CHAPTER 1

Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who longed for a child but could not have one. One day four Pure Beings came to the castle and granted the king and queen's wish. The very next day a baby girl was born and the king throw a party in celebration of his first daughter. His right hand man and his son, Prince Sho, came to see the baby princess; Princess Kyoko. The four Pure Beings gave three gifts to the little princess.

"I give thee the gift of melody" sang the fourth Pure Being, Melodia.

"I give to thee the gift knowledge." whispered the third Pure Being, Amy.

"I give thee the gift of beauty." said the second Pure Being, Elena.

"I give- " the first Pure Being, Silica, began.

"How dare you not invite my son, Prince Kuon, nor I!" shouted the dark king, Kuu.

"We thought you hated parties your highness," said the brave Pure Beings.

"Well since I'm here, I might as well give the little princess a gift." Kuu hissed out with venom. "I give you, Princess Kyoko, the gift … No! The fortune of falling into a deep sleep, when you turn sixteen you will pick your finger on a red, red rose!" And the King of Darkness vanished.

"What shall we do?" asked the worried queen.

"I give thee, Dear child, the gift of True Love… when the curse comes your true love will break it with a kiss…" Silica said calmly. Not truly trusting the Pure Beings; the king had all the red roses burned. A new rule was placed upon the kingdom.

"For the safety of my daughter, Princess Kyoko, your first princess. There are to be no red roses planted in this kingdom!" King Tarkio's voice thundered throw out his castle.

The queen cradled her child in her arms, fearing the day of her sixteenth birthday.

"Darling can we not hide our dear Kyoko? Can we do nothing, but wait for that day?" the queen worriedly asked her enraged king.

Staring at one another the king opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. He gave his lovely wife a sad eye of a first father. Whispering to each other the Pure Beings thought up a plan, though one their Highnesses would not favor upon.

Clearing her throat Silica spoke "Your majesties, if I may. The ladies and I are capable of looking after Princess Kyoko. The situation is… is terrible…" she looked to the king then to the queen. Their faces held appreciation and trust, but their eyes showed the sorrow and pain they were enduring.

Taking a breath King Tarkio sighed "It is appreciated, Silica, it would look as we have no choice. However I believe my queen, including myself, would like to keep Kyoko. At least for a year or two." Looking to his wife lovingly, but with sadness, for he knew his wife would be broken if her first child was taken away so soon after her birth. Even for her safety, nodding her head, Silica and her sister disappeared from the grand room.

Two years later Princess Kyoko has grown to be a healthy two years old child, with beautiful silk black hair and shinning hazel eyes. With a melodic voice and she had the gifts of the Pure Beings. As Kyoko and Prince Sho played with the guard dogs' puppies, the princess noticed a figure in the shadows. Not wanting to bother Sho, who was rough housing with the large puppy, walked over to the trees. However once she took a step closer to the figure, it noticed and flinched back. Seeing its action Kyoko stopped in her tracks, stood there and tried to make out the shape of the mysterious figure. As her vision became more adapted to the lighting she noticed two eyes. Eyes that were of the bluest she's ever seen. Or were they green? She absent mindedly took a step forward, and before she could reach out the figure was gone. But Princess Kyoko caught a glimpse of the shadow. It was a boy a few years older than herself, and probably Sho. He had light blonde hair and fairly tanned skin. She didn't recognize his clothing; all she knew was that the boy was not from her father's kingdom.

After standing there for a few more seconds, or so, Prince Sho called out to her "Yo! Kyoko what are you starring at?"

Turning around Kyoko shook her head and ran to her "prince". It was only recently that she was told that she and Sho are engaged. However unknowingly Sho did not want to be wedded to Kyoko, he loved her but as a sister. He could not picture them as a loving couple; Sho had made up his mind to confront his father and King Tarkio of his engagement. But he didn't know how to, after all he was only three. As promised the Pure Beings allowed the king and queen to raise Kyoko for two years, at the beginning of the evening Kyoko was taken.

At first not understanding her father explained to her "Angel you must go with the Pure Ones, they will keep you safe from harm." Looking down at his daughter, who was tightly holding on to his evening attar, "we will miss you, love, but for your sake you must go. You will be able to visit, but until then..."

Looking up to her father's face, Kyoko cried softly into his embrace. As she whipped away her tears she gave her mother one last hug and kissed her cheek. Prince Sho starred at his feet not wanting to say goodbye, realizing what difficulties Sho was going through the princess ran up to him, and gave him a hug whispering.

"We'll see each other again, Sho. But until then you must promise to become a great prince!" As she whispered in his ear Sho nuzzled his face between her neck and jaw, hiding his watery eyes. Not wanting to let her go, but knew he must, Sho quickly embraced her tightly and gently pushed her away.

"I will become a great prince… Kyoko." He twined his pinky with hers.

And so begins the new life of Princess Kyoko...

AUTHOR: Well, here's the first chap... these one didn't that much correcting, thankfully :)

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