F/N: Well I know it took me a long while to write this but i have a lot on my plate with school and all. I truly apologize. I appreciate all of my readers and I thank you all for reviewing and waiting! You are what keeps me going! Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo MUCH MWAAA! kisses

-Morning- alys' room

"Good moring! It's a beautiful Friday with the sun out but its still cold out so remember to bundle up! Now lets listen to some tunes here is 'Kiss From a Rose' by Seal." The radio alarm turned on early as usual. Alys hit the snooze button so hard that she thought it would break.

"Ugh...thank God it's Friday! Just one more day, Alys, just one more day..." She said to herself.

"Uh...Good morning,...er Miss Mawata." said a voice.

Alys jumped at the sound. She turned around to find a blue haired young man in some sort of a butler suit.

"Ack! Who are you?"

"Um I'm Hayate Kaze, your...uh b-but-butler." Hayate looked down, embarrased. Mrs. Awayuki said he had to wear proper uniform. Damn her.

"Hey wait, I know you. You were that guy standing behind Himeno last night. Yeah yeah...thats you...crashed into the wall right? What did she say you called her? Uh...Tulip Ted?" Alys said.

"Ahem. It was t-tulip head." Hayate replied, forcing a cough.

"Aaaww your embarrased."

He quickly turned around and said, " I laid out your clothes and set ran your bathwater. Good day."

He was about to leave when Alys called out, "Wait!"

"Yes?" He said without turning around.

"It's...it's Alys, okay? Alys Awayuki."

"Miss Alys," he corrected himself. "Good day."

Alys smiled to herslef feeling proud. Moments after Hayate had left she heard Himeno yelling, "Who the hell are you! What are you a stalker? Im not giving you money!"

"NO! Thats not it! Im your bu-" he was cut off.

Alys walked to her door and looked out.

"Get ...OUT!" Alys saw Himeno say, as she punched Hayate into the hallway.

"ugh..."

"Ouch..." Alys said to her self.

Dinning Room; Breakfast

"Dad!" Himeno yelled. "Why is that Hayate guy our butler?"

"I had put up a 'Help Wanted' sign and he came here looking for a job. So, I gave it to him."

"Come to think of it...we really dont have a butler. Just a driver." said Natsue.

"Just a driver...?" said Mr. Tanaka.

"That's such a good idea Kaoru! Your so smart!" Natsue said as she started to lovey-dove-ily poke him.

"Oh...thats because you rub off on me!" He said back as they cuddled.

"I think I just threw up dinner last night and swallowed it." said Himeno.

"That is so disgusting, Himeno!" said Mayune crossly.

"I think I just lost my appetite..." said Alys. "Anyway...I dont have school today so I'll be going out."

"Where to?"

"I dont think its any of your concern, Mayune."

"Huh? Whats up with Maw- I mean Alys-ack- I mean Mwata?"

"Alys? Himeno, what are you talking about?" asked her stepmother.

'Oops...' Himeno thought. ' I'm not the one who should be telling this..'

Mayune said, "Himeno, who is Alys?"

"Yeah, who?" said Kaoru

"Eh...heh heh...well Mawata...chang-" she was cut off.

"Is everyone done? Alright then." Hayate said and the maids started to clean up the table.

Himeno tried to escape but Hayate grabbed her wrist and whispered so close to her hear she could feel his breath, "I need to talk to you..outside..." . He quickly let go and resumed his work. Himeno stood there for second, blushing. Then she ran outside to wait for Hayate.

Outside

"What is it? I'm sorry about this morning...if thats what this is about." Himeno said embarrased as she remembered.

"It's not that. Although I do think you jump to conclusion too much."

"Eh heh..." Himeno rubbed the back of her head in humiliation.

"Tell me, who is that man in the guest room?" Hayate asked.

"Uh...um...you know, I don't think thats any of your business." She said nervously.

"Um...yes it is. Because...er.."-He tried to think of something.-"because I'm your butler, and I need to know the names of the guests that are here so I can greet them correctly." He stammered.

"Hey did he wake up yet...?" Himeno asked, switching the conversation around.

"No, not ye- Hey, wait! I'm asking the questions!"

She sighed in defeat, even though he was her servent. Not the other way around.

"He is...a recent friend of Aly-Mawata's." She stumbled with her words.

"How recent?" He asked with curiosity filled in his eyes.

"Uh I'd say about a week." The pink haired teenager lied.

Hayate looked unconvinced. "Ok. Now, is it Mawata or Alys?" He continued anyway.

"...Both?" she hesitated, bending her knees.

She noticed there was something more to tell about why he was asking all these questions. She could see his serious eyes...but there was something else. Fondness...and gentleness. She narrowed her brows trying to focus on what his eyes were hiding.

"What is it?" He asked, breaking her concentration. "Why are you staring at me like that?" His cheeks turned a light pink.

She returned his blush and said, " Uh, nothing. So is that all...I mean are we done?"

"Hardly." He said, almost amused by her question. But then his hace grew serious. "Come with me to his room."

"So, are we going in? You've been standing there forever with that look on your face." said Hayate.

"What face?" Himeno said as she snapped back to reality.

"The face that says, 'I'm gonna get the hell out of here in 1...2...3...Crap, I didnt run. Okay, this time I will. 1...2...3...Damn. I still didnt run. Okay. This time. For rea-"

"Okay! I get it!" Himeno cut him off, clearly annoyed. "Can we just do this?"

"Fine." He said. Then, under his breath he said, "I'm not the one who's been standing here."

Just when they were about to open the door, their hands touched as they reached for the handle. They blushed and the door opened, surprising them both.

"Hey guys. What's up? You seem...pink." Selendrile said, rubbing his eyes obviously just waking up. Then he saw Hayate and he stiffened. Hayate returned his stare and they all just stood there for a minute until Himeno broke the silence and said, "So...Do you guys know each other or something?"

Hayate said, "No," at the same time Selendrile said, "Yeah,"

Hayate and Himeno looked at him, confused.

"Oh...uh..I mean sort of. I'm just a really old friend. You just don't remember me, do you?" Selendrile said.

"No, I dont. But you do seem vaguely familiar." Hayate replied. Selendrile seemed surprise by this comment and looked at Hayate.

"Um...Okay..I'm just gonna leave you two alone. Seems like you have some catching up to do.." Himeno said slowly walking backwards toward the corner of the hallway. 'Whoa,' Himeno thought, 'What's with all of that? I didn't even need to come along.Oh well, I'll just let it work itself out. I've got other things to do.' Himeno walked on until she reached the outside.

Alys (Mawata) sat down in a near by park on a gray stone bench with a tint of color across her face.

"Why can't I get him out of my head," Alys asked her self quietly. 'I can't get him out of my heart either...' she thought.

She sat there for a while longer, remembering the night before...

fLaShBaCk

Alys just stood there for minute in awe after he said to 'hop on his back' through his mind.

"Y-You've got to be kidding me..."

"No joke. Just...just get on. We dont have much time. We really should hurry," Selendrile said. "Besides...he continued...there's something i want to avoid."

"You really can't expect me to just hop over your back after all I've seen..It's enough to drive somebody craaaazzzzyyyy!- Hey! what are you doing?" Alys yelled at him as he lifted her up and on to his back with his tail.

"I told you..there's something I really don't want to get pulled into so we have to hurry and leave," He said.

"Wow...Is it really that bad?"

"Trust me. It is."

They flew off East of the floating island and headed towards the clouds. Thw wind blew strongly against Alys and she hovered closer to Selendrile's back. She heard a faint whistle and all of a sudden, four tepes flew over toward her covering her with some sort of blanket. "The ride should be easier for you now!" Selendrile yelled over the blowing wind all around them.

"Thanks!" Alys yelled back though he didn't reply so she wasn't sure he heard her.

They reached a clearing in the clouds and Alys could see another one of those floating islands. But this wasn't a floating island, it was more like a floating country! "Whoa..." she said to herself. Apparently, though, Selendrile heard her and she could have sworn he made a noise that sounded like a chuckle. After a few more minutes, they reached a landing. He set down on the somewhat of a ground and signaled for Alys to get off. She couldn't find a way to get off so Selendril changed back into his human form less dramaticaly. Alys ended up being held by him on his hip. She blushed and this time she was sure he chuckled. He put her down, noticing her embarrased but mad expression and said, "You couldn't get off so i thought i would help," He didn't seem remorseful.

"Gggrrrr...Whatever! Let's just hurry up," she replied, furiously.

"Fine with me. I don't want to be caught with you. No offense. I mean, you do understand that your not allowed to be here, don't you?"

"Yes, but why?"

"It's because your a human. No one is even supposed to know about this place. Only lefanians and, as an exception, a pretear,"

He said, then he quickly said again, "I wasn't supposed to tell you that last part,"

Alys was amused and said mischieviously, "Oh really?" She smirked.

Selendrile, for the first time, seemed confused. "Really..." he said nervously.

"Now, tell me, do you plan on telling me whats going on here? With this so called pretear and Lefania?" she asked.

"N-no I..I don't," he replied, confused.

"Well then...I just have one question for you.."

He swallowed. "W-W-What would that b-be?" Selendrile was truly confused. He was never so on edge and nervous because of a girl before.

"Do you ever get that feeling in your chest where you just wanna scream really loud? You know, and cause alot of attention to yourself?"

"O-Okay! I'll tell you...Come inside my house," He said not wanting to draw attention to them. Then, he indicated with his head to follow him inside

Ays snickered.

"You're so...demanding," Selendrile said.

"Thank you," she took it as a compliment.

"I like it,"

Her cheeks turned a light pink. "Ugh...Whatever. Let's just get on with this,"

"Very well,"

Three hours later

"What?" Alys screamed. "You can't be serious,"

"Shhh shhh! Not so loud!" Selendrile whispered.

"But but but...,"

"I know, I know. You can't tell your family, though,"

"Not even Himeno or Hayate?"

"No, especially not them,"

"But it's not fair! They deserve to know and they need to!"

"I know, but even if we try, we'll be stopped. All attempts are futile..,"

'Futile...?' She thought. "How old are you?"

'Using words like futile...pfft..'

Selendrile smirked. "Actually, I'm- "

But he was cut off as a very large man burst into the house.

"Ah, Selendrile! There you are! hiccup," said the man.

"Crap! I forgot the wedding was today!" yelled a frustrated Selendrile.

"Wedding?" Alys said, but no one noticed.

"Billy, what in heavens name are you doing here? And drunk nonetheless," said Selendrile.

"Well, we've come to bring you to the hiccup party!" Billy exclaimed.

"We?" Alys asked.

"Oh, no..." Selendrile said. Then, he quickly ran over to Alys and performed some sort of magic. Akys ended up having purple hair with red eyes. Her lashes were a bright, light, baby blue and her ears were pointed. "There. That's much better," Selendrile said in satisfaction.

"What is going on here?" Alys asked, confused.

"Well, we're gonna be here for a lot longer than I had expected," said Selendrile. Just then about twenty people ran into the house, picking Alys and Selendrile up and carrying them to the wedding reception party.

After about 30 minutes of walking the crowd stopped and plopped them both on the ground. They both landed with a thud.

Not even ten seconds later, the women dragged Alys away while the men did the same to Selendrile.

Next thing Alys knew, she was surrounded by a bunch of girls who were trying to catch the bouqet. Everyone was screaming and Alys began to get a headache. She thought she saw something that looked like a colorful rock being thrown at her and ducked down,puting her hands in front of her face to protect herself.

Alys opened her eyes and saw that she held the bouqet in her hands. "This can't be happening!" she yelled in terror.

The women lifted her up again and carried her to a room. They put her down and backed up watching with excitement.

Alys painfully awaited what would come next. On the other side of the room, a door opened and out came a crowd of men. The one man they put down as the women did to her, was none other than Selendrile himself. The women were screaming in excitement, but some were screaming at Alys in jealousy. But Alys just stood there, not having a clue what happens next.

She saw Selendrile walking to her and looked at him accusingly.

"What did you get me into?" Alys asked him as soon as he reached her.

"A lot more than you know," he smiled slyly and added, "But, it seems I have caught the garter..."

Alys, suddenly remembering what happened to her cousin at her mother's wedding, tried to run away. Unfortunately for her, a woman appeared behind her and blocked her way. More women came up and forced Alys into a near by chair. They held her down so Selendrile could do that awful thing that Alys dreaded. He slowly lifted up her long white skirt that she was wearing and slipped the garter on to her thigh gracefully. Alys turned the color of a tomatoe. One of the women lost her grip on Alys' left leg and Alys took the opportunity to kick Selendrile away from her.

"Agghhhhh!" was all that came from his mouth.

"Hmph," Alys said angrily. She ran out of the room and to the back of the building. Standing there was Selendrile with a bruise on his cheek.

"Eh..heh heh heh.." Alys laughed nervously.

"It's alright. Let's just get to my house and get out of here," he said, he transformed into a dragon again, still astonishing Alys, and flew off to his house.

Once they were there, they didn't want to take any chances of getting kidnapped again so Alys waited by the door while Selendrile gathered his things as quickly as possible. Which, by the way, was pretty fast- in fact it was supernaturaly fast. After 20 more minutes, they left Lefania and wentback to the mansion.

End of fLaShBaCk

Alys sat there and laughed, remembering last night. 'Man, that's too much information in one night...' she thought.

She stood up and was about to walk away when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Excuse me..." said a very familiar voice.

Alys whirrled around, not believing the voice she heard. When she looked at the man who had spoken she coukdn't believe her eyes...

"Father...?"

F/N: Well I hope you thought it was worth the wait and yes I did leave another cliffy but I will try my best to update a lot quicker. I'll have more free time because x-mas vacation is coming up! (oh yeah- MERRY CHRISTMAS!) If you think Im losing my edge let me know and i'll sharpen it ;) plz review and...yeah see? i think the booga booga thing is funny too! lol um...i cant use booga booga...how about...SHAZAM!