A/N: Thanks for the reviews! So, I see that you loved my chapters.
Phoenix: YOURS?!
Me: Fine, ours. Oh, that reminds me.. How about our plan to kidnap one of the Maximum Ride characters?
Phoenix: Oh yeah.. Who should we take first?
Me: How about.. *Pulls in a person tied to a chair* ... IGGY?
Phoenix: Woah, its Iggy..
Iggy: Wh- Who are you guys?
Me: I am DarkBloodyAngelOfAbyss, and this girl right here is Phoenix.
Phoenix: *Flips her black, orange and red hair behind her.* DarkBloodyAngelOfAbyss is the author of this story.
Me: Aw man! That reminds me, I forgot to do disclaimers!
Iggy: What are you talking about?
Me: While we explain to Iggy why he is here, R&R!
Phoenix: We don't own Maximum Ride, or the characters, but we do own everything else!
Me: Yep, I own you too, Phoenix.
Phoenix: Don't rub it in.
Me: Too late for that, Phoenix. Muhahahahaha!
Phoenix: Awww, she brought out the evil laugh.. Nooo..
Which Prince?
Chapter 3
The video chat with Granny didn't tell me anything, except now I know she is keeping something from me.
I shut my computer down, and finished my food.
"Max, try to find something nice to wear, you're meeting some people today!" Someone, I think it was Catori, yelled through the door.
I got up and started sifting through the clothes in the dresser, knowing that whatever I had was all casual, I wasn't planning to do anything special while I visited Granny.
Instead, I pulled out a green graphic tee with a green lantern sign on the front. I chose flared jeans and my usual pair of maroon colored converse. I quickly changed then pulled my phone out from my backpack and turned it on.
So far, no one has emailed me, texted me or called me. Good, since I didn't want to explain everything to them.
"MAAXX!" Catori burst into the room just as she did yesterday, when we met.
"WHHAAATT?" I copied her tone mockingly.
She frowned a moment. "Is that what you call nice?" When I nodded, she frowned. "You don't have anything nicer? Anything?"
"Everything I brought was casual. I wasn't planning to do anything."
Catori sighed, and shook her head, probably clearing her thoughts. "The king has told me to give you a tour of the castle. Let's go." She opened the door, and stepped out. And thats when one of the strangest things happened.
There was a "Boom", then some green colored smoke rose from a spot from the floor. As soon as Catori took a whiff of it, her eyes practically rolled back into her head and she clamped her hands over her nose and mouth.
I have to say, the smell was totally disgusting. It reeked of smelly old socks, moldy food, cheese, and puke. I swear, I almost fainted just because of the smell. Faintly, I heard laughter and giggles and a boy saying, "Did you see their faces? Especially Cat's?". Then the noise faded away and so did the smoke, but the smell definitely lingered.
I stole a look at Catori's face, and she did look kind ridiculous in her position. She was kneeling on the floor, hands still over her nose and mouth, eyes glaring at the wall, and her eyebrows twitching. behind her hand, I could hear her muttering to herself, but I couldn't make out any of the words because of her hand.
"Mpht's phoe." she stood and led me down the hallway and to the stairs where we finally got away from that stench.
We gasped in fresh air, all while Cat was murmuring.
"Damn those stupid princes. Damn their best friend. Damn the 'Troublesome Trio'. Damn their stupid pranks."
"Who's the troublesome trio?" I asked. They were the ones who set up that smoke, weren't they?
Cat stared at me with ice cold eyes. "They are made of two princes and the GOA (A/N: GOA is General Of the Army. It is the highest rank, I think, in the army.). The general's my friend, but she's closer to the two princes than anyone else." She exhaled. "Those three are practically joined at the hips. It's almost rare to see all of them apart."
"Oh." Was all I could say.
"They do pranks all the time, but they find a way to do it when the victim leasts expects it." She led me down the staircase, and stopped. "So up there are some of the rooms, and the floor above has more rooms too. We walked through the massive halls, and Catori showed me which rooms were which.
We got to the kitchen, and let me tell you, it was huge. The cooks gave us both pies to take out and eat. However, Cat never got to eat hers.
It exploded in her face when she smelled it while we were walking out. After that she started yelling, and stomping her feet.
"Dammit, why are they targeting me so much today? Is it 'Prank the royal advisor day'? Why the hell is it always me? You three, go die in a fucking hole! This was a new shirt too!" She clutched her shirt and sunk down to the ground still yelling.
I heard the same laughter again. "Oh, what about the other one?"
Oh no.. I acted without thinking, and threw the pie in the air. Soon enough, it was raining blueberry pie all around Catori.. Ooops..
She frowned, and I heard wild laughs and exclaiming. "I will get them back.. Now then, shall we move on?"
I was thankful that she wasn't yelling anymore, but she was a mess. "Shouldn't you get cleaned up?"
"There's a bathroom nearby." she answered then wordlessly made her way to the bathroom. I waited for her outside, and heard Niki and Miki.
The sisters walked in from a connecting hallway and saw the mess. They freaked, then ran to get supplies to clean it up, heels clacking and clicking on the floor.
Wow, this can't really be real. Maybe they're just tricking me, I haven't seen the royal family at all yet. But look at this place! It seems as if this place is bigger than two mansions. They even have a GOA, a royal advisor and maids, too. So this has to be real.
I snapped myself out of my thoughts just as Catori came back out. "Let's keep on going."
She showed me more rooms and hallways. Once, she turned a corner and smoke appeared. Then she was about to open a door when she stepped on something slippery, and it made her fall.
But after each time, she would always pull herself together.
Catori checked her watch, and gasped. "Ooohh man, I forgot to tell the Queen something.. You're coming with me." She grabbed my arm and took me to a hall that had a red carpet going down the middle. The carpet went from a door, up a couple of steps and then to a platform where two seats were. "In about an hour, you're gonna be right here." she said, not looking at me and still pulling me. She turned a corner, and after passing a few doors, she knocked on one, and waited for a response.
"Come in." a confident voice called.
Catori pushed the door open, and bowed slightly, motioning for me to do the same thing.
"Queen Anne." She spoke her name.
"Oh, you don't need to bow." I straightened and saw a magnificent woman sitting in a chair. She stood up, and smiled.
Her golden colored floor length dress shone because of the sunlight spilling through the window. Her blonde hair was perfectly straight, and her blue eyes examined me.
"Your majesty, this Max, the girl who has the necklace." Catori gestured to me.
"Hello, Max. Of course, you know who I am because of the way Catori addressed me. "I am Queen Anne Vessalius." She turned to the man who sat across from her. "You may go now."
"Hi, Queen Anne." I managed.
"Your majesty, the King wanted me to tell you that he had something important to tell you. He wanted to discuss it with you.
"Alright, I'll go see him now. Do you know where he is?" the Queen asked in a sweet voice.
"I think he's playing with Angel in the garden."
She clasped her hands together, and spoke again. "Thank you. I'll be on my way now." She walked past us and walked out of the room.
"So why do they keep two last names?" I asked, knowing the other name was Nightray.
"Because," Catori started, then walked out just to have a bucket of water to be spilled on her. She clenched and unclenched her fists. "As I was saying, they kept two names because the King and Queen wanted to honor their families and the kings and queens before them. Plus, the King and Queen married for a couple of reasons. To unite two parts of this country, and because, ya know, they liked each other. There is only one other part of this country that isn't owned by them, and that part is bigger than this part." Cat took a big breath.
I processed what she said, then asked her one question out of a million I had floating around in my mind. "Who owns the bigger part?"
She crossed her arms. "The Batchleders. They're jerks. We asked for a truce, but they wouldn't accept it."
"And exactly why are they fighting?"
"Because one, they wouldn't give us some crops when ours got flooded and killed. Two, the king there is mad at our kingdom for some reason. Whenever we asked, the king always said 'You know what you did. You know exactly what wrongs you have done.'."
"Oh." She started walking out, and I followed her. She continued showing where things are. When we finally finished the tour, we went to her room so she could change before we went back to the main hall.
She changed into a blue button up and black jeans. "Now, what size are you?" she was digging through her closet.
Honestly, I didn't have any idea. I mean, I don't go out to the mall very much. "I have no idea."
She gave me a glare, but then threw me a shirt, saying, "Put this on."
I held the shirt up. It was a black button up made of a silky material. The sleeves were a little poofy, but it seemed okay. "I can't wear this. It's yours."
"No, wear it. It's too big for me anyways. Besides, you need it since you're finally meeting the royal families."
So, how was it?
Phoenix: Hey, we actually explained everything to Iggy.
Me: Yeah. He was pretty freaked at first, but then he got used to our crazy minds.
Phoenix: The Igster even promised to not run away!
Me: So we untied him.
Iggy: Thanks for untying me. That rope hurt.
Me: No prob.
Phoenix: Woah, DarkBloodyAngelOfAbyss, are you BLUSHING?
Me: No I am NOT! I'm just excited to meet him, that's all!
Phoenix: You are blushing. You like Iggy!
Iggy: ... Why are they talking about me like I'm not here?
Me: I don't like him!
Phoenix: YES YOU DO!
Iggy: *Laughs nervously.* So while I try to stop this, Review!
Me: *Pulls out my samurai swords.* Shut up, or I will keep your head as a prize!
Iggy: Uh-oh.. I better go..
REVIEW IF YOU DON'T WANT IGGY TO GET KILLED WHILE STOPPING PHOENIX AND I FROM FIGHTING!
Peace! ~DarkBloodyAngelOfAbyss~