When we got to the capital we made it 3 days before the grand ball and we used that time to forget the stressful trip we had on the way here I got a message from Aki and Hoshi saying that I could keep the bird I used to send the letter to Hoshi back at the village. Aki told me the reason why he formed the bandits when I asked once I got the letter from him saying that I could keep the bird and I understood why he formed his bandits and told him if they needed a place to rest they could come to Dragon's Claw, as for the letter I got from Hoshi it made me worry since he told him that both Yumi and Tomatsu both disappear but as for the kids I am taking care of they are with Daichi and he is taking care of them till Hoshi can find out what happened to Tomatsu and Yumi. Hoshi also told me that the people who came to the village are all better and are requesting a permit stay in the village and become a villager their and I told him yes they could and if the village needs to, they can expand the wall of it gets too crowded.
Soon I was getting ready for the grand ball and I put my hair into a side braid as I put the dress that was given to me by Starlight village's lord. As I left my room I saw Masky, Noshi, Jasmine, and Lina was all ready to go and soon we made our way to the grand hall where the ball was being held and Lina stayed on the sidelines with other guards as Jasmine and Noshi danced together I was just being a wallflower which caught the eye of many rude and dirty minded lords who asked me to dance with them, but thankful Misaki came over and stole me from them and we talked for half the night, Masky and I danced for the rest of the night everything was calm and there was no sign of Kard not even Lina caught his scent. Soon the first night of grand ball was over and we all went back to our rooms, but that night I had a dream that was almost similar to the one from 3 nights ago.
Beautiful light shining around the room, people dancing to the music that is playing, the ballroom looked like the one from the grand ball and I was making my way to the balcony.
"Is this the same dream from before?" I thought to myself, seeing that the people in the room were a little taller than me.
Once I got out onto the balcony I was greeted by a boy with pure white hair with the tips a blackish-grey color and instead of a sweet innocent smile it was more dark and sinister but I just couldn't see his face again soon the boy that looked like Tomatsu appeared next to him and his smile was also a little bit sinister but it still had some innocent in it but how could this be the same dream if it was different. Soon everything went dark and I saw a light as I looked around and made my way over to it and saw that I was in a palace of some sort then I hear someone yelling out a name
"Crimson!" the voice said
'Again with the name Crimson?' I thought as I turned around to see the boy with pure white and blackish-grey tipped hair running over to me and lift me up in his arms and spin around with me in his arm
'am I the Crimson they are speaking of' I wondered
I have some good news" the boy said as he held me in his arms "My parents agreed to our marriage when we turn 20" he told me,
"Crimson! Brother!" another voice called out to us as they were making their way to us soon everything went dark again as they were getting closer before I could see who it was.
Once I could see what is around me I saw that I was sitting in a satin bed and once I got out of it I walked to the mirror and saw that I was wearing something that a goddess would wear but what shocked me the most was that around my ankle was a chain that kept me in this room. I heard someone enter the room but before I could look everything faded.
I jolted up from my bed with sweat on my forehead and my breathing was heavy when I heard my bird flap around in its cage which scared me as I looked outside I saw that the sun had just started to rise as I opened the cage.
"What the hell is with these dreams?" I thought to myself as I opened the window to let my bird fly around.
"They aren't dreams" a voice spoke and I looked around my room and saw no one so I just decided to ignore it and take a shower and relax for the day till it was time for the grand ball tonight.
I told Noshi, Jasmine, Masky, and Lina that I am going to go to the town center where the fountain was to relax for the day and they agreed and said that we will meet before the ball and we all went off to do our own thing. I sat down at the fountain and started to hum a song when one of the kids that were playing around asked me to sing and so I smiled at them and agreed and soon I started to sing for them and everyone around.
"Dancing a spiral we sing unaware,
On fairy night wings our songs fill the air,
Making a circle of magic and light,
Watched silently by the fay of the night,
Our hearts full of love and our arms open wide,
We hold the key to the faeries delight,
Song in our hearts belong in the air,
The words of our wisdom we bring forth to share,
The songs in the night,
As we dance 'round the flame,
The Fairy Nightsongs are never the same,
The words from our lips as we sing for the night,
Impart to the Fay our hearts truest sight,
Sounds of the forest in sweet harmony,
We give the gift of our song to the fairy,
Dancing a spiral we sing unaware,
The fairy night wings our song fill the air,
The songs in the night
As we dance 'round the flame
The Fairy Nightsongs are never the same
The words from our lips as we sing for the night
Impart to the Fay our hearts truest sight,
Ahh...
Dancing a spiral we sing unaware,
On fairy night wings our songs fill the air,
Making a circle of magic and light,
Watched silently by the fay of the night,
The songs in the night,
As we dance 'round the flame,
The Fairy Nightsongs are never the same,
The words from our lips as we sing for the night,
Impart to the Fay our hearts truest sight,
Our hearts full of love and our arms open wide,
We hold the key to the faeries delight,
Song in our hearts belong in the air,
The words of our wisdom we bring forth to share,
The songs in the night,
As we dance 'round the flame,
The Fairy Nightsongs are never the same,
The words from our lips as we sing for the night,
Impart to the Fay our hearts truest sight,
Sounds of the forest in sweet harmony,
We give the gift of our song to the fairy,
Dancing a spiral we sing unaware,
The fairy night wings our song fill the air,"
By the time I finished singing, I saw that there was a crowd of people listening to me singing so I sung the songs and it seems that it was relaxing everyone around who was listening, soon it got late and I walked to the in to get ready for the ball. As I left my room I saw Masky, Noshi, Jasmine, and Lina was all ready to go and soon we made our way to the grand hall where the ball was being held and Lina stayed on the sidelines with other guards as Jasmine and Noshi danced together I was just being a wallflower again which caught the eyes of many rude and dirty minded Lords who asked me to dance with them, but thankful Misa came over and stole me from them and we talked for half the night again, till everyone and the music died down
"Ladies and gentlemen his Highness Lord Uno of the supreme court" the announcer called out as a man with dark green eyes which kinda looked like a dark emerald entered the room as everyone clapped I couldn't shake the feeling I was getting from him, it was the feeling of fear and soon the music started back up again and I was getting hot inside the ballroom and left out onto the balcony almost as soon as music started again.
'Why is my head hurting?' I thought to myself as I leaned on the railing
"Do you mind if I join you Miss?" a voice said from behind me and I turned to see his Highness, Lord Uno,
"N-No I don't mind?" I said to him as my head a pulsed which caused me to grab my head 'why does this feel so familiar?' then a voice I didn't expect to hear came from behind me,
"Brother, you agreed to wait for me before you made contact with her," the voice said and as I was turning around they knocked me out and all I could manage to say was one-word
"To...mat...su" before everything went black I caught a glimpse of dark green eyes.
When I opened my eye I saw that I was in a gray room wearing a pale pink dress and I saw chains around me and as I was about to freak out
"There is no need to be scared my child" the voice I heard earlier spoke as I turned and saw that the person looked like me but had silver hair and red eyes she was wearing a two piece outfit that was a purplish-blue color
"Who are you?" I asked as I tried to move but couldn't as I saw that I was chained to my place I was sitting
"Who I am is not important right now," She said I nodded before I spoke again
"Where is this place?" I asked her
"This place is in deep within your head this is the place where your memories of your past have been locked away," she told me but before I could speak up everything disappeared and I woke up