Chapter 1: The truth

A baby girl was born, her name was Reiko. This girl was not ordinary; she was a princess, the princess of the sky. When she was five years old, she started to go down to the beautiful planet called, "Peace" with her mother. The people there were peaceful just like the name of the planet. This planet was ruled by eight Princesses and Reiko was one of them. Her mother, Aoi would say, "Reiko, do you see this beautiful planet?" Reiko would response, "Yes! Mom, is 'Peace' always like this?" Her mom would laugh and say "Reiko, of course not. 'Peace' is ruled by eight princesses and your mom is one of them; but mom is the queen. The other princesses are in charge of the other seven parts of 'Peace'. They are in charge of the people's faith, kindness, happiness, and love. The three more is in charge of the World's ground, water, and nature. Mom is the sky which is also the wind but the sky is the most important so only the royal blood can be the 'sky princess', but the ground, water, and nature princesses are strong too. So you have to be careful!" Reiko would smile and say, "Reiko wants to be the sky princess like Mom!" Of course Aoi would be surprise but she would also say, "Reiko would definitely be a wonderful princess sine you're my little precious girl!"

~10 years later~

Reiko was watching the beautiful planet until her maid; Ann rushed in to her room. Ann had started to say something, but it was not clear. After a few minutes Reiko said, "Ann, are you okay?" Ann responded, "I'm fine. But I heard that you had packed to go down to Peace. Please tell me this isn't true, Reiko!" Reiko was surprised to hear this. She then looked sadly towards Ann and said, "I'm sorry Ann, but I made my decision. I want to go down to peace and find the seven princesses." Ann looked scared and whispered, "No… no…Reiko, please don't! You already know that you…" Reiko interrupted Ann and said, "No need to say it Ann. I know. Mama had died and I was the support for the sky." Ann still looked scared but is able to speak, "Then why?" There was a long pause, but Reiko started to speak, "Ann, I know all of that, but did you think I would notice the people changing? They were not like the people I saw 10 years ago!" Ann looked shock, surprised to know that Reiko had known the secrets she kept from her. Reiko continued, "I had secretly watched the people from time to time. Every time I saw them, they were colder. Don't keep it a secret from me, please tell me what is going on!" Ann finally calmed down and said, "Even if I tell you, it won't change the fact that you will go down, right? The truth is that the princesses' power is draining. That is because Aoi-sama had died, it is the time of the new princesses. But this time their powers drained faster than usual, the next generation can't show up that easily. The princesses need to be out of their shells quickly."

Reiko was shocked from hearing this and said, "Why? Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" Ann responded, "I didn't want you to be restless. But I guess we have no choice but to let you find the princesses." Reiko was surprised to hear this but also happy. Ann continued, "Although I wouldn't like it, I have to let you see this clip." Ann walked out of the room and Reiko followed her. All the other maids were waiting. The showed Reiko a video:

"Reiko, by now I would be dead and you would know that the seven princesses' powers are getting weaker. I want to tell you that I didn't let you too close to the people is because you have a special talent; to see who has potential or not. I did not want you to discover this before the next princess generation because it will go out of control. You would probably want to find the princesses and I want to say that it's fine. Just be careful."

It was a video of her mother and when it was finished, Reiko burst into tears.

The maids went to get tissue and Reiko wiped her tears. Reiko seemed to have calmed down and she started to speak, "I will go, I will go down to Peace and search for the princesses" The maids and Ann seemed to know that this would happen. Ann stood up and said, "Princess, you really grew up to a refined lady. The next time I see you, the lessons would certainly be harder!" Some of the maids laughed but Reiko just smiles and said, "I know and Ann, Thank you for all the care. But now, I'm able to take care of myself!" The maids started cry and some tried not to cry. Ann gave Reiko her suitcase; she cried a little knowing that Reiko really became a refined princess. Reiko took the suitcase from Ann and summoned a cloud. She stepped onto the cloud, looked behind and waved good-bye. Reiko thought, "I will achieve my goal! I will find the princesses for the sake of the planet!" Reiko knew, this is just the beginning…

To be continued…