I am going to give this a real medieval/fantasy feel in my own way so I wrote this while listening to a song on youtube called 2 hours of celtic music by Andrian von Ziegler it really gives me the feel for the medieval period. This is my second maid-sama fanfic story, please check out my first it's called Space Wars.

Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Maid-sama I only own my creative brain.

Chapter 1: a special night

A fair kingdom in the East called Cerakith was ruled by a kind King and Queen, under their rule the land prospered, everyone was happy. The Queen (Lady Minako) gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby girl with raven black hair and amber eyes. She grew up to be an intelligent, strong girl, she could debate in politics and her parents were sure she would bring the land to prosper one day and become Queen. Misfortune dawned on the happy family as one by one there relatives were murdered by what seemed to be terrorists from the neighboring West kingdom of Briranad, the latter kingdom denies this and claims that is was them who had killed their relatives. The two kingdoms are currently on the verge of war, both have become over-protective of their heirs and hardly ever let them out of the castle unless for a good reason. But they couldn't keep them locked up forever sooner or later they would want to break free and this is where our story begins.

"Misaki you can't leave the house without a bodyguard!" Erika, Misaki's nurse called out to her mistress as she ran out to the stables. It was already the evening, the orange brightness of the sun shown over the castle walls and illuminated the garden Misaki was running through.

"Aw come on Erica, I don't need a bodyguard I can take care of myself and besides I will be with Sparks plus I will be wearing a mask so no one will know it's me and just in case I am bringing this" Misaki said gesturing to her dagger hanging on her side covered by her cloak.

She opened the stable doors and walked in. She wore a long maroon robe, with a white snug-fitting top matched to a brown short bountiful skirt with black leggings and brown leather riding boots.

"my lady is being reckless" Erica said, trying to keep up with her.

"oh come on I am not a child anymore" Misaki said trying to hide her annoyance.

"its not that my lady, The King and Queen will have my head if anything bad happened to you. What if someone kidnapped you or even worse what if-" Erica said trying to warn her of the dangers but got cut off by Misaki.

"I know I know but what are the chances of meeting a terrorist at this time? The Walkers have to be crazy to disrupt us now. I just want to let loose at the Riders festival before having to act formally around the nobles tomorrow" she said trying to calm her overprotective nurse. The Walkers were the royals from Briranad. She walked up to a sleeping dragon.

"Alright but be home before the town clock strikes the 24th hour" Erica warned, worry was still clear in her voice.

"I will don't worry" Misaki reassured her. "Sparks? Sparks wake up" she said waking the black scaly dragon.

Sparks stifled a yawn before becoming excited to see Misaki and cuddled up to her. Misaki giggled. Sparks is a battle dragon but only feels comfortable around Misaki and doesn't let anyone else come near him.

"Good boy, come on we are going for a ride" she said saddling Sparks up.

"Be careful" Erica said as Misaki lifted herself to sit on Sparks's back.

"Aren't I always?" Misaki said as Sparks made a head start run out of the stables and began to spread his wings and they took off into the evening sky.

Flying higher and higher until they were above the clouds. Misaki reached out to touch the clouds. Her hands pierced the white clouds as they flew, she took in a deep breath and made a clicking sound with her tongue and hung on tight to Sparks. Sparks began to descend down at a fast pace.

"Slowly" she said in Sparks's ear and he immediately slowed down his pace. To go from the castle and back you need a dragon to do so, ever since the assassination of Misaki's relatives the King and Queen hired magicians to have the castle ascend to the sky. Misaki's family the Ayuzawa's derived from race of dragon riders so they didn't have a problem with this at all.

It took a while before they reached the town but they made it and landed gently in front of a place called the dragon cafe. She obviously couldn't walk around with sparks everywhere on the busy streets everyone would all be scared and that would ruin the fun.

Misaki walked in with Sparks, this place was always nice and cozy and gave out a nice atmosphere.

"Hi Aoi-kun" Misaki greeted dark blue hair teenager behind the counter he looked like he was around 19 older than Misaki.

"oh you came back Misaki-chi and still as unfashionable as ever even thought you're a royal" He said with he hands on his sides.

"I like things simple" Misaki defended.

"Right you should start dressing more girly" He said.

"1 stable" Misaki said gesturing to Sparks she didn't want to talk about this.

'Fine, this way" Aoi said leading the way to the stables, they walked through to the back and had Sparks set up. Misaki had to set Sparks up though since Sparks wouldn't let Aoi touch him.

"How much?" Misaki asked.

"Its on the house" Aoi said. Misaki's eyes widened at his sudden generosity.

"Is that ok?" she asked.

"Its fine, it's the yearly Riders Festival anyway you were supposed to have fun" he shrugged her off.

"ok?" Misaki didn't know what to say. "Then I better get going, see ya later Aoi-kun and take care of Sparks for me" She said slipping on her mask and slipping on her hood she walked out the shop.

'Like this monster would listen to me" Aoi scoffed. Sparks gave Aoi a dirty look and turned his back to him. Aoi sighed.

Misaki walked to the centre of the town where there was a steady beat of music in the air everyone wore really flashy clothing and masks, everyone was full of joy clapping their hands, dancing together.

Sooner or later Misaki got pulled into the motion she was dancing from person to person in circles then she danced with a man with a green mask who this time had golden spiky hair pointing out from the top. Misaki thought that this was unusual since most people from her kingdom had dark brown hair. They didn't know it but they were now the centre of attention dancing together in a fast paced rhythm to the celtic drums and flutes playing. Her hood unconsciously slipped back revealing her raven black shoulder length hair.

"I wonder who this is, he is tall and well built, his only facial features I can see is his striking emerald eyes." She thought.

When the music ended everyone around them cheered and clapped for them Misaki blushed realizing they were the centre of attention.

"Your pretty good" the mans silky voice said. He took off his mask revealing his emerald orbs.

"Your not so bad yourself" Misaki said smiling, pulling her hood back over her head. "Well I have to go it's been fun-" she tried to walk away but he gripped her hand so she couldn't move.

"Wait" he said.

Misaki turned around and raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"What is your name?" he asked.

"….." Misaki just stood there unsure of what to say. She couldn't just tell him her name he would know right away that she's a royal, this sneaking out of the castle was supposed to be a secret and she didn't want to lie either.

He waited for a response then finally she said. "Misa.."

"Just Misa?" He chuckled.

"you don't need to know more than that" she said trying to get her hand out of his grip.

He grinned. "I am Takumi Usui"

She shot him a glare. "Let me go"

He let her go and she started walking away. To her annoyance he kept in stride with her. "Why are you following me?"

"Because you caught my interest, would you let me buy you a drink?" He said flashing her one of his sexy smiles that made all the girls around except for Misaki sigh longingly. She raised an eyebrow at him.

"Look here playboy I am not an ordinary girl who would fan girl about your pretty boy face so I suggest you give up and find some other girl to get drunk with" Misaki said firmly walking faster away ignoring the other girls complaints. "Aw but he is so good looking" some girls cooed.

"what a waste" said three girls who wore dancing costumes, the costumes were really revealing.

Then the said group of girls approached the Takumi thinking they would have a better chance.

"Hey gorgeous if your free play with us" they said with hearts in their eyes the middle girl bending slightly so he could see her cleavage. But Takumi just walked right past them. "Sorry ladies I am only interested in one girl" he said walking away leaving them disappointed.

"Aw that's no fun" they said watching his retreating figure in case he changed his mind.

He turned towards where the raven haired girl stood ….. to his disappointment she was long gone.

Misaki just continued to walk through the crowd ranting on. "Stupid pervert, idiot, playboy, how dare he try pick me up" if she wasn't trying to keep a low profile she would have already punched him, sent him flying to the next town over.

She didn't notice she bumped into someone. "OOMF!" they both tumbled over to the ground. There was crashing sound kinda like the sound of glass breaking. The man she bumped into looked nothing but trouble, he had at least a hundred piercings on his ears and face and a eye-patch with a skull mark on it. In other words he was scary as hell!

"ah I am so sorry!" Her little crash into him broke what he was carrying and by the evil look he was giving Misaki it looked like he wanted to murder her or something else.

"You bitch! your gonna pay for that." He said standing up ready to grab her by the arm. Misaki slapped his hand away and ran for her life, nope she doesn't want to die not yet she kept running as fast as she could. Around half way through to running back to the Dragon café she fell and scraped her knee her mask flew somewhere far but quickly got up back again to run seeing as he was gaining on her fast.

"shit" Misaki swore under my breath. He almost caught her.

Then she felt hands grab her around waist and pulled her away in a dark alley way. One hand covered her mouth. Now she was really scared did this guy catch her? she struggled but couldn't get loose from his iron grip.

"ssshhh it's me" he said into my ear. His breath tickled Misaki's ear then she realized it wasn't the scary man that was chasing her. She relaxed a bit. "….. Takumi." She thought.

"The bitch got away" the scary man said spitting on the side of the road. "when I get my hands on her she's gonna regret living." He said walking away. Misaki gulped at his statement.

"He's gone now" Takumi said.

"Then let me go" Misaki said struggling. "your too close" she said blushing. His body was pressed up hard against hers.

He reluctantly let her go. "What Misa-chan? no thank you kiss?" he said as if it's a given.

Misaki hit his shoulder and glared at him. "not even in your dreams pervert and don't call me Misa-chan!" she replied dryly her face was red from embarrassment.

"Considering you almost got yourself killed" he trailed on.

"I could have managed on my own!" she burst out at him.

"yeah right if I wasn't there he would have already caught you and raped you or even worse"

She couldn't argue with that.

"but anyway you look really cute without your mask on" Takumi said a little bit taken a back she has fair white skin like porcelain and the cutest kissable red lips he ever saw and the Amber eyes that has drawn him in. but he quickly discarded his thoughts when her eyebrows nitted together her face even more red as before glaring at him.

"why was he chasing you anyway?" Takumi asked. Trying to change the sybject.

"I accidently bumped into him, he dropped whatever he was holding and it broke-"

"he got angry and chased after you?"he finished her sentence for her.

"yeah" she looked down.

"you aren't hurt are you" he said watching her expression carefully for any signs of strain.

"why do you even care anyway?" Misaki said looking up but that was a mistake she got caught by his emerald eyes. So she looked away blushing.

"I don't really know myself" Takumi said. "where are you going after this?" he asked.

"Home" she answered and began walking off but she limped a bit.

Takumi sighed. "your not ok so sit down"

"What are you going to do?" she asked.

"Nothing much now sit down" he ordered. She sat down on a nearby crate and watched as he undid her left boot.

"You have a sprain" he said checking her foot.

"Its nothing"

"Doesn't look like nothing." He carefully touched her foot. She moaned. He couldn't help but smile at the cute sound she made.

"don't try anything funny" She said her voice dripping with venom. He just chuckled.

"don't freak out ok?" He said

"why would I freak out?" she asked curiously.

"you'll see" he said.

"Let light gather heal the pain of thy injured and let it be no more" he chanted with his hand covering her ankle. And a bright green light began to gather around Misaki's sprained ankle. Misaki was definitely surprised but this wasn't anything new to her she was surrounded by such people everyday. In no time Misaki's ankle was healed as if nothing happened to it.

"You're a mage" Misaki said still really surprised. He had to have a really high leveled magic power if he could heal someone only the mages at home could do this and they were elders who have been practicing for years.

"You know about us?"

"its kinda of impossible not to know about you"

"what do you mean?"

"your not from around here are you?" Misaki said, although she had her suspicions of him not being from here now she was certain.

He paused before answering. "can you read minds?"

She snorted. "No silly our country has a history of magic users for one is that The king hired a team of Mages to ascend the castle somewhere in the sky for the princesses safety" Misaki didn't know what it was but she got the feeling that she shouldn't have said that she felt really weird talking about herself.

"I see .…." Takumi said, surprise evident in his eyes about Misaki's knowledge. He held out a hand for Misaki to get up from sitting on the crate. She accepted it and got up. Just then he pulled her in a hug.

"What are you doing you pervert!" flustered she tried to break free.

"Can we meet again?"He asked. Was he pleading her? She wondered. Does he really want to meet her again?

She thought for a moment and replied. "Yeah but …. I don't know when I will get a chance to go out again."

And without further ado Takumi held up his hand and muttered something under his breath then a ball of light shown on his palm he took her hand and slowly the ball of light dissolved on the top of her hand leaving a rose mark.

"whats this?" Misaki asked.

"do you know how to concentrate magic?"

"yeah a little" she said staring at the mark on her hand.

"try to concentrate it to your hand"

She did as he said and the rose mark lit up to a light orange. "wow" is all she could say.

"you just have to do that and I will be right over anytime" he said winking at her.

She blushed "pervert" she looked up into his eyes. They stared at each other for a while. Their lips were inching closer together. Then Misaki realizing suddenly pulled back.

"well I ah hahaha better get going I don't want my parents to worry"

"I'll walk you home" He said following her.

"you don't have to!" her level of voice surprised the both of them she blushed feeling very hesitant. "He will know I live in the castle if he follows me dammit!" she thought.

"but I want to"

"NO!"

"but what if someone attacks you on the way back"

"I am not a kid!"

Just then they heard a loud growl. They both turned to see Sparks rushing towards them.

Takumi jumped in front of Misaki to protect her he was about to cast a binding spell when she yelled. "Don't hurt him!"

Misaki dashed passed Takumi and extending one hand towards Sparks. "stop" she said. Sparks immediately slowed down and came up to Misaki. "What are you doing here" Misaki said caressing Sparks on his neck.

Takumi was staring in awe as the girl in front of him easily calmed down the raging dragon he was about to say something when.

"Misaki-chi!" Aoi rushed up to her.

"what happened Aoi-kun why is Sparks here?"

"Sparks suddenly went crazy and broke out looking for you I think" He said out of breath.

Misaki gave a questioning glance at Sparks as if he would suddenly talk and tell us why.

"oh"

"What does 'oh' mean?" Aoi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He must have sensed that I was in danger" she said patting Sparks on the head. "Thanks for coming for me Sparks but I am fine now" she told the dragon and he calmed down for good.

"Seriously it totally freaked me out when he went crazy and rushed out of the shop" Aoi said grimacing at the memory.

Someone cleared their throat. Misaki and Aoi both turned to the blonde in question.

"oh right Aoi-kun this is Takumi Usui he saved me a while ago from this scary guy, Takumi this is Aoi my Childhood friend" Misaki introduced them. Takumi sent Aoi a look I think he is deciding whether Aoi is friend or foe.

"hmmmm" Aoi said analyzing Takumi. "So even Misaki has some taste in men?" He smirked.

Misaki's blushed so hard she could be mistaken for a tomato. "ITS NOT LIKE THAT!" She exclaimed.

"sure it isn't. What were you guys doing alone together in a dark alley? Not what I think you were doing I hope?"

"WE DIDN"T DO ANYTHING!" Misaki exclaimed on top of her lungs.

"yeah yeah keep telling yourself that I better leave you two love birds alone sorry for interrupting your heated moment." With that said he walked away leaving Misaki speechless.

"oh and Misaki are you sure its ok that your up this late? Its already 01:45am" Aoi said over his shoulder before disappearing for good.

"WHAT 01:45am!?" she envisioned Erica already sending troops out to look for her. Shit.

"Takumi I gotta go see ya later she rushing on Sparks's back"

Takumi held her hand. "HEY LET GO I HAVE TO LEAVE!" she said. He pulled her close and kissed her deeply on the lips.

"Have a safe trip Misa-chan" He smirked. Before Misaki could react Spark flew into the air with a wide eyed, red faced Misaki holding on tightly.

"you pervert"

Yeah that's was chapter 1! R&R and Tell me what you think guys I made this way longer than Space Wars. Did I rush it too much? Should I take it more slowly? But still there is a lot of time for that considering that there will be a lot of upcoming conflict.

-Yuki98