What if Cardia was a Princess in a faraway land living in a castle with her 5 "servants". What kind of life would she lead? No poison, no problems, just a story about a princess.

Or at least that's what I tried to go for xD I think it turned out decently.

Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own Code Realize: Guardian of Rebirth, nor do I try to claim to.


"Cardia….Cardia you must wake up! Ohhhhh!" From the warm depth I am awoken, the covers fly off and a cold wind rushes in to jolt me awake. My instincts flare up, releasing an annoyed moan from my mouth. "Moan all you like but if you miss your lessons then you'll get punished! Hurry, hurry! Ah Lupin! Please help me get the lady up, it's nearly time for her morning lessons and yet she isn't even dressed at all!"

"What an unsightly Princess we have…" I can hear his sigh, good enough to fool my chamber maid but not good enough to fool me. He's amused, because of course he is. "Now then Princess, either you get up and allow Miss Claudia to dress you or I'll do it myself."

"L-L-Lupin! You can't threaten that! She's our lady-"

"Alright, alright I'm getting up!" Flushed from the morning sun, I grudgingly throw myself out of bed, my speed makes his smirk grow even wider. He is always able to see right through me, so much so that it drives me nuts sometimes. "Lupin, you can leave...I'll see you later for my daily lessons."

"It is my honor to serve my lady." He bows, as he is always instructed to do and takes his leave with a playful wave.

I can finally breathe, he is completely unpredictable at times and it always makes me nervous. It's dangerous what that man is capable of.

"That Lupin, I'm surprised your father allows him to remain in the castle with the way that he acts. He's so brazen and yet so handsome, one would almost think that he's some sort of Prince. It's almost a shame."

"Lupin is very intelligent for a mere servant, I believe that, that is the reason that father keeps him around. He doesn't show it but he's slick and can worm his way out of every situation that is presented to him, he's a valuable asset."

"You could say that about all of my lady's servants couldn't you? Even Impey is as strong as an ox, I doubt many could overcome him if they were to attack...don't even get me started on Van Helsing. My they're all incredibly handsome as well aren't they? It's a shame that none of them are real royalty, their status in society-"

"Their status in society is quite high though…" I try to hide my defensive nature. Each and everyone of them are important to me, I didn't like it when they talked down on them.

"But not high enough to stay by my lady's side forever-"

"I've changed my mind! I'm going back to bed!"

"My lady Cardia no!"


"My I didn't realize that our great king hired me to read you bedtime stories!" That voice is like tea, soft and subtle but with a spark of it's own flavor. I hear it for at least two hours a day during my studies, in fact it's rare that he ever stops talking. He's always instructed me in any and every subject, he is a man of many words and endless knowledge, one that even my father regards highly in his court.

Saint-Germain.

"And yet it appears that our princess isn't even sleeping, are you sulking perhaps? Do you want to talk about it?"

He's treating me like a child...of course he is. Saint-Germain has always praised me for my thirst for knowledge. After all not many princesses actually wanted to learn things like politics and military movements. I wanted to learn everything and anything, Saint-Germain quickly taught me that knowledge was true power in this world.

The more you understood, the less that people can keep from you. If I wanted to I could storm into military meetings and put my thoughts in whether they liked it or not. Someday I will be sitting beside a man who will rule my kingdom and the fact that I can understand the inner workings of my kingdom means that I can help rule instead of just sitting on the throne and looking pretty.

Like hell would I just sit around and be a useless queen.

"No I don't...my apologies for being late to our morning lessons. I don't like missing them."

"That is quite alright my princess, for I have taken the liberty of bringing your lessons to you."

On my bed are multiple books that he had without doubt brought with him. On my bedside table is a quill and some paper in case I wanted to write some notes down. He was always prepared.

"Shall we begin my lady?"

"Yes of course, let's start right away." I pick up a copy of the book that he has in his gloved hands and together we go through it like we always do.


"Impey!" I pick up my skirts and run to him at full speed, which is quite difficult in my current attire. I hadn't been back up to my room to change for my riding lessons for the day. "I've had quite the day!"

"Stop running! You're going to fall!" I can hear Van Helsing's cries from behind me but I don't care.

Impey catches me in a whirling hug, just like he always does. We spin for a bit before he sets me back down to earth. "Good afternoon princess!"

"Call me Cardia." I glower at him. Impey is one of the only servants who treats me like a normal human being instead of a higher up.

He scratches the back of his head, taking a look around him. We were still in the castle after all, it was nearly time for my riding lessons so he was probably going to go and get changed himself. "Princess you know I can't do that right now. Later when we go out I'll be happy to-"

"You're insufferable! It isn't fair that you all treat me so differently and yet I spend so much time with all of you! Even you Van Helsing and you literally follow me everywhere!"

"You're acting like a child." Van Helsing rolls his sharp eyes, he's my bodyguard of course since father refuses to allow me to learn how to shoot a gun. During the night I sneak out of my room with him and he teaches me hand-to-hand combat so that I am able to protect myself if I need to. Sometimes he even teaches me swordsmanship.

"Is it so wrong for someone other than my father to call me Cardia? The maids do it sometimes but they're supposed to make me feel like I'm not alone in this castle. It's horrid-"

"And now you're throwing a tantrum-"

My glare silenced him, it's more like a challenge to him for he glares back at me. Usually we would start arguing with each other but today I'm just not in the mood to do so. So instead we have a glaring contest that could melt a brick of ice.

"Now now you two...can't we all just kiss and make-up? You could use some riding princess, after all it'll release some of that stress you're having-"

"I'm no longer in the mood to go riding."

"Too bad your father has it on your daily schedule to go riding so guess what you're going to go and do?"

More glaring between Van Helsing and I.

"Van...you're not helping the situation." Impey sighs, his cheery self is now gone. Van Helsing is difficult to deal with after all.

"Ah! Princess Cardia there you are, Claudia told me that you chose to stay in bed this morning so I wanted to come and check up on you before you went riding. I was just on my way to your room." Victor comes walking from the room to our immediate left, carrying his doctor bag, his lab coat flowing behind him like a cape. "It looks like you're fine though, the way that you're glaring at Van Helsing tells me that you have enough energy…"

"Victor…"

Victor is our family's doctor. He makes sure that we stay in tip top shape and teaches me about the poisons that are commonly used in drinks and food. He also teaches me how to counteract and how to calm my breathing to slow down the poisons progress through my body. He has saved my father's life countless times with his antidotes.

So of course he's highly valued to our family.

"What's wrong princess?" Van Helsing moves aside for Victor to come over and do whatever he usually does. Today he takes my cheeks in his hands and offers a warm, very Victor, smile. His smiles are always so soft to me, he's like a father trying to cheer up his child. "You're not sick at all are you? You're just upset."

"I'm surrounded by people Victor and yet...I always feel so alone. You all treat me so special and yet I feel like I'm just a normal girl. I don't want to be continuously treated like some doll that no one wants to touch, I want to be treated like a normal person...I wanted to be able to do whatever I want and be treated however everyone wants to treat me."

"Like just now, I bet Van Helsing would have hit me on the head if he wouldn't be expelled from the castle immediately for doing so, and Impey...who knows what Impey would do to me if he was allowed to."

"Pr-Pr-Princess..I would never!" Impey's stuttering tells me all that I need.

"You're all so special to me and yet you can't even call me by my name without fear. It's irritating to no end...I wish that you could understand how I feel-"

"Princess Cardia is rather cruel isn't she?" Lupin takes the stage by walking in with his usual grin. Van Helsing immediately takes his defensive stance, he's always wary around this trickster. It's happened one too many times for his liking that Lupin has whisked me away into the night for some adventure. "Saying that we don't understand, of course we understand how you're feeling!"

"How could you-"

"How could we not? Everyday we get to see you, everyday we get to be with you and yet we always feel so far away. You're so close and yet we feel as though we can never reach you princess...we all care for you so much and yet it doesn't even matter because of your status. It's heartbreaking to watch you in court dancing with those fools who just want to take advantage of you and yet we can't do anything about it."

"Only you can protect yourself from them. Do you know how that feels my princess? To not be able to protect someone that you consider precious to you? It's like someone sticking a hot iron pole into your stomach and watching you squirm. I'm not even allowed to call you by your real name without a prefix."

I listen to him and feel that he's right. These men...my friends, they care about me as much as I care about them and yet there's no a single thing they can do about it.

They're just like me.

"I'm sorr-"

"Well I've had enough! Let's get going Cardia! Let us leave this place and never return!" I'm lifted, faster than I could ever imagine and all of sudden we're running. Running out of the palace and running down the stairs.

Shots ring out as well as Impey shouting at Lupin and Victor laughing as if he had expected this the entire time!

"Lupin...we can't just leave."

"Oh I know Cardia but for now lets just enjoy it until Van Helsing catches up with us."

I allow myself to relax, my heart thanks him for taking me away because there's nothing they can do about it until I return. Van Helsing will search for us frantically but Lupin is smart, we'll without a doubt hide until night falls and sneak back in together.

I couldn't be happier.


Whoa lots of words in this one, compared to yesterday that is xD

I try to write long stories but then I feel that they get out of character as the length goes on. I get paranoid and then just stop altogether and it's a mess, but I'll try. I won't put something out that I don't at least like myself.

See you tomorrow, please read and review and feel free to send me requests via pm.