Friend Like You

Aoia woke up early morning as the sun rose. She'd been thinking about Artie before she'd fallen asleep last night. She knew that others in her home kingdom thought she was strange and shouldn't be the heir. That was why she'd left after her father had passed away. She adjusted her goggles on her forehead.

She wasn't like normal girls who wore pink and were airheads like the ones in many kingdoms.

"Maybe he'd understand if he knew my secret." she told herself. She ventured out into Far, Far Away. Most of the people were wary of her but Artie didn't see anything odd in her.

He just saw somebody who was his friend.

Artie wondered if he'd see Aoia again but kept this to himself. He'd had dreams last night involving Aoia.

He was always reminded of Fiona when he saw her especially yesterday when she'd kicked those kids butts.

He then heard wheels as he walked through the streets of the kingdom as he saw Aoia on a skateboard.

"S'up Artie?

You feeling better than yesterday?" she asked him but he was in awe. She was amazing with karate and now skateboarding too.

"....Sorry if I'm too weird. It's..... just I loved skate boarding since I was little. My Dad taught me." she said looking away from him.

"Cool man." Artie replied as he followed her through the streets of the kingdom to a skate park. He was nervous about this especially as he had never done this kind of thing before.

"Are you sure that girl Artie met is a princess? She doesn't look like any I've seen before." Lillian said to a page.

He nodded.

"Yes but she ran away before she could be crowned. Artie doesn't know this but.... maybe this could work.

His Highness's eighteen birthday is coming up and he needs a Queen." he replied to her.

Lillian nodded in reply at that. She knew that Artie needed to marry and maybe this girl was perfect for him but she wasn't sure about this. She felt it was Artie's right to choose this since he was King....

By the time the sun set, Artie had a lot of wounds and bruises over him from skateboarding but it had been fun.

"You were great out there.

You just need to practise more, that's all. I hope I won't get you in trouble with your Aunt. She might be freaked by your wounds and be mad at me." Aoia told him.

Artie laughed at her gently.

It sounded like music to her.

"Nah she'll be cool.

She'll understand once I explain." he answered as he went off. Aoia smiled wistfully as she saw him leave her. She wondered where he lived because he never mentioned where he lived or how he'd came to Far, Far Away but she felt a chill run down her spine as she saw somebody enter the kingdom.

It was her sister who hated her and wanted her kingdom for herself. She was also a powerful witch and had deadly magic at her finger tips. She looked like Aoia but didn't have kindess or love in her heart.

"So she is here after all and hanging out with the King eh?

This could work for me.." she cackled evilly......

"Hey guys." Artie said entering the dining room for dinner with a few plasters on his face where he'd hurt it skate boarding. Lillian looked a little worried seeing that.

"Artie what happened?" she asked him.

"Oh the wounds?

They came from skate boarding with Aoia.

It was pretty cool.

You should meet her sometime.

She's awesome!" Artie replied to her drinking from his goblet.

"Artie..... have you told her that you're King?" Lillian began not sure how to go on.

"......No I didn't. I know what'll happen if she finds out.

She'll treat me differently like everybody else and our friendship will be screwed." Artie replied sadly, hurt in those emerald eyes of his.

"We need to tell you that you need to find a Queen.

You know your eighteenth birthday is coming up soon and it's important that the kingdom has a Queen just as it does a King.

I'm sure a nice girl would like you.

You're funny, charming and smart the way you talked those villains out of hurting our friends and family that night Charming tried to take over." Lillian told him but Artie nodded as the royal servants came into the room with lobster and other various tasty dishes.

He was thinking about Aoia right now.....