No one's Pov
The citizens of Neo Verona watched, in horror despair and pity mixed all into one as they watched the pitiful scene before them, well aware that anyone of them could be next.
"Please, My daughter's not a traitor to the crown! We know nothing about Capulet retainers and that sort, you know my daughter's not the Capulet girl, so please, please have mercy on her! The woman was met with a swift kick to her neck! "Shut up woman!"
The girl a comely lass of 16 years old, somewhere around the age the Capulet girl would be now, kept on begging pleading crying, stating she knew nothing about The Capulet girl now was she one of their traitorous retainers trying to take over the crown, no she was not she was innocent she pleaded she yelled she cried. The onlookers watched in pity knowing full well this girl was a newcomer, probably from out the country, they heard that the soil was going bad, many farmers were losing their lands and wealthy nobles casting their tenant farmers off in hopes of, well getting richer by the next slab of meat willing to work for less. That was the usual outcome anyways, they were used to farmers moving in on Neo Verona hoping to make a fresh start in the Capital city, oh if only those fools knew the Capital was much worse. It was a cesspool of corruption and cruelty, sure they may look nice and friendly but truly it was a crapsack world.
The nobles and Carabinieri would capture and rape any women that caught their eye, the children were starving greedy merchants would force young women into prostitution, and worst of all the girl haunts, or 'rescue of the princess' as Montague that tyrants would call it.
Ha, they all knew it was a big charade, a charade in hopes of bullying and demeaning the peasants into submission. The Capulet girl couldn't have stayed alive all those years, she was dead they all knew, it was a fact of life easily accepted, besides how could a prissy little noble girl used to the finer things in life survive hidden from the luxuries she was used to during her life as a noble stay hidden after all these years, she was dead, that was for sure they all knew she was dead.
The only way they could fight back was through their warning signal, Juliet, their lovely little light. Her grandfather was a priest named Conrad, married widowed and when his children grown joined into the faith, nothing unusual there, sad story was one of his sons, was a Capulet retainer, it was the older of his two sons, and that son and his wife were murdered and slaughtered in cold blood. Juliet's parents were probably murdered by Montague in cold blood, and because of that, they didn't resent Conrad for wising up before them and disguising the little girl as a boy. They felt grateful for him, because truthfully what they asked her to do was considered treason to the crown. To warn them of any Capulet girl hunts. As well as nobles.
The Merchants they couldn't do anything about, but she was a signal for them when to hide their daughters and when their lovely little girls could be out. They sighed in pity at the new peasant girl whose future was not looking bright, they were all well aware of the fate of the little girls who were accused of being the Capulet girl only to be accused again of crime against the Capulet family and being a Capulet retainer themselves. A nobleman leered at the crying girl. "Please I'm not a retainer, I'd never betrayed the crown I'd never scheme to do that!"
They had no doubt about that, the girl didn't seem to be the sharpest screw. She seemed like a simpleton, nice would make a good wife and mother but a simpleton nonetheless. The nobleman leered at the frightened girl. "There there he sooth, his hands now taking one of the girl's hairs and letting it fall to her cheeks, "I'm sure There's a way to prove your innocence my dear lovely." He licked his lips, his eyes full of lust, the girl shivered as the nobleman gently knelt to her ear and whispered "In private of course" The girl was crying now, only for a knife to suddenly appear and barely miss the nobleman not touching the girl at all.
"Sheate your bright swords ruffians, the evening dew will rust them!" The nobleman looked up and there he found a masked man, red cloak, red hat, and red jacket with a red mask, quite young looking and scrawny too, but with a cocky look in his eyes. The peasant's eyes brightened at the sight, their hero their savior the red whirlwind had come.
Juliet's Pov
She smirked at the noble prick's flabbergasted look and elegantly came over and kicked him in the face, Antonio, her partner in crime was sneaking around distracted while she put on the show. She knew by now these men could not take her down, being a he-woman as many girls would teasingly call her had its advantages like being able to take on grown men. "You bastard!" How dare you ruin my beautiful face!" "It's not like it was much anyways!" The crowd ohhed at that. But she was telling the truth this nobleman wasn't that attractive kind of ugly anyway, he probably didn't score much luck with the noble ladies. "Ha, ha ha!" She laughed "I feel no regret for what I have done and she then proceeded, to attack the nobleman, the Carabinieri came over ready to guard him, only for her to jump and avoid them." They looked at her weirdly, as the nobleman smirked, "Are you an acrobat? Let me tell you, peasant, only for her to jump again, and kick him to the river. As expected he didn't know how to swim, so the guards had to run over and rescue the spoiled little noble, as she joyfully almost maniacally cried out "Ha ha ha! Consider this the goddess's justice against those that oppress the innocence." the noble she was sure was full of rage and probably ready to kill her, ordering the guards to ready themselves and capture, not noticing that the young girl they captured was already and out of their sights. "Now, my loyal companion!" And smoke came out making way for their escape as they ran.
She smirked smiling running down the streets, as people watched, which was bad, the more people saw her the more likely Conrad, Cordelia, Curio and Francisco would hear of this, meaning the more likely she'd be dead or at least never allowed to see the light of day unsupervised. She shivered imaging Conrad's face rage and she could hear the booming she could have sworn happen during Conrad's rage.
"Can't you think of a cool name for me?" Antonio could complain he didn't know the danger at the moment The danger of what they would face Conrad.
"No time to complain" She whispered, look around you" "Odin I don't really think"
"Look around you!" Juliet energetically said. "It's of great importance!" He looked at her skeptically, "Fine But I don't see the matter of people looking at us really a matter of"
He froze understanding the meaning behind her words "Conrad!" He shouted whispered. She nodded. "Hopefully We can right this of.. And sneak back in without.." she stopped mid-sentence" Looking at a very pretty young woman with dirty blonde or flaxen colored hair, and grassy green eyes. Cordelia, who just happened to turn around, and by the look on her face that stunned dumbfounded look, Juliet could easily guess what, she was thinking. Not again.
"We're doomed." Juliet told Antonio very bluntly, he looked at her we can't be doomed "We're!" He then spotted Cordelia. "We're screwed, aren't we Odin?" "Yup" She answered. "So Juliet what's your plan now"
"Pretend it wasn't us?"
"Are you kidding? I have no mask, they'll know it was us!"
"You don't know that"
"Well, it's kind of obvious to them who we are!"
"Yeah but-"
"We have no chance do we Odin."
"No." She sighed.
"Yeah but there is a chance that-"
An arrow suddenly hit them, or barely did." She looked at it for a moment before coming to a conclusion. "We should probably split up she said."Yeah, I think so too was Antonio's only reply. And they promptly did.
Antonio took a left turn, to a place he knew well and were he could easily lose the guards, Juliet knew by now he would be ok, now she just needed to focus on herself, and where she would go, she looked around a quick she jumps and she runs towards the street windows, jumping the roofs climbing losing them with her agility, but she got to careless, as she felt her footing slip as she began to fall towards the ground, closing her eyes she prepared herself for the crushing blow of the craggy rocks below, only to fill a hand grab her wrist, surprised and dumbfounded she opened her eyes, only to find a raven haired youth, riding a white dragon steed, his sea green eyes looking at her mischievously at first she thought him a noble but upon seeing how shabby and coarse his clothes where she then decided he was just some very rich merchant's son. "You know for a hero of the people you're awfully scrawny." He replied very matter of factly, Which strangely enough, ticked Juliet of.
"Yeah, well I think you're a pompous dick" She replied He looked at her, "Yeah well this pompous dick rescued you so ahh, unless you want to fall to your death, I recommend you take it back, which she of course didn't" She could have sworn she heard a sigh come from him. "Yea, I figured. Come on get in, unless you want to fall to your death, comply and get on cielo." She looked at the ground then at him, she briefly thought falling to the ground and not feeding this rich jerk's ego was more preferable but changed her mind, sighing, she got on the horse who happily let her on and away they flew far from the public's eye.
Romeo's Pov
He was riding around the city again, dressed like a merchant's son, or more likely dressed shabbily but riding Cielo, a dragon steed that could fly, and therefore was expensive. He liked to look around and explore the 'peasant outskirts,' as his father so disdainfully put it. But nonetheless no, matter how his father disapproved, because somehow his father knew by now that he did his daily checkings on the commoners for a pragmatic reason, which was true, he did. Romeo was a person who was "properly paranoid" As his father lovingly put it, who always assumed that someone would try to kill or anyone could be a danger if they put their mind to it. Romeo also was the type to assume the peasants would revolt if pushed too far, he knew by now as soon as that Capulet girl was found and he married the girl he would be the king of Neo Verona, and his father back to lord Montague, and he knew by now his father didn't mind that, he'd still have his influence and it would be his son ruling eventually besides, he could still manipulate the nobles as the father of the king, so his father basically only had his title to lose when he gave the role of ruler to his son, so he let the boy do whatever he wanted, as long as he did his duties and studied politics he could do whatever Romeo did was for pragmatic reasons, well that used to be the case until he fo no explained reason, rescued the red Whirlwind, a sort of hero for the people and someone that could be a revolutionary and a threat to his rule. Why he rescued him, he would never know all he knew was that the red whirlwind was a threat to the Montagues who he rescued. As he grabbed the scrawny wrist of the male before him, he felt something as he helped his fellow person get seated on Cielo so high up in midair. He felt two very soft, things that should not be on a man. He let his hands stay on a rather sensitive part of his companion's chest, as he was quick to realize something. He let his hands stay there as a thought to come to him. His companion's reaction, wild blushing and telling him to get his hands off that area, and insistent effort in trying to remove his hands, instantly proved his discovery. The red whirlwind was a girl.
For he felt the girl's breast as he helped him be seated on Cielo. He sighed, why did the gender matter to him right now, he did not know all he knew was that it might be amusing to confront the hero of the people about his discovery. He removed his hands and flew Cielo and his companion to a hill far from Neo Verona but surrounded by Lily trees. He also realized something, the red whirlwind also smelled like lilies, his favorite scent but he chopped his discovery to hormones, she was a woman and he was a man simple as that. Cielo landed, on the grassy field as the red whirlwind helped "Himself" down, rather sullenly he might add and rudely as well, but he got a short brunt thank you from "him", as he was about to ran off, but not before Romeo uttered "You're welcome sweetheart." The Red whirlwind stopped at his tracks and looked at him in disbelief. "What did you say." Romeo smiled smugly at him. "You're welcome sweetheart, it was my pleasure to help a female in need." He could the stunned look in her eyes, "How did you, why would you."
"I felt you" Romeo replied. The girl's reply was to hug her chest and reply "No I'm a boy." At this Romeo decided to mess with her a bit more. "Fine but I guess then you won't mind going skinny dipping with your former male."
"I won't do that." He could the crimson coloring on the girl's snow white cheeks. "Goodbye, she said."
"Wait." Romeo then said as a pragmatic thought came to him. "Take off your mask and show me your face." "What?" She said shocked. "I said take off your mask." "Why would you." "For a pragmatic reason, if I know your identity I can defend myself from you, you know my father's rich, it's kind of obvious with Cielo, but I need to lessen you as a threat, and I can only do that if I know what you look like."
"No!" She replied, "You know we can do this the easy way or the hard." She looked at him stunned. "What are you talking about?" "We're alone ut the field, I'm guessing I'm stronger than you and no one can hear you scream, so I can forcefully remove that mask and the hat." The fear in her eyes made him feel slight guilt but he shook it off, you can't manipulate the noble court by having a conscience besides he wasn't a cruel person just the pragmatic type. She was shaking ready to lunge with her sword, but as he easily guessed she never killed before, so she ended up complying with his wishes unwillingly, her wig and hat removed, to reveal, soft silky waist length auburn hair, making her skin look so inviting and looking so soft to the touch that a part of him wanted to feel it, and when she removed her mask, besides him was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, more beautiful than hermione, ludia, his mother and all the noblewoman combined. She had soft brown eyes, that seemed to understand and comfort him, lustrous lips and angelic features. She looked so angelic, so doll like so delicate, that he was stunned, there was no way this fragile, delicate looking girl could beat up those men, or that was what he thought until she came over to him and kicked him in the crotch and yelled, as he crouched and held his hurting manhood in pain, "I take back my thankyou jerk, I was right you're a complete jackass" And she ran, as he was lying in pain yelling "Is that any way to show gratitude to the man who saved you!? You are completely ungrateful."
"Yeah well, you threatened and felt me up!" And she ran disappearing from his sight, as he looked at his horse who was supposed to protect. What the hell man, you were supposed to protect me!" Cielo just looked at him as if saying. "You kind of deserved it." And Romeo knew his horse was right.
Ok for some reason I now imagine Romeo looking exactly like Tybalt for this story, one because it helps with his character, so I'm going to describe appearance, not Romeo when describing what Romeo looks like, just easier to change Romeo's personality