Chapter2-Equinox

"So... princess eh?" Querl asked trying to break the ice

"Yep... unfortunately." She sighed and led down on her bed

"Why unfortunately?" he asked with confusion

"My duties... they always make me have to do what I don't want too... so how come you're so nice?" she asked confused and he grinned

"As you already know, I wasn't always a Coluan, fortunately they left some of the old me behind, i'm still the trouble making kid I always was." He chuckled and she laughed

"Trouble makin eh?" she asked grinning and he nodded

"All sorts of stuff, small mines on the ship that explode under the other officers feet, erm... exploding powder, fire alarms, water bombs, stuff like that." He smirked

"Wow, I've played tons more tricks." She smirked slyly

"Enlighten me." He smiled

"Well... I once clogged up the entire city... with weird goo... I messed up the currents, created whirlpools, tricked people with my other form." She explained

"Other form?" he asked tilting his head to the side, she smiled and placed her necklace securely around her neck allowing her to transform into her human form. "Interesting" He frowned.

"My mother... she was human, although she was killed by your people... i still learned a lot from her." She smiled and opened the small pendent that revealed a small blue bubble that shone in mid air creating a picture of her mother

"You're people have some fascinating trinkets." He observed

"This one was from her for my third birthday... the day she died." She sighed

"Well for what it's worth, i'm sorry. I never had anything to do with the raid of your planet, I wasn't even one of the Coluans at that point, and apparently it was one of their greatest defeats; defeating the great Zorainian race." He exaggerated making her smile.

"So... wanna tour of the city?" she offered

"Certainly." He agreed and the got up and walked out the room to be confronted by two Coluans

"Where are you and the pipsqueak going Princess?" the largest one spoke cockily and she glared at them silencing them

"If I were you I'd hold my vocal processors, anymore chattering in that disrespectful way and I'll just be obliged to crush you into teeny tiny pieces of scrap metal." She growled meaning every word of it.

"You couldn't Princess." The smaller one smirked and he felt his systems crunching in her gaze

"Wanna bet?" she asked whilst constricting his vital systems with her mind

"Stop this!" the larger one ordered as the smallest fell to the floor like he was bowing, she switched her concentration to the larger mech in front of her and a few seconds passed and he was gasping and clutching at his chest as his vital systems began crushing.

"Princess, stop." Querl instructed and she broke the mind cast and looked at him confused "I think you did enough damage." He grinned

"I could do worse." She spoke dangerously

"Let's just take that tour shall we." He spoke nervously and walked off; she followed... after she slammed the two Coluans into the wall. The first stop was the thrown room

"This would be the gigantic waterfall that randomly appeared one day... I can't remember who formed it." She shrugged and he chuckled

"Quite the tour guide aren't you." He smiled and she shrugged

"I normally have my fun outside the walls of the city." She grinned deviously "wanna go?" she asked

"You sure we can get passed the guards?" he asked frowning and she grabbed his hand and pulled him into a dark corner

"Don't make a noise." She instructed and let his hand go. She lifted her hands up into the air making a glowing orb of gold envelope them and teleport them outside the walls of the city.

"Wow." He breathed

"Shush." She spoke quickly and quietly as she put her finger to her lips and pointed out the bushes "not out yet." She grinned and looked up, she clicked her fingers and a small hole appeared in the rock "they should really make this princess proof." She smirked and climbed through. He followed clumsily and fell as he got out, "you ok?" she asked giggling

"Yeah." He grinned and stood up to see a shocking sight; her long lilac dress had been replaced by a skin tight lilac suit that showed her cleavage, the locket hung proudly around her tanned neck; her clothes were a one piece suit with black boots that attatched on, also she wore black gloves that reached the top of her arms. "How'd you...?" he asked

"Change?" she asked and he nodded "morphing." She smiled "hold my hand." She instructed and he did as he was told as she walked through the golden bars and into the forest. "I'd explain but i'm afraid it would take a while." She sighed then let go of his hand. "So... you have a nickname?" she asked absentmindedly

"Brainy." He answered and she smiled

"I like it." She grinned "fits." And he smirked

"You?" he asked

"Just call me Roxy... except for in public, then it's Princess." She advised and he nodded

"Understood. So where is you like to go out here?" he asked looking round the forest weirdly

"Come with me, it's about to start." She grinned and he followed her through the dark forest to a small hill that overlooked everything.

"Pardon me for asking but... what's about to happen?" he asked and she grinned

"Sit down and watch." She smiled and sat leaning on a rock as he did the same and watched. They waited for a few seconds before a brilliant blast of colour erupted from the sky, rainbows of lights trickled throughout the dark blues and purples of the atmosphere

"What's going on?" he asked

"The Equinox." She grinned as the wind howled a soft tune that picked up with the pounding of feet that went with a beat; it was like the forest was alive. The lights shone down and hit the grass, each time a light hit a lilac erupted from the ground giving the air a sweet scent. Nanguala really was a planet of beauty and wonder, so many occurrences that he would have never seen on Colu. He looked to his left where the most unlikely princess ever sat in wonder of the sight in front of her

"How many times have you seen this?" he asked

"Every birthday." She smiled

"It's your birthday?!" he asked shocked

"Uh huh, why?" she asked

"Heh, tomorrow it's mine." He smiled "well, happy birthday." He grinned "for your present...erm... AH HA!" he grinned and plucked a small lilac flower and handed it to her "to you, your royal highness." He mocked a bow

"Thank you." She smiled curtsying back and laughing

"... So what's that banging noise?" he asked and she smiled

"Moraongos, they have this weird dance thing on the Equinox, also the wind howls in a way that make it sound like a song." She smiled and clicked her fingers making a small harp appear that was made from one whole shell that seemed expertly crafted

"You play instruments?" he asked

"I'm needed to, Violin, Harp, Ocarina (real instrument Japanese origin), Piano, ooh and the Flute." She grinned and played a few notes as the wind howled back in respond as the drumming continued in the pattern off 'Clap...clap.. clap clap clap, Clap' a few clicking noises and Crickets chirps could be heard adding to the orchestra of animals and nature as she provoked the winds tuned howling.

"How are you doing that?" he asked confused

"Nanguala is alive, listen to the songs, I just move them along." She explained as a glorious song that sounded like a wolf howling a midnight serenade span throughout the threes and lit up the sky in a rainbow of dancing lights (like the northern lights only brighter and more colourful)

"Very interesting." He smiled and listened to the tune as it carried over the winds and across the City alerting her father of where she was; he smiled and listened to the beautiful melody, didn't mind where she was... as long as she was safe. A few hours passed and the music had dimmed to the low drum like sounds from the Moraongos. They'd both sat down as she rested her arms

"Like it?" she asked

"It was very... entrancing." He smiled and she picked up her small present and put it in her hair

"We should head back to the city, it's really late." She smiled and stood up dusting her clothes of the grass and leaves.

"It's 9:34 and 46 seconds PM." He informed her

"Meaning late." She grinned and he nodded as she took him back into the city without being noticed once... except for two prying red eyes that glinted with darkness and hate. When inside the hall way they got into her room quickly without being seen by the still unconscious Coluan guards

"Oh man that was too easy." Roxy grinned

"Ehem." A voice alerted her, She span round to see her father sat on her bed with an annoyed look on his face

"Erm... hi." She laughed nervously

"Ooh busted." Brainy grinned

"Roxanne I know you love this time of the year but it's dangerous out there." He scolded

"Not really, the animals are in tune with nature so they're to busy with the ritual." She countered

"The Coluan Prince is getting suspicious." Mariza frowned

"...Why?" she asked confused

"Because you choose to spend the time you have with your bodyguard." He answered and Brainy frowned

"I can explain to them if they like, I would have gone alone... body guard remember?" she asked grinning whilst thinking 'HA I found a loophole!'

"Flower." He stated dryly

"What?" She asked confused

"The flower in your hair... where did you get it?" he asked suspiciously

"That would be me Sir; I gave it to her as a birthday present." Brainy spoke nervously and Mariza frowned

"You know what they'll do if anything is going on." He stated seriously

"... I understand." She bowed her head "but we're friends." She defended

"Sir I guarantee my feelings towards your daughter are strictly professional." He spoke seriously

"Keep it that way; we don't want anymore blood spilled in this city." Mariza frowned "you too Roxanne." He warned her

"No worries dude-I mean dad." She grinned "just friends." She assured and he nodded and walked out the room then shook his head at the guards

"Idiots don't know her true power... I feel sorry for any Coluan that crosses her." He mumbled and walked back to the thrown room. Back inside the room

"Well that was embarrassing." She grinned nervously

"Yep; I'll be outside if you need me." He smiled and she nodded as he walked out.