Hi everyone. As you can see from this chapter's title, someone is going away, but if you know me and the way I write, they won't be gone for too long. Anyway, enjoy.


Chapter 30: Farewell

-Ice Skating Rink-

It's been three days since Miyuki was relinquished from her curse, everything was fine for her and now she can live a peaceful life. However, sometime was greatly bothering Julie as she skates around the ice rink. Today is Friday the eleventh and the thing that is bothering Julie is: Now that Akari's and Miyuki's life force aren't connected anymore, how can Shika let go of something like this? To the old Sea Witch, she wouldn't care if the Sisters of Light and Dark were dead, but since they both lived, what could she be planning now?

Julie shook the thoughts from her head as she is trying to concentrate on her skating. Her dark brown hair was put in a low bun. She's wearing a red skating outfit with the flowing skirt reaching passed her thigh. Her dress went from red on top and down to pink with a hint of white at the rim of the skirt. She wore matching red skates. She relaxed herself and focus on doing a upright spin. She twirled and twirled until she manage to complete it. When she was finished, she heard clapping. She turned around to see that it was Miyuki who was clapping.

"Yuki, what are you doing here?" Julie asked as she skates to the girl.

"Well, I wanted to try ice skating again. Plus... Despite that Shika's cursed darkness is out of me, I am still the Black Mermaid Princess and... Everything else after that." Miyuki answered. "It could help me control my powers better."

"And?" Julie crossed her arms, knowing there was more.

"And... We used to ice skate when we were younger. You know, back when you were Rose Red and I was Snow White." Miyuki answered. "But I seemed to have forgotten. It was a long time ago."

"Then I'll teach you." Julie smiled.

Miyuki nods as she took off her coat to reveal a white skating dress. Unlike Julie's, it has sleeves. She also has white skates on her tiny feet. She hold hands with Julie to keep balance as Julie slowly pull her to the rink. The skating rink was empty so it was just the two of them.

"Julie onee-chan." Miyuki called to her.

"Hm?" Julie looked at the girl.

"When we return home... Can you cut me hair?" she asked.

Julie was slowing her pace as she frowned at the young princess, "Why?"

Miyuki inhaled the chilling air, "Because I want a fresh start... To make up for what I've done."

They stopped ice skating as Julie fully turned to face her, "That wasn't your fault, Shika's darkness took controlled of you. You didn't do anything wrong."

"But that didn't change the fact that I almost cost many lives." Miyuki countered.

"Yuki..." Julie trailed off, shocked at the response.

"It's okay, I know that it wasn't completely my fault. Still... I want you to cut my hair." Miyuki insisted.

Julie was hesitant at first, but then she smiled, "Okay."

-Pearl Waters-

When the girls returned from the ice rink, Julie took Miyuki to her room. Sakura wasn't currently in the bath house since she went out with Seira, who is with Takumi, so she can get used to the town. From what Julie had heard from Lucia, Seira's relationship with Takumi is just getting started. Hanon went to spy of them as usual since she was annoyed that Seira hasn't went on a date with Takumi yet. She was yelling in determination to make their relationship filled from romantic moments. Rina went to see Masahiro's boxing match while Lucia is spending time with Kaito at the beach. Coco was in the kitchen doing the dishes. She has gotten better, but Nikora insisted that she stay for now in case if there is any more attacks in the kingdom. Akari was in her room, probably painting. She was always artist and love making craft, just like Julie loves sewing and making.

-Julie's and Sakura's Room-

When Miyuki entered she has noticed that Sakura's side of the room has improved since the last time she has seen it. There was her own table with a mirror on it. On the side was a bookshelf that has many books on fairy tales. She thinks that Julie is trying to find and identify the missing heroes since there was sticky notes with names on the cover. Julie gestures the girl to sit in her chair. She draped a white cloth around Miyuki to keep the hair that can possibly reached her clothes. She then grabbed a brush and a pair of scissor and started snipping.

After she was done, she gave Miyuki a mirror. Her hair, which used to be waist length, was now cut to touch her shoulders. Her original hair length was passing her shoulders, but ever since she has awaken as Snow White, her hair has been growing. Actually, those who have awakened had their hair growing to the length of their past selves, but since Julie's and Akari's hair were already close to the length, not much changed for them.

"Do you like it, Yuki?" Julie asked.

"Mm! I really like it." Miyuki confirms.

"You know that this doesn't affect your mermaid self, right?" Julie questioned.

"I know, but... I'm grateful for it. I'm not trying to change as a Mermaid Princess, but simply as Miyuki and Snow White." Miyuki answered.

Julie smiled as she took off the white cloth around her. Once they finished cleaning, they both went down stairs.

-Diner Room-

When they went downstairs, they heard a voice.

"It's been a while, you two." the voice replied. They both recognized that voice.

"Karen!" the two exclaimed.

"And if Karen is here..." Julie trailed off as Noel came out of the kitchen.

"Noel!" Miyuki exclaimed.

"Hello, Julie, Miyuki. How are you two doing?" Noel smiled.

"We're doing fine, but what are you two doing here?" Julie asked.

"We're here to spend the rest of the December month and to celebrate." Karen answered as if it was obvious. "I've heard that you freed Miyuki from her curse, right?"

"H-hai." Miyuki replied.

"Hey, your hair got shorter..." Karen noticed.

"I decided to have a new start." Miyuki answered.

"Well, I like it. I think it makes you look cute whenever if it's long or short." Noel comments.

"T-thank you, Noel onee-chan." Miyuki blushed, not used to hearing kind words.

Julie walked over to Noel and whispered to the Indigo Princess' ear, "Are you going to see Kyle?"

Noel whispered back, "I want to, but I'm not sure if he wants to see me. He haven't been sending me any message on my phone, so I thought that he might be busy."

"Hey you two, what were you whispering about?" Karen questioned.

"N-nothing Karen!" Noel stammered as Julie palm face. She was so bad at lying and even the message is written clear on her face.

"Oh? Could it be that nee-san is thinking about that handsome guy at the beach that day?" Karen teased.

"I-I-I-I-I wasn't thinking about him! I was just concern because Kyle-" Noel got cut off.

"Oh? So his name is Kyle?" Karen further teased her sister.

Noel, can't take the teasing anymore, grabbed her cellphone and dialed a number. The phone rang until it was picked up on the other end.

"Hello?" the voice picked up the phone.

"Subaru? This is Noel." Noel answered. She saw that her sister was becoming tense. Oh, if that is how she is feeling right now, wait when she finds out what her older sister is planning. Revenge is so sweet, he he he.

"Oh, hello Noel. How are you doing?" Subaru asked.

"Everything is fine, but there is one problem..." Noel trailed off as she raise the volume of the speaker, so everyone can hear the man on the other side.

"If there is anything I can help with, I'll be on my way." Subaru replied.

Noel was staring at Karen with a teasing smirk on her face, "No, no, no, you don't have to come right away. It's just... Karen is feeling kinda tensed right now. Would you be as kind as to help my poor sister by comforting her?"

Karen froze on her spot. She wasn't expecting for her gentle sister to be planning this devious plot. Who would have knew that Noel can be so cunning?

"Sure, um, how can I comfort her?" Subaru asked.

"Maybe you two... Go on a date?" Noel suggested.

"Alright, when?" he questioned.

"On Christmas Eve, at eight in the morning, at the most romantic place you can find." Noel answered.

"A-alright, I'll take her on Christmas Eve. G-got it." Subaru replied a bit nervously.

"Thank you very much." Noel replied in a musical tune.

"J-j-just w-wait a min..." Karen was stammering as she tried to grab the cellphone from her sister.

"Okay, bye-bye." Noel hangs up as she looked at her sister now. Karen's bangs were hiding her eyes.

"Uh oh." Coco witnessed the scene as she runs back into the kitchen.

"She's gonna blow, run!" Julie dragged a confused Miyuki out of the door just in time to hear a very loud voice booming from Karen.

"HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME!" they heard Karen screamed from the top of her lungs and some of the furniture being thrown across the room.

Miyuki popped her head to see the scene from the window along with Julie.

"Karen onee-chan is scary." Miyuki comments.

"Agreed." Julie nods her head. "Oh," she reached into her pocket to take out her ringing phone. There was a message in it.

From: Kyle Chang

To: Julie Emiko

Meet me at the hotel, something is wrong with me.

"I have to go, um, Yuki, why don't you go to your room and stay with your sister for the time being?" Julie suggested as she got to her feet.

"Alright... If I don't get pulverized by Karen onee-chan's wraith." Miyuki stared into the window to see more chairs being thrown across.

-Hotel Room-

Julie went to Kyle's hotel room and knocked on the door.

"Kyle, I'm coming in, okay?" Julie opened the door when there was no response. She entered the room to find it really warm inside. "Kyle?" she called out to him when she heard a sneeze.

"Achoo!" a sneeze came from the bedroom as a pile of books were set on fire which startled Julie.

Using her powers as Rose Red, Julie calm the flames until it was no more. She went to the bedroom to find Kyle on the bed, sneezing and bursting things into flames.

"You came, thank goodness." Kyle replied in a sick tone.

Julie looked at the Fire Prince. He was wearing a loose shirt and black pants. His black hair was very messy and his face was covered in sweat.

"You have a cold?" Julie questioned, though it was obvious.

"Yes, but never in my life, I have set stuff on fire... A-a-achoo!" he sneeze, setting the calender on fire.

"Well, when reaching adulthood in the human world, your flames will become more active than when you were a child. But, here. This will help." she gave him a cup of rose tea. It was a good thing she prepared herself last night into making it since she thought that Kyle's magic was going a bit haywire.

Kyle took a sip and felt like his cold is dying down. He sighs, "As expected from the Rose Princess who was the original wielder of these flames. After all, you sacrificed your flames and passed it down to my ancestor to be reborn, right?" Kyle asked.

"Close, my flames went to Terra Elaina and she gave my gift to your family... Just like when King Tamotsu relinquished his immortally, it ended up with the Earth Goddess and she blessed it to me." Julie explained.

-Flashback (Three days ago)-

During those three days, Julie, in the form of Rose Red, was trying to locate Kyle. She place a hand in the cool water and tried to remember where that Sea Witch's lair is. In her mind, she can see Shika. She was clearly not happy that Miyuki is no longer controlled by her darkness, but she is not disappointed.

"It doesn't matter. They may have saved the Black and Yellow Mermaid Princesses, but it isn't over yet. I still have the Fire Prince in the dungeon." Shika crackled.

"Shika-sama, with those princess' powers to become their past selves, how will we be able to catch them?" Lady Bat asked, he was clearly upset that he lost his favorite mermaid.

"The time is not right, yet. I'm still waiting for the Red Princess to fully awaken." Shika advised.

"Awaken? But she transformed into Princess Rose Red." Alala replied in a cutesie way.

"Ah, but she hasn't fully transform. You noticed that when the White and Black Mermaid Princesses transformed, they have wings on their backs. It's a very interesting sight actually, a combination between past, present, and future. They transformed into their past selves, in their present life, and the wings means what they will become in the future. However, Julie has not fully awakened as a Goddess. I need to know who she is." Shika explained.

Rose Red's mind searched the dungeon, trying to find Kyle. When she got to the dungeon, she find Kyle chained to the wall, just like Coco had told her.

"Mind Sync!" Rose Red shouted as her mind is now connected to Kyle. "Kyle!"

"Julie? No, your Princess Rose Red." Kyle realized.

"Yes, listen I don't have much time, but I'm going to released my power to break you out!" Rose Red told him.

"Alright." Kyle got it just in time before Rose Red disconnect her mind with Kyle's.

As Rose Red, her fire is linked to Kyle's since her flames were passed down to his family. They both moved in synchronize as the fire from the prince and princess blow up the entire dungeon.

Kyle used his flames to melt the metal shackles while Rose Red offers a bit of her magic to help him breathe underwater. The Rose Princess then command her briars to bring Kyle to the surface and to take him to Japan. She can feel all the roses around the world answering her calls. She was a part of them as they are to her.

Later, in the evening, she saw Kyle as the briars were carrying him safely to the ground. She returned to her normal form and went to greet him. He was looking tired so after a few minutes, Julie teleported him to the hotel he was staying. Apparently, the hotel owner gave that room to Kyle before he left for Los Angeles, so it's now his in case he came back.

-Flashback Ends-

Julie spend most of her time, teaching Kyle how to control the fire better so it won't react every time he sneezes. After she was done and Kyle was asleep, she left and went back home.

-Pearl Waters-

Lucia has returned from the beach and decided to cook dinner. She came back all happy and cheerful. When she got to the room, she noticed that Nikora was scolding Karen and Noel in the dining room and saw that a bunch of chairs and tables were thrown everywhere. She can even hear her yelling at the twins to fix the room and Coco volunteering to help.

"I can't believe it. You two are princesses yet you act all childish. I am extremely disappointed in both of you. Now clean this mess up!" Nikora was shouting.

"Yes, mam." both Karen and Noel replied.

Once Lucia went into the kitchen, she saw Miyuki was cooking diner. She noticed that her hair was cut short and she looked like she's grown a bit.

"Hey, Miyuki." Lucia called out to her.

"Ah, Lucia onee-chan." Miyuki turned to the Pink Princess.

"Are you cooking dinner for us?" Lucia asked. Miyuki nods yes. "Then can I help?" Lucia asked as the girls nods again. "Hey, Miyuki..."

"Hm?"

"Are you going to stay as a twelve year-old?" Lucia questioned.

"Eh?"

"Ah, it's just... You looked like you've grown a bit." Lucia replied. "In a good way."

"Oh, I guess Julie onee-chan never got the chance to finish her explanation about the sister pearls. It's alright, I'll tell you. You already know that there are four sister pearls, the twin Purple and Indigo Pearls, the Black and White Pearls, the half biological Pink and Red Pearls, and the two Red Pearls. For the twin pearls, the Princesses that are born has to be twins. It doesn't matter if it's the Purple Princess or the Indigo Princess is the older twin, they have to remain as twins. That is why if a princess dies or gives gives up her pearl, the other twin has to do the same. Or else, the sisters won't be considered a 'twin' just like their pearls are, right?" Miyuki quizzed Lucia.

"Right..." Lucia trailed off.

"New twins have to be born, it's not simple with pearls that are twins." Miyuki replied as she is stirring the soup. "For your pearl and the two Red Pearls, the rules the twins have doesn't apply to you."

"Really, why?" Lucia asked while she is washing dishes.

"Because, the Red and Pink pearls are not biological sister and are half. That if why a new princess can be born without delay like the Purple and Indigo Princess." Miyuki answered. "Now for the White and Black Pearls and the two Red Pearls, our rules are the same, since the four of us are the original princesses. We're the same, we are immortals, the rules mostly affect the younger sister pearl though."

"What do you mean be that?" Lucia got confused.

"Basically, Sakura and I are the same. We are the younger sister. When you are immortal, the age limit for you to stop aging is eighteen." Miyuki answered.

"Why eighteen?" Lucia wanted to get in detail.

"Because when I was Snow White, I stopped aging at the age of eighteen. As a matter of fact, all the heroes stopped at that age." Miyuki replied.

"But Julie said that the heroes died in the final battle. How is that possible when we were immortal in the past?"

"Even immortality has limits. You can't die of old age, but that doesn't mean that you can die some other way. Snow White, Rose Red, and Eliza, the three of us were reborn in the pearls created from Aqua Regina's tears. Gerda was... Special." Miyuki was careful not to tell Lucia about the Blissful Child. "So she was an exception since Julie onee-chan's Red Pearl accidentally took a bit from your Pink Pearl and split into two, creating another Red Pearl." Miyuki explained.

"So how come you have stop aging?" Lucia continued to asked questions.

"I was born six years after Akari nee-chan. When she turned eighteen and stayed eighteen, I stayed as a twelve year-old. I was six years younger than her, therefore I'll stay six years younger than her... Just like how Sakura will always stay five years younger than Julie onee-chan. Age links only affects biological sisters, while half-sisters aren't affected. The only exception for the younger sisters to continue aging despite their aging has halt, is if they found love. And because I regained my memories as Snow White, I've remembered the love in my heart. That is why I'm starting to grow up again." Miyuki explained.

"I see, his name was Edger, right?" Lucia asked.

"Yes." Miyuki smiled.

The two made dinner just as the other mermaids came back home from their day. They laugh and eat and celebrate until they went to bed.

-Next Day-

The next day, in the early morning, all the girls went downstairs to see a blue suitcase beside the door and Miyuki eating breakfast.

"Yuki?" Akari called out to her as everyone else were surprise to see her up so early.

Miyuki was wearing a pale blue dress with a white sash tied in a cute bow. She has a matching white sun hat that goes along with her white sandals. She retained her flower crystal headband and was wearing white arm warmers. Long white socks can be seen covering her legs to keep them warm. Despite she was the Snow Queen in her past life and the cold elements doesn't affect her, she loves to dress in cute clothing.

"Are you going somewhere?" Hanon asked as Miyuki took a sip from a glass of orange juice.

"Yes." she got up from her chair and put her hands behind her back. "I'm going back home... To my birth place, back when I was Princess Snow White. For me to grow up again means only one thing: Edger is still waiting for me. I promised him that I would free him from his curse in that life or in this life. You saved me from my own curse- from myself, now... It's time for me to save him." Miyuki explained.

Akari ran up to hug her little sister, "I'm going to miss you."

"Me too. I'll miss you, all of you." Miyuki replied as she returned the hug. "But that doesn't mean that I'll be gone for too long. A part of me is with the snow. You'll know when I'll come back." she then turned to Sakura. "Thank you for your tear, Sakura. I might be able to save him with it."

"Your welcome Yuki onee-chan." Sakura smiled while everyone else, except Akari and Julie, were confused. How can a tear save a prince?

"I was always dependent on you, Akari nee-chan, Julie onee-chan. But now, I think it's time for me to be independent for myself and feel more comfortable in using my powers. Thank you for freeing me." Miyuki replied.

After Miyuki finished her breakfast and they all said goodbye, she grabbed her suitcase and went to the ocean. It was sunny despite that it's December, but it was still chilly. The snow Miyuki made when she was controlled by the double mostly melted. She went into the ocean with her suitcase, transformed into a mermaid, and disappears into the ocean.

"Farewell everyone, farewell. Until we meet again..."


I hope you enjoyed this chapter and boy, was this chapter long. If you have read this chapter then congratulations, you have finished the first half of the story. This first half was finding princesses and saving them from their curse. Now to the second half, where we'll see more... Anyway, remember to Favorite, Follow, and Review. See ya.