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Ch.1 : Intro

In a faraway land – where fairy tales tend to exist – was a beautiful, fair… (Wait for it)… boy (yes, a boy also known as Allen Walker) who was 15 years of age. Allen had snowy white hair, a sparkling smile, and was an apprentice for a renowned apothecary who worked for the royal family in the kingdom of Arbenford. The young adolescent boy lived with his master, cross, in the royal palace in the botany section which was filled with lush greenery. His master was usually away on "business trips", this was not unusual and the boy was quite used to it.

One winter morning, Allen woke up to find a list of tasks to finish addressed to him from Cross. It was a pretty hefty list so after getting dressed he went out to the town to buy some of the needed items. When he almost reached the palace side gates, he bumped into the only prince, Kanda Yuu. Allen was about to apologize sincerely to the person but when his gray eyes were laid on the prince, he avoided the latter's. They were not exactly on friendly terms and Allen wasn't one to bow down to someone he didn't want to. But on the other hand he didn't want to get thrown into prison for disrespecting the prince.

"My sincere apologies," he said curtly trying to get away as soon as possible. But the arm prince Kanda held out stopped him.

"Hmm…? What's the hurry, Moyashi? I enjoyed the chat we had the other day. I'd like to have another one."

Enjoyed? Like to have another one? He was referring to the previous week where Allen had shared a heated argument of the use of nicknames and respect. Surely he was mocking him. Sure enough, when Allen peeked up to glance at his face, it was full of mock enthusiasm.

"I see, well later then! I have some errands to run." He managed to get away by slinking under his arm and pelting away at full speed. He was going to have to try avoiding Kanda for while; the prince probably disliked him already, and he wasn't going to willingly give him more ammunition. The prince watched him go; little did Allen know that the facts were quite the opposite.

The white haired boy walked down the main street in the marketplace area. Just about all the people in town knew him by name and recognized him by his unusual white hair. Allen went to the flower & herb store first; there was only one person who was in the shop other than himself and the owner. He was standing in front of the healing herbs plants section with an expression of concentration. Allen wasn't one to stare but he had such distinctive features that he looked at the stranger longer than he would any other stranger. He looked only about two or three years older than him, was taller than him by an inch or two, he had red hair – which was rarely seen, wore an eye patch, and had a nice but not bulky build. Allen who needed herb seeds went on the other side of what the foreigner was looking at.

He picked out the list of seeds on the list that he had to restock on, all the meanwhile, he felt a few glances on him from the redhead but didn't look up to meet them. He saw that there was a new type of seeds, they were called Shankupushpam; he had read about these recently and had wanted to harvest them. He picked up a small pouch of the seeds and went to the other side to see the actual herb itself. He looked back at the picture; it was of a pretty white flower. He found it quickly out of the somewhat organized shelves, but there was a slight problem. The problem was that it was directly in front of the stranger.

It wasn't a big deal or anything, he just needed to reach over and grab one, But he was feeling somewhat flustered for a reason he did not know. He stood there thinking for a minute and came to the conclusion that it would be more odd to just stand there waiting until the other person would leave than to reach out and simply grab one. But just then he saw the herb in front of him offered by the stranger.

"Is this what you were looking for?" asked the stranger with a friendly smile. "You were looking at the picture of it so intently; I thought maybe you needed help."

So much for being inconspicuous… Allen thought to himself. Might as well loosen the atmosphere a little.

"Uh, yeah. Thank you. I've been waiting for these to come out here." He said happily holding up the packet of seeds.

"Oh? These grow abundantly from where I come from, they are really good herbs," he laughed shortly and said a little awkwardly, "actually I was reminded of these when I saw you hair. I am quite fond of these." He added, bringing the flower up to gently brush his lips. He then tucked it in Allen's hair. Allen felt his face becoming a little warm but made sure he didn't look embarrassed and just smiled.

"So what are you looking for?"

"I came here to find rare medicinal herbs for the immune system called cat's claw. I can't find it even here, after I've come so far…" he said distressed with a slight frown on his face.

Allen was an altruist and he took a liking to him so he wanted to help.

"Why don't I help you? I'm an apprentice apothecary, and my master is the best in this country. If anyone could do it, it's him." He said confidently with his irresistible smile.

"Really? Is he really that good? I could really use the help," the stranger smiled crookedly.

Allen nodded and brought his hand in front of him, "I'm Allen Walker, by the way."

"I'm Lavi. Lavi Istez." He said taking the hand.