"We'll meet again soon I promise, you must see my kiingdom." Aikka said from atop his beetle.
"With great pleasure, but don't forget I'll be waiting." Molly told him
"Goodbye Molly, take care of yourself."
Those words echoed in Molly's mind while laying in bed, they hadn't seen eachother in five years, there was an occasional letter brought by a mail bird from Nourasia, who swiftly left before she could write one of her own, but other than that, nothing, she began reading his letter another time.
Molly,
Its been a long time since my last letter, our kindgom has been quite busy fighting off the remaining Crogs who were bent on taking over, however since Kross' destruction none of them had the gull to stand up to us.
My father found it quite refreshing to walk out his room alone without being bombarded by them each morning telling him their demands. As to my request, the king has had little time for my 'constant babbling' as he calls it to bring you here, its still a bit hectic, there are other reasons involved, and I won't bore your mind with the details..
Judging by the last letter I assume all is well at your end, I'm still in awe from how you managed to hide your identity from your father till the last part of the race, even I was fooled, not to worry though, holding a grudge is not what I was brought up to believe in...honorable intentions, not to mention truth and honesty...well anyway...I must get back to my duties, which have been ignored for the past few minutes while I write to you...
Courage Molly, you must have faith, being alone doesn't mean you have to stay alone,
My thoughts are with you always
Prince Aikka
''Oh Aikka, what could you be doing now?'' Molly asked herself, turning off the light and retreating under her covers
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On Oban: When Aikka's transport was about to take off.
'Molly, this will be difficult, my father hasn't taken to you like I thought he would, the king won't let you come with me, I told him of my promise, yet he says not to keep it...how can I take it back? Another thing my father is troubled with is to my betrothed, I am to be married as soon as I become king...I don't know why my father thinks you'd be in the way, there's nothing between us...well almost nothing, our friendship may be true blue, yet he assumes its something more...
Something more, what is that something, love? Yes I love you...as a friend, a great one...Molly seeing you happy brings me great joy, I'd hate to crush your expression if I couldn't bring you with me...at least one day.'
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On Oban: When Molly's transport was about to take off.
'Oh Aikka, how I wish to be with you at this very moment, my heart is aching, what's wrong?? I know your Fencing Master hasn't really warmed up to me...does that mean your parents feel the same. My father told me not to expect too much, I guess it wasn't meant to be, however if you don't come to get me soon, I'll hop on a transport myself and suprise you anyway...Goodbye my Prince, let us meet soon.'
Let me know what you think, I'm still not certain if I want to go through with this or not...Yes its short but heck short stories are just as good