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(Sub-series from Stars, Idols and Models)
By xxAikoxx
'Love Triangle'
Opening soundtrack: "Honey" by Sakura Mikan(Madelyn) and Hyuga Natsume (Prince William)
Sakura Mikan as Madelyn Grace Hunter
Hyuga Natsume as William Presley Vuitton
Nogi Ruka as Matthew Reeve Christopher
Koizumi Luna as Julie Anne Jennings
Episode 3
In the palace...
"PRINCEY! Where's princey?" Julie's looking everywhere for Prince William.
The servants are running around trying to find his royal highness as well.
No one knew, for no one has seen him since the morning came...
"I happen to lost a few 'stones' that I find fancy of. Since you're the only one who claimed that I dropped some, I guess you have to payback, with your work." Prince William shot.
Madelyn looked up, "What? Why? When? like HOW?"
"I'm a traveler across this place, and I might settle down here for a month or two, so I'd need an escort or two. If you dare refuse my order" Prince William put on his royal demand speech, "I afraid I'll have to sue you."
"For stealing stones?" Madelyn was struck in awe. How in the world she got caught in this mess? She never caught herself in any mess! And talk about being arrogant. This traveller seen to have mastered being one. Nowshe has to work for him? He's kidding right?
"So you've admitted that you were trying to steal something from me!" Prince William countered.
"I-I-" For the first time, Madelyn was left speechless. She might as well forget it, something about the traveler nerve wrack her more than ever, no matter how hard she tried to be friends with him, seeing that he's a good guy.
Just then, the guy she thought she'd love to spend the rest of her life with appeared out of the blue.
"Why, good morning Madelyn, and to you to Pr-" Matthew, who just came back from hunting, greeted. He was stopped by a "shh" sign Prince William gave.
"Goo-Good morning, your grace!" Madelyn bent down and tried to curtsey like a lady would.
William just rolled his eyes. She's obviously swooned by Matthew's charms. Matthew, his friend, who was a respectful lord and excels ini most of the fields. He is one of William's closest friends that he considered family.
"You know this guy?" Madelyn pointed to William, asking Matthew if he knows her new "master".
"Oh sure, since we're kids back then. Hey I'm heading home, would you guys like to come by and have a drink, it's quite some time since the last time I've seen you two. We need to catch up." Matthew offered.
"I'd love to!" Madelyn agreed.
Little did they know... Someone was following the threesome home.
Someone not invited...
"So I was stealing this motel's money... He came with cops, wanting to arrest me..." Madelyn started with her recent story and couldn't stop. She hoped the best to impress Matthew. But all she got from him was a thoughtful look.
"Madelyn, I think it's dangerous for a girl like yourself to steal and do all these, don' t you think it's a bit... risky?" Matthew asked.
Madelyn could hide her disappointment. Her future-husband-to-be disapproving her, and what she likes to do -justifying the bad social influence and helping the needs.
But she tried to hide it anyway. She was shocked when she heard William's piece of mind instead.
"But i think it's kinda impressive, for a small girl like her to have escaped from being caught all this time. Well, at least before she tried to steal my stones." He pressed.
"Your stones? Who in his or her right mind would want to steal stones? You can get it anywhere in the village! I wouldn't go through so much trouble for-" Madelyn defended but was interrupted by William.
"For something like my pendant?" He simply said in confidence.
Madelyn turned red and looked away, " I thought you're one of the cruel upper class men. I despise them. They made children and the weaklings suffer. They always do."
William stopped to look at her. She sounded sad. Maybe something has happened during her childhood that made her...
"I doubt you'll know how it's like being poor, William. Madelyn here has been struggling since she was born." Matthew stated.
It's hilarious how Matthew words can simply live up Madelyn's spirit again. She looked at him dreamily as he defended her.
Suddenly, two masked men broke the door and stood each with a sword in their hands. They looked around the room and quickly located William. Without hesitation, they charged at the prince.
Everything happened too fast. The threesome, who were sitting and chatting just a while ago panicked upon the uninvited guests.
Prince William, a sword which he found in Matthew's house in his hand, he skillfully escaped every takcle from the uninvited intruders. Madelyn, Matthew and him decided to split up so as to divide their enemies' attention. Matthew and Madelyn on the other hand are handling one of their attackers while William dealt with the other on his on. Their attackers were no match for Prince William's skills at his sword. He has been practicing with sword as one of his daily royal duties for self protection. After he pinned one down, he went to help Matthew and Madelyn.
They tried to tie up the mysterious attackers but instead the attackers found an opportunity to run away.
"You Just let them go like that? And how do you manage to sway a sword like that?" Madelyn asked hottly at William. Her eyes flaring, obviously haven't calm down from the sudden unpleasant intrusion.
"It's not safe at here anymore. We'll talk when we are." William held Madelyn's hand and fleed out of the room.
"I'm staying here. I need to make sure they do not harm my family if they're coming back." Matthew insisted, "Besides, I think they're after you, Prin- er- William. Be safe."
"I'll stay with you!" Madelyn blurted out involuntarily, which caused William aside to lift a brow at her. Seriously, she's that infatuated with Matthew?
"You're coming with me, slave." And he dragged Madelyn out of the room.
When they've arrived at the forest, Madelyn couldn't hold her words anymore.
"Hey! Where are you taking me? And why are you not saying anything?" She shook of William's hand.
"We can't just leave Matthew behind! He might be in danger! Those masked men might go back to him and hurt him." She added.
When she's got no reply from the prince, she turned her heels and headed back to the direction where she came from.
"And I thought he was you friend." She left William behind and started towards the city.
Prince William knew that the attackers target were him. So he's confident that even if they went back, they wouldn't hurt Matthew. Besides, Matthew is probably as good as him at swords. So that wasn't precisely what he's worrying about. He cursed himself for bringing Madelyn with him, to be exact, exposing her in danger. His guts told him to do so, he wouldn't want to leave Madelyn and Matthew alone, something's not usual between them. Somehow he sensed that they're more than just friends...
"Why do you worry so much about him? Don't tell me that you're..."
"Yes, so what if I'm in love with him? At least I wouldn't leave a friend in danger like you did!" Madelyn confessed with her back towards William. but she did stopped and stood firmly on the ground.
There was silence between them.
"Ouch!"
Madelyn heard William's cry and turned back. He was kneeling on the ground as if...
Something has bitten his legs.
She heard him cursing, "What's wrong?" Madelyn approached him worriedly.
She was shocked when she saw two needle size bite marks around William's ankle. She could see blood trailling down...
And a snake was killed and pinned under William's sword. But he was clearly in pain. Madelyn knew the species of the snake which she saw one, it was one of the most venomous snakes around the district. She tried to calm herself down even though her blood was rushing.
"Damn- Wait, what are you doing-" William was surprised by Madelyn's sudden reaction.
She leaned down and tied a cloth which she teared from her long sleeves tightly around the limb which was bitten. She made a knot right above the bitten mark and positioned his leg on her thighs.
William looked at her as if she was mad, "What are you-"
He was interrupted by a very determined Madelyn, "Don't talk. It'll only make the venom spreads faster." With that, she bent down and situated her lips on the bitten area which had already turned blue-black. She tried to suck the venom and spit it on the ground.
William could only watch. It's the first time in his life, he felt so helpless.
And it's the first time he's been this close to a girl.
It's definitely the first time he's felt something special for a commoner slave.
"Are you... alright?" Prince William asked.
" Don't talk. It just makes you heavier than you already are." Madelyn simply stated or rather demanded. With William's arm over her shoulder, she tried as hard as she could to walk him to the nearest doctor.
"And thanks for your concern, a snake's venom will only poison someone when it gets in contact with the person's blood." Madelyn explained.
They headed to the nearest town so that Prince William can have his wound looked by a doctor.
He looked sideways and saw it's already quite dark. If he couldn't find an excuse to leave Madelyn and headed back to the palace, there will be announcement made everywhere that the prince is missing. He's sure of it.
"Madelyn, I appreciate your help, but I think I can walk home alone..." He's still not used to being the one in need of others' help.
"Don't talk stupid. In this condition? You're going nowhere until you've healed. And I thought you're a traveler. Mind if I remind you that travelers have no homes in foreign country." Madelyn countered, insisting he stays.
There goes his hope for returning to the palace before night comes.
Which is why Prince William started to panick,
For the first time in his life.
Madelyn came back with some bread in her hands. Prince William had been resting at her place for three days, and his wound slowly healed.
"It's all over the country, the prince went missing. I guess he's just as troublesome as the rumours say." Madelyn shared the latest news with her guest when she entered the room.
Being poor and homeless, Madelyn is an orphan who lives nearby the orphanage. She earns her own living by performing acrobats but she'd never used one penny she got from stealing. Everything goes to the needy and those who are suffering like herself.
"You think?" William replied sarcastically. Too bad Madelyn didn't catch the sarcasm.
Whose fault was that? That the prince was missing for three days…
"Here." Madelyn tossed some bread to him, "Eat up. Since you're healing pretty fast, we're going to work today, right after breakfast."
William stared dumbly at her, "Work?"
"Of course, work. Who's going to support this family when no one's working."
She has family?
"I thought you're alone." William replied, stating the obvious.
To his surprise, Madelyn blushed, "Yes, right now I'm alone, but not for long. Hey, now that I think of it, you owe me a debt."
"What?"
"Yeah, I saved your pity life. So I'm no longer your supposed slave. I'm your savior. And you're gonna repay me be doing a favor for me."
Who in the heck calls a prince's royal life, pity?
"A favor?" William was in disbelief, now he is in debt to this…commoner? Seriously? The one who abducted him for three days straight, not letting him to return to his own palace?
"Yes, you seem like you know Matthew for a long time, right? I need you to…" She blushed even more…,"…to help us get together…" She lowered her voice out of embarrassment.
The not-so-helpless-prince-anymore just stared.
This girl in front of him is full of surprises.
But right now this surprise she'd thrown at him didn't exactly please him.
Well, you do know the prince always gets the thing done to his own pleasure...
Ending Soundtrack : "Crying" by Nogi Ruka(Matthew)
End of Episode 3