Hi people! This is my first Vocaloid story! It's inspired my The Selection series by Kiera Cass. Read and Review

I was finally getting it! Yep. I had passed my driving test. Now I just needed to get my license. I giddily walked over to city hall with Miku. She had gotten her driving license a while ago and was accompanying me to get mine.

"You seem happy" Miku said, grinning.

"Yep! Now I can finally drive! Our stupid monarchy has declared it!" I replied.

Miku rolled her eyes, "why do you hate them so much?"

"Oh, I dunno. Maybe it's because they're all so fake. Have you seen any of their interviews?" I shuddered. "They're too perfect to be humans. I'm telling you Miku, they're robots. Robots!"

She giggled and shook her head, "Surree"

I shrugged, "When everyone finds out the truth, I'll be the first one to say I told you so."

She gave me a look, "Rin. You'll be the only one who tells me that. Besides, it's not going to happen."

We passed by the post office and walked into City Hall. It was teeming with life, as always. I walked over to the receptionist desk. Which was located directly to the left, when you entered. I looked at Miku who wandered over to a chair, right next to the registration area. If you wanted to fill out any applications or forms you would go there.

I turned back to the receptionist and smiled, "Hi, um I'm here for my driving license"

"Rin Kagamine?" she asked, taking out a card from an organized cabinet.

"Yep! That's me." I answered reaching out to grab the card.

She smiled, and handed it to me, "Be sure to drive safe."

I nodded, "of course."

I was about to walk over to Miku, when she stopped me. She looked at me with great interest, "Wait. Is your last name Kagamine?"

I nodded, "Yea…"

She looked surprised, "are you by any chance related to the-"

"No. I'm not." I said cutting her off.

She looked a little disappointed. "Oh! Well, I'm sorry for disturbing you."

I smiled, trying to hide my irritation. "No problem."

Did everyone have to connect me to that person? Last names didn't mean much. I was sure that there were thousands of people with the same last name.

I walked back to Miku who was staring at a TV screen, "what's up?"

She pointed to the TV screen where someone was announcing what seemed to be a contest, "it's that time again! That's right folks! One of our prince's is now old enough to get married! Starting from now, until 9 o'clock tonight, people from all over the country can register themselves to be part of the contest for his hand in marriage. You must be 16 years or older to participate. 50 people will be picked out at random to participate in the contest. The lucky girls will then compete for the prince. There will be 10 rounds. Participants can be disqualified at any time. It's all up to the judge, the prince. The winner will be the new queen of the country!" The announcement ended and the room was in dead silence.

Things like this were big news in the country. It was not often that the stupid contest took place. After a prince reached the age of 18, he would pick out a bride through the contest. It was a disgusting tradition that had been passed down through the years.

Soon people started talking and City Hall was back to normal. Half the girls who were in the hall started lining up to enter their names into a computer in the registration center. Registration for entering the competition opened up immediately after the message. We ended up sitting next to one.

"So are you signing up?" Miku asked.

I shook my head. I wasn't interested in these kinds of competitions. Nope! Especially not if the prize was getting married to the prince.

"Why not?" asked Miku.

I gave Miku a look, as if saying, do I really need to explain it to you. "It's so stupid. Why are a bunch of girls fighting over a man that they've never met?"

Miku nodded slowly, "You've got a point, but isn't it cool? Anyone, no matter what their blood line could end up being the queen!"

"Yes, it's soo cool that a criminal, that just got out of jail could end up being our queen" I said, sarcastically.

Miku frowned, "you're no fun Rin."

I shrugged, "so are you signing up?"

Miku grinned, "Nope! We're signing up."

I chuckled, "good joke Miku, but…" I looked over. She wasn't listening. She had already filled out the online form and entered my name in the contest. I gaped at her, while she was filling out her own. When she was finished, she turned around and saw my expression.

"Chill Rin. It's not like we're going to be picked anyways. Just getting picked to be in the top 50 is rare." She assured me.

I nodded, not really taking in what she was saying. What the heck was Miku thinking?! Was she crazy! Why?! Just why?! I didn't want to be related to that arrogant prince in any way possible!

"Rin? Rin? Rin!" Miku snapped me out of my dilemma. "Calm down. If you do somehow get picked. I won't… eat leeks for a month." She said hesitantly.

I glared at her, "You better pray, that I don't get picked."

She nodded, "I am. I mean…a month without leeks! How can I survive?"

"You wouldn't" I laughed.

She grinned, "finally smiling, huh?"

I wiped it off as immediately as she said that. She frowned. "When do the 'lucky' girls get chosen anyways?" I asked.

"Since, it's all done online, the results should be out tonight on TV, right after it closes." Miku responded.

I cursed, "oh just great! The next…" I looked at my watch. It was currently 5 P.M. "…4 hours of my life could change everything."

Miku laughed, "calm down Rin. Remember what I told you?"

I nodded, "I hope you're right leek lady."

She smiled and started walking out the door, "c'mon, let's grab some food. I'm starving."

I nodded. "I couldn't say no to food."

After buying some oranges and leeks from the supermarket, we made our way home to our apartment. Miku looked at her watch, "Wow…that took way longer than I expected"

"Well, we walked there so of course it took longer" I answered, "what's the time anyways?"

"6 P.M." she said. I gaped. An hours had passed?

"It's a long walk" she shrugged.

I sighed, "I have work to do…"

Miku winced, "project deadlines tomorrow, right?"

I nodded feeling miserable. "Yea, I hoped that I could finish it before 10. It's going to take me all night now." I groaned.

"I'll help you out" Miku said, "I've got nothing to do tonight anyways."

I hugged her, "Miku you're a lifesaver!"

She laughed, "yea, I'm pretty awesome."

We were in our neighborhood now. Our house was just around the corner. I started looking for my keys in my purse. I had thrown them in somewhere. By the time we reached our door, I still hadn't located them. Miku watched, "did you lose them?"

I glared, "you have no trust in me Miku!"

"Well?" she asked.

"Ye-" my hands touched cold metal. I had found them, "Of course not! I have them right here!" I pulled them out grinning.

Miku looked surprised, "you got lucky."

I grinned, "so what?" I unlocked the door and gestured for her to go in. "You first, Ohime-sama"

She grinned and punched me on the shoulder. "You're seriously a daughter of evil Rin."

I bowed, "I pride myself."

We laughed. It was this joke we made up when we were little kids. It had stuck and we never forgot about it.

She went in and I followed after her, locking the door. We both took off our shoes and went to the living room. Miku turned the TV onto the news, where the announcements about the contest were being given.

"Hurry! Only three more hours until registration closes!" the person said. She paused for a second. "Yes, yes, I understand" She turned her attention back on the screen. "Hey folks! I just got news that there's been a small change of things. Instead of only one prize there will be two! Prince Kaito has decided to join! This means instead of 50 candidates, a total of a hundred will be picked. If you already registered, you will automatically be submitted into both contests. May I remind you that they are both separate. When the candidates for the contest will be picked we will first tell you the names of the 50 candidates who will be participating in the contest for Prince Kaito, then we will announce who will be battling for Prince Len's heart.

I sighed, dismissing it. If anything, this message was going to freak me out even more than the contest already was. I picked up my laptop and jumped onto the couch. It was time to finish that stupid project. Miku sat next to me handing me a bowl of peeled oranges. She was munching on a leek. "How much have you gotten done so far?" she asked.

I showed her the three pages of work. I had to finish two more pages of the project to finish. She started reading my paper, editing it here and there. She looked at me after she was finished, "Rin it looks fine. Just make sure the paragraph on, why you think different types of music express different kind of people, a little clearer." She looked at the essay again, "Also, I remember that when I did this, my professor told us to add what was on chapter three and two. The essay should write itself after that"

I raised a brow, "and how remember that?"

She shook her head, "You don't know how much I hated this stupid project. I worked hard on it throughout the night and then our professor didn't even grade it hard. College is confusing"

I laughed, "You worked hard? I dunno Miku…You seem so…so un-"

Miku glared, "don't you dare say it."

"Uneducated" I finished.

She grabbed a pillow and smacked me with it, "mean! I finished all my papers a week ago. At least I didn't procrastinate!"

"Look who's talking?! This is the first time!" I yelled grabbing one to defend myself.

She grinned and stopped. "Anyways, just finish writing it. I'll be bored if I have to watch TV all night."

I nodded, throwing the pillow aside and giving her a thumbs up, "thanks to your tip, I should be done by 9."

Miku smiled, "sweet!" She turned back to the TV and started listening to the news, while I started reading textbook pages. It took me 30 minutes to finish the whole section. I looked at the clock: 6:45. It was still pretty early. I started my paper right away, finishing a little more than two hours later.

"Miku I'm done!" I called.

She had gone into the kitchen to cook dinner. "Just in time" she said walking over with a plate of food.

I took it gratefully and started eating. I looked at the clock. It was 8:55. "The winners will be announced in 5 minutes, right?"

She looked at the clock and nodded, "yep!"

I switched on the TV, changing the channel to the news.

"We're just a few minutes away from announcing the candidates participating in the contest! Get ready girls. It may be your lucky day!" The scene changed to two men. One had messy blue hair, while the other one had blonde hair tied up in a ponytail in the back. Kaito and Len were flashing there 'charming' smiles at the camera. The scene changed back to the host a few minutes later.

"Good luck to all the girls watching this tonight!" the host smiled brightly. "It's time to announce the winners."

Miku and I listened to the names as they called the names of the 50 girls who were fighting for prince Kaito. First the name would come up, along with a picture of how the person looked. It didn't interest me at all, until Miku's name was called. I looked over to see her expression. She stared at the TV, with her jaw dropped, "tell me that isn't true."

"It's true" I told her.

"Bu-wha- I…wow" she managed at last

I laughed "Good luck" I said.

She nodded, "Yea, I'll need it."

I looked at her seriously. "You better win that thing. I'm going to be really angry if you come back six months later without winning anything."

She grinned, "You're going to be so lonely without me"

I didn't say anything, but continued starting at the TV. Miku smiled.

A few more names were called to compete for Kaito. Teto, IA, and Mayu really stood out.

"Time to announce the people competing for Len!" the host called. I groaned. I hated him most of all. Kaito was alright. Unlike the other royals, he wasn't stiff in all his interviews. He didn't always humbly answer every question. He often joked around in his interviews. He was the human among the robot family. Len on the other hand, was too nice. Too humble. Too perfect. Girls in my school would worship every word he uttered. That wasn't normal. No. It wasn't normal at all. If he really wasn't a robot then, he was probably an arrogant, spoiled prince. No one could be that nice.

I listened to the people getting picked, one of them could be me. Random names were called out. Some of the girls were really pretty. Neru, Gumi, and Tei really stood out. I'd probably be rooting for one of them. I smiled. I was basically free! There was only one more name about to be called and that possibly couldn't me. I wasn't that unlucky! I grabbed my cup of orange juice and started drinking it. "Kagamine Rin!" I started chocking on my juice. No way! Please no. Why did life hate me? I closed my eyes and opened them, hoping to see someone else's face on the screen. To my disappointment, I saw myself. I was sure going to hate the next couple of months.