Chibi sighed looking over the place she had been brought to three years ago. She had had another small growth spurt, as she called them, and was now 17 with long silver hair up in a strange style that the people said was her own and blank empty eyes. She sighed again looking out at the excited people getting ready for the big ball, she didn't care though. She had allowed those women to train her and teach her and even agreed to be this princess they insisted she was, but she never trusted them she never spoke to them more then necessary and never smiled for them.
She had been happy when she was with her friends and had tried on many occasions to sneak away, but was always stopped. She had heard many times that some one had tried to infiltrate the colony while in her fighter-simulation training course with Ten'o. She called them all by their sure names or not at all. Each of them took to teaching her different subjects that they said were important for her. Mizuno taught her regular schooling, Meioh'o taught her politics of running a kingdom, Kaiou taught her fine arts and music, Ten'o taught her combat skills and fighting and finally young Ten'o taught her stealth and precision in battle. All she learned willingly, even if reluctant to learn from them. She had wanted to learn the same from the guy but that had been ripped from her.
She straightened her back and looked over at the files on her desk, much of it she had already gone over, but there was still more work to be done. It had taken her all of a year to figure out that she was stuck here so instead of trying to make useless escape attempts she buried herself in her work as ruler. She went out and got to know the people, from farmers and merchants to wealthy business men and women. She gained their trust and loyalty naturally and found that she very much enjoyed it, not the power but the politics and helping those around her.
In two nights she would have her coming out party and much of the colony was invited, as well as diplomats and other wealthy men and women from all over. She had been asked to review the guest list before the party and assign rooms were necessary and she had yet to do so. Most of the out of 'town' guest would stay at the hotel close to the castle, but a few, most of whom arrived in only an hour, would stay in guest suites at the western wing of the castle; far from were she was at now. She assumed that this was in order to keep her safe from possible attacks, but that was also only an assumption. She gave up and walked gracefully to her large desk and began work on first the room assignments, not bothering to read over the names, and then set to work on the more important documents.
A knock disturbed her after some length of time and without looking up from the crop report she had in her hand she called for the intruder to enter. A young red head came in shyly and looked at the princess's serious face.
"Your majesty, will you great the guest?" Chibi looked at the red head then the clock.
"I have far to much work before the ball, so please be there on my behalf, Molly." The red head smiled. And Chibi held up a sheet of paper. "Here are the room assignments if you would give them to Kaiou to distribute."
"Of course Princess Serenity." Chibi sighed hating that name. She watched her young lady in waiting bow out and wonder why she called her young, the girl was her own age… Well at least the age she looked now.
Chibi again began to think back. She remembered when they had started to use that name, it was right after her final growth spurt and Meioh'o had decided to introduce the princess to her people. So she introduced Princess Serenity Tsuki, not Chibi as she had said her name was. The name felt redundant and hypercritical, but the people cheered none the less. Molly had been her first friend and acquaintance when she had arrived and was the best part of being held here. Chibi gave a mournful sigh and went back to work, she was sighing far to much these days and was sure that if this kept up it would reflect on her people poorly.
It was nearing midnight when Molly came back into the office and demanded that she retire immediately while pushing her out of the office and towards her suite a few doors down. Chibi stopped suddenly as s gun shot rang through the halls from the western wing but decided against investigating thinking that the guards could handle everything and if it were serious they would call for her. So once again she allowed Molly to drag her off to her rooms. Both knew that only Molly would dare to ever do anything like this to the straight edged Princess.
Uranus- Ok so if you hadn't figured it out, the guys are only right down the hall and Chibi is unaware, and you'll find out next time that so are the guys… Sad isn't it, trying so hard to see each other and now their right down the hall and don't even notice.