I know I should be writing my other story but I cleaned out my locker and found this old one.

I do not own shugo chara or any of its charactersJ

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There lay on her death bed with a dagger through the heart, my mother.

" I love you baby" said mother.

"Noooo!" I screamed at her when she closed her eyes.

Someone from behind me said " your next Amu. Ahahaha."

"No mama." I woke up screaming and trashing

"Sshh, my lady you shall wake your mother the queen. Do not worry it was only a dream." said Yaya, one of my nanny's, which makes no sense since I'm older than her

"she's not my mother" I said as Utau entered.

"what is it this time, why did you wake me from my sleep and make me come here for Uma?" said Utau the queen of Tokyo and unfortunately my step-mother in an annoyed tone.

"Oh it was only a nightmare my queen." said Yaya.

"My name is Amu and it's you that decided to come here. Trust me you would be the last person in the world I would call for." since I was already in trouble for answering back I added "Utau'' for emphasise. Then it came, the pain. She had slapped me, no one ever slapped me.

" You shall not speak to me in that tone, I will call you as I please" she also added " You will address me as 'My Queen'. Do you understand?"

" What happened to calling you mother" I answered in a sweat cold way.

" You have lost that right, just as your dead old mother lost her right of being called queen" She answered in the same tone. Then she slapped me again, I didn't feel it this time instead I felt the anger and hurt she had awakened in me I hit her right on the nose. Of coarse she was surprised I just hit her but Yaya wasn't surprised at all it was at times like these that I could see in her face that she envied my courage.

" You ugly little girl you broke my nose" but since I probably did break her nose it sounded like a dieing mouse so you understand that I had to laugh.

" You find this funny? Lets see who's laughing now. Yaya give our little princess an essay and since she seems to be in the mood to be awake at this hour she is to stay awake till tomorrows night. She is to write this essay on how to be a perfect lady since she is far from being a lady. Till morning. Goodnight Uma." she said the last part with a smirk on her face she's lucky I didn't kill her on the spot.

I couldn't believe her, everyone in the kingdom respected my mother, she was the greatest person to live. She helped the peasants, she treated them as equals to the lords and ladies, she gave them honorific's just the same as everyone, she was there for almost all the births to help the mother with delivering, if she didn't make it she was there the day after, everyone loved her, she was the best Queen, Tokyo ever had.

Tic, toc, tic, toc. I've been awake for nearly three hours. Yaya was asleep and my best friend Rima was stitching, all I had on my paper was 'How to be a lady' with lady scratched off and 'snob' written over it, so it said 'How to be a snob'. I was thinking about the dream I had, it was the same as the others but different. In this one I recognised the voice. Who's voice was- my thoughts were interrupted by Utau's favourite knight, Ikuto " Hello my lady, if I may ask what has you up at this hour? Not waiting for me I hope." He finished his sentence with that beautiful smirk that mad me want to melt. I admit it Ikuto was H.O.T. -Hot with a capital h. I knew that the oh so perfect Utau had an affair with him but that didn't stop me.

"Oh, I was simply waiting for an asshole of a knight to take me away like all the other girls my age. It seems he's come." I said with a smile.

" Do not worry my lady, your next Amu." Oh my goodness - wait what I knew that voice. It was his voice I heard in my dream. It couldn't mean. oh man I had the worst luck ever.

" I must bid you goodbye, Rima I would like to speak to you in private." I said in a stern voice. Rima and I walked out of the study.

" Rima I must leave tonight."