I'm not really sure that I'm awake right now since I've yet to sleep. But yesterday during some weird time, I got a strong urge to write for this again. I'm making no promises about going further, but if my muse so wishes- I will follow! So I give you after two years?~ The tenth chapter of The Blue Prince. Please enjoy and forgive me because it is unbeta'd. :) Also shout out to the lovely artist who did the cover and fan art for this fic: Tiina Purin

Chapter 10: The Princess

It was a surprisingly warm day in Metrolbec. The clouds in the sky were floating by, teasing the birds as they moved higher and higher. A lone feminine figure sat pressed against a window, high above the cities in the castle, which unlike the castle Istara on Meganthum, had no name. She was looking out at the world as it continued to move like it had every day since the day of the treaty.

Her light pink and perfect lips moved as she spoke lightly; "And the world will always move like this…no matter how much my life changes; that's the one constant isn't it?"

A soft sound was made behind her, something that no Meganthum would ever be able to hear, with their poor ears.

"Sister- I wasn't aware that you were coming back so soon?" Prince Riesling's voice echoed his quiet movements as he approached her.

Princess Mycellosta Rhiannon Narin turned her head gracefully, and her brother was met with a frown that looked misplaced on her pretty lips. Her long black hair was piled graciously atop her head, with curly ringlets falling around her heart shaped face. She wore a light but elegant and extravagant black dress that seemed to float with each movement she made. Lifting a hand up; she touched the window, as if saying goodbye; before standing up. Brown eyes focused upward hiding under thick lashes, and she sighed heavily.

"Nor was I. But I was informed that the trial involving the Human spy went sour?" She lifted one fine black eyebrow up at Riesling. "And so I returned to see just what the outcome was."

"Well, I am not sure how it got so clustered to begin with really." He looked down at his sister and fought not to return the sigh that she had just given.

"Oh? Well when it was explained to me, I seemed to understand just fine. An outsider that was potentially dangerous was discovered and someone on Meganthum was helping to hide her." One shoulder lifted as she continued. "Possibly for disastrous purposes. What is so hard to grasp of that situation?" She snapped in an irritated tone. "She was convicted a criminal and sentenced to death, and by some grace of the powers that be, she found a scapegoat. And Megamind let her get away with that."

"Yes, I didn't expect her to know about any of the customs- she hadn't been here for very long, and I'm certain that the Doctor wouldn't have told her any way that she could get a hold onto the Prince of Meganthum." Riesling rubbed the back of his head and looked around his sister's room as he tried to think of a good way to tell her what she probably already knew.

There was a lavish bed in the middle of the room, a large window that framed almost one wall entirely, huge cupboards full of clothing of all kinds and rows of books stacked to the ceiling that were on a few bookshelves. None of the extravagance of his sister's room was helping him find an easy way to tell her about Megamind's new Mir Milenec.

"So, he accepted her offer then?" She said as she clearly was able to read him like one of those open books in her room.

"Yes." He answered in almost relief that she'd said it before him. "She was taken to the west wing I assume, to be prepped and pampered for him."

She gritted her teeth and her fists clinched at her sides. Of course she was gone for a few measly days, and already he was trying to find a way out of everything that they had sworn to each other. She pushed past Riesling without a second thought and headed to the door. Her mind was heated and she wanted to address the prince of Meganthum about his decisions. But she was stopped as Riesling grabbed her arm.

"What are you doing?" He asked in a concerned tone.

She yanked her arm free quite easily, a perk to being a Metrolbec, she shared in the strength that her whole race did. "I'm going to take back what's mine." She hissed and stormed out. "And remind the Prince…just who he belongs to." she added under her breath, not caring that her brother could hear her. She wasn't going to be bullied into a lower status because of this clever yet wretched human.

Roxanne rolled her eyes. Honestly, did she have to put this stuff on? She already felt weird and totally out of control here in this- this- harem. It had been nearly two weeks since she'd been put here in the 'West Wing.' And it seemed that there weren't as many women as she had first thought there to be. She twisted the bracelet on her wrist that the General had given her. Deciding that it would be better to keep it where she could touch it and feel instant comfort. Looking down she smiled. That act of kindness from a woman that she didn't even know really meant something to her. And it was beyond comforting to know that she had a female friend here. She was relaxing in her bedroom, which was bigger than her whole apartment back home on Earth. Laying back against the pillows of her bed, she remembered what had happened two weeks earlier, when Megamind paid her a visit shortly after her arrival here.

"Just why exactly…do we have to wear these things?" Roxanne reached down and lifted up a length of fine red material off of her person. It was a material she'd never seen before on Earth, shimmering several colors among the red. Gold hues and small rainbow tents along the edges. So far she'd only seen variants of black, blue, and white on the citizens of Meganthum.

"We wear different things while we are indoors. Our job is to serve our Prince, to look appealing and pleasing to him. A person who needs their hands, or who has to do technical work wouldn't need clothes like this- it would only be in there way." Cynnatryn, a Metrolbec woman as curvaceous as Roxanne said. She was pulling on a light blue and violet dress, almost as extravagant as the one Roxanne had on.

She nodded, mostly she was grateful that they had under things. There were clever things that were like bras, only they didn't hurt and felt much softer than she was expecting them to. Roxanne slipped her feet into a pair of flat shoes that were equally as soft and made of the same golden red material. "So, are there any rules or anything that I should know?" She decided to ask the other woman finally.

"Rules? You are the Mir Milenec- in a way, you make the rules." Cynnatryn replied.

Again someone telling her the same thing. It must be the truth then. She glared down at her shoe as she thought about what the General had told her. She was a concubine- a whore. For the prince. How had her life gotten so out of control and unbelievably turned upside down? She was fuming and her face was growing red in her anger. It felt as though there was an intense pressure building up inside of her and she wasnt sure how she was going to calm down. Biting the inside of her cheek she tried to remain collected as she spoke to the other women around her.

"Can I just...lie down somewhere? Maybe I'll feel better, I think I'm getting a headache." She said in what she hoped wasnt a growling voice. Her hand lifted to touch her forehead and she closed her eyes.

"You dont seem well, would you like some medicine to help?" a petite blue skinned woman asked her. And she was going to answer yes, not even caring what kind of medicine they'd have in this world, when the loud scraping of the door being opened alerted them all.

Roxanne turned around to see who it was that was entering the west wing.

Megamind stood behind Minion as his servant pushed open the door to a place that he had not been to in quite a while. The prince sauntered in, his white cape flowing behind him as he moved past his Minion. His eyes scanned the room until he was able to locate Roxanne When he did, his lips drew up into a pleased smile. She was wearing a very becoming dress that he approved of, as it hugged all the right curves of her body. He allowed his green eyes to roam hungrily from the bottom to the top.

When she saw who it was that had pushed open the door, her whole body froze. Her gaze locked onto his face and she watched as he undressed her with his eyes. There was a pleased smile on his lips and a rather annoying twitch to them that only grew as he walked closer. The other women around her seemed to understand that he wasnt there for them and they stepped back.

"Ah, my Mir Lady!" the prince said and threw his hands wide. Reaching out he took one of Roxanne's hands and lifted it to his lips.

Before he could kiss it however, that same hand was pulled away from him. He looked up in confusion and was met with a stinging slap across his left cheek. His head snapped to the side and his eyes were wide as there was quick movement behind him. He heard the gasps of the women in the room, and turning his head back he looked at the scene before him.

Minion had stepped between him and Roxanne, his arm transformed into a weapon once again and he was pointing it at Roxanne. Though this was different from last time, as the fish seemed to be unsure about his movements.

"S-stand down Minion." Megamind said in a low surprised voice.

Minion didnt move at first, he looked down his outstretched arm at Roxanne, who didnt flinch or even show that she was paying attention to him. Her anger was focused on the thin blue man behind him. Her shoulders were tense while her chest rose and fell quickly with her breathing. "How dare you!" she yelled out. Her fiery eyes moved to Minion next and she lifted a hand to point at him. "And how dare you!"

"Stand down." Megamind said again and this time he stepped forward around the robotic suit. His eyes were looking at Roxanne. He could feel the side of his face pulsing and hot from where she had struck him. He refused to lift a hand up to rub the pain out of it, and when his Minion didn't respond for a second time he snapped out; "That's an order!"

Finally the fish backed away, pulling his arm to his robotic body and allowing the weapon to slip against the fur, into its hiding place. "But Sir she-"

"She is my Mir Milenec , if she is so displeased with my actions then its my responsibility to appease them." he snapped cutting his servant off. His Minion glanced away; his face and posture still uncertain. The prince turned to the other women behind his head mistress and nodded to them. "Excuse us, Ladies." The women were already backing up and making their way up the stairs to their own individual rooms. Roxanne managed to stay quiet while he instructed the other people in the room. As they disappeared he turned back to her. "Mir Lady..." He started softly, lifting his hands out towards her, unsure of why she had struck him.

Roxanne didn't move any closer to him but just the same she didn't step back. Her hands made fists and she thrust them down to her sides as she growled out in frustration at Minion. "I cant believe you didn't tell me what saying that would condemn me to being just another whore in his collection!" She shoved at his heavy suit in anger much to the fish's surprise. Stepping forward towards Megamind she shook her finger and continued. "How could you? I cant believe that I trusted you to save me- you let me believe that they were going to kill me! And you didn't do a damn thing to stop them, you just sat there and you were going to let them drag me off to only god knows where!" She reached out and pushed her hand against his chest; shoving him backwards.

He stumbled and moved back as she pushed him- lifting his hands up only in defense; unsure how to respond right away. His Minion stood next to his side, and didn't lift a finger as instructed by his master; though he wanted to.

"And poor Bernard! Did you hear him at all- isnt he your friend? And you just let that horrible man take him away- wasnt there anything you could have done?" Her eyes were starting to tear up as she thought about how scared she had been, how Bernard's cries had echoed through her chest as the proceedings occurred. And she hated herself all the more for it, her shoulders were shaking and she swallowed back the tears as she gave Megamind another shove. "What sort of prince would allow any of that to happen?! We were..we thought that...that we were dead...we could've died.." her hands moved up to cover her face as hot tears unwillingly fell down her cheeks.

Megamind stood there unsure if he should touch her or not. His eyes shifted uncomfortably back and forth to his Minion and the sobbing woman in front of him. Slowly he stepped forward and lifted his hands up to touch her shoulders. She flinched a little at first, but that didn't deter him as his long fingers moved softly lower and wrapped around her upper arms. He gently pulled her against his chest.

She leaned her head down to rest between his neck and shoulder as she cried; her hands clutched at the white fabric that covered his chest. She had been so scared that she really was going to die, and she was still afraid for her friend, Bernard. The only other human in this weird mix-up of planets and princes and strange laws. And he was gone to some other planet now. And she didnt give a damn if crying was seen as a weakness here- she didn't have any other way to defuse the stress and fear still coursing through her.

Megamind rubbed her back as she cried, understanding more now that she'd let out what her reasoning for striking him had been. So she wasn't thrilled to be his woman. He sighed a little feeling a sting to his pride. But though knowing that hurt, it still wasn't as bad as feeling the guilt he felt for letting her and his friend down today. As her cries turned into small hiccups and then finally subsided he spoke softly against her ear; "I'm sorry, I tried everything that I thought might help to save you both. I wasn't expecting them to have the sort of information that they did."

She pulled away from him and glared angry daggers up into his eyes. Her face was red and her eyes swollen from crying, but it didn't lessen the threatening look. "We were framed, you have to know that! Please tell me that you don't think we really did what they accused us of doing?"

He pursed his lips as he observed her, she seemed serious and he wanted with all of his being to believe her- because all signs pointed to her words as being correct. But he was a prince, and soon to be ruler, if he didn't consider every possible outcome- it could be fatal for his people. He chose his next words carefully, "I want you to know that I don't consider this closed at all. I will be looking into their 'evidence' to see if I can find out if its been messed with in anyway."

She stepped back out of his arms and shook her head in a defiant manner, lifting up the back of her hand to wipe vehemently at her eyes. "This is such shit." She said not caring about cursing. "I dont want to be here. I dont want to be your whore. I never wanted any of this!" She shouted looking at him and holding her hand out wide to the room of extravagance. "I just want to go home and get back to my semi-normal life. And back to a place where people like you- dont exist." She turned her back on him and walked towards the pool on the other side of the room.

That stung him more than her previous comment and Megamind stepped quickly behind her as she moved. "Well Mir Lady- I am sorry to have to be the one to inform you that such wants are dreams at this point. And you will not be returning home anytime soon." he could feel his own anger rising at her painful words but he knew that she was in a state of fear and only lashing out because she probably felt exposed. Just the same, she hurt his feelings. "I dont want to sugar coat anything, you are alive only because of the pact you've made with me."

Roxanne lifted a hand up to her next and where the obvious lift against her skin was beneath her ear. "I didnt know what I was agreeing to." She said turning around to look at him.

"Pft- agreeing?" Megamind shook his head. "No, you were the one who made the offer. It was I who had no choice but to agree. And by the way you sure as hell said it with some conviction, it must have been why the King insisted that I consider your offer seriously." He huffed.

"What is it that I said exactly?" she asked him.

The prince turned to glare briefly at his Minion who seemed to suddenly find a nearby plant overly fascinating. "Is that a fact?" He said and then turned back to her. "You asked for my hand in marriage, rather formally too." He chuckled in spite of himself, lifting a hand up to stroke his goatee.

"I-I-WHAT?!" Roxanne could feel her cheeks heaten up as her eyes grew wide. "But- but they said that I'm your head concubine or something..." she was more confused than ever now.

"You are...sort of." He sighed and rubbed his forehead tiredly. "Well, anyhow you will be once we complete the pact, until that happens you are simply my Mir Milenec."

An eyebrow lifted up as he said this and she asked, "And how do we complete the pact?"

His hand moved away from his head, "It matters not for we shall never wed. So dont concern yourself with that. I dont intend to take a bride anytime soon. Though I'm sure you've made my Mother and a few of the other royals overjoyed that I finally have a head mistress. For at least that is a step in the direction they wish me to go." He smiled slyly and walked over to where she stood by the pool. He leaned down and brushed the water with his fingertips.

"Makes me wonder if that too might have been something that was orchestrated." He trusted his Minion without a doubt, but when it came to who could give him orders that he would have no choice but to obey...Megamind wasnt the only one out there with that power.

"So now what?" she asked looking down at him. After yelling and crying everything out, she was starting to feel tired again. And her head was pounding more than it had been before. Roxanne pressed her fingertips to her temple and moved them in circles. "Do I just wait here while you try to figure things out?"

"If only it were that simple." He stood up from his crouched position and flicked his fingers dry. "I'll do what I can, when I can...but I'm a busy man. It would've been easier if we had Bernard still. I'll have to get a closer look at all of the evidence used against you both during the trial. And you can remain here yes, but there is one catch,"

Her fingers stopped moving and her blue eyes opened to fix on him. "Whats that?"

Megamind stepped closer with a grin that he seemed to be unable to hide. "I'll have to visit you frequently, so they know that you didnt just propose to save your own skin. Though that was the case- and also what it seemed to be at the time to everyone. If we play that you really did want the position and you are doing it well- that at least, might buy us some more snooping time."

She frowned. "Are you serious?"

"Yes. You act like my attentions would be unwelcome." He lifted a hand to his heart. "You wound me, again."

Roxanne cleared her throat and looked away from him. "Do I have no say in the matter?"

He studied her for a moment. She really didnt act as if she were interested in him at all. Not even playing like she wasnt- she really wasnt. He should have been offended or put off but naturally he felt it was even more of a challenge. He was already infatuated with her from the moment he met her- well the moment she landed on him. She looked like she was exhausted and he felt that she should be after such a trying past few weeks.

Megamind moved closer to her and lifted his hand up, extending his finger out he gently touched her neck and moved upward until he was at the mark under her ear. "Did you have a lover on Earth? Is this why you hesitate to accept my attentions?"

A tingle worked its way up her spine and she shivered pleasantly then turned to move away from him, but her body wouldnt listen to her mind. She was so tired and drained. "No," she said softly as she watched Minion fuss over the plants in the room, obviously listening to every word they spoke but giving them space. "I don't have a lover on earth." She answered.

He moved a little closer behind her when she said that, and let his other hand move to the opposite side of her neck to massage softly. "Are you nervous because I'm alien to you?" he chuckled as his head moved down and he pressed his lips against her ear to add in a soft tone, "Because I assure you- I have all the proper equipment to satisfy you."

"Uhm-" Oh god Bernard was right- she really shouldnt be left alone with him. Her face was flush with all sorts of thoughts that ran through her mind now that he'd opened her up to the ideas.

He grinned, maybe there was hope if that was her reaction. For some reason this gave him a sense of elation and the prince laughed as he slipped a hand behind her knees and cradled her back. He scooped her up into his arms and started to walk towards the stairs, his cape trailing behind him.

"Wait- what are you doing?! Put me down I can walk!" Roxanne said as he lifted her up. She didnt even think that someone built like he was would be able to pick her up let alone carry her around like he was doing. She held onto him as he passed the stairs and went under them instead. There was another large door that she hadnt even noticed yet, he walked up to it and pushed a button on the wall near his foot. The door opened and he carried her inside.

Minion looked up briefly but then went back to doing what he was as his master carried his Mir Milenec away.

"Megamind, please..." Roxanne said as he led her into the large room. It was more like a small set of apartments. When he reached the bed, he eased her down onto it. It was made of something softer than anything she had felt before. As soon as her skin brushed against it she felt even more exhausted than before.

"Please what?" He asked her as he crawled over her. Leaning down his lips brushed against the side of her neck.

"I'm...so tired."

He smiled against her skin. He knew that she was and it was almost painful to back away from her now that he had allowed himself to taste her. Before he left he couldn't resist a little more; "Kiss me, and I'll leave you to those sweet dreams Mir Lady."

Her eyes were drifting closed and he realized that he wasnt going to get his kiss. Sighing softly he brushed his lips against her cheek before he backed off of the bed and left her to sleep.

As he walked out of the rooms, he was straightening his cape and Minion came to stand beside him.

"I didnt expect you to be out so soon Sir."

Megamind rolled his eyes. "She's sleeping- what sort of ruffian do you take me for Minion?" though as he said this a wolfish grin crossed his lips. "Hmmm on second thought- dont answer that."

They shared a laugh as they left the West Wing turning to walk towards the prince's quarters.

"Prince Syxus Eros Megamind the XII!" a high pitched and very angry feminine voice rang out behind them.

Megamind stopped in his tracks, his Minion followed. He winced before turning around to see a very unhappy woman floating just off of the ground.

"Princess...eh heh heh..." The blue man laughed nervously as he starred up at her. He gave her a little wave. "Hi."

LOL Yeah Hi MegaSexy, how you doin? _

UP NEXT: (oh maybe?) Lets check in on Dr. Bernard. and see just what Mycellosta is going to say to Megamind! Circus Candies as always~ comments mighhhtttt make me write more, no promises but it never hurts! Thanks everyone for reading!