"I present Princess Kura til Alexanderos." A servant in livery opened the door and announced to the congregated noble suitors. Kura stepped daintily into the room, pink skirts rustling, and the suitors gave her their immediate attention. She had tied her hair up similarly to her fathers but had curled the tendrils that framed her face into small ringlets. Her teardrop amethyst earrings tinkled merrily as they swung while she walked. A collective sigh ran around the room for the luminous princess. She smiled demurely at her suitors and bobbed a curtesy. Her suitors stood stunned for a moment, then remembered themselves and bowed in return (made difficult by the fact that they couldn't keep their eyes off her. Alex chuckled softly at their stricken faces. He knew that Kura would never consent to marry one of these over-dressed ninnies. She liked Trent, though the object of her affection was unaware of this fact because Kura hadn't told Trent yet and had threatened to personally gut Alex if he told.
"I do apologise for the wait kind and noble sirs." She lowered her head in 'shame'. But when she raised her head, only Alex caught the glimmer of mischief in her eyes.
"Well then, let's all introduce ourselves." She moved amongst the throng of 'peacocks' and was given a detailed description of each (delivered by themselves obviously). The servant, unnoticed by any, left the room quietly. Garnet was waiting outside the room for his report.
"How is my daughter doing?" She asked once he was entirely out of the room and the door was closed.
"She seems to be getting on well with the young men your Highness." She nodded her thanks to the servant and swept down the hallway, followed by the servant.

A tall, thin shadow cast Sleep on a pair of patrolling guards who were half-asleep already, slipped over the short garden wall and into a large rose hedge. It waited for a moment, then crept through the hedge to a small kitchen door. It opened the door cautiously and drew their cloak off. Max threw his cloak into an empty cupboard and shook out his silver hair. 'I love lazy guards; it makes things so much easier.'

(AN – This is where I left off in the previous version of TSOE2's ch4, but since I revised it and all, I thought I should add to it to make a better update and all.)

"Oh really!" Kura feigned interest as yet another faceless suitor attempted to impress her with how many monsters he had killed to keep her safe and his various feats of bravery/ intelligence. She'd heard many speeches like this in the past hour, or at least variations of it. Leaving the suitor behind, she walked over to the window and looked out. The guy she'd just left behind was not yet aware that his object of affection had left him, so he was basically talking to himself. She smiled to herself at the sight, but her amusement lasted only for a while. She could already feel tired, and sapped of energy. She sat in the window seat and opened the window. A cool breeze wafted in, bringing in the scent of her mother's rose gardens. 'Eidolons, it's like these guys are energy vampires' she thought to herself. 'They're so…BOOORIIING! So boring I could just go to sleep.' Kura leant her head against the frame of the window, her eyelids drooping.

Max walked into one of the many courtyards, having come outside as to avoid suspicion. Roses surrounded him on all sides, filling his vision with ruby splendour. Treading lightly on the white gravel path - as not to make too much noise or disturbance - he came to another dead end. 'Damn it. I must have covered the whole castle by now with Scans, and I still can't find her.' A crunching sound alerted him to the presence of another in the garden. '…Dragonturds' he thought to himself. Looking around, he saw nowhere he could hide, and the crunching was growing louder. In desperation, he flung himself into a rosebush and waited. A Pluto knight marched right past his hiding place, and saw the damage to the flowers. He walked closer to inspect the flowers. Max held his breath in anticipation of the yell of discovery… which never came.
"Must've happened in the last storm, I'll tell the gardeners to fix it up later," the guard said, and continued on his patrol. Max blinked. 'Are the guards in this place farking stupid or what! He walked right past me, even though the rest of the bush was undisturbed and it was pretty obvious that someone was hiding in the roses.' Max thought to himself as he pulled himself out of the bush, grimacing as the thorns pulled at his clothes and hair. 'I'll be glad to be out of this crazy town'. Having escaped the 'Rosebush of Clingy Doom' he once more examined the courtyard. 'I guess I could scale the walls if I wanted to, and those dumbass guards wouldn't notice a thing'

Kura, having finished her ordeal via would-be husbands, was absolutely exhausted. She had stumbled her way to her room and was currently lying on her bed, still in her foofy dress (AN, I just luv teh word foofy, it means puffy but foofy sounds rly kewl :P). "I am so never gonna get married," she grumbled out loud.
"Personally, I do not see the point of protesting something you obviously have no control over." A voice came from her right. Kura looked over to see Max siting at her desk, completely at ease.
"How...what...you..." Kura stumbled. "...Nevermind, I'm too tired to care how you got into my room." she curled up on her bed. Max rose from the chair to set next to her.
"I was going to talk to you before, but your overzealous friend stopped me." Max said, looking down at her. Kura shrugged.
"Trent gets like that sometimes." she replied. "Don't take it personally." Max grimaced.
"Moving on, I have important news for you, from the one who sent me."
"Oh really, and who is this mystery man or woman." Kura asked, sitting up so she could see Max better.
"He is close to you, and yet-"
"Not so close, yeah yeah, you said that before." Kura cut in. Max made a nonchalant guesture.
"Whatever, now I was sent to you to give you this." In a swift movement, Max clamped a cloth filled with Sleep magic over Kura's face. Kura squeaked in protest, but soon fell limp into Max's arms.

Dun dun duuun, leaving it there. I forgot the original plot, but if I remember correctly, it went something like this. When you review, give me ONE question to ask a character in this story, excluding those who haven't been introduced yet. So that gives Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, Kura, Max, Trent, Alexander, Wakil and Marven. I'll have the comic on my website when chapter 5 is put up, so keep an eye out for updates, 'kay. And since I'm on holidays, I'll have more time for writing! R and R mah peeps!