I'm back with another chapter? Yay! Does anything important go here? Not really!
Amazingly, the throbbing in her head began to dull as she started writing. Whenever she wrote, it always made her feel. . . powerful, she guessed. She was in complete control of what she wrote, and nothing in her stories could hurt her. She was the one who made all of the choices. This wonderful fantasy was so much different than her real life. . .
She wrote, and when she was finally finished, it ended up like this:
The knights search for Noburo, and it didn't take them long to find him. He was always so loud, it never took anyone long to find him. The knights demanded that he come with them, and he agreed, though slightly confused. And while he had been unable to understand what was going on, Saika knew perfectly well. She glared after the knights as they left, dragging away her beloved, and finally she began to follow them. If the sleeping spell she had put on Yuta wasn't enough, then she would come up with something much more devastating. Death was always a good option.
And as Saika was brooding in the shadows, the knights led Noburo to gaze upon the face of the sleeping Yuta. Her puppy was curled up by her side, looking terribly upset. The whole scene looked very. . . innocent, to say the least. Yuta looked almost like a baby when sleeping. (It embarrassed Hinata so much to write this part, but it was a fairy tale, and all princesses looked enchanting and beautiful in their sleep, right?)
"Talk to her," Uta ordered him. Her patience was wearing thin, as she was eager to wake up the princess. Kaoru was alongside her, giving Noburo the coldest look he could muster.
"But. . . but what am I supposed to say?" he asked, looking back at the knights. Now he was even more confused about what was going on. He had, of course, heard the news about the princess – everyone in the kingdom knew – but he couldn't figure out what he could possibly have to do with it.
"Anything," Uta said. "Tell her a story or something. It has been suggested that the princess may wake up if someone were to talk to her – she has always loved fairytales. Anyway, you talk more than most anyone else I could think of, so. . ."
"Here you are," Kaoru concluded.
"So. . . you want me to tell the princess stories?" asked Noburo. "Fairytales?"
"Did we not just say so?"
Noburo nodded, mostly to himself, as if he were giving himself encouragement for some horrid task that lay ahead. "I'll see what I can think of," he said, and then he began telling some of the most exotic and bewildering stories that anyone had ever heard of.
"He's making them up," Uta muttered to Kaoru as Noburo rambled on about a blond-haired knight riding on a giant, wild toad.
"Indeed," Kaoru whispered back.
They watched him talking for hours, never once taking their eyes off of him. Saika watched too, her presence still unknown to everyone else. She cast Yuta a look of pure hatred and envy, Noburo really seemed to be enjoying himself. She had won Noburo over using incantations and potions, but he never seemed to be as happy around her as he was with this little wench!
Finally, Yuta noticed movement coming from the princess. It was only the soft flutter of her eyelashes, and it was subtle, hardly noticable. It was still an improvement on her previous condition, however. Any improvement was wonderful, and Yuta quickly pointed it out to the others. Ryo's idea seemed to be working!
And suddenly, Noburo felt compelled to do something by an unexplainable force. He kneeled down and, taking Yuta's hand in his, he briefly kissed her soft lips. Slowly her eyes opened all the way and she began to sit up. There were several gasps all around the room — and one shriek of pure loathing.
A dark presence quickly consumed the room. Saika was finally revealing herself, and it was plainly visible that she was the one controlling the negative energy. She hissed in an unnatural, threatening way, and reached out, her fingers turning into claws. She was looking right at Princess Yuta, with eyes that were now red like blood!
"Witch!" Uta cried out as she drew her weapon. "She's after Princess Yuta! The princess must leave here at once!"
The knights began lunging at Saika, but she was deftly beating them all through her magic and the power of her hatred and evil heart. "Ryo, get away with Yuta!" Uta ordered.
He briefly nodded. Although he was no big fan of Yuta either, he would not sit still and let her die. He quickly grabbed the princess and dashed out the door, able to get away from Saika's magic as the knights held her off. Following close behind was Yuta's little dog, and Noburo, the start of the whole problem. . .
Does anyone remember if I ever gave the dog a name? I've completely forgotten. . .