The Runaway Princess
By: MoonFee
Chapter 2
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
On Earth:
"Ladies, what are you doing out here?" A stern strange voice called.
"Ummm…" Usagi couldn't think of a thing to say.
"Well?" The lady asked.
"We were…we're lost!" Explained Mina, hoping that would make everything better.
She thinks that saying 'we're lost' will cure everything? What an idiot. I can't believe that she is the captain of my senshi.
"Well, my dear princess, it is very easy to get lost in the castle's gardens, but please, next time watch where you go and don't come out here at dark. People will think you are up to nothing, trying to get the prince's attention or something. Oh, sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Aspasia. I am the king's official welcomer. Allow me to take you to your rooms." Said Aspasia.
While Aspasia was carrying on, Serena thought to herself in shock, She… she knows we're princesses? What does she mean the castle gardens? Trying to get the prince's attention? Who would want to? A welcomer? We don't have any rooms. How are we going to get out of this one?
"I'm sorry Lady Aspasia…" started Mina.
"No. Just Aspasia. I am certainly no lady." Corrected Aspasia.
"I'm sorry, Aspasia. We w-we just got here. We don't have any rooms yet. Exactly what are we supposed to do anyway?" Asked Mina, with hopes of finding out something that the lady was talking about.
What does she mean, 'we just got here.'? I'll have her head! Not really, but. I hope she knows what she is doing. I'm gonna kill you Mina!
"Didn't you hear? Well, of course you heard, otherwise you wouldn't be here. The king is holding an extended ball, to help young Prince Endymion choose his wife. All of you princesses of our planet were invited. I just hope the dear finds someone he likes more than just for… Oh!! I said too much. Please let me show you to your rooms." Said Aspasia bashfully.
A ball, I bet it will be splendid. This may be exactly what Usagi will need. I can't believe she agreed to let me call her that.
"Oh, and before I forget and outdo myself, what are your names, and which kingdoms do you represent?"
"Oh, my name is Princess Mina, and that is my sister Princess Usagi. We are from the umm, the um…" Shit! I just blew it!
"We are from the Lunessa kingdom. It is a series of small islands out in the middle of the ocean. We weren't invited, but our neighbors were and we wanted a chance to get away from the island where everything we did was chosen for us. Our father said that if either one of us married the prince, the other wouldn't have to marry the prince of one of our neighboring islands. We despise the men our father has us betrothed to. Anyone has got to be better than them. We hoped that since so many people were invited, that the prince wouldn't notice there are two extra people." Said Usagi, shocking herself. Where did I come up with that ability to lie so easy? I can't believe I am going along with this? What am I doing!? Damn you Daeva! Why couldn't you leave us alone!"Well… such I am a sympathetic person, I will just put you two on the list without anyone knowing, and say you were there all this time. I must say your reason for being here is sure better than the other princesses. They just want to marry him for his looks and his power."
That sounds familiar. Thought Usagi.
"Well, let me go and find you two rooms. Any preferences?"
"Just one. Can the rooms be joined? We are sisters." Asked Mina.
"No problem at all." Said Aspasia, and they were off. Poor ladies. I want one of them to marry the prince because they won't have to marry whoever they are supposed to. And yet, I don't want them to marry him, because he is such a womanizer. Poor princesses. Am I glad I'm just an official welcomer.
In their rooms:
"Now ladies, if there is anything I can get you, don't be afraid to ask? Is there anything before I go?" questioned Aspasia.
"Well, as you can tell, we aren't in the most decent state. On our way here, someone mugged us and stole all of our clothing and jewelry. If you could send us up some dresses and tell us where a fine jeweler is, that would be all. Oh… blushing we need nightgowns." Explained Mina.
"No problem. I will have a maid bring up two nightgowns. Oh, and before I forget. Breakfast is at 9:00. Please don't be late. The prince hates it. He has to be the last one to show up everywhere he goes. That should do it. Have a nice day." When Aspasia was done, she left the two alone.
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Mina.
"I'm more concerned about what the heck is going on. I'll be damned if I am going to try and gain the 'love' of some pig of a prince and marry him!"
"You don't even know anything about him, how can you be criticizing him already?"
"I've heard enough about him to know what to expec…" Usagi got cut off by a knock on the door. "Come in!"
"Thank you, your highness. My name is Molly and I will be your attendant during your stay. If there is anything you need, let me know. I was told to bring these two nightgowns and dresses up to you. I'll be here at 7:00 tomorrow morning to draw your baths, so you can get ready. Please have a good night."
"Thank you, Molly. My name is Princess Mina and that is my sister Princess Usagi."
"You can just call us Usagi and Mina though. We hate formalities." Piped up Usagi.
"Thank you, my princesses, but I am afraid I must stay with the formalities that you hate. If there is anything you need, just call." With that, Molly left the room.
"Wow, they most certainly know how to give someone the royal treatment. I could get used to this." Exclaimed Mina.
"It's not all it's cracked up to be. It gets old very fast."
"You spoil the fun. Wow! Look at these dresses! I call the peach one!" said Mina eyeing the dresses.
"What?! Well, you can have it. I am rather fond of the pale pink one. You're lucky this time, but don't be so sure the next!" Said Usagi with a fun glint in her eyes.
They both started laughing and decided it was time for bed. Mina went to her room, leaving Usagi to look around at hers. The carpeting was an off white. The walls were an amazing sea shell pink. The furniture made out of a dark oak. And, the material of the curtains and bedding was a fabulous dark beige. Her room made her think of the oceans, even though she had never seen them. She fell asleep while thinking about how she would love to see them.
In the morning:
Mina woke up to the scents of lavender and vanilla. When she followed her nose, she found herself in the gigantic bathroom of her suite. The bath resembled a small swimming pool. (No, not one for a baby, but about half the size of a regular swimming pool.) She found that her dress was in there hanging up and there was also a towel and the soaps she'd need. She checked her watch and saw that it was 7:10. Perfect. I have an hour and fifty minutes left. Usagi snicker should be up by now. I'll just enjoy my bath. With that thought Mina took her bath. When she was through getting ready for the morning, it was 8:30. When she went to see how Usagi was doing, she could not believe what she found.
"What are you doing in bed?! USAGI!! Wake up!"
"Hmmmm…??" With that response, Mina tore Usagi's blankets off and threw her on the floor. "HEY! Why'd you do that?" asked a disgruntled Usagi.
"Usagi, we have to be at breakfast in thirty minutes!"
"Alright, let me go and take my bath, then I will be through."
"We don't have time. Right now, it would probably take us that thirty minutes just to find where we are going!"
"I don't care. It's not like I'm after his attention. I'll be late whether he likes it or not. There is no way I am giving up my bath. There is nothing you can say to make me change my mind." With that final thought, Usagi went to the bathroom to get ready.
At ten to nine, Molly came to the rooms to take the girls to breakfast. "Are you ready?" she asked, looking around for Usagi.
"I am afraid that my sister is taking her precious time. She should be about ready. USAGI! Are you ready!" yelled Mina.
"Give me ten minutes!"
"Oh dear…" started a worried Molly. Oh my God. Please let her take at most five minutes. If they are late, I will probably be thrown out. I've had enough of these little accidents. Please let her hurry.
As if Mina could read her mind, "Don't worry Molly. If we are late, Usagi will take all the blame. And I mean all the blame. It's not your fault."
When Usagi finally walked out smelling like strawberries, it was exactly nine. "Well, I'm ready."
"It's about time. Now Molly, if you would show us the way. … Don't worry." Cooed Mina.
"Yes my lady."
Dining Hall:As they walked up to the door ten minutes late, Molly prayed that Prince Endymion had not shown up yet. She asked the guard, "Has his Royal Highness entered yet."
"He entered ten minutes ago. He is not going to be happy, my ladies." He added staring at the two princesses.
Of all the days he is always late, why did he have to pick today to be on time?
"Well, my ladies. Please enter." At the thought of this, it dawned on Mina and especially Usagi that they did not want to enter. From the sound of it, he really hated lateness, or at least people who were later than he. But, they had no choice because the guard opened the doors and ushered them in. "The two empty seats on the end are yours, my ladies. Please have a seat." The guard said watching the prince for any signs of, well, of anything. When he received none, he hurried out the door and closed it, not wanting to be in the room where all hell was about to break loose.
Usagi stared around her, everyone was silent and staring at her, and I mean, everyone. Why is everyone staring at me and not Mina? She looked around until her eyes fell on the 'oh-so-beautiful' prince. She wished now that she had gotten here earlier, so she could get a closer seat. It was then she realized he had asked her a question, not Mina. And, he was waiting for her answer.
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" she asked as innocently as she could.
"I said, why are you late?" said the prince in an amazingly constrained voice. It was easy to tell he was trying not to yell.
"Oh, I slept in. I had a rough night." With that, Usagi jumped up from her chair.
"I really don't care how rough your nights are. I guarantee you, mine are much rougher with less sleep. Don't be late again." He commanded, his voice getting rougher by the word. Even though they are rough, I do thoroughly enjoy them. I wonder where Angelica has gone off to… thought the prince to himself.
"What do you mean, 'don't be late again'!?" shouted an angry Usagi. "I needed sleep, so I was not going to let someone spoil it. I am terribly sorry that you have it worse. If your nights are so horrible, maybe you should sleep in too. Did you ever think of that, your highnass?" yelled an enraged Usagi. Everyone was staring at the prince expectantly, hoping that he would send this piece of trash away.
Mina tried to pull Usagi down, "Usagi! What are you doing?! He is the prince. This is his kingdom. You were told to be on time. Just sit down.!" Whispered Mina hurriedly. She realized from Usagi's glare, that her wish was not going to come true.
"Perhaps you are right, princess. I probably should get more sleep. I don't think I got your name?" Usagi realized this was a question.
"My name is Princess Usagi, and this is my sister, Princess Mina. We are from the Lunessa kingdom. Please forgive me of my outburst. As I said, I had a rough night." I swear he makes reference to his nights, I am going to throw up.
"Well, forgive me too, Princess Usagi. Now, if you would sit down, I am sure we can enjoy our meal. Oh and before I forget. I am Prince Endymion. These men are my generals: Malachite, leader of the northern armies, Zoicite, leader of the southern armies, Nephlite, leader of the eastern armies, and Jedite, leader of the western armies. Now, lets enjoy our breakfast, everyone." He added glancing at the rest of the princesses. This is going to be a long few weeks. I will hear about this later. God, Mally will probably laugh his head off at the thought that I gave up so easily to that Princesses Usagi. She is different. She really didn't care what I wanted. Hmmm… how interesting. After glancing at his generals, daring one of them to say something, he noticed that Mally wasn't really interested in his defeat. He followed Mally's gave to a woman with blond hair yelling at her person sitting next to her, Usagi. Ahh, I remember her name. Usagi said that was her sister, Princess Mina. How amusing. It looks I won't be the only one getting laughed at.
After Usagi sat down, Mina lit into her. "I can't believe you just did that. He is the prince! You can't just go around telling him what to do! Usagi?! Are you listening to me? … It's no use." Usagi was more interested in her meal than she was listening to what Mina had to say.
After Usagi had finished off most of her meal, she didn't know what to do. "Sooo Mina, what are we going to do today?" Oh God. Not that evil glint again.
"Do I really have to say it? Shopping! I can't wait to get a new wardrobe! sigh I've heard that Earth has some of the most beautiful and comfortable fabrics. I can't wait to get some!""Why am I not surprised? raised eyebrow You know, I am excited too. I think we should get Molly to come with us. She seems nice enough. I mean, she went through with us being late for breakfast." He gave up soo easy. That wimp.
"Yeah, that would be a great idea. I wonder who picked out the dresses for us this morning?" I bet there is more to that prince than seems. He gave up too easy. He is good looking, but that general of his, Malachite, is the better looking. Was he staring at me? I must be imagining things.
"So, it's a date!"
"What are you two planning?" said an annoyed voice from a woman with bushy red hair and evil green eyes.
"We are planning to go shopping… why?" said a curious Mina.
"I heard that part, but that display you put on earlier. I don't know what you are planning, but it's not going to work. Endymion will pick me and no one else. So you can just drop your game of charades."
"Eughh! You disgust me! Why do you even want him?! He is so arrogant and rude! And besides, what makes you so confident you can get him?" Asked Usagi. Why should I care if he decides to marry her or not?
"Just know that I will, so stay out of my way!" said the annoyed red head.
"What is your problem?!" said Mina in a little louder voice. With that the red head had herself dismissed from breakfast and walked off. "Seriously, anyone? What is her problem?"
"Don't worry too much about Beryl. She seems to think she owns everything she wants. We all want the prince, so you don't have to act like you don't. Personally, I think that was a great way to gain his attention. He now knows your names before any of the introductions. I just hope you don't have too much else planned. Well, I am going to head back to my rooms. Good day." Said a princess with blond hair. "Why didn't I think of that." They heard her mumble as she walked off.
"Usagi, we better get going if we want to hit the shops in time for them to have something ready for us for tomorrow. Let's go." Said a now calm Mina.
"Alright." Said Usagi with one quick glance up at the head of the table where Prince Endymion sat talking to his generals. However, she looked up just to find a certain prince looking right at her. He gave her a mocking smile to let her know that the fight only just began and raised his glass and took a sip. With that, Usagi went fuming off to her room to finish getting ready. What a jerk!
Well, I hope you liked it. Again I ask for reviews to know that people are reading. The blond lady has no significance to the story. I would like to say that I gladly accept criticism, as long as it is constructive. Please don't leave a review saying "your grammar sucks!" or "this story sucks!" It's okay to say that, but leave supporting evidence, such as "your story doesn't make sense." Let me know why it sucks. Let me know what I can do to improve it, if you find anything.
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Anhthy – It really is hard to write any story without seeing a similarity with others. I got the main idea for the plot of the attack forcing Usagi to go to Earth where a ball is being held, but other than that, I am writing on my own, with my own ideas
