HELLO WONDERFUL PEOPLE!THIS IS CHAPTER 2 OF THE ORPHAN AND THE PRINCE!HOPE YOU ENJOY!(sorry if its on the short side i had a little trouble coming up with takuma's chapter)ANYWAYS ENJOY!AGAIN!(hopefully):D
DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE KNIGHT!
Chapter 2: The Prince
(Takuma's POV)
I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. The sun was shining through the curtains. I sat up and yawned stretching my arms over my head. I rubbed my eyes and looked around my room. It was huge. My bed is big and really soft and the comforter too. My dresser was across from my bed. My nightstand was beside my bed. There were bookshelves mostly filled with manga. There was a door that led to my closet and another door that led to my bathroom. I looked at the clock on my nightstand. It read 10:30 am. I got up and walked to the mirror that was attached to my dresser. I looked at myself in the mirror. Blonde hair, green eyes. That is what I look like. Tall also. Taller than the maids. Yes, there are maids in my home. Why you ask? It's because I'm…..the prince of Shadow Grove.
Yup, the prince and my grandfather's the King. We live in an enormous castle. I know you must be asking isn't the King supposed to be my dad? Well my mom and dad were the King and Queen….up until I was 6. They had to attend some business in another town. So they left. But they never returned. I was devastated. My grandfather told the entire town that the King and Queen just died from some weird disease. I don't know why he didn't tell the truth about my mom and dad disappearing. Now you must be thinking aren't I supposed to be King? Well I was supposed to but my grandfather took the position saying that I was too young to take on this responsibility. Which I was. Now here I am, Takuma Ichijo, 18-years-old. Who is supposed to take the throne when he turns 18 but my grandfather refused. He makes a terrible ruler. Tormenting people. Leaving people homeless, starving, and unemployed just to name a few. There was also a rebellion that happened 10 years ago. The cause: grandfather. Result that happened because of the rebellion: everybody who took part in the rebellion was killed by the knights.
My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. I sensed one of the maids on the other side of the door. "Come in" I said. The door opened and a maid with dark brown eyes and shoulder-length brown hair came in. "Good morning Takuma-sama. How are you today?" the maid asked. "Fine, thanks" I answered yawning. "Did you just wake up?" she asked. "Yeah" I answered. "Do you want to eat breakfast or wait until lunch?" she asked. "Um, I'll wait. Thanks for asking though" I smiled. "Okay anything else?" she asked. "No, not at the moment" I smiled again. "Okay then. See you later Takuma-sama" she said leaving my room. "Bye!" I said in my happy tone.
I am famous throughout the castle with the workers. Not only because I'm the prince but for my smiles and my happy and bubbly personality. I'm like a ray of sunshine in a terrible storm. My grandfather finds me annoying. A lot. Especially when I was younger. He doesn't really like me though. I rarely see him. He is either in his office or in another town. So I'm basically all alone. I sigh. I walked to the two double doors that were windows. I opened them and walked out onto the balcony. I looked over at the town. The front of the town was where the rich people lived. The back of the town was where the not-so-rich people lived. For some reason the back of the town looked gray. I don't know why. Even though I go there every day.
I sneak out of the castle every day using a hidden passage I found when I was 7. Every day I put on some disguise so people don't recognize me. Then I use the passage way to get out of the castle. Then I use the back streets to get to my best friend's, Kaname's, house. Which is in the poor side of town despite having a fair amount of money. I walked back into my room and into the bathroom. I decided to take a bath. I turned on the water and waited for it to fill the tub. My bathroom had a bathtub, a shower, a sink, bathroom cabinets, and a towel rack.
The tub was full so I went to the cabinet and opened it. On the top shelf had shampoo, the second shelf had soap, the third shelf had the bath toys I used to play with when I was younger although I still use my rubber ducky, and the fourth shelf had bubble bath bottles which was what I was looking for. I bent down and looked at the different bottles. I took two of the bottles and held one in each hand. The one in my left hand was a green bottle and smelled like watermelons. The one in my right hand was a pink bottle and smelled like strawberries. Even though I'm 18 I still take bubble baths. Because I love them. For a boy who's 18 and considered an adult I'm really childish. Everyone says I am. My grandfather, the staff, my friends, and maybe more people if they ever meet me. I chose the green bottle because green's my favorite color. I went back to the bathtub, opened the lid on the bottle, and poured some of the liquid into the water.
I dipped my hand into the water and began stirring the water with my hand. Green bubbles began appearing above the water. I squealed with delight. I couldn't wait to go into the bubble bath. The more I stirred the more bubbles appeared and the more happy I became. I stopped when the bubbles were about 10 centimeters above the water. I smiled. I then took off my pajamas and stepped into the water and bubbles. I lowered myself into the bubbles until only my face showed. My smile widened as I cupped my hands together which had bubbles in it and blew them so they floated up into the air. "Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles! I love bubbles!" I thought happily as I popped a few of them. I blew some more bubbles and grabbed the soap bar that was on the edge of the tub. I began soaping myself with the bar of soap.
20 minutes later I came out, wrapped the towel around me and drained the water. "Bye, bye bubbles" I said as I waved to the bubbles as they disappeared down the drain. See, what did I tell you? I'm really, really childish. I went into my closet and got out a dark blue top and tan colored pants. I put my clothes on and flopped onto my bed. My stomach growled. "I shouldn't have skipped breakfast" I thought as I rubbed my stomach. I rolled onto my stomach and sighed. "I'm bored. But not for long" I thought as I grabbed my teddy bear and held him close. I called him Taka. Aside from a few photo albums he's the only thing I have left from my parents. My grandfather tried to get rid of Taka when I was 10 saying that I was 'too old' to be having stuffed toys. But I hid him and after a while he stopped looking. I'm so glad I still have Taka. He keeps me company especially when I have bad dreams.
I started rolling around on my bed because of my boredom. I soon stopped when I heard a knock on my door. "Come in" I called. The door opened to reveal another maid this time having short light blue hair and same hue of blue eyes. "Takuma-sama lunch is ready" she said in a nasty tone. "Okay, I'll be down in a minute." I say sitting up on my bed. "No, get your royal butt down there!" she shouted. I immediately stood up and walked out of my room quickly. She slammed the door and followed me. Almost all the staff likes me. She's the only one who doesn't like me. It's more like she hates me. Ever since that time where I accidentally said something about something I shouldn't have seen. I could sense her glaring at my back.
After about 5 minutes which felt like an hour we reached the dining room. I sat down at the long table that's in the middle of the room. I was so hungry that I wanted to eat with my hands. But unfortunately I'm not supposed to do that. I was so happy when my lunch finally came. It was mashed potatoes and steak with biscuits and juice. Well the juice is for me since I don't want to drink wine. I know you might think that's a small meal for a prince but it's really not. The plates are huge and the servings are huge too. I started eating like a pig. The staff that was there in the dining room started laughing at me except the one that hates me who was actually glaring at me. I really didn't care that they were laughing at me or she was glaring at me. All I cared about was getting as much food into me as possible. I raised my head and smiled at them all. That only made them laugh harder and her glare more. I then lowered my head to continue eating like a pig.
"Takuma stop acting like a child and stop eating like a pig. You are disgracing the Ichijo family." A voice said with disgust. I immediately knew who the voice belonged to. I looked up from my plate to be met by cold, gray eyes that belonged to my grandfather….the King. I smiled nervously. "Oh sorry grandfather" I said nervously. "You're a prince sit up straight!" my grandfather said. I immediately did so. Behind my grandfather the blue-eyed maid was smirking at me. What's ironic is that she's my grandfather's favorite maid. She just can't let that incident go. My grandfather took a seat across from me and started eating. I continued to eat too but not as I did before he came in. There was silence between us. I could sense tense auras all around the room except for my grandfather's and the blue-eyed maid who had dark auras. I took a glance at my grandfather through my bangs to see he was looking at me as if I was a new species and he was studying me. I immediately looked down at my food. After a while my grandfather got up. "I'm going back to my office. Work on your studies. Dinner will be moved to 9:00." With that he left the dining room, the blue-eyed maid following him.
30 minutes after I was back in my room at my desk doing my studies. "Lunch was good" I said out loud to myself. I turned around in my chair and glanced at the clock on my nightstand. It read 1:00 pm. "1:00 only? Well since dinner's moved to 9 I'll have more time in the town!" I exclaimed standing up. I ran to my closet and got out a hat and huge sunglasses from the top shelf and grabbed my jacket. I threw them on the bed and then sat down at my desk to finish my studies. An hour later I finally finished. "Wow that took longer than I thought" I thought as I put my books away. There was another knock on my door. "What now? I want to leave" I said as I crossed the room to open the door. "Hello, Takuma-sama. Since I know you're going into town again, I brought some bread in case you get hungry" the maid said as she handed me a container. "Ah thanks" I smiled as I took the container. "You're welcome. I'll leave now. Goodbye Takuma-sama" the maid said as she left. "Bye" I called out as she left. I closed the door and opened the container. It was a star-shaped bread that had chocolate chips in it. It smelled good and was still warm.
I smiled, placed the lid on the container and went back to my bed. I put the hat on, the sunglasses, and the jacket. The container was able to fit into my jacket pocket. "Alright, I'm ready" I said out loud. "Time to sneak out" I thought as I opened the door and stepped out of my room. I started tip-toeing down the hall. I reached the stairs without getting caught by anybody. Well, everybody knows I sneak out to go to the town every day except grandfather and that maid that hated me. I went down the stairs and turned right and continued walking for a bit. I stopped at a door which led to the basement. I opened it and walked in and closed the door behind me. It was dark but I could still see since I'm a vampire like the rest of the people in the town. I went down another flight of stairs and finally reached the bottom. The basement. Dark, cold, and a little scary. The only thing below the basement is the dungeons which is even scarier. I've only been in the dungeons once when I was 5. By myself. I was curious where that certain door led. It scared the hell out of me that for the next two weeks I'd always sneak into my parent's room and sleep with them. Yes, I was a very curious child. I then went on my hands and knees and crawled under the stairs. The stairs were in a corner. I reached the corner that was under the stairs. A trunk was in the corner. I moved it to reveal a hole in the wall. This is where the passageway starts. I crawl through the hole, turn around and pull the trunk so it covers the hole. The hole was big enough that I can turn around with no problems. I can't believe that I can still fit through here.
There are a couple of twists and turns but I finally make it to the exit which is covered by a bush. I crawl through the hole and the bush and stand up. I inhaled the fresh air. "It feels so good" I say. I then start walking but quickly dash and hide behind a tree when I see a couple of the knights. The knights were guards of the castle, arrests people, punishes people, and a bunch of other stuff that I forget about. Then I suddenly remember. Once every week my grandfather sends the knights to go to the poor side of town to check up on the poor people since they're mainly ignored by my grandfather. Today was when the knights go to the poor side. I can't believe I forgot. Now I have to be extra careful today because if they catch me they'll go tell my grandfather. I just hope they're getting ready to leave because if most of them are already there it will make things 100% harder for me to get to Kaname's house. I run to a tree nearby and hide behind it. No one saw or heard me. "Let's just hope I can get there without getting caught" I thought.
THATS THE END OF CHAPTER 2!SORRY IF ITS A LITTLE RUSHED!LIKE I SAID I HAD TROUBLE COMING UP WITH TAKUMA'S CHAPTER!ANYWAYS CHAPTER 3 WILL BE UP SOON!AND THE STORY WILL GET BETTER!I PROMISE!
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