Hey it's me again!!! Thnks fellforadeadguy,you made me very happy. Hope you enjoy this chappie

"Come on Wilona, you are so slow!" groaned Beauty, as we strolled down the hall, a good five feet from the king, queen, and prince.

"I'm trying to keep up Tacey!"I hissed, tripping over the long rug in the middle of the corridor. I had just realized that my rubber boots were still on my feet, and they went terribly with the dress I had thrown on.

"Your Lord and Ladyship, may I be excused to my room, I need to change once again." I whispered, coming a foot away from them.

"Why yes, but whatever for?" Kimberlie asked, giving me a strange look.

My cheeks turned a crimson red as I lifted my dress to reveal the boots. To my surprise, Queen Kimberlie did not faint from my lack of fashion sense, instead she grinned, somewhat amused. No, she was very amused!

"Oh dear, of course you may go change!" she giggled, her face turning red from trying to keep the laughter in. Everyone was now looking at me, and I could tell there were all holding back laughter.

"Thank you!" I breathed, wanting to get away from them as quick as possible. I stopped midstep, my cheeks felt as they were on fire.

"I do not know the way back to my room." I squeaked, putting my head down in disgrace.

This caused more peals of laughter, coming from all of them.

" Daren will show you the way Wilona, your sister will come" laughter " with me because the dinner table" more giggling " is expecting Tacey, since she is your uncle's apprentice." Kemp said, gasping for air.

Daren just stood there, seeming to study me for a second those blue eyes of his were so unnerving.

"Yes Father, I will escort Wilona to her room!" Daren answered, a kind smile spreading across his face.

"Well, then you two hurry along!" Kimberlie scolded, though she still had a mile long smile on her face. I really wanted to get away from them.

"Come on Wilona!" Daren cried, running down the hall.

" Hang on, I can't run well in this dress!" I groaned, lifting up the gown, so I could catch up to him.

Once we were out of the King, Queen, and my sister's view, Daren stopped to look at me. I almost skidded into him, because I had been running so fast.

"I have not properly introduced myself to you yet, so hi, I'm Daren." he chuckled, holding out his hand. His hand had not a scratch or callous on it!

"Nice to meet you Prince Daren, I am Wilona!" I smiled, shaking his hand. Like its appearance, the hand was soft. I wondered if he had ever done anything without a servants help

"It's Daren, nothing more." he insisted, taking his hand back to slide his glasses back up his face.

"Ok Daren, it is most wonderful to meet you." I smirked, starting to walk down the bright hallway again. The guards were nowhere to be seen, and I wondered what had happened to them.

"Umm Daren, what happened to all the guard?

"Oh, they never stay in the presence of a royal, but I am unsure why." Daren answered, walking at my side.

"Ok" I said "So, how old are you?

"I will be sixteen next month, and there will be a royal ball in my honor." Daren answered with a shrug.

My stomach did a flip. Unlike my sister, I hated balls. Beauty dragged me to one of those dreadful things once when I was eleven, and she sixteen. Let us just say she never took me to another one again!!

"Do you enjoy going to the balls and royal parties?" Darren asked, snapping me out of dream world. He had to be joking!

"To tell you the truth, I really have never enjoyed them much." I whispered, afraid that he would scold me. No scolding came, just a long silence. It seemed like the silence in-between us lasted an eternity, and finally I had the nerve to look up into his face. Darren wore a look of shock, and disbelief.

"I mean there not that ba-" I started to say, but Darren interrupted me midsentence..

"I don't like them either, I thought I would never find another human being who thought as I do!" he sighed in awe.

"Oh my, I did not think I would either!" I laughed, greatly relieved that he did not think me anti-social. It was amazing that a P-R-I-N-C-E did not love to go to balls. P-R-I-N-C-E stands for Partying-Really-Is-Needed-Cool-Entertainment.

"How old are you?" he questioned, looking at me with his laughing blue eyes.

"I'm, uummmm, fifteen, sixteen in three months." I stuttered, not sure why I was talking like a total idiot.

"Oh really, we are the same age then!" he chuckled, looking really happy for some reason

We walked the rest of the way in companiable silence. Every now and then, I would sneak a look at Daren, he was not what I had been expecting. He was nice, and as it seemed, a lot like me.

I sighed as I saw the stairs in front of me. "Why did the people who built this castle put such tiring stairs in, it would have been easier for the both of us if they had just made the upper floor closer to the ground!" I groaned.

Daren looked at me in surprise, as if I was from a different realm.

"These stairs are tiny, have you ever seen the ones that they have in the neighboring kingdom!" he said, shaking his head.

For the second time that day, my cheeks turned red, as I tried to look down at the shiny marble floor to hide my embarrassment.

"Come on, I'll race you!" he challenged, crossing his arms over his chest. He did not notice my flaming face.

"Are you kidding?" I shouted, looking straight into his blue eyes. He grinned evilly,like he had just taken over the world.

"GO!" Daren cried, shooting up the stairs like a cannon

"Hey, that's not fair!" I snapped, as I ran after him as best I could, in a dress.

Daren won, by a lot. While I was on the floor gasping for air, he was also, but his was from laughter, rather than exhaustion

I got up from off the floor, and smiled in spite of myself. Daren was still on the ground with laughter,his once smooth suite looked as if stomped on repeatedly. "So should we get going?" I smiled, putting out my hand to help him up, since he could not support himself from all the laughter. Daren took my hand, with a smile still on his face, and hoisted himself up. Once on his feet he looked down the hall.

"Which is your room?" Daren asked, once again his calm and collected self. I noticed that he had freckles spewed acrossed his nose.

"The first brown door." I shrugged, starting to walk that way. I reached the door, and opened it "I just have to change my boots, and then I will join the dinner." I winced at the word dinner, usually I did not mind dinner, but when there were going to be tons of people, ready anytime for new gossip, it ruined the whole thing.

After a long silence, Daren whispered " Hey, they never said we had to join them, so why don't I show you around the castle, and we will sneak some food out of the kitchen later."

I smirked "Oh ok Daren, but why don't you want to go to dinner with all those people?"

It was his turn to wince "I hate being watched like that, it makes me nervous." he confessed

"Me too." I said, as I went to change into my comfortable clothes.

Hey, its me once again. Hope you liked it, please tell me if you did, or tell me if you thought it sucked, I just want to know your opinions. So, why would Tacey be their uncles apprentice, instead of Tacey? What is the other thing that the King and Queen need to tell the sisters? I know, I know, but I'm not going to tell you! Mwhahahaha, farewell, and please review!!