isolationism after a rise in communist activities across the nation. She didn’t know what brought her to those memories but she knew she did indeed miss her childhood. Now though she was 26 years old, the world ahead of her with her new found enjoyment of diplomacy and international relations. She got up again and headed off towards the Palace for Easter Brunch with her extended family, continuing to remember the olden days one memory at a time.