The Pixie Princess

Mikan Sakura has always been the Pixie Winged faerie. But now she knows about her past and is looking forward to her future. The thing is, Happily Ever Afters don't walk by every day, so Mikan has to try and realise where her happiness lies, but when someone asks for her hand in marriage, can she say yes when her heart lies somewhere else...? NXM

Don't read this until you have read 'Pixie Wings and Other Things'. This is the sequel, not the prequel. Thank you.

Disclaimed! I disclaim all rights to Gakuen Alice. Those rights rightfully belong to Tachibana Higuchi-san.

To everyone who read my previous story, Pixie Wings and Other Things, thank you! You supported me all the way through, and I love you all! The readers, reviewers and those in between. I wish you all a happy life and love you all sooooooo much! Sorry if I don't update frequently.

First chapter, yay! Dedicated to my friends and sister, who support me in everything I do.

Chapter One: The Pixie Princess

Once Upon A Time, I would have wished for everything to be different. I would have wanted different wings to those I have now, and I would have wanted to be like any other faerie; normal. But now I am older, wiser and I have finally accepted myself fully. Also, I became the faerie I always wanted to be; a free faerie with reign over my own life. Finally, things are beginning to look up. But now that I've started with 'Once Upon A Time', I'm going to start looking for my 'Happily Ever After'. Will it be that hard to find?...

In a land called Alice, there lived a Pixie Princess, and her name was Mikan. By birth Mikan was a royal, but when the throne chose the kingdom's new Queen, Mikan became just like everyone else; a regular faerie, free to live her own life, and with her new freedom, Mikan was able to return to the one place she called home;

The Wizarding Kingdom.

Mikan was very happy in the Wizarding Kingdom; she was with her friends who she treasured more than anything, and she was in a place where everyone accepted her for who she was. A faerie with Pixie Wings.

However, unlike most faeries, Mikan was no ordinary faerie. She was in fact a descendant of Angels and Flower Faeries, meaning that she was able to live in the world of the flower faeries, faeries who didn't take too kindly to other faerie folk other than themselves. Also, being a descendant of Angels meant that she had earned great respect in the faerie kingdom; finally her mother was being treated kindly by those who had once ridiculed her for her wing status. However Yuka had left the kingdom, only returning to visit Mikan's grandfather, whom Mikan visited frequently.

So, the moment Mikan had decided to return to the Wizarding Kingdom to be with her friends was the time when her 'Once Upon A Time' had started, but all she needed was to have a 'Happily Ever After', but because of how oblivious she was, this faerie didn't know when she would find her Happily Ever After with the man she loved...

"Ow, Natsume! That was my foot!" Mikan screeched after Natsume, the prince and heir to the throne of the Wizarding Kingdom, simply raised an eyebrow at the pixie winged faerie like she'd just lied to his face. However, he had stepped on her foot. Quite purposefully, too.

"It's not my fault that your big feet are in the way." he said rather smugly. Mikan fumed, going red in the face. She suddenly flew up, mad and totally out of control.

"My feet are not big, you jerk! Can't you see that I have tiny feet! Not like you, though, oh no, you have CLOWN FEET!" she screeched as loud as she could. Yet again Mikan's ordinary day started out with her having a fight with Natsume., Ever since she had returned, with Natsume holding her hand, to the Wizarding Kingdom, they had been fighting since day one. It was kind of predictable, after all, Mikan and Natsume were practically Ying and Yang.

However Misaki and Tsubasa kind of tagged on to everything...

"Oh, those two will make a lovely couple one day." smiled Misaki as Tsubasa grinned, watching the prince and the pixie winged faerie fight with all their might. As always, the day would be humorous. Somehow, Natsume would end up winning, but only because he played with no rules; he used his magic, whilst Mikan could only fly around and shout at him.

However she did tend to drop him into the fountain if he really irritated her, and there was nothing that Natsume hated more than water. And that day was exactly what Mikan did; she dropped Natsume into the closest fountain she could find and grinned, flying above the water and dancing proudly.

Natsume surfaced from the water, glaring at the faerie who was sticking out her tongue and giggling madly. Sometimes he wondered why he even had a stupid crush on her.

So, as Mikan giddily circled the fountain, Natsume tried to catch her, hoping to drag her down with him, but ever since Mikan had bloomed, her wings had become stronger and faster, and she could fly higher without even getting tired.

So ever since Mikan and Natsume had started to fight more than they talked, Mikan's wings had become an advantage to her, and she was very proud of them. Natsume had a hard time attacking Mikan with magic because she was also good at dodging. She explained that it was because she'd always had to dodge things that other faeries threw at her when she was younger.

However, Mikan was soon helping Natsume out of the fountain, because she already felt bad for him. Natsume, however, wasn't done, and pulled Mikan in with him. Mikan coughed and spluttered, then started to splash Natsume childishly as he growled and used a water jet spell on her, but Mikan had already ducked and Natsume hit a passer by. The passer by didn't look best pleased.

"Tut tut, your Highness, playing so childishly when you should be great and powerful. Such a child," giggled Mikan, swimming around Natsume, ducking into the water then jumping out of it. Natsume rolled his eyes. He was used to her gallivanting about.

"Okay, fun time is over, you two. We need to get you dried up and Natsume needs to return to the palace before his father sends out the guards." Misaki said, clapping her hands as Natsume rolled his eyes, standing himself up and wading out of the fountain, dripping wet as Mikan giggled, then fluttered out of the fountain herself, flapping the excess water off of her wings as Natsume dried himself off with a spell.

Boy, he sure knew a hoard of spells. Mikan rolled her eyes, because in her mind, Natsume was showing off a bit. She then fluttered towards Natsume, smiling.

"Natsume, I'm sorry~ I didn't mean for you to get so wet!" she laughed as Natsume rolled his eyes, still drying himself off. Mikan then flew in front of Natsume and shook herself, making sure that Natsume was dripping again. He glared at the faerie who was grinning from ear to ear like she had accomplished something. Natsume was just irritated with her.

"Okay, okay, come on, love birds, stop playing around and let's go!" Misaki cried out, waving a hand as both Natsume and Mikan snapped their heads around to stare at the woman who had called them 'love birds'. She looked rather smug, arms folded as Mikan cringed bright red, shaking her head.

"We- we're not love birds!" Mikan cried out indignantly, turning three shades of red and fluttering higher, her hands clenched into fists as Misaki rolled her eyes, sighing. Both Natsume and Mikan were so transparent.

"I'll be the judge of that." She muttered to herself, turning and walking off as Mikan fluttered after her friend quickly, questioning and yelling about why Misaki would say such a thing. Misaki didn't answer, but Natsume just stood there, trying not to blush. Yeah, he liked Mikan, but they weren't dating or ready to get married.

Misaki and Tsubasa were stupid to think that Mikan, a sweet little air head of a faerie, would ever like a dark, arrogant prince like himself…

Natsume stood in his room, staring at the rose that Mikan had given him over a year ago. It stood in its small glass vile and was still alive, just like Mikan had promised. Natsume didn't admit it, but he treasured that rose more than anything, because it was a symbol of Mikan's friendship for him.

He then finished dressing and proceeded to the throne room where his father awaited him. Apparently he had something to tell Natsume, but Natsume didn't know what it was. Like he'd care, though, his father usually came up with some pretty weird stuff to try and make Natsume get closer to him as a son.

"Natsume, my son! ~ I have been waiting for you, I have news! ~" cried the King. Natsume looked disgruntled. His father acted nothing like a decent king, he acted more like a child. Natsume actually couldn't wait to kick his father off of the throne.

Then Natsume realised that if his father wasn't the king, then he would be, and Natsume didn't really want to be the King, did he? He'd never liked being locked up in the palace with no life. However, his father had been very lenient and given Natsume enough freedom, especially in his teenage years. So Natsume had to be grateful that he hadn't had a life like Mikan had had.

"What is it?" Natsume asked moodily as his father smiled, walking towards his only son who just stared at him.

"We are expecting a visitor, today! That is why I asked Harada's daughter to tell you to come home!" the King cried happily as Natsume folded his arms and rolled his eyes. He wondered who this visitor was…

"Who is it?" he asked gruffly as his father beamed, clapping his hands.

"It's the Prince of the Flower Faeries, it seems. He actually came to see someone else, but has decided to visit our palace, too. As far as I've heard, he wants to have an audience with Aoi and Princess Mikan." The King stated as Natsume blinked,

"She's not a princess anymore, father." He said lightly as the King smiled, shrugging.

"Oh, well in our eyes, she's going to always be a princess. The Pixie Princess, at that. So, you're already ready. He will be here in a few hours, tops, so start working on being polite." His father stated as Natsume rolled his eyes.

"I'm always polite," he muttered. His father, and many others, would have said differently, but no one (barring Mikan and Tsubasa) would have gone against the prince.

"I hear that the Prince of the Flower Faeries is looking for a princess to marry. He's supposedly handsome and quite eligible." Aoi said, walking into the throne room wearing one of her best dresses. Obviously Aoi was set out to impress someone. Natsume wasn't amused,

"Apparently most princes are, Aoi. And why do I have to greet him, as well? You know I don't like an audience." Natsume stated grouchily as his father sighed, shaking his head.

"It's because he wants to meet Aoi and Mikan, as I said, and it is only polite to invite him to the palace. It's also polite to make an appearance." The King said as Natsume rolled his eyes. He didn't really want to be polite, and he didn't want to exactly see another prince, either. He thought that all princes were a bit pompous. Then again, Natsume was a bit of a pompous jerk himself.

"Why not just Aoi and the dust brained pixie? They don't need me to hold their hands." Natsume replied. Aoi stood there, not believing what Natsume was spewing out of his mouth. Wasn't he supposed to have a crush on Mikan?

"Natsume, the prince is here to choose a bride. AKA, he's going to choose either me or Mikan. Man, you're so dumb when you want to." Aoi muttered, walking off as Natsume blinked. He shook his head.

"Oh really? Why would he want an audience with that dust brain? He has to be deluded!" Natsume stated as Aoi rolled her eyes. Natsume was trying not to be, but he was extremely transparent. Aoi started to wonder how long Natsume's charades would go on, because if he didn't act soon, then he would probably lose Mikan to someone else…

"Mikan, may I come in?" Misaki asked, lightly knocking on Mikan's bedroom door as the brunette pixie winged faerie looked up, smiling.

"Of course, it's you're home, after all Misaki." Mikan said, standing up and walking towards her friend as Misaki walked in and closed the door. She then spied paper and pen on Mikan's desk. She guessed that Mikan was finally writing her story for the book of faerie tales. It had been a tradition in her family, after all.

"So you're writing your story? Have you made a happy ending for it, yet?" asked Misaki as Mikan sighed, sitting back down at her desk.

"No… I haven't had my Happy Ending yet, Misaki. How can I finish a story when I haven't finished my own?" Mikan stated glumly as Misaki smiled, placing a hand on Mikan's shoulder.

"Maybe it's about to happen." Misaki whispered. Mikan looked up at her friend, blinking. Misaki nodded, beaming.

"There's someone who wants to meet you and Aoi at the palace today. A prince, in fact. He's looking for someone to marry him, so he's seeing all the eligible princesses there are." Misaki explained as Mikan blinked.

"But I'm not a princess anymore." She said as Misaki rolled her eyes,

"So? You were once a princess, and anyway, its modern day and the princes can marry whom they choose… I think." Misaki said with a small smile as Mikan nodded, then sighed to herself.

"Maybe, but… why would a prince choose an audience with me? Why would he even consider me as a potential wife? I'm clumsy, loud and I irritate people. I'm not really Queen or Princess material, Misaki." Mikan said sadly as her friend sighed like Mikan had,

"Mikan… being a Queen or a Princess isn't always about punctuality, being polite or being well dressed. You should know that more than anyone, seeing as you were once a princess yourself." Misaki said as Mikan shook her head, staring up at her friend.

"Yeah, but… I had to be punctual, elegant and presentable when I was a princess. My grandfather was so strict… and I don't even know if I'd be a good Queen. There's a reason to why I never grew Princess wings." Mikan said quietly. "I'm not made for the throne like Sumire or Natsume are."

"Probably not, but maybe you're made for greater things, Mikan. Maybe you're meant to do other things," exclaimed Misaki as Mikan smiled, hugging her friend.

"Thanks, Misaki… you always know what to say to me, especially when I'm down." She whispered as Misaki chuckled, then pushed Mikan away gently and stared at her friend.

"Now that I've brought you're spirits up, we need to get you ready. Your audience with a prince requires an elegant dress." Misaki told Mikan as the brunette rolled her eyes, standing and following her friend out of the bedroom and towards the living room, where Misaki was going to dress Mikan up so that she looked presentable for her meeting with the Prince of the Flower Faeries…

"Presenting Prince Kaname of the Flower Faeries!" a guard cried out as Natsume and Aoi stood in front of the palace doors alongside their father who was smiling and looking unusually grown up for once. Natsume wanted the day to be over and done with, however, they still needed to wait for Mikan to arrive.

As always, she was fashionably late…

"Prince Kaname! How good to see you! I am King Hyuuga of the Wizarding Kingdom, and these are my children, Natsume, crowned prince, and Aoi, princess. I hope your journey was well," the King asked as the prince, who was a little older than Natsume, but shorter, smiled and bowed respectfully to Natsume, Aoi and their father.

"It was indeed pleasant, and you have a wonderful kingdom, too. Shall we proceed?" he asked, and with a nod, everyone went inside. The guards stood outside as the King lead his children and Kaname towards the royal dining area where they would have dinner. Kaname seemed pleasant, but Natsume was wary of him. Not all princes (especially him) were kind and courteous. He figured it was an act to sweet talk Aoi into marrying him.

"So, the Flower Faerie Kingdom? We were once quite close, as my wife once told me. Apparently we were close to the elemental faeries, too, hence why the elemental faeries know a bit of alchemy and magic." The King explained as Kaname smiled, nodding and sitting in his designated place.

"Yes, I've looked into the History of all our kingdoms, and found that Angels and Flower Faeries once lived I harmony, too. However fights broke out. History interests me, the past is so intriguing. Our ancestors did quite a bit to create the kingdoms we live in now." Kaname explained as Aoi sat forward, interested. Natsume knew that Aoi was a history fanatic, too. This wasn't going well in his eyes…

"Yes, history is an amazing thing. Are you aware of the Flower Faeries and Angels incident?" the King then asked. Natsume blinked. He knew that his father meant Mikan. Kaname nodded and smiled even brighter than before,

"Why yes, I am! I knew that somewhere in the kingdoms of us faeries there lived these individuals; faeries born with pixie wings but had angel and flower faerie blood. Something in their DNA corrupted their wings to stay in the shape of a pixie's wings until something special helped them to grow into their 'true wings'. It's so fascinating, and to think that I actually found out who had those same wings!" Kaname stated with excitement as the King smiled. They all knew who Kaname was speaking of, seeing as there was only one Pixie winged princess in their kingdom…

"Oh, sorry I'm late! I forgot the time!" someone suddenly cried, the doors opening and crashing into the walls. Everyone turned to stare at Mikan, wearing a long, flowing lilac gown. She blinked, staring at everyone. As it was a special, rare occasion, Mikan's hair was down and small lilies were twined into her hair. She smiled with embarrassment and gracefully walked towards the table as everyone stared at her.

Then she tripped.

"Oww…" she cried, sprawled on the floor as Aoi held back a giggle. Natsume couldn't believe her. Only she could make an entrance like that.

Then, to Natsume's chagrin, Kaname stood and walked towards Mikan. He knelt to the ground and smiled, holding out a hand as Mikan stared up at him. He then took her hand in his and helped Mikan up. She just stared at him as he smiled and bowed to Mikan.

"Good day. I am Kaname, prince of the Flower Faerie Kingdom. You must be Mikan… former princess of the Faerie Kingdom. I finally get to meet you in person." He stated slowly as Mikan blushed lightly. She then found her manners and bowed to him before bringing her gaze back to him.

"He… hello, your highness…" she started. Kaname shook his head, still smiling.

"Please, call me Kaname, and may I call you Mikan?" he asked politely as Mikan nodded, clutching her dress tightly in her hand. Boy, she was nervous.

"Of course, however… how do you know my name?" she asked him quietly. Kaname beamed again, and lead Mikan to her seat, even taking it out for her. Natsume was fuming, and Aoi could see that. Kaname and Mikan, however, were both quite oblivious.

"I think everyone knows of you in the faerie kingdoms, Mikan. You're a rarity in your kingdom, just like your ancestors once were. You have the wings of a pixie yet hold Angel blood in your veins, but that has only just been discovered. You're quite popular in my kingdom," Kaname explained as Mikan's eyes widened.

"I… I am?" she said with disbelief. All Mikan had known her entire life was that no one liked her, and now she was popular in another kingdom!?

"Yes, you are! Our ancestors once flew with the Angels, and when a flower faerie and an angel fell in love, it caused a slight uproar, for Angel blood was to be kept pure. This was a reason for the Angels and flower faeries to fight, and later on other faeries who had befriended the Wizarding kingdom. But you have unique wings, Mikan, because even if they are wings like ours, they're brighter than anyone else's." Kaname was excited, everyone could see that. He then clutched Mikan's hand, and Natsume seethed.

"With you, the Wizarding Kingdom and the faeries can be together again!" he then exclaimed. That's when Mikan became confused,

"Erm… sure, but… how can I bring all our kingdoms together again? I'm from the faerie kingdom." She stated as Kaname jumped up, taking Mikan with him who stumbled.

"You live here now, right?" he asked. The King then spoke up,

"Yes, she is. As of last year Mikan became a part of our kingdom. She is officially one of our residents." The King said as Mikan blinked, staring at him. She hadn't known of this…

"See? With your help the kingdoms will be brought together again! All you need is to marry me!" Kaname cried out. That sent a silence through the entire room as Mikan stood there, staring at the smiling prince in disbelief. He was still holding her hands, but Mikan wanted to shake him off.

"Are… are you proposing!?" she cried. Kaname nodded, then suddenly got down on one knee. Aoi gasped, the King was ready to applaud, and Natsume… well, Natsume was ready to burn down an entire kingdom. One which had many flowers in it, to be exact.

"Mikan Sakura of the Wizarding and Faerie Kingdom… will you marry me?" Kaname asked, producing a ring as Mikan stood there, shocked and speechless…

What was she going to do…?

Well? How was it? Was it good, intense? I think it was like, a cliff hanger there at the end. I hope it was. SUSPENSE KILLS YOU ALL XD! I hope you enjoyed it. Well, gotta fly, please wait patiently for the next chapter! Kisses!

Lots of love,

Blue~