One Crazy Fairytale

Hi, it's me again with another story. Only this one will only last for two chapters, I thought it would be a better idea to separate the parts…

Of course the fairytale isn't that crazy, I just didn't know what title to put.

Disclaimer: The storyline of 'One Crazy Fairytale' is mine, but the characters used aren't mine, sad fact, huh?

Part One: Under the Moonlight

Once apon a time…

There was a prince who never allowed to see the outside world. Then, he was always kept in the castle and never allowed out. The only way he could ever see the outside world was through the window in his room. So he always wondered about what was outside.

What do the flowers look upclose?

I wonder what's out there

What's that?

When he was young, he always wanted to go outside, but he wasn't allowed to and was always told many excuses.

"The castle is big enough for you to play in, Van."

"You have your studies to think of, Van, not silly games out in the garden."

"You don't need to go out, Van, everything you need is right here."

At this moment in time, he was already twelve with a mind of curiosity. He wanted to go out and walk around, no matter where. He had this feeling that where ever he went, he would always find a way back. Doesn't he always? It always works around the castle.

So late at night, he decided to sneak out and see the world for himself. He made a rope out of the cloth in his room and climbed down. "This is the outside?"

To him, the outside was much more beautiful than looking at it from afar. It was a beautiful night, that night, as if Nature was getting ready for Van's arrival. "I didn't know that the trees were so big and these flowers look more beautiful outside than in a flower pot," he said. He knew that he was acting silly, but it's the first time he's ever stepped out of the palace.

He walked through the sleeping town when he kicked something. "It's a rock, no, a pebble." He bent down and picked it up. "So this is what it looks like…"

He continued to walk through the town, looking into the closed shop windows and looking at places he's never seen before.

Then he saw a lot of trees. "This must be the forest," he muttered. He looked around. He didn't think of the guards walking around until now and the minute he saw a weird light, he ran straight into the forest.

"Great, now I'm lost…" he thought to himself.

Then to his utmost surprise, he heard a voice. "Oh… where am I? I think I got lost again!"

He turned to see a girl around his age looking around in confusion. He had no idea who she is. He thought that she was a fairy. After all, in many tales he's heard of so far, the fairies always appear in the forest. He could already feel his heart pounding in his chest when he asked, "Who… are you?"

She turned around and looked at him with her jade green eyes and held his gaze for a moment. When she finally realized that it was another person she was looking at, she smiled. "Hi! I've never seen you here before. Are you lost, too?"

Van didn't know what to say. It's been the first time he's ever spoken with a girl the same age as he was. Yeah, there were woman servants at the castle, but there was never anyone younger than twenty there. He decided it would be safe to pretend. "Um, it's my first time out. My name's Van Fanel."

"Nice to meet you, my name is Hitomi Kanzaki. Do you want to walk around the place? Since you've never been around here before…"

"But you look pretty lost to me," Van said. "Besides, this is a forest."

"Uh? Oh yeah. I know this place isn't very familiar to me but I think that I could work it out. I've been around this area many times," Hitomi said, taking his hand.

Van blushed. "Yeah, okay." It's the first time he's ever felt like this. What could it mean?

"Let's go to the dock first. The dock is always fun!" Hitomi said, smiling. "What is… a dock?"

"No way! You don't know the dock? That's impossible! Every kid should know at least what's near the dock."

"What?" he asked.

"Ships, right? Don't tell me you don't know!" She said in surprise. Van looked down, embarrassed. He was so sure that Hitomi was going to turn around and run away from this weirdo who didn't even know what's near a dock, or even where it is, aside from the fact that it's near water. But instead, she said, "Then we have to go there! There's always at least one ship there at night and the stars are out tonight, it'll be a great first visit to the dock! Let's go!"

She turned around and began to run, which meant that Van had to also follow because she was still holding his hand, and he was going to drag if he didn't run too. She was laughing, like the child she was. But he didn't know what it was like to be with another child like he was. He never was allowed to play with anyone. He used to play with his big brother, but now, Folken's too busy for anything.

But he knew Hitomi was different from any of the people he used to play with… very different. "There's the exit!" she said in an excited tone of voice, disrupting Van's flow of thought.

When they were out of the forest, the wind began to blow and Hitomi walked slower than usual. "We're near the dock," she said with less enthusiasm, Van then wondered how she lost her gusto. Not that they lost most of their energy running through the thick, dark forest, but it nearly seemed as if Hitomi had all the energy in the world to burn. Suddenly, she turned sideways and pointed there, a smile across her face. "There's the dock!"

"Wow." the dock was beautiful. The water sparkled with the moonlight and if you look closely enough, you could see the moon itself reflected on the crystal clear waters and on the water floated a ship, a big white ship. And in the sky hung several stars, for the night sky was clear. "I told you, didn't I? Let's go find someplace to sit!"

She began to run over nearer the dock. "Hey, Wait…" Van said, he had to follow Hitomi over to where she ran and sat down. "Nice view here, right?"

Not knowing what to reply, he nodded. "Hey, Van, do you believe in dreams?"

"Dreams?" he repeated.

"Yeah, like do you believe that they'll all come true someday?"

"I don't know, they might," he said. He'd never ever thought about dreams, because whenever he told someone about his dreams for the future, they would say that:

"What, Dreams, Van? You don't need to think of your future, your future will be to become king someday, not all of that stuff you're thinking about."

But he knew very well that he wasn't in line for the thrown, his brother is. His older brother Folken was in line for the thrown and can no doubt handle the position better than anyone else.

"I believe that dreams do come true some day. But my best friend Yukari doesn't think so. She thinks that 'maybe if you wish hard enough, dreaming alone will do no good,'" Hitomi said, acting like a school teacher.

Van couldn't suppress a smile. "What are your dreams?"

"I don't know, I have a lot," she said. "I don't even think all of them would come true, but at least some of them. But I do know that it would be nice if I could become an artist, though. But arts aren't for women. How about you? Do you have dreams?"

"Just the ones I get during my sleep," Van said.

"Then what do you dream of?" she asked.

"I once dreamed of being a bird and flying to different places," he said. He made that up; he didn't want Hitomi to know that he was a prince that never went out until now. His dream was to be free, to be free of everything, responsibilities, rules, everything.

"That's a nice dream," she said.

"Hitomi! Hitomi!" someone called.

"Oh! That's my mom! Oh!" Hitomi stood up and ran to where her mom was standing.

"What happened to you, Hitomi?" a tall woman with long wavy brown hair asked Hitomi.

"I was too caught up in talking to my friend… oh, he's gone," Hitomi said.

Van had run back into the shadows of the forest, it was better that way, he realized that too. It was better if she didn't know that Van was a prince.

Slap! "Oww…" he groaned.

"Didn't I tell you not to go out?" Van's mother said harshly.

Van was surprised by the slap. His mother has never been so harsh before. Never. "Why can't I go out mom?" He asked. "Why can't I go out to play like other kids can?"

Her expression softened. "Van, because there is something that I don't want you to go through, please understand."

Van just looked at his mother, who knelt down and gathered him into her arms. He didn't understand, not a bit.

Hi, people! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, even if it's only part one of two. I also separated the two parts to see if people will like my story, so if you do, please make an effort to make a review on what you think about it so I'll know if I should make the other part 'as soon as I can' or 'leave it for later'

Don't worry, my other story will be updated really soon, I can promise that, just give me a little more time.

Thanks for reading my story!