Chapter 2
~Kingdom of Kamiya~
"Princess, you'll look breath taking in this dress, more so than you already are. Lord Daisuke will love you." Hikari's lady in waiting, Mimi said as she pulled a fancy dress from a trunk that had belonged to her mother.
Hikari slipped into the midnight red dress. The black velvet bodice was big on her and the dress was too long.
"I'll fix it so that it fits perfectly, although I'm not as good as a seamstress as your mother- Oh, sorry!"
"It's okay. I'd like to be alone now."
"Yes, Princess Hikari." Mimi said quietly closing the door behind her
Hikari walked over to a worn wooden table in her room where an unfinished painting of the Queen of Kamiya, her mother, laid. Many people said that she looked very much like her dead mother did, and she could even see it when she looked in her mirror. It was true she had her mother's hair, eyes and common sense along with her father's bullheadedness.
She shook her head of these silly thoughts and looked at the dress. It was very beautiful and she didn't mind getting married in it, she just didn't want to marry a complete stranger.
She walked to the window and looked out at the village below.
How happy they must be, being able to make their own decisions and working hard for what they need, but it would be worth the freedom. Ah, to be free as a bird.
Then there came a knock which awoke her from her reverie. Upon opening it she found Taichi standing there.
"Hikari, are you hungry? I was heading down to the kitchen and thought that maybe you'd like to accompany me."
"Yes I would like that."
They had become much closer since their father's death, especially since soon Hikari would be leaving soon with Lord Daisuke.
~Kingdom of Ichijouji~
Ken was at the stables quite often anymore with Darkness, his horse, who seemed to feel and understand his pains. He'd often take Darkness around his father's kingdom. No one cared either, because not many had even heard about the young prince.
Riding Darkness, he could forget the pains, troubles and his parents' questions about why he wasn't like Osamu. He hated all of that, but the questions were what he hated the most. For their sake he tried to be like his brother but he couldn't be Osamu because he wasn't Osamu. They just couldn't understand that.
But even with all of this, he never stepped foot over the boundary of his father's kingdom.
"Darkness, do you know what's beyond this point?" He asked the horse while he stood at the edge of the kingdom. "Freedom. Freedom to be your self and nobody else. Freedom to...well just to be."
The horse pawed the ground in response.
"You're right, we'd better get home. But- never mind. Let's go home." He said turning the horse back the way they had come.
Back home he placed the horse in it's stall and was about to leave when Bedzel stopped him.
"The King has been looking for you boy." Bedzel sneered
Ken followed the smelly old man to his father's council room.
"Ken, you're the only one left to take the throne when I am dead. Your training begins at sunrise. Understand?" The King asked
"Yes, father." Ken answered
"Go now. Get some rest."
"Yes, father."
Ken left for his room thinking about his father's orders.
In his room he gathered a small bag and put in some clothes that he knew he'd need for what was about to happen.
To Be Continued...
~Kingdom of Kamiya~
"Princess, you'll look breath taking in this dress, more so than you already are. Lord Daisuke will love you." Hikari's lady in waiting, Mimi said as she pulled a fancy dress from a trunk that had belonged to her mother.
Hikari slipped into the midnight red dress. The black velvet bodice was big on her and the dress was too long.
"I'll fix it so that it fits perfectly, although I'm not as good as a seamstress as your mother- Oh, sorry!"
"It's okay. I'd like to be alone now."
"Yes, Princess Hikari." Mimi said quietly closing the door behind her
Hikari walked over to a worn wooden table in her room where an unfinished painting of the Queen of Kamiya, her mother, laid. Many people said that she looked very much like her dead mother did, and she could even see it when she looked in her mirror. It was true she had her mother's hair, eyes and common sense along with her father's bullheadedness.
She shook her head of these silly thoughts and looked at the dress. It was very beautiful and she didn't mind getting married in it, she just didn't want to marry a complete stranger.
She walked to the window and looked out at the village below.
How happy they must be, being able to make their own decisions and working hard for what they need, but it would be worth the freedom. Ah, to be free as a bird.
Then there came a knock which awoke her from her reverie. Upon opening it she found Taichi standing there.
"Hikari, are you hungry? I was heading down to the kitchen and thought that maybe you'd like to accompany me."
"Yes I would like that."
They had become much closer since their father's death, especially since soon Hikari would be leaving soon with Lord Daisuke.
~Kingdom of Ichijouji~
Ken was at the stables quite often anymore with Darkness, his horse, who seemed to feel and understand his pains. He'd often take Darkness around his father's kingdom. No one cared either, because not many had even heard about the young prince.
Riding Darkness, he could forget the pains, troubles and his parents' questions about why he wasn't like Osamu. He hated all of that, but the questions were what he hated the most. For their sake he tried to be like his brother but he couldn't be Osamu because he wasn't Osamu. They just couldn't understand that.
But even with all of this, he never stepped foot over the boundary of his father's kingdom.
"Darkness, do you know what's beyond this point?" He asked the horse while he stood at the edge of the kingdom. "Freedom. Freedom to be your self and nobody else. Freedom to...well just to be."
The horse pawed the ground in response.
"You're right, we'd better get home. But- never mind. Let's go home." He said turning the horse back the way they had come.
Back home he placed the horse in it's stall and was about to leave when Bedzel stopped him.
"The King has been looking for you boy." Bedzel sneered
Ken followed the smelly old man to his father's council room.
"Ken, you're the only one left to take the throne when I am dead. Your training begins at sunrise. Understand?" The King asked
"Yes, father." Ken answered
"Go now. Get some rest."
"Yes, father."
Ken left for his room thinking about his father's orders.
In his room he gathered a small bag and put in some clothes that he knew he'd need for what was about to happen.
To Be Continued...
