It was morning at the palace. All 6 princes were at the table waiting for their darling little sister to join them. All her brothers knew that Silica had a very rough day the day before. And the wanted to take her mind off it by spoiling her for a few days.
"Shouldn't Silica be up be now?" Nagit asked sadly. "I hope she's okay. I wanted to enjoy some tea and sweets with her."
Jun and Alvah kept quiet about their argument the night before. Neither sibling knew if Silica had woken up and had heard them. And they definitely didn't want to be to blame for her not coming to breakfast. They loved her and regretted even arguing in the hall near her room.
Silica's plane had finally landed in Tokyo, Japan. She was one of the last passengers to disembark. Silica headed over to the baggage claim area while keeping an eye out for Cecil. She smiled at the thought of finally starting in the music business.
"Why are we here, Cesshi?" Ren asked.
"A friend of mine is flying in today. I promised that I'd be here to pick her up. I'm not about to let her find Shining Agency by herself."
Besides STARISH, Quartet Night, Ringo and Hyuga-sensei, and Shining came along to meet Cecil's friend that would be joining their ranks. He really didn't say much about Silica. He promised that he'd let her speak for herself. All Cecil told them was that she had a connection with the muses. Just as much as he did.
Silica made it to the front of the airport and smiled. She ran towards and hugged Cesshi. "You made it. Who are your friends?"
They all were taken aback from her outburst.
"You must be Silica," the headmaster said breaking up the reunion.
She let go of Cecil and nodded. "I am." Silica didn't know why she got the feeling of distrust when the headmaster spoke up.
"How long have you known Aijima?" Someone else had asked. To Silica, the man looked like he was a count for some country. Silica tried to remember what country she and her father had gone to, to where she might of seen him.
"I've known Cesshi since I was a little girl. I grew up near the palace. Now before I answer anymore questions, can you all introduce yourselves."
After the introductions were over, all 14 people headed to the bus that would take them back to Shining Agency.
Cecil ended up protecting Silica from Natsuki's grasp. Since Silica was so cute and adorable and such. Silica wondered if he would try the same thing with Nagit.
After all the princes had eaten, Ivan brought a tray of food to Silica's room. Her brothers had all asked if they could take the food to her, but Ivan insisted that they all get to work themselves. That it would be what their sister would want from them. Grief stricken they all went about their day. They all had to see her smile once again.
Ivan knocked on her door. "May I come in, Silica?"
No answer came. Not even a muffled voice.
Ivan opened the door revealing that Silica wasn't there.
Meanwhile Jun grabbed the bracelet of succession from his room and was determined to relieve the stress that his sister was under. Little did he know, Silica had already ran away. Jun started towards where he knew his father would be. Once he convinced their father to lift this curse of a decision that he had put on Silica. Silica meant the world to him and couldn't bare to lose her.
Ivan made his way to the king to inform him that Silica had disappeared. That she was nowhere to be found in the palace. He ordered the other servants to look for her without alerting the princes that she was gone. It was for the better that they didn't know quite yet. They would think that she was kidnapped again due to who she was and what she meant to the royal family. Ivan promised himself that he would find Silica and find out why she ran away. He would bring her back to the safety of the palace.
What no one knew was that her father was the one to blame for everything. That he was the main reason why she left and was determined not to come back. Even if her brothers begged her to come home to where she belonged.
When he reached the hall he heard the king's voice and the voice of one of the princes. He burst into the room without thinking.
"What is it, Ivan?" King Tamir asked. He saw the look on Ivan's face. A look of not so good news that was about to be delivered.
"I'm sorry to intrude, but I have news about Princess Silica." Ivan only really used the title 'princess' with Silica if she did something she wasn't supposed to, if she needed to come to the table and eat with her family, and when she had to go to bed.
"What about my sister? She isn't hurt, is she?" Jun added.
"She's nowhere to be found. I have the servants looking for her as we speak. So far nothing. I didn't want them to show the princes any panic from knowing about Princess Silica's whereabouts. I want to be wrong about her leaving the palace and possibly not returning home."
Jun clenched his fists. He hoped he would free her before she made her decision on running. He blamed himself for not noticing that Silica had already made up her mind.
"Call the rest of my sons, Ivan. I need to tell them about Silica." Tamir called Silica's security and had them begin their search for her outside the palace. He told them to even go to a different country if they absolutely had to. They just had to keep him informed.
"Right away." Ivan left and told the rest of the princes to meet their father and Jun in the hall.
Once all the princes were there, they all looked around.
"Where's my little sister?" Chezem asked. "Is she okay?" A hint of worry showed in his voice.
"I'm afraid she ran away. There was no reason as to why she would do something like this. It's not clear if Silica was kidnapped or if she truly ran away from here." Their father looked stressed. Tamir couldn't truly say how depressed he was that his little angel had run away. There was so much he had to say to her. "I have her security looking for her right now. She may have already left the country. I will bring her back. That I can promise."
Chezem clenched his fists. He should have known that his own sister was stressed out. He should have pressed her about it.
