Chapter 3
~Kingdom of Kamiya~
Hikari looked up from her work, and in the mirror she studied her image carefully, then dabbed a brush into one of the many colors of paint nearby. She spread the paint across the canvas, which already had some old paint on it resembling the late Queen of Kamiya.
I refuse to marry him until I finish this. She thought to herself
A knock sounded on her door.
"Just a moment." She said putting the brush and painting down to answer the door. "Yes, Meredith?"
"Princess, the King wants you. You have a visitor." The servant answered
"Is it Lord Daisuke?"
"I believe it is he. Come now."
Hikari was led down the twisting corridors to her brother's conferencing room. There stood her brother and a boy not much older than she was.
"Princess Hikari, this is Lord Daisuke, your betrothed." Taichi formally introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, Princess. Damn you're gorgeous!" Daisuke said out loud and unintentionally then blushed. "Sorry about that. Sometimes I don't think before I speak." He gulped.
"Nice to meet you." Hikari lied through her teeth. "Taichi, I really have a pressing engagement, I'm sorry Daisuke." She said rushing out of the room, but trying not to show it to be that way. That guy is so obnoxious! I can't marry HIM! I have to get out of here!
She ran to her room and packed some of her least elaborate dresses. Then, after changing her clothes sneaked down to the kitchen and snatched up an old cloak and a few provisions. She then headed to the stables and saddled her white horse, Angel.
Hikari stuck her heals into the horse's sides sending it forward, over the nearby hills. They went on for a few hours and finally stopped at a secluded pond in a standing of trees
"We should rest now, Angel. We have a long way to go until we reach...well, any place is better than that stuffy old castle."
~*~*~*~*~*
Ken snuck quietly to the stables and hopped on Darkness. They rode quietly for several miles then galloped even further. They were making great time when Darkness suddenly stopped.
"Darkness, why'd you stop?" Ken questioned the horse, then looked up and saw a beautiful girl and a white horse sitting by the nearby pond in the moonlight's beams.
The boy and his horse walked cautiously towards the moonlit pond. This could all be a trap, but how could she be an illusion? He thought to himself
The girl looked up at him, her chocolate eyes shimmering in the moon's light.
"Oh, I didn't see you standing there." She apologized
What a heavenly voice! She must be an angel. "I'll leave since-" He answered
"No, don't go. I'm lonely. Running away from home is tiring, and very lonely. A horse can keep you company for only so long."
"My name's Ken, Prince of Ichijouji. You're running away from home too?"
"Really? You don't seem vicious and conniving like they say people from Ichijouji are. Oh, and I'm Princess Hikari, of Kamiya. But you can call me Hikari. Why are you running away?"
"Huh?"
"You said you were running away from home, didn't you?"
"Yeah...I think I can trust you. I'm running away because my parents are trying to make me just like my deceased brother, Osamu. I can't stand it. I've told you my story so tell me yours, why are you running away?"
"My parents are both dead and my brother rules, but that's not my reason. I'm doing it because I have to marry Lord Daisuke of Motomiya."
"Lucky you. I hear that they're all klutzy noodle-brains who go after pretty girls."
"That's what I found out when I meet him today. The other reason is I hate being pampered, wearing tight, stuffy clothes and, well, just being a princess."
"You know what Hikari? If anyone found out we were here, together, do you know how much trouble we'd be in?"
"You're right, the war would get even worse than it already is."
"Do you now how this stupid war got started anyways?"
"No, I don't. Maybe some romantic love affair stared it." She sighed
"It was more likely over some land dispute. But it's silly if to keep at it when no one can remember why or how all of this got started."
To Be Continued...
~Kingdom of Kamiya~
Hikari looked up from her work, and in the mirror she studied her image carefully, then dabbed a brush into one of the many colors of paint nearby. She spread the paint across the canvas, which already had some old paint on it resembling the late Queen of Kamiya.
I refuse to marry him until I finish this. She thought to herself
A knock sounded on her door.
"Just a moment." She said putting the brush and painting down to answer the door. "Yes, Meredith?"
"Princess, the King wants you. You have a visitor." The servant answered
"Is it Lord Daisuke?"
"I believe it is he. Come now."
Hikari was led down the twisting corridors to her brother's conferencing room. There stood her brother and a boy not much older than she was.
"Princess Hikari, this is Lord Daisuke, your betrothed." Taichi formally introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, Princess. Damn you're gorgeous!" Daisuke said out loud and unintentionally then blushed. "Sorry about that. Sometimes I don't think before I speak." He gulped.
"Nice to meet you." Hikari lied through her teeth. "Taichi, I really have a pressing engagement, I'm sorry Daisuke." She said rushing out of the room, but trying not to show it to be that way. That guy is so obnoxious! I can't marry HIM! I have to get out of here!
She ran to her room and packed some of her least elaborate dresses. Then, after changing her clothes sneaked down to the kitchen and snatched up an old cloak and a few provisions. She then headed to the stables and saddled her white horse, Angel.
Hikari stuck her heals into the horse's sides sending it forward, over the nearby hills. They went on for a few hours and finally stopped at a secluded pond in a standing of trees
"We should rest now, Angel. We have a long way to go until we reach...well, any place is better than that stuffy old castle."
~*~*~*~*~*
Ken snuck quietly to the stables and hopped on Darkness. They rode quietly for several miles then galloped even further. They were making great time when Darkness suddenly stopped.
"Darkness, why'd you stop?" Ken questioned the horse, then looked up and saw a beautiful girl and a white horse sitting by the nearby pond in the moonlight's beams.
The boy and his horse walked cautiously towards the moonlit pond. This could all be a trap, but how could she be an illusion? He thought to himself
The girl looked up at him, her chocolate eyes shimmering in the moon's light.
"Oh, I didn't see you standing there." She apologized
What a heavenly voice! She must be an angel. "I'll leave since-" He answered
"No, don't go. I'm lonely. Running away from home is tiring, and very lonely. A horse can keep you company for only so long."
"My name's Ken, Prince of Ichijouji. You're running away from home too?"
"Really? You don't seem vicious and conniving like they say people from Ichijouji are. Oh, and I'm Princess Hikari, of Kamiya. But you can call me Hikari. Why are you running away?"
"Huh?"
"You said you were running away from home, didn't you?"
"Yeah...I think I can trust you. I'm running away because my parents are trying to make me just like my deceased brother, Osamu. I can't stand it. I've told you my story so tell me yours, why are you running away?"
"My parents are both dead and my brother rules, but that's not my reason. I'm doing it because I have to marry Lord Daisuke of Motomiya."
"Lucky you. I hear that they're all klutzy noodle-brains who go after pretty girls."
"That's what I found out when I meet him today. The other reason is I hate being pampered, wearing tight, stuffy clothes and, well, just being a princess."
"You know what Hikari? If anyone found out we were here, together, do you know how much trouble we'd be in?"
"You're right, the war would get even worse than it already is."
"Do you now how this stupid war got started anyways?"
"No, I don't. Maybe some romantic love affair stared it." She sighed
"It was more likely over some land dispute. But it's silly if to keep at it when no one can remember why or how all of this got started."
To Be Continued...
