Here we go some more drama!!

Chapter 8!


Tumultuous Tides

"Don't test me Daniel, you have no idea who your messing with," Riven said as he shoved Daniel roughly against the wall.

"Anger issues? Calm down, I was just getting my watch that I left in her room a couple nights ago…" Daniel explained rather calmly still pinned by Riven's overwhelming strength. Daniel knew everything he wanted to say and he knew exactly how Riven would react. Just like he knew exactly how Riven would react to what he had just said, he would question why his watch was in his girlfriend's room, and then Daniel's plan of revealing the truth, and some lies sprinkled in, would unfold perfectly.

He knew he would be able to manipulate Riven because Riven seemed like the kind of guy that liked to keep his emotional side concealed. From his experience, Daniel knew why Riven did this. Most people who covered their feelings were the people that became overwhelmed by them. Daniel did grow up with the royal life, everyone acted like they were happy and kept their true feelings concealed because they knew if the tested the waters things could get out of control and they wouldn't be able to handle it.

"What the hell were you doing in her room a couple nights ago?" Riven said with anger overcoming him so that he was absolutely blind to all reason. There was nobody he hated more than Daniel, and all he could see was the fury he had toward him. Riven couldn't help but jump to some conclusions, but he was trying to keep his trust in Musa.

"Okay, first of all – loosen the death grip, this is Armani," Daniel said superiorly to Riven. He was in no position to act rudely toward Riven, considering he had him in a chokehold, but this was all a part of the plan. When Riven loosened his grip and took a step back, Daniel continued. "I was just consoling her after you broke her heart," Daniel said with a smirk as he took a couple steps back.

"You were consoling her?" Riven asked skeptically, he wasn't falling for Daniel's tricks this time, he knew Daniel was just trying to push his buttons by insinuating that he cared more for Musa than Riven.

"I consoled her…" Daniel began as he took some more steps away from Riven "all night, and she seemed to enjoy it," he finished as he shot a smirk toward Riven making Riven think something had happened even though Daniel fabricated the whole thing.

Riven faced drained of blood for a second. He tried to tell himself that he should trust that Musa would never do that to him, but he couldn't. He was too angry to think that Daniel was lying. All he could think about was that Musa had slept with Daniel the day before they had gotten back together. Without thinking Riven quickly walked to Daniel and punched in right in the jaw. Once on the floor Daniel looked up and smiled, everything going according to plan so far…time for part 2. "I will kill you," Riven seethed as he grabbed hold of Daniel's collar and pulled him off the ground.

"You can't be surprised; Musa and I were together winter formal, spring break…" Daniel said in between breaths as he then retaliated to Riven's blow by punching him back. Riven was not nearly as affect by the blow as Daniel was by Riven's, but it made it so that Riven had to step back for a second so that Daniel could rub salt in the wound.

"Yeah, that's right I slept with her one month before she made the mistake of dating you, but don't worry, I know how it feels, she did date that Jared guy before she even left for spring vacation. But I forgave her after she spent the night, she really knows how to get on my good side," Daniel finished just in time for Riven to pummel him to the ground.

"Don't you dare talk about her like that," Riven could no longer control himself or his actions. He didn't want to believe the words coming out of Daniel's mouth, but he couldn't get the image of Daniel and Musa out of his head. And Daniel wasn't lying before; he was probably saving the truth to prolong his torture. What Daniel had told Riven only added to his anger. He loved Musa more than anyone in his life and she betrayed him, not only that but Riven had come to the realization what Musa was never really his, she probably always had feelings for Daniel. When all of this dawned on Riven, he became relentless on Daniel, he beat the prince until Daniel managed to get away and retaliate with a hard punch in the stomach to Riven. For several seconds Riven had the wind knocked out of him and this was the perfect time for Daniel to put more awful thoughts in Riven's head.

"Why not? I'm the only one here that's telling the truth and you know it. Musa has never been yours, she's been too busy with me and in the end we both know who she wants," Daniel spat out. He was then once again punched again by Riven, this time Daniel had enough of the beating and hit the wall with extra force so Musa would hear the two fighting. And now for your downfall Daniel thought.

Riven then grabbed Daniel again and threw the already beaten prince against the wall, just as Riven was ready to punch Daniel once again, his hand was stopped by Musa. She looked shocked at the two of them fighting, it was pretty obvious Riven was winning, but she never thought anything would get so out of hand. "RIVEN STOP!" She yelled as she stood between the warring boys. "What the hell is going on here?" Musa said. She was facing Riven and it made it seem as if she were blaming Riven. Musa wasn't, but he only had minor injured while Daniel looked as if he were just run over by a truck.

"I was going to ask you the same question, why the hell was he in your room?" Riven screamed at her still blind with fury. Riven may not have been badly injured, but most of his pain wasn't physical. His heart was shattered and now he would probably never let himself be so naive as to fall in love again.

"He needed to talk, and you need to calm down," Musa said sternly and then went to Daniel who had collapsed to the floor and asked if he was alright. He weakly nodded his head and told her that he was fine.

Once Riven saw Musa tending to her ex-boyfriend it became clear to him that Daniel was telling him the truth, at least someone was. He looked at the two with hurt and disgust and began walking away. When Musa saw Riven leaving she got up and went after him. "I'll deal with you later," Musa said sternly to Daniel before chasing after Riven.

"Riven wait," Musa began, but Riven did not stop or slow his pace in the slightest. "Please Riven, what was going on?" she said as she caught up and grabbed his shoulder and he whipped around and looked at the woman he loved and hated at the same time.

"I can't believe it, I actually thought you meant it when you said you had no feelings for him." Riven said angrily.

"Riven there is nothing going on! I don't know how many times I have to tell you, and beating up my ex doesn't help the situation at all." Musa yelled back.

"You can't be the one that's angry right now. I just found out that my girlfriend has been lying to me for the past year and that she slept with her ex the night we got back together," Riven yelled.

"What the hell are you talking about, nothing happened!" Musa yelled. She was honestly confused, where would Riven ever get the idea that she and Daniel had slept together? That's when it hit her, she and Riven were fine after dinner and she just saw him and Daniel having it out in the hallway. Daniel must have said something to Riven which made him angry and provoke him into a fight. But what still confused her was why would Daniel purposely get in a fight with Riven, he had to know that he wasn't going to win.

"Really, like how nothing happened between you and Daniel after his winter formal?" Riven spat back at Musa.

"What are you insinuating?"

"Did anything else happen between you and Daniel after you got back from winter break? And how about you don't lie to me this time." Riven insisted. He couldn't believe a word that came out of her mouth, he hated not being able trust her, but everything was so different now.

"What? No of coarse not," Musa said forgetting about her spring break fling with Daniel.

"What about spring break, you know less than a month before we started going out?" Riven began. "Are you sure nothing happened?"

"Oh that," Musa said angrier than ever that Daniel had revealed all of her past to Riven. "We only kissed I swear nothing else happened, Riven I –"

"Don't! I don't want to know what you did with him or what you're doing with him." Riven said as he began to walk onto the deck of the ship and make his way to the exit.

"You can't do this!" Musa screamed. She couldn't lose Riven. "We weren't dating, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but this is unfair."

"1 month, Musa. Did things not go to well so you decided to be with me? I'm guessing things didn't exactly pan out between you and Jared either!" Riven fumed. He had every intention of beating the living crap out of Jared the second he got to school.

"Well at least they cared for me! You toyed with my feelings for almost two years, was I supposed wait around until you decided that you wanted me. At least someone wanted me and showed some affection," Musa snapped.

"Oh and I'm sure you got a lot of affection from Daniel. And I know I hurt you, but don't you think for a second that I don't care for you." Riven said as his jaw clenched tightly. "But I guess that never really mattered since you have always had someone else,"

Musa was shocked that Daniel had told Riven about Jared, she didn't even know that Daniel knew. "Riven, it was one date and nothing happened," Musa tried to explain, but it was apparent that Riven was not in the mood to hear her excuses. "Riven I didn't mean what I said before, you know I love you."

"But I guess it makes sense since you've always wanted Daniel," Riven spat out not listening to what Musa had to say. "Why were you even with me? Go back to your prince, I know you want to and it's obvious he wants you too.

"No Riven I want you, I've always wanted you," Musa insisted as tears began falling from her eyes. She couldn't lose Riven again. "I'm sorry, I never wanted to hurt you,"

"Too late," Riven said turning away and finally taking control of his emotions. He looked back at her and his eyes went cold. Musa had never seen Riven so hurt. "Forget it, be with him you two deserve each other." Riven said and made a quick exit. Musa went after him but he wouldn't listen to a word she said.

"Just leave me the hell alone Musa, don't act like you care, You've done enough of that over the past year." Riven said with spite filling his voice. He loved Musa since he met her and now he was learning that the happiest time of his life was all a lie. Riven walked off the ship and told Musa to go back to Daniel. Musa stood at the dock and couldn't believe that the scene that just played out actually happened. She wanted to go to Riven and try to salvage what was left of their relationship.


But, Musa was angry beyond belief. She never wanted her past to catch up to her and this was her fault, to a degree. Daniel had taken advantage of Riven's growing insecurity in his relationship with Musa and decided to sprinkle in lies when he revealed the truth to Riven. She walked back onto the boat and went straight to where Daniel and Riven were fighting. She saw Daniel sitting there tending to his many wounds.

When Daniel saw Musa coming towards him with tears in her eyes he knew that Riven had ended things with her for good. Now it was time for the last part of his plan. He was going to make it seem like Riven brutally attacked him and the only reason he didn't fight back was because he didn't want to hit Musa's boyfriend. (Daniel never wanted to admit that Riven was stronger than he was, even though it was pretty obvious). After that, Musa would see that Riven was no where near the type of guy she needed and that her break up with him was for the best. While she was down, Daniel would pick her back up and she would see what she was missing. He had it planned right down to the kiss he knew he would get by the end of the night.

Musa walked towards Daniel with a look of absolute hate and he knew he was going to have to have a good argument to wiggle out of this and an even better one to get her back, but he was great at getting what he wanted.

"Musa, quite frankly I'm concerned for your safety. I mean he just got violent, you shouldn't be with such a violent –" Daniel began as he stood up from the ground.

"SHUT UP!" Musa yelled with tears streaming down her cheeks, she didn't want to talk to Daniel, but she needed to know what he told Riven.

"Musa –" Daniel began trying to explain himself and get on her good side.

"Dan, I don't want to have this conversation right now, or ever for that matter, but now I have to because you have successfully killed my relationship with Riven," Musa said with anger. "God! I have been so stupid, here I thought you were trying to make up for everything. I thought you were actually trying to help me, but this has all been a part of your vicious little plan."

"Come on, if anything I did you a favor. You could not be really serious with that guy, you're a princess," Daniel began as he emphasized the word 'princess'. "You're destined for so much better, a life far superior than his. Remember all the amazing times we had together, San Pedra on the yacht, the Alps in that cozy lodge, or the beach house in Venitia. We were so good together. You know I'm right," Daniel finished. He had taken Musa on some of the most extravagant vacations that a person could dream of, in his mind there was no way someone could give that up for something so far below what someone else could offer.

"You are so sadistic, how could you do this to me! I never cared for the money and the jewels and fancy trips to exotic places. The only reason we ever had a good time together was because we were in all those places, I was never really happy with you!" Musa fumed. "You lied to him and now he can't even trust me," Musa yelled. She knew how hard this had to have been for Riven. He had never really to trust others, ever since he was young. But he trusted her and she unknowingly betrayed him. "I was happy and you messed it up! But I guess I shouldn't be surprised, you are so good at doing that," With that Musa began to leave the room again.

"I didn't lie everything I told him happened, we were together during the winter and during spring break and –" Daniel began.

"We never slept together! And you decided to tell him we did," Musa shot back. "I can't be this, I can't believe you. I know you hate losing but this is ridiculous, even for you," Musa couldn't contain her anger and she ended up slapping Daniel across the face. She then began to walk to her door when Daniel stopped her.

"Calm down Musa, I've known you forever just talk to me," Dan said as he stopped her from leaving the room.

"You want to talk now? That's interesting I can remember a time where all you wanted to do was repeatedly screw anything in a mini skirt instead of talking to me" Musa said with spite dripping from every word. She then broke free from his grasp and made her way to the door. "And you've already said more than enough,"

"That's not fair," Daniel said in his defense, he knew what he did was wrong but their breakup was caused by more than just his infidelity.

"No what's not fair is you cheating on me and then when I'm finally happy again…you take it away!" Musa screamed. "You ruined everything in our relationship and now you ruined everything in my relationship with Riven!" She then made her way to the door to her room one more time, she heard enough and she couldn't take anymore.

"Don't you dare pin our entire breakup on me!" Dan yelled as he quickly got in front of the door.

"Oh I'm sorry, did I sleep with someone else while we were in a relationship?" Musa asked sarcastically with a venomous look. "I must have forgotten,"

"No Musa, you were the one who fell in love with someone else!" Dan shouted back as his voice broke with emotion.

Musa looked at him with shock. She had fallen for Riven during her relationship with Daniel, but she could never get herself to break things off with him.

He remembered when he came to visit her in the late fall during her freshman year. They two were walking together through Magix when they stopped to have lunch. He noticed Musa was looking at someone, Riven. She was different and after he saw the way she looked at Riven, he knew why. Ever since then he hated Riven, sure he wasn't exactly faithful before that, but still it hurt to know Musa didn't want him anymore. He may have cheated on her, but she fell in love with someone else, that hurt him even though he didn't want to admit it. He had used the fact that he still wanted Musa as a reason for his pursuit of her, but he wanted revenge against Riven. Musa fell in love with him and Daniel was never able to get past it. "Yeah, I caught on, you could've at least acted like you weren't in love with him while I was around." he said with spiteful smile.

"That's different," Musa said in her own defense

"No, it's not. I may have cheated, but it meant nothing to me. You on the other hand left me a long time before we broke up," Daniel shot back with anger.

"That doesn't change anything, you ruined everything! And cheating is so much worse you jackass!" Musa seethed. "If you actually cared at all for me, you would have accepted that I've moved on and now I may never be able to fix your mess," Musa finished and she then slapped him in the face once again.

"Please Musa, don't do this. Not for him, he doesn't deserve you – "

"NO! You don't deserve me. And I deserve so much better than you," Musa said and then walked off the ship. She went to go find Riven in some desperate attempt to make him understand, but things looked bleak. She ran from the deck to the side of the ship that had a platform to the dock. Right before she could step onto the platform, Daniel grabbed her hand and stopped her.

"You don't want to do this, come on. Why else did you come to me every time you came home? We have always had chemistry and I know you still think about me," Daniel insisted.

"Get over yourself Daniel, the only reason we had our little flings was because I was upset about Riven," Musa snapped.

"Please Musa, stay and talk to me. I love you," Daniel admitted hoping it would calm the princess and hopefully keep her on the boat with him.

"Oh please! You don't love me, you love the idea of me. The idea of having someone in your life that you love and that loves you back. But, that was no reason to ruin what I had with Riven, I can't believe you." She screamed.

"Musa please, just hear me -"

"Save it for someone who may actually believe your crap," She said as she walked off the ship. Daniel looked at her as she walked off the ship and couldn't believe that his plan didn't work. He really thought he had Musa pegged, he had known her all his life and he was positive that he was her weakness. That was when it finally began to sink in for Daniel that Musa only came to him when she was upset or unhappy. He was her escape, the bitter truth was hard to accept and Daniel was not going to. There was no way in his mind that Riven could possibly more suited for her. He was a prince and Riven was nothing, he could never offer Musa what he could and Daniel was determined to prove it. He and Musa were meant for each other and it couldn't end like this, Riven was no longer in the way and he had to do everything in his power to win Musa back. Daniel knew that with enough bullshit would eventually get Musa back.


Daniel knew he couldn't talk to Musa now, she was far too upset. He wanted to talk to her and plead his fake case, but she would surely lynch him if he went to see her now. He was going to wait till morning and go to her and act like he had been up the entire night thinking about her. Daniel just had to hope that her break up with Riven would stick this time, but he was sure it would because all of their friends were already out on Syrin Isle and they wouldn't be able to talk to the estranged couple. He would wait till the morning, until then he was going to carefully figure out what he was going to say to Musa to convince her that he was the good one in this whole thing.

Along the beautiful white sand beach of Syrin Isle, a dark haired fairy walked aimlessly. She was drying heavily and it became harder and harder to walk with every step. Musa walked on the beach alone and tried to make sense of everything. She walked on the sand at waters edge and felt the wet sand between her toes. She thought of how she had hoped this vacation would go and how it took a huge turn for the worse. Musa couldn't believe that she had lost Riven, she loved him more than anything and now he wanted nothing to do with her.

Musa took a seat on a large rock when she knew she could no longer walk. She watched as the waves rolled in and then as the ocean pulled water that soaked her toes back in. Then, let out a heavy sigh and stopped her crying for a second. She listened intently to her surrounding swearing she had heard something from behind. When she looked and saw that there was nothing of danger in sight she focused her attention back on the tranquility of the ocean. Just then Musa felt a sharp pain in her back and when she tried to scream, it was muffled by the hand that was now in front of her mouth.

"Hello princess," said a strange voice as Musa's eyes began to close slowly.


What else could possibly go wrong? So glad you asked…

We got to see a little more into the pyschy of Daniel. Usually individuals who have been wronged in the past find a scape goat to blame for thier pain. So Daniel blames Riven for losing Musa. I love psychology!

xoxo

princessm