Ayame here! Here's thefirst chapter. short but sweet...more shall come soon! I really hope you like it. I'm a new writer so go easy on me. Remember! This is 10 years after the game. Everyone has aged except for those with the runes.

Title: Masquerade

Chapter 1: Your masked Angel

"You may stop here, please," Chris said as the carriage was put to a halt. She gracefully stepped out. Chris was dressed in a simple, yet elegant white dress. She had no need to over do it. On her neck was a small necklace with a sapphire in the middle. Her hair was untied and free to topple on her bare shoulders. Chris's piercing azure eyes were surrounded by a beaded white mask. She was an envision of white.

Chris smiled to herself as she started to walk towards her former headquarters. Tonight, she would have no title. Tonight she would simply be another woman in a mask. Not the Silver Maiden, just herself. Even though she desired to talk to her old companions, she knew that doing so would require her to be fake again, to be proper. Tommorow she would talk to them, but at the ball she just wished to blend in the crowd.

Chris entered the Budehuc's newly built ballroom. It was filled with people, faces new and old. She could barely make out Percival. He was surrounded by a group of women No suprise there; even though he has aged, he's still got it. Thomas was on the dance floor with Cecille. Chris heard that they had recently gotten married. Arthur was walking around carrying his notepad, trying to scrounge up as much gossip for the paper as he could. Belle was trying to get Gadget Z to dance but he refused, saying that he wasn't programmed for that type of thing. Viki "poofed" in over the crowd and fell onto a very angry Ayame. Melville and Alanis stood next to each other against the wall, blushing while holding hands.

Chris smiled at all her old friends. Somethings never change. Chris felt a shiver go down her spine. Someone was watching her. She always had a sixth sense for these types of things. She slowly turned around to be captured in the eyes of a masked man across the room. As their eyes connected, Chris's breath seemed to be caught in her throat. There stood a quite refined looking man in a black suit. He wore silk white gloves and polished black shoes. His skin was tanned, possibly Karayan. His blonde hair was down to his shoulders; his black tips slightly touching them. But all of Chris's attention went to those sharp sea green eyes accented by that simple black mask.

Chris almost jumped as she saw his mouth start to move.

"Dance with me," he mouthed. It wasn't even a question. It almost seemed to be a silent need.

Chris responded by moving towards him slowly. It was as if time was moving slower. Countless figures were dancing in front of their path. They just continued to walk towards each other as if no one else existed. Chris's heart started to beat faster and faster as if it would pop out of her chest at any given moment. What's happening to me?

She finally reached him. The moment had come. The masked stranger extended a gloved hand. Chris dreamily took it and then placed her other hand on his shoulder. He took his arm and wrapped it around her waist. She felt as she would faint. The music started to quicken around them. And they were off.

They danced for what seemed like hours, millenia. The whole time their eyes were on each other. The connection was unmistakeable. Chris seemed to be lost in this moment, in him that she found her self falling forwards. Her fall met with his arms entwining around her.

"Are you feeling lightheaded, milady?" He whispered in her head.

She melted in his grasp, "It appears so." she chuckled and then looked up at him breathlessly. "Who are you?"

He smiled at her contently, "Those things do not matter right now. Just think of me as your masked angel, silver maiden."

She gasped, "How did you know my-"

Chris was cut of by his lips pressing hers. The melting feeling came back and she felt her self succumbing to this euphoria again.

Well...that was it...short but sweet...just like I said...umm...I'd like to thank yuffiegal23 for the review...because she's the only one who has reviewed so far...but...yeah...THANK YOU!

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