Daughter of Evil
"Princess, please understand You're people are dying! Please allow us mercy." a young man pleaded.
In front of him sitting in her extravagant throne was Rin, princess of the Yellow Country. Until her reign, the country had never seen so much economic turmoil and death. Rin was a ruthless and self-centered ruler, allowing her kingdom to starve while she indulged on all the luxuries that came with being ruling princess.
Len, her personal servant and own twin brother, looked from the boy from where he stood beside Rin, and then down at the evil. "Perhaps, Princess, you can let this one go " he suggested with a slight smile.
Rin gave a smirk as she glanced up at him. "Cute, Len. Real cute," she snickered as she rose. "It should be known throughout my kingdom that no one questions me. If that point isn't getting across, he should be made into an example, don't you agree, Len?"
"Princess " Len sighed wearily.
"Good. Then you'll send him to the guillotine immediately."
"As you wish, Princess," Len nodded, reluctantly stepping down the steps leading up to Rin's golden throne. He stopped in front of the man and smiled apologetically at him before taking his wrist and dragging him off.
"Princess, please!"
"Len, I think we should travel to the Green Country today " Rin mused, resting her chin on the back of her hand as she stared out the window. The breeze blowing through the opened arch in the stone wall combed its fingers through her short, yellow hair. "I'm sick with dealing with all the ingrates' complaints "
"By means of what travel, Princess?" Len asked, turning to face her and folded his arms behind his back.
"I'll ride Josephine," she smiled broadly, turning towards him and held out her hand to him.
He glanced down at it and smiled slightly, taking it in his hand and kneeled down on one knee to kiss it. "Then I will walk beside you, my dear sister."
"Mm, you're such a good servant," she giggle, pulling her hand back and patted him on the head. "Let's make haste," she chimed, gathering the skirt of her dress in her hands and hurrying off towards the doors to her enormous palace. Len watched her off from over his shoulder, a content smile on his face as he stood up again and followed her out.
With Rin on her white as snow horse and the reigns in Len's hands to guide it, they set off for the Green Country.
"You know, I hear the Blue Prince is traveling to the Green country as well " Rin gushed, leaning forward and wrapping her arms around Josephine's neck, snuggling her face into the grey mane.
"Is that your reasoning for your spontaneous vacation?" Len snickered.
"Mhm," she nodded, grinning widely to herself. "I fell in love with him the instant I first saw him " she sighed. "And now, I'll finally get to meet him!"
"I'm happy for you, Princess. I can almost hear the wedding bells," he teased.
For the following few hours, Rin chatted on and on about her Prince Charming in Blue, and Len only half listened. He couldn't help but think back to the day when Rin had ordered the boy to the guillotine. The faces in the crowd watching, every single one of them had the same look of agony and hatred mashed together.
He'd be questioning what he was doing was right or wrong for the longest time after that. The faces of the villagers scared him, realizing that a revolt was soon to be underway if his beloved sister didn't do something to change her ways. Of course, he knew she would never, and so settled with just loving his sister the way he always had, and would do whatever he could to stop any sort of revolt.
"Len, look! There he is!" Rin hissed, snapping him out of his thoughts. Len stopped walking, as did the horse beside him, and Rin slid off her back. "How do I look?" she questioned.
"As beautiful as I've ever seen," Len smiled.
Rin smiled and hurried off towards the Blue Prince. "Kaito!" she called out.
The prince turned around at the sound of his name and watched Rin run over with a cocked eyebrow. "Have we met?"
"No, we haven't been formally introduced yet," Rin said, smiling brightly at him before curtseying. "My name is Kagamine Rin, Princess of the Yellow Country."
"Yellow ?" he frowned. "I've heard notorious things of your country "
"Mm, probably all just nasty rumors," Rin snickered.
"Kaito, sorry to make you wait," a voice said, cutting in. Rin glared at the green-hair girl as she wrapped her arms around one of Kaito's arms. "Shall we go now?"
Kaito grinned broadly down at the girl and nodded. "Miku," he smiled cheerfully, "you're finally here. Come on, let's go," he said, leading her off down the cobble-stone road.
Rin glared after the two, having never once been denied what she wanted. "Len!" she screamed, and in and instant he was at her side.
"Princess?" he frowned.
"She took Kaito away from me "
"Princess "
"I want her dead "
"Rin "
"I want you to burn this whole country down, Len!" she snapped.
Len stared her wearily, and then turned his attention to Kaito and Miku as they walked off together. He drew in a sigh before nodding. "Yes, Princess "
"I'm going home," she muttered, sulking back to her white horse. She took the reigns and mounted, and then took off back to her Yellow Country.
The next day Rin left her bedroom with a yawn and stumbled sleepily towards the window. Through it the Green Country was visibly burning to the ground. She smirked to herself, and glanced over her shoulder as the church bell tolled. "Three already?" she asked, smiling. "Tea time Len!" she called out as she turned back and headed to her throne.
As soon as she sat down, the doors flew open. Len was standing behind them, his breathing labored and his black vest splattered with blood. He dropped to his knees, exhausted.
"Oh, you're here," Rin grinned. "Just in time, too."
"Hn ?" he asked before glancing behind him at the clock tower. "Oh, right " he sighed, mustering all his strength to stand again and walked off into the room behind the throne. He came back minutes later with a golden yellow tray and a matching tea set. He held it in front of her silently, and she gleefully took one of the cups and held out a foot towards him.
Len stared down at it for a moment before kneeling down and setting the tray on the ground. Her took her foot in his hand and gently pressed it to his lips.
"Hm hm," she giggled. "You may go rest now."
"Thank you," he nodded, standing up and leaving for his room.
It was several hours before Len woke again, and when he did Rin was outside, bathing in the sunlight with her eyes closed.
When Len found her, he grinned tiredly to himself and walked towards, sitting down beside her once there. He set his hand down on her wrist gently, and smiled down at her when she opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Today's snack shall be brioche t te."
A smile spread across her face until she burst into a fit of giggles, and the grin on Len's face grew. "Let's get back to the palace, shall we?"
Rin nodded, and stood up with Len's help. She held onto his hand as they made their way back to the palace. Once they arrived back, however, two people stood inside waiting for them, Kaito and Meiko. Meiko was a villager of the Yellow Country, one with a deep-seated vengeance against the evil princess. She dressed herself in red armor, and her red hair had been cut short.
The instant Rin and Len stepped inside, Kaito drew a sword and pierced Rin's neck with it.
"Hey!" Len snapped, starting to lunge forward until Meiko restrained him.
"You're such a disrespectful man!" Rin choked out with a smirk as she stared at Kaito, whose eyes flared with rage and flooded with tears.
Kaito took the blade back angrily, and Meiko threw Len aside before grabbing onto both of Rin's arms and dragging her out of the palace and to the jail house where should be held until her execution the following day.
On the day of, Len stood in the crowd of spectators in a black cape and cowl. He watched with the rest of the Yellow Kingdom as Rin was positioned under the guillotine's blade, and then locked her in place. Kaito and Meiko stood on the platform this time, instead of Len who usually carried out the executions.
When the church's clock tower bell rang, Rin grinned. "Oh, it's tea time."
Meiko let the blade drop and fall on Rin's neck. Her head was lopped off and tumbled down the stairs of the platform.
Len spun around and fell to his knees, covering his mouth as tears stained his cheeks. The villagers cheered as Meiko kicked the body off the guillotine, they're ruthless leader was now dead.