And I managed to update this weekend too! I was kinda upset, I didn't get as many reviews for the previous chapter like I normally do, but I slowly got some more. So thanks tons to those who did review the last chapter!
Chapter 11-
Mikocroach
"Jake?" Oliver said, frowning and looking at Miley.
"Oh, he's fine." Miley said and gave Mikayla a fake smile.
"Good to hear. Can I just ask you, what areyou wearing? And why weren't you with a royal escort?" Mikayla asked.
"Well, that's because… because… because I ran away." Miley said. Mikayla started laughing at this.
"Why would you want to do that? What, doesn't Jake love you?" Mikayla asked.
"Who is Jake?" Oliver asked.
"Oh, didn't Miley tell you? He's her fiancé." Mikayla said. Oliver's jaw dropped and he looked at Miley, who looked like she wanted to kill Mikayla right there. She was engaged. She was going to get married.
'Duh, she's a princess, what did you expect?' His conscious said. Oliver sighed and looked away from everyone in the cart.
"Mikayla, I swear I'm gonna-"
"Princess Mikayla." The door of the cart opened to reveal the guard. He bowed as she exited the cart, followed by Oliver. "Who are your guests?"
"Oh, this is Miley, princess of Oceania Castle. They will be staying for dinner." Mikayla said as everyone else got off the cart. "Right Miley?"
"Of course." Miley said and smiled.
"Good. Come with me Oliver." Mikayla said and picked up her dress as she climbed the front steps to enter her castle. Oliver followed behind her while Miley glared at her.
"Tonight when she's asleep, I'm gonna kill her!" Miley said to Lilly.
"Isn't that treason or something?" Lilly asked. Miley sighed and nodded.
"You three can go inside." The guard said. Miley then ran up the steps and entered the castle, looking around for Oliver, but that would be impossible. The foyer was huge, at the end was two spiral staircases leading to different towers. The room was made of white marble with gold paintings on the walls. Right in front of Miley was another marble staircase that led to the upper floors and red carpet covered the stairs.
"Princess Miley?" Asked a voice next to her. Miley jumped back, but turned to see one of Mikayla's maids. "It is you, but why are you dressed up like that?"
"Long story." Miley said.
"I must take you to your room, you must get changed. Prince Jackson!" She exclaimed as Jackson and Lilly entered the castle. "You are here at last! Is the ceremony going to begin soon? Is your father here?"
"No, our dad didn't join us. We're just here for a visit and will be on our way. We're just here for dinner." Miley said.
"Of course, follow me." The maid said and walked towards the stairs. The three of them followed her as they went up two flights of stairs. She stopped in front one room. "You two can change in here and I'll show Prince Jackson his."
"See you later Jackson." Lilly said as she followed Miley into the room. Her jaw dropped when she saw it, the place was huge! In the centre of the room was a double bed with a canopy. The sheets where the colour of the sea, while the rest of the room was a mixture of blues, greens and purples. "Wow."
"Pretty amazing, isn't it? This is my room when I came to stay here." Miley said, walking across the room towards a cupboard. She opened it and took out a red dress. "You think you can wear this, just for tonight?"
"Sure." Lilly said and took it. She held it up and frowned. It wasn't a puffy dress like she used to wear, which was a plus.
"Put it on." Miley said as she took out a light blue dress. Lilly then moved behind the screen and started to undress. She then put the dress on and called Miley to help her tie it up.
"How does it look?" Lilly asked.
"See for yourself." Miley said and led her to a mirror. Lilly looked at herself, the dress looked great. It fitted her perfectly and hugged her body. She could actually breathe in it!
"I never thought I'd be happy wearing a dress." She said and then turned to Miley. "But I'm never wearing another one of these again."
"Sure." Miley said and then she went behind the screen. She put her dress on and this time Lilly helped her tie it up. Miley's one had long silk sleeves, but they were four pieces of long material stitched at her shoulder and then again at the cuffs. Her dress flowed out and left a trail behind her.
"Now, what about me?" Miley asked.
"Wow." Lilly said. Miley moved in front of the mirror and smiled slightly. This was her favourite dress that she owned, but her father always made her leave it at Mikayla's castle.
"We better go to Mikayla's room." Miley said and opened the door.
"Why?" Lilly asked as she followed Miley.
"Who knows what she's up to." Miley said and she walked down the hallway. She stopped at the last door and knocked. No one answered, so she opened it and saw that no one was there.
"Mikayla?" Miley called out. Behind another screen emerged the other princess, who wore a darker blue gown.
"Yes Miley?" She asked, walking towards her.
"Where is Oliver? Is he here?" Miley asked.
"No, never let a man into your room until you're married. He's with Jackson." She said and then sat in front of her vanity. She brushed out her hair and then looked at Miley using the mirror.
"You can't have him you know, it would ruin your honour." Mikayla said and smirked.
"You can't have him either, it would ruin your honour too."
"Hey, Jackson doesn't want to marry me, he can brake off the engagement if he wants to. And besides, Jake loves you, go marry him." Mikayla said, getting off her seat.
"Y-You're supposed to marry… Jackson?" Lilly asked, eyes going wide, but Mikayla ignored her.
"Is this what it's about? Jake? I told you, you can have him! Just leave Oliver alone." Miley said.
"Miley, who said I wanted Oliver? Whatever gave you that idea?" Mikayla asked.
"I know you, Mikocroach." Miley said and turned around and stormed out the room. Lilly followed her back to the room where they were showed to.
"Jackson has to marry Mikayla?" Lilly asked. Miley sighed and nodded.
"Well, he doesn't want to, but he doesn't have a choice if he can't find a queen by his 19th birthday." Miley said and sat down in front of the vanity in their room.
"And Jake is the prince you have to marry?" Lilly asked, sitting on the bed.
"Yeah, but Mikayla likes him and thinks it's unfair, and I agree. That's why she hates me, Jake loves me and wants to marry me." Miley said and turned to look at Lilly. "But the thing is, I don't love Jake. That's why I ran away."
"Whoa, and I thought Oliver's life was complicated." Lilly said.
"Huh?"
"Oliver was forced to marry someone he didn't love, so he wanted to run. I joined him because we're best friends and I wouldn't abandon him. Of course, his parents aren't too happy with what we did." Lilly said.
"Seems like no one in this world can find true love." Miley said and then looked at her hair. "I think I should tie it up."
"I'll help you." Lilly said and walked over and helped Miley. "You love him, don't you?"
"Love who?" Miley asked as she watched Lilly pulled her hair back into a pony. She started twisting it until it made a bun on her head.
"Oliver. You're so protective of him and you haven't known him as long as I have." Lilly said as she tied Miley's hair so it stayed in the bun. Lilly let one strand of hair stay loose as Miley's fringe. "I've never seen someone be like that for Oliver."
"I don't. I just… It's Mikayla, I don't like her and I don't want Oliver to fall for her innocent little self that she's pretending to be." Miley said and turned around in the seat to face Lilly.
"Denial." Lilly said and went back to sit on the bed.
"Dropping the subject now." Miley said. Lilly sighed.
"If only he could see you now." She muttered.
"You girls ready?" Came Jackson's voice from the other side of the door. Lilly got off the bed and opened it to see Jackson dressed up in a blue suit. He was fiddling with the tight collar and managed to get one button undone and then turned to face Lilly.
"Oh, you are… whoa." He said, looking at Lilly. "You look wonderful."
"Thanks Jackson." Lilly said and smiled. Miley came up behind her and saw the lovesick looks on both their faces.
"Sorry to interrupt, but is the reason you are here is so we can go to dinner and then leave?" Miley asked. Jackson looked away from Lilly and then at Miley.
"Uh yeah. Follow me." He said and took Lilly's arm. Miley rolled her eyes and followed them down the stairs and towards the dinner room in the castle. Like most rooms, it was big. There was a table that could sit about 50 people. Mikayla sat at the one head, Oliver sitting to her left. When the door opened, Oliver stood up and looked at them.
Jackson led Lilly to two seats at Mikayla's right, who was now standing up and eyed Lilly. Miley then walked towards an empty seat next to Oliver. She looked at Oliver and saw that he was watching her. She couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling, his face stayed neutral. Miley gave him a small smile and he returned it.
"Oliver, sit." Mikayla said and pulled him down as she sat. Miley sat down in the seat next to Oliver and looked over at him, but Mikayla had his attention. She then looked across the table at Lilly who just smiled knowingly.
The door behind Mikayla then opened and in came Mikayla's servants carrying trays. They placed a plate in front of everyone and Miley looked to see what they were eating. Fish.
"I hope this is all right with everyone." Mikayla asked and then looked at Miley. "I mean, everyone eats seafood, right?"
"Yeah, all of us do now." Miley said. She then looked at her dinner and made a face. When she was younger, she made a promise never to eat an animal from the sea, it just didn't feel right for her. But now, she didn't have a choice did she?
"Come on Miley, eat it." Mikayla said. She watched as Miley picked up her knife and fork and cut the fish. She took a small bit of the fish and started to chew it. It tasted disgusting. "Like it?"
"Yeah Mikayla." Miley said and continued eating, trying hard not to make a disgusted face.
"What's wrong with Miley?" Lilly asked Jackson.
"She hates fish, won't eat it. At all." Jackson said, watching his sister. Lilly then looked at Oliver who seemed oblivious to everything happening. Lilly sighed inwardly and kicked Oliver in the shins.
"Ow!" Oliver said, jumping out of his seat, knocking his food off the table and on the floor. "Oh great."
"Oh, it's ok Oliver. Humphrey." Mikayla said and the butler came and cleared away the mess. Oliver sat back down in his seat. "I'll get you another plate of food."
"No, it's ok, he can have mine. I'm not really hungry." Miley said, pushing her plate towards Oliver.
"It's ok Miley, I'll get a new plate." Oliver said, pushing the plate back towards her.
"No, I insist! I don't want my food to go to waste."
"I don't need your food." Oliver said. Lilly so badly wanted to bang her head against the table. She kicked Oliver again and he took the plate. "Fine." He glared at Lilly who smiled happily and ate her food.
"Poor Miley, you sure you don't want anything else to eat?" Mikayla asked.
"No, I'm fine." Miley said and forced a smile. "I actually think I'm going to walk around the courtyard, I need some fresh air."
"Of course." Mikayla said and watched Miley leave the room. She grinned and looked at Oliver who had some source on his chin. "Oliver, let me help you with that." She picked up a napkin and wiped the source off his chin.
"Thanks." He said and looked away from her. He continued eating but noticed that she was still looking at him, she was kind of freaking him out. "Uh, aren't you going to eat?"
"Oh, yeah." She said and picked up her knife and fork again. She ate slowly, looking between Oliver and Jackson. It was hard to flirt with this guy with Jackson being in the same room.
"Oliver, after dinner, maybe you can come with me and I can give you a tour around the castle?" Mikayla suggested.
Ok, that would mean being alone with her. Oliver thought. He shuddered at the thought and put down his knife and fork. "I think I'll join Miley outside. I also need some fresh air."
"Fine." Mikayla said and sat back in her chair. Oliver got out of his chair and left the dinning room. He wondered around the castle, looking for the way to the courtyard. After a while, he finally managed to find a servant who showed him outside.
"Thanks." He said as the maid went back inside. The courtyard actually could be called a maze. There was a hedge that led you from the steps that Oliver stood on to the centre of the courtyard, which was tiled. There were then different levels, each level being it's own garden. Oliver spotted Miley sitting on a bench in the tiled part.
He walked down the steps and towards Miley. She was looking up at the sky, which was clear tonight and you could see all the constellations.
"I told you I hated her." Miley said as Oliver stopped in front of her.
"She's not that bad." He said. Miley rolled her eyes and stood up.
"She's flirting with you, she's being kind. If she didn't like you, you would be treated like dirt. I doubt she realizes you are a pirate."
"You know, I think she's different to the other princesses that I know." Oliver said, walking around Miley.
"Really? How many princesses do you know?" She asked, crossing her arms.
"Only one."
"You are comparing her to me?" Miley asked.
"Yes, I think she's a better princess then you."
"I don't know if that should be a compliment or insult." Miley said and sat back down on the bench. "If you haven't noticed, I don't want to be a princess."
"But you have no choice in the matter Miley. You are royalty; you have to fulfil your duties. You can't just leave your country." Oliver said, standing in front of her again.
"Oh, like you? You left with Lilly and the rest of them because you didn't love the girl you were supposed to get married to?"
"What? How do you know about that?" Oliver asked, his eyes going wide.
"It doesn't matter how I know that. What I want to know is why must I go back and marry some… jerk who I don't love while you're free to sail the seas and be free? Why do I have to have the terrible life?" Miley asked.
"You're a noble and I'm… I'm just a common pirate." Oliver said. Miley stood up and looked Oliver in the eye.
"No you're not, you are so much more then that. Though the world might see you like that, people who know you don't. Oliver, what we are doesn't matter. What matters is following your heart. You followed yours now let me follow mine. Please, let me stay with you while you search for this treasure. After that, I'll leave you." Miley said.
Oliver looked into Miley's eyes and saw she meant every word she just said. There was no way he could persuade her otherwise and that's what he liked about her. He found it extremely hard to stay mad at her since they docked here earlier and missed her company when Mikayla took him away from the group.
"I'm sure we can do that." Oliver said. Miley smiled and Oliver returned it. He then lifted a hand and put it on Miley's cheek. The smile slowly faded from her face as she leaned in, her eyes slowly closing. Oliver felt his heart start racing as he closed his eyes and leaned in too, ready to kiss her…
Cliff-hanger! Yes, I am evil! Mwhahahaha! Will he kiss her? Will someone interrupt? Or will I start off with Lilly and Jackson first and make you suffer more? Well, one of those are true. Actually, two of those are true. Hahaha. I'm having so much fun with this and I've got two main plots for each couple so far. And if you haven't noticed, the Elicpto hasn't been in much lately. Decided she's only in it to send in seas monsters and dragons and that sort of stuff. The elemental powers will kick in again once they are back on water. So all I need you to do right now is leave me a review tell me what you thought of this chapter!