Fate
By: Sweet Honey
Not all sugar and spice
Princess Abigail tugged at the satin white gloves on her hands and sighed. Finally, she and Kel would have a new Champion. In fact, they would have two new Champions, because after all the fights her mother and Kel had gone through they had decided that two Champions would be needed. She wished her Nana could have come over today instead though. She would have liked that better anyways.
She sighed and looked at her sister. Age had not diminished her beauty, rather it had made her even more beautiful...and stupid. Not that she wasn't clever when it came to cruel plots. She was great at that. No, it was that she was totally naive. Abby smiled. Yes, that was it.
"Kel..." she said, smiling at her sister. The pretty girl looked up, setting suspicious eyes on her sister. "You should really hope that mother has picked a totally new pair of Champions for us."
Kel looked away, but asked quietly, "Why?"
Abby smiled. "Well, because I met the Champions we were supposed to get last week."
"No you didn't."
"Yes, I most certainly did." said Abigail, and she looked at her sister happily. "And I told them all the mean things you did to me."
"Liar. I never do mean things to you."
"And just what do you call putting spiders in my bed?"
"A favor. I thought you would like their company."
Abigail and Kel fought until there was a large knock at the door, and their maid, Tirah, walked in. She was the same age as the two princess' but acted like she was decades older.
"You two had better hush up!" she said sternly, brushing back a piece of auburn hair that had escaped her pony tail. "Your Champions have arrived."
Both sisters leaned forward. "Really?" asked Kel. "What do they look like?"
"Are they nice?" Abigail.
Tirah shrugged. "How should I know if their nice? All I know is that one of them is absolutely gorgeous. The other one is handsome too, but one has beautiful blonde hair and lovely blue eyes...." she said, stopping for a minute and thinking. "Oh, they both have blue eyes now that I think of it. Very different colors though, very different."
Kel furrowed her brow and scowled. "Is that the only reason you came in here?" she said, now that she had all the information she needed. Tirah's eyes grew wide and she put a hand over her mouth.
"I forgot! I was supposed to tell you two that they were coming right now-!"
The door flew open and Queen Lyddia strolled in happily, and behind her were the two new Champions. Abby gasped and realized that Tirah had been right. One was the most beautiful man she had ever met, with shoulder length blonde hair and very light blue eyes. He was dressed in the most rich clothes, the type of outfit befitting a warrior. He even had a jewel encrusted sword around his waist!
The other was handsome, but in a less ostentatious way. He had blue eyes like the other, but his were the color of the sky before night. He had black hair that was shorter than the blondes and that fell over his eyes a bit on the right side. He was dressed in black pants and a shirt that matched the color of his eyes. The main difference between the two elves was that this one had no laughter in his eyes, and a frown on his face.
"Princess Kel and Princess Abigail, these are you two new Champions." said Queen Lyddia with a smile. "This one-" she said, pointing to the blonde, "-is Zaden and the other is Erik."
Abigail and her sister rose and curtsied. Kel walked right up to them and extended a slender white hand. "It's quite a pleasure to meet you both." she said, but she only had eyes for Zaden. "I hope that we will get a chance to know each other better."
Zaden smiled slowly. "Yes, I hope so too." He reached down and brought her hand to his lips. Abby cringed as his kiss lingered a bit to long and her spine tingled as she realized there was something very unchivalrous in the way he kissed her sister.
She looked at Erik. He was making no move to kiss her hand. In fact, it seemed he didn't even notice her. Abby smiled. This was a nice change of pace.
Abby stepped forward, curtsying her best. "It's a pleasure to meet you." she said, but held her hand back. She looked up at the blonde one and blushed as she realized what he was looking at and lowered her eyes.
You see, for all that she wasn't as beautiful as her sister, Abigail did have one amazing gift and flaw. Her eyes. They were the same shape as her mothers, slightly shaped like almonds and with a little curve upward. But it was the color that was both wonderful and unnerving. They were a bright green, like the emeralds on her mothers crown. But they also glittered. And not occasionally. Always. Many children had been scared by them, and Abigail had rarely had anyone to play with. She couldn't really blame them, but it was still embarrassing.
So when she saw Zaden staring straight at her eyes, she was automatically ashamed. She pulled at her gloves and flipped back her light brown hair, hoping he would look somewhere else...anywhere else...just not there.
He swooped forward, tilted his head and kissed her on the cheek. She gasped, her sister gasped and even her mother cringed. It was such a breech of custom. But he merely looked at her with those baby blue eyes and murmured, "I believe it is custom to kiss a Lady when you meet her."
"ON THE HAND!" bellowed Kel, her face a furious red. Queen Lyddia grabbed her hand and whispered something in her ear that calmed her down. Abby was stunned at Kel's outburst. It was beyond comprehension that Kel might actually be jealous of her, because of one stupid kiss.
If it was so stupid, why are you blushing?
She quieted her mind and turned to the other fairy. For a moment she was surprised to see the pointed ears that claimed him to be a fairy. For a moment she had forgotten that they were both not human. He must not be comfortable, she thought, and said to him. "Hello. I'm Princess Abigail."
"I know."
Her eyes grew wide. She couldn't think of anything to say, and she was embarrassed by the way he had treated her. She had been TRYING to be nice! Thankfully, (for once) her sister broke the silence.
"So which is mine?" asked Kel, looking back again at Zaden. Her mother smiled at her daughter.
"Zaden is yours, my dear."
Kel smiled and walked over to him. "I guess we will be getting the chance to know eachother better." she said, winking at the fairy. "Please follow me, I'll show you to your room."
Abby felt a pang of envy as her sister led her Champion down the hall. He had been so nice to her...he had kissed her...and she was stuck with this ass.
She sighed. "Come on, I'll show you to your room too." she said, and the tall, lanky fairy followed her. The walked in silence for a while, but Abby deplored silence. "So, what part of the F‚erique Terre are you from?"
He didn't say anything for a minute, but then said in a soft and haughty voice. "Why do you care?"
"Because I want to know where I can send you back!" she snapped, and put a hand over her mouth quickly. She couldn't believe she had been so rude to her new Champion. The only person she ever snapped at was her sister and mother. She was a very nice girl, but jerks seemed to bring out the worst in her. "Oh, I'm so sorry-"
"I should have known." said the fairy with a hint of a smile. It wasn't a nice smile either.
"Should have known what?" asked Abby, her patience for the stranger dwindling by the second.
"Well, the Elders told me that the each of the Princess' had one of their parents personalities. Your sister's an idiot like her father, and you're vicious like your mother-"
"I AM NOT LIKE MY MOTHER!" roared Abby, her eyes glittering even more than usual. But the boy didn't seem bothered by her outburst in the least.
"You most certainly are, and you know it." he said, walking past her. "You have a tongue as sharp as hers, the only difference is that your sister inherited all her looks."
"Well at least I have some intelligence, unlike a disgusting fairy bastard like you!"
Smack.
She put her hand up to her face and stared at the tall fairy. For a moment his face stayed frozen between hatred and madness, but suddenly his eyes widened and his mouth formed an o of horror.
"I-I'm so sorry-" he stammered, staring at his hand as if it were covered in blood. "I didn't mean to-"
Abby couldn't help it, she put both of her hands over face and turned away. She'd be dammed before she let him see her cry! He stepped forward and was about to touch her should when a hand suddenly pushed him back.
"If you ever lay one hand on her again I'll kill you, understood?" asked a deep, rough voice. Abby turned around and saw that it was Zaden. Surprise replaced every other emotion in her as she stared in Zaden's now deadly serious eyes. He turned away from Erik and faced her, his eyes softening.
"Are you okay, Princess?" asked Zaden, extending a hand to her.
"I'm fine." she snapped angrily, but not really at Zaden. She was mad, mad at the world, mad at Zaden, mad at the people who believed that she, a woman, could not fight her own battles. But most of all, she was mad at Erik.
"If you'll excuse me, I'd like to go to bed." she said, and walked away from them slowly. As soon as she was out of their sight though, she raced to her room and threw herself onto her bed. All she wanted to do was cry, but she fell asleep almost immediately. In her dreams she wanted to be with Zaden, but all she could see was Erik and his sorry eyes.
When Tirah walked in minutes later and saw the Princess curled up on her bed with tears still fresh on her face, she sighed and whispered "Good looking guys have that effect on me too."
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By: Sweet Honey
Not all sugar and spice
Princess Abigail tugged at the satin white gloves on her hands and sighed. Finally, she and Kel would have a new Champion. In fact, they would have two new Champions, because after all the fights her mother and Kel had gone through they had decided that two Champions would be needed. She wished her Nana could have come over today instead though. She would have liked that better anyways.
She sighed and looked at her sister. Age had not diminished her beauty, rather it had made her even more beautiful...and stupid. Not that she wasn't clever when it came to cruel plots. She was great at that. No, it was that she was totally naive. Abby smiled. Yes, that was it.
"Kel..." she said, smiling at her sister. The pretty girl looked up, setting suspicious eyes on her sister. "You should really hope that mother has picked a totally new pair of Champions for us."
Kel looked away, but asked quietly, "Why?"
Abby smiled. "Well, because I met the Champions we were supposed to get last week."
"No you didn't."
"Yes, I most certainly did." said Abigail, and she looked at her sister happily. "And I told them all the mean things you did to me."
"Liar. I never do mean things to you."
"And just what do you call putting spiders in my bed?"
"A favor. I thought you would like their company."
Abigail and Kel fought until there was a large knock at the door, and their maid, Tirah, walked in. She was the same age as the two princess' but acted like she was decades older.
"You two had better hush up!" she said sternly, brushing back a piece of auburn hair that had escaped her pony tail. "Your Champions have arrived."
Both sisters leaned forward. "Really?" asked Kel. "What do they look like?"
"Are they nice?" Abigail.
Tirah shrugged. "How should I know if their nice? All I know is that one of them is absolutely gorgeous. The other one is handsome too, but one has beautiful blonde hair and lovely blue eyes...." she said, stopping for a minute and thinking. "Oh, they both have blue eyes now that I think of it. Very different colors though, very different."
Kel furrowed her brow and scowled. "Is that the only reason you came in here?" she said, now that she had all the information she needed. Tirah's eyes grew wide and she put a hand over her mouth.
"I forgot! I was supposed to tell you two that they were coming right now-!"
The door flew open and Queen Lyddia strolled in happily, and behind her were the two new Champions. Abby gasped and realized that Tirah had been right. One was the most beautiful man she had ever met, with shoulder length blonde hair and very light blue eyes. He was dressed in the most rich clothes, the type of outfit befitting a warrior. He even had a jewel encrusted sword around his waist!
The other was handsome, but in a less ostentatious way. He had blue eyes like the other, but his were the color of the sky before night. He had black hair that was shorter than the blondes and that fell over his eyes a bit on the right side. He was dressed in black pants and a shirt that matched the color of his eyes. The main difference between the two elves was that this one had no laughter in his eyes, and a frown on his face.
"Princess Kel and Princess Abigail, these are you two new Champions." said Queen Lyddia with a smile. "This one-" she said, pointing to the blonde, "-is Zaden and the other is Erik."
Abigail and her sister rose and curtsied. Kel walked right up to them and extended a slender white hand. "It's quite a pleasure to meet you both." she said, but she only had eyes for Zaden. "I hope that we will get a chance to know each other better."
Zaden smiled slowly. "Yes, I hope so too." He reached down and brought her hand to his lips. Abby cringed as his kiss lingered a bit to long and her spine tingled as she realized there was something very unchivalrous in the way he kissed her sister.
She looked at Erik. He was making no move to kiss her hand. In fact, it seemed he didn't even notice her. Abby smiled. This was a nice change of pace.
Abby stepped forward, curtsying her best. "It's a pleasure to meet you." she said, but held her hand back. She looked up at the blonde one and blushed as she realized what he was looking at and lowered her eyes.
You see, for all that she wasn't as beautiful as her sister, Abigail did have one amazing gift and flaw. Her eyes. They were the same shape as her mothers, slightly shaped like almonds and with a little curve upward. But it was the color that was both wonderful and unnerving. They were a bright green, like the emeralds on her mothers crown. But they also glittered. And not occasionally. Always. Many children had been scared by them, and Abigail had rarely had anyone to play with. She couldn't really blame them, but it was still embarrassing.
So when she saw Zaden staring straight at her eyes, she was automatically ashamed. She pulled at her gloves and flipped back her light brown hair, hoping he would look somewhere else...anywhere else...just not there.
He swooped forward, tilted his head and kissed her on the cheek. She gasped, her sister gasped and even her mother cringed. It was such a breech of custom. But he merely looked at her with those baby blue eyes and murmured, "I believe it is custom to kiss a Lady when you meet her."
"ON THE HAND!" bellowed Kel, her face a furious red. Queen Lyddia grabbed her hand and whispered something in her ear that calmed her down. Abby was stunned at Kel's outburst. It was beyond comprehension that Kel might actually be jealous of her, because of one stupid kiss.
If it was so stupid, why are you blushing?
She quieted her mind and turned to the other fairy. For a moment she was surprised to see the pointed ears that claimed him to be a fairy. For a moment she had forgotten that they were both not human. He must not be comfortable, she thought, and said to him. "Hello. I'm Princess Abigail."
"I know."
Her eyes grew wide. She couldn't think of anything to say, and she was embarrassed by the way he had treated her. She had been TRYING to be nice! Thankfully, (for once) her sister broke the silence.
"So which is mine?" asked Kel, looking back again at Zaden. Her mother smiled at her daughter.
"Zaden is yours, my dear."
Kel smiled and walked over to him. "I guess we will be getting the chance to know eachother better." she said, winking at the fairy. "Please follow me, I'll show you to your room."
Abby felt a pang of envy as her sister led her Champion down the hall. He had been so nice to her...he had kissed her...and she was stuck with this ass.
She sighed. "Come on, I'll show you to your room too." she said, and the tall, lanky fairy followed her. The walked in silence for a while, but Abby deplored silence. "So, what part of the F‚erique Terre are you from?"
He didn't say anything for a minute, but then said in a soft and haughty voice. "Why do you care?"
"Because I want to know where I can send you back!" she snapped, and put a hand over her mouth quickly. She couldn't believe she had been so rude to her new Champion. The only person she ever snapped at was her sister and mother. She was a very nice girl, but jerks seemed to bring out the worst in her. "Oh, I'm so sorry-"
"I should have known." said the fairy with a hint of a smile. It wasn't a nice smile either.
"Should have known what?" asked Abby, her patience for the stranger dwindling by the second.
"Well, the Elders told me that the each of the Princess' had one of their parents personalities. Your sister's an idiot like her father, and you're vicious like your mother-"
"I AM NOT LIKE MY MOTHER!" roared Abby, her eyes glittering even more than usual. But the boy didn't seem bothered by her outburst in the least.
"You most certainly are, and you know it." he said, walking past her. "You have a tongue as sharp as hers, the only difference is that your sister inherited all her looks."
"Well at least I have some intelligence, unlike a disgusting fairy bastard like you!"
Smack.
She put her hand up to her face and stared at the tall fairy. For a moment his face stayed frozen between hatred and madness, but suddenly his eyes widened and his mouth formed an o of horror.
"I-I'm so sorry-" he stammered, staring at his hand as if it were covered in blood. "I didn't mean to-"
Abby couldn't help it, she put both of her hands over face and turned away. She'd be dammed before she let him see her cry! He stepped forward and was about to touch her should when a hand suddenly pushed him back.
"If you ever lay one hand on her again I'll kill you, understood?" asked a deep, rough voice. Abby turned around and saw that it was Zaden. Surprise replaced every other emotion in her as she stared in Zaden's now deadly serious eyes. He turned away from Erik and faced her, his eyes softening.
"Are you okay, Princess?" asked Zaden, extending a hand to her.
"I'm fine." she snapped angrily, but not really at Zaden. She was mad, mad at the world, mad at Zaden, mad at the people who believed that she, a woman, could not fight her own battles. But most of all, she was mad at Erik.
"If you'll excuse me, I'd like to go to bed." she said, and walked away from them slowly. As soon as she was out of their sight though, she raced to her room and threw herself onto her bed. All she wanted to do was cry, but she fell asleep almost immediately. In her dreams she wanted to be with Zaden, but all she could see was Erik and his sorry eyes.
When Tirah walked in minutes later and saw the Princess curled up on her bed with tears still fresh on her face, she sighed and whispered "Good looking guys have that effect on me too."
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