Henry belongs to Lunapok, and just a warning, you're going to start screaming soon.
Buttercup's POV
I force myself to wake up at dawn, not even Fang would wake up to follow me. It was spring...but I still felt...rejuvenated, winter was the only drain I felt horrible but Spring was here, I ran into the barn. Shushing that blasted cow, Molly and the horse, Titan (sorry I couldn't resist).
my dad and brother will wake up any moment to work on the farm. I sighed in frustration, I did this every other season, but without hurting Dad's and Dave's proud. I found the seed box and lifted my hands over the seeds like the strawberries, cucumbers, turnips (gross) all the seeds for Spring and the wheat. Even a little push, green energy flowed out of my hands and onto the seeds.
I ran in to start breakfast, just in time too, As soon as I finished cooking burnt breakfast, soup. Dave was so excited, during the winter, he was making the rice paddy trenches deeper, and then he heard from Belle, who was the only other person that grew rice, to put fish in the paddy field.
"I'll tell you something that Belle friend of yours isn't as crazy as you think." Dave nodded, picking out the burnt vegetables, "Last year, she put baby fish in her rice paddies and..." Dave was so excited about this, of course I knew Belle was wise, she was just crazy, psychotic, "This time, I'm sure it'll be great. I saved up the money for fish. I gave the twins milk from that blasted cow.
"Dad, maybe I could help out huh?" I asked.
My dad shook his head, "No...no magic."
"I meant with my own two hands."
"Kiddo how are we going to explain if someone saw you plowing the grounds with Titan's help, no...it's ok. Plus, you're gonna have your hands full with the twins. Maybe you could stop by the shop and buy some new food for tonight, the storage is completely emptied." Dad went into his box, hidden under a floor board, and pulled out some silver coins.
I nodded not wanting to push any further, my best friends were at work right now anyways, Dad wouldn't hear of me working...there was only one place a girl like me could work at, the Morbucks' Mansion and Dad wouldn't hear of that. He has been saving up for an eternity to pay for our freedom and extra gave them extra vegetables. His dream is for us to move into a village, where we could farm and sell our crops, make a real decent living and away from these damn taxes who even charged us if we took the twins to school, lucky for us, Mom was a Countess, she taught me and Dave how to read and write and math, of course Dave was better.
As soon as Dad left, I had my own chores to do, like washing the clothes, scrubbing the floors, watching the twins but Fang was around to keep them in order. For some reason, Fang was the only one they listen to, I think it was a game. I went outside, and felt so happy, as I felt that strange energy of Spring wrapping around me. Sam and Sammie ran out behind me with their own little buckets, as they followed Fang who followed me. I even took off my slippers as I stepped in the stream, filling the buckets up, and went back into the house. Washing the dishes, the pot, scrubbing the floors, the twins were bowing at Fang (now I know they're playing a game.)
I started the clothes, scrubbing them with caked soap, putting some holes by accident (damn now I was going to have to sew them, at this work, I'll never get to play and Sammie was getting irritated, ready to learn some new moves as she was kicking our old dirty soccer ball around. I hung up the clothes, and grabbed a basket. I wouldn't mind walking towards New Towns Village, but the twins...it would have been too much.
"Dad, I need Titan. I'm going to the village." I said as he was finally done plowing and Dave was planting his rice paddies, it was noon now.
"Of course, I'm done. Any ways, but hey look, I found some of the potatoes, carrots and turnips, survived, we'll eat good tonight huh, but bring us a little extra ok."
Just as I was about to leave, Dave came up after me, he handed me some more money.
"Hey don't forget about the fish, and ask your friend, Belle."
"You know she's at work, right?" I asked him but he just sighed. I know what he was trying to do, the get a step ahead of the Morbuck's stupid taxes and we could save more money, just anything...anything to help Dad, "Fine, maybe she's there by now."
"Pssss...hey Buttercup..." I heard a voice calling me, behind the wagon, I saw two figures standing behind it, one of them was wearing a light blue hood, while another one had white hair.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked looking over to see...Brianna and Countess or Bubbles as everyone calls her, because she just had this habit of spreading joy everywhere she went, and she was a Morbucks.
"Skipping work and Bubbles here wanted to come to the new village." Brianna said, holding Sam in a head lock.
Bubbles blushed waving at me, "Actually I told my mom that I needed Brianna to come with me and she just brushed me off, but that's ok with me." Bubbles pats Sammie on the head. They all got in and Titan went into a trot along the path towards the village when...
"Good afternoon Ladies," I heard an all to familiar voice, "Good Afternoon, my foxy lady." He smiled at me, his golden blond hair shimmered and he winked on of those blue eyes at me. It was Lord Daniel de Wilson, if there's a god, he'll let the jerk fall off his horse.
"Oh hell," I said under my breath, Fang was hissing," Good bye." With that, I slapped Titan's reins and he galloped top speed.
"You can't run my fine flower, I'll see you soon."
Butch's POV
"Dearest Big Brother, think of what you're doing. Father will not be pleased." Beast, the third brother and the quietest of us all, followed me.
"You think I give a flying rat's ass? He went too far this time." I didn't get this angry, but I just lost it.
I stomped into my Dad's conference room, he glared at me with those blue eyes, but I wasn't backing down. His room of advisors, stood up and bowed at me and Beast.
"Ah Princes, you're just in time to hear about our new taxes on the nobles and Utonium's newest invention." King Henry grinned, but his stare meant that this wasn't the time but...I wasn't backing down.
I smashed my fist on the table, nearly breaking a hole in it, "I heard you picked a bride for me! IS IT TRUE?!"
"Leave us." My dad ordered the advisors and they quietly walked out, "Yes, I was thinking to the Princess Sophie of Kansai."
"Why not the other Princes huh? Why me?"
"I'm not getting any younger...and before I passed the crown to me, I would like to see you married and the line secured."
"What the hell-"
"You will watch the language! You are the Crowned Prince and you will sp-"
"You have three other sons-"
"You were chosen because the sages believe you are the wisest choice, now stop thinking of yourself for once and start thinking about the people. Kingdom of Kansai is wealth itself, it will help our people and our Kingdom to survive! You will marry for your Kingdom!"
I slammed both hands on the tables now, the plans and the maps all blew off the table and the windows flew up, I snarled "You can't make me...this isn't about the people, you made a mistake on the war, draining the kingdom's treasury and now you think you can just marry me off to save it, not a chance in HELL!"
I won, I know I won because he shut up, he was shocked and surprised that I knew...
"If you don't marry, you'll be stripped of your title, I will make the sages-"
"GO RIGHT ON AHEAD, I don't want to be King! I never wanted to be King!" I stormed off, leaving him there.
