(A/N: I'm back!!! My first story, Duty of a Queen was very well received and now I'm very excited to get this new story out. It pretty much deals with Esther's daughter, Princess Alessa of Albion. How she was raised to lead her country. And about a certain silver-haired priest, that took her heart. So please R&R!! ENJOY!!!!)

Duty of a Princess

Chapter 1

Many years have passed since Queen Esther, and Ion Fortuna were married, and they have gone through many hardships regarding their blend of races. This is the first time in history that a Terran and a Methuselah not only was joined in matrimony, but produced children as well. The children were able to walk through daylight without being burned to death. But they also possessed their father's super-human strength, and reflexes.

It's been 17 years now and, Queen Esther gave her husband 3 children. The first two, Ion was not able to be present. It pained him for missing the birth of his Daughter, Alessa, and his first born son, Abel. He was, however, there for the birth of his second son Radu who just turned 8. Radu resembled his mother more than the other two children. Alessa and Abel favored their father in their looks.

Growing up the children were educated of their Methuselah ancestors, and also of the history of Albion. Since Alessa was the oldest, she would inherit the throne to the country when she is fully grown. When Alessa was born, she had a blond fuzz of hair on her head. But as she grew, her hair turned to a more light red. Her eyes stayed red like her father's.

"Alessa!!" a voice called out. A tall figure was walking through the hedge maze in search of the young Princess. "We are you, Princess?"

Laughter rang out through the hedges, as Alessa ran further into the maze. She absolutely hated her morning lessons, and would much rather give her teacher a hard time in looking for her. Alessa was now a lovely young girl of 17, and enjoyed getting her tutor lost in her favorite maze. She just needed to avoid her teacher a little while long, until the airship from Empire comes. She would be spending the summer at the house of Mirka Fortuna, her great-grandmother.

"My Lady!! Come out at once!!" her tutor shouted again.

Alessa sat down in the bush and watched as her tutor walked on by. She covered her mouth with her hands to stop a giggle.

Another tall figure entered the maze and found the tutor.

"Any luck in finding our missing Princess?" he asked, pushing his glasses up.

"Not yet, Father." replied the teacher. "I thought she had grown out of these childish behaviors."

The Priest chuckled. "Please, allow me to try to find her."

"Good luck, Father." said the tutor as he started out of the maze. "You're gonna need it..."

The Priest walked further into the maze and listened carefully. He knew it would take him long to find the young Princess. He started to whistle a quiet tune as he continued to walk.

Alessa saw a figure coming her way and ducked further into the bush. She made no noise at all as the figure walked passed again. Once the footsteps were out of her range of hearing, Alessa started to come out of her hiding place. She stood up, brushed the twigs off of her long gown, and turned around to run.

She smacked right into someone, knocking them both to the grown.

Alessa looked up to see a face smiling up to her. "Gotcha!"

"F-Father Nightroad!!" Alessa felt a tingle of a blush on her cheeks.

The goofy Priest smiled again and helped Alessa to her feet. "Miss Alessa, you really need to learn to act more like a lady of 17."

Alessa laughed, but didn't reply.

Father Nightroad took her arm and led her out of the maze and towards her Palace. He would be escorting her to the Empire himself.

Ever since Alessa has been 13, she had developed a crush on the Priest. Now that she's a young woman, those feelings for the man has grown stronger. Alessa had kept her feelings to herself. Unable to tell anyone, or even ask for advise on the matter from her family. Alessa knew her mother and father would be disturbed to know that their child had fallen in love with a Crusnik. She looked over at the Priest and felt another blush creep over her face.

...What was she going to do?...

(A/N: That's the first chappie. Please let me know what you think) :P