Chapter II – The Princess
"Big brother! Stop it!"
A girl of about seventeen with light brown hair that reached her shoulders with a silver crown said to a slightly taller boy with darker hair. Her ruby eyes stared angrily into the concerned brown ones as her ivory skin darkened a little with anger. The tan skin of the young man in front of her flushed slightly out of concern. His crown lay softly on his big brown hair as his clothes shuffled slightly with his movements.
"Hikari, he's a very respectable knight, and I know that you don't like him, but you must come to terms! You must marry soon!" The brown hair young man said softly, yet sternly as his sister turned away in anger.
"I don't love him! I never will. And besides, you never married, and look at you! The age of twenty, and still in desperate need for a wife," she shouted back, eyeing the crookedness of the cape that rested on her brother's shoulder not to mention, the huge mop that lay on his head.
"I'm not king, and I'm not a Princess that needs to settle down in life. You don't even act like a Princess! Look at you, running around with your horse and rolling around in the dirt like you're some sort of peasant girl! What kind of Princess learns spells anyways! You should be learning etiquette and embroidery! You're so lucky that I haven't told mother and father yet!" he shouted, exasperated at his sister, not knowing what went on in that pretty head of hers. When embroidery lessons came around, she would be off trying to cast spells that made things float, or when she was supposed to be learning proper manners, she would be off, galloping with some of the servants on the back of her horse, swimming in the nearby river. He didn't understand his sister; even though he loved her very much.
Hikari glowered at him, "Then if I don't act like a Princess, then I shouldn't have to marry like a Princess! So I'm not marrying him. That's final." She crossed her arms in front of her and shut her eyes. Her brother knew that this wasn't getting him anywhere. When his sister got like that, she was near impossible to reach. He sighed. She's just like him in that respect. Even though he mellowed down throughout the years, she became damn near impossible!
"Fine. I'll let you go tonight. But don't expect me to give up on this!" he brother yelled back at her as he walked through the door of her room.
Hikari sighed. She loved her brother, the Prince of File, Taichi, very much. However, he was so stubborn! She looked down at her crossed arms, and giggled. I guess I can be too, she thought, as her arms unraveled. It was nearly dark. She had to do something, or she would have to marry that dreadful knight. She knew her brother was going to try to get her to marry the knight any way possible. Even though he loved his sister and wanted nothing but her happiness, he knew what needed to be done and would try to do everything to help protect the kingdom and his sister.
But Hikari wasn't going to let that happen, the marriage at least. She looked out her window in the castle. She was on the first floor, so all she had to was jump out the window, and she was on her way to freedom. Of course, that was after she got through all the hedges, the moat and the town of File, without being seen.
Hikari smiled, she packed a bundle of clothes and food that she had gathered earlier from the kitchen. She grabbed handkerchiefs, and threw on a cloak. She muttered something under her breath and waved a hand over her head and luggage. She smiled as she watched her hand disappear in front of her. She loved magic, and she was entirely glad that she skipped her sewing lessons in order to learn things like the invisibility spell. She grabbed her luggage and swung it over her shoulder. She carefully climbed out the window and started off.
She found a little hole in the bush. It was one she made herself. Hikari grinned even more. It was her little escape route when she wanted to go off with some of the servants to pick flowers and play in the lake. It's no wonder how she got passed the hedge and the moat so quickly. Even though Hikari was a princess, she was the most improper princess that could meet the eye. She had little escape routes everywhere, through the hedge, across the moat, from the towers, everywhere. Even the greatest thief would be impressed.
She scrambled up the hill after she managed to get herself passed the moat. She tried her hardest not to grunt and she pulled herself up. She could see a guard nearby, and the last thing she needed was attention. Hikari ran through the grass and positioned herself behind a building that lay in front of the castle. She made sure that the guard didn't hear anything, and then started off towards the end of town. She smiled again as she passed through the entry way to the kingdom of File.