Note To Readers: Hey everyone thanks for your patience! School's now back in session so I may not be able to post as often. Still, I will try my best not to leave you guys flapping in the breeze lol. You guys are AWESOME! Thanks for being so supportive and vocal! It really helps me! So Without Further to do here's Chapter 69!
Chapter 69: Star Crossed Lovers Part 2
Bloom groaned as she tossed and turned in the bed she was laying in. She could hear Daphne's voice echoing in her head calling out to her. "Daphne!? Daphne is that you!?" Bloom asked as she looked all around her in attempts to find the Nymph. Slowly Daphne appeared before her. {Bloom...} the golden guardian whispered. "Yes, Daphne i'm listening! What is it!? What's going on!?" the faerie cried. {Little sister...I have terrible news...Xuri has been taken to Requiem...} Daphne relayed towards Bloom.
"Requiem? What's that? Daphne, I don't understand!" Bloom cried out confused and frightened. {A place where none escape...beware Little Sister...The Wizards Of The Black Circle...BEWARE!} "DAPHNE!?" Bloom gasped as she sat up abruptly. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest and held her head. "Just what were you trying to tell me Daphne...?" the red head frowned softly before she took a moment to take in her surroundings.
"Wait...wasn't I on the couch earlier...?" Bloom questioned as carefully eased herself out of the bed. "I guess they must've moved me while I was sleeping..." the faerie concluded before in eyes were drawn to an object sitting on the dresser from across the room. "Huh...I wonder what that is..." Bloom mused before she carefully picked it up. Upon opening the object in question the red head's eyes widened as she took a peek inside.
"Oh wow! It's a photo album...and all the pictures are of Bright and Xuri! Even ones from when they were kids..." Bloom smiled as she sat down at the edge of the bed and flipped through the pages filled with warmth. "So many happy memories...Bright must treasure this so much if he kept it all those years...if only Xuri could see this...he'd know just how much he really means to Bright..." Bloom smiled before the door opened. Slowly Bright came inside with a tray. Placed upon it was a bowl and a spoon. Bright only greeted the faerie with a smile.
"Hey. I'm glad you're up...are you feeling any better?" Bright questioned softly. "A little..." Bloom answered. "Good I brought you some honey porridge...if you can you should try to eat something. It's a light dish...oh and don't worry I didn't make it Raeger did...eheh..." the Prince chuckled softly. "Thanks, i'm sorry for causing so much trouble. Especially on your birthday." Bloom told him. "Please think nothing of it. I'm more worried about you..." Bright's voice trailed off as he paused seeing the photo album on Bloom's lap. He lit up redder than a bowl full of cherries.
"Aw man...I thought I put THAT away..." the prince groaned as he averted his gaze from hers. Bloom gasped as she fumbled with the album and quickly made an effort to close it. "I-I am SO sorry! I shouldn't have looked inside that was a TOTAL invasion of privacy..." Bloom groaned embarrassed in return. "Though...it's REALLY sweet..." the red head told Bright. "...Yeah...well, I try not to voice my feelings too openly...it's bad enough that they already hate Xuri...if they knew...OH! Food! Right Sorry. Here you go." Bright served Bloom the porridge.
"Thanks." Bloom offered a smile in return. "By the way how are the others doing?" "Oh them. Most of them got cabin fever waiting around in the castle so they went outside to join the party...well except Flora and Kaiba. They went to replenish our herbs supply." Bright told the redhead as she blew on a spoonful of porridge. "Let's see here..." Bright learned over and checked the faerie's forehead. "Well you're fever's gone down that's good..." the prince smiled.
"Being sick in a place that's unfamiliar to you is scary isn't it?" "...Yeah...it really is...i'm just glad that I have Kaiba and all of my friends here with me..." Bloom admitted. "What about you? Do you have anyone like that?" Bright shook his head. "Nope. All I really have is Xuri. I have my guards and subjects sure. My father on occasion but he's normally abroad attending to his kingly duties...in fact, one day I was sick with a bad fever infected with the Aurian flu...but Aura as you probably know isn't known for its healing magic or herbs...the whole kingdom was in an uproar..." the prince began.
"What happened?" Bloom asked as she took a small bit of the porridge. "Xuri came through the window to visit me. But he knew that Aura wouldn't be able to find a remedy on their own so he went to Juniper and brought me back some Angel tea...within a few days I was better. Of course, he got it too so I had to take care of him next." Bright chuckled. Bloom giggled softly. "Oh no." "It's always been that way with us...he's reckless and doesn't have a lot of control when it comes to his mouth...but he always thinks of others...despite the villain, everyone paints him as...he has a GOOD heart...Bloom...that's why I can't give up on him...even though five years have passed us by...he's STILL the exact same Xuri..." Bright told her with a smile.
Bloom frowned softly as she searched for the right words. "...Bright...I don't know how to say this...but there's no way but to just say it...Xuri's been taken to Requiem..." Bloom told Bright as the prince's eyes widened. "My sister Daphne came into my dreams and told me...and I am...SO SO sorry...I wish I could do something...but i'm so weak right now...I can't even transform..." Bright bit his lip as his body trembled. The prince got up from the bed as his blonde hair covered his face. "I'm sorry...but I have to go..." "I understand..." Bloom murmured as she watched Bright rush out the door.
Bright grabbed his white horse from the stable by the castle. With no time to waste the Prince strode his steed forward towards the Ship Yard. He could hear the citizens. Whispering among themselves about what had occurred without his knowledge. "I GAVE NO SUCH ORDER!" Bright yelled out as loud as he could before he found a blade. "That's!" the prince gasped and got off his horse. Slowly he bent down and examined the sword. "No doubt...this is Xuri's..." Bright muttered. His face pailed as he saw blood staining the green grass around it.
"...Xuri..." Bright narrowed his eyes as pain glistened in his cerulean pupils. "It just can't be...it just can't..." Slowly he could hear footsteps behind him. "Who knew the prince of Aura had it in him to betray his child hood friend...in such a cruel manner..." Lady Derrith's voice purred. "A ruthless prince indeed..." "...Betray?...What do you mean Derrith!?" Bright demanded to know as he looked behind him rising to his feet.
"Doth you truly hath such poor memory?" Derrith asked softly in a calm voice. "How utterly convient...to forget...You are the one who branded the vampire a traitor to all the realms...guilty of murdering an entire race of vampires...and condemned him to Requiem...for all eternity...you...considered such mercy...at the very least...for an old childhood friend..." Lady Derrith told Bright as she walked closer to him looking the prince right in his blue eyed with her red ones. "...Ring any bells...love?" Bright only shook his head."No...I...I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO HIM!" Bright yelled as in a pained cry. He could feel a rage brewing inside him that was only waiting to be ignited.
"Is that so?..." Lady Derrith answered calmly. "Could have certainly fooled me...dear Prince..." "YOU KNOW DAMN WELL XURI NEVER POISONED THAT FOUNTAIN! THAT'S A LIE!" Bright yelled. "Even if you speak truth...how exactly do you hope to remedy this...error in judgment? Hmm? Many would think nothing of letting the poor lad rot inside of that prison...for the rest of his days...even Requiem is out of your reach..." Lady Derrith told Bright. "That may be..." the prince muttered. "but I sware...that I WON'T rest until I bring Xuri back!" Bright spat. A smile curled on the Queen's lips and raised her glass of red wine up to him.
"Best of luck love..." Lady Derrith told Bright as he turned and left her be. "WELL WELL!" Weldon's voice followed as the BriarBlood manifested beside his sister. "A MOST intriguing TURN of events...NOW isn't IT!?" Weldon grinned amusedly as he crossed his arms. "Yes DEAR sister VERY...interesting INDEED!" "...Yes...perhaps a chance for an alliance...isn't lost after all...we'll just have to wait...and see...dear brother..." Lady Derrith grinned before she sipped at her wine. "For now...I think we'll just watch over the prince and his little faerie friends..." her eyes caught Lord Loric's but only briefly.
"Just what are those two scheming...?" the Lord of Elixer narrowed his eyes as he watched Weldon and Derrith make their way back to the party. "Shall I keep watch over them Loric?" the male from the bar dressed in all black asked. "They'll be no need for that Tybolt...I do wonder however...why it is Lord Oritel is here in Aura..." Lord Loric mused. "We may never know..." Tybolt muttered. "Perhaps...still...Bright's actions earlier were most obscene..." "...What are you insinuating?" Lord Tybolt questioned. "...That, that may not have actually been the Prince..." the lord of Elixer muttered before he went towards a young woman with short pink hair and with green eyes. Wearing a frilled maid outfit of red and pink. A poke-dotted ribbon tied into her hair.
"Natsume." Lord Loric called out to the young woman. "Yes my lord?" Natsume asked as she turned and bowed towards the lord of Elixer with a cup of punch in her hand. She was hand maiden to the Elixer Royal Family. "Natsume please go to the Ship Yard and report back to me at once if you see anything suspicious." "Yes my lord," Natsume told Lord Loric and made her way towards Aura's Ship Yard. "I doubt that will do much good..." Lord Tybolt muttered. "We shall see..." Lord Loric muttered.
Natsume followed the scent all the way to the ShipYard gasping as she saw a ship already across the ocean the breeze of the sea gently blowing against her. "Oh no...i'm too late..." she frowned before her nose picked up another. She turned her gaze slightly and gasped as Oritel came into her view. "L-Lord Oritel!" she squeaked. Oritel paused before he hurried over towards the pink haired made. "Natsume I can't believe my eyes...it's been so many years...you've certainly gotten big..." the Sparks King smiled as he gently patted her her head as she blushed softly.
"You still pat my head like you used to when I was just a pup..." Natsume smiled sweetly. "...It's hard to believe I've come back after so many long years..." "But i'm glad you did. I know Lord Loric will be happy to see you too." "Natsume...I need a favor...if you wouldn't mind..." "S-Sure if it's within my power..." the pink haired maid squeaked out. "I'm looking for my daughter Bloom. She came here with her friends...I need to find her...with everything going on i'm worried..." Oritel frowned.
"Um...do you have anything with her scent on it?" Natsume asked softly. "...Uh...um..." Oritel paused as he tried to think. "Oh! I keep these with me as a good luck charm...Mike and Venessa gave these to me awhile back..." the king murmured as he summoned Bloom's pink baby socks to his hand. The pink haired maid sniffed the socks and looked up. "This way! Quickly!" she urged King Oritel. "Wait!" he cried he hurried to catch up with Natsume as she led him to the castle passing Flora and Kaiba in the field surrounded by herbs and flowers.
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