"Mama, can you tell me a story...?"
The little girl smiled wistfully at her mother, her blue eyes sparkling in delight. Her mother laughed as she picked her up, cradling her in her arms. "Of course I can little one..."
"Once there was a beautiful princess..."
The little girl's eyes danced with glee, "like me mama?"
"Yes, like you, exactly like you little one. She had beautiful blonde hair just like you and the purest blue eyes in the land. Everyone loved her. But one day, some evil people came and took her away."
"Oh no!" The little girl's whimper of despair for the fictional character made the queen want to smile. "But don't worry my little one, a wonderful knight in shining armor came and rescued her, taking her away from the evilness." She said as the princess giggled. "Did they fall in love mama?"
"Of course they did little one, they fell madly in love with one another. It was destiny you see." She nodded solemnly and then asked, "What happened next?"
"They lived happily ever after..."
The little girl sighed at the prospect of happily ever after, "Will I ever live happily ever after with my knight in shining armor, mama?"
Her mother stroked her hair, "Forever ever and ever, little one."
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Call It Destiny
by Elysia and Eternal Angel
ely_chan@yahoo.com, stargazing12@hotmail.com
Chapter 1
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Slipping through the castle silently, he hid within the shadows, hoping that no one would see him come in 'or even out'. He had been traveling for days now; rest became a distant memory, as he had seemed to always be on the move. He had to be quick for lost time could result to tremendous fault in his side.
A week ago his best friend — who turned out to also be the king — had called him into court. He had been pacing around the throne room for quite awhile, and didn't seem to want to stop when he was in the room either. His sharps frustrated looks screamed out to him that something was wrong, and he soon found out what was.
"Endymion! You're here! Finally!"
Endymion raised his eyebrow at his blond haired friend. "What's the matter Andrew?"
He paced around some more, before he came to a stop and looked up at him. "She's gone. Damnit, those bastards kidnapped her!" With those words he continued to circle about.
He counted to ten before Andrew stopped his pacing and continued on speaking, "My sister just returned from some extensive schooling just in the countryside. A week later she's been kidnapped! Now tell me, wouldn't you be angry with that too? My sister for goodness sake! If they really don't like me, why not flat out try something with me, no need to pull in Selenity!!"
With that he seethed some more, and continued to pace. Endymion frowned. "So you're telling me that the Sylathians kidnapped the princess?"
Andrew stopped and then glared, "YES! That's exactly what I'm SAYING!! Now I want you to go off and find her!"
He then sighed and took a deep breath, "Goodness, I'm sounding like a boar aren't I? Well, you're my most trusted companion and I know you'll get the job done." With that he then grinned. "Now run along Endymion and find her for me."
"I don't even know how she looks like!"
Andrew laughed.
"You'll know her when you see her. Trust me, Selenity isn't someone you can mistake for just anyone."
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So now, here he was, looking for this princess who he had no clue looked like! Andrew might have been desperate at the moment, but still, some consideration would have been nice on his part.
A bustle of footsteps slowly came closer as he took a deep breath as he waited for the men as they came closer.
"Goodness, never had I thought a female could be so tremendously loud! I'm so glad you thought up about the whole gagging thing." The guard said to the other, as he nodded in pride. "Glad to help — I mean, anything to get her to shut up. She may be princess and all, but still, she has the vocabulary that can put one of our own men to shame!"
They laughed and then walked by, as Endymion stared at the dangling keys that were attacked onto one of their belts. Slowly reaching out, he easily captured it in his arms as the men continued to walk away.
He waited until he could hear them no more before he slowly continued on, lurking within the shadows with the keys in his hand. It took him ten minutes before he could find the right room where the princess could be held in, and another ten minutes just trying to figure out which key was the right one.
With that he swung open the door, and he stared at the figure in surprise. She was definitely what Andrew had said, someone you can't mistaken for another, he had told himself, as he couldn't help but gawk at her. There was something about her, something that he couldn't quite place his finger on...
And didn't really know if he wanted to.
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She always prided herself as a calm and agreeing person, but after being kidnapped, dragged away from her home, and then placed into this cubicle, she found that she was hanging on a thread; she couldn't help but say to hell with it all and force hell on those around her.
Oh how much fun she had.
Between cursing at them and annoying the hell out of them, she couldn't help but find this experience very liberating. She never knew how much fun it was to make a person snap, or seeing them snap and being able to do nothing about it! It was one of those win-win things for her.
Of course those pea brained guards finally thought of gagging her. She sighed, as she wiggled on the chair she sat on. Being gagged and tied up wasn't so much fun anymore...
She stared at the ceiling as she counted the stones again.
413 stones.
She tilted her head, wishing it'd grow another ten or twenty so she'd have another reason to count them without questioning her sanity... She wondered how her brother was doing now, and how he was fairing. She'd hate it if he were pacing a storm up for her — a habit he had whenever things went bad. It was dizzying watching him pace around in circles around her, or even more difficult listening him talk nonsensically. But he was king, he was allowed to do anything anyway he wanted, no matter how strangely it was.
She frowned and then stared at the ceiling again, and began to count once again.
A shuffling of keys then caught her attention, and she wanted to groan. Was it them again?
But after ten minutes of key shuffling, she begun to wonder the possibility of them being drunk. If they were, maybe she could concur them into letting her go... men do stupid things when they were drunk, she thought solemnly.
The door finally opened and revealed someone completely different.
Dark armor covered his chest, a cape draped across his shoulders. And beautiful blue eyes that stared intently at hers... Time seemed to freeze for them as they stared at one another.
"A wonderful knight in shining armor came and rescued her..." she could hear her mother's voice whisper into her ears, "They fell madly in love with one another..."
But the reality of the situation had knocked her savior on the head as he then hurried to her, untying her hastily.
"Selenity right?" His husky voice spoke up as she nodded, the ties finally free of her hands. She then took off the gag as she then spoke up, her beautiful eyes shinning with something intangible.
"Do you believe in destiny?"
He stared at her in surprise as she then shook her head, freeing her of his bindings as he took her away. She smiled and then asked instead, "Where's the white horse?"
"Excuse me?" Endymion replied, as the two of them dodged between the shadows of the dungeon, trying desperately not to get caught.
Selenity smiled, brushing the loose hair out of her eyes. "You're a knight in shining armor, aren't you? Aren't you supposed to have a 'gallant white steed?'"
"Your brother is cheaper than you think," he retorted, leaning against the cool stonewalls. "You honestly have time to think about a foolish fairy tale at a time like this? If we're discovered, we could be killed!"
She stuck her tongue out at Endymion when he wasn't looking. "How dare you call me foolish! I am a princess of the Royal House of Avaria, and you are nothing but -"
"Nothing but a knight, yes, yes, I know, no need to remind me," Endymion responded, rolling his eyes. "But this knight is risking his LIFE to save yours! So instead of complaining, princess, I would suggest you keep quiet until we get out of this hole."
Selenity huffed, kicking at a loose rock. "Fine. But don't expect to get any sort of reward for doing this. You're not very kind, you know."
Endymion whirled on the princess, ready to throttle her if he actually could. "REWARD?" he whispered loudly, fury blazing in his eyes. "You think I'm doing this in order to get something in return? Your brother asked me personally to rescue you because he was worried. I see this as nothing more than a favor for a friend. Don't make me cross any lines."
Interest flashed within Selenity's blue eyes. "And what kind of lines would that be?" she taunted. Endymion gazed at her, their faces merely inches away, so close she could feel his warm breath tickle her face gently. "That, princess, you don't want to find out."
With that he pulled away from her and continued to yank her along as she fumed. How dare he threaten her? She was princess — she deserved to be treated better than this! Just because whenever she saw him she could see a thousand roses blooming into a chaotic chorus didn't mean he could speak to her the way he did.
Just because she knew so deep within herself that he was her knight didn't mean...
She looked back up at him, still recalling the way his eyes flared, the way he glared, and the way he frowned — she was captivated within the little things he did.
She couldn't help but wonder if he felt this way too, did he feel his heart beating at this tight grasp that he had on her arm? Her heart? Did he not feel the merging of their hearts, as it became one?
She wished the dazedness would leave her, but all she could do is fall within the midst, this emotion she longed to hide from...
Love.
(grins) yes minna- this is a co-fic between Elysia and me... isn't it something? I'm so happy I get to write with her! She's so sugoi and everything! Anyways, some feedback would be wonderful! I hope to hear from you guys! -CP
*L* it's all CP... I just added in a few words here and there... she's been after me for so long to start it, but she did a better job than I ever could. But hey, this still calls for feedback! Feed us! - Ely