**I know this all seems like a jumbled mess with my paragraphs and how I am jumping with one idea to the next but I don't know how to do those fancy lines to break up my ideas. I tried but it obviously did not work in the last chapter. Anyways, enjoy my pretties! **

Chapter 7

Natalya began to pack her things even though she did not have much. Mostly clothes and assortments of knives she collected. Her mind was spinning as all of her thoughts crashed together. After loading up a few extra dresses and her weapons in a bag, she stopped and looked at the mirror in her room. The silver haired woman walked up to it and saw how plain she looked.

"You shouldn't come back. He won't love you in the same way." She whispered to her reflection and looked at how her face was pale, along with her silver white hair. The colors of her skin and hair would resemble an old lady! Except those violet eyes. So bright yet so dark. Her eyes were the one thing she really liked about herself but they were always fixed with a glare.

Natalya had her mind made up that she would not return. After all, she was not really royalty nor did she want the crown and the responsibilities of royalty. The woman sighed and picked up some parchment and an ink pen to write a letter for Toris to find, and deliver to the Queen.

Dear Sister and Brother,

I am going to deliver these letters as promised however, I will be also in the journey of finding myself and who I am meant to be. I will probably not return her to live once more under this roof. Please take care and make sure that maid protects brother as she promised. Irunya, I am sorry that there has been misunderstanding and mistrust. Vanya, I appreciate your kindness and put up with my crazy antics. I love you both and wish you happiness.

-Natalya

The princess set the pen down and looked at the letter with a sigh. This was it. She was going to do this because she had to know her purpose rather than sitting in a castle that was her home, but never meant for her.

The woman threw the bag over her shoulder and looked out to the setting sun. It was going to be a cold night indeed but that would not keep her still. Natalya tossed the bag down and put on a very thick winter coat. She picked up the bag and left the letter folded in visible sight on her desk. Very quietly, she slipped out the back door without any guards or workers to notice. It was too easy to disappear. She pulled up coat tighter around her to keep the chill of the night away from her body and began walking towards the first kingdom on the letter delivering list- The Nordic kingdom.

Amelia and Ivan walked through the hallway and down multiple flights of stairs and stopped at a room with large wooden doors. "This is the place." Ivan quietly said with that same fake smile on his face. "You are doing it again." She stated to him with some annoyance. "Doing what little one?" He asked in his thick accent.

"That fake smile again." Amelia said and crossed her arms over her chest and watched him. The Prince just kept the same smile and ignored what she had said. He just pushed open the door and Amelia followed him inside.

The room was very large but had some simple padding on the floor. There were weapons that decorated the walls and gave it a feel of a torturing room rather than a training room. There were a few straw dolls that were resting in the corners as if they were people taking a small break.

"Wow... This is interesting." Amelia said as her big blue eyes took in the sights of the rather large room. Ivan just lightly chuckled. "Da." He quietly agreed and watched her expression of wonder and amazement grow. The maid ran over to the wall after seeing a particular weapon. Her thin hands touched the handle of a very large axe with a titanium blade.

"Dude! This thing is a beauty!" She cheered out and lightly reached up touching the metal blade, careful to not cut herself from the action. "It was a gift from a friend of royalty. He is a Dane. Very excellent fighter." The prince said with his expression softening and the smile disappearing. The blonde woman looked back at Ivan and saw how it was respect on his face. A good fighter huh?

Turning back she spotted a pair of samurai swords and softly squealed in delight. "I haven't seen one of these in so long!" She happily blurted out and picked them off from the wall.

Ivan gasped and ran up to her. "P-put that back! Yao will be very angry!" His tone urgent and his face clearly worried. Amelia popped an eyebrow up and a smile spread a crossed her face. "Is you Chinese lover going to be that upset with me touching some swords?" She laughed out but put the weapons back in their places.

The loud sound of a door hitting a wall made them both practically jump out of their skins. They turned to see Yao standing where the doors were once closed. "Nice of you to drop by Aru." The man hummed out with a smile on his face porcelain like face. Amelia smirked at the dramatic and impressive entrance. He could have easily just walked into the room like a normal person.

The Chinese man's brown eyes flitted over on the maid and his smile faded, turning into a scowl. "Who the hell are you?" He spat out and began walking towards her. She could tell he meant something on the lines of why the hell are you with him? "T-this is Amelia, my personal maid. " Ivan quickly said with a nervous twitch in his voice.

The maid noticed this and glared back at the man. She had to be nice but damn, it was so hard. "I prefer the term body guard." She chuckled out and sized up the man. He was a tiny bit smaller than her. The woman was rather tall but this Chinese man was rather short for a man. Cocky little bastard.

"Body guard?" Yao laughed and a sneering smile appeared on his face. "Let's test that Aru!" He laughed out and glanced over at the swords. They were a fraction of an inch off. "D-did you touch my weapons?!" He yelled out with an angry scowl at the woman.

Amelia threw up her hands in an over dramatic gesture of surrendering. "I might have." She said with a smirk on her face which just gave her another glare back from the man. "Yao, now please be nice to the woman." He said with a kind voice to the man. Yao stopped and looked at Ivan for a moment then folded his arms over his chest. Wait... Amelia squinted and saw there was indeed a small blush on his cheeks. How cute!

"I came to join you two on your sparing date!" The woman cheered which caused both men to jump in surprise, glance at each other with red faces then at the ground. They were like little girls and made Amelia heartily laugh.

"W-what are you laughing at you western capitalist?!" Yao snarled out and caused Amelia to keep smiling but pop an eyebrow up. "Nothing at all." She hummed out and felt in a humorous mood today. Ivan scratched the back of his neck awkwardly and then turned to Yao. "We should start da?" He asked with a small smile- a real one.

Yao nodded to this and let out an annoyed snort. Whatever. He secretly enjoyed the prince's attention and company very much. However, the girl was ruining their alone time so he would never get to tell the larger man how he really felt. He glared at the girl then picked up some wooden sticks that looked like swords. "Safety first Aru." He muttered and threw Ivan his own wooden sword. The caring words made the prince's heart warm.

Amelia walked to the wall and sat down, excited to watch them spar and hoping she would get a chance too. "Come on Ivan! Kick his ass!" She yelled out with excitement. Ivan blushed deeply as her vulgar words but ended up smiling back at her. "D-da!" He said, lifting up his wooden sword in the air and felt her excitement rub off on him. Yao just watched with a disinterested face and frowned at the woman. "Such a vulgar mouth for a woman." The Chinese man said and flipped his hair out of his way.

She wanted to yell out that he was too fashionable for a man but decided to keep to herself. It would be worth seeing how angry and worked up the man would get but she had to keep on good terms with her master. Clenching her fists, she watched the two get into their fighting positions and could feel the tension in the air. Such an exciting moment!

After a few hours, Natalya kept walking and was being guided by her feet. She had taken the small map from Ivan's study room before she left. The woman held up the man and looked at it with the last few rays of the sun. It would be a couple days to walk there. But she could do it.

The woman trudged through the snow and had determination set on her face. A smell of fire entered her nose after walking for such a long time. She glanced over to see a small village, like something that would be found in a painting. The girl thought about how she could use some rest and a little bit of food; since all she packed was clothing, weapons, and money.

Natalya headed towards the warm light but movement caught her eye. It was a small rabbit. With a smile, she carefully pulled out her knife and threw it at the small creature, striking it in the chest. The animal let out a slight scream of pain but quickly died from the blade. She walked up to the creature and pulled out her blade, wiping the blood on the snow. "I am sorry little creature but I am too hungry. You will be my meal for tonight." She whispered and picked up the rabbit, taking it to town with her. Someone probably had a fire and she could cook her own meal.

She got to a door of what looked like an inn of some sort. The young woman opened the door and walked in, surprised at how warm it was or how cold her body really was- either way it felt nice. This was actually a pub and an inn combined into one building. There was a couple people hanging on the bar and sipping on drinks. A soft cheerful jig was playing in the background and there was one bartender, filling drinks. He had black hair and was a rather large man. The bar tender looked up with his eye brows raised at the sight of the girl with royalty like clothing and a dead rabbit in her bloodied hand.

"Can I help you?" He asked and walked around the counter towards her. "I would like to cook my dinner." She bluntly said and held up the rabbit. The man doubled over in laughter especially at how serious she was about it. Natalya's eye brow twitched in annoyance at the man's laughter. She was not joking about it so why was he laughing?

"It is not joke." She said and her English was slightly broken in her annoyed state of mind. "Very well then, I will have the cook figure it out." He chuckled and touched her back, leading her into the kitchen. Natalya's body jerked at the touch but she just went to where he was leading her. It could be a trap so she was ready to draw her blades out at any time.

They walked into the humble sized kitchen. There were pots and pans hanging off of racks, and food sizzling on a metal grill hanging over a fire. The smell was certainly inviting and made the princess' stomach growl.

A man suddenly appeared and jumped out at the two shouting rather loudly. The man yelled in surprise and Natalya's reflexes kicked in. She slammed him into the wall with her knife to his throat. Time froze in that second and she swore the sound of a pin dropping could have been heard. The silver haired woman snapped back to her senses and pulled back while grumbling. "S-sorry.. " She muttered and felt her face turning red from embarrassment.

"Yong, my boy! Don't jump out at people, you could get hurt!" The bartender yelled out but his eyes were on the girl with suspicion. Natalya sighed and slipped her knife away but looked at the boy, feeling the rabbit in her hands.

He was a handsome man with dark brown eyes and short brownish black hair that had a fly away curl to it on the right side. Rather handsome man to Natalya, as annoying as that was. "Who is this?" The boy asked with a happy tone in his voice. Those brown eyes washed over the girl with interest and his smile grew rather large. "This is uh..." the bartender trailed off and looked to the girl for an explanation of herself.

"I am Natalya Arlovskaya." She simply stated with her face in its stony expression with that fixed glare. The boy and bartender jumped back with their face in shock. "P-Princess!" The man said and bent his head forward. The boy stared at the girl with a crooked smile but his eyes shined with something... amazement maybe?

The man looked up to see his son just staring and slapped him in the back of the head. "Show your respects Yong." He barked out and the young man bent his head forward. "D-don't! I d-don't need any respect." She stammered out and felt her cheeks flushed in embarrassment. "I did not come here to get special treatment." The young woman huffed out and then lifted up the rabbit. "I would like to cook a meal and a place to stay." She added with a stern voice.

Yong looked down at the rabbit and laughed. Had the princess really killed a rabbit to eat? Wait, it was the 'evil' princess after all. The villagers outside the kingdom would always tell stories of how she was willing to kill anyone her eyes landed on. Some even said that when her violet eyes would land on someone, they were cursed for a lifetime. The young man grabbed the rabbit and lifted it up eyeing the pierced hole in its chest. Such a good piercing.

"What did you kill it with?" He asked and quickly began to tear its fur and skin away from its body to get the meat. Natalya watched the process with interest and then looked back at him. "My knife." She stated dryly and earned a look from the boy. He raised both eye brows and let out a whistling noise like he was impressed. The bartender shot the boy a warning glance but looked back at the girl.

"Princess, please let me station you in one of our best rooms." He said with a smile. The princess' violet eyes shot to the man in annoyance. Why did they keep showing her the most respect? She didn't have that much money to last if she were to stay in the best rooms. "I do not have much money. I have to trek to the Nordic Kingdom." She added and her violet eyes looked up at the man with seriousness. The bartender flinched from her gaze and didn't look into her eyes for fear of the curse. "T-then we have a small and humble room available." He said and scratched his head. "Very well. Thank you." She said and watched the boy.

Both men stopped and looked at each other. Did a royal member just thank them? Yong laughed and looked into those eyes, not even scared. He quickly cut off the meat from the animal and tossed it outside where she heard some dogs set to work with the small animal's remains. He washed them, and then tossed the meat in a pot full of boiling water. He began to add some potatoes, carrots and many other vegetables. She glared at him in confusion and he looked back to her. "It will be delicious rabbit soup." He added with a wink and made the girl sputter out in embarrassment again.

"This way ma'am." The man said and Natalya followed him to see her room. It was very small compared to well, any room she had ever been in. It would work though. It wasn't so lonely and cold as the palace rooms and was quite enjoyable. "How much?" She asked in her thick accent and looked around the room. "One bronze coin." He added with a small but nervous smile. "I will accept." The female retorted then reached in her bag, pulling out a bronze silver coin and handing it to him. It was surprising how cheap this room really was.

The man left her to get settled in the room which she did and the girl couldn't help but sit down on the bed with a smile. It was nice and warm in this room and the blankets were nice ad thick. Her thoughts were disturbed from a knock on the door and she strode to the door and opened it to see the young man from before. "Food is done!" He said with a cheerful voice and held the bowl out to her. It smelled amazing and she could see the small pieces of rabbit meat in there too.

"Thank you Yong." Natalya quietly said and stepped out of her rom, accepting the bowl in her cold hands. She walked to the bar and set the bowl down to eat. Very slowly she blew on the soup and would shovel a spoonful in, careful to not seem like a glutton with food. Gods she was starving. Her bowl was finished rather quickly and she wiper her mouth with her sleeve and noticed the boy had been watched the whole damned time. "You were hungry huh?" He teased with a giant smile. Natalya glared at him and bent the metal spoon in her hand. Yong lifted his eye brows and his smile grew at this. So entertaining. He quickly got up grabbing the bowl and spoon and scuttled out of view leaving the girl alone. She looked over at the bar and only saw a handful of people, all caught up with their own company.

A man cleared his throat behind her and she glanced to see Yong again with another bowl of soup. He set it down with a smile and then returned to sitting next to her. "So why are you going to the Nordic Kingdom alone?" He asked her with those knowledgeable brown eyes. "I have to deliver some letters." The girl explained and tossed her silver hair behind her shoulder. Natalya began to shovel more of the warm and comforting soup in her mouth and ignored table manners. Yong thought about her comment and shrugged.

"Without a chaperone?" He asked her and popped and eye brow at her. Natalya's cheeks flushed as she wiped her mouth again. "I won't return to the palace. My time as a princess has stopped." She explained and was getting pissed because she didn't have to explain nothing to this boy. The boy perked up and looked over at her with his eyes shining. Now this was interesting. The girl finished the soup and just wanted to sleep. She put the bowl down and nodded to the boy as in thanks. "Thank you. I am off to bed." She said and quickly walked to her room, shutting the door tightly and locking it.

Such a long journey ahead of her still! Her violet eyes were tired and she kicked off her boots, curling in the bed and snuggling with the covers. It was all welcoming to her and comforting. She was greeted by sleep's warm arms and her world became peaceful.

**I know this chapter is very slow.. I am sorry! The next chapter will get better! Hopefully XD I hope you are all enjoying this so far! Thank you again for the reviews! But yay for the moment between Yong (South Korea) and Belarus yeah? Also, do not fret my pretties there will be much more Amelia and Ivan in the next chapter! ^-^**