"She's what," yelled an angry king into the com-link he had established with his home town.
"G-gone, your Highness," replied a much shaken guard from all the yelling.
"How long has she been missing? Dear, calm down remember you blood pressure, remember she is probably roaming around the planet getting to know the people," said a semi-calm Queen.
"She has been gone for fifteen days, Ma'am."
"Okay now you can panic," answered the Queen as her husband caught her.
"Do you do you have any idea where she has gone?" The King asked as he slowly fanned his wife.
"No, she left this though." The guard then held up a note that read:
Dear Castle Guards,
Don't worry I'll be fine. I've decided to take a vacation, do not tell mom or dad, please. Sorry to worry you. See you later. Rei.
"The note was found on her bed, the logical conclusion is she left during the night."
"Where would she go in the night?"
"Well the only transports that leave during the night are to Earth and the outer Planets, but we have no jurisdiction there and would be in great danger looking for her there."
"Well you had better find her and fast," and with that the King disconnected the com-link.
"Okay I have to go back to work today. There's stuff to make sandwiches with. Oh and here is some money. Go buy yourself some clothes, you can't keep wearing my shirts, although I don't quite mind," he Jeadite joked.
"Thanks," was her reply.
"See you later," he said closing the door. "Man she is hot," he finished without knowing Nephrite was behind him.
"Who's hot?" Nephrite asked causing his friend to jump.
"The....um....the girl on the TV," he covered.
Rei sat stunned; Jeadite had given her money and permission to go out into public, alone. Then she realized she didn't know how to get back inside and ran to the door, flung it open and yelled down the hall, "Jeadite!"
When Jeadite was back in view she said, "I need a key." He then threw his at her and said, "Just be back by four so you can let me in." When she nodded he left.
"Elevator's here," Nephrite said right next to Jeadite's ear causing him to jump again. "You have a girl in your apartment, now I know you were not just watching TV. And you are right she is hot." They boarded the elevator, "Long legs, long black hair, sounds like the date I found you from Mars, wish I could have seen her front side though. By the way what was she wearing?"
One of my shirts, she is going shopping though." Jeadite said as Nephrite had a look of longing in his eyes. "Now drop it."
"You want to share her?" Nephrite asked on a low whisper.
"NO NOT ON YOUR LIFE," Jeadite yelled as the doors opened.
Rei sat the key down and then sat to work cleaning up from breakfast. She was excided about being able to go out side today, but just as the idea seemed good it also seemed very bad. She could remember being in the market place two time in her whole life. Once was with her mother, and the other was too horrifying to even think about right now.
Rei was five at the time and her mother thought it would be good for her daughter to see what the planet looked like. From her eyes it was the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. There were more people than she thought even existed, and smells she had never smelled before and some she didn't want to again. She could remember her mother telling her not to let go of her dress so she didn't get lost.
After a few minuets Rei say a monkey juggling apples. "Mommy can we go look at the monkey?" she had asked. "In a minuet," her mother had said. But they were walking away from the monkey. Like most little girls she let go of her mothers skirt and ran toward the monkey.
When she reached the monkey she thought it was the cutest thing in the world. Then a big stinky man came out and said that she had to pay to see the monkey. Rei being hotheaded looked at the man and said, "I am the Princess, if I want to see the monkey I can and I don't have to pay you."
"Yes you do"
About that time Rei could hear her mother's voice yelling her name, when she turned around her mother was not there, and she stated to yell for her mother. All the people in the crowd looked in her direction and she could then see her mother running through the streets, with her dress above her knees. When she got to Rei she dropped to the ground and held her daughter.
The Queen then looked up at the man with the monkey and said, "How much is it to look at the monkey?"
"Free for you, I was too stupid to know your daughter when she was standing right in front of me." Rei was then picked up and carried home.
That was one of the last memories of being picked up by her mother that she had. Rei didn't know when she had started to cry but she knew she needed to be brave and go shopping. She got up, and dressed, then made some lunch and set out to shop.
By the time lunch rolled around Rei had spent and bought very little. She didn't know what she really wanted and she was not too good with the money so she was being careful. When she was done she decided to make a point to buy more clothing. She knew Jeadite had sacrificed to giver her money and she was not going to let him down.
In a few more hours she had bought, shorts, shirts, skirts, pants, a sundress, and a formal dress. All of which she could mix and match. Her favorite was the formal dress; it was deep red halter dress, with an orange flame print across the bottom and around the trim on the top. She thought this would be nice if they went out one night.
At three in the afternoon she decided to buy dinner with the leftover money. She was home and changed before he was suppose to be. This she thought was a good thing.