Disclaimer: All Characters from Gakuen Alice belong to Tachibana Higuchi.

A/N: It's not very romance-y but I was thinking that if you guys thought it was a good idea that I could maybe try and turn it into a full story, I don't know if it's good enough though... I just really like Fairytale type Alternative Universes

19 - Fairytale AU

She had been taken to the castle against her own will, but there was no way she could've argued against it; she had to obey her father's orders. So here she was, locked up in a bedroom which was placed at the top of a large tower, meals delivered to her door three times a day from an unknown source. It had been a year since she'd been led into this room by her father, and said her angry goodbye as he turned his back on her and left, locking the door behind him. She'd been told that she had been put here for protection, but most of the time it felt like she was more like a prisoner.

There was a clash behind the sturdy, locked, metal door and Mikan ran over to it quickly, small shallow breaths coming out of her mouth. She had planned to do this for a while, but had never built up enough courage to actually see it through. Staring at the bottom of the door, where a flap had been strategically placed to pass through food, she watched as large, pale hands pushed through a plate piled up with what would be her breakfast, and she shot forward, grasping hold of one of the hands and knocking the plate over in the process. The hand struggled in her grip and the person was strong, but Mikan had been locked up for far too long and she wasn't going to let this opportunity escape.

"Please!" She shouted, and the person's hand stilled in her own, "Please let me out! I've been locked in here for over a year… I don't… I don't think I can cope being locked up any longer!"

There was a long silence, and Mikan stared at the rough hand she held, at the small scars adorning the slender fingers.

"I'm not authorised to do that." It was a low, husky voice, and Mikan knew instantly that it was a man, "I had strict orders from the King."

"Please… I won't… I…" Mikan thought hard for a moment, there had to be a way around him, "I'll do anything you want me to! I'll… I'll do anything! Just, plea-"

"-I was told that I must not to allow you to leave the castle, I apologize."

"Then I won't leave the castle!" She wouldn't let him leave without gaining something, and her grasp tightened, "I won't step a foot beyond the walls, I promise! Just open the door and let me out of his godforsaken room!"

There was more silence and tears began to build up. She pressed her forehead against the person's wrist and let out a sobbed "Please," as she squeezed her eyes shut and waited for a response.

"I can't unlock the door with you holding my hand."

She dropped the hand in a matter of seconds, already on her feet before she began thinking that he may have just said that in order to escape, but she heard the sound of keys rattling together and then the door creaked open until it knocked loudly against the wall, leaving a boy staring back at her. She was at first shocked at how young he looked, maybe just a few years older than herself, and when she peered around his body, she found herself looking into a long hallway, a spiralling staircase placed at the end.

"Where are the rest of the people in this castle?" Mikan asked carefully, peering down at her feet that were standing at the edge of the room, "Are they always here too?"

"It's just me…" The boy watched cautiously as she took her first step out of the room, taking note of the way her eyes darted to his face and then back again as she took another step, as if she was waiting for him to lock her back in the room again, "All the doors leading outside are locked, so I wouldn't attempt to leave. It would just be a waste of time."

"I promised I wouldn't leave, didn't I?" She was halfway down the hallway now, and she turned back to smile at him, "I don't go back on my promises."

He was mesmerised by her movements, and before he knew it she had disappeared down the stairs, leaving him staring at an empty hall. Quickly shaking his head, he began to follow after her, allowing a loud sigh to escape his mouth, "Maybe this was a bad idea."

A/N: ALSO! I have finished all my Exams and if I've done badly then I blame Mario Kart 8 because it distracted me too much when I should've been revising -_- Oops.

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