Author Notes:

Instead of my usual Kaname/Zero or Ichijo/Shiki stories I have decided to write a (somewhat fairy tale like)Ichijo/Kaname fic! I think that if neither one of those two couples had been made, like if Zero went with Yuki- Shiki went with Rima-( and I started crying), that this couple would happen!

I have used Castlevania in this story as the name for Takuma's kingdom, but it is only for a name nothing else!

This is a short intro type chapter but it will be more of a story next chapter!

Being royalty means that, even in hard times, we would never have to steal to survive. But I have; I took the most precious gem of all. I stole him.

But I'm getting ahead of myself; you probably have no idea what I'm talking about! First off, my name is Takuma Ichijo: Prince of Castlevania. My childhood was filled with wonderful memories of my parents and I. Yet when I was 13 years old disaster struck; my parents were murdered. No one knows how they died, but I believe my power-hungry grandfather had something to do with it.

Not a moment after their death did he start changing everything about the kingdom. In less than a year he raised taxes, shut down hospitals, and cut off all international trade! You could say that when describing his rule, the words tyrant and dictator come to mind. But I think that the worst thing he has done was when took in a young pauper as his servant. Obviously he wasn't the first king to do that, but what he forced the young boy into doing was unforgivable.

I must warn you of the horrors I will reveal about our past. But this is about him; Kaname Kuran, a pureblood forced into slavery at the age of 12.