Aerina was awakened by the sunlight shining on her face. Her eyes slowly
opened and she groaned from the disappointment of the little sleep that she
had. Rubbing her eyes she yawned and sat up to complete the process of her
waking up. The nurse could be heard entering the chamber bringing
Aerina's breakfast. She had set it on her bed above Aerina's lap. Aerina
grabbed the fork and knife lazily.
" Are you well dear?" the nurse said looking into the closet searching for Aerina's clothes. Aerina nodded. She was still a bit in shock from the kiss. Remembering she laid down the fork and touched her lips. She smiled a bit.
" Ah what is this? A smile. Hmm. You wouldn't be fancying the prince yourself would you?" the nurse teased while combing the princess's hair.
" Of course not." Aerina exclaimed starting to eat her breakfast.
" Hmm. Well, that's fine, but he is a good boy. No harm comes from him. I think you should spend the day with him. Take him for a walk or perhaps take him to the library so you two can read together, " the nurse suggested. Aerina rolled her eyes.
" Nurse, I don't want to. He'd probably think that I want to snog with him or something." She said taking a piece of her pancake. The nurse laughed. She rose from the bed and left Aerina alone to think it over. Perhaps she wouldn't mind to take a walk through her garden with him. Taking a pancake she rolled it up and walked to the secret door that Eric had discovered. She took a piece of the pancake and ate it. Peering into the room, she saw Eric was on his bed eating his breakfast. He looked up and smiled. Aerina gulped and walked forward.
" The nurse suggested that I spend the day with you." She said with a stern look on her face.
" Really?" he said setting down his fork. Aerina nodded.
" Well, what do you wish to do?" Eric asked. Aerina stood by the fireplace. Eric looked at her again with that stare that made her quiver.
" Forget it. I have many things to do!" she said heading for the door.
"Wait!" Eric exclaimed getting ready to run to her.
" Don't move! Stay right there. I don't want you getting close to me." Aerina said holding up her hand in alarm. Eric nodded in confusment and stayed put.
" What do you wish to say?" she said letting down her hand. He looked at her lovingly. He could tell her right now that he loved her. He could tell her that it this very moment he was melting just looking at her. He was shaking from wanting to touch her so much again. Instead of that he asked: " Why do you hate me so much?" How juvenile he thought. He went from professing his for love her to being a sissy little boy who was easily hurt. Aerina stood her ground. She looked up at him with furious eyes.
" Don't you know how my parents died?" she asked with fury in her voice. Eric only shook his head with a confused look on his face. She rolled her eyes and walked a little bit forward.
" Before you and I were born, your father was in love with my mother when they were perhaps our age. She of course didn't think of him in that sort of way. She was in love with my father. Your mother was extremely jealous after we were born. The reason was, your father was still in love with my mother. So what she did was, tell your father that my mother wanted to kill you. Of course if anything he loved you more than her. So, he sent his troops to my castle, and killed both my mother and father. However, fate and its twisted ways had sent yugis* to kill both your father and mother while they were out on a walk through their forest. I hate you, because you were related to that horrible man who killed my parents! If wasn't for him, they would be here now!"
" Well what about me? I am also parentless but I can have feelings for you anyway."
Eric said looking at her innocently. He lied down again.
" Is that all you have to say?" she asked furiously.
" Yes." Eric replied simply. He heard slam the door. Looking up at the fireplace it soon lighted up. Eric sat up and stared at it. After a while he got up and hurried out of the room.
Fall had begun the yellow and orange leaves fell from the trees. They fell on Aerina's face as she walked alone through the forest. She hated him and nothing could ever change her mind. While walking alone she heard a sound. She looked around. It sounded like a howl. Wolves? Another howl surrounded the forest. For fear she began to run through forest towards the castle. Aerina could hear them traveling through the bushes. She looked at a tall tree with a lot of branches. A shadow had jumped on the tree. She stood her ground.
" Come out you! I-I'll blast you into smithereens!" she shouted angrily. A laugh came from the tree.
" Ay who comes now?" she asked angrily. The shadow appeared. It looked like a boy she braced herself for:
" Dear princess come now! You surely wouldn't want to blast me! I mean making fake howls through a forest isn't a crime now is it?" said Eric coming out from his shadow. Aerina's mouth became stout.
" Why you little-"
" Little what?" he sniggered swinging down and hanging upside down on a branch.
" Are you going to slap me? Go ahead, I like it." He said grinning. She became even angrier.
" If you don't behave I shall cancel this treaty and send you back home and declare war on you!" she threatened, or at least tried to. Eric snickered a bit.
" O send me home? Dear me, what a punishment." He replied.
" I think a kiss would be much better," he said letting go of the grasp on the branch. He back-flipped from the tree and landed on the ground on his feet. He walked forward to her.
" Back you now!" she warned letting out her hand, which began to have a foggy exterior surround it.
" Going to blast me now?" he said standing there. Aerina looked him over like the first time she had met him. He felt nervous with her eyes on him. Before he knew it, the wind blew by causing dirt and leaves fly in his eyes. He covered his eyes.
" We better get under cover don't you think?" he shouted through the howling of the leaves. Silence.
" Aerina?" he shouted out again. When the wind stopped he looked up, and saw that Aerina was gone. He grinned to himself again. Deciding that it was a bit boring to just stand there he walked to the nearest river. He sat there a while staring at it. Suddenly a whirlwind appeared in the water. It became larger and turned into a shape of a tornado. The large water wave took him by the river and pulling him into the river. He tried to yell for help. All was a blur. When he finally woke up a man was standing there before him. He was also silver blond. Except it was a bit messy. He wore dark clothes and was on a horse that was black with red eyes just as he had. Eric coughed a bit and stood up drenched in water. He straightened himself up and said:
"Nice day we are having aren't we father?"
" Are you well dear?" the nurse said looking into the closet searching for Aerina's clothes. Aerina nodded. She was still a bit in shock from the kiss. Remembering she laid down the fork and touched her lips. She smiled a bit.
" Ah what is this? A smile. Hmm. You wouldn't be fancying the prince yourself would you?" the nurse teased while combing the princess's hair.
" Of course not." Aerina exclaimed starting to eat her breakfast.
" Hmm. Well, that's fine, but he is a good boy. No harm comes from him. I think you should spend the day with him. Take him for a walk or perhaps take him to the library so you two can read together, " the nurse suggested. Aerina rolled her eyes.
" Nurse, I don't want to. He'd probably think that I want to snog with him or something." She said taking a piece of her pancake. The nurse laughed. She rose from the bed and left Aerina alone to think it over. Perhaps she wouldn't mind to take a walk through her garden with him. Taking a pancake she rolled it up and walked to the secret door that Eric had discovered. She took a piece of the pancake and ate it. Peering into the room, she saw Eric was on his bed eating his breakfast. He looked up and smiled. Aerina gulped and walked forward.
" The nurse suggested that I spend the day with you." She said with a stern look on her face.
" Really?" he said setting down his fork. Aerina nodded.
" Well, what do you wish to do?" Eric asked. Aerina stood by the fireplace. Eric looked at her again with that stare that made her quiver.
" Forget it. I have many things to do!" she said heading for the door.
"Wait!" Eric exclaimed getting ready to run to her.
" Don't move! Stay right there. I don't want you getting close to me." Aerina said holding up her hand in alarm. Eric nodded in confusment and stayed put.
" What do you wish to say?" she said letting down her hand. He looked at her lovingly. He could tell her right now that he loved her. He could tell her that it this very moment he was melting just looking at her. He was shaking from wanting to touch her so much again. Instead of that he asked: " Why do you hate me so much?" How juvenile he thought. He went from professing his for love her to being a sissy little boy who was easily hurt. Aerina stood her ground. She looked up at him with furious eyes.
" Don't you know how my parents died?" she asked with fury in her voice. Eric only shook his head with a confused look on his face. She rolled her eyes and walked a little bit forward.
" Before you and I were born, your father was in love with my mother when they were perhaps our age. She of course didn't think of him in that sort of way. She was in love with my father. Your mother was extremely jealous after we were born. The reason was, your father was still in love with my mother. So what she did was, tell your father that my mother wanted to kill you. Of course if anything he loved you more than her. So, he sent his troops to my castle, and killed both my mother and father. However, fate and its twisted ways had sent yugis* to kill both your father and mother while they were out on a walk through their forest. I hate you, because you were related to that horrible man who killed my parents! If wasn't for him, they would be here now!"
" Well what about me? I am also parentless but I can have feelings for you anyway."
Eric said looking at her innocently. He lied down again.
" Is that all you have to say?" she asked furiously.
" Yes." Eric replied simply. He heard slam the door. Looking up at the fireplace it soon lighted up. Eric sat up and stared at it. After a while he got up and hurried out of the room.
Fall had begun the yellow and orange leaves fell from the trees. They fell on Aerina's face as she walked alone through the forest. She hated him and nothing could ever change her mind. While walking alone she heard a sound. She looked around. It sounded like a howl. Wolves? Another howl surrounded the forest. For fear she began to run through forest towards the castle. Aerina could hear them traveling through the bushes. She looked at a tall tree with a lot of branches. A shadow had jumped on the tree. She stood her ground.
" Come out you! I-I'll blast you into smithereens!" she shouted angrily. A laugh came from the tree.
" Ay who comes now?" she asked angrily. The shadow appeared. It looked like a boy she braced herself for:
" Dear princess come now! You surely wouldn't want to blast me! I mean making fake howls through a forest isn't a crime now is it?" said Eric coming out from his shadow. Aerina's mouth became stout.
" Why you little-"
" Little what?" he sniggered swinging down and hanging upside down on a branch.
" Are you going to slap me? Go ahead, I like it." He said grinning. She became even angrier.
" If you don't behave I shall cancel this treaty and send you back home and declare war on you!" she threatened, or at least tried to. Eric snickered a bit.
" O send me home? Dear me, what a punishment." He replied.
" I think a kiss would be much better," he said letting go of the grasp on the branch. He back-flipped from the tree and landed on the ground on his feet. He walked forward to her.
" Back you now!" she warned letting out her hand, which began to have a foggy exterior surround it.
" Going to blast me now?" he said standing there. Aerina looked him over like the first time she had met him. He felt nervous with her eyes on him. Before he knew it, the wind blew by causing dirt and leaves fly in his eyes. He covered his eyes.
" We better get under cover don't you think?" he shouted through the howling of the leaves. Silence.
" Aerina?" he shouted out again. When the wind stopped he looked up, and saw that Aerina was gone. He grinned to himself again. Deciding that it was a bit boring to just stand there he walked to the nearest river. He sat there a while staring at it. Suddenly a whirlwind appeared in the water. It became larger and turned into a shape of a tornado. The large water wave took him by the river and pulling him into the river. He tried to yell for help. All was a blur. When he finally woke up a man was standing there before him. He was also silver blond. Except it was a bit messy. He wore dark clothes and was on a horse that was black with red eyes just as he had. Eric coughed a bit and stood up drenched in water. He straightened himself up and said:
"Nice day we are having aren't we father?"