Fairytale-ish



Chapter 1: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (Macbeth)

"Well, well, well.Look what we have here" the masked blond-haired man said with a devious smirk.

"It's an honour to meet you Princess Cho, Princess Hannah," he continued. "I presume you are on your way to meet your fiancé in Griffindor, your highness" Then he stepped forward took hold of the dark haired Princess' hand, holding it up to kiss it. Princess Cho pulled her hands away.

"Get you filthy hands of me, I wish not to be tainted with your touch. You have our gold and our jewellery, now leave us be!"

"I fear I cannot do as you wish your highness. You see, I, being a Slytherin myself, have never been.fond of the Griffindors. Many members of my family had been killed by them, either in combat or by assassination. This of course included the father I never knew. And now a perfect opportunity for revenge just strolled right pass me in a carriage," He moved closer, hovering over the two princesses menacingly. Then he turned to face the sweet princess with golden hair, which matched her golden dress, she was staring at the floor, too afraid to look up.

Then the masked blond thief leader softly lifted her face up to meet his steel eyes, his fingers brushing her cheeks softly as her fears spilled from her eyes as tears. Noticing her tears he wipes them gently. The princess was trembling from the touch.

Then she was quickly pull away from the masked blond by the other princess. Princess Cho wrapped her arms around the golden haired princess protectively as streams flowed from her eyes. " Shh.don't cry, everything is going to be alright. Our noble Princes will come and rescue us." She continued to sooth her friend.

During this, the thief leader pulled out some parchment and a quill, then quickly scribbled a letter to the two prince of Griffindor.

To the betrothed princes of Griffindor,

I wish to challenge you to a duel in the Bergulia forest of Hufflepuff, near the Crosspoint (the point where the border of all the kingdoms cross, there is a magical barrier in which to stop intruders.) There is a tearing in the magical barrier two steps away from the point, which would allow three people to cross. I would also like to inform you that since we have your princesses, you have no choice. If you are not here within five days since the arrival of this message, the princesses die. Only two of you will come here or the princess dies. We'll be seeing each other very soon.

The Dragon

"You!" He pointed his fingers to one of the soldiers. "Send this to the Princes of Griffindor immediately." He gave the letter to one of three unwounded, living soldiers.

"Well princesses, let see if your prince charming will show up in shining armour and save you." He smirked again at the two princesses before ordering his men to tie them up.

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At the Aurum Leoninus de Palace. Five days later.

"How dare they do this to us? Those.those.those, UHH! There is no word with such foulness worthy of describing those low life scums. Is there no border to what they take as their own? Is there no morality to which they live by? Why do they have to steal our beloved princesses from us?" The young prince spoke with such anger and speed that only his older brother, Prince Oliver (who is equally angered) can understand him.

" I'm as equally shocked and enraged as you are. How did this happen? Princess Hannah and Princess Cho were supposed to be well guarded during their travel. What happen?" Prince Oliver shouted as he paced around the room.

"But your highness, he is no ordinary thief, that was "The Dragon", the leader of the most notorious and ferocious band of thieves in the four kingdoms. They ambushed us, there must be at least seventy men, all well trained in the art of combat and clean of all humanity as they have murdered and maimed all of our men, only me and two fellow knights have survived this attack." The once proud brave knight now was now shaking as he speaks.

"I do not wish to hear anymore accuses." Prince Harry put up his hand as a signal to stop speech. " The most important thing now is to get the Princesses back, I'm going." And with that he started walking away.

" Harry, wait!" Prince Oliver shouted after him. " How are you planning on fighting seventy men all by yourself? How will you get to Crosspoint? Do you even know where that is?"

Harry stopped before mumbling the word "no" quietly.

"Well then slow down. Think before you act."

"There's no time, if we don't hurry the Princess will die."

"Well' since they said that only two of us can go, I'm coming with you."

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" Where the hell are we? We've been in the forest for five days already. Are you sure you know where Crosspoint is? How long till we get there?" Prince Harry complained as they rode on their horses through the Forbidden forest to Crosspoint.

"Calm down. This is Crosspoint, it's on the border of our kingdom. I'm just grateful that it only took five days to get here. If you want to go back you can?" Prince Oliver was getting very annoyed at his younger brother.

"No," Prince Harry mumbled quietly. They rode in silence for a few minutes until.

" Look! Over there I see it." Prince Harry said suddenly, pointing ahead at the giant arrow pointing up and then splitting in four different directions. The first arrow pointing up was made of ice pointing up, it was as high as the sycamore trees. Above it were four arrows levitating in the air. The one pointing at Hufflepuff was made of black pearls and amber. The one pointing at Ravenclaw was made of bronze and sapphires. The one pointing at Slytherin was made of silver and emerald. The one pointing at Griffindor was made of gold and rubies.

The two princes approached it. " So how do we know where the border is?" as he looked at the arrows and around it and saw only a track that ran in four directions. He got off his horse and went to inspect closer. Slowly he walked around the arrows until he splattered into an invisible wall.

"By that." Prince Oliver said, trying not to smile. Prince Harry turn to face him, looking slightly annoyed.

"So how does this thing work?" Prince Harry asked curiously

" Well, the magical barrier stops, or at least warned us when there's an invasion. To get through it you need a professional barrier breaker."

"Well then, how do we get through" Prince Harry asked again.

Prince Oliver didn't answer but just moved two steps away from the arrows and then moving through the barrier. Prince Harry saw this and followed his brother's steps.

They were met by a tall, slim nut muscular figure, with platinum blond hair that fell to his face, the strands fell lightly in front of the silver mask on his face. His silver eyes glittered and shine like melting ice behind them.

" So, you are Prince Oliver and Prince Harry, am I correct?" The Princes nodded. The Dragon let his eyes linger on the youngest prince for a few seconds before he called for the princesses.

Moments later the two princesses came into view. Both of them with their hands behind their back. Princess Cho still held her head high and walked over to them gracefully as Princess Hannah stumbled behind her.

"Harry!" "Oliver" The two princess said at the same time.

Harry turned to see the Princess just as the Dragon attacked him. Swords hit each other in their fatal attacks.

"Save the princesses!" He shouted to Prince Oliver who began fighting his way through until he got to the princesses and cut them loose. The princesses ran away from the thieves.

The clanking of swords echoed through the dark forest as the prince and the thief fought viciously against each other. He had realised that the thief was not as immoral as he thought, for he fights one on one in a duel.

The young prince turned around exhausted, he looked at his brother who was fighting a big stupid looking thief and quickly shouted

"Oliver, get out of this place, go protect the princesses." (clank!)

"What about you?" He shouted back. (clank!)

"Never mind. (clank!) Just go. (clank!) If I'm not at Crosspoint (clank!) in an hour (clank!) then I'm gone. (clank!) Just leave without me (clank!) GO!"

Oliver fought his way through the crowd of thieves, while Prince Harry fought. He turned around to make sure his brother escaped safely. Then he felt something big and heavy hit his head. And everything went black.

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Princess Hannah panted as she sat down to rest, leaning on a sycamore tree. The chaos was behind them. Princess Cho looked around to make sure no one followed them.

"I think we've lost them" She turned to the scared golden haired princess. Then Princess Cho looked around again to make sure. Princess Cho circled the sycamore and disappeared out of Princess Hannah's view for a few seconds. She had a malicious grin on her face when she returned.

"Are we being followed?" Princess Hannah asked looking around. Then in the next millisecond Princess showed pulled out a sharp silver dagger and without a moment of hesitation she plunges it into the heart of the golden haired princess.

Princess Hannah's eyes widen in shock and horror as red liquid ooze from the wound, covering her elegant gold dress with a dark red colour. She choked briefly before whispering "Why?" Her body dropped, limb on the ground, her once warm body turning cold.

The brunette princess grin maliciously as she looked down upon the pile of blood and fold before her.

TBC

A/N: Well that's the first chapter. It may be a while before I write the next one, I don't know if I have time for it. Also my internet's not working, I had to use the school computer to post this (which was not allowed.) so it may be awhile. Anyway, do you like the twist? Sorry if they talk funny, I've been reading Macbeth for English. Review pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeee!

Mwah!