Chapter 3
Riku was forced to look her father in the eyes when she entered the castle. "What happened?" he growled, "What is the meaning of this state?" Riku looked down, "I was pushed into this by accident otousan it won't happen again." Her father looked at her "No it will not! Go change for the wedding is this afternoon, maids will attend to you!" He turned around and disappeared behind the hallways as three maids came out of no where and began ushering her into another room. They brought her to a tub and she was quickly undressed, one began working on her skin, another on her hair, and a third on her nails.
When they were done she wasn't given a moment to think before they began working on her dress, then on her hair and make-up and finally her nails and posture. When she was done she was taken to a room filled with mirrors as she inspected herself. Riku wasn't pleased, she looked like her sister, but for some odd reason she looked different, older, wiser. She wore a dark purple dress, like Wiz eye's but a bit darker still, her hair was down to her thighs and tied at the waist. She wore almost no make up but enough to tell she didn't like it.
Riku was taken to another door near the hallway door in the chamber. When she stepped through she seemed to die of hatred for the royalty house, because in the room were enough shoes to feed more then ten families for a month, it not only pissed her off but made her want to burn the castle down. She was shown to a pair of shoes that matched her dress and she seemed now to look ridiculous. "I will have blisters by the end of the night!" she thought.
They began leaving the room, leading out to a pair of stairs and she was sure it would lead to the dinning hall. She followed the maids to the edge of a door where a young man was staying, "Riku-sama?" he asked. "Hai." she answered. "Your family is waiting inside, you are the last one here, I am to escort you. I am Staboshi, Krad's brother." The maids left and Riku grabbed Staboshi's elbow, it wasn't as if she didn't know how to act she just didn't like to. "Presenting her royal grace, Lady Riku and his his lord Prince Staboshi."
Riku entered a brightly lit room, she could almost hear the gasps of her family as she went in and looked the how she was always supposed to, like royalty. "Riku," her father said, "You may sit with us today during the festival. Why have you been hiding the beauty of our family all this time?" Riku shook her head and whispered as she passed, "It's not as if I wanted to wear this now is it?" She saw her father scowl but Staboshi and Krad chuckle, "I like her." Krad said, "She has spirit, would it be too late to change?" Her mother looked at Risa pout and pale, "But you already decided on me!" Krad stood and hit the table with his hand, "I can always decide no one, yes?"
Risa began to cry, "If you won't have me then you won't have her, you don't even know how she is like do you?" Staboshi rushed to Risa, "Silence child, you mustn't upset Krad." Krad stood, "Too late, now Risa, I am giving you a chance to live here in the palace, either your parents let me have her or you all die!" Riku stood, "Don't I have a say in this?" Everyone shouted, "No!" Riku sat again, "Well at least explain to me why you won't take the spoiled princess over there." Krad smiled, "Very well do you accept it?" Riku shrugged, "If I must, but you will have a handful with me." Krad motioned for everyone to sit.
Krad mentioned for a drink, then explained, "I thought that I would prefer something that existed not something that was impossible. So when I heard of the beautiful daughter of these two I never thought that she would have spirit, instead I figured she would be a spoiled bitch, which she is. Then I saw you, and you have demonstrated spirit way beyond that of a normal princess. See I need someone that will not be another doll, someone that would share my activities every day." Riku nodded, "Well, I think I need to go to my room now and sew." Risa looked at her, "You have never sewn a day in your life!" Riku grinned, "You wouldn't know that would you?" She exited the room with her head held high. "The wedding is tomorrow." Krad told Staboshi and the younger brother left to get things ready.
Outside figures lurked watching everything from a distance but enough to know who was their target, it was going to be a fun time, and finally the people would be heard. "Wiz, find her room, Daisuke take care of the guards. The rest of you look for our backs. I'll handle the distraction." Dark jumped through the window as he said that. Krad looked at him and scowled, "Dark, what do you want now? Another kidnapping for the people?" Dark growled, "What good is that if you'll just take the money back from them!" Krad held a ball of energy in his hand, "So? You once did too!" The energy ball was sent towards Dark and he came at it with all his strength.