Title: The Swan Prince

Genre: romance, humor

Rating: T for violence, language, and some themes

Pairing: JesseXJaden

Summary: As children, Jesse and Jaden are forced to spend their summers together by their widowed parents, who hope that the two will eventually fall in love and marry, so that the kingdoms of the two will be united. As children and adolescents, Jesse and Jaden can't stand each other, but as young adults they begin to see each other in a different light and fall in love with each other. But one night things take a bad turn when Jesse unintentionally offends Jaden, who then refuses to marry him if he can't prove that he loves him for who he is and not just his looks. Jaden and her father are then attacked by Lord Adrian, a vengeful sorcerer who was cast out of Sheppard's kingdom when he plotted against the king. In the form of a beast, Adrian kidnaps Jaden then places him under a spell. Now it is up to Jesse to rescue Jaden by showing his undying love. But, will he be in time?

Me: Oh no! Blair in Jaden's form is going to make Jesse say the vow to her!

Lucy: Will Jade get there in time?

Me: Or will Adrian have the last laugh in this?

Lucy: Read on!

Chapter Ten: Death Match in the Skies

The ball was strange, to say the least.

All of Jesse's friends and his retainers were crowded around him, trying to get him to confess and tell them who the mystery date that he was bringing would be.

But Jesse stuck true to his word and didn't tell any of them.

The ball was long, and almost every royal and their sons and daughters were there. Most of the girls tried to flirt with Jesse, who was dressed basically the same as he had been when he went and found Jaden, just a bit more gold to the outfit.

Jesse politely turned them down, and refused to dance with anyone until Jaden arrived.

When it was just getting late, Jesse noticed that Jaden hadn't shown up.

He was starting to feel depressed, until he noticed a young man with brown hair, dressed in red and black, walking towards him with a kind, yet mysterious smile on his face.

Everyone glanced over and many gasps escaped as things fell silent.

"Crowler..." Dorathy whispered. "Who is that?" she asked.

"I-I don't know, My Queen," Crowler whispered. "But there is something familiar about him. He looks... a great deal like Jaden..." the retainer whispered softly.

"B-but there is no way..." Dorathy whispered. "Right?"

Jesse ignored any shocked murmurs and went to the brunette, taking his hand gently. "Jaden, I was so afraid you weren't coming," the bluenette prince whispered lovingly.

Blair/Jaden laughed. "Oh, please," she said in Jaden's voice. "Did you honestly believe I would miss this?"

Jesse laughed and led the person that he believed to be Jaden to the center of the ball room, where even though they were being questioned, they were able to dance.

Jesse still oblivious to the horrors that were going on.

In the skies, Jaden was flying for his life, still trying to figure out why his heart was hurting as bad as it was. He still had no idea why his heart felt like it weighed a ton.

All he knew was that he had to get to Jesse before Adrian did something to make Jesse say his vow to someone else.

Back with Jesse and Blair/Jaden, no one had noticed Adrian's harsh trick. Jesse, despite not being as dumb as people said he was, still hadn't noticed that the one he believed to be his Jaden was actually an imposter.

"Jay, you seem strange tonight," Jesse said suddenly.

"Maybe you are just a little nervous around me?" Blair/Jaden asked softly.

"Maybe you are right," Jesse said, laughing nervously and going back to dancing with the illusion that was putting the life of his true beloved in danger with each passing second.

The wind under his wings seemed to guide Jaden quickly towards the palace, and he could see the castle within his grasp. Jaden sighed in relief and made it to one of the huge windows and peered down.

He gasped.

Standing in the middle of the ball room was Jesse, and right next to him was... Jaden!?

"What!?" Jaden gasped in horror. He glanced around for any way to get into the palace, but all of the entrances had been blocked, and everyone was focusing on Jesse and the false Jaden to notice the swan in the window.

"Everyone, I have an announcement," Jesse called, and though he was outside, Jaden could hear everything being said.

Jaden started pecking on the window to get Jesse's attention, but instead, he caught Blair/Jaden's attention. Blair/Jaden smirked at Jaden and then laid her head on Jesse's shoulder to distract him from hearing the swan outside.

"On this night," Jesse announced. "I have decided to say something I could not say several weeks ago."

"Jesse! No, it's a trick!!" Jaden shouted, but Jesse, even if he did hear him, wouldn't be able to understand him, due to the fact that Jaden was a swan, and Jesse was human.

"Several weeks ago, when Jaden asked me what I love about him, I couldn't say anything," Jesse said. "But now I realize that I love Jaden for who he is, and for many other things. I realize that I wouldn't have him any other way."

Jaden tried harder to get into the palace through the window, but Jesse didn't notice him.

"On this night, I will make a vow of etneral and everlasting love..." Jesse said, glancing out to everyone in the room.

"JESSE!!" Jaden gave one last desperate cry.

Jesse turned to Blair/Jaden and smiled. "To this boy."

It was like a thousand daggers through Jaden's heart, and he heard a loud crack emmit through the skies. While everyone in the castle celebreated, Jaden suffered for the mistake Jesse had made.

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Me: NOOOO!!!

Lucy: Adrian, damn you to Hell!! Just wait till Jesse finds out what happened!

Me: What will Jesse do!?

Lucy: Please review and we shall update soon!