"But Mother"- she protested
"Emma, how many times we have to tell you, Honey?"- Queen Snow asked. She hated to reprehend her children, especially Emma but she was always getting in trouble.
"He is just my friend, Why cant I talk to him?"
"Emma, its not proper for a princess to be friend with the kitchen boy. Isnt that right, mother?"- her sister Eva said, walking closer to their mother and landing a hand on her shoulder.
"Im not talking to you, Eva"- Emma said, quietly , looking down
"So, mother we have to go to Elsa´s ball. Since Emma is punished"- she already assumed it before their parents even say it- "She can stay with Henry, since he is sick"
"I dont know, Eva. Henry could need us"- Snow said
"Mother, please. Emma can take care of him"- she begged- "Elsa is waiting for us , we cant just no go"- she turned around giving her back to Emma, who was trying to control her anger and the tears from falling down.
"I will talk to Henry, If he is okay with it. We will go with your father and Emma will stay to watch over him"
"But mom! Elsa is my friend! This isnt fair"- she complained
"I thought the kitchen boy was your friend"- her sister accused her but Emma only looked down, without a word
"Im sorry, Emma, we warned you and Henry needs to stay, we can leave him alone"
"Yeah, Emma you dont care about Henry!?"- Eva said, making Emma storm out of the place and later she happily turned to her mother –"So which dress should I wear?"
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"This is so unfair, Henry"- she sighed, sitting in the chair next to the sick boy´s bed.
"Im sorry" – He felt guilty she had to stay with him.
"No! Sorry, its not your fault and Im happy to take care of you but you know Eva did it on purpose to get me grounded...again"
"I know, she always does that and everyone thinks she is nice"- he groaned –" Dont worry, Emma. I know and I believe in you"
"Thank you"- she kissed his forehead –"You are my truest believer" – they smiled at each other –" Dont worry, its just a ball. I will miss seeing Elsa but Im sure we will see each other soon"
"Its not just that, you could have met a prince or a knight, even a pirate!"- he said –"But now you wont"
"Henry, I dont think either of them, not even a pirate, would notice me if Eva is around"- she said with sadness.
"Why not? You are identical twints"- He questioned
"We are not! Why people keep saying that..."- she said annoyed
"Because Emma, you are. Even the doctor said it"
"I know everyone says it but when I look at her and I look at myself in the mirror... we DO NOT look the same, Henry"
"Hmmm, how different do you both look?"- he asked confussed.
"This is how I look, like you see me, I guess. Blonde hair, green eyes"- she tried to find the words –"hmmm, she has blonde hair and green eyes too but her eyes are darkned, there is something in them and everyone says she is pretty, she is not really... she is ugly, why everyone says otherwise? Why I see her differently?"
"I dont know... maybe because she is your evil twin? Maybe you because you hate her?"
"I dont hate her, Henry. She hates me"
"Yeah, I know that. She really enjoys getting you in trouble or taking the attention from you"
"Thats okay, I dont need attention anyway"
"You think you dont because you are use to it. She did that since you were babies"
"I guess..."- she said defeated.
Since Emma and Eva were born, the situation was always the same, Eva would get all the attention,even before they could talk, when she didnt, she would do anything for it. When they were little kids, Eva would ask the best dresses and toys, when she didnt get them, she would break or take them from her twin. In fact, no matter what, she always take them from her sister, she always wanted to take everything from her. Emma grew use to it, she would let her sister get what she wanted, she wasnt selfish, she didnt need them to be happy and she loved her twin sister, she wanted them to be friends when they were kids, later things changed but that idea never got into Eva´s head for some reason, she hated Emma, she would always cause trouble and make her take the fault and get grounded, Emma fought it out first but then when she always got losing it, or ended up crying , she just gave up and took what she got. She became shy and quiet, nobody would care anyway. Her sister managed get all the attention, all the smiles and hugs, she damn knew how to seduce people, even with lies and trickery, the worse part was that even their parents, Snow and Charming fell for it. That was what caused Emma the biggest pain but luckily for her she had her younger brother Henry, he was her allied. He was the only one who could see how mean Eva really was, when nobody else could.
Her only friends were Princess Elsa, Ruby and August, the kitchen boy, with them and her brother she could be herself... when her sister wasnt around, of course. Her life really sucked sometimes, most of times, she would stay away from people, because thats where her sister always was... she grew lonely, she would walk on the big garden away from the castle, ride her lovely horse or sit on the bench looking at the water, reading some book. She used to look at the ships going away, dreamming that if she left, maybe then she wouldnt have to be the shadow of herself, the permanent shadow of her evil sister. Maybe one day, she would get the strenght to do it, to runaway and leave everything behind and start over, stop being the unhappy lonely princess and just to be Emma. One day...
"Think the good side of this Emma, our parents and sister will be away for weeks and we will have the whole castle for just the two of us!"- he said excited
"Henry, this castle is full of people, it would never be just the two of us"
"Well, but we are the only royalty, we can rule the castle!"
"haha, yeah. I guess you are right but we probably would get into more trouble and besides you are sick, remember?"
"Emma, come on! Im that sick, I will be okay in a few days and forget about it, you get in trouble all the time anyway, even when you dont anything wrong"
"I know but"
"No buts, Eva will be gone, you can be yourself"- he smiled.
"I guess you are right, maybe we can go to picnic and take August and Ruby with us... maybe we can even sneak out of the castle" she said with a big smile, maybe this wouldnt be so bad.
"Yay, thats the Emma I want!"- he was super excited
"Okay, you better get okay fast, we have some fun to get"
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3 days later, Snow, Charming and Eva left the castle and started their way to Arandelle, after the ball, they would have a little tour visiting another kingdoms, they would be away for weeks for sure. After talking with Henry about it, Emma started looking the brightside of her unfair punishment. As soon as she said goodbye to her parents, she stayed the rest of the morning with her brother, after lunch he decided he would take a nap and Emma ran to the kitchen trying to find her friend, and ask him to have a walk or ride for a while.
"Hi, Mary. Is August over here?"
"Princess Emma"- she said surprised –"You shouldnt be here, you could get into trouble"
"Dont worry, my parents are gone. Its totally safe"- she looked around – "So, where is he?"
"Im sorry, your highness but August is not here anymore, he is gone"
"What, gone? What do you mean?"
"Your dear parents found him another place to go, another castle"
"What! No! They wouldnt do that"- she couldnt help the tears filling her eyes but she knew they would –"Why he didnt even say goodbye?"
"He gave me this for you, I could get into trouble but I will give it to you, Princess"- she land the note for Emma to grab it and she did
"Thank you"- she walked away from there, as soon as she got out of the door of the castle, she opened the note.
Emma
Im sorry, I couldnt say goodbye, dont be mad.
Your parents think that I kissed you, I dont know why.
But they do and they are sending me away.
Do not worry, Its a nice place and I will be fine.
Hope I can see you again, be safe.
Your friend, August.
"Your parent think that I kissed you, I dont know why"- she read again, tears rolling down her face, it was her... her damn evil sister, why? Why she had to take everything from her? Why she hated her so much!- She couldnt take it anymore, she held the note in her hand and ran, ran trying to find some peace.
She ran as far as she could, not looking back, she didnt even notice a horse coming to her way. She felt the rush wind of the horse passing infront of her body, luckily she could stop but not without falling abruptly on the ground.
"Oh My God, Are you Okay?"- he asked, with concern –"Milady, are you okay?"- she got up without even looking at him –"Im so sorry, I didnt see you coming"
"Its okay, I was the one running in your way"- she said shyly, clearly blushing when she looked at him. Wow he was handsome, beautiful eyes. She was froze for a second but then reacted –"Who are you? What are you doing here?"- she stepped away
"Wow"- He laughed – "Its nice meeting you too, lass"
"Im not lass, Im a Princess and you didnt answer me"
"Princess, huh, I couldnt tell"- he said sacartically –"Im was just having a ride in my horse, as you could see"
"This is my castle territory, you are not allow to be here... How did you?"
"Well, I always find my ways, Princess"- he smirked but she didnt smile back- "Sorry, yeah I shouldnt be here"- he moved away
"Hey you didnt say your name!"- she yelled at him as he walked away, he turned around and smirked.
"Jones, Killian Jones"-
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She sat on the bench, close to the water, looking at her friend´s note. She wouldnt see him in long time, that was for sure. They didnt do anything wrong, they were only friends. How did her sister convince her parents that they kissed? Well she shouldnt even question it, her sister always got what she wanted, she would lie and trick, she always had to ruin everything.
"Are always crying?"- a male voice asked, making her jump and look around
"You"- she said, blushing a little, god he was so handsome
"Didnt answer me, Princess"
"Who are you? And what do you want?" she hide her friends note and wipped the tears from her face –"You shouldnt be here, this isnt proper"
"I told you yesterday, my name is Killian Jones"
"How you got here, again. Who let you in?"- she looked around, trying to see if someone was close. She would get in so much trouble if her parents, or sister knew or saw her.
"Ah, thats a secret but I will let you know, I can use my charms, Princess... Your name is?"
"Im not telling you, you will only get me into trouble, you shouldnt be here and I shouldnt be talking to you"- she said but either move to walk away nor stop talking
"Hmm, okay. Lets play the game... I know you are a princess, you know my name is Killian Jones. You can tell me your name and I will tell you who I am"- he grinned
"Not telling you. Go, whoever you are you can not be here"- she commanded but he didnt move a bit
"Okay, Hmmm I will call you Swan then"
"Swan? Why"- she was confussed
"Your white swan necklace?"
"Oh"- she looked at it –"Yeah, My parents got it before I was born"
"Its beautiful as you"- he said with honesty in his eyes and a sweet smile
"Thank you"- she said shyly blushing scarlet, she wasnt use to getting compliments, she wasnt use to talk to handsome men alone, she wasnt use to getting compliments from handsome men.
"Okay, Swan, since you dont seem to trust me but yet gave a little information about your necklace, I will tell you who I am"- he moved closer, to sit on the bench- "May I"
She nodded, still blushing, this wasnt proper but he sat down.- "Im Prince Killian Jones of Phrygia, at your service"
"Phrygia? You are King Midas´s son?"- she instinctively moved away
"Grandson, darling and dont worry, sadly I cant turn everything I touch into gold"- he pouted "But, well some women said the felt gold when I touched them"- he smirked, making Emma roll her eyes slightly... and blush again, It made her wonder how it felt to be touched... by him
"You are Abigail and Frederick´s son?"- she asked, trying to erase those umproper thoughts of her head
"Yes, and I have a brother"- he answered. Somehow it felt like 2 old friends, talking.
"I know, Liam, right?"
"Why? should I be offended that you heard about my brother but not about me?"- he asked, hurt.
"He is the first son"
"The heir of the throne, yeah I know"- he smiled
"You dont mind?"- she asked surprised, nobody would ever smile saying they were the second to the heir of throne... being second sucked, she knew so pretty well, not that she wanted the heir of throne anyway, it wasnt that what it hurt.
"I dont want to be a king, not my thing"- he talked with such a simplyness and honesty, it made Emma feel safe and open for some weird reason.
"What do you want to be?"- she should go, she shouldnt be doing this but looking at his eyes and talking to him, no... she wouldnt go away.
"Just me, Killian"- he said, simply and she smiled wide, that was all she ever wanted, to be just Emma, not princess, twin, or queen, just Emma.
"That sounds good"- their gaze met and they held into it... it felt like the whole world vanished and the only thing left were them, there, together.
"Tell that my grandfather king"- he raised his eyebrows- "Not that I care... Why were you crying? Can I help you?"
"Help me, you want to help me?"- she was almost shocked, helping her? That was something new.
"Yes, Swan, why is that so hard to believe?"
"People usually dont even care to help me, especially when my sister is around"- she looked away, trying to hide how much it hurt but he could see it and she knew it.
"Oh you have a sister "
"And a little brother"- she smiled at the mention of Henry, he was a really sweet young boy.
"So, you dont seem to like so much your said sister"
"Its complicated"- so much she couldnt even find the word to explain, not that she wanted to explain such a deep complication to a man she just met, anyway... Okay, One more question and she would. Why?
"Families"- he looked at her eyes, she had beautiful sad, but beautiful eyes –"What do you say if he sneak out into one of those ships and we runnaway, Swan"
"Really?"- she laughed. Who was this person? Could he read her thoughts? Was he some kinda angel or something? How?
"I would be your captain and you would be my princess"- he grinned and she smiled wide, blushing... his princess, why that sound so good coming from his mouth. And she hated being a princess, most of time.
"Sounds good but I dont want to be a princess"
"Pirate princess?"- he raised his eyesbrow, with such bright eyes, she loved his eyes... Not just because their blue was beautiful but because of what they held inside... something, she couldnt put in words... so beautiful, so special.
"You want to be a pirate?"- she smiled and he nodded –"Wonderful but"- she sighed – "My sister would probably find us and ruin everything, she always does"
"Hmm, I dont like her already"- why did her sister make her feel so sad? He wanted to know, to ease her pain, why? He couldnt tell.
"If she was here, you would"- she said sad – "You wouldnt even be talking to me right now"- she looked down and he lift her head with his finger on her chin. She smiled shyly and blushed scarler again. What was about him?
"I want to be here talking to you, Swan. I came back to you, didnt I?"- he smiled sweetly
"I like that you call me Swan"- she grinned, not being able of hold her gaze on his eyes.
"You dont want to be a princess, you can be a swan, a beautiful white swan"
"The name is Emma by the way"- she finally confessed
"I already knew that, Swan"- he smirked. Idiot. –"Nice to meet you, Emma"- he kissed her hand and she grinned.
"Nice to meet you, Killian"
- What do you think?- I posted the first chapter of my other fanfic "Crazy in love"- check on it and tell me which one should I write first ;)