Her skirts rustled in the wind. Her pale lavender eyes stared out, past the towers of their hidden castle, past the four dragons that guarded them, and into the lush forest. Waiting. Some nights she climbed out the window and to the top of the tower. And if she squinted and the sun was to her back, she could just barely make out a kingdom on the horizon. What kingdom it was, she didn't know, but she loved looking at it, imagining all the people bustling through the city.
For tonight through, the window would suffice.
Her door opened. She heard the familiar sighs of her friend.
"They aren't coming Hinata."
She tore her gaze from the window and to her friend.
She was met with eyes as green as the forest she stared at every day.
"I know."
More footsteps approached and the rustling of skirts.
"Is she staring out the window again?"
"Hinata you know no one is coming to save us!"
Two more figures appeared.
Ino, the second oldest, with eyes as blue as a clear sky and hair that looked like the wheat in the fields to the east.
Behind her stood Tenten, the oldest. Her brown eyes gazed softly onto the youngest. Brown hair fell in soft waves behind her.
"Girls." Long pink hair whirled as she spun to look at her friends.
"I'm tired of waiting. We know we don't have prince charming to save us. Let's just bust out of here! We know this place like the back of our hand!"
"But, our fathers said…"
Sakura whirled to Hinata, her eyes softening. "Hinata, please, you, out of all of us, should know our fathers don't care. How often do they come around? Never."
"She's right; I bet they would only recognize us because of Sakuras' hair."
"They didn't even come to see us when they sent that painter last year!"
They all looked at the floor.
Sakura picked up the layers of her green dress.
"I'll be waiting for your answers in the gardens."
With that, Sakura pushed past her friends and bustled down the halls.
"What have you all been doing?" A voice roared through the council hall.
Four 19 year old boys winced, their heads down.
"The Haruno, Yamanaka, Karenta and our own clan, Mister Uzumaki, have been very disappointed in you all. You haven't even picked up a sword to go save your fiancées. For all you know, someone else could have saved them by now!"
"But you wouldn't allow that, now would you?" Pale white eyes glared from the other side of the table.
The elders fell silent.
"Why on earth would we go save four girls, who we have no idea what they look like, when we have all these adoring girls around here?" Obsidian eyes flashed, challenging them.
"Or is it that, you four are scared? Scared of committing to four girls who clearly need someone better than you? You four disgust me. If the Haruno clan and Yamanaka clan decide to go to war, we're throwing you all out there. I hope some other princess have found them already because you all clearly just deserve the wenches that live around here." A blond haired woman spoke, disgusted at the princes.
The four looked at each other and turned to leave the hall.
"Oh, and boys. The girls that we had locked away in a tower for you, their portraits are in the hall, their mostly about a year old." She hissed.
The four boys left the hall and made their way to the portrait hall.
They entered, wrinkling their noses at the smell of dust.
"Hey, Sasuke teme, I think this is your princess." A blond haired boy called out.
The boy with obsidian eyes strolled over. Now known as Sasuke, he stood in front of the painting, his eyes staring her over.
Her eyes were a bright forest green, with light pink hair that fell to her waist. She had a brilliant smile that nearly made him want to smile. Her skin was fair and un blemished.
Haruno Sakura, 16
"So she's only 17?" He mumbled.
Neji stopped in front of a painting with a brunette, her hair up in two buns. Happy brown eyes stared back at him.
Karenta Tenten, 17
He walked away, a small smirk at the back of his mind.
The dark eyes of Shikamaru Nara stared into the painted sky blue ones of his fiancée.
Yamanaka Ino, 16
He stared at her long blonde hair that tumbled down her shoulders, a smile that barely parted her lips.
He suddenly wanted to make this girl laugh.
The loud blonde, who was called Naruto, stopped in front of Hinata.
"Neji, isn't this your cousin?"
Neji nodded, not taking his eyes off Tenten.
"You two were engaged when she was born."
Naruto stared at the portrait, his eyes roaming over everything it had to offer.
Soft pale lavender eyes, much warmer and loving than that of her cousin. Long dark blue hair that had soft hints of purple was piled on her head. Her smile was filled with happy feelings.
Hyuga Hinata, 15
Sasuke cleared his throat and the three boys turned to him.
"I think it's about time we went and saved our fiancées, don't you think?" He asked.
The three nodded.
"We'll leave in two days. It'll take about a week to get there, if we go the right way."
With that, the four boys left the portrait hall, going to prepare for their journey.
"Sakura?"
Green eyes looked up from her Azaleas.
Her now calmed self, looked into the faces of her best friends.
"Let's do it. Let's get out of here and start anew."
She stood, dusted off her dress, and smiled as she squared her shoulders.
"Come along. I'll show you what I have done."
She threw a giddy expression over her shoulder to her friends and ran inside, their laughs echoing along the empty towers.
So I decided to make a new story, to kind of help my writers block, but I'm not giving up on any stories! They will all be completed! This is just to kind of help me along. It's set in the medieval time period. So I'll see you soon!
Love,
~Star