A/N:
Yo! I'm back on track! Hehe…Sorry if you had to wait so long, but I've just been busy a lot the past few weeks! Anyways, just think of this as an early gift for christmas! Extra-long and full of hilarious moments, drama and romance ~ please review!

CHAPTER 10

"What do you mean he's sick?"

"Sophie, leave your brother alone. Go and play with your dolls instead."

"But, mom!"

"Shh!"

"That idiot isn't sick! He's just faking it because he doesn't want to help grandpa… lazy pig!"

It's a good thing her mom didn't hear that or else she would have thrown her out the woods! Sophie marched back to her room sulking. It was a beautiful day on the country, the sun shone, the birds chirped and you could smell the fresh air blowing through the sparkling windows, but of course like any other teenager, Alan was lazy as a pig. He didn't even lift a finger to help his grandparents! This weekend was supposed to be fun, since they were visiting the old folks again. Mrs. Flynn was about to wake him brutally up, but hearing him yawning made her go back to the kitchen again ignoring him. Sooner or later he had to wake up!

Old grandpa Joe poured some ice cold water in his rusty old bucket and made his way to Alan's room. He stopped at the edge of his bed and stared amusing at his grandson. "GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!", he yelled before throwing the whole bucket over the bed causing him to scream like a girl and wriggle like a fish outside water! "Nice to see you're up, sonny boy! Don't try to shirk away this time or else I'll just have to get a new bucket again!".

"I, I'm up! I'm up!"

"That's my boy!"

He really didn't have much of a choice and got up. Otherwise his grandpa would throw another bucket over him making him soak wet again. While changing into his new yellow t-shirt with a smiley on, he looked out the window up to the sky. On the way to the kitchen he came across his sister again. "Good morning, Alan…", she glared at him. Ignoring his sister he continued to walk to the kitchen. There were many pictures hanging on the plain brown wall in the hall.

"Hey, is that dad?", he laughed while pointing at a picture of a bald toothless boy in a round red frame. He wiped of the smile off his face before stepping in the kitchen. The smell of delicious pancakes was mouthwatering. Only the look of them was tempting, for Alan they were like sirens calling "Eat me! Eat me!"

A huge tummy blocked his view and pushed his forehead keeping him away from the tasty treats! "Uncle Teddy! Let me through!"

"Sorry, boy. But your mother gave me strict orders not to let'cha have a single bite, before you'd help the old folks!"

His uncle pushed him out the door, but he glued himself to the door. "Ouhg, what a great start on a day! I bet Eva's having it so much better.", Alan thought as he walked out to the old folks.

Back in Nouraisia the whole royal staff was busy making sure everything was on its place before the princess arrived. It was a very important day both for the royal family and the entire kingdom! Everything had to be perfect, at least enough to impress her! The maids helped the guards rolling down a long red carpet in front of where the princess's carriage would stop. When they finished the preparations they divided themselves in two long rows waiting patiently for the princess. "Is everything ready?", the head maid asked them. Every maid nodded except for one. The head maid came closer and looked worried at her. "What is missing?"

"T, the prince, Madame. He is not here!"

"What! Find him, quickly!"

While the maid rushed back into the palace, the head maid ran over to the prince's fencing master, Canaan, asking for help looking for the prince. He got up immediately from his chair and went looking for the prince, but he was nowhere to be found! Where could he possibly go in a situation like this, now that the princess was arriving? He looked everywhere, in every nook and corner, but the prince was gone! Oh no! Canaan had to find him quickly or else the king would kill him! Running through the empty halls again this time he came across Eva!

She looked at him running like a torpedo towards her and was about to move to the side since it looked like he was in a hurry. He shook her shoulders while bombing her with confusing questions. When he finally let her go she couldn't answer because all the dizziness. She pulled herself together and began looking for the prince too, but after looking a while she couldn't find him! "Hmm… if I were Aikka, where would I hide?", she thought, then she realized a place nobody would bother looking around! She ran to the back of the palace into the garden and there he was, under a tree hiding his face between his knees.

Eva smiled and sat down beside him. He could hear her soft voice calling his name while she shook his shoulders. Aikka looked up and found her sweet smiling face. By the look on his face, she could tell that something wasn't right. She was about to ask him if something was wrong when she heard his fencing master calling for him.

"Prince Aikka! There you are! Come with me quickly!". Canaan pulled his white shirt and dragged him with him. Soon they were on their way back where the king and queen were waiting for him. She thought it was kind of weird, why did they need to hurry up? It wasn't like they had something important to do, right? A man in black leather jacket and brown jeans were walking towards her along with two other guys in green and yellow overalls. The man had black shades and smiled as he and the two others were walking. "Hey, little mouse! We're going out, do you want to come?"

"I don't know… I kinda want to stay here…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Alright. Suite for yourself, but you're gonna miss all the fun!"

"Where are you guys going anyway?"

"We're going to the market first. Then we're going to some kind of theater Koji found later!"

"Theater? Sounds like fun, could you guys pick me up later? I want to see the play too!"

"Yeah, sure!", Rick said and waved bye to her before making their way to the market.

Nouraisa was a big planet. Over two times bigger than earth! All the surroundings reminded them about the desert and the people looked like Arabians and wore almost the same clothes as them. The marked provided the finest clothes of silk, wool, and cotton and the food was absolutely remarkable! It's told that nouraisians have one of the finest kinds of foods in the entire galaxy and that's not surprising since the food is in different colors and wonderful tastes! Now the guys were really gonna enjoy their vacation! As they were walking through the market, they split up in two groups, Stan and Koji and Rick for himself.

Rick was looking for something for himself. Even though he actually was out looking for a gift for his girlfriend, he thought that if he was in the market, he might as well get something he liked for once! As for Stan and Koji, they were looking for some gadgets and other stuff the ship needed!

"Hey, Stan! Look at that shop! Let's go over there!", Koji said and pointed at a tall orange triangle building. The shop was so tall it looked like a pyramid with its sharp tip on top. The guys walked over to the shop without noticing the warning sign saying: "Do not enter!". When they were walked in everything seemed quiet. Too quiet.

Everything was dark and dusty and looked like a haunted house. "Hmm… this doesn't look right. There's supposed to be some kind of-", Koji said before a hand suddenly covered his mouth and dragged him away! Stan just shook his head and walked out the store without noticing that Koji wasn't with him anymore! He began walking through the market again and stopped near some kind of café. While waiting for a waiter to come show him where "they" could sit, he felt like something was missing. When the waiter finally came and asked what he wanted to drink Stan ordered some kind of coffee for two persons. The waiter raised a brow and asked him who the other cup was for. "What do you mean? It's for my partner, Ko-". He turned around and realized that his partner wasn't with him anymore! Stan got up from his chair and ran back to where he walked looking for Koji, but he couldn't find him anywhere! "Oh, no! This is bad! What to do? What to do!", he thought and tried to look again.

Stan wasn't the only one in trouble, back at the palace king Lao almost exploded when he heard the prince was missing! But luckily for him he made it in time just before the princess arrived. His fencing master breathed out and he could feel his heart almost jump out his chest when the king glared at him. The prince could do anything, but just sitting down on a small painful chair waiting for his "fiancée"to come. It didn't take long before everybody could hear the sound of horses running towards the palace.

An amazing carriage in white and gold approached the palace and stopped perfectly outside the gates. Like all the other guards, maids and king and queen, Aikka couldn't hold his breath! He was a bit excited to finally meet her, but at the same time afraid of what was going to happen next! In his heart, he knew that it belonged to someone else.

A tall man in beige shirt and sharp round hat opened the carriage and out came the princess. Everybody startled at her. She was absolutely gorgeous! The princess wore a beautiful strapless dress in light pink floral patterns with ruffles on the bottom. It matched her brown eyes, long curls and silver tiara on her head. Aikka could feel his heart beating faster, but not in the same way when he was with Eva. This time he was more nervous than ever! The maids stood as stiff as statues and lined up in two rows welcoming her. The princess smiled as she walked through the lines and on her way to the royal family. And of course the king and queen gave her a warm welcoming.

"Princess Marielle! Welcome to our kingdom!", the king smiled and gave her a big bear hug as if she was one of his daughters.

On the other side, the queen didn't give her a hug like she did with Eva, but just smiled at her instead and of course welcomed her.

"Oh, your majesties! I am so honored to finally meet you!"

"We do too as well.", queen Nori said and walked over to the prince.

The prince's fencing master had to push him closer to the princess so he could welcome her, but Aikka refused to move. She saw that he was shaking his head and didn't want to greet her, but she just smiled at him since she kind of understood him.

"You must be the prince I presume?", she asked as she walked closer to him. He nodded, but didn't look her in the eye. "Prince Aikka!", the king yelled and frowned at him. He knew that he didn't have much of a choice and pulled himself together. Besides, she was new here and it wasn't her fault he didn't want to give her a warm welcoming. With that he swallowed his pride and suddenly became friendlier and courteous. "Please forgive me for the rough reception. Yes, I am prince Aikka and welcome to Nouraisia…", he said and bowed.

When he bowed the princess's face suddenly lighten up! "Thank you. I am not so familiar here, would you care to show me around the palace, prince Aikka?", she asked and smiled. Aikka looked at his parents and sighed. He forced a smile on his face and reached out a hand and began showing her around the palace. Soon they were far away from his parents and the others. His hands were getting all sweaty and he tried to try wiping it off, but his hands were locked between the princesses' like an animal being cathed in a trap! Despite the fact that he was nervous and shaking and sweating, the princess ignored it and just kept smiling. "Is there something bothering you, prince Aikka?"

"Who, me? No, no, no…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am absolutely fine. There is nothing wrong.", he said and kept walking.

Even though he told her he was fine, she could feel that something was wrong. She tried to make eye contact with him, but he just ignored her. They kept walking around the palace, but after a while they stopped outside her room. The room looked similar to Eva's room, but unlike here's the princesses' room was twice as big as Aikka and Eva's room together! Her room was almost all in white and gold. There were long white curtains hanging down from the window, a light pink dressing table with a heart shaped mirror and a gigantic king sized bed! "Wow! Who did this? Was it you?"

"Me?"

"Yes, this is amazing!"

"Thank you, but it is not me you must thank, it was the maids."

"Oh… yes, certainly! I must speak with them right away!"

"Do as you wish, but forgive. I must leave now. I have a friend I must take care of."

"A friend you say?", she asked and raised a brow as she walked closer to him.

"Yes, an old friend of mine."

"May I ask who this friend of yours is?"

"Her name is E…"

"E?"

"Eva. And is one of my best friends."

"Wha-"

The princess was about to say something, but the prince left her looking both confused and somehow a bit jealous! "How rude! How could he just leave me like that?",she thought for herself and walked into the room sulking. By the same time she sat down on the dressing table, someone knocked on the door! It was the guards carrying her loads of bags! When the maids opened the doors her pet, Feline, ran in as if she'd never seen the princess before!

"Feline! There you are, sweetie!", the princess said and bent down to pick her up. She was the princess's most precious thing in the whole world! Feline looked like a small version of a cat together with her crystal white fur, fluffy ears and heart shaped nose, everybody was charmed by only looking at her!

"Thank you so much for taking care of not only my cat, but this room too!", the princess said and turned around to the maids smiling.

"Thank you, your highness. If there is anything you need. Please let us now. We want to make sure everything is perfect!"

"I appreciate your kindness, but for now I am very satisfied. You may leave now."

"As you wish, princess."

The smile on her face faded away like the sand at the beach being erased away by the touch of water. Her grip around Feline became tighter and tighter as she walked to the window beside the bed. Feline could feel her heartbeat and she knew that something was bothering her, but as a pet, she couldn't tell her anything! If she couldn't talk, she could at least make a sound telling her that she was about to become to potato mash with all her squishing! Finally she put her down on the floor and looked out to window. Marielle sighed and mumbled something about Aikka. "What could he possibly be more interested in? That girl or me?",she thought as she twirled a lock of her brown hair around her finger.

While the princess sulked over him in her room, Aikka was making his way back to Eva. She must have been confused and worried about why he was in such a hurry. Besides he hasn't spent time with her since what happened between her and Keiran! And beneath that he didn't even tell her about the princess yet! He really wanted to tell her, but by the time he got there where she sat and waited, she was gone! "Eva?".

"Prince Aikka?"

Aikka turned around and found his mother, queen Nori, looking puzzled at him. "Mother?"

"What are you doing here? Are you not supposed to accompany the princess?"

"Yes, but I wanted to spend time with E, Eva instead and I cannot seem to find her!"

"Eva? I saw her one moment ago running towards the town. I wonder why she was in such a hurry. Hmm… let's not think about that, I am sure she will come back later."

"I hope so.", Aikka sighed and looked a bit disappointed. Just when he was about to tell her about the princess, she had to leave. He sat under a tree using it as a shelter from the pouring rain. "Why did she run away? There is so much I want to tell her…".

A few moments ago before Aikka came; Eva sat still under the tree listening to music with her pink mp3-player. Suddenly the bright clouds turned into a darker shade of black and a flash of lightning howled in the skies! Raindrops fell from the skies hitting the tip of her nose "It's raining, huh?",she thought and raised her hand to catching the water drops. When she tilted her head down she could see a small gleam of two people running towards her. They were screaming her name as loud as they could and she stood up right away. "Eva! Eva!"

"Rick? Stan? What's going on?"

Both of them looked like they ran a marathon because of all the panting and puffing sounds they were making. "Guys! What happened?"

"K, koj-"

"Huh?"

"Koje-"

"Couch?"

"Koj-!"

"Coat?"

"KOJ-!"

"Of for the love of- SPEAK ENGLISH!"

"KOJI FOR CRYING IT OUT LOUD!"

After finally realizing what they meant, her eyes popped up as she gasped. "Koji? W, what happened? Where is he!"

"That's what we were going to ask you! Have you seen him?"

"No? I thought he was with you guys?"

"He was, but now he's gone!"

"Where did you last see him, Stan?"

"Well, we kinda went to an empty store and all of a sudden he disappeared!"

"What? We gotta find him! Rick!"

"That's the problem. We don't know where he is!"

"Well, don't' just stand there! C'mon let's go find him!", she yelled and waved to the guys.

"Oh, seriously? I just saved my hair from the rain!", Stan complained and tried to fix his hair.

"Stop whining and move your butt! What's more important? Your hair or your partner?"

"Alright, alright. I'm coming!"

Before they knew it they were standing in the middle of the market. All the shops were closed and there weren't a single stand outside! Everything looked dead and gone, but it didn't hinder them to continue looking for him! They screamed and yelled his name as loud as they could, but nobody answered. Where could he be? What happened to him? What if something bad happened to him? What if he's dead already? "Oh no, this is my entire fault! I should have never left him!", Stan blamed himself and tear his spiky hair. Rick clapped his back and shook his head. "It's not your fault, buddy. Let's go back before it gets dark. I'm sure we'll find him tomorrow.".

"Eva! Let's go back! It's no use trying to look for him in the dark! C'mon!"

"I'm coming. I'm just gonna-", she stopped. She picked up a piece of dark green sheet outside a dark vicious alley. Only the look and smell of it told her that this could be a piece of Koji's overall! It was tempting to check the place out, but she knew better and put it in her pocket. She walked to Rick and Stan and went back to the palace, but for each step she took she looked back making sure that if somebody stepped out the alley she would reveal the person that took her pal! "I have check it out tomorrow!",she thought.

"Aikka?"

When she came back she saw the prince sleeping peacefully under the tree. She came up closer to him and shook carefully his right shoulder, but no reaction! "Wonder why he's sleeping here? He must have been waiting for me…?", she thought and stroke his cheek. His skin was soft as a pillow and she could feel the warmth of his cheek flowing through her whole body. She giggled and smiled at his sleepy face. Only the look of his face melted her heart like butter. "Aikka…". Just then she thought of all the good memories she shared with him. All of a sudden her whole face was in all shades of red! She shook the redness away repeatedly in a circle motion. Suddenly she heard an old man's voice calling for someone and heavy footsteps were running fast towards her!

"Prince Aikka? Is that you?", a deep voice asked from the halls.

Eva crawled behind the tree hiding! "Oh snap! I hope he didn't see me!",she prayed. Luckily the man didn't see her, but she could see him. It was Canaan! He frowned at the prince and sighed before waking him up by shaking him like a piece of jelly! "Huh- wha, who…?", Aikka mumbled before rubbing his eyes and looked puzzled at his fencing master.

"Wake up, prince. You cannot possibly lay down here sleeping!"

"Huh? Canaan?"

"Come along, prince. I will take you back to your room.", he said and lift him up.

"Wait I-"

Before he could say anything, his fencing master pulled him along making their way to his room. When they left Eva came up from the tree. She looked up to the moon and thought for herself that it was time for her to sleep too. While she was walking to her room, she could hear some maids giggling and whispering secrets in each other's ears. When she looked at them with a raised brow they stopped giggling and went back to their jobs. "Ok… and I thought I was the weird one…", she thought and stepped in to her room. She took her shirt and pulled off her pants and crawled in her bed. After tucking herself in she tried to figure out a plan finding Koji. Moments ago she found a piece of his overall, so that must mean he's just nearby! "Must check it out t… tomorrow…", she yawned and closed her eyes.

Someone knocked on the door. The princess pulled up her pink sleeping mask with white laces and a red ribbon on top and sat up properly and said: "You may come in." The maids came in with a huge stack of clothes!

"Good morning, your highness.", they greeted her and bowed. They lined up in two rows each one with an item in their hand. One maid had a basket full of fragrant soaps and rose petals in it, another one had a tray with freshly baked bread on it and the third maid had some gorgeous dresses in her hand. "Thank you ladies. I appreciate your kindness.", she said and looked delighted at the breakfast. After she finished eating up her breakfast, she got dressed in one of the kingdom's finest dresses! She wore a Cache dress in light yellow silk with white straps and bow around the waist. Like any other girl in the galaxy, she asked the maids how she looked.

"You look lovely, your highness."

"Thank you."

She waked over a small white basket finding her sleepy little kitten inside. Feline purred and brushed her whiskers as the princess picked her carefully up. Marielle stroke her silky fur while she kept purring sweetly. A maid in a white frilly dress told her that the king was waiting for her in the throne room. The other maids opened the door for her and she made her way to the room. It echoed for each step she took through the gigantic halls. Only the look of the two guards outside the throne room made her very nervous. And yes, even a princess can be nervous too! "Who goes there?", one of the guards asked.

"Princess Marielle. The king has requested for me."

They took off their hats and bowed to her before letting her in. A deep, but kind voice welcomed her as she stepped gracefully in. Soon she stood in the middle of the room, around her was the royal councils and in front of her was the king and queen themselves. Her legs became like jelly as the king made his way down from his throne. The king gave her a big hug before greeting her warmly. Again the queen didn't greet her, but only sat and watched her from her throne. Marielle swallowed her spit and walked over to a chair the servants prepared for her. She sat down and asked them why they wanted her to come.

"I wanted you to come so we could speak with you about your marriage. Have you met my son?"

"Yes, your majesty. He is kind and quite gentle towards me."

"That's good to hear. Perhaps you should spend more time with him today! Both of you must get to know each other and I am sure you will get quite well along with him."

"Real- I mean, thank you, your majesty!"

"You may leave now."

Marielle left the room jumping of joy and couldn't be happier! Getting to know the prince wasn't going to be easy, but she was sure that if he noticed her charming and sweet personality, she could win him over like piece of cake! Even though she was overjoyed, she maintained calm. While waving her dress and stroking her brown locks, she walked gracefully over to Aikka's room humming a sweet melody. She knocked on his door, but nobody answered. "Prince? Are you in there?", she asked. Again and again she knocked, but still no reaction!

Where could the prince possibly be at a moment like this? Could he be outside training with Canaan? Or maybe he was with that "Eva" again? Marielle exploded like a volcano! But why was she so angry? It wasn't like Eva did anything to her, but every time she thought of her; something made her so angry she could kill a horse! What was more important to him? Her, the princess, his fiancée, his next to be wife or that irritating rat of a friend of his? She calmed down and began walking in the halls again. What she didn't know was that Eva was right in the end of the hall!

Quite as a mouse, she sneaked slowly towards the royal library. Of course it wasn't dangerous to go to a library and somehow she looked very stupid sneaking around, but she didn't want to draw too much attention either! She was looking for a map over the market, where Koji was kidnapped. As she stepped in she could hear a familiar voice asking her what she was doing.

"Eva, what are you doing here?"

"Y, your majesty! I was… ehm-", she looked at a bushy old plant. "Looking for something to... eat, yeah eat! Hehe…"

"Something to eat? At a library? Well, that's odd. Perhaps you should find something at the kitchen instead?"

"Yes, but I was looking for something in the library too."

"Oh, do tell me what you are looking for. Maybe I can be in help?"

"That's to kind of you, your majesty, but I'm sure I can find it myself."

"Rubbish! Come along, we will find whatever you are looking for!"

The queen dragged her with her and stepped into the gigantic library! There were books, pictures, paintings, old swords and sculptures everywhere! A lady in a long blue dress with glasses bowed to the queen and asked her if there was something she looked for. Nori shook her head and introduced Eva to the librarian instead, making a sign that it was her who was looking for something.

"How may I help you?"

"Do you have any maps?"

"Maps? Yes, indeed, but could you be more specific?"

"I'm looking for a map over the city, specially over the market."

"The market? Why do you need that?", the queen asked.

They sat down around a squared table and Eva began explaining. While she explained both the librarian and queen Nori startled at each word coming out of her mouth. After she explained, they were so surprised they couldn't even talk!

"That's awful!"

"Indeed! But do not worry; we will help you find your friend!"

All three stood up and began looking for the map. After a while they found it between two dusty old books on a half broken bookshelf. The map was old and dusty as well, but still very handy! There were many signs and drawings Eva couldn't understand, but luckily for her the queen was there and helped her translating the script. As soon as they were done, Eva bowed and thanked before leaving out to the garden trying to remember what the queen told her. In the garden she sat down on a big grey rock and read the map.

Back at the hall, the princess was still looking for Aikka, but with no luck. She stopped and sighed, right now she just wanted to give up, but her feet's didn't let her stop and kept walking. The princess stroke Feline's silky fur and felt the warmth flowing through her fingers. Only the look of her sleepy face made Marielle smile and she calmed down by the sound of her purring.

Two guards were struggling to carry a heavy blue vase with flower patters on it towards the throne room, but all of a sudden one of them slipped and the vase broke causing the princess to jump back! Suddenly Feline jumped out of her hands and run in fear of the noise towards the garden! "FELINE!", Marielle shouted after her. "COME BACK! FELINE!"

But Feline didn't listen and kept on running. Soon she arrived at the garden and collapsed right beside a certain someone! Eva could feel something next to her right leg. Something hairy and furry! First she thought it was her leg, but that's impossible! She didn't have so much hair, did she? When she looked downa furry little white creature was breathing heavily as if it came back from a war! "Hey, little one! Where did you come from?", she asked and picked her up. Feline purred as she gently stroke her soft fur. Eva was about to put her down when she heard a worried voice calling for someone! "Hey, you! Have you seen a- FELINE!", she said before running like a mother bear towards her sweet little cub! Turns out it was a small kitten and it belonged to her!

"Is this your cat?", Eva asked and laughed a bit.

"Yes, it is! Thank you for finding her!", Marielle said and bowed.

"Well, it was actually her who found me. I saw her collapsed right beside me!"

"Thank you anyways, miss…?"

"Eva. My name is Eva.", she said and shook her hand.

"Eva?"

Marielle took one step back and startled at her. She couldn't believe it! Was this the same girl Aikka was talking about? She was the one who saved her cat? Was she that Eva? Looking shocked at her; Eva raised a brow and asked her: "Are you okay?" The princess got back to reality and saw her looking confused at her.

"You look kinda shocked. Is something wrong?"

"No, no, no! Don't misunderstand. It is just that I have never seen you here before. You are not a nouraisian, are you?"

"No, I'm actually a human."

"A human? Oh, I have heard of you humans before! Please, do tell me more about yourself!", Marielle said and sat down on a rock right next to Eva.

"Well, I like flying and hanging out with my friends. What do you like to do?"

"Me? I enjoy reading books, try out gorgeous dresses and paint!"

"Hmm… that sounds… great, I think. What's your name?"

"I am princess Marielle from the northern kingdom of Nouraisia. Tell me, Eva. What brings you to Nouraisia?"

"I have an old friend of mine who invited me to come over for a visit. And he kinda promised me so, he actually didn't have a choice! Haha.."

"She must be talking about the prince!",Marielle thought and grinned. "Who is this friend of yours?"

"It's Aikka."

Just hearing her saying his name made her angry and maybe a bit jealous! Why could she say his name without using his formal title? "The prince?", she asked after calming down.

"Yeah. Why? Do you know him?"

"Why of course I do! He is also a close friend of mine!", she lied.

"A close friend? How did you guys know each other?"

"We met as small children and got along quite well! Afterwards we became more and more bonded to one another and now I couldn't be happier!"

"Really? Why?"

Marielle's grin became wider and wider for each word! When she asked her why, she showed off her sparkling sapphire ring with a round shaped diamond in the middle causing to blend Eva's eyes with its shimmering stones! "My fiancée gave it to me! Isn't it lovely?", she exaggerated.

"You're getting married?"

"Yes, indeed!"

"Wow! That's great! Who's the lucky one?"

"You know, Eva. As a princess you must marry a prince!"

"A pri- who are you talking about?", she asked and somehow she kind of knew who she meant!

"Oh, silly me! I must have forgotten to tell you about the wedding! Have you heard about it yet?"

"The wedding?"

"Yes, the prince and I are getting married!"

An awkward silence lied between them both and none of them said a word till Eva's jaw dropped to the ground and her eyes were bigger than bowling balls. She was speechless; her face was whiter than a chalk as if she'd just seen a ghost. Getting married!

"Excuse me, what did you say?"

"Yes, Aikka and I were promised each other since the moment we were born! We intend to have the wedding next week already! You must come, it would be so lovely! We are going to have fantastic decorations, delicious food and I am going to wear a beautiful dress in white and gold! I will make you my maid in honor!", Marielle giggled and waved her ring in front of her face repeatedly!

Her heart broke into thousand pieces. The whole world stood still and not a single word came out of her mouth. It was like a million knives had been thrown right into her heart! She could feel tears floating up in the corner of her eyes and this time it wasn't happy tears. "Sorry, but I have to go now…"

She ran away with her eyes full of tears! She stopped and sat down in a corner hiding her face between her legs and sobbed loudly. The pain was unbearable and she couldn't describe how hurt she was! It was like a wound that couldn't be healed! As she sobbed she didn't notice that Keiran was behind a wall listening to her crying!

"Why? Why!", she asked herself as the tears ran down her cheeks. "Why didn't he tell me? Why didn't he tell me that he was getting married? I thought I was his friend! Friends aren't supposed to keep secrets from each other! Aikka! You idiot! I HATE YOU!". Only the thoughts of him made the pain even worse! The wound in her heart grew bigger and bigger. She really trusted him, but now she knew that she couldn't trust him anymore!

How would she face him after this? Would she run away and hide or talk with him about it? On the second thought, why was she so upset? It wasn't like she liked him did she? They were just friends, right? "No, it can't be! I can't like him! He's a prince and I'm just an ordinary girl from another planet! Besides if I did like him and he knew it, we wouldn't stand a chance!". She wiped off her tears and stood up trying to remind herself that this wasn't the right moment to cry! Koji was missing and finding him was more important than her love for Aikka!

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