Chapter 7
Chapter 7
"Are you alright Miss?" The man asked extending a hand to help Ren sit up.
"Now I am thank-you." She said timidly. Ren watched the old man hasten across the large room towards the closet, and then he returned with an armful of garments.
"I apologize for the master's behavior, he is just too spoiled." The man introduced himself as Kyle; he has looked after the prince ever since…
Wait….
"Prince?!" Ren exclaimed, jumping of the bed.
"Yes, Prince Akira. Surely you already knew this. I thought he would have told you or you might have recognized him from the royal balls."
Kyle looked as confused as Ren felt.
"What realm are you from my dear? Hershkia, Zehrotuhia or maybe Kaldia? No, no, no. You look like you are from Deanoia, am I right?"
Ren just stared blankly at the elderly man. What are these places he is naming off? I'm very good at Geography, why don't I know about these places?
"Well my dear, I don't think I have heard your name yet. I can place you from just your last name."
"Eh, my name is Ren Hoshina and I'm rather sure myself where I live, but I'm not sure where I am right now." Hoshina was Ren's mother's last, but when her mother and father were married she didn't want to give up her name; Ren could never remember her father's last name because it was odd and far too long and to top that all off, it was hard to pronounce correctly.
Kyle stared blankly back at her. "What was your name again child, Ren…?"
"Hoshina."
…
"I can't say I know it, must be a further away realm." Kyle finished, laying out the dresses on the un-made bed. "Please pick one out, and I will send you off. You have a nice hot bath, okay?"
The name subject had been completely dropped, not that Ren cared. She was still rather confused to the fact that she had woken up in a prince's room, in bed, with him still in it no less. A blush crept up onto her cheeks thinking about how, for lack of a better word, 'perfect' Akira look without a shirt on.
"Dresses in a man's wardrobe, I guess this is a regular event." Ren mumbled, gazing down at the stunning silk gowns.
"Right and wrong, my lady. I will not lie to you, the prince is notorious for his female guests… but you are the first that has rejected him and who also doesn't know that Akira is a prince."
The door opened and three young maids came in, almost in a sprint.
"His majesty wishes to speak to young lady soon as possible."
"That is your department, not mine. I hand Lady Ren over to you, please be kind, she isn't our usual guest." Kyle smiled then bowed his head respectfully in my direction and headed towards the door the three maids had just entered. "I shall see the final results later before we send her in. Until later." The door closed silently behind him.
"Well, we best get started then. My name is Kitty," The maid in the middle smiled broadly then moved on to introducing her two sisters; Katherine and Kimberly.
"Please co-operate with us and I guarantee this wont hurt a bit!" Kimberly said enthusiastically, grabbing Ren's arm and pulling her out into the hall.
The three led Ren down staircase after staircase until, with a flick of the wrist, a door flung open and pushed the now very confused girl into the room.
"As Kimberly said before, trust us and everything will be fine!" Katherine smiled, pushing Ren into a smaller bathroom than Akira's, but still larger then her room at home.
"Aright, let's get you cleaned up!" Three said in unison.
(Time Jump; One and Half Hours)
Akira sat brooding, only three small steps from where his father sat in the throne. At the moment Akira wouldn't even look at him, he was completely pissed off at the fact that his loving father had ruined his morning by first asking Kyle to come and 'wake' him up and bring him down and now he couldn't even return to his room or try to find Ren; who his father had taken the liberty of hiding her from him. Such a loving father!
"Hello your majesty!" A group of nervously laughing girls curtsied when they walked past him. Usually he would have picked to 'forget' his anger, but even that didn't seem like it would help his present state.
"Oh, how cold Akira. I have never seen you completely ignore such a group of fine looking ladies. Are you going to start to cry, because if you are, I would like you to turn around so I can see." Akira's father said from behind him.
"Go to hell." The annoyed prince growled under his breath, he wasn't even in the mood to pick a fight with the old man.
Akira looked up when he saw a pair of boots standing in front of him. Just what he needed now, his babysitter had a message for him.
"What do you want Kyle?"
"His majesty, the Prince of Kaldia has arrived and wishes to see you."
Akira grinned. Kail had finally decided she show his face. Finally some one to show off his latest catch. Well, once he found Ren, who knows which room the maids had hidden her away in.
Meanwhile, somewhere in one of the chambers, Ren was being prepared for her audience with the King. Ren had been sprayed with everything sweet-smelling perfume imaginable and draped in silk. She was growing fast tired of sitting as the maids tended to her hair.
"Just a little longer Miss." Kitty said when she noted the young lady fidgeting in her chair.
This all made no sense to Ren. Earlier Kyle had tried to figure out where she had came from and machined names of places that sounded like they came straight out of a fairy tale, nowhere she was from that was sure.
Her thoughts drifted again to the room she had woken up in with its high ceilings and the beautiful view. The room was mind-blowing, but with whom she had woken up with was her problem. Prince Akira. The 18 year old Prince who was, from what she had heard from Kyle and the maids, a notorious flirt. Ren had heard stories from the three maids that, in her opinion, shouldn't be repeated about his adventures with the opposite gender age ranging from 13 to 37.
Had she done anything last night? For some reason Ren couldn't remember anything up until the two of them walked around the garden. Did anyone know where she was or why she wasn't in school?
She groaned; School. This was going to be a problem. This would be the first day that Ren had ever missed her classes. Even when she was sick she would complain to her parent to let her attend class. Eventually her father would give in and hand her some 'magic pill' as he called it when she was younger, instantly she would feel better and attended classes.
"Where did you meet the Prince?" Kimberly asked helping, me into another dress.
"Just last evening, I was to have supper with him and his…" Ren froze, all the colour draining from her face.
Last night Mariabel had taken her out to have supper with friends of hers; Raz and his son Akira. She knew Raz because he was a relative of Ren's father, his cousin to be exact. Akira's father was the King of wherever they where at the moment, and if this was all true and the man she was going to see this moment was the same person… her father had to be royalty as well.
A rap on the door sounded out. Moments later, Kyle stepped in greeting her in the mirror.
"The King is ready to see you. If you will come this way with me Miss Ren, I shall lead you to his majesty."
Beautiful feather:
Well there you go… with school finished I was hoping I could find some time to get back to this story. I'll try to update at the very least once a month. I just kinda quit my job the other day too so now I have even more time . Oh, good news! Conner went and found me a beta reader! I don't know if anyone can tell, but when I re-read threw this I could tell the difference from my own work and hers… kinda jealous…. Her name is x-twilight-x so you can thank her for the chapter too
