Rein's POV

"So cute!" The beads are just like little stars! "Moon, you're amazing, teach me how to make a ring this pretty," I exclaimed.

"You just have to put your feelings into the decor that you make. Just look at Fine's." I glanced over at Fine's bead work. Each little charm was a delicately made baked pastry. Then on another bracelet, there were candy like charms.

"They're so cute Fine! It really looks like miniature sweets!"

"Yours looks a lot like candy too!"

"Thanks!" Even though it's weird, it's how Fine compliments things. "But I'm still not satisfied with it. I feel like something's missing..." The beads are a wonderful sky blue, but it seems like something's missing.

"Well, you can find out tomorrow. It's already late, so go to bed already." Moon snapped her fingers and the beads went back into the boxes and the decor maker went back on the shelf. "You two can have fun tomorrow. Just come back when the crane comes for you."

"Does that mean that we can go out into the other countries?" Moon nodded at Fine.

Yay, I can go see Bright-sama! But... It's strange for her to suddenly give us a day off without having us get something to her. "Why?"

"There's something that I have to do tomorrow and no you two can't come with me. Good night."

"Good night," we told her, going back to our room.

"So what do you think she's doing if she doesn't want us to come?"

"Hm... Let me think." Normally when someone doesn't want us to follow, doesn't that mean that it's something embarrassing? Like a date?! "She might be going on a date with someone tomorrow somewhere really fun and not be back until sunrise!" That must be it!

"Rein, shh! We don't want her to hear about it! Or Pumo, he'll definitely get us in trouble with Moon!" Oh right... What else could there be? "Do you want to follow her then?"

"Well, I am interested but..." I do want to see Bright-sama too, I'm so torn... But I guess we can figure out what Moon's up to later. I rarely get the chance to see Bright-sama and I might as well take it! Fine and I can try to use a memory spell or she'll tell us herself. We don't need to follow her.

"Don't, de pumo!"

"Pumo? What are you doing?"

"You absolutely cannot follow Moon-sama!" We weren't going to but...

"Hm... Hey Rein," Fine called with a mischievous smile. "Don'cha think that we should go? After all Moon's our dearest friend who won't not tell us anything right?" I don't normally go with this plan, but it looks like too much fun to keep out of!

I smiled in the exact same way. "Of course she wouldn't. Maybe she would want some support with whatever she's doing." Pumo started sweating and realized that he shouldn't have said anything." But if you're willing to tell us Pumo..."

'Then we can save all the trouble. Right~?"

Pumo sighed. "Don't tell Moon-sama that I told you."

We chorused, "Yes~" We went to our room and Pumo just sat on our dresser, not saying anything. "Pumo! We want to know!"

"Tomorrow, Moon-sama is..."

"Eh? Speak up Pumo," I told him. I can't hear what he's trying to say.

"What is it?"

"She's going to visit Princess Grace-sama," Pumo finally answered quietly. She's visiting Princess Grace? Doesn't that mean that Moon's... "Back where she was buried hundreds of years ago." Pumo's face held sorrow and pain."So please do not go with her tomorrow. She can't cry in front of you two."

"Shouldn't she be comforted by her friends then?" Fine...

"But-"

"Fine's right. We should be supporting her," I agreed. "You don't have a right to stop us Pumo. Tell us where Princess Grace's grave is."

Pumo looked guilty. "My deepest apologies, I cannot show you two, Fine-sama, Rein-sama. Or you two will be hurt."

"Where is the grave, Pumo?" Pumo didn't answer Fine. "Pumo!"

"It's in a place that you two are afraid of," Pumo whispered.

"It's in that place?" I felt my blood run cold. That place... I hate that place. Where we lost our home, our parents, and trust. I don't want to go back there! Just the image of it is terrible, even if it is where we were born, it's where we were betrayed!

"So please you two. Just go out and enjoy yourselves. You don't need to see anything painful," Pumo told us gently.

"You're right Pumo." That doesn't even sound like my voice. "We'll go out an enjoy ourselves. Is there something that you want? We'll bring back souvenirs," I told him.

"I know a great shop with lots of amazing candy. They even have lemonade flavored stars, I'll get you some," Fine offered with a weak smile.

"Just promise me that you won't tell Moon-sama about any of this. She get quite sensitive when anyone brings up her trip to the graves."

"We got it, Pumo," Fine told him.

"We promise that we won't mention it to Moon," I promised.

Pumo gave out a small smile of relief. "Good night, Fine-sama, Rein-sama."

"Good night Pumo," we told him as he left our room. But I'm still a little concerned for Moon. "Rein/Fine? Are you sure that we shouldn't do anything?" As expected, our thoughts are the same on this.

"We should do something, but she might not want us to do anything. Maybe if she talks to us about it, then we should go visit the grave with her. Even if it is our own ancestor, it's something that Moon doesn't want us to see."

"Eh~ How princess-like of you Fine."

"You know that we were called the most unprincess-like princesses in the history of Mysterious Star."

"I remember." Those were peaceful times. "Moon will be fine right?"

"Do you want to cast that spell again?"

"Yeah," I told her nodding. "It'll activate right when she leaves. Let's hurry before someone finds out."

We held our hands together to cast the spell with even more power. "We call upon the light of purity and happiness. Please cheer up our friend so she doesn't cry," we chanted together. A bright white light caused our hands to glow and eventually faded. Looks like the spell worked. "Good night Rein/Fine." I hope Moon can be happy.

Normal POV

At around midnight, Moon was leaving for her annual trip to the graves like always. Yes, graves being plural. Because the place where she's going has all of her friends graves. The minute she stepped out the door, a shower of candies and flowers rain down on her. A single sliver of paper fell down and she grabbed it, which read We're always there for you. ^_^

"Those two are really angels...But I can't give them their gift any sooner."

10 years have passed and those two have cried from their suffering. They've become fearful and protected by this shop. Even though they've grown to like this place, their relationships, they must soon leave. They will become stronger from the wounds, even if that means that they must suffer.

A few hours later, Fine and Rein went off to visit their favorite countries. "Shade, why can't Milky come along? I really wanted to have an eating contest with her because I had to go so early last time."

"Because she is on a date with Narlo and I might as well leave them alone for today."

"Wow, such a nice brother," Fine commented. "Then you'll have an eating contest with me since Milky can't?"

"I'm good on that, you'll win, there's no doubt in my mine about that. There's actually a reason why I wanted to see you today." Fine looked at him in curiosity. "There's a Christmas party, that's all snowflake themed, coming up at the Jewelry Kingdom and I got invited..."

"A party? I've never been to one before, are they fun? Is there a lot of tasty food?"

"Yeah, it's really fun, but my friend's making me have a date to go with me." Fine blinked, not knowing where Shade was going with this. "Do you mind coming with me?" Fine didn't know what to say. "I don't know why he's making me have a date, it's a masquerade anyways-"

She knows that there's danger in her going, but despite that, she interrupts him saying, "I'll go!" Shade looked at her dumb fooled. "I'll ask my caretaker. Lately, she's been really nice, so I'll think that she'll let me go. But I don't have a mask..." Or a dress for that matter. Because there aren't any white and pink clothes in that shop. Or white and blue. Black just doesn't seem appropriate.

"If you're coming, why not get a dress right now? I've got to find a suit too," Shade offered. "We can even get masks."

"Sure," Fine agreed. Wouldn't this be considered a date? (Fine&Shade: it's not a date!) Sheesh, first it was Rein and Bright now it's you two. Stop interrupting the story! "Ah, can I invite my sister too? She'd love events like this."

"I'm sure it'll be fine. You can get her a mask too."

"Thank you!"

Shade blushed a little- Don't even think about interrupting! "Anyways let's go. Since the theme is snowflakes, you should have some on your dress."

"As long as I don't stand out too much. I guess anything's fine."

"You don't want to stand out?"

"Ah, it's because I've got some bad memories in the past. But since this event has masks, I think I'll be fine," Fine lied. It's technically the truth. After that incident, she's hating attracting any attention to herself. She's even used a spell to hide herself whenever she enters an eating contest to not stand out. Or wiped people's memories the few times she forgot to cast a spell and just ate.

"I see..." Shade looked suspicious.

They entered into a store to see a beautiful woman. Her blue-green eyes were magical. "Ara Shade-sama. Are you finally going to look for an outfit? And who's this lovely young lady?"

Fine was a little scared and hid behind Shade a little. "Let me introduce you. Fine, this is a seamstress that I know of, Mariage. Mariage, this is my friend Fine. We're going to the party together so do you mind choosing something for us?"

"It's nice to meet you Fine. I didn't know that Shade-sama had such a wonderful girlfriend. Should I get matching outfits for the two of you?"

"I'm not his girlfriend!" Even though she'd like to be. But Fine wondered something about this woman. The name seemed very familiar to her, but she couldn't place it.

"No, we're good on that! Do you have an outfit that would suit her well? Preferably with white and snowflakes."

"Yes I do. Please wait a moment." Mariage soon came out with a short white dress decorated with pink ribbon that had little silver snowflakes on it. There was ribbon around the waist that tied into a bow at the side and little straps of the ribbon to hold up the dress.

"Wow... I've never seen a dress like this," Fine commented in amazement. "Can I try it on?"

"Yes, of course. Shade. I have a suit for you as well. It's very simple, to suit your tastes. I'll get it out for you to try."

"Thanks as always." It was a simple purple suit, with snowflakes at the cuffs and the bottom of the pants. "It's comfy."

Mariage smiled. "I'm glad to hear that. Fine-san has also finished changing. I'll go get her. I'm sure that she would like your opinion." Are you sure about that? "Fine-san, come out." Mariage gently pulled Fine out. Shade's eyes widened. "See you look very pretty."

"Really? I think my sister would look better in this."

"No, you're very wonderful. Shade-sama what do you think?"

"It'll do," he muttered, not turning towards Fine.

"Ara my, boys are so shy with their feelings. I guess it's because you're at that age," Mariage commented with a musical giggle.

Fine looked at her in confusion. "Shade, does it look that weird on me?"

"You look... pretty, " Shade finally complimented.

Fine smiled. "You don't look too bad yourself." Fine found herself staring at Shade with her face becoming warmer by the minute. "Mariage-san, how much will these be?"

"Free of charge. Think of them as a Christmas present," she told them. "It was worth it seeing a young couple with so much love." Fine and Shade blushed tomato red. "It reminds me of the dreams that I've been getting lately."

"Dreams?"

"Yes, dreams of a man who seems very familiar to me, but I can't place him. They've been of the same man and me for a while. I look like I'm a child so it seems like they're memories, but I can't remember who he is...," Mariage explained. "Perhaps it's just my imagination."

"No, I don't think it is. My caretaker once told me, if you dream about something, it's what you desire. Your dreams will never lie to you unless you want to lie to yourself."

Mariage smiled. "Shade-sama. This one's a keeper."

"What's that suppose to mean?!" Mariage gave out a twinkling laugh again as she said good bye to the young couple. Shade and Fine, now with their masks and clothes, went off to get some tasty sweets and enjoy each others company for a while.

Rein was also looking for clothes in the Jewelry Kingdom at this time. Bright invited her to the masquerade as well. She found the perfect dress. The same one as before. Guess what those two were doing now. "I'm so sorry, Bright-sama!" That's right, dance lessons. Bright offered to teach her some basics, so Rein didn't have to be a wallflower.

"It's fine Rein. Just make sure that you relax and just move in time with me." She nodded and tried to dance again. "See? Now you're getting the hang of it."

"Bright-sama, at the party if I can go, will you dance with me?"

"Of course, I would. There isn't anyone who wouldn't want to dance with someone as charming as yourself," he assured her.

"And I would be honored to dance with you," Rein said with a smile gracing her features. Now she's decided to work 10x's harder in order to master the waltz. That, of course, was when she stepped on Bright's foot again. "I'm so sorry!"

While those two were enjoying themselves, in a part of the old Sunny Kingdom, Moon was in the graveyard with white flowers. Tears adorned her face. "Liche, Grace, Alex... Soon, I'll be there soon. I'm going to come soon, so wait just a little longer," she sorrowfully said, touching the cold stone. She suddenly heard something and wiped her tears away. "Your Majesties, good day."

"We were expecting to find you here today," the red haired woman said.

"It's nice to see that you're doing well," the blue haired man commented. "I presume that Fine and Rein are the same?"

"Yes, they're a great joy. You two were truly blessed with wonderful daughters, Elsa, Truth." The former king and queen had a sad, but somewhat cheerful expression on their faces. They wanted to see their daughters so badly, but this was the price they paid in order to keep them safe for so long. "They'll be coming back to you soon."

"How much longer?"

"By the end of the year. That is when everything will finally end and your peace can be restored on this kingdom as well as this planet. The hated man will disappear, the darkness will fall into the light, and the royal family of the Sun will find happiness. That is what Grace had proclaimed."

"Thank you, Moon. Truly thank you for everything that you've done," the kind thanked.

"Your wish is not yet finished. Besides, I'm doing what my job entitles me to."

Later that night when Moon came back, Fine and Rein asked, if they were allowed to go, but got an unexpected answer. "What do you mean we can't go?"

"I mean that you two aren't allowed to go to that party," Moon restated, as she sipped her tea. "Gah, this is cold. Pumo, you didn't boil the water enough. The leaves haven't opened at all." The cup floated from her hands and a flame appeared underneath it.

"But we promise that we won't get found out!" They got masks, invitations, dresses, and told people that they could go. They couldn't believe that she would say that, wouldn't she have just said that she was going to supervise or send Pumo to make sure things were okay?

Moon looked up at them. "There's no point in going. It'll just increase your chances of getting found out. Do you really want to take that chance?"

"But you've been letting us go to other countries lately," Rein protested.

"And we haven't been found out yet either! Please let us go to this party!" Fine pleaded alongside Rein. "We promise that we won't cause any trouble."

"I already see bad things happening at this party. Like you two being called traitor princesses and having your identities blown." Fine and Rein twitched. "Do you really want to take that risk?"

"We still want to go!"

She sighed. "You two are not allowed to leave this place unless I say otherwise." The words floated out in chains. The pair looked at the chains as they flew up and vanished into air. "A cage spell. With this, you two can't leave," she explained as she took a sip of her tea.

They stomped away to their room, not wanting to believe that happened. "Rein, Moon's being so mean!" Fine whined. Rein was looking at her white dress with a tint of sorrow in her eyes. "Rein?"

"I really really wanted to dance with him. I've been practicing a little. He say that he would dance with me," Rein said quietly.

Rein was really looking forward to dancing with Bright. She remembered a time when Elsa told her a story of how her own party and how she danced with Truth. That was the first time that they realized their feelings of love for each other. Fine didn't want to see Rein like that. That's when she got an idea. A piano started to play. "Rein, show me your dance."

"My dance?" Rein looked over at Fine to see her fingers moving without a piano to play on. This was a simple spell for Fine.

"Yeah, I want to see it. Besides you need to practice for the party, don't you?"

"But Moon put a spell around the house so there's not point..."

"We're going to that party," Fine decided. "We've broken one of Moon's spells before, so it's not impossible for us to not go. We're the descendents of Princess Grace, I'm sure we can think of something. That's why right now you should practice your dance."

She smile. Muttering a spell, she created a puppet to dance with. Fine played music, Rein danced around with the handsome puppet like a true princess. "What do you think Fine? I'm still a long ways away from being perfect but do you think it's good enough?"

"I think it's very pretty. The guy that you like is sure to be grateful for dancing with you," Fine complimented. "Don't worry, you just need a little more practice and you'll be perfect."

"Thanks Fine. That's right! Do you wanna learn how to dance too?" Rein offered. "I'm sure that the person who invited you would love to have a dance."

"Nah, I'll wing it if he does ask," I declined.

"Really? That seems like such a waste."

"I'm only in it for the food though," Rein sheepishly admitted.

"Mou Fine!" The two started to laugh together. Just like they did when they were children and young. They began to plot out ways to break the spell, while Moon and Pumo were talking in another room.

"It's so nice to see them growing up through rebellion."

"Moon-sama can you really say that right now? They're suppose to be more princess like."

"I suppose you're right, but they're still so young. Let them play as they please," Moon told him. "Hey Pumo, do you like serving under Fine and Rein? Do you like being by their sides and watching them grow?"

"Moon-sama, what are you thinking about?"

"Everything's going to end Pumo. Very soon."


~Hint 3: Think of my characters~

By the way, why do most of you think it's a theme?