Closer

Sunlight poured through the windows of the castle of Far, Far Away but somebody was depressed. It was none other than Arthur Pendragon or Artie as he liked to be called by people especially his friends and family but he was depressed. It would be his twenty first birthday in a month. But he felt sad and alone.

He then snuck out after getting dressed because he would be crowned in a month on his twenty first birthday. But he didn't feel happy about being King but couldn't refuse.

"I'd rather hang around the kingdom than go through preparing for being crowned.

Besides Lillian won't mind." Artie thought as he was walking through the streets of the kingdom but felt a little lonely.

Being part of the royal family meant it was harder for him to make friends with other kids because they would treat him differently. He hoped that somebody would befriend him.

A young teen girl with black hair, slender and wore black clothes and wore a dragon necklace. She had trouble fitting in with other kids because she wasn't like other girls all pretty divas and air heads.

Her name was Aruna.

She also had magic like her mother but her mother was..... strange.

She like Aruna didn't really fit in with other adults because she was a sorceroress but wanted Far, Far Away for herself so nobody would disrespect her again.

But Aruna sighed.

She wanted to just have a normal life like other kids. She saw Artie on his own and wondered why he was alone. But some kids were around him.

She could feel that he was in trouble. Artie was worried as Lance's son and his friends were chasing him and it made him sick. They knew he was King and were trying to make his life miserable.

"Get back here loser!" Lance's son Amel yelled as Artie managed to lose them but they caught up to him.

"My Dad was right, you are a loser and nothing's changed since you've became King!" he told him as he tried to back away. Aruna then showed up with magic glowing in her eyes.

"Leave him alone jerkwads!" she yelled as magic shot out of her hands hitting Amel turning him into a frog. Amel's friends were scared and ran off.

Artie was amazed by that. He'd never seen that happen before but smiled shyly. "T-Thanks. If you hadn't came, they would've flattened me.

I'm Artie." the young King told her.

"I'm Aruna.

I moved here a few days ago.

My mother and I aren't like normal families so moving to Far, Far Away was perfect for us." she told him as magic glowed in her eyes but faded. She was hiding something from him but didn't want to say. It was that secret that made other people hate her and her mother. Her father wasn't human and she had inherited his appearance.

But her spell had concealed it by making her look human.

She had to go home.

"Thanks again for helping me." Artie said as he saw her leave. She nodded as she left. Artie sighed as he saw it was sunset and knew Lillian wouldn't be happy if he was late.

"Let's hope she forgets." he thought as he returned to the castle. When he walked into the living room, he saw that Fiona was there. An evil smile crossed his face.

But Fiona noticed he was distracted at dinner.

"Are you okay?" Lillian asked him.

"Yeah, Yeah I'm fine.

I was.... just thinking about something." Artie answered softly as he ate lobster. He hoped Aruna was okay but in the forest, in a hidden cavern home Aruna noticed her mother was using her magic to see into the castle. She sighed as she went to her room and locked the door.

"Unconcealous!" she said as magic surrounded her and her human form faded, revealing an ogre girl. She sighed sadly remembering Artie and the look on his face when she'd used her magic to take care of those kids who were bugging him.

"But if he saw the real me, he wouldn't understand but I wish..... I could look normal all the time like my Mom." she thought as she wrote in her diary......

But that night Artie couldn't sleep because he had Arura on his mind.

He hoped he would see her again.....