As I sit there waiting….looking out into the distant land from my window sill; staring into the darkness of the evening night. Even with the glow of the ever rounding moon, guiding travellers to their destination. I sit there waiting… waiting for my love to come and rescue me from my imprisonment in which they call home.
As I sit there on my window sill, staring off into the moon 'When will you come for me my love?' every time I ask myself that question my heart yearns for you, for you to come and embrace me with your love and soul; yet I feel more lonely than ever each time those thoughts crosses my mind. In all those years of waiting for you to come, 'How long must I wait for you? For you have left the country to explore the world, I have waited for you to come and take me with you; to explore the land in which the water dwells upon. But the loneliness you have given me hurts me deeply each passing night.'
Knock, knock I turn to look at my door in which the sound came from; interrupting my nightly thoughts. I quietly clear my throat "Come in". The door slowly opens to reveal a servant of my household bowing her head towards me "Princess...Your father has requested you to dine with the family tonight…" She lifts her head to gaze at me as I stare at her "Should I tell him that you will be down soon?" She watches me, waiting for my reply. I simply nod at the girl as she understands and leaves my room, closing the door softly.
Quietly getting up from the window sill, stretching in the process as I tidy myself up to look presentable in my simple yet elegant evening gown, exiting out of my room, blowing out the flickering flame on the desk; I walk down the hallway of the elegant palace as my eyes slowly adjust to the brightly lit lights in the passage. I slowly make my way to the dining room where my family awaits me.
Walking into the dining room I was unnoticed as always. I glide across the room to my seat without making a sound. Pulling out my seat I sat down. Looking at my siblings, Hanabi, an individual who is able to manipulate light, different from a fire user; she is my little sister, I gaze at her as she was chatting away with those around her telling them she didn't want the holidays to end yet. I scan my eyes to Neji, a wind user and the strongest among us. My father Hiashi Hyuga adopted him as his father died while defeating the Great Demon Dragon.
I heard the noise of a seat pulling out as Hikaru a fire user and Neji's younger brother; he too was adopted into our family at that time.
Our kingdom… or should I say the world is not like yours, magic exists in this world but not all processes magical ability. Those magical abilities consist of the elements of the world: Fire, Wind, Water, Earth and so on. Those who have royal blood flowing through their veins such as me; are the most powerful magic casters in the world; and like the past or tradition, the crown is given to the one who is the most powerful in the royal blood line.
Now you're probably wondering what sort of magic user I am right? Well…I don't have any form of magical powers and therefore I'm considered the weakest in our family as said by my father, not that I care anyway.
Heh...I may not have any magical powers like the rest of the family but I have something entirely different from them and the only one who knows about my secret is Hikaru. I'm the third youngest sibling if you count Neji and Hikaru but I'm also the most mysterious or gloomy as the rest (except Hikaru) would call it. As a result I will never reach the crown and become the leader of this kingdom. My father constantly tells us to train, to become stronger and to not let the crown fall into the hands of the Uchiha clan, not that I can do anything about it if it does since he only pays attention to those who have magical ability in our family.
To have me dine with the rest of my family is a very rare occasion but I presume that it's only when one of us has made an accomplishment worth announcing to the rest of the family.
The chatter started to die down as our father still hadn't come and as predicted Hikaru's temper got the best of him. He stood up crashing his fists on the table silencing any other chatter that was at the table "How long does it take to come to dinner? I'm starving!" I pull him down back onto his seat "Be patient" He stares at me with his intense eyes as he quickly calms down; I let him go as he quickly crosses his arms in the process. The only thing that kept me alive in this household is the fact that I have a aura that seems to bring peace to those around me, without that I would've died long ago when my father found out I processed no magical ability when he examined me to see what type of user I was.
Finally the King (aka father) comes through the doors with our step mother, they sit as dinner commences, chefs and maids come out bringing out the food, gently placing them in front of us as most of us say Thank you to them; I nudged Hikaru, he knew what I wanted and he mumbled a Thank you to the maid. ]
I'm the closest to Hikaru as we often played together when we were younger since he didn't care if I had any magical powers or not. I smiled at his childish acts as I turned to the plate placed in front of me; it was as if it was sparkling 'high class as always' I slowly start to dig into my food like the rest of my siblings.
When we were halfway through our meal our father got our attention "I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Neji because he has successfully prevented war in the neighbouring country through demonstrating his powerful wind magic" we all clap but in the back of my mind I knew it was more threatening them with his magic than demonstrating it. I look at Neji as I gave him a small smile but as always he ignores it, my gaze then turns towards my father, his eyes showed a 'I'm proud of you' emotion. It gave a slight sting in my heart as it quickly turned to envy and jealousy yet my face showed no emotion of that. I suddenly realise we made eye contact which I quickly adverted; my father then began to speak again while we were still clapping "Unlike you Hinata…" he pointed at me as I tilted my head to the side not wanting him to see my face and avoiding the stares of my other siblings. The clapping had immediately stopped when he mentioned me "You of zero magical ability! Weak, worthless and a failure! Compared to the rest of your siblings you are nothing!" I lowered my head a bit to make it seem like I was ashamed of myself but I don't let his words get to me like it did when I was younger. I noticed Hikaru, trying to hold in his anger towards our father I grabbed his arm as he was about to defend me I stared him in the eyes as my head was lowered; he seemed to have calmed down a bit; just enough to get through the night. The evening continued and I stayed until it had finished.
Once the plates had been cleared I walked towards my secret garden consisting of a row of flat rocks leading to the middle of a lake with a small waterfall, surrounded by moon tree flowers. . I sat on the rock in the centre of the lake like I always do when I wanted to be alone; bringing my knees towards my body and wrapping my arms around them I stare into the small flowing waterfall, as the moon reflected its image from the lake while the petals of the flowers from the trees slowly plummets onto the lake floating above the water's surface. I stare at the water's surface following each of the delicate white petals as they go past, I let out a sigh and fell back, lying on the rock staring at the midnight blue sky with its sprinkle of stars. The stars made me feel complete even without magic, right then and there I felt complete.