Alright, so summer has become extremely boring all of a sudden. Which is why I got two chapters done in almost 24 hours.
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Haven't done this in a while, but I don't own any characters, or the fairytale it's loosely based on.
Warning! I jump around alot in this chapter.
Okay, Here's Chapter *8* ! :D:D
There was one week until they got to the kingdom, and something was nagging Rima to ask.
"Why does the ride home so much longer?" She asked clearly impatient and asking no one in particular.
"The kingdom of Kimama has inssued a lock down. No one is allowed in or out with out permission from the prince." The driver informed the girls. "Therefore, we are going around."
"Ugh!" Amu said after awhile and she started to shake as she put her index fingers to her temples.
"What's wrong?" Utau asked worried.
"I was trying to remember my past. . ." Amu sighed, giving up.
"I can tell you. . ." Utau hesitated to tell them. Amu looked at her in confusion, as well as Rima.
Rima was about to ask when Utau started tell her story.
. : . Flashback (Utau's POV) . : .
I was walking back from my room still silently pissed about my mother's decision. As walked past her room I heard the most interesting thing, which made me stop and eavesdrop.
"I will drop the banishment if you really think it will bring back memories of her forgotten past. What is her past?" My mother asked the woman standing before her.
"She's the princess of the Dumpty Kingdom and my daughter, even though she was young understood if she couldn't have something she should fight for, or that's what Arashi taught her." Hisae told her and then continued.
"Because she knew this she took a family hostage and ordered the uncle and father of that family to kidnap the princess while she was here visiting the prince." Hisae said looking at my mother now.
"I have no idea how a young girl like pulled something like that off, but she did. So, I sent an anonymous letter to warn you." Hisae informed her.
"That must have been why I told them not to go into the forest by themselves." Mother concluded, but she wasn't done yet.
"Why did she want to kidnap the princess?" My mother asked.
"Well, the crazy plan started when Arashi informed our daughter that his proposal to wed herself and Ikuto was rejected by the King." Hisae sighed, "and I guess she thought that young Amu was in her way."
"Then why doesn't Amu remember any of this?" My mother asked, full of question to be answered.
"Saaya asked a witch to make a potion for two people to forget about each other: Ikuto and Amu." Hisae continued, "However, the amount of memories lost and how long the potion would last was unknown to the witch."
. : . End of Flashback (Normal POV) . : .
Amu was crying. Everything started to make sense, and memories were coming back which felt like someone dumped a ton of brick on her head. Rima comforted her until she fell asleep.
"We probably should stop soon to get new clothes and to freshen up a bit." Rima pointed out. Utau nodded and then both girls fell asleep.
Hours later, the driver woke them up to inform them that he had to stop so the horses could rest. The girls smiled and thought one thing: 'Shopping.'
The girls looked around there were many shops. However, none were clothing stores. It seemed like hours before the girls found a small boutique. When they entered they could immediately tell that the place was well kept. Each girl chose three dresses, but only bought one. Utau chose between a red dress, black dress, and a purple dress. She ended up buying the purple dress. Rima chose between a gold dress, a black dress, and an orange dress. In the end she choe the gold dress. Amu chose between a pink dress, a black dress, and a navy blue dress.
"Which one would you like?" the woman helping them sadi when she noticed Amu was having a difficult time choosing between the navy blue and the pink dress.
"I think the navy blue one. . ." Amu said as she watched the woman take it from her hands.
"What's wrong Amu?" Rima asked when she saw Amu's gaze was glued to the dress.
"So, we were friends before this, when we were younger I mean?" Amu asked snapping her gaze to Rima.
Rima nodded and looked to the ground.
"Does Ikuto know?" Amu asked.
"About Saaya being part of it? No. About being friends or best friends, in your case? Yes, he regained his memories right after you left." Utau said walking up behind them with shopping bags in her hands.
The girls rushed to carriage and got there just as the driver sat down to wait for them. They boarded the carriage in their new dresses, and rode off to the kingdom.
. : . One Week Later With Ikuto . : .
Ikuto was looking through the library in the study chamber. He wandered all the way to the unauthorized or classified section usually locked and his father had the only key. However, today for some reason the section was open.
"Ah! There it is." Ikuto said as he reached for the 'Missing Royalty' reports. Ikuto was hoping that Amu's actual parents, because there was no way she was a noble, at least in Ikuto's eyes, would have posted her as 'missing'. He was about to sit down at a table when Saaya and Lulu came walking in. So, he hid behind a bookshelf rather far away.
"Can you believe they found her!" Lulu screeched to Saaya.
"I know! Even after all the work I put behind getting Amu away from Ikuto." Saaya said loud enough for Ikuto to hear her.
"What do you mean?" Lulu asked, confused. Ikuto was wondering the same thing.
Saaya started to tell her about what she did when she was younger. Everything from the hostages to the kidnapping to the potions, but she quieted her voice so the only thing he catch was,
"You're. . . . . . noble. . . . . . . country?" Lulu asked.
Saaya nodded.
Ikuto thought about what it could possibly mean and then remembered in the dream, which was actually a flashback, he had. The men looked sad and they showed him a picture that, now when he thought about it, looked identical to Saaya. he was about to confront them when Aruto walked.
"Lulu, I'm so glad you could stay. With the girls gone I'm sure Saaya would have gotten lonely." Aruto said coming up behind them.
Then Aruto turned and walked out of the study followed by Saaya and Lulu.
"Weird father." Ikuto said to himself.
Ikuto sighed and headed to his room to look at the documents in some privacy.
He had spent most the night looking at the file. None were Amu. It was now also lunch and Ikuto had a little to no sleep. He threw the document around his room, so frustrated because something kept nagging him to look. He was about to give up when ha caugth a glimpse of pink land near the trash can. He walked over, picked the paper up, and stared in shock. The photo in his hand was a little girl with bubblegum pink hair and big honey yellow eyes staring at him. He read the caption,
'Missing Princess of the Dumpty Kingdom. REWARD of 500 gold.'
Ikuto was shocked at both the amount of gold and the fact that Saaya was suppose to be from that kingdom. He thought about the page in his hand the whole way to his father's office.
. : . Meanwhile With the Girls . : .
Amu and the ladies had jut arrived at the castle when the King's messenger came and ushered them to his office. They were standing in front of Aruto's office when the messenger knocked three times and walked off down the hallway. Amu gave a confused look in Utau's direction, but was answered with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Come in." Aruto boomed from the other side of the door.
The girls slowly filed into the room and sat in the chairs when Aruto pointed. Aruto was about to say something when the girls just started telling their story. Aruto smiled when he couldn't get a word in, but still nodded in the correct places.
"Well, I'm glad you were found." Aruto said as he started to scribble ink on to some paper.
"Thank you , Sir." Amu smiled.
"Unfortunately, I would like all of one to tell Ikuto of your arrival." Aruto told them.
Amu started to frown, but agreed.
"Fine," Aruto said he looked up and saw the girls' faces. "Amu, you can dress yourself up as Ikuto's maid, if you really want to be near him."
Aruto looked at Utau and nodded.
There was three quick knocks on the door, everyone in the room looked at each other. Aruto got up, pulled on a book, and a passage opened up behind the bookshelf.
"Follow Utau." Aruto whispered to Rima and Amu.
They nodded and ran after Utau.
The passage had just clicked shut when Ikuto barged into the room and threw Amu's missing royalty report on the table.
Well, there you have it hope you liked it.
The pictures of their clothes are on my profile.
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