Chapter 2 - Start

"Hey! Get up Aika!" Kip's voice rang in her ears. The girl slowly opened her eyes to find herself on a soft carpet, and something poking her. As soon as she saw the wand in front of her, she blinked, and then slowly got up into a sitting position. "Are...are we here?" she asked.

"See for yourself." the little rabbit responded. Aika did scan the area, and saw that she was in a completely different room from her own. For some reason, her other self has a love for pink because the entire room seemed to be covered with it. The girl noticed also that she was still in her pajamas, and the tiara right beside her.

Out of the blue, two more rabbits came bursting into the room, both with an urgent look in their eyes. "Princess!" they shouted in unison.

"Huh?"

"What are you doing in that outfit?" the girl rabbit shrieked. "We have to get to the dinner party pronto!" the male one beside her added.

"But...how do I change..?"

"Use the tiara of course!" she shouted. Aika was confused, but picked up the silver crown anyway and placed it on her head. As soon as she did so, a ball of light circled around her, covering her whole body with a bright veil. When the light vanished, a beautiful pink gown like the other princess was wearing was on her, shocking the girl a lot. "Woah-!"

"No time to be surprised Princess!" Kip said as he grabbed her hand and started pulling her out of the room and across the hall. "We have to go!" all she could do was nod in reply as she let the bunny guide her to the ballroom.


Aika couldn't help but gape as she entered a large, hollow room filled with all kinds of people, which she guessed would be royalty. The ballroom was big enough to have a second floor, and the orange light reflected from the big chandeliers above made the place livelier. There was a large dinner table in the middle, but there was also a huge space to the left that was reserved for dancers. Kip led Aika to one of the chairs and showed her dinner. But she refused since she already had dinner back at her world so she only ate a little. Afterward, she decided to explore the crowded area since there was nothing else to do.

Squeezing past two people, she lost her footing and nearly tripped if another person was able to catch her by the arm. When Aika looked up to see who it was, she nearly screamed. "V-vic-"

"You okay?" the blonde asked. It was incredibly...odd for the girl as she stared at the exact replica of her childhood friend, except he was in more formal clothing. At least his love for blue still stuck. "Y-yeah thanks..." she mumbled as he helped her stand properly in the frilly pink dress.

"My name's Vincent Wright from the River Kingdom, but you can just call me Vince." he beamed. Blinking a few times, it took her around six seconds to register what he had just said to her. "U-uh...and my name's Aika. Nice to meet you."

"Aika..? That's a weird name." when the prince said that, she recalled the first time she moved into the neighborhood and the first time she met Victor. He nearly said the same thing after she had told him her name. It shook her a little, "They're so alike...it's like if you put them in the same clothing it would be impossible to tell the difference..." she thought.

"Huh...anyway, I'm going to play somewhere else. See ya soon Aika!" and with that, he zipped off to another part of the room, leaving her again with a lost expression. "He~y!" a voice screamed in her ear. The girl flinched, and saw Kip with his arms folded. "What are you doing? We need to find a dance partner for you remember?" he reminded. "R-right..." she stuttered.

"I guess 'other world people' don't only apply to me, but everyone else as well. So that means..." at that moment, Aika noticed a guy that again, was almost an exact clone of Lucas looking around, as if lost. She sighed, "Their personalities really do reflect each other don't they..." she mumbled to herself as she approached the raven-haired confused-yet-trying-to-hide-it teen. "Hello." she greeted.

"Huh?" he turned and saw her standing beside him. "Uh...hey." the conversation took a swift turn to awkwardness so Aika tried to keep it going. "My name's Aika, what's yours?"

"Luciano." he replied simply.

"...are you lost?" she asked in an attempt for him to talk more.

"Of course not!" he shouted angrily, which is what she expected from him. "Just like Lucas..." she thought.

"Calm down Prince Luciano...I was only teasing." strangely enough, his expression softened, and that surprised Aika since he normally doesn't admit his weakness that quickly. "...oddly...it isn't easy staying mad at you." he muttered, and then he realized that he was spewing some kind of nonsense. "I'm leaving." then his figure blended with the many other people in the ballroom.

The girl could do nothing but think what he had just said. "...maybe counterparts can sometimes share the same feelings as the other..." she thought as Lucas appeared in her mind.

"You should have asked him to be your dance partner!" Kip's voice suddenly cut through her thoughts, which shook her from spacing out. "K-kip...you don't need to shout." she responded.

"I need to or else you wouldn't hear me. Now come on, we need to find you a partner."

"Now? You said that we have at least thirty days to the ball right? Can't we just relax and look around?" Aika stared at the rabbit with pleading eyes. After a few seconds, the magical animal couldn't take it anymore, and exhaled in defeat. "Fine fine! But you might as well look around some more. The dinner party doesn't end till around an hour or so."

"Okay...thanks Kip."

"Hmph...what can I do..? The princess would have acted the same way anyhow."


Throughout the time, she was able to see another person she recognized, Kyle. Or as Kip was saying, his name here was Klaus. Yet still, he was as popular as ever, with all the girls crowding over him. Aika didn't know him that well to begin with, so she decided to move somewhere else...anyway, she only knew him because he was popular.

The girl also leaned in a corner once to rest her legs...and that's when she met another prince. The black-haired female had a feeling she had seen him before...but he was so quiet she probably never had the chance to talk to him in her own world. "Hello..." she greeted.

The male put the book down from his eyes and looked at her. "What do you want?"

"I'm just here to say hi...anyway, my name's Aika. You?"

"...Keifer." he responded as he held up his book again.

"You're not going to talk to other people Keifer..?"

"I prefer a novel thank you very much."

"Uhm...okay then. I'll see you later." the girl didn't feel that went too well, but she couldn't do much...that's how he was, and she couldn't push that. Aika walked back into the crowds and left the prince alone again. Yet for some reason, Keifer looked up and glanced at the girl he had just talked to before muttering something to himself. "...she's...different from the rest..."

To end the party, she saw that everybody was gathering to the middle of the ball room. With the help of Kip, Aika was able to take a peek of what was going on. What she saw fascinated her as much as singing has ever done.

It was Klaus...and another girl who must have been his dance partner doing the waltz...they were so graceful it was hard not to take your eyes off them...it was so amazing...that the black-haired girl couldn't put it to words. It took her breath away...it was just. Simply amazing.

"Kip..? Will I..?"

"Yes...you will." the rabbit stated firmly.

"B-but I...there's a big problem to that then..."

"Why?"

"...I have never danced before."


A/N : Yeah yeah...I was really lazy at the ending parts of this chapter. That's because I did that now, and the first half of it like...what, two weeks ago? Something like that. Anyway, hope it didn't come out as bad as I think.

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