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Chapter 4

Eva yawned and stretched a little. She could get used to this life... sleeping as long as she would want to. Eva grinned and sat up.

Well, she couldn't sleep too late, because Aileen would always wake her for breakfast. It just seemed that breakfast was so late…

Or maybe she had to get up way too early in the boarding school. She nodded to herself. That had to be it.

Eva quickly got dressed. She also became customized to it that she took a bath in the evening, not in the morning. It was nicer to go sleep clean anyway.

She hoped the communication device would work today. She really needed to see, or just hear, Nina.

Walking out of her room, Eva rubbed her cheek absentmindedly. Aileen hadn't come to pick her up yet, and somehow the Nourasion girl always knew where Eva hung out, so she could just go search for the communication room.

Or just search for one of the guys and ask it. "Okay… left, right, forward… left, right, forward…" Eva whispered.

"I'd take right."

Eva turned around, a little startled. Just a little, since those Princes love to scare her. She got a little used to it by now.

Shawn smiled at her. "You were searching for the communication room, to call your friend right? Well, it's to your right. I'll take you to it."

Eva grinned. "Thanks!"

As she had hoped, the communication device was working again and Eva fiddled with the service it was giving her. Finally, after a few minutes and a curse, it said it was calling.

Eva sighed and hoped Nina would pick up, instead of the Japanese family she was staying with. She didn't speak a word Japanese after all.

"Eva! Damn! I thought you were never going to call! Where were you young lady! We said we would call the day you arrived! It must be a week already! I have been worried yeah!"

Eva grinned at Nina's fake angry face. She was happy they had communication devices where you could not only hear someone, but also see someone.

"I miss you too sugar." Eva said sweetly, and Nina grinned. "Glad to hear. I was already starting to think you had run of with some Nourasion."

Eva blushes a little. "You have such good faith in me. You know I'm not like that!"

"Oh god, you haven't run off with two Nourasions have you!"

"NINA!" Eva shouted, laughing. Nina chuckled and winked at her. "There must be some cutie out there. The pictures in the books are amazing. Can't you pull one of your – male – friends to my sight!" She said excited and Eva sighed. "I'll give them your number, okay?"

Nina squealed in joy and Eva grinned at her. "And, any guys out there for you?" Eva asked, knowing Nina's taste in guys. She was right, Nina made a face.

"You know I'm not that fond of humans. And if I am, I like dark and tall." She said. "There's this guy that's always staring at me though… he lives next door. But guess what, the girl I live with says he's 13…" She made a face. "And he isn't cute either. More like a perverted child."

Eva chuckled. "You have to start somewhere.."

The following twenty minutes they continued to talk about the circumstances on their planet, on whom they met or who they saw and how the family treated them.

Nina held up her fist. "I'll beat that Nourasion up for you if you want! I'll personally come though this thing and smash him up a little… maybe I can… or no, I'll… Oh, my beloved torturing brains…" She said delighted and Eva smiled. Nina always had sadistic ideas to the ones that bullied her or Eva.

The conversation moved over to Emily, Blake and Toby, before moving onto some of the students that were also in Japan.

Eva heard a voice and Nina frowned. "Sorry Eve, I have to go. Dinner is ready. Call me soon, okay? Else I'll call you and you don't want to know what I'll say to the one that'll pick up!"

Eva kissed the air and waved goodbye with a smile, before shutting the device off.

Walking out of the room a bit happier than earlier, Eva thought she should also talk to Emily soon. Maybe she could visit her… they were both on the same planet after all.

Eva walked straight into someone and nearly fell back into the room, before someone caught her wrist and pulled her up.

Eva looked up at Nealon. "Sorry, I didn't hear you." He said, smiling apologetic. Eva waved her hand a little. "No problem, at least I didn't hurt anything, right?"

He nodded and walked into the room, closing the door. Eva frowned. He didn't seem too exited this morning. Oh well.

With breakfast Eva had figured out Aileen was out of town for marriage plans. Luckily, Nealon was there, so Eva wasn't alone with Aikka, even though Shawn was there too. She knew that would've been awkward. So instead, she animatedly started talking with Nealon, who was happy to comply.

Eventually, Aikka had finished his breakfast early and finished his conversation with Shawn, before leaving.

Eva knew that they actually all had to stay until everyone was finished, but they didn't paid that any thoughts when the King or Queen wasn't around. Eva did the same, so…

She sighed, not really looking forward to the boring day. Nealon had to follow his classes all day, Aileen wasn't here, Shawn was going to Aileen and Aikka... she didn't really know what he was going to do.

She decided she needed some more friends. She wasn't allowed in the capital, but she was allowed everywhere else without a guard, if she told someone where she was.

Even that had been taken care of, Shawn overhead her and said he would tell the Queen, so they would know it.

Quickly scurrying off to her room, Eva threw more comfortable shoes on, pulled a comb through her hair and attached her music player to her belt. Quickly looking over the room, she figured she didn't really need anything else.

On earth, she would have to bring her cell phone in case for trouble, but she wondered if she could get help here if she called 911.

Eva saw the paths to the capital and avoided them carefully. She didn't want to get in any trouble. Instead, she took the paths that led into some valleys, and eventually into a small village.

Humming under her breath Eva closed her eyes a little, enjoying the land here. This planet could do…

"Excuse me miss." Someone said next to her. Eva turned a bit to the left to eye the one who – probably – called out to her. A boy in a military suit came up to her. She figured they were one of the ones who were here to 'protect' the exchange students. Holding back a snort, Eva smiled sweetly. "Yes?"

"You are heading towards a constricted area." He said plainly, nodding towards the place she thought was a normal village. She raised her eyebrows. "Please turn back." He said eventually.

She looked at the area, thinking. Couldn't they hang a sign or something… she returned her gaze to the boy. They didn't seem that bad… they'd explained it to her pretty decent, didn't they? Maybe Aikka was overreacting again.

"That's the girl of the royal palace…" She heard another military whisper to his comrades. Eva didn't hear it well, and she placed her hands on her hips.

"Excuse me? If you talk about me I would love to know about it, too." She pointed out, leaning forward a bit.

The boy in front of her, who stopped her before, snickered. Eva glanced at the boy with dyed – blond and black – hair.

She liked hers better.

"We only said you're the student residing in the palace." A guy with black hair said. Eva huffed at the way he said it. "Yeah, so?" She shot back.

A boy with dirty blond hair whispered something to him again. She noticed that the dyed-one and the dark blond kept quiet, looking at their comrades a bit annoyed.

"Humph." Eva said. "I hate whispering. This is so not worth it. Guess he's right." She said mysteriously, gave them a typical bitch-glare and left without giving them another glance.

Straining her ears a bit, Eva heard them snickering as one said; "You guys are such kids."

"She's probably spoiled, since she can reside at the frog family."

Eva balled her fists, but kept on walking.

"Cut that out already."

"Aaaaawww!! Jordie likes her!"

Eva looked over her shoulder to the group. They noticed it and whistled at her. Taking the turn to the left, Eva huffed and pouted a little. Again she noticed what jerks guys were.

AN: No offense guys :D

Eva yelped when she spilled tea on the floor in her room. She decided to snatch a cup and bring it to her room, to watch pictures in a few books she got from their library. Maybe she could try to draw Nourasions... or just some landscapes.

Carefully putting the tea down on a paper on her nightstand, Eva dropped down on her bed and opened one of the books.

She wished she could read it… she didn't knew if it was interesting – hell, it could've been about gardening for all she cared. Flipping through it, Eva decided it was no good and dropped in on the ground again.

Grabbing another one, she left it unopened and placed her paper on it. Pencil in hand, Eva thought of who or what to draw.

Eventually, it left her with a headache. Eva groaned in discomfort and sat up again. And of course they had no aspirin in here. But some herbal tea or something...

Tea.

She frowned when her tea was already cold. Oh well.

Leaving the tea right there, Eva shot up remembering the small flower field in one of the gardens.

Running through the halls swiftly, Eva stopped and turned around, running back to her room to catch her forgotten paper and pen.

She was such a klutz.

"Eva! Wakeeee uuup!" Eva threw a pillow to the direction of the voice and turned around again.

"Watch the hair!"

She snickered quietly. Girly Aileen.

"Aileen, we need to go." She heard someone saying from the direction of the door. Aileen huffed. "She won't get up! Did you put some drugs in her food last night?"

"If I would want to kill her, I would have done it already."

Yeah right.

"Time limit, 15 minutes."

"Well… she's a girl! She needs to bathe and we need to pick out clothes and that only will take 30 minutes. And she's not even awake yet."

"I can fix that. And it's 20 minutes then."

It went silent. Eva smiled in her pillow and snuggled to sleep again. She was having a nice dream before Aileen barged in her room yelling at her to wake up. Really, did they ever hear of a bad morning mood...?

"EEH?" Eva yelped as her sheets immediately left her body and she was left there in the cold. Who opened the window anyway?

Eva shot up. "YOU!" She said to Aikka accusingly, who had his smug smile on. Aileen giggled and glared at Aikka. "Aikka, out!"

"Huh?" Eva looked at herself. Of course… she always slept in her underwear.

Blushing furiously, Eva threw her pillow at him – he caught it with ease. She stood up quickly and shoved him towards the door. He didn't budge though, and his face got straight again.

Eva's blush disappeared and she stared up at him. "What?"

"Get dressed; we are leaving in 20 minutes." Eva wrinkled her nose. "Where to?"

Aileen tugged Eva's arm. "We're going to the capital… you're going to help me pick out my wedding dress! Princey has to help Shawn… that guy cant do anything himself… hehe, look who's talking… but I'm-.." She kept on babbling and Eva glared hard at Aikka, implying he should leave.

She didn't exactly like to get undressed with a guy in the room. He got the point with a smug smile, and left the room quietly.

Eva sighed. Aileen liked every dress… but they weren't it. "This one has a little too much patterns, don't you think?"

"Definitely."

"I don't like this colour, do you?"

"Not really."

"Don't you enjoy quality time with me?"

"Right."

Aileen waved her hands in front of Eva and Eva blinked. Aileen whined. "You're not paying any attention Eva! I guess this store is just not it. We'll have to go to another. Eva smiled at her. "Okay."

Aileen got changed into her robes again and took Eva's hand, leading her to another bride's store. "We have to get a fancy dress for you too!" She said. Eva made a face. "I don't like dresses. Besides, don't they have something fancy waiting for me in the palace or something…?"

Aileen chuckled. "Yes silly, but you're not going to wear that plain dress as my bride's maid!"

Eva gaped at her and Aileen winked at her. "If you like it or not, you are officially my best friend. And my best friend has to be my bride's maid!"

"Awww, that's so sweet!" Eva cooed to her, smiling broadly. "I'd love too!"

"Even if you didn't, you would have to. Now, there's the store! Come along now." She smiled and walked over to the store.

Eva followed her, and seven dresses later they came empty-handed out of the store again.

Aileen huffed. "The number of stores isn't so big… we only got 2 left. If I don't find a dress I have to wear one I don't like best!" She said, her voice turning a bit. Eva shrugged at her. "Then we'll fix it up to the best dress ever, 'kay?"

She nodded sadly. "Okay."

They got into another store, and Eva went through the dresses with Aileen. "Aileen... does it have to be white or could it be some other colour?"

"I prefer white, yes."

Eva hung back a creamy coloured dress and started looking again. Maybe, in a few years, she'd be doing the same with Nina. For herself or for her… smiled at the thought.

"Oh my gosh Eva that's him!"

Eva blinked and stared at the dress she was holding out while thinking about her friend. Looking at it more closely, Eva pulled it out for Aileen. It was white, of course. She studied the small flower patterns on the chest and the lower part flied around a bit. The sleeves were small, and it had a low back. She had to admit it was pretty.

"So, try it on!" She said enthusiastically.

Leaving the store with two bags, Aileen's wedding dress and the very light-green dress she picked out for Eva, they both sighed.

"I thought we were never going to end this… let's search for the guys."

Eva nodded, weighing the bag lightly in her hand. "Who's going to be your maid of honour, actually?" Eva asked interested.

Aileen smiled. "That'll be lady Saraid. I've known her all my life… As a matter of fact, I've been her maid of honour when she married Lord Donahue."

Eva had no idea who this guy was but she didn't ask who he was – she'd either meet him or not – and just nodded. "Cool." She said, thinking. Aileen looked over to her. "I do hope my mom is going to make it…"

Eva looked over at her too. "Huh? Why wouldn't she come?"

"Well, she's pretty busy nowadays. Both my parents are…"

Eva pouted a little. She'd hate her parents if they wouldn't come to her wedding. Well, not hate for a long time. Even though, she knew her parents would never come to her own wedding.

"Oh well. You'll be there! And Saraid and the royal family… my brother Damian is going to be there. I really missed him, haven't seen him in weeks!"

Eva nodded, smiling. "That's nice. I don't have any siblings… I wish I had an older brother, so he could protect me from other kids when I was small."

Aileen laughed. "Well, I didn't use him for that. He's a year younger then me, so I had to protect him."

Eva chuckled. "Well, younger brothers are considered sweet."

"On Earth maybe." Shawn said sourly when he caught on to their conversation. "Here they are idiots." He said, faking a glare to Aikka who raised one of his eyebrows in question.

"Just because I don't prefer any kind of tux doesn't mean I'm an idiot."

Eva smiled. They bickered just like real brothers. Shawn pinched his cheek. "You looked awfully cute in that brown one though."

"Shawn!" Eva laughed. "I'd love to see that!"

Shawn wiggled his eyebrows. "If you pay me, I'll drag him into that store again and force it on him." Aikka sighed and shook his head. "Children." Eva snapped her fingers at him. "I believe you're still a child too!"

"Oh really? How old am I then?"

"You're right, you're at least fifty."

Aileen snickered and Shawn grinned. Aikka sighed, and Eva winked at him. "You're seventeen, right?"

Eva glanced over at Aikka. She siblings didn't like to travel by beetle or whatever they used as transportation, saying walking was nicer anyway. So they had to walk back to the palace. Aileen and Shawn were eagerly talking about their wedding behind Eva and Aikka. Aikka looked at the space in front of him, obviously deep in thought.

Eva closed her arms behind her back, thinking about random nothings.

"Of course you can't see my dress silly! It brings bad luck."

"Oh please that's something you heard from Eva."

"So? You can't see it!"

"Then you may not see my suit."

"I can imagine it though, they are always the same."

Eva smiled at the conversation between Aileen and Shawn. Aikka blinked and glanced over at Eva. "They won't be like that anymore in ten years." He said softly.

Eva frowned at him. He shrugged lightly. "Most likely, they'll be crowned to King and Queen next decade. Then it's not fun anymore, but business, money and war." He stated, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

She nodded. She knew that. She even knew Aileen knew that. Eva gave Aikka a cheery smile. "But then you have more reason to make the first ten years the best ones ever, right?"

He gazed at her before turning his gaze back to the path in front of them. "If you think so… But even know its war and business. Just because Shawn has to prepare for the wedding he has nothing to do with that. But as soon as that's over and Aileen has given him a child, he'll have to focus on all that again. Even Aileen has to prepare for her future role. And the child will probably be away much, as the next heir of the throne he has to learn a lot."

Eva sighed. "Don't be so depressed, please? It's a nice future they have, you mustn't see all the bad thins… sure there will be positive things, right?" She added unsure, since she had no idea of how the life in the palace really was.

Aikka glanced over at her again, and Eva wondered why she hadn't noticed those heavenly blue eyes before.

Oh gross, get that out of my mind! Eva mentally said to herself.

"I think it's much alike of the life in your royal palaces." He said. "But I had heard you don't have a… president?" Eva nodded. "It'll probably be even similar to that. But then again, I wouldn't know about that. I've never been on earth. Shawn gets to do that stuff."

Eva smiled. "So what is your role in the palace exactly, when Shawn is the real important son? Are you his stand-in?"

He shot her an annoyed look. "Of course not. I do important things too, just not world-changing." She raised her eyebrows at him. "And I'll be the heir when he messes up, yes." He admitted. Eva chuckled.

She heard Aileen whisper something to Shawn and Aikka stopped walking, looking annoyed. He was glancing a little to his right, the next road that they were about to take.

Eva focused her eyes on there and noticed the small group of humans. She fairly recognized the dyed-guy.

She huffed, and started walking. Aileen smiled broadly, though she couldn't see it, and skipped after Eva.

"They shouldn't make such a big deal about it you know. It's not like they aren't stronger with their daggers and all."

"They wear daggers?" Eva asked, trying to remember if she saw any dagger on Aikka or Shawn.

Aileen chuckled. "I know, they're hidden… somewhere." Eva chuckled too. "That's really gross. I don't even need to see that!"

Aileen smiled at Eva. "Well, maybe they don't have them. I'm sure Aikka knows some good spells though."

"What about Shawn?"

Aileen evilly grinned back at the guys who cautiously walked on. "Shawn isn't very good at magic. It never seems to turn out right. Sure he's better then me, but I rather have Aikka with me when the Croggs turn up then my beloved fiancé. You know, one must care about his life."

Eva grinned. "True." She curiously looked over at Aikka. She never seen him – anyone actually – handle magic. She'd love too though, because she's never seen anything like it. She heard they could inflict their spells on their arrows while shooting them…

She heard someone make cat calls, and she snapped her head back again, glancing over at the group of guys they were about to pass.

She sighed. She had hoped they would just leave her alone. Hoping that Shawn... oh no, not Shawn. Aikka, yes Aikka! That Aikka may have made the expression – 'back off'.

Probably not. Or he did and they didn't pay any attention.

"Where you going ladies?"

Aileen turned her head from them, annoyed. Eva curiously looked at the dyed one, who smacked the guy who made the cat-calls.

Aileen opened her eyes when she heard one of them walking to them. It made Eva laughed though, when Shawn came up to her and hissed at the guy to leave.

The guy looked quite frightened, but regained posture easily. Maybe they didn't even notice the guys walking behind them.

Eva glanced at the dyed-boy glancing at her. She put her hands on her hips and puffed her cheeks out slightly. "Can't leave me alone?" She questioned. He grinned lightly, one of his hands behind his head. "Sorry, those guys are complete idiots and they need serious education."

Eva raised her eyebrows at his joke and smiled carefully. "And what about you, then?"

One of the guys laughed and the dyed-boy winked at her. "I try to keep them quiet, it just ain't working. Eva Wei, right?" He said.

Eva frowned. "Yeah? How do you know?"

"We get to see the lists of the ones we need to protect, of course. I'm Jordan Wilde."

Eva's eyebrows shot up in surprise when she felt an arm around her waist. She blinked and looked up at Aikka, who pulled her with her. She didn't miss the furious look he was sending the humans.

Aileen and Shawn were already one the move again, and Aikka managed to pull her with him, arm around her waist. Eva turned her head back to the guy named Jordan, looked thoughtful and turned her head back again.

She vaguely heard one of the guys saying in a lovey-dovey voice. "I'm Jordan Wilde and would you like to date me?"

And some laughter, followed by a command and some disappointed sounds.

"You can release me now." She said to Aikka. He had indeed looked furious, and she knew that, because that hint of it was still in his eyes.

"You know those humans?" he asked her quietly. Eva shrugged. "They're not my buddies or something. I met them once while wandering around."

"I thought I told you to stay away from them."

Eva frowned at him, feeling a little awkward with his arm still around her. He still looked angry. "Well, it wasn't like I saw them and thought, hey, let's make a chat with my fellow humans! I just walked in on them… besides, I don't like them." She said quickly.

He glanced over at her. Noticing her uncomfortable walk, he released her and stepped away a little. "Stay away from them. For my part you run away when you see them."

Eva puffed her cheeks out. "Why can't I actually? The only bad thing they do is flirting, very badly may I say."

He glared at her. "Fine, don't do what I say. I don't care anyway."

And with that, he didn't talk to her anymore for the rest of the day.

Eva wondered what exactly was so bad about those humans…

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