Hola! ^_^" Umm...hi. Sorry I've taken so long to put this chapter up! Gomen for that. ::sigh:: I've been saying Gomen a lot lately with my chapters. Heh. Well, there has been a good reason that I haven't even been on the internet for a few days. There was a little family tuff over here and I kinda got kicked off. ^^;; I got in trouble. Heh, well, I'm not the perfect little angel. ^_~" Anywhoo...here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
~Relena Peace
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CHAPTER EIGHT:
Walking into the dining chambers, Heero followed the servant to his chair. Looking up at the Prince, Relena tried hard to hide the grin that was creeping upon her lips. Seeing that her smile was being struggled, Heero pondered it for a moment, wondering what the Princess could have found amusing.
"Come, my young man." The King said as Ella was pouring the wine. "Sit, drink, and be merry! For soon you two shall wed!" Taking the chair and sliding it out Heero sat in it stiffly. But only for a moment. As soon as his weight was placed on the furnished chair it collapsed beneath him.
A loud crash of wood and prince went sounding throughout the room. At first Heero didn't know how to react. He was obviously shocked, the chair, what must have been made of mahogany and should never have broken, just collapsed beneath him.
Standing up he collected himself, a stain of redness claiming his cheeks. "I say!" The King bellowed angrily. "Someone has tampered with this chair! These sets of chairs were made specially for your arrival and of mahogany of all things!" He glared around the room at the scared servants. "Who so ever has done this shall pay dearly!" His voice rising angrily.
His rants and threats were fallen dead upon Heero's ears. He was watching the Princess. Who looked very amused at all of this. "Ella darling." She said, her voice ringing out softly and calmly. "Will you tell Drake and Sten to take out the remains of this dreadful mess and get the Prince here a new chair." Ella bowed slightly, but not as slight as her smile. Her grin was wide as she left the room and returned with two other servants, who quickly cleaned up the mess. "Thank you Ella. That will be all for the three of you," The princess said as a new chair was placed where the old one had sat.
"That was a horrible thing!" The King said angrily, still ranting about the incident that just happened. "Pray, I will now tell you Prince WuFei. I will get the person who is behind this and behead them as soon as possible!" His anger was now rising higher and he glared around the room at the very frightened servants.
But Heero didn't hear him. Instead he sat down gingerly on his seat, testing it to see if this one too would collapse beneath him. When he found that it wouldn't he sat down more relaxed, allowing his full weight to be settled on it. His eyes the whole time were focused on the princess.
What princess was this, to know the names of her servants and speak to them in a friendly manner and not in the manner of a master? And the grin from her lips when he was about to sit down and when he had fallen was to add to suspicion. Heero knew at once that she had something to do with it. But why? That question was yet to be answered.
The rest of the meal proceeded without any more collapsing chairs. And Relena managed to calm her father down quickly. Saying that she was sure the person was to be found and for him to not worry his head about it. Heero had tried several times to engage in a conversation with the Princess. After all, he was to wed her, he could at least get to know her first! But each and every time that he either asked her a question, or tried to engage in a conversation her replies were always crisp and final. She didn't seem that she wanted to be in any conversation at all with him.
"She seems to have an already hatred for me." Heero complained to Prince WuFei and to Duo late that night. Walking farther into the garden so as they could not be overheard, Heero began to tell them about the Princess's reaction to the collapsing chair. "And the way she talked to the servants. Which was in a way no master would talk to a servant. Her mannerism is something to ponder. I do not understand it."
"Hn..." WuFei said pondering this. "I do not know what to say of this. It seems strange behavior for a Princess. Especially the part about the chair and knowing the servants names."
"Well maybe," Duo started to say but quickly shut up while putting his hand up for silence. Heero and WuFei looked at him questionably but stayed silent. Then they heard it. It was the sound of voices and breaking branches, like someone was walking in the forest that was right next to the garden which they were in.
Creeping closer to the sound Duo sunk down low under a branch and motioned for the other two to hide themselves. "I don't see why her highness wants us to get these long branches." A voice complained. "And I definitly don't see why she wants us to go get a bunch of rope." "Don't complain." A second voice spoke up. "Princess Relena is paying us good money for this work. And I for one don't mind being summoned in the middle of the night to fetch long sticks and a bush full of rope." Walking into the moonlight three men emerged into eye sight of Sir Duo, Prince WuFei, and Lord Heero.
Heero narrowed his eyes. This didn't sound good. What was this Princess up to? And why was she summoning and paying common peasants to do it? Glancing at WuFei Heero could see him drawing out his sword, ready for a fight if needed. "Hey, Earl." The one with short cropped blonde hair spoke. "Don't you think this is enough sticks?" The silent one looked up at him and nodded. "Well, that's it then Quatre. I've already gone and gotten the rope." The third one said yawning. "This is horrible. If she continues to call upon us then we wont have any time for loitering and thieving." "Hush, Zechs." Quatre said irritably. "If the Princess continues to pay us for our duties we have no use and no need of continuing with our thievery and trickery. We can just buy everything that we need." He smiled. "Come, let us go. She said that she wouldn't be waiting out all night for us, and we have been taking a while long."
As the three men returned the way that they had came their voices drifted away into the night so Heero and the other two could no longer hear them. Emerging from their hiding places the three men from Myena had a sense of hushed understanding silence among them. They all knew that this princess was no ally to them and something not good was going to happen if they weren't careful.
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Okay, Okay. I don't know what to think of this chapter myself. ^^" But I would like to know what you all think of it! Review now peoples! ^_^" The more you review the more I feel like writing and putting up chapters quicker. You may not believe me there but it is true. So if you don't review and I only get like, one or two, then I'll probably take another week or two just to put up the next chapter, heh, if not longer. ^_^" So if you all review then I'll just write the next chapter asap!
Relena Peace
P.S. REVIEW!!!
~Relena Peace
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CHAPTER EIGHT:
Walking into the dining chambers, Heero followed the servant to his chair. Looking up at the Prince, Relena tried hard to hide the grin that was creeping upon her lips. Seeing that her smile was being struggled, Heero pondered it for a moment, wondering what the Princess could have found amusing.
"Come, my young man." The King said as Ella was pouring the wine. "Sit, drink, and be merry! For soon you two shall wed!" Taking the chair and sliding it out Heero sat in it stiffly. But only for a moment. As soon as his weight was placed on the furnished chair it collapsed beneath him.
A loud crash of wood and prince went sounding throughout the room. At first Heero didn't know how to react. He was obviously shocked, the chair, what must have been made of mahogany and should never have broken, just collapsed beneath him.
Standing up he collected himself, a stain of redness claiming his cheeks. "I say!" The King bellowed angrily. "Someone has tampered with this chair! These sets of chairs were made specially for your arrival and of mahogany of all things!" He glared around the room at the scared servants. "Who so ever has done this shall pay dearly!" His voice rising angrily.
His rants and threats were fallen dead upon Heero's ears. He was watching the Princess. Who looked very amused at all of this. "Ella darling." She said, her voice ringing out softly and calmly. "Will you tell Drake and Sten to take out the remains of this dreadful mess and get the Prince here a new chair." Ella bowed slightly, but not as slight as her smile. Her grin was wide as she left the room and returned with two other servants, who quickly cleaned up the mess. "Thank you Ella. That will be all for the three of you," The princess said as a new chair was placed where the old one had sat.
"That was a horrible thing!" The King said angrily, still ranting about the incident that just happened. "Pray, I will now tell you Prince WuFei. I will get the person who is behind this and behead them as soon as possible!" His anger was now rising higher and he glared around the room at the very frightened servants.
But Heero didn't hear him. Instead he sat down gingerly on his seat, testing it to see if this one too would collapse beneath him. When he found that it wouldn't he sat down more relaxed, allowing his full weight to be settled on it. His eyes the whole time were focused on the princess.
What princess was this, to know the names of her servants and speak to them in a friendly manner and not in the manner of a master? And the grin from her lips when he was about to sit down and when he had fallen was to add to suspicion. Heero knew at once that she had something to do with it. But why? That question was yet to be answered.
The rest of the meal proceeded without any more collapsing chairs. And Relena managed to calm her father down quickly. Saying that she was sure the person was to be found and for him to not worry his head about it. Heero had tried several times to engage in a conversation with the Princess. After all, he was to wed her, he could at least get to know her first! But each and every time that he either asked her a question, or tried to engage in a conversation her replies were always crisp and final. She didn't seem that she wanted to be in any conversation at all with him.
"She seems to have an already hatred for me." Heero complained to Prince WuFei and to Duo late that night. Walking farther into the garden so as they could not be overheard, Heero began to tell them about the Princess's reaction to the collapsing chair. "And the way she talked to the servants. Which was in a way no master would talk to a servant. Her mannerism is something to ponder. I do not understand it."
"Hn..." WuFei said pondering this. "I do not know what to say of this. It seems strange behavior for a Princess. Especially the part about the chair and knowing the servants names."
"Well maybe," Duo started to say but quickly shut up while putting his hand up for silence. Heero and WuFei looked at him questionably but stayed silent. Then they heard it. It was the sound of voices and breaking branches, like someone was walking in the forest that was right next to the garden which they were in.
Creeping closer to the sound Duo sunk down low under a branch and motioned for the other two to hide themselves. "I don't see why her highness wants us to get these long branches." A voice complained. "And I definitly don't see why she wants us to go get a bunch of rope." "Don't complain." A second voice spoke up. "Princess Relena is paying us good money for this work. And I for one don't mind being summoned in the middle of the night to fetch long sticks and a bush full of rope." Walking into the moonlight three men emerged into eye sight of Sir Duo, Prince WuFei, and Lord Heero.
Heero narrowed his eyes. This didn't sound good. What was this Princess up to? And why was she summoning and paying common peasants to do it? Glancing at WuFei Heero could see him drawing out his sword, ready for a fight if needed. "Hey, Earl." The one with short cropped blonde hair spoke. "Don't you think this is enough sticks?" The silent one looked up at him and nodded. "Well, that's it then Quatre. I've already gone and gotten the rope." The third one said yawning. "This is horrible. If she continues to call upon us then we wont have any time for loitering and thieving." "Hush, Zechs." Quatre said irritably. "If the Princess continues to pay us for our duties we have no use and no need of continuing with our thievery and trickery. We can just buy everything that we need." He smiled. "Come, let us go. She said that she wouldn't be waiting out all night for us, and we have been taking a while long."
As the three men returned the way that they had came their voices drifted away into the night so Heero and the other two could no longer hear them. Emerging from their hiding places the three men from Myena had a sense of hushed understanding silence among them. They all knew that this princess was no ally to them and something not good was going to happen if they weren't careful.
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Okay, Okay. I don't know what to think of this chapter myself. ^^" But I would like to know what you all think of it! Review now peoples! ^_^" The more you review the more I feel like writing and putting up chapters quicker. You may not believe me there but it is true. So if you don't review and I only get like, one or two, then I'll probably take another week or two just to put up the next chapter, heh, if not longer. ^_^" So if you all review then I'll just write the next chapter asap!
Relena Peace
P.S. REVIEW!!!