The Pixie Princess
First impressions can last a long time, especially when the first impression someone gives you is negative. But you can always forget first impressions with good memories, unless that first impression creates an enemy. Mikan has finally met Luna, a faerie with a dark heart and a powerful heritage. If Mikan doesn't stay strong and stick up for herself, will Luna find a way to manipulate the Prince's potential wife... NXM
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I don't think megaversitude is a word... um...
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Chapter Five: Flowers
Different flowers have different meanings; a red rose means love and beauty, but a white rose means purity and innocence. An Amaryllis means pride, whilst a single Cherry Blossom represents education. Each flower has its own meaning, just like each name that belongs to a person; Luna means the Moon, and Mikan means a Mandarin. Everyone's name represents them in a way, and in a way, their name gives them true beauty just like a flower gives itself beauty, may it be a bud or a fully grown flower...
"... and the yellow Daffodil represents chivalry. Those who are born with the yellow daffodil as their birth sign are sure to be great Kings or Queens or leaders." Kaname explained as he and Mikan sat int he library the next morning, reading on the astronomy of flowers.
"Then I guess it's the perfect flower for you." Mikan smiled, then turned the page, and saw a Sakura Blossom on the next page. It was her flower. Even in the regular fairy kingdom Mikan had known her family, her mother had always told her that she was born on the day of the Sakura Blossom.
"Sakura Blossom... that's my flower," Mikan said quietly as Kaname smiled, and looked at the representation for the Sakura Blossom. He smiled as he read it, but he himself couldn't believe it;
"Education? How... fitting." he tried not to laugh at that, because Mikan wasn't that great with education, even he knew that, and he had known her for barely three days. Mikan shook her head, then turned the page to find another flower to see it's representation. And then she stopped.
"Beauty and youth... a heart of innocent love." she whispered, staring at the page as Kaname blinked, then looked at the page and saw what flower Mikan was staring at; the rosebud.
"Oh, the rosebud... you like that sort of flower?" he asked as Mikan looked up, then smiled and nodded.
"Yes... the rosebud is sucha pretty flower. My mother once told me that the smallest rosebud, despite being enclosed to the world, hiding through the thorns, was the strongest, the most beautiful and that when it finally bloomed it would take over even the most beautiful rose, because things take time... and like that rosebud, I bloomed." she whispered, smiling down at the picture. Then she remembered that once she had given Natsume a rosebud, and it had bloomed... it had bloomed the same time she had bloomed.
Mikan then closed the book and looked away. Why was she thinking of Natsume? She was with Kaname, the nicest, most caring prince she had ever met. Natsume wasn't like him; Natsume was mean and cold, no one was like him. But that was what made him Natsume Hyuuga...
"What are you thinking about?" Kaname suddenly asked, and Mikan snapped out of her thoughts. She turned to stare at Kaname, who was smiling at her. Four more days with him... could she handle that?
"Er... just about the rosebud. I'm remembering my mother, too. I miss her so much," she replied. It wasn't an outright lie; Mikan always missed her mother, because Yuka had always been her friend from day one, she had always been there and had never left Mikan. She'd let Mikan grow up, too.
"Well, she can always come and live here when we marry, right? She's welcome, just like your grandfather." Kaname stated, putting a hand over Mikan's as she stared at his hand, then slowly looked up at Kaname. She honestly didn't know what to say to him.
"Kaname..." she started, but the two young adults were suddenly interrupted, and Kaname's father, the King, walked into the library. He smiled graciously towards Mikan and his son, then stood in front of Kaname and spoke to the prince,
"My son, sorry to disrupt your engagement with Princess Mikan so suddenly, but may I have a word? It is rather urgent," the King said as Mikan sat there, then stood up and curtseyed to the king, smiling as she did so.
"Don't worry about me, Kaname; I'll leave you to talk with his majesty; I'll be in my room." Mikan told Kaname, then left the prince and the king and went to her room. Nobara was already in Mikan's bedroom; she was, after all, her personal maid, but Mikan didn't like to call her that.
"Miss... I mean Mikan, what brings you back to your room so early? You have been gone barely an hour, what happened?" Nobara asked as Mikan sat down on her bed, smiled up at Nobara and then sighed.
"Nothing happened, Nobara, calm down. Kaname's father just wanted to speak to him, that's all... but they've been talking a lot, it seems." Mikan sighed as Nobara sat down beside Mikn, and wrapped a comforting arm around the pixie winged girl.
"It's nothing to worry about, Mikan... they're just talking about the wedding, that's all." Nobara said reassuringly, but Mikan was far from being reassured...
"We-wedding!? They're planning the wedding, what are they thinking!" Mikan cried, jumping up as Nobara blinked, surprised at Mikan's shocked reaction. Hadn't she known? "They can't plan the wedding, I barely know Kaname, he barely knows me! We've known each other five minutes, that's it. We have nothing in common other than the fact that we have flower faerie blood within our very veins! Who would plan a wedding so early?" Mikan paced the room as Nobara stood up, shaking her head.
"Miss Mikan, this is how the kingdom works; usually the prince won't know whom he will marry until the day he is to marry the princess. You're lucky that he decided to get to know you beforehand... you'll be happy here, I assure you." Nobara cried, running up to Mikan who shook her head and turned around.
"No, Nobara... why me? Why do I have to be the one Kaname likes? Why couldn't he have married some other princess, one he didn't know? Why... why did he ignore the other princesses and choose me? Why am I so special?" Mikan asked in a small voice as Nobara shook her head, then pulled Mikan towards her for a hug.
"So many questions, and yet no answers... you shouldn't worry so, Miss Mikan. Everything will be fine," Nobara assured Mikan as the brunette stood there, being held by her only real friend in the entire Flower Faerie Kingdom...
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"Natsume sure has changed a lot. I don't remember him being so... angry." Youichi said as he pulled some weeds from the garden whilst Aoi stood against the wall, sighing and she looked towards her older brother who was moping around, kicking stones and throwing fire at some random weeds which Youichi would have gladly picked if Natsume had left them alone.
"Oh, it's only because his little crush ran off to the Flower Faerie Kingdom to get to know another prince... jealousy is so unsightly, especially with Natsume." Aoi muttered as Youichi's eyes widened at the piece of gossip Aoi had just offered him.
"Natsume has a crush!? The cold hearted guy who never liked girls because they were too loud and unsightly!?" he said as Aoi nodded, turning her gaze to Youichi's. Se then kneeled to the ground and smiled as she stared at the gardener and her childhood friend,
"The very guy. And the best thing is that she's also loud and unsightly, the very thing Natsume hates... except she hated him right back." Aoi smirked as Youichi laughed, shaking his head as he pulled out another weed. He then faced Aoi fully, giving her a cute, lopsided kind of smile that Aoi liked.
"Love and hate, huh? A faerie tale romance, I guess." he stated as Aoi smiled, then nodded. "But I always thought Natsume nii-san wouldn't ever have a crush, he was always so prideful and rightous about how he felt about girls. The only two girls he ever liked was you and your mom." Youichi said, starting to pick out the weeds again as Aoi smiled gently towards Youichi,
"I know... and now he likes someone else. Natsume's really growing up, Youichi. Kinda like you and me." she whispered as he smiled, glancing sideways at her. He then sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"If only there was no law saying that gardeners couldn't de-weed using magic..." he muttered, but shrugged and stood up, creating a water bubble and throwing it over a rose bush as Aoi watched. Even if he was just a gardener, Youichi was very graceful with his magic. Aoi loved to watch him when he gardened, too. She had always been inspired by Youichi. Besides Natsume, Youichi was one of her favourite people to be with...
"You're spending way too much time with that gardener." Natsume stated when he and Aoi were inside, ready to eat dinner. They were waiting on their father, and as they waited, Natsume started on Aoi's new and sudden relationship with their latest gardener,
"So? He's our childhood friend, Natsume! I'm just trying to be friendly... can't you be nice to him, too? After all, he looks up to you as a brother." Aoi started as Natsume rolled his eyes, lounging back in his chair like it was a recliner.
"Tch, whatever... I'm just looking out for you, Aoi. Even the sweetest kids can turn out to be creeps." he muttered. Aoi clenched her hand tightly, and stood abrubtly,
"Natsume! Youichi is nothing like that! He's still as sweet and caring as he was when he was a kid! You think you're protecting me, but really, you're just trying to make someone else miserable because you let Mikan go! If you wanted to be with Mikan, then you should have done something about it! She's not as smart as me or you, so you have to work on it to get her to notice! Sort out your own problems, and don't pin the blame on me or Youichi!" Aoi snapped, and stormed out of the dining hall ust as their father came in. He blinked, then stared at his son, looking for answers.
"What happened?" he asked, eyes wide as Natsume shrugged and slouched in his chair,
"Dunno. Girl problems, I guess." Natsume muttered, then stood up himself and walked out, leaving his father alone. He'd have to sneak into the kitchens later for something to eat...
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"Oh, man." Mikan mumbled, trying to create a small bauble of light in her hands. For a few months, she had been practicing magic alongside Aoi and Natsume; as she was living in the Wizarding Kingdom, she was permitted to learn magic, and so she was trying her hardest to create a bauble of light; an easier piece of magic compared to the magic of water, fire, earth and air. Mikan sighed, but she didn't want to give up. She was determined to at least learn some magic, even if it hurt her.
"Come on... light up and stay lit up..." she whispered, encouraging the dim little bauble that kept exploading in her cupped hands. Mikan whispered to herself that she could do it, that her light would grow strong and stay strong. However, it shattered into small splinters of light that dimmed and disappeared in seconds.
Mikan then conjoured up another small ball of light which was slowly dimming. It was all she could do; make a dim, small ball of light that shattered within a minute. Mikan wanted to get better, but she knew it took time and it took a lot of practice, too. She sighed to herself, then sat down once the small ball of light shattered in her hands and dispersed. Why wasn't magic easier?
As Mikan sat in the tall grass, she felt the wind go through her hair and she sighed softly, smiling up at the sun in the sky and the clouds that passed by. Wouldn't it be nice if she could just fly forever...?
"Oh, magic? How very un-faerie like of someone such as youself," a voice suddenly said, and Mikan turned around. Luna suddenly appeared by a whirlpool of deep red flower petals, and the russet haired girl smirked like she had achieved something. Mikan stood up, staring straight at the rich girl who was a threat to Kaname's throne.
"I hear that you're a little apprehensive about taking on the throne; is it true?" Luna asked. Mikan shook her head and gave Luna a small smile.
"Why would you think that? The throne is nothing to be apprehensive about, especially when you love someone." Mikan said positively as Luna lost her smirk which turned into a scowl. She folded her arms, and walked towards Mikan on air, then stared down at the girl with a cold look in her eyes,
"Do I have to remind you, half breed, that you're not welcome here. We don't want your filthy blood making a mockery of our royalty, so why don't you leave and let a pure blood marry someone like Prince Kaname?" Luna snarled threatenly as Mikan stood her ground, and batted her wings so that she was level with Luna.
"What? Leave? No. I don't want you trying to sink your claws into Kaname... after all, he chose me out of so many other princesses... princesses whom he's never even seen." Mikan said. Luna's eyes panned out. She didn't expect Mikan to know that Kaname wouldn't have seen princesses he was to marry, she was going to use the jealousy plan until Mikan finally left.
"So the maid told you something... well, let me tell you little miss pixie wings, in this kingdom, we don't accept outsiders, especially outsiders who try to muscle in on our prince! Kaname's a pure blooded flower faerie, and you're not. Get it into your head that you need to leave as soon as possible." Luna said darkly as Mikan stared at Luna's cold gaze,
"I'm used to this whole no acceptance thing, Luna... remember, I lived in a kingdom where no one but my mother accepted my wings for what they are." Mikan told her as Luna snorted, and gave Mikan a smug look.
"Oh, this isn't about your wings, little pixie pretender... it's about you as a person. You're just this little prince thief in the eyes of everyone else around here, and even if you do marry Kaname, you won't be accepted because you're a filthy little half breed who's only desire is to take the throne!" snarled Luna, and then she smirked, her head held high, "If you think you're anything special, 'Pixie Princess', then you're wrong. You're nothing more than a petty little faerie who the prince feels sorry for. Nothing more, you got that?" and with that she disappeared as Mikan stood there, blinking as she thought about what Luna had to say.
If Luna was right, then everyone in the kingdom barring Kaname, his family and Nobara hated her because she was possibly going to marry Kaname...
Kina sat in her garden, swinging herself on the tree swing her father had put up for her when she was a little girl. She sighed to herself, thinking of her dad; she really missed him. Then she thought of Kaname and smiled. He seemed to be the only good thing in her life at that point in time, him and Luna, of course.
As she swung slowly, a burst of red coloured petals started to appear, creating a small tornado. Kina gasped, and Luna suddenly appeared from those petals. Kina jumped off of the swing and ran to her friend, but she stopped in her tracks when she saw how angry Luna looked.
"Luna! What happened... did that girl do something!? What's happened to Kaname!?" cried Kina as Luna snarled, then put on a forceful smile.
"She did nothing, Kina... if anything, we're getting closer to breaking that girl." Luna grinned rather maliciously as Kina blinked, then gasped and started to float with excitement, clapping her hands.
"Really!? Then that means Kaname will have to choose someone else, someone who's got pure flower faerie blood, someone like... someone like..." Kina couldn't contain herself and squealed happily, blushing and flying around the air as Luna watched her gleefully.
"Someone like me..." she thought to herself deviously, starting to plot how she would decieve Kina...
And so concludes the fifth chapter! Thanks for reading, guys, I really appreciate it and your support just keeps me going! Thanks to all my readers, reviewers and supporters, I love you all and please, have a happy day and keep on reading, writing and continuing the things you're good at!
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