The Pixie Princess

Mikan's lost, thinking that she is in love with Prince Kaname, however she still knows who she is inside, but her inner self needs to get to her to help herself. Can Mikan break out of the state of fake love and return to the Flower Faerie Kingdom, or will she lose herself altogether and make the voice of truth disappear once and for all? NXM

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Chapter Eleven: Voice of Truth

You don't love him... he's not the person you want... he's not right... you know it, deep down... you love someone else, another prince... the man who lights your life... try it... try to make magic with a fake sense of love and see for yourself...

Nobara sat in the dark, cold cellar, struggling to free herself from the binds that had tied her hands. She bit her lip in frustration, tears seeping from her eyes as she sniffed. She needed to save Mikan from making a mistake, from letting those siblings lead her into their trap. However, freeing herself was near to impossible, as the rope that she was tied with was imbued with magic.

Nobara was persistant, though, and didn't stop trying. She needed to save Mikan, she just had to, or both Mikan and Natsume would be miserable. If she didn't excape, then the true Mikan would be lost forever, and she didn't want that to happen. Not to the only friend Nobara had ever had.

She struggled and struggled, but it was no use, the ropes just tightened even more and Nobara winced in pain. She shook her head. She was a failure. She was failing Mikan and herself, and most of all, her family. Nobara sniffed, wondering if she would be in this mess if she had never seen the Koizuma's true form. If she had never stumbled upon their secret, her family would still be alive, and she would still have full grown wings, not wings that were smaller than most because of an 'accident' in which caused her wings to get torn and bent. Nobara shook her head, tears spalshing onto her knees.

If she had never found out the terrible truth, then she would have been happy, she would have seen her younger brother grow up, and she would have seen her smiling parents' faces ever day...

Nobara then shook her head and growled. It was no time to live in the past, she needed to look ahead to the future, and she needed to save Mikan's future. She continued to struggle, even going as far as throwing her tied wrists against a spike on the wall to cut the rope. However she did not succeed, and ended up cutting her handle slightly.

Nobara whimpered, and fell to the ground. What was she going to do? She was useless to Mikan, even when she wasn't tied up. She thought that she wasn't a great friend and that maybe Mikan was better off without her. She sighed, and hung her head low.

"Eh? Why is there a pretty young lady down here, in the cellars?" someone asked. Nobara blinked and snapped her head up, and there she saw him; the man she hadn't seen since the day he saved her and helped her to restore her wings, the very man she had fallen in love with. The man who was third in line to the throne...

"Tono." she whispered, and the long haired lad smiled, staring at Nobara. She wondered if he remembered her? Oh, of course he wouldn't, she was kidding herself... why would someone as important as Tono remember a useless maid like her? She wasn't important and she wasn't even that pretty.

"You're that little maid, Nobara... I was wondering when we'd meet again." Tono smiled, adn Nobara's eyes widened. Tono then looked around, grimacing. "However, I would have thought we'd be meeting in a nicer, more appropriate place." he stated. Nobara blinked,

"How... why do you remember me?" she asked in a small voice, the tears still falling, "And what are you doing in thsi place?" she asked hoarsely as he smiled, hands on his hips.

"I could ask you the same thing, Little Maid Nobara, but it seems you're a bit tied up... and I am here because it's fun to roam the palace every once in a while. I won't be getting it any time soon, so I tend to play explorer in case I do get a chance to live in thsi glorious place." he stated, and without question, produced some keys and unlocked the creaky iron gate that divided the two.

"How!?" Nobara cried, and Tono shrugged,

"The guards gave me permission, they don't care if I walk in and out of here with the keys, just so long as I lock up again. I once played prisoner in the cellar dungeons, though. It scared the King!" he laughed, then walked up to Nobara and crouched down as she stared up at him, and he smiled the smile she remembered from when they had first met.

"You're still pretty, even with tears in your eyes... however, I prefer to see smiling girls, not sad ones." he told her gently, then saw that her hands were tied, and he blinked, confused.

"Why are you tied up?" he asked, and Nobara swallowed hard, then sighed gently.

"Luna Koizuma." she mumbled, and Tono stared.

"Well, if this is a game, it's not a very nice one... shall I untie you?" he asked, and Nobara nodded. Tono went behind her and started to try and untie the the rope, however, he couldn't. He was quick to figure out why, though.

"Stupid magic... why would someone do this!? It's hard to get agic rope off of someone!" Tono growled as Nobara blinked, and turned her head to look at Tono over her shoulder.

"You've done this before?" she asked quietly, and Tono smirked, nodding.

"Not to boast, but I have learnt a thing or two from the Wizarding Kingdom, and undoing magic is one of them!... You may need to brace yourself, this can burn." he muttered as Nobara nodded, and squeezed her eyes shut. Tono started to think to himself, calm and composed, then held his hands over Nobara's tied wrists, and waited.

Nobara winced as she felt her wrists burn greatly, but she didn't say anything. She had been through worse, so burning wasn't really that big a deal. Tono opened his eyes to see that the rope had fallen off, and Nobara brought her hands up to her face and sighed happily.

"Thank you, Tono." she whispered, turning and smiling as he stared down at her, then smiled back.

"See? You're much prettier when you smile, Little maid." he told her, and Nobara's face turned flame red as Tono laughed, then took her hand in his, a gesture which sent Nobara's heart rate through the roof, and lead her out of the cellar dungeon.

"Come on, we need to get ready." Tono told her. Nobara blinked, wondering what he meant.

"What do you mean? Is there an event?" she asked, confused as Tono stopped abrubtly, eyes wide. She didn't know what the event was!?

"The royal wedding... the wedding of Prince Kaname and his faerie fiancé, Princess Mikan of the Faerie Kingdom... how coudl you not know, working in the palace, and all!" he cried out, and Nobara let go of his hand, stepping back, wide eyed.

"No... you're wrong!" she cried, but Tono shook his head.

"No, I'm not... the wedding's today, and if I'm not mistaken, in two hours. We really do need to get ready." he said as Nobara shook her head, and ran straight past Tono.

"No this can't be happening! This is wrong, Mikan's making a bad decision!" she cried. Tono followed. He was quick to catch up with Nobara, but was confused at how she was handling the information and situation.

"How so? She's marrying a Prince, someone who is perfect and has a great title... is that not what every girl wants?" Tono asked, but Nobara shook her head. She was very worried, and it was bad that Mikan would be marrying Kaname the day after drinking the Love Potion.

An act of marriage would totally destroy Mikan's true self, and the real Mikan would never be able to return if she said 'I Do'.

"Not Mikan. She's different, she doesn't wed for the title or for how perfect Kaname seems to be... she loves another, but she was poisoned and if I don't stop her from marrying Kaname, then the true Mikan will never return, and I can't let that happen to my friend!" Nobara cried out as Tono slowed down and watched the girl run up the stairs hurriedly, wanting to save her friend.

He smiled. The girl who had seemed so afraid and shy the first time he had met her had suddenly grown in spirit and character. She was stronger and more pure than she was before, and that was the sort of girl Tono wished to marry, not some girl he had nothing in common with and didn't even like...

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"Mikan's being controlled!? By who!?" Misaki cried when Aoi told her that Mikan wasn't herself and that nothing added up from the previous days events. Misaki was shocked whilst Tsubasa looked stunned by this turn of events.

"I think so, but I don't know how... all I know is that what you told me yesterday, well... it seemed out of place, like Mikan was out of character. She may pretend to not like Natsume, but she would never offend him in front of other people intentionally, let alone tell someone to say it to us!" Aoi cried out, sitting on the couch of Misaki and Tsubasa's home. The previous day, Aoi had tried to tell Natsume the theory she had, but he refused to listen.

"Yes, it does seem strange... but why would someone control Mikan? She's stubborn and strong-willed, so it'd be hard to control someone like her." Misaki said, and Aoi nodded, then showed them the book she had borrowed from her mothers' private study.

"Exactly, which leads me to the second theory; Love Potions." she then opened the book and showed the couple the page entitled 'Love Potions'. Misaki and Tsubasa leaned frowards, reading it. Misaki was the first to finish, and re-read it;

"A Love Potion is a strong intoxicant which leads the person who drinks it to think that they are in love with someone they are not. The drink intoxicates desires and is just like a dream state, and the person can ultimately forget their feelings for another person or persons. This drink is a poison; it kills the soul and the persons true self, changing their ways and how they act. One way to define someone intoxicated with this poison is their eyes; lifeless and transparent, and showing no emotion again. However, even in this state, someone who is truly in love will hear voices, indicating that they aren't fully taken over by the poison. Love Potions are difficult to undo, but a person can break the spell by challenging themselves; this can include magic, which only works when you think of a person you dearly love, and so by doing an act of magic whilst thinking of your fake love, the curse can ultimately break, however, if a person under the love spell weds the person the think that they love, the spell can not be undone."

"So if Mikan marries Kaname, she's doomed to live the rest of her life thinking that she loves him!?" Misaki cried as Aoi nodded, shutting the book and standing up. She was worried, and knowing that Mikan was ready to marry Kaname wasn't good.

"She's marrying him today, and we need to get there as soon as possible, we need to stop that wedding at all costs, before Mikan loses herself! If she has been taken over by a Love Potion, we need to act fast." Aoi said, and both Misaki and Tsubasa were standing, nodding.

"We'll go. I think I have some transportation spells that can get us there." Tsubasa stated as Aoi nodded, then sighed.

"I'm going to try and get through to Natsume. He's refusing to speak to me. He's depressed... he thinks that Mikan hates him or something, but if he listened to me, then he would know... and he'd act on it." Aoi whispered as Misaki nodded, then walked over to Aoi and hugged the small girl, smiling.

"You're a good little sister, Aoi. Natsume's lucky to have you." she whispered as Aoi nodded, then ran out of the cottage as Tsubasa muttered something under his breath, and both he and Misaki vanished, holding hands...

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"You'll look so beautiful, Mikan... a beautiful bride, and soon a beautiful young wife, and later on a beautiful Queen who lights the path of Kaname's life." the Queen said, sighing to herself as Mikan stared at her reflection, smiling back at herself.

It was her wedding day, and she couldn't have been happier. Her hair was pinned up, her make-up gentle yet pretty, and her dress was the most beautiful gown she had ever seen, and Mikan would walk down the aisle int hat very dress.

"Thank you... I feel so happy." Mikan whispered, and the Queen smiled. She went to the maid who was atdning by the door and asked her to bring some tea up to the room. Once the maid had disappeared, the Queen walked to Mikan's sighed and stared at Mikan's reflection.

"Very beautiful, I have to say." she said gently as Mikan nodded. The Queen rested a hand on Mikan's shoulder, and Mikan turned to stare at the hand. However, when she saw the grey tinged skin, long fingers with blackened nail tips and veins running along the slender arm, she turned around and gasped, seeing Luna standing there, smirking.

"A beauty that will never be seen again, may I add." Luna grinned as Mikan's eyes widened, shaking her head. She then stood up, knocking the chair back and running from Luna, who just grinned as Mikan tried to open the door.

"There's no way out, little princess... magic is strong, you know." Luna stated gleefully as Mikan turned around, staring at her. Mikan then stood tall, narrowing her eyes at the Dark Faerie.

"What are you doing here!? Are you trying to destroy my happiness!? Well news flash, Luna, that won't be happening!" Mikan yelled as Luna rolled her eyes, andd then laughed.

"Like you could do anything! I'm a Dark Faerie. We're powerful, magic using beings, the only faeries other than Elemental faeries who can use magic! You're no match against me." she said, and then suddenly changed her form and features, and Mikan saw herself grinning back, the same hairstyle, the same dress and the same make-up, but her eyes were black, lifeless and cold.

"And I can shape-shift, too." she grinned, and then lunged herslef at Mikan who dodged her quickly, and started to bat her wings furiously towards the window, hoping to escape, but Luna caught her by the hair and threw her to the ground.

"Don't even try it, Pixie." she growled, and with one swipe, Mikan's left wing was torn. Her eyes widened, and she tried to crawl away, but Luna wasn't having it. She then clawed Mikan's right wing, tearing Mikan's precious wings as tears fell from the brunette's eyes. Luna cackled.

"Oh, how touching. Tears... but your hubby isn't here to help, Pixie. No one is... and that's how it's going to be from now on. Just loneliness, with no one, not even your filthy Wizard friends will be here for you, because they don't care. No one does." she then stood up straight and dusted off her hands as Mikan lay there, crying.

Luna walked towards the door, then stopped and turned around, grinning as she stared down at Mikan, a reflection of herself but with tears and torn wings. She loomed over the brunette and laughed,

"You know, it's funny. You were once this confident, stubborn little thing, and now you're just a useless faerie, laying here. It's so... magical how something like love can change a person, isn't it? And now you won't be married, and I will... and I'll take my rightful place as Queen. I mean, who would let you have the throne anyway, you're just a useless, pixie winged faerie with no brain." she whispered, then walked away and opened the bedroom door, smiling.

"Oh, and don't try to escape. It's useless, anyway. Magic, you see... Ja ne~" Luna cried out happily, and walked away, a perfect hand waving as she left and then shut the door behind her as Mikan lay there, her face tear-stained and her wings torn, dress ruined and her hair sprawling across the floor.

She lay there, unmoving. She didn't want to move, she was afraid. She didn't know what to do...

Are you there?

Mikan blinked, slightly turning her head, but she saw no one, nothing. Just an empty room.

I said are you there!?

"Who are you?" she said quietly, so quiet that she could barely hear herself.

I'm me... I'm the voice of truth!

"Voice of... Truth...? Where are you?" she whispered, staring at her hand, scratched and bloody as the voice rang through her head, speaking to her.

I'm inside you... and you need to listen to me, or you won't get out of here!... You need to use magic, and to think of the one you love truly, or you will be forever trapped and you will be alone forever!

"How...? I can't use magic... I'm useless... I'm useless at everything." Mikan cried, tears silling down her cheeks. The voice the yelled at her;

No you aren't! You're powerful! Don't let Luna get to you, that's what she wants! You never gave up when they bullied you, so why give up now! Fight! Fight for the one you love... fight for your true self, Mikan!

"My true... self?" Mikan said quietly, then blinked and sat upright, feeling an electrical buzz course through her body. She wondered what it was, and the voice just laughed gently.

I knew that'd get you up! Now come on! Help yourself, and help your true self to bloom once again, Mikan! If you do, you will never be lonely!

"But how do I... how do I use magic?" Mikan asked herself as the voice sighed, then answered her.

You think of a ball of light, brilliantly shining in your hands, and then you think of the person you love, and if he is your true love, then it will shine.

"My true love..." Mikan whispered, and closed her eyes. She lifted her hands, plams open as she thought of a ball of light. A small sphere started to form in her hands, dima nd waiting to be lit, and then Mikan started to think of the man she thought that she loved. "Kaname..."

Open your eyes!

Mikan opened her eyes, but the ball of light shattered fiercely, and the sparkling shards flew past Mikan as her eyes widened, and something inside of her stirred. Mikan shook her head slowly, trembling.

"He's not the man I love." she whispered,

He isn't.

"I don't love him."

No.

"I love someone else."

You do.

"But... who?" Mikan asked herself, and closed her eyes, trying to think hard. The voice was suddenly louder, stronger, more powerful, more stubborn and more giddy than it was before. Mikan had thought it would go away, but it wasn't, it was growing and growing, getting louder and more cheerful.

Who do you think?

"... he's... he's special... he's stubborn, like me... and arrogant, and proud and rude... but he's gentle, too, and so... so..."she said to herself, whispering as the voice suddenly boomed out,

He's so magical.

And Mikan's eyes snapped open, her eyes returning to their original brightness and colour, no longer lifeless and out of character. Mikan then stood up, then saw the Faerie Tales book, and a ball of light glowing in front of her.

"Natsume." she said gently, and the spell was broken. As the ball of light disintergrated into thin air, Mikan heared someone yelling, and so rushed to the window to see who was screaming, and on the ground, she saw Nobara, with a man.

A man she somehow knew was Tono, the man that Nobara loved.

"Nobara!" Mikan yelled, and the maid looked up to see Mikan, and her eyes widened.

"Mikan! Mikan, are you okay!?" she yelled up at her friend who smiled and waved. Nobara waved back as Mikan nodded. Nobara didn't believe her, though. "Who do you love! If you're my Mikan... you'll give me the right answer."

"I love a man who is a Wizard, and not a Flower Faerie." Mikan yelled, and Nobara broke into a smile, jumping up and down.

"You did it, you broke the spell! Tono, she broke the spell of the Love Potion, she's Mikan again!" Nobara squealed, and threw her arms around Tono as Mikan watched smiling at the love scene that played before her as Tono laughed and swung the petite girl around, then rested her back on the ground. Mikan then gasped, remebering something.

"Nobara!" she yelled, and her friend looked up. "I can't get out, and I need to save Kaname!" Mikan yelled. Nobara gasped,

"What, why!?" she cried back.

"Luna's cast a spell on the room, so I cannot escape! It's impossible!" Mikan cried, but Nobara grinned, and turned to look at Tono, then stared up at Mikan again.

"No it isn't! Tono can break magical spells!" she yelled, and Mikan gasped as Tono laughed, and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath as he prepared himself. He needed to concentrate more than usual, as the room Mikan was in was kind of big, so Tono concentrated and thought hard, wanting to break the spell. Nobara watched, seeing the concentration on his face, and silently cheered him on.

And when Tono opened his eyes, suddenly dark and misty, the spell broke and Mikan felt something lift from the room, and Tono, exhausted, fell. Nobara caught him before he could hit the floor and he smiled up at her thankfully as Mikan flew down to Nobara and Tono. However, her wings were torn and shattered, so she had to be careful.

And when she landed on the ground, Nobara's eyes widened and she stared at Mikan's once beautiful Pixie Wings.

"Mikan... your wings!" she cried, and remembered that her wings had looked like that once. Mikan nodded sadly, but she smiled.

"My wings don't matter anymore, Nobara... as long as you're safe, and as long as we stop the wedding... Luna's disguised herself as me, and if we don't hurry up, she'll be married to Kaname and will take over the kingdom!" Miakn cried as Nobara nodded, and helped Tono to stand. The three then hurried towards the palace gates, which were unguarded.

However, Mikan stopped due to absolute shock.

"Mikan? What's wrong!?" Nobara asked, worried. Mikan just stood there, then pointed at a fighting couple, totally unaware of their sudden audience.

"And I say that Mikan's in the palace! It is her wedding day, after all!" Misaki yelled as Tsubasa stood there, narrowed eyes as he folded his arms and shook his head,

"She's in a field of flowers, I know it! Mikan always go to a calming place before she does something big, so I say we go back!" Tsubasa snapped as Misai shook her head. She looked oevr her shoulder, then turned back to Tsubasa before doing a double take, spotting Mikan.

"SHE'S OVER THERE!" she suddenly screamed, and before Tsubasa could say 'You what?', Misaki was hurtling towards Mikan, who suddenly feared for her life because Misaki looked so scary...

And then Misaki was hugging Mikan, and the brunette heard her friend cry as Tsubasa, stunned by Mikan's sudden appearence, walked towards her slowly. He stared at her face, and noticed that Mikan's eyes looked normal, barring the extra sparkle and an ounce of confusion.

"Mikan, it's you... it's really you." Misaki cried, hiccuping as Mikan pulled her pink haired Wizard friend away and smiled,

"Of course it's me... who else would I be?" Mikan asked, then remembered that Luna had taken her form, so Misaki could have made a terrible mistake if she was hugging Luna and not the true Mikan.

"So... you're not under a spell?" Misaki asked, noticing that Mikan's eyes were just like they usually were, and Mikan shook her head, smiling.

"Not anymore... I broke the spell... but I don't know how." she stated as Misaki stared at her, then took a step back as Nobara blinked. She also wondered how Mikan had broken the strong spell of a love potion.

"Did you challenge yourself?" Tsubasa then asked. Mikan blinked.

"Challenge? How so, Tsubasa?" she asked, confused as her friend smiled,

"I mean, did you ask your poisoned self to do something that your regular self would do, like, say... magic?" he asked, and Mikan gasped, hands flying to her mouth as she nodded.

"Yes! I was told to use magic... by who, I don't really know, but they told me to use it once before and I ignored them... however, the second time, I listened, but I was a bit doubtful... and when I tried to produce a ball of light whilst thinking of Kaname... nothing worked. And then... I was me again. I remembered who I really loved." she said, going quiet as Tsubasa and Misaki smiled, and Nobara gasped at how romantic it was.

"That's because when you use magic, you need to think of a person you love, or a happy memory, and then your magic will be powerful, no matter how big or small it is." Tsubasa replied as Mikan smiled, nodding.

"I know... but now we need to stop that wedding." she whispered, and everyon nodded, turning and staring at the palace ahead of them...

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Another chapter I didn't plan out, well, not really. It just all flowed through the fingers! Okay, writing this story is fun and it makes me smile! Thanks for reading guys, and take care! JA NE!!!

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