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Epilogue: The Princes

The fourteen years old prince, with strawberry blonde hair and emerald green eyes, was truly loved by everyone. Even though he was a bit of a rascal at times, he brought smiles to everyone's face no matter the circumstances, and that even applied to his uncle, King Izana. The young prince couldn't help suppress his adventurous and mischievous nature, after all he inherited that from his parents.

Although today seemed to be an ordinary day like any other, the prince was particular excited with the arrival of a special guest. His cousin from Akigaya was arriving to Clarines with his parents, Queen Milya and King Jun. The two princes being the same age were best of friends, and they always looked forward to every summer and holidays when they reunited and got to spend time together.

"Rin you will chock if you don't eat slower." Spoke Izana as he watched his nephew gulp down his toast and reach for his orange juice.

Rin Wistaria finished swallowing his breakfast before giving his uncle a bright smile, "I'm all done. I'll be heading out now."

Izana chuckled at his antics as he watched the young boy get up from his chair.

"Rin there you are. You are up early today." Spoke a familiar caring voice.

Rin turned to see his mother, Shirayuki with his three years old little sister as they both made across the dinning room. He made his way to his mother and kissed her cheek in greeting and then he gently caressed his sister's smiling face. The three years old with light pink hair and blue eyes, stretched her little hands out and Rin immediately took her into his arms. Shirayuki smiled at how good Rin was with his little sister and at times very protective as well.

Rin twirled his sister around playfully, "Good morning Hannie." He greeted as she delightfully giggled back.

"Again!" Hannie spoke and Rin complied.

"Rin did you finish your breakfast?" Asked Shirayuki as she saw his empty plate and glass.

"Within seconds in fact." Izana answered with a grin and Shirayuki sighed with a soft smile.

"Good morning." Greeted Zen as he entered the dinning room, bringing a smile to both girls.

Zen kissed Shirayuki on her cheek as Hannie stretched her hands out for her father. He took his daughter in his arms as she hugged tightly around him. Zen then disheveled his son's hair and Rin smiled at his dad before nudging him away with a grin.

"This is rare." Spoke Zen to his son, "You are usually the last one to wake up."

"I got somewhere I want to be." Rin explained.

Shirayuki and Zen smiled knowingly before they replied at the same time, "Please be careful."

Rin smirked, "You know I always am." He then turned and ran out of the room.

"Should I call Obi?" Shirayuki asked worriedly as she looked at her husband.

Zen only chuckled, "Don't we always?"

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"Prince Rin! I found you!" Spoke a thirteen years old girl from the balcony as she spotted the prince on top of the nearby tree.

Rin smiled at the red-haired girl with bright yellow eyes. She was wearing her knight apprentice uniform and her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail.

"Good morning Annie." Rin greeted as he stood up on the branch.

"Good morning prince." Annie answered back as she climbed the railing and made an attempt to jump onto the tree.

Unfortunately she didn't make it to the branch, causing Rin to quickly react and jump forward to rescue her. Rin landed on his feet with Annie in his arms. The girl blushed, feeling conscious of his warmth and her position.

"Even though your parents are royal knights Obi and Vivi, you are still very clumsy aren't you Annie?" He chuckled amusedly. "Please be more careful."

"I will try my best master." Annie replied embarrassed as she was training hard to become a knight and secretly hoping that one day she could be Rin's official aide.

"How many times have I told you, it's Rin." The prince spoke with a grin, "Aren't we childhood friends?"

Annie nodded her head in understanding as her cheeks flushed even harder when he looked at her eyes. Rin then placed her down on her feet.

"Today is the beginning of summer." Rin spoke, as Annie suddenly looked up with her eyes bright, knowing what that meant.

"Prince Nol is coming!" She exclaimed, remembering that her other childhood friend was scheduled to arrive in a few more hours. "Was that why you were looking out on the tree?"

"Actually I was planning to head out of the castle to greet him at the front gates, but you came before I could do that." Rin explained.

Annie laughed, knowing that Rin was always exploring Clarines without anyone's knowledge of him sneaking out of the castle. It was getting harder for her to sometimes follow him around, but she knew that Rin would make himself visible in order for her to catch up with his pace. He was even getting good at hiding and avoiding being caught by Kiki and Mitsuhide, but Annie had a feeling that her father, Obi, was always watching and knew of his whereabouts.

"Do you want to tag along?" Rin then suggested.

Although she knew that they shouldn't be doing this, Annie felt tempted and nodded her head in excitement. She always loved going exploring with her childhood friend and having fun. Rin led the way as they quickly sneaked out of the castle and into the town of Clarines. The place was crowded as usual with vendors and visitors all around the world. They spotted some red-hair people as well. Now that the kingdom of Akigaya and the kingdom of Clarines have establish connections, people with red-hair was not as unusual as years ago. Annie did not know what it was like to have to hide her red-hair from view.

As they made their way through the market place, Annie was having difficulties in catching up, as the prince was swiftly making his way around the crowd. Her yellow eyes kept on his figure that was a few feet away, but when a big man crossed her path Annie lost sight of the prince. She looked around searchingly as she quickly moved forward confused to where she should go.

Annie then felt his familiar hand grab hers as her eyes looked sideways to find Rin smiling.

"Come on this way." Rin spoke as he held her hand, making her softly blush.

They took a shortcut through the alleyway and around the residential area and to the town square. Rin then sat Annie on the fountain, as she looked at him questioningly.

"Wait here." He instructed before retrieving.

Annie watched as he walked into a bakery and a few minutes later he came back with some pastries. He handed her the food as Annie smiled, loving this part of Rin. He might be mischievous, but Rin was a caring prince that was always friendly to his friends and even at times to strangers, just like his parents. He was very observant as well, making Annie wonder when he had noticed that she hadn't had breakfast. The food smelled delicious and she quickly took a bite. She finished within seconds and her eyes then noticed that Rin was observing her in amusement.

Annie blushed as she quickly offered the other pastry, "I'm sorry, do you want to have some?"

Rin chuckled as he lowered down and took a bite of the pastry that Annie held with her hands. Her cheeks blushed even harder as his face was inches away from her face. His emerald eyes looked into her blue eyes with a twinkle before he pulled back and stood straight again. Annie felt her heart unexpectedly squeeze in surprise. Was he teasing her?

"Is that the prince?" Annie and Rin caught a group of girls whispering as they observed him carefully from afar.

Annie stood up to protect Rin from the crowd, but before anything could happen, Rin took her hand once again and quickly ran off. They saw that the girls attempted to follow, but failed to catch up. The prince knew Clarines like the back of his hands as he led Annie through the alleyways that quickly took them to other parts of the town within minutes. Soon the pair was in front of the kingdom gates.

"The carriage should be here soon." Spoke Rin as he waited in anticipation.

They then suddenly felt a strong gust of wind and their eyes immediately went up to see an Aki bird floating above them. Rin smiled knowing exactly who it was as the rider appeared looking down at them with a bright smile.

"Oi Nol!" Rin called to his cousin who had bright red hair and identical emerald green eyes as his.

"Oi Rin!" He called back as he quickly landed the Aki bird before his childhood friends.

Nol dismounted the bird and quickly went to greet his cousin as they were both happy and excited to see each other. Annie approached to greet her friend as well, who seemed to have grown a few inches taller than the last time they saw him.

"Prince Nol, I hope you had a pleasant trip." Annie spoke as Nol looked at her with a grin.

"Didn't I tell you to just call me Nol?" He replied and then he leaned forward and kissed her cheek in greeting, making her blush and step back.

"Nol!" She exclaimed in embarrassment at his teasing.

Nol laughed, "That was for not calling me by my name only."

"Come on Nol." Spoke Rin excitedly. "Let's race back to the castle from here."

Nol nodded his head, "Sure. How about the winner gets one wish granted by the loser."

Rin agreed, "That sounds interesting. We have a deal."

Nol then looked at Annie, "Are you ready to race?"

Annie looked worriedly back, "Wait this isn't fair! You know I am not as fast as you both."

"How about we give you a few minutes head start?" Rin suggested.

Annie looked at both boys teasing emerald eyes and felt determined to win. One way or another Annie was always being pulled into their games. She wouldn't allow them to make fun of her anymore. Although Annie wasn't too hopeful, since she almost lost on all the games they played together, she was too competitive to back down.

"Okay, here I go!" Annie spoke as she quickly ran back through the way she had come from. Wondering if that was why Rin took her through the secret alleyways and short cuts today instead of the normal way.

"Should we wait until your parents get here for us to start?" Asked Rin, as they saw Annie almost trip on her own feet.

Nol chuckled at her clumsiness before answering, "I'm about an hour earlier than my parents. I was too excited to get here to see you both."

Rin laughed, knowing how it was, since he was always doing the same thing himself whenever they went to visit Akigaya. Rin would ride his own horse and race off to reach the kingdom before his parents, although lately he had to slow down in order for Annie to keep up with his pace. She was too clumsy for her own good, and the last time he raced off, Annie had fallen off her horse and twisted her arm as she tried to rush after him.

"Do you think she will be alright?" Nol then asked worriedly as he looked towards the way Annie had disappeared, and knowing her clumsy nature.

Rin laughed, "She should be okay. The path she took is evenly paved."

Nol nodded his head, "Well then, I won't lose just because you are my cousin and the prince of Clarines." Nol spoke as he looked at Rin with a smirk.

Rin smirked back, "Of course. I won't go easy on you either."

Both princes looked at each other fondly before they both fist pumped and raced into the town of Clarines. Summer was going to be chaotic for the royals and both princes were just starting to have their fun.

The end.

It has been a pleasure writing this. Thank you very much for reading and accompanying me this far! I appreciate all the support and reviews you have left for my first story! You readers are amazing. Hope to see you around :)