CHAPTER 1

The sun shone brightly that day, I remember it as if it was yesterday, Ms. Yaya had woken me up earlier than usual on the King's command. Her constant chatter, which usually irked me beyond words, was actually tolerable that day. Ms. Yaya is…or should I say was…my maid. I've known her ever since I was just a young sprout. Oh how I wish I could change how that day went, everything would be different! Everything would have been the same….

"Oh! Princess it is time to awaken! Look! The sun is shining for your awaken!" Ms. Yaya rummaged through Amu's closet for a set of new clothes. Ms. Yaya had shoulder length blondish brown hair that she always kept in pigtails. Her hair was curly so her pigtails looked like little seashells. Her eyes were a bright brown, her eyes were naturally big so when she widened them it looked too strange for Amu to not chuckle. Ms. Yaya's attire was the same every day, a white corsage with a azure blue vest. Her skirt went down almost to her ankles, the color matched the vest with white frills that circled the waist and extended down. Ms. Yaya's hair was decorated with a maid bow on each pigtail, the color was also azure. All maids were dressed in their owner's favorite color; Amu's was azure blue so she had to wear it. Ms. Yaya never complained about it so Amu assumed she either like the color or…..No, Ms. Yaya would never complain even if she was wearing the last color her father wore when he died.

This household's maid system was unlike any other house; your own designated maid did basically everything for you. Woke you up, fixed your bed, washed you, clothed you, put your food on the table. Amu had two maids, her two best friends in the house.

The young princess frowned, waking up in the morning was not her favorite thing to do. Oh what she would do just to awaken in the late afternoons instead of the early mornings! Oh what she would do!

Amu yawned, rubbed her eyes and moved her sheets away. She swung her legs off the bed a little too forcefully which resulted in her losing her balance and landing on her bottom. Amu hissed as the cold started seeping through her nightgown, as if it knew, the sun shone brightly through the window and seemed to warm up the room. A slight smile appeared on her lips, it wasn't until Ms. Yaya waved her hand in front of Amu's face that she realized that her maid had been talking to her this entire time.

"Princess Amu! By Gods! Are you alright?" Ms. Yaya laid her hands on Amu's shoulders to help her stand. "We go through this every morning you know? Which reminds me that the other day…."

It was around this time that Amu usually paid attention to something else until Ms. Yaya finished chatting. Ms. Yaya was an interesting person, if only the chatter could lessen just a smidge…. Amu decided it was about time she paid attention to what her maid was talking about.

"Funny right? I never thought he would ever do that! Anyway, Princess please head to the bucket over there to get washed." Amu wasn't really in the mood to argue for once, she made her way towards the buckets. One was full of water while the other one was empty, after taking off her clothes Amu chose to sit in the empty one. She waited for Ms. Yaya to finish fixing up her bed, the young maid made her way towards Amu after she finished and picked up a small sized container filled with water.

The water hit her like a ton of bricks. One problem that came with the winter is the lack of warm sun to heat up the nearby river. Princess Amu shivered violently which caused the hairclip in the hair to fall off revealing her long bubble gum pink hair that naturally curled at the ends.

"Princess! Your hair has come off its bindings! Oh well, might as well wash it." And then came another ton of bricks. Amu inwardly cursed and wished for it to end already.

A full half an hour later, Amu was done while her mind kept thinking that the gods must be punishing her for something she might have done.

"Alright Princess go BANZAI!" Ms. Yaya lifted her arms up to show how it's done which really doesn't make sense. They both go through this every morning and yet she insists on showing Amu how it's done every time which leads her to one conclusion: She herself enjoys doing it.

Reluctantly, Amu raises her arms towards the ceiling while Ms. Yaya puts each arm in its respective hole in the gown. The gown nicely flows down to Amu's knees; Ms. Yaya turns her around to tighten the gown. The corset port of it was so tight she wouldn't be surprised if she dropped dead from lack of air. This was a new type of dress made exclusively for her, untightened the article looked like a flimsy gown, easy to do everything in; if the gown is tightened then it looks like a breathtaking dress…..It's magic she tells you…magic.

Once Ms. Yaya finished her...magic, she set a large mirror in front of Amu so that she could appreciate her own looks. The gown was beige and clung to the right spots. There were frills on her shoulders; they extended down to her waist while maintaining their parallel positions. The dress, if even possible, seemed to be even tighter at her waist before completely releasing into the skirt part of the attire. The skirt was the only thing loose about the outfit; a few frills were located at the bottom of the skirt. Amu hadn't noticed when Ms. Yaya put matching shoes in her feet….The woman is magical.

Amu merely looked at her outfit before looking up at the mess of a hair; Ms. Yaya had probably forgotten all about the mess….again. Ms. Yaya looked at me expectantly, my right index finger pointed towards my hair and her wide eyes bulged. Amu wasn't sure why they hadn't just fallen out her sockets.

"Oh my! Princess how could I forget?!" Ms. Yaya's voice had shrieked which caused Amu to wince, her ears were sensitive. On her mind however, the princess wondered how she could not forget. A slight smile appeared on her lips, Ms. Yaya would never change.

Grabbing a nearby brush, Ms. Yaya quickly went through my hair; she took out all the knots and used a pair of scissors to cut Amu's split ends….Not that she had any. Once she was finished, Ms. Yaya looked over at the clock and widened her eyes again. Amu managed to contain a laugh as Ms. Yaya shrieked again.

"OH DEAR! The king will not be pleased about this!" Quickly, Ms. Yaya looked around to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Once she deducted that there was nothing left to do, Ms. Yaya grabbed Amu's hand and led her out the door and down the hall. Footsteps clicked onto the surface of the marbled floors as the two made their way down the bedroom hallway into the dining room area. The two stopped in front of the door for a few moments so that Ms. Yaya could inspect Amu's attire once more, the princess wished she could tell her everything was alright and perfect but she remained silent. Ms. Yaya gave the princess a thumbs up before slowing opening the door to reveal her family.

King Hinamori sat at the very end of the unnecessary long dining room table. Queen Hinamori sat right next to him, her eyes were lovingly gazing at her husband as the two chattered about something that didn't concern Amu. Her younger sister, Princess Ami, sat on the left side of the table; the youngest princess was fidgeting in her seat probably due to the fact that she was hungry. Her lovely golden eyes finally landed on her older sister, she smiled brightly before jumping off her chair and onto her older sister lovingly. Princess Amu smiled slightly and patted Ami's head.

"Older sister! Did you rest well?" Amu nodded at her question. "Come eat with us!" Amu nodded again before making her way towards her parents, she bowed respectfully before making her way towards her seat.

"Ami! Do not leave the table without excusing yourself!" Queen Hinamori chastised her young child, her right hand entwined with King Hinamori's hand.

"Sorry mo-" King Hinamori lifted his left eyebrow expectantly, "ther" Ami finished slowly. It had been a habit to call her mother "mommy" however as she aged the privilege lessened. "It's just that older sister Amu finally made it here and I was happy…" Ami nudged her fingers together, she kept her head down as she made her way towards her respective chair.

Amu was hearing all of this as she made her way to the farthest seat away from the family. It wasn't until she arrived at her seat that she noticed there were no plates or utensils. Confused, Amu stared at the King.

"Amu." The king's voice seemed to echo throughout the dining room, "sit across from Ami for today."

Amu stopped staring and frowned at his order. Why? She never sat so close to her family, her respective spot was the farthest seat. Then a slight flash of anger appeared on her features before disappearing. She had stood right next to that seat to respectfully bow to them as a good morning greeting, why hadn't he said so then? Why let her walk all the way back to the far seat only to have her walk back to them? Princess Amu moved her hands behind her as she walked towards them to make sure they didn't see her fists clenched. To the King and Queen it seemed ladylike to walk like that, everyone is pleased.

Amu nodded slightly before sitting in the chair across from Ami, the King and Queen's eyes bored into Amu's head as she sat down. The princess scooted her chair forward and layed her hands on her lap awaiting breakfast. Almost as quickly as she had thought so, breakfast was set in front of her. French toast with eggs and bacon. A small container of what seemed like soup along with a glass of what seemed like orange juice. Amu nodded at Ms. Yaya for setting her food down which gained her a wide smile from the maid.

The family said their prayers before eating their meal, about 15 minutes in, King Hinamori cleared his throat. "Amu." The princess stopped in mid action to turn her head towards the King.. "You might have wondered why I asked you to sit across from Ami today." Aaaah, there it was. She knew there was a specific reason; Amu mentally slapped herself for thinking the King felt like being nice today. The princess simply lifted her eyebrows as if urging him to continue as she lowered her utensils.

The King cleared his throat again, "You have an errand to run for me and my wife. You and Ami are to travel to the downtown city and pick up a package."

Amu frowned slightly a little confused as to why he hadn't asked a maid to fulfill this task.

"You may take your respective maids, you two are ready to receive your family heirloom."

Ami's eyes brightened at the mention of her long awaited heirloom

Now it all made sense, no one other than the owner may touch his or her respective family heirloom. Amu nodded slightly, maintaining eye-contact with the King. Why did Amu herself have to go though….

The King's eyes diverted toward the wall clock, a young man walked in. He was fairly tall and completely dressed in black. Amu eyed him suspiciously before looking back at the King. The stranger whispered a few things which the King in return nodded to. The stranger then left afterwards, a few moments passed ,"You two are to leave immediately. A car is outside ready for you." Amu nodded and motioned for Ami to head out with her.

Once they arrived in the living room, Ami's voice cried out "KAIRI! WE'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE AND YOU NEED TO COME WITH ME!" Only a few moments passed before the young man appeared from the doorway.

"Princess Ami," His eyes bored into hers, "there is no need to scream. I can hear even the faintest whispers from you."

Ami shook excitedly "I'm so excited! Father is sending us for a package!"

"Oh?"

"Yeah an heirloom! I waited so long for this!"

"…"

The young man was much taller than Ami. He had short green hair that looked nicely combed, he wore glasses and his attire was entirely restricted. The young man was covered from the neck down. He wore a formal suit, Ami's favorite color was gold and so was Mr. Kairi's vest outline. His dark green eyes glanced over at Princess Amu before bowing then his attention focused solely on Ami.

Amu walked to the nearby table where two bells stood. She picked up the left one and rang it. Moments later, Ms. Yaya appeared.

"Princess Amu? You rang?" Amu resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

Soon after, Amu rang the bell on the right. Nothing. She rang it again….Nothing. Amu frowned, her second maid usually responded before she even finished ringing it the first time. Amu rung one last time before the young maid appeared. Her long dark violet colored hair looked a little disheveled which was unusual. Her uniform was exactly like Yaya's except for the small flower that hung on her left shoulder.

"Nadeshiko! What's wrong with you?! You usually get here faster than that! Are you alright?!" Yaya's voice boomed throughout the dining room, I raised a finger to my lips for her to quiet down.

"Princess Amu" Is she sick? Amu made her way towards the young maid before resting her hand on her forehead.

"No Princess, I am not sick. Forgive my tardy, I was in the midst of cleaning up when you rang the bell. Forgive me." Nadeshiko bowed causing Amu to shake her head.

Ami's foot tapped on the marble floor, signaling for us to go. Once again, Amu resisted the urge to roll her eyes at Ami's impatience. Amu, Nadeshiko and Yaya along with Ami and Kairi made their way outside to the awaiting car.

The trip was rather long, Amu sat next to Nadeshiko and Ami while Kairi and Yaya sat on the opposite end due to lack of space. It took them a full 2 hours to reach their destination, all of them were exhausted by the time they got there due to the heat.

Everyone not including Kairi and Amu gasped at the sight that was awaiting them outside. This was a mansion! Probably even bigger than that, a young man stood by the gates.

"Welcome, Princess Ami and Princess Amu." The young man looked at Yaya when he mentioned my name.

Ami giggled at his mistake, "What are you talking about? This is Older Sister Amu." Her right hand motioned towards the pink haired Princess next to her.

"Oh! Forgive my mistake Princess." He bowed towards him, his dark blonde hair swayed forward. "My name is Tsukasa, owner of the building. I've been in charge of heirlooms for…" He eyed us carefully before finishing, "quite some time." Mr. Tsukasa flashed us a big smile before motioning for us to enter.

The gates seem to open by themselves, leaving the Hinamoris and their maids to enter the beautiful garden. By gods! This place was marvelous! The entire garden seemed to light up, the green grass looked well-kept along with the water fountains. There were flowers…well….everywhere! The colors made the grass look like a place of rainbows! Amu's eyes couldn't help but look everywhere, it wasn't until later that she noticed everyone else had already entered the garden and Mr. Tsukasa was staring at her.

Amu frowned before lifting her right eyebrow. Her eyes finally actually looked at him. He reminded her of someone familiar….except…older somehow. His dark blond hair was short though his bangs were pretty long extending past his chin. He was dressed in a white blouse and black pants.

"Princess Amu. Forgive my rudeness of early." Amu shrugged, dismissing it. "It's just that Yaya had the requirements needed to be a Hinamori. The blonde curls, the golden eyes meanwhile your hair is pink and your eyes are well….silver and gold mixed together."

Amu's eyes narrowed at the man, the reason for her hair and eye color were no mystery to the public. The King had made it quite obvious the reason behind them. Slight anger fluttered through her eyes before she made her way past him and towards the large double doors. The moment her hands made contact with the handle she felt a slight shock. Her eyes widened slightly, she opened the doors after deciding it was okay to just ignore what happened earlier. The moment Amu's foot landed on the carpet in front of her Amu stared at the ceiling in awe. The design was just fabulous. Was there anything wrong with this place?

Mr. Tsukasa hadn't wasted any time with conversation for which Amu was grateful, he opened a nearby cabinet after punching a few numbers.

"Ami, you have a microphone key chain. Your voice is truly wonderful so I am not surprised that your heirloom is this." In his hand was a golden keychain, the microphone looked a little unusual, there was a diamond shaped button on its side. Amu could tell that Princess Ami restrained from pushing the little button. While Ami continued gawking at her heirloom, Mr. Tsukasa stared at Amu before pulling out another box.

Amu frowned again, why is there a heirloom for her? Amu always assumed she wouldn't have any. Suddenly, the Princess stared at the lock in Mr. Tsukasa's hand. It was a strange looking lock, there was a 4 leaf clover….No, 4 hearts were attached at the ends to shape a 4 leaf clover.

"This…is the Humpty Lock. A special item, it's yours." He dropped the lock in Amu's outstretched hands.

Amu stared at the lock, it was obviously closed and yet there was no key. Didn't these things usually come in pairs?

Mr. Tsukasa noticed her looking at the keyhole. "Oh yes! There is indeed a key for it. The Dumpty Key is not in my possession however I do know who owns it. The owner is Tsu-"

"Older Sister! My heirloom is wonderful look!" Ami hurried over to Amu, accidently tripping on the rug. Her outstretched arms pushed Amu back as a loud BANG! Sounded throughout the area. A gunshot!

Amu clung to a nearby couch for protection. 3 more shots were fired, one landed close to the Princess. Were they targeting her? Then came the silence.

A loud thud then followed, something wet touched Amu's hand on the ground. Her eyes widened as she stared at the scarlet liquid on her hand. The Princess panicked, has she been shot? No, she would have felt pain. Then whose blood was it?

She looked around the couch to see Ami, lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Amu froze, this had to be a dream. Quickly and not even thinking about the danger, she rushed towards Princess Ami's side. Amu clutched Ami's hand, no response. She shook her, still nothing. Her left hand brushed Ami's left cheek, she usually leaned into her hand in response…nothing.

Her eyes fluttered open, "Big sister? It hurts…" Tears were streaming down her cheeks, Amu's heart seemed to fling forward. Something wet descended her cheeks….Tears. Amu was actually crying after so long. "Hey Onee-san?" Amu's heart lurched forward now, it had been so long since she's called her that. "Onee-san? Where are you? It's all black."

Amu's throat closed, the tears were becoming waterfalls now. Amu's heart pounded in her chest, she opened her mouth to say something, anything! But nothing came out, for once she wished she wasn't mute! Amu tried everything, she tried shushing her to preserve her strength….anything.

Her small hands reach for her heirloom, the small microphone dangled in front of Amu's face. It's gold was mattered in blood, Ami's blood. Amu's heart pounded even harder, "Here I want you…" Ami took a breath, "to have it." A slight smile graced her lips. Amu's hands wrapped around her sister's, she shook her head.

Suddenly the hand went limp, Amu's heart sank. She shook Ami's body once again, for a response…something….ANYTHING!

Her little sister was gone. Never to return. She was so young, she was loved. Then the realization hit her, Ami was really dead! Memories of the two together flashed before her eyes, when she was just a baby, when she stuck to Amu like glue, when she picked out her first hairstyle, when she put them in ponytails to match her favorite singer. Her Ami was gone and there was nothing she could do. Nothing mattered afterwards, the only thing she cared about was Ami and her. Nothing else mattered at the moment. Why did this happen? Her fists clenched at her side, remember! The bullet….was meant…for her. It was all her fault, if only she had attempted to catch her then Ami wouldn't be dead. Dead? Ami was dead? One last look at her sister's face and Amu fell into a dark pit.

"AMI!" Amu screamed at the top of her lungs, she hadn't even noticed she spoke. The world was now broken, no way to fix it. Ami was the sunshine in the darkness in Amu's heart. "Ami! Please wake up! Please! I promise I'll bake you your favorite cookies, I'll do anything." Amu pleaded, tears streaming down her cheeks. The room was losing oxygen and fast, it hurt to do everything. It hurt to breathe, it hurt to talk.

Mr. Tsukasa had put a hand on her shoulder but Amu didn't notice. She didn't notice anything. "Ami!" She cried once more and hugged her little step-sister. Her sister's blood was now tainting Amu's beige dress. "Ami, Ami, Ami" Her hoarse voice repeated.

Then came the laughter….

"THAT'S what it took to get you speaking?" A female voice spoke behind her, she turned around to notice Nadeshiko with blades in her hands.

Amu's vision was clouded from the tears, it took a moment to see the blood dripping off the blades. Yaya and Kairi's bodies were also on the ground, blood was gushing on their necks. Amu slowly and emptily made her way towards them. "Yaya? Come on get up, who's going to wake me up in the morning?" Then Amu looked over at Kairi, "You two, you need to get up, who's going to wake Ami in the morning? You two were supposed to get married remember?" Anyone with proper vision could see that Yaya and Kairi were an item.

A foot connected with her left jaw, "Seriously? You're pathetic! They're dead!" Nadeshiko's voice sounded again.

Amu stared up at her in disbelief, "Nade…" Her voice muttered, "shiko?"

"Oh yeah! I forgot." She then cleared her throat, "There!" A male's voice then sounded, Amu looked around before noticing it was Nadeshiko that sounded like a male.

"Nadeshiko?" Amu asked again.

"No, I'm Nagihiko, her twin brother you fucking retard."

Amu frowned, she'd never heard of this man before. "H- H- ow"

"You saw me earlier this morning you know? Dressed in black and I talked to your father?"

Amu shivered slightly, the King was capable of a lot of things but not this….No…Not this….Could he?

"Yup! It's true." Nagihiko read the confusion and disbelief in her face. "The plan went haywire though, Ami wasn't supposed to push you out the way. Not sure how I'm going to explain this to him though."

Amu's eyes widened, tears were still streaming down her cheeks. Her heart started pounding, the Humpty Lock in her hand started beating the same beat.

"The King…" Amu blinked then cleared her throat, "asked you to kill them? Why?" Amu's voice shook, she couldn't believe her ears. First Ami, then Yaya, then Kairi?

"Well duh! We can't have people that care about you alive. Because well….Then they would come looking for you if you died or they would try to find out what happened. You know….Whatever."

I clenched my fists, the King? But Ami was their daughter! I looked back at Ami then at Yaya and Kairi. Amu grit her teeth, a wave of anger flashed through her. Something was happening, her blood was boiling and the key in her hand wouldn't stop pulsating. A flash of pain took over my body, what is this? Another gunshot sounded throughout the area, barely missing Nagihiko's head. The sound snapped me out of the pain somehow. My eyes diverted back to see Mr. Tsukasa holding a gun that had a line of smoke coming out the barrel, he's probably the one that shot the bullet.

Nagihiko clicked in tongue in disgust; Mr. Tsukasa intervening wasn't part of the plan. He can't just leave Amu alive, after all, he had told her everything thinking that he was going to kill her anyway. Another shot passed by followed by a loud grunt, blood seeped through Nagihiko's left arm.

"Damn you…" His voice croaked, he flashed a glare at Amu and pointed at her with his blade. As if a strong gust of air blew by, the blade charged towards Amu. Her life flashed before her eyes, a nearby window shattered and she was lifted in the air.

Amu stared at the young man standing before her, his dark blue eyes forced her to go in a trance. Her favorite color, azure blue, his hair also matched the color of his eyes. The young man was dressed in black, Amu didn't have time to process everything before she felt something dripping on the side of her head. Unconsciously, she touched it only to find out she had been hurt in the early attack.

"Fuck, I was a little too late."

"It's okay…." Mr. Tsukasa had made his way towards us.

Their words sounded like mumbles now, my vision was blurring. Did I hit my head that hard? I looked back at my friends then my sister, my little Ami. Amu had no idea when she made her way towards Ami, her hand entwined with her little hands; she wrapped the microphone keychain around her wrist before taking one last look at her sister. A single tear shed from her left eye before everything started turning black.

"Ami…My sweet….sweet….little….Ami."

Then everything turned black.

A/N

*Hides behind an unbreakable wall* Please don't hate me! I know Ami, Yaya and even Kairi were sweet and they shouldn't deserve to die but it was necessary for the plot! Sorry for all the Nagihiko fans out there, he's a bad boy in this one but who knows...Maybe he might transfer to the light? Tell me in the reviews if you want him to, I don't plan on it but you never know...

But anyway, now that that's over. Pleased to meet the Fanfiction community! I've actually been reading these things for years and this is my first story so far on here so tell me what you all thought in the reviews! *flies off with a superman pose*