"Your highness, all of the Earthen Union members have arrived, they're in the Dining Hall in the Northeastern portion of the palace" Konn Torin told the Emperor. The two were in the Emperor's royal chambers a couple of halls away from the palace mainframe, finishing up reading the morning news, which was nothing more than a recollection of the events that happened over the last 12 hours.

Rikan: tall, broad, lean and muscular was having the worst case of anxiety. Today was the very first time the Lunar Royal family has ever stepped foot on Earth, not including Princess Selene herself. Rikan looks down at his watch and sees its 8:49am; the maids would wake Kai up in a couple of minutes. Rikan started to think of Kai, and how he took the news last night. Their argument was really heated, he knew how much Kai cared for this girl, it was just like Rikan and Kai's mother, the only difference was Kai's mother was a woman and not a manipulative slave which is all Cinder would ever be. However, he knows what Teenage love can do to people.

"Torin, do me a favor and notify the servants not to wake Kai and don't let him leave the resting portion of the palace" Rikan said.

Torin raised an eyebrow. "Your highness, may I ask why? It would be extremely rude for the Crown Prince not to show considering Princess Winter will be there" Torin replied.

"You're right, however, you heard Kai last night, and he is in love with the girl. You and I both know what teenage hormones can do to someone. And anyways, Princess Winter will be accompanied by the Prince Kenneth and Princess Sally of the UK who are of the same age as her and Kai, she will have company here with her on this trip" Rikan said. "We also know how close Ms. Lihn and Kai were, if Channary sets him off about her it could be the end of any peaceful talk in which I'm hoping to achieve as we know of how Ms. Lihn ran away last night and not only no one knows where she is, but we don't know what she looks like either" Rikan continued.

Torin nodded, admiring the thoughtfulness of the Emperor. This was Kai's first love, and it was something that he was going to fight for, like most people with their first loves. Torin thought back to last night, when the Emperor ordered Kai to return to his room to go to bed, Torin looked at Kai intensely and his eyes showed much determination in them, and at that moment he knew that Kai was potentially going to be a problem in this entire situation. Torin knew that he was going to have a horrible time with this whole fiasco, but at the Emperor's request, he commed the head maid and told them the request, hoping the Prince was still asleep after the events of last night.

"I'm hoping that your attempts of peace talk are successful your highness. I know how much of a dire situation this is not only for the Commonwealth, but the entire world" Torin replied.

"I hope I'm successful too Torin. The lives of many people, even those on Luna, are in my hands right now, and I hope that I can just succeed for them in all of this" Rikan said.

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Cinder opened her eyes and stared up to the ceiling. She looked to her left where she could see the deepness, openness, and vastness of space. It was so gorgeous; Cinder had always wanted to visit many places throughout the Solar System one day, after she had saved up enough money to pay Adri for her freedom. Cinder sat up and ran her human hand through her hair, feeling how light and short it is. She sat up and looked down at her hands, one metal, one human, one accepted, one shunned, both necessities of herself.

She shook herself and got up out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. Once she arrived she looked into the mirror. There she was, a brown haired, tan skinned mechanical engineer who was also a princess, that word she's coming to terms with even though it still leaves a horrible taste in her mouth. However, she knew she was the most wanted person in the world right now, and the fact that she ran away from Channary was the main reason behind that. Cinder wouldn't dare bring up her net screen as a result of not wanting to see her photo blasted everywhere in the entire Solar System or seeing Channary, she just wanted this all to die out so she can go back to her normal life.

"Well good morning Cinder, you slept…ok" she said to herself.

Cinder turned on the faucet bent down and took warm water and splashed it on her face. Once done she blotted a towel to her face, lifted up and saw Thorne in the mirror looking at her.

"Well Hello Princess" Thorne said.

Through the mirror Cinder glared at him. She noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt, which was weird considering the air conditioner was on 49 degrees; it was kind of chilly in here.

"Did you sleep well your Royal majesticness?"He asked.

Cinder stirred. "Somewhat, Captain. It could have been better, but it was only for a couple of hours, so I really didn't get that much sleep, thank you very much" she replied.

"Tch, typical" he said. Thorne walked over to her, it was when she noticed he was in nothing but his small trunks which clung tightly to his frame. Cinder's eyes grew big noticing this and turned away quickly. Thorne grinned.

"Like what you see Princess?" He asked.

"No. It just caught me off guard; don't you have some sort of personal boundaries? For stars sake Thorne show some respect" she replied.

"I have respect Princess. If I didn't, I wouldn't have put these on and would have just walked here naked like I slept last night" he said.

Cinder covered her face with her hands, moved them down her face and groaned. She became so frustrated she didn't know what to do.

"Why do I need to know this? And why are you here? Don't you have some women to gawk at on the net or something, or do you need help with something?" Cinder asked.

"Offering help, traits in which all royalty should have" Thorne replied.

Cinder rolled her eyes.

"Anyways Princess, I'm here because we talked about getting to know each other over the duration of these next couple of weeks while we wait, and since you're nothing more than a work-a-holic stick in the mud, I thought we'd have some fun together. Brunch is already accounted for and ready to eat, along with a couple of seasons of tv shows, movies, and we'll play some video games as well. So when you're ready, come out to the recreation room and well do some fun stuff together" Thorne said.

Cinder wished she could blush right now at the invitation. It was so thoughtful of him to consider her and want to know her, so it should be mutual and she would try to get to know everything about Thorne as well. She knew she needed a new friend, besides the one that was currently in her calf compartment, the one that passed away a couple of weeks ago, the one who is stuck with the Lunars at the palace, and the one who was currently in prison because of her. Cinder wanted lots of friends, but it wasn't realistic as she was treated so badly by the general public because of her metal parts. Everything going on with these people's lives or had been was because of her. She needed more people because of variety but at the moment she knew Iko and Thorne were right there for her, figuratively and literally. Thinking of Iko, she needed to get her a new body as soon as they landed so she could talk to her about everything, hoping to level her out more. Cinder and her small group of friends could be considered laughable, but it worked for her as they were the only ones who saw her as a person, and not a charity case who someone pitied. She hoped Thorne could be that way as well.

Cinder smiled. "I'll get ready, just give me about 10 minutes and we'll get to know each other" she said.

Thorne grinned widely. "I'll be expecting you" he said. He turned around to walk away before Cinder called out to him.

"Oh and one thing. Go put some clothes on, like some pants and a shirt. I think it's just rude to walk around like this even when we don't know each other like that" Cinder said.

"Alright Princess, anything else your highness?" Thorne asked.

Cinder bit her lip in frustration. "Nope" she replied.

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Dr. Erland looked straight up from his bed where he was lying. He was locked up in the high maximum part of the jail, along with other high end criminals who were awaiting trial. Erland was breathing softly, trying to clear his mind from all of his troublesome worries. He worried about Cinder and Thorne, praying that they're out of harm's way. He worried about Logan, and wondered how he was holding up even though they were right down the aisle from one another. He even worried about Kai, and how he was doing right now with all of the news which was recollecting right now.

"There is nothing much that I can do while in this cell" Erland said to himself. It killed him that even though this was the truth, he could do something, but not with Channary and Levana are on their way. Dr. Erland then closed his eyes and proceeded to go to fall asleep when there was loud banging on his cell's door.

The door slid opened. And when Erland opened his eyes he saw a tall dark skinned man wearing a police uniform make his way into the cell.

"Earland, here's your supper" the guard said whilst slamming the tray down on the desk in Dr. Erland's cell.

"I'm not hungry" he replied.

"Well that isn't my problem, I am ordered by higher ups that you are to be kept alive until your victim's have been reunited" the guard said. "And besides, if I'm to follow their orders, tomorrow you will be having some appointments with a special guard along with your friend Logan Tanner. We need some information from you both as to where the Princess might be right now, as you've caused enough trouble for both Luna and Earth" he continued.

Erland chuckled. "As long as my daughter is safe I really don't care where she is" he replied. "And also, I'm not eating anything, if they want me alive they'll have to force feed me, which will never happen. I've always been really combatable with my glamour, if you want to see what it's like for yourself" he said.

The guard's eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly. He was obviously scared from all of the false rumors about Lunars and what their glamour could do, so he didn't want to see what it was like for himself.

Erland smiled, knowing that he just scared the man who was trying to scare him. Erland knew from the day he met her that he wouldn't let anything happen to her. You could call it royal loyalty, he called it love. She was his daughter, and not just a replacement for the one he previously lost, but the one he adopted and took under his wing.

The guard closed his mouth and set Erland's food up for him, leaving his tray and drink at his desk for him to use. He turned around and left, slamming the door whilst he left. Erland sighed.

"Even if I don't make it in all of this, I know everything will be alright" Erland convinced himself, and with that he turned over and fell asleep.