PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER ONE:

"'whoosh''
As the sound of rushing water of a shower is turned off, voices could clearly be heard through the closed bathrooms door.
Though muffled, it's obvious that the voices are talking excitedly about something. Slowly the voices seem to move farther
from the door then louder as the owners walk closer to the bathroom door,now loud enough for the person on the inside
to hear what was being said outside.
'Maybe they want us to mingle with the other participants...'
questions a woman, sounding as if she were thinking aloud more then talking to someone else.
'hhhhhmmmmm...mayhaps.But they probably want to see how many they're going to have to accomindate...'
Came a male's booming voice, he sounded as if seriously concidering the subject at hand.
'Is she done? I don't hear the water anymore?'
the man suddenly stated, his voice now fading as he seemed to walk away from the door once more.
'BANG! BANG! BANG!'
it was the woman on the outside banging on the locked wooden door of the bathroom, trying to catch the person on the inside's
attention.
'OI! You done in there? We're going to be late!'
Suddenly the door swings open and standing there looking unamused is a woman with sopping wet hair, glaring at the woman
who had just banged on the door.
'You don't need to shout-I can hear you fine...'
She says walking past the shorter louder one, wearing nothing more then a thin and slightly short blue housecoat. She comes to a
stop at the top of the stairs and looks back at her friend (the woman) and her cousin (the man).
'Correct me if I'm wrong...But I think we're far from being late...'
She turned back to walk down the stairs, when her cousin tried to agree with her but was cut off.
'Didn't we want to get there early to check out the competition?'
'Translation: Amber wants to get there early to check out all the hot guys...'
The man stated right after the shorter woman had spoken, moments later he was smacked upside the head by the woman, Amber.
The woman on the stairs grabs onto the banister to keep herself from falling down the stairs in a fit of laughter-her face going
a brilliant shade of red.
'Devon! Stop Trying to kill your Cousin!'
Amber replied with a grin, shaking her head and taking the chance to slip into the bathroom before anyone else could claim it.
'And your wrong...It's you who wants to 'check' out the 'hot' girls...'
With a giggle and before Devon could retaliate, Amber slammed the bathroom door shut leaving the two cousins in silence before
they continued their preperations for the Uchu tournament.

Cue song: Princes of the Universe by Queen. as the title of story is splashed before your eyes...

The Noon sun shone brightly down on the streets of - village-it was starting to become a rather hot day.
Amber,Devon and Holly were already fully on their way towards the colisuem where the tournament would be held. Amber was
wearing her black sweater over a cottonish black blouse (which she had long borrowed from Holly) and black pants with her
jingly sash around her waist. Devon wore his greenish jacket, a grey shirt and greyish black pants-he was also carring an over
sized backpack on his back which was crammed with everything and anything he thought that they may need during the tournament.
And Holly, was wearing a cream coloured top that was fairly low cut in the front and had large holes in the sleeves, she wore a
deep blue 'school girl' type skirt,along with her shine high boots-slung over one shoulder was her blue jean bag which looked as if
it were about to fall apart.
'C'mon...Why aren't you entering...'
Amber whined to bug Holly who had still not given a valid reason as to why she chose not to enter the tournament (to avoid this
problem prior to this she never told her friends that she hadn't entered...)
'I just don't feel like it...'
She replied shrugging as if it took effort to answer her friend, she slowly turned her gaze towards the beautiful blue sky and sighed
inwardly, not wanting to reveal the truth as to why she hadn't entered.
'Maybe her 'boy-toy' didn't want her to get damaged...'
Snickered Devon-only to get punched by Amber almost the instant the words left his mouth. Holly looked back at the two with a
puzzled yet comical expression.
'No...In fact, he wanted me to go and enter but I told him that I wouldn't...not even for him.'
This time Amber caught the expression in Holly's eyes but decided not to ask what was bothering her,yet. Turning to walk backwards
Amber gave her friends a large silly grin-that in turn made holly lurch foreward in a fit of giggles.
'As we're on the topic...Are we ever going to meet this mystery man?'
Amber grinned as Devon nodded now seeming very interested to find out what kind of guy his cousin was involved with, hoping it
wasn't some scum bag.Amber's eyes danced with excitement as she giggled deviously and clapped her hands together rather like
a young child would.
'You should invite him out to the tournie, so we can finally see him!'
Holly's eyes darkened as she grinned, knowing Amber had something up her sleeve. She shook her head and let her shoulders drop
a little as she continued to grin.
'I really don't think he'd appreciate being ambushed by you...any of you...'
she added quickly seeing Amber's grin fade slightly.
'He doesn't need to know that we're even there!'
Amber continued, smiling widely once more. Devon grunted but didn't want to pressure his cousin into making the decision at the
moment, he also didn't want to get hit by either of the girls any time soon. Remaining silent seemed a good option for him, for now.
Luckily for Holly, before the conversation could go any farther then she wanted it to, they rounded a corner and were now in front
of the colisuem.
'C'mon! let's get out of this heat!'
He grumbled, whiping his brow as he said this and making his way straight to the front doors with Amber in hot persuit. Holly, who
adored the heat was slowing down to hang back, also seeing no rush for her to get in there if she wasn't entering.
'I think I'll hang out here for a little bit-I love the sun and heat and I really don't...'
she would have continued but as if on que both Amber and Devon spun around and grabbed her arms and began to drag her inside.
Forcing her through the door's first, before slamming them behind her. Stumbling in she wasted no time in turning around, unaware
that there was anyone else in there with her.
'That was mean! I don't want to be in here yet! It's a beautiful day!'
she yelled through the tainted glass, she able to make out the taunting faces of her two comrades-They held the doors so that she
couldn't get out, yet no one could get in while they blocked the way as well.
'You both suck! I hate you!'
She growled and turned to storm away out of mock anger, hearing Amber's loud laugh from through the door. Slowing, as if deciding
if she wanted to rush the doors she finally noticed that she wasn't alone as she had first believed. Sitting on a bench outside of the
mens and womans bathrooms, starring at her with dark eyes was a boy with black spikey hair-she didn't reconize him and knew that
he must be from out of the village. She found it odd that he didn't find her outburst at all strange though, perhaps he had some pretty
weird friends and knew just to accept something like what he had just witnessed. The boy shook his head and seemed to silently
sigh, probably thinking of how all the 'freaks' would be drawn to this tournament. Holly grinned sheepishly, feeling her face suddenly
brighten from embarrasement, she spotted a side door and quickly made her way through it-leaving the lobby behind.
'Wonder who that guy was...'
She thought moments before she noticed Brian and Liane wondering around the side of the building heading towards the main
entereance. They spotted her and waved her over-Grinning normally once more Holly trotted over to her friends.
'How come you were coming out the side door?'
Liane asked tilting her head in confusion-Brian also had a look of confusion across his face but shrugged it off as nothing out of the
ordinary when it concerned his friends. Holly growled darkly, and crossing her arms infront of her chest glared behind her before
answering Liane.
'Amber and Devon won't let me outside-They're at the front not letting anyone in or out...'
She huffed like she was seriously upset at what they had done, but the smirk on her face showed otherwise.
'But your outside now...'
Brian chuckled lightly, resting his weight on one foot as the three chatted.
'Indeed! But they don't know that...Hey! I'm thirsty...'
Normaly the sudden topic jump would annoy and confuse whoever Holly was talking to but Brian and Liane knew her too well to
really even notice.
'There's a drink stand back there-we passed it on our way over...'
'Thanks! I'll see you guys inside!'
Holly thanked Brian and Liane before dashing off in the direction that her friends had indicated.
'Crazy Holly...'
Liane laughed as she watched Holly disappear around the corner.
'Wonder if Devon and Amber realized she's not there any more?'
Brian mused as he and Liane began to walk onwards, heading to the doors to find out if indeed their friends were still there goofing
off.
Meanwhile, the two in question were still blocking the doors but no one had said anything to them yet, as no one had really wanted
to come in or out of the building.
'I can't see-Damn tinted windows...'
Amber muttered as she had her face plastered right against the window, trying to look inside but it was in vain. Neither of them
seemed to notice a shadow approaching from behind until Devon pulled his face away from the window far enough to catch the
reflection of someone there.
'Let me Through.'
He said,voice almost emotionless but filled with enough expression to get the point that he wasn't amused across to the pair,
Amber was about to mouth the boy off when she noticed how bright red his hair was, she then became speachless and Devon
had to speak for them both.
'Sorry, My cousin...'
Devon started as he pulled the door he had been holding open, moving out of the way for the boy to pass-but the boy continued on
as if disinterested in what Devon was saying.
'That was rather rude...'
Devon stated loud enough for the boy to have heard-though he didn't even react to this comment. Amber was still just starring at the
boy's hair.
'...so red...'
Staring for a second in confusion, Devon shook his head and muttered something under his breath. Whatever he had said seemed to
instantly snap Amber out of her trance and hit him in the shoulder-Devon yelped slightly and rubbed the spot where he had been hit.
'C'mon let's go find that Holly...'
Amber marched into the door Devon still held open, sighing Devon followed into the lobby. The boy who had passed them was no
longer in sight, nor was the dark haired boy Holly had embarrased herself infront of earlier. In fact Devon and Amber appeared to be
totally alone in the lobby. Silence fell over the two as they glanced at each other with the same creeped out expressions and thoughts.
'Where is everyone?'
They asked in unison-voices echoing off of the high walls...