A/N: So, here's another one and chapter 11 is also posted! Hope everyone likes it...the next couple of chapters are going to be pretty sad so get ready for it! Enjoy! Review please.

Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Persia

Chapter 10: Wonder

The Edited Version

His tar colored body seemed to blend in with his surrounding when the Prince walked through the doors of the palace, and if the Prince is shocked, Kaileena couldn't tell. Ever since Farah and Arjun left, the Prince seems to have stripped himself of positive emotions; he only expressed impatience and anger. His strides became quicker as he walked up the stairs, the palace is obliterated with ashes encompassing the ground and covering up the marble floor. Marble floor, Kaileena thought again, she remembered a dream about marble floors and a palace...but in that dream she is Farah in this palace. She looked at the Prince, and she hid her shock from him, since in the dream, the Prince is in this form. What was the meaning of the dream? She remembered Arjun saying to her that he's with her. What did he mean by that? And that voice! The voice in Farah's head, whose voice was that? Kaileena didn't have time to think about it as she lost sight of the Prince.

He sighed as he looked at his hand; he felt a tinge of disgust rising in his throat. What has he become? You are now the better version of yourself. Hardly. Pfft, I saved your life! Yes, and ruined everything else. The Prince is determined more than ever to kill the Vizier, and nothing will come in between it, not Farah, not Kaileena, it's just the Vizier and him now. And me! He realized that it was silly to keep chasing after Farah, if she didn't want to have a relationship with him, and now she wanted nothing to do with him. It's fine with the Prince, he didn't need Farah in his life, and Arjun would take good care of her. The Prince still could not deny that the thought of Farah in another man's arms did hurt his feelings, but he will survive and he can exert that resentment into killing the Vizier. He has too much to think about than chasing women, he has to save his home, and rebuild Babylon. The Prince searched through every corridor to check if any of his family members survived, but it seems like nobody survived. Searching frantically for anyone that he's related to, it almost brought him to tears with memories. He remembered his brother Malik, his mother, and they both died before this invasion because of his stupid mistakes. His eyes are glossed with memories as he bashed through each room, he wanted to fall to his knees but what he really did is shred himself of every emotion. Everything came to a halt in the Prince's mind after a warm hand landed on his shoulder, the warmness of the hand felt extremely good to the Prince. When he turned around and saw Kaileena's considerate look, he wanted to pour all of his feelings out, however he felt stuck in place.

"Are you alright?" She said quietly, and something caught the Prince's eye, she's holding a coin in her hand, and he never saw this coin before.

"I'll be fine." He said as he turned away from her, and it occurred to him, that this is the first time Kaileena had ever asked him if he's fine. Fishy. He turned a suspicious eye on Kaileena and she became confused.

"What?" She asked, and the Prince took a menacing step towards her.

"You never asked me if I was fine before." He asked suspiciously, he noted again that Kaileena began to turn the coin in her hand.

You are right." She said passively, and the Prince knew that he should just move on but it nagged him.

"Why now then?" He asked with an edge in his voice, and she smiled as she thought about it.

"I guess I have learned how to show compassion." Her eyes glowed when she thought about Arjun. "What I am saying is that I don't care what your past is nor where you are from Kaileena, I just want you to be yourself." She remembered his words to her, and how much it meant now.

"Compassion is foolishness." The Prince scoffed walking away from Kaileena, but she wanted to know something before he began to search again.

"Do you love Farah?" She asked, and he stopped dead in his tracks.

"It doesn't matter, she's never coming near me-" He stopped talking when he saw her rush towards him, putting her hands on his cheeks.

"I stand here, and take all of your crap. I ask you one question and you cannot give me a straight answer." She accused while trying to make eye contact, but the Prince wouldn't.

"Why do you care? -"

"I need to know! I had a vision and I was in trouble but you didn't help me. I give so much to you-"

"No! I don't love Farah." He confessed to himself more than to Kaileena, and he finally made eye contact with Kaileena. "Why are you still with me?" He whispered, and Kaileena's grimace changed to a grin.

"Isn't it obvious? I love you." She admitted, and it struck the Prince's heart with so much emotion. It was like the first time he heard Farah say "My love." knots began to develop in his stomach. Why was he fussing so much over Farah if he had love next to him all this time? He wanted to kiss her, but when he licked his lips, he realized that he's still the Dark Prince.

Kaileena saw the disappointment in the Prince's face when he licked his lips; suddenly an idea came to her mind when she saw a water fountain. Of course! Water would take away the sand effects! "The water! Go drink it." She guided the confused Prince towards the fountain, and he drank it. Immediately, the effects of the sand departed, as the black skin became his regular tanned skin, the chain went back into his arm, and his gold eyes became blue once again. The Prince breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at his hands, and Kaileena was about to say something but before she could say anything the Prince had grabbed her waist while capturing her lips. They kissed with new love and hope in their relationship; it was long and appreciated by the couple. Finally, their lips separated, and brightness beamed in the Prince's eyes that Kaileena didn't notice before.

"Thank you." He smiled to her.

"For what?" He began to run up the ascending stairs to enter the throne room.

"For your compassion!" He winked, and he ran with a noticeable spring in his steps as he had new joy in his life. But, almost as soon as he felt this surge of happiness, it came to a crushing halt. Within the middle the of the throne room, he saw bodies of soldiers on the floor, but a body near the throne chair made him halt his breath. Cautiously, he walked to the body and desperately tried to hold back tears as he realized that it's his father's body. His father died long ago and it seems like he died in battle with the invaders. He kneeled in front of his father, with Kaileena approaching from behind, but all he could do is to look at his father's face. The Prince wanted to cry and end his life, but he didn't. Gravely, he only looked at his dead father's face with no emotion painted on his face and gathered anger. For a while he stared at his father, before he broke it and noticed the sword his father gripped. He grabbed the sword from his father's grasp, and held it up. A twinkle came in the Prince's eyes as he marveled at the sword then sheathed it. "I promise that I will make the Vizier pay, father." The Prince said in determination as he sprinted off, with Kaileena next to him.

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Kaileena in her gut felt something amiss as they exited the palace, and she was about to tell the Prince her feelings. But, she was interrupted when sand monsters approached them. However, these sand monsters didn't concern them, as they saw someone behind the lines of sand monsters that was more interesting than sand monsters.

"Prince! We finally meet!" The Vizier exclaimed hoarsely, and the Prince let out an unearthly growl and rushed towards the hordes of enemies.

***SPOILERS***MAY BE SPOILER FOR BATTLES OF POP AND POP: FORGOTTEN SANDS.

So I have not played Battles of Prince of Persia, but I think in there it says that his mother died during a war he instigated? If I'm wrong please correct me.

Another thing is that I have not played that new Prince of Persia game yet, Forgotten Sands, but I think in that game, his brother Malik dies right?

A/N: I apologize that the ending of this chapter might be very corny but bare with me! :)