The Melody Cat
The guards led a beautiful young girl with beautiful long blonde
hair toward the castle. Her beautiful hazel eyes looked at the guard as he
said, “we are almost there miss Chara.” As
Chara was brought before the castle she began to shiver in fear… ‘What if the princes dislike me?... I’m 18
but still will they treat me like the others do?… After
all the rags I’m wearing make me look like scum off the side road… I’m not good with chores and other tasks…’ she thought before the guards led her inside to meet the royal
family. As Chara looked around she was in aw by the beautiful decorations…
She
soon entered the throne room shaking hard… then the king called her
forward after the guards closed the door behind her; Chara walked over shaking
like a leaf… The king was a rather large fellow unlike his wife, however they
had their similarities, they both had long beautiful white/ silver hair. The
King had green eyes while the queen had beautiful blue eyes, both of them
reflecting kindness and compassion from the bottom of their hearts.
The
Queen looked at her obviously noticing her nervousness… “Relax child… we won’t eat you…”
Chara panics and began to babble “N-N-NO
NO I WASN’T THINKING THAT, I JUST NEVER WORKED LIKE THIS AND NEVER HAD BEEN
EMPLOYED TO ROYALTY AND…”
“Wondered how we’d like you?” The older prince, a young man probably 21 in age walked in with a
sadistic smirk, (which made Chara very uncomfortable…) “Y-yes…” she said shyly. This man
had the eyes of his father, yet carried flame red hair upon his head.
The
younger prince simply watched Chara and also remained quiet… this young boy only looked 19, a year older than her. His
beautiful black hair and blue eyes seemed so inviting, and made this prince
look very handsome in appearance.
The
king then asked the boys, “Well… what do you think of this young lady being your personal maid?”
“I say she perfect in every way…” the
older said eyeing Chara pervertedly… she obviously was going
to have to be careful around him… but Chara’s ears perched and turned toward the younger prince as he said… “I think she’ll be a great new member
to the family…” he was sweetly smiling while looking at her. She slightly turned
pink. She was never really considered as part of a real family before…
The
king smiled “Splendid! Once you change miss? …”
“C-Chara, Chara Nomeco
your majesty…” she curtsied after realizing she forgot earlier to curtsey…
The
king smiled, “let me introduce your two main masters…” she then thought to herself, ‘when
you say masters…’ the king then said, “first the eldest, the
next in line for the throne, my son prince Shin…” Shin
bowed and kissed her hand, “Pleasure to have such a
beautiful mistress working for us…” she lightly blushed
before the other prince grabbed her other hand and kissed it after saying, “I prince Kyo feel likewise…”
Chara
blushed a little harder having two of them treat her so kindly…
Once
they let go the queen then said “Please work hard for us
miss Chara?” she sweetly smiled as Chara also smiled, “I will I promise!”
After
Chara changes into nicer servant clothes that were no were near as dirty as the
rags she wore not so long ago, she smiled, “I look
way better than normal… though I must say its
odd that I’m the only personal servant…” she thinks to herself
before a knock comes from the door, “Mistress Chara? Prince Shin wishes to speak to you…” a servant spoke
‘Mistress?... Wait! Don’t tell me!?’ she began to realize
before the door opened to actually reveal the prince… “Well?...” he smirked with a
sadistic look in his eyes… but before he moved
closer Kyo entered, “Oi Shin! She isn’t a play toy… now the king has
summoned you for lessons… the queen is working
with me on the fine arts…”
Shin
sighed, “Fine fine… but one day…” Chara frowned, “Not happening, now go to
class…” she said acting like a nanny…
As Shin left Kyo sighed, “Don’t worry I’ll make sure he doesn’t try anything… when he did before all
the previous maids quit out of fear… “
“That explains a lot…” Chara said out loud
Kyo
smiled, “Well I actually was originally sent by my mother… she requests your assistance in some of my classes…”
Chara
nodded, “That I will gladly oblige to…” she slightly curtsied
before Kyo led her to the ballroom where the class was being held. Chara was in
aw, all the beautiful decorations she smiled wide but then remembered why she
was there and curtsied to the queen…
The queen smiled, “Thank you for coming miss Chara… now
tell me your skills I heard about? I believe you can sing?”
Chara’s face went slightly pale but nodded…
Kyo
noticed this but asked, “Will you please sing for
us?...”
She
gulped, but nodded and soon prepared to sing
When
she finished she felt good but before noticing they were applauding instead of
preparing to hit her… her legs collapsed and
she instinctively covered her head…
As
soon as they saw this, the queen and kyo rushed to her side asking, “Whats wrong… are you alright?”
Chara
nodded, after she got up she bowed and said, “I’m sorry… I need a moment…” she quickly ran…
Kyo
cried out “Wait!” but it was to late, he turned
to his mother, “What do we know about her?”
“Only that she lived in
the orphanage and was one of the only people who can sing in the entire country…”
“Really…”
Out of
the castle Chara had decided to go buy food for everyone and make dinner as an
apology for what happened earlier. When suddenly a gang of bullies from the
orphanage began to yell, “Look it’s the witch!”
“I-I’m not a witch!” Chara still tried to
reasons even after years of failure
The
boy that was considered the leader smirked… “Then sing for us…”
Chara
looked at the ground with tears as she quietly began to sing another song… but as soon as her song ended the bullies kicked her in the
stomach while yelling, “Only witches can sing
like that!” A boy gave her a black eye and she was bruised and in pain in her
stomach…
Suddenly a voice sounding familiar
spoke, “Step away from her or face severe punishment…” Chara looked up and saw… “Prince Shin?” she said to herself
before he pushed the bullies aside and picked her up bridal style… he glared at the bullies and then carried Chara back to the
castle. Kyo walked up and saw Shin carrying the beaten up Chara and asked, “What happened?...”
Shin
responded, “Some punks she apparently knew kept calling her a witch… after she was forced to sing…” he looked at her
sleeping body…
Kyo
frowned, “That explains it…”
“What do you mean?”
“Earlier during the fine
arts lesson she cringed before singing and afterwards quickly duck and covered
herself… it was a reflex from the fights…”
“So she went through this often?...”
“… everyday at every chance
they get…” Chara spoke as she began to stand, “ever
since I was able to sing the called me a witch and hurt me or anyone associated
with me…” Chara explained before Kyo quickly supported her… “Because the nurse lives in the room a few doors away from mine we’ll have him check you out in my room…”
Chara
blushed, but was to tired to argue. The nurse was actually a male doctor named
Shiro, this man was in his late 20’s with brown hair and
amber eyes, Shiro quickly applied all the medicine he could provide to Chara’s wounds before saying, “It’ll be best if she stays here tonight…” he
says calmly
Shin
sighed, “seems like she should avoid going out at all from what she said…” Kyo just sat wondering, ‘How could she survive blows
like this everyday and still look beautiful?...’ Shiro
sighed, “then Shin and I will leave…” he said bowing… Shin frowned, “If you mess with her
before me…”
“I’m not a hypocrite like you Shin!” Kyo
said blushing lightly…
As the
two left the room Kyo then returned his gaze to Chara and wondered, “Was she ever able to fight back?” he
slowly tried to touch her face… but suddenly her hand
grabbed his wrist tightly and then with a meow like sound threw Kyo to the
wall. Now she did that with her eyes closed, but when she opened her eyes she
realized what she did so she began to panic, “AHHH I’M SO, SO, SO SORRY!!!!” she began to overly
apologize.
Kyo
rubbed his head, “Ow… no wonder you still look beautiful after being beaten up so
often, you dodge many attacks like that huh?”
Chara
blushed and nodded. “They also called me the
cat witch because of my fighting abilities…” she said a little sad…
He
walked over to her with a sympathetic look, “You’ve been through a lot haven’t you?...” he then sat down next to her on the bed and then after petting
her head gently, he gave her a gentle hug. She blushed hard thinking, ‘EEHH!!???’ Kyo then let go and
said, “Just rest now ok?” he slowly walked over to
a couch he had in his room to sleep…
Chara
was surprised, he was treating her so kindly, so was everyone in the castle,
was it possible that this was the family she was looking for?...
Next
morning Chara woke up slowly seeing a small basket of flowers and food from
everyone in the castle on the nightstand next to her. She smiled and got up out
of bed but as she got up she began to fall to suddenly get caught. She looked
up to see Shin, “Prince Shin!?....” she blushed. He smiled, “morning… you seem to be feeling
better… you’ve been sleeping a lot… so much so that Kyo and
I took turns watching over you sleeping beauty…oh it’s almost dinner time… do you need help getting
dressed?...” he sort of smirked. Chara turned beat red, “N-No I’m fine! You try anything
and I’ll…”
“Relax I was going to get
a female servant to help… I may act like a perv
but I only do it with girls I like… and you are on the top
of the charts…”
Chara
was almost smoking red… “T-th-th…”
“Your welcome… oh and I never did anything to those girls before… they were just scared of me…” he said as he stood up
and called for his mother’s ladies in waiting to
help Chara change her clothes…
Soon
the ladies led Chara to the dining hall where the king, queen, and the two
princes were eating… Shiro helped Chara walk
as well to the dinning table, “Miss Chara… you sure your ok?” he asked as he walked
her over as Kyo stood up looking at them.
“I’ll be fine, thank you very much for helping me out Shiro.” She said with a smile before Kyo took her hand and led her to the
table… Chara curtsied to the family and said, “where would you like me to stand?...”
“Nonsense girl you will
sit between Shin and Kyo. You’re a very important
person to us…”
Chara
blushed, “I don’t feel I deserve to be… especially so quickly…” she said as both Shin
and Kyo helped her sit down.
The
queen smiled, “We view all our servants as family, so we treat each of the with
respect, yet we wish to help you to not feel the pain you had outside the
castle… which is one reason we wish to treat you like this, after all
your so young… and having gone through what you have must have been a challenge…” she said angelically
Chara
stayed silent as the King spoke, “We see great potential in
you, enough that you could even be a princess…
however right now, we decided to train you to the life of royalty and the
ability to fight from what kyo told us…, we also plan to take
you with us on all royal events, including the royal ball on the full moon… “
Chara
was in aw, “A-are you sure, I-I don’t deserve this honor…” Shin smiled, “You do… you’ve been through enough so me and kyo will help you adjust to the
lifestyle change…”
Kyo smiled, “ Miss
Chara… no Princess Chara, We’ll do our best for you,
and promise to make you the best one possible…” he
said holding her hand. She blushed hard, “I don’t know what to say, your all so kind to me, I don’t know how I could ever repay you…”
The
Queen smile, “simply agree to letting us
take care of you…”
Chara
smiled, “Ok… I accept!”
They
all smiled cheerfully, The king smiled, “Well, tomorrow we are
heading to the dark kingdom not far from here… we
know you will be a hit among the royal family members…”
Chara
smiled, “I’ll do my best there…”
The
next morning Chara was dressed by other female servants and felt very odd… she wore a beautiful pink silk dress… and a small silver tiara with beautiful blue gems on it, “I’m not sure this suits me well…” she said to herself.
Suddenly, Shiro appeared, and was in aw (even slightly blushing), “Miss Chara… I believe your wrong
about that dress…” he kneeled down and kissed her hand, “…Princess…”
Chara’s face turned red, “Are you coming with us
Shiro?...” she asked
He
sighed, “I wish… but this is for royals
after all… call me though if you need a doctor.” He smiled bowing to her before heading out of the room…
‘Shiro…’ she thought face still red but suddenly said, “you can come with us, we never know when we’re going to need a doctor…”
Shiro
smiled at her, “I suppose I’ll meet you in the
carriage then, after all its with your permission that I’m able to travel with you…” he said before walking
away
The
ladies led her to a large carriage prepared for the royal family, Chara felt so
out of place as the other servants opened the door and bowing to her. When she
entered she was in aw… from the outside the
carriage looked only a little bigger… In actually… it was like a small house on wheels! The family greeted her with
smiles.
Shin
then spoke, “I bet your wondering how this is even possible?...”
Chara
nodded as the King explained, “The royal wizard created
this for us…”
“Did you call me your
majesty?” A man, around his early 20’s most likely 26 by
appearance said.
“Ah, sorry Terra, we were
just explaining your magic to…”
“The new princess?...” he walked toward Chara bowed and after kissing her hand spoke, “It’s a pleasure to meet you princess Chara…”
As
Chara blushed she noticed the details of Terra more clearly. Terra had this
dark blonde hair that he had as a long ponytail with dark brown eyes. Terra smiled,
“I wish to thank you your majesty for allowing me and doctor Shiro
to travel with you…” he said bowing to the
king.
The
King smiled, “We never know when danger or magic occurs… plus we wish for you to teach Chara fighting techniques, as you
know she…”
“Has the reflexes of a
cat, yes… I could sense the power just by kissing her beautiful hand…” Terra smiled.
Chara
blushed and then suddenly noticed the movement of the carriage, causing her to
begin to fall down. But suddenly Shin and Kyo both caught her before she could
hurt herself. “You alright?...” they said in unison.
Chara
blushed even more as she said, “y-yes I’m alright… I’ve got to get used to this moving building…”
Terra
smirked, “Now’s a perfect time to see how your fighting abilities are like…” he said as he walked toward a door that he had just created. From
just tapping his staff on the ground. He motioned her to follow, but then kyo
pulled her aside asking, “Are you sure your up for
this?... are you still injured?...”
“I’ll be alright, I heal quickly and I need to start to prove myself… not for my sake...” she turned to him, “but to prove my strength to everyone… not
just myself…”
Terra
smiled and after stomping his staff Chara was now in fighting clothes… She looked at her armor and simply smiled… but before she went through the door she said to Kyo while
quickly hugging him, “Thanks for worrying about
me… but when I leave the grounds you will see a stronger more
confident woman…” she said as she turned to the door already opened by Terra, (he
apparently entered it while she was talking to Kyo…)
Kyo
watched her and was lightly blushing, Shin pouted, “Lucky you getting a hug from our new princess…”
“S-Shut up…” he was blushing even more…
On the
other side of the door, Chara was in aw by this training ground room, “So well made…” she said quietly. Terra
then turned to her and threw a couple of ninja star like weapons. Chara’s ears perched and her pupils became like slits… she quickly jumped into the air easily dodging the attack… and even in midair as she was attacked again she avoided them
with ease… she even landed on her feet quit easily.
Terra
smiled, “So I see your evasiveness
is very high, now face this attack and take it to see your actual
defensive side… how much you can handle…”
“If I may…” Chara interrupted, “I recommend actually
testing my strength first, because what your suggesting will take all the
energy out of me…”
Terra
smiled, “Good plan, now attack me so I can also test your speed…”
Chara
nodded she closed her eyes and sang quietly and as soon as it started speeding
up she looked at terra with cat slits in her eyes and charging at almost
unhuman like speeds. And as she punched and kicked at Terra blocking the
attacks, he can feel her strength, ‘this girl… this style… its possible that… no it’s not possible… I’ll speak to the king about it later…” he
soon pushed her to the side. And said, “That’s enough fight now prepare your bracing….” He said coldly and fired a strong beam of energy toward her… Chara continued to sing while taking the hit…
It
continued for far longer than normal people could usually stand… but suddenly when Chara reached the climax of the song she broke
the energy beam…. And charged even faster than before knocking Terra back into a
tree and before finishing a blow the song began to end so she punched the
ground breaking a good portion of earth…
Terra
watched in aw… and when She finally passed out and caught her, he quietly said, ‘how is this possible?... I thought that…”
But he
decided not to say anything, noticing he had a large amount of bruises and cuts
on his body. By a sudden tap of the staff Shiro soon appeared, “What happened… to both of you…” he said noticing both of them being beaten up like they were…
Terra
said, “I wish to explain in more detail to you and the king in awhile,
but for right now lets get her out of here and let her rest in her room…”
Shiro
nodded and walked next to Terra examining both of their wounds while Terra
dropped his staff and Chara returned to her princess outfit…
When
the door opened, the family was shocked by what they saw… “Chara!?” both Kyo and Shin said
at the same time. They ran over and as Terra spoke, “Will you two take her to her room, and pardon my including you my
queen, but I must talk to Shiro and the King immediately…” The queen nodded as Terra handed Chara to Kyo… Kyo blushed lightly at the beautiful girl before leading the way
to her room…
Once
they left the King spoke, “Now tell me… I can tell her strength is immense since she managed to injure
you even if minor…”
“Your highness… after looking at her fighting abilities and powers, I am almost
certain that this girl is the one from the legend of the melody cat….”
“What?!” Shiro spoke, “But the people from the
kingdom…”
“Yes, they were destroyed… but this girl fits all the aspects required… not to mention… she has the extra
strength that I have never seen before… if she did decide to
give me the final blow… I probably wouldn’t be around by now…” Terra said…
The
King sighed, “So you think she has the blood of…”
“Yes without a doubt… its one reason I think bringing her out to the rest of the world
was very wise of you your majesty…” Terra said
The
King was silent but then said, “I believe we should begin
each day by teaching her the ways of the princess, have her attend the events… but at night I wish for you Terra and you Shiro, for you are one
of the few people who also remember what the people were like, and she will
need occasional medical attention, to train her fighting ability, because if we
aren’t careful, the event of the millennium could follow us… Chara… needs to be ready for it…”
Chara
slowly opened her eyes to see the Queen, Shin, and Kyo by her. “W-Where am I?” Chara asked.
The
Queen smiled, “Your room, it looks like you took a lot of damage from training,
but you look better now… you think you can stand?” She asked
Chara
nodded and got up… noticing Kyo and Shin rushing to her side to help…
“You really gave us a
scare…” Shin said…
“Yes we were all worried…” Kyo said…
Chara
smiled “I’m alright, with such nice men helping me how I couldn’t be?”
The
Queen smiled and then when a bell rang and the carriage came to a sudden stop… causing for both Shin and Kyo to accidentally fall on Chara… causing them all to blush hard and get up quickly…
The
Queen smiled, “We’re here… “
As
soon as everyone got out of the carriage Chara was in aw… The country was the kingdom of Ravensheart. Mostly known for the
dark poetic atmosphere the city brings as well as the constant ravens all over
town…
The
Castle was made of dark granite brick with the classic drawbridge and moat…
Chara
walked next to the two princes following the king and queen. While meanwhile
Shiro and Terra followed them.
As the
doors opened, Chara looked onto the rooms with aw… the
dark colored walls and tapestries led on an aura of mystery.
Soon
they all stepped forward and as soon as they reached the throne room… there sat a dying old king and an old (but not dying old) queen.
And a young handsome prince stood to the side. The man had similar features as
Kyo, but his black hair was much longer and his eyes almost looked like red
raven eyes… but as the king and queen stepped to the side Kyo and Shin
quickly bowed, but for Chara as she tried to curtsy she quickly lost balance
and with pure luck landed on her knees…
“I-I’m sorry your majesties… “Shin simply knew the others would easily forgive this cute
learning princess. Kyo also thought the same but decided to join her on the
ground so as not to make her feel uncomfortable…
Terra
watched Kyo’s actions toward this girl and wondered… Shiro also simply smiled… yet suddenly all 4 boys
heard the boy walk forward toward Chara..
Chara
was still on the ground when Kyo stood… he knew that if he stood
in the prince’s way it would be curtains for all of them…
The Prince
spoke, “I have met everyone else before… but…” he put a finger under her chin and lifted her gaze to him, “I’m surprised I’ve never seen such a
beautiful princess as yourself step forward…”
Chara
blushed, “I’m not a princess yet sir…” she said sir because
this man looked just a year older than Shin,.
The
man smiled, “I am however a prince… I am Ragde… future ruler of this kingdom…”
Chara
quickly tried to get up as Kyo decided to help her up. But Ragde quickly took
her by the hand to pull her up. He smirked at Kyo, Shin, Shiro, and Terra as if
a warning for them to back away…
Radge
guided her to the king and queen of Ravensheart… Chara
quickly curtsied to the 2 as they smiled and said, “Welcome young miss to our kingdom, if I may ask for your name,
please let us quoth your name?” the King said…
“I am Chara Nomeco your
majesty…”
Ragde
smirked, he liked this girl… unique in every way from
the people who normally live in their kingdom… so he
spoke, “Father, mother… perhaps I may give the
princess a tour?...”
The
boys ears perched… something didn’t seem right with this
situation… they looked at each other and nodded, “If its all the same sir, we wish to accompany the two to make
absolutely no harm… of any kind… can be afflicted on her?...” Radge was irritated but
grew more angry when his father agreed to these outsiders request!?
Chara
was blushing lightly, everyone was trying to get her attention… she had never felt this feeling before… but yet… she felt oddly used to
this concept. She had no idea why… but it was also odd how
Ragde in particular acted so strange around her.
As
Ragde gave what seemed like an ordinary tour of the castle, Chara felt the grip
he used on her much stronger than usual. Chara even cringed at one point he was
holding her arm so tight…
Shiro
saw this with ease and grew irritated, Terra trying hard to hold him back… but also getting irritated by this man’s obvious intentions…
Kyo
and Shin were so close to killing the guy… particularly as they
began to enter the ballroom… Ragde quickly pulled
Chara by the waist and prepared her for a dance as he nodded to his own
orchestra and began a waltz with her. This song was almost scary, Chara could
feel the cruel intention through each note of the song… she quickly realized him trying to lean toward her face…
The
boys quickly saw the now scared Chara trying to push Ragde away from her… they quickly ran toward the two…
But
Ragde frown and with a snap of is fingers, horrible raven like creatures stood
in-front of him and Chara blocking the other’s.
Chara
finally began to scream as Ragde began to pull her close to him, “L-let me go!” Chara however still was
weak from her first round of training… so she couldn’t quit easily get away like normally…
When
the others heard her scream… they quickly sprung into
action not realizing that it was a trap for them! The ravens soon disappeared
in a puff of smoke and a magic proof cage was created and dropped on them.
Chara saw this and yelled, “Guys!” as she finally got of Ragde’s grip they suddenly
disappeared… “What did you do!?” she yelled at him…
“They have been hidden all
around the castle young princess… including your king and
queen, and my mother and father…” he said smirking as the
atmosphere grew darker…
“Tell me where they are!” she demanded
“Oh I’ll let you find them… just search for my clues
all around and find them before midnight, which will occur in 2 hours… if unsuccessful, you will be my queen…”
“I’d rather die than ever marry you!” she
yelled before running toward the door… out of the ballroom…
But he
was quick and placed his hand on the door… “The first ones you find will be your king and queen… a room where men shout from all directions except one who stands
as the choosier… find it soon… or the two will be
facing a choice given by the men…”
Chara
quickly figured it out and quickly ran to try and find the room…
After
20 minutes… she heard the shouting of ravens toward one room ahead… that’s when she realized it
was there… She ran into the court room and yelled “Objection!” after she looked inside
she saw her king and queen tied and gagged to chairs while Ragde sat in the
judges seat with the black robe and white wig… “I see the defense attorney has arrived… how do you plead toward the crime of harming others?...”
Chara
waited a moment… and then finally answered… "If I am not
mistaken I am neither guilty nor innocent… yet you… ‘honorable judge’ are in violation of your
duties and there for YOU ARE GUILTY!”
The
ravens suddenly rushed toward Ragde and disappeared into his robes…
“I nevermore can call
myself innocent, though I pondered in the next room and quoth a bird most high.
In this room my picture shows… and inside the creators
of my life…” as soon as Ragde disappeared Chara turned to the king and queen, “Wait for the other at the entrance of the castle… I’ve got to find the others…” The two of them nodded
and warned her to be cautious… but before she moved on,
the king grabbed her hand and place a sword in her palm… “use it well princess…” Chara bowed and ran
toward the study.
In 30
minutes she found the study and faced yet another challenge. The study was
filled with floating books and pictures of Edgar Allen Poe all over the walls.
The king and queen of Ravensheart shook in fear as they were surrounded by the
monstrous raven creatures. Ragde was in the air, and Chara noticed feathers
were forming on his body. He smirked, “I speak similar to you, I
act similar to you… even love people similar
to those whom you loved… who am I?”
Chara
frowned, “You’re a reincarnation, a reincarnation particularly of Edgar Allan
Poe… quoth your raven… YOU SHALL LEAVE HERE
FOREVER MORE!”
Radge
disappeared once again saying, “very good… the next to final room is in the place where my brethren sat upon
and stayed upon… for there is also sorrow in this room and you know why… find this room for the wizard and doctor face the same fate…”
Chara
quickly turned to the king and queen of Ravensheart, “Please head over to the
castle entrance, my king and queen will be waiting there for you…”
The
king stopped Chara from moving on, “This is something you
should know… my son only became like this after a song convinced him to become
cruel…”
“A song?...” Chara asked…
“Please… he’s good underneath… just help him?... he is
possessed as you can see… just help him?... I beg you….” The king said tiredly.
Chara
looked at him and nodded “I promise I’ll do my best…”
She
quickly ran toward a room that she knew
would be filled with busts… About 40 minutes later
she finally found the art room…
“Chara!” Terra and Shiro yelled at the same time…
Chara
saw Ragde sitting on one of the bust, looking more like a raven than before,
and waited for his question….
“Can you truly tell me how
a Raven is like a man?” he asked
“It all depends on the
man, you for instance at the moment have everything in common with a raven… “
“At the moment?...” he growled
“Yes… because soon I will figure out how to return you to normal… now tell me where Kyo and Shin are!”
he
growled, “Here I lay to either roost… or here to fall to my
doom… but if you don’t find me in 15 minutes,
your time will be up…” disappearing into
darkness…
Chara
quickly told Terra and Shiro to go protect the kings and queens, and she
quickly decided to climb the building from outside to reach the roof… multiple times she almost fell but in 10 minutes she finally
reached the roof.
Upon
arriving however, she was scared to see that while Kyo and Shin were in their
cage… Ragde had somehow become a giant raven like monster… he cawed, “Solve this riddle I let
them go free, but fight me in order to free yourself as well…”
Chara
frowned as he asked her, “I rise only when my body
aches… I only complain when I don’t get my way… I never can be stopped and will never be beaten… until I caw for a famous quoth… who
am I and what is the quote?...”
Chara
looked at him, “the beast within you… the one that only rises
when the darkness in your heart overflows, yet the only way for you to be free
is to quoth the raven… NEVERMORE!”
Ragde
cawed extremely loud and returned half of his feature to human, “You are very clever princess… I will let the two
princes go as promised, but first they will watch you lose your freedom to me…”
Kyo
growled, “I swear Ragde once you let me out I will continue to face your
challenges till the day I defeat you…”
Shin
nodded saying, “I will do likewise…”
Chara
then pulled out her sword, “Kyo… Shin… thank you… but I will beat him… I will return his human
side… and then we can leave and not worry about this kingdom ever again…” Chara then began to sing a soothing bright song… causing Ragde to begin to draw back in pain… Chara continued so much so that finally… as Ragde cawed louder than
ever before, “NEVERMORE!” all the feathers
surrounding Ragde began to disappeared, and all the dark magic disappeared into
the wind…
Ragde
fainted and soon the cage holding Kyo and Shin disappeared and they ran to the
exhausted Chara… Shin catches her before she passed out and Kyo looks at her just
grateful that she didn’t get hurt…
The
next morning Ragde was back to normal, in-fact his eyes were now a golden color
instead of red… he apologized to Chara quickly… but
then Chara said, “It wasn’t your fault, so there is
no need to apologize… just promise me you’ll lead your people with kindness and giving from now on?”
He
smiled, “I promise…” and just before they all
exited Ragde called and ran after them, “Princess! … there’s 2 things I forgot to
give you… first… the raven’s eye ring, this gem will allow you to see at greater distances
when in your fighting mode…” he explained while
placing it on her finger…
“And second?” Chara asked… but then was truly
spooked by Ragde kissing her cheek…
Ragde
backed away saying, “That is a thank you for
all you’ve done for my kingdom… what I offer may not be
much… but we hope you will continue to protect as many people as you
can…”
Charas
face was pure red while the boys were steaming jealous!
When
they rode off Chara simply sat in the main room of the carriage with everyone… Terra sighed, “I must say Ragde did give
you a very powerful artifact… it should help you see
even better in battle than your cat senses can normally see… “
Shiro
said to Chara, “And we all want to thank you… you saved all of us…”
“I-I…” Chara didn’t know what to say… she was exhausted…
Kyo
said to Chara, “Why don’t I take you to your room
to rest?... I’m sure your exhausted…” Shin looked at Kyo and
saw how much Kyo wanted to protect Chara and try to prove himself to her…
Chara
was suddenly picked up bridal style and blushed hard, “K-kyo!?…” she said while thinking,
‘GAH why do all the guys want me!?... yet I wonder, is there once
person I particularly like?... gah! What am I thinking!? I may be dressed like
a princess but underneath I’m just an orphan…’
Kyo
the gently placed her on the bed… “we will have to stop at the kingdom of venomous soon… I plan on staying with you here until we leave…”
“But… why can’t I?...”
"
listen to me, these people are dangerous, I don’t want
to take any chances when it comes to keeping you safe… I… I mean we… we don't want you to
suffer any type of pain...” he began to look at her
and blush
Chara
watched Kyo walk out after saying, “By the way… I truly meant what I said about trying over and over again to
save you…” he then turned toward her and blushed saying, “even now I promise that to you…” he
quickly kissed her left cheek and then quickly ran out of the room… Chara wanted to follow him but was blushing so hard she couldn’t move.
Shin
came in and said, “I saw what happened…”
Chara
blushed harder
“Don’t worry, I know he came to you… and I
must say... he’s lucky… he still wants to be a
prince charming even though he isn’t next in line to the
throne…”
Chara
looked at Shin and asked, “Are… are you jealous of that?...”
Shin
looked at her and walked up to her and placed a hand on her head and said, “I’m jealous of him for multiple reasons… but the biggest thing I’m jealous of was…” he suddenly leaned down and kissed the same cheek that Kyo kissed…
Chara
turned bright red when he said, “When he did that…” and then walked out of the room
Chara
looked down, “Oh! Why me!?” she thought, she didn’t know what to do!
Terra
and Shiro began to discuss with the king about the legend… Chara had walked out of her room to get some air but began to
overhear them….
“Shiro I don’t know how else to prove that she is the girl from the legend… her fighting skills, her personality… EVERYTHING FITS!!!”
“What about her age?...” Shiro asked
“Same as the legend… “ Terra replied quickly
“Why are you so against
her being the girl of legend…” the king asked
“… I don’t want her hurt… she doesn’t deserve anymore pain…” Shiro sighed
“I admit I didn’t want such a cute and beautiful girl to be placed on this
situation… but because you and I and everyone care deeply, even in some
cases more than others… we need to not only
protect her when she’s weak… but guide her when she’s strong…” Terra said in a cool manner…
Chara
was shocked, “What did they mean by legend?... What’s my purpose in this story?” she thought quickly
walking away…
Shiro
saw her though and followed…
Chara
sat in what was like a sun room… and sighed before
hearing Shiro enter… “Shiro?...” suddenly she saw Terra
behind him, “Terra… both of you need to tell
me what you mean by legend, If I am part of it I have the right to know!” She asked with a serious expression on her face
Shiro
looked at her with a sad expression before Terra spoke, “The melody cat… have you heard the
story?…” Terra asked…
Chara
simply said, “only the children version, ‘once upon a time, a cat
that loved to sing was loved by all the other animals… except the jealous evil twin of the godly nine-tail fox… The cat’s voice was a gift that
the fox thought should have belonged only to her… one day after receiving gifts from all the
other animals… the fox’s servant stated to the
cat about the fox’s challenge… a fight to the death…’ in the children’s story the cat wins
without any harm…, what does the true legend state?...” she asked
Shiro
frowned, “The ending was no were near as simple as that…”
Kyo
and Shin secretly listened in, “The cat was actually not
worshiped by all the other animals… some of them fought with
her many times… but when it came to the battle against the fox… the cat was assumed dead, but no one knows whether its true or
not…” Terra said sadly…
Chara
looked down… “If… if I am the cat… does that mean?....”
“… its possible… but we don’t want to think…” Shiro said sadly…
Kyo
growled and ran in “We can’t let that happen to Chara! I won’t let
her get hurt like that!”
“Kyo… “ Chara said blushing
“I won’t allow it either…” Shin said walking
forward…
“Shin…”
Shiro
looked up and with his fist clenched, “I don’t want it either…. And I’ll help you make sure that everything will be ok too!”
“Shiro…”
Terra
finally added, “I believe with all of us helping protect our princess, she will be
safe…”
“Terra…” she then began to tear up, “… you guys…” she began to cry… “Thank you…” she said trying to wipe
her tears…
Shiro
and Terra walked up and hugged her… both of them secretly
kissing her head for a split second… Kyo and Shin hugged her
also and Chara began to think…
‘Their warmth… its so warm… I… care for them… I’m not sure who I love yet… but something tells me
that I’ll find love soon… is this what the cat
felt with the other animals?...’ she thought
Suddenly
the carriage came to a sudden stop… they were about to enter
another kingdom… Chara quickly got up and brushed off her dress as the guys
quickly got up… the queen then came in and stated “We
have now arrived in the venomon kingdom…”
“That kingdom where they
not only worship any animal containing poisonus venom but also have venom in
them…” Shiro asked
The
queen nodded…
Chara
gulped… she knew she was to weak at the moment to fight if anything bad
would happen…
Kyo
looked at her and said, “… we won’t let them near you Chara…”
“I know… thanks…” She smiled as the guys
surrounded her…
As
they were escorted out of the carriage all the men had their snake like eyes
and split tongues… Soon they were led into a castle… made
of snake fangs…
Chara
cringed and grabbed Shiro’s arm scared… Shiro blushed and put his arm around her to be protective… the others slightly jealous…
The
king and queen then led the way to the throne room… sitting on the throne was a black widow queen, this woman looked
30 but Chara knew she probably was over 50…
The
woman spoke, “Welcome to my domain… my eldest son will be
coming here soon…” she then notices Chara… and suddenly it became
clear that she had eight giant spider legs coming out of her back, she walked
forward and bent down close to Chara's face, “Who
are you?...”
“I…I’m Chara Nomeco your highness…” she curtsied… and then the queen smiled, “Such a sweet young
princess… to sweet to even think of eating….” She joked…
but
Chara was spooked…
Kyo
then saw the queen’s son and frowned… this boy was a mixture of a scorpion, spider sand a snake, yet he
seemed more snake than anything…
He
walked up toward Chara and he slithered his tongue to see Chara… “Thissssss issss a beautiful ssssmell….”
“This is princess Chara,
Voldar my son….” The queen said…
Chara
quickly curtsied and Voldar smiled…
Shin
and Terra then heard something coming up from above them… Terra spoke, “We heard something above
us… excuse us…” they quickly ran up
leaving the others… the king and queen were escorted to the ballroom to discuss
certain matters…
Voldar
starts to circle Chara, Kyo, and Shiro… Chara held onto Kyo
scared again… Kyo lightly blushing but whispered to her “Just stay still and close to me….” Now he put his arm protectively around her…. Chara lightly blushed
Voldar
hissed, “Princesssssss Chara?.... I ssssmell royal blood in you…. Not jusssst a royal title…..”
“W-what?... I’m an orphan…”
“No… I ssssmell much more than your hissstory may reveal….”
“What is it you smell?
Please tell me?...”
“I sssmell a mixture of
cat fur… rossse petals, golden piecesss, and purenesssss of the heart…”
“I don’t understand… what do you mean!?” she screamed
Suddenly
Volldar grabbed her with his spider legs, Chara screamed, “Let go of me!”
Kyo
Screamed, “Let her go!”
Shiro
also yelled, “Chara!”
Voldar
hissed, “Ssssuch a beautiful sssmell musssst be protected!... Only worth
protectorsss can hold her..."
Chara
then began to realize, 'he wants to test the guys to see if I'll be safe with
them!'
Voldar
then climbed up onto the wall using his legs and hissed, "Try and sssave
her!"
"Kyo!
Shiro! Help!" Chara yelled, after all she was still to tired from fighting
Ragde...
Kyo
quickly pulled out his sword and ran toward Voldar... But Voldar was quicker...
Shiro
soon followed and tried to jump high enough to catch up to them... But then Voldar
swung his scorpion tail and knocked Shiro to the ground...
"Shiro!"
Chara cried out...
Chara
felt so helpless she didn't know what to do...
Voldar
saw this and said, "Ssshe will wait for you to find her in the tallessst
tower...." he then carried her out of the window, Kyo yelling,
"CHARA!"
Kyo
quickly went to Shiro and helped him up.... "We need to find the others
you think?..."
"No
they probably are fighting now too... We will have to find Chara
ourselves..." Shiro said... He pulled out his knife. Ready to battle...
Kyo
nodded, "let's get started..."
Chara
was then locked in a room in the tower, she was in a comfy room... She saw
Voldar guard the door like a hawk... Chara walked to the door and said,
"You never intended to hurt me... You just wanted to see if I would be
safe with the others..."
Voldar
nodded lightly....
"Thanks...
Your very kind hearted...."
"...
Pure heartsss.. Intellegent mindsss, and royally gold blood are alwaysss ment
to be guarded by people with good intentionsss...." Voldar said coolly.
Kyo
and Shiro ran up the stairs fighting many humanoid snakes, scorpions, and
spiders...
Each
level seemed tougher and tougher.. But as Shiro cut more and more creature
alongside with Kyo... Kyo began to think, "Chara... The others may feel the
same, but I'll confess to myself... I love you!" I always have! Your
beauty, your kindness, your courage, your strength... Everything! I love you
Chara!!!" his passion flowed into every blow...
Shiro
saw this and thought, "Everyone loves Chara... Even I do a lot... But it
looks like Kyo loves her more than anyone!..."
Suddenly
they entered a room with a giant scorpion, to the others surprise, there was
Terra and shin...
Shiro
yelled, "Guys! The prince of the kingdom challenged us to save Chara!
They
yelled, "What!?"
Kyo
frowned, "I've got to get past that thing and save her!"
Shin
and Terra nodded... They knew Kyo loved Chara more than anyone did...
Terra
frowned, "I'll handle this scorpion... You guys move ahead..." Terra
said while pulling out his staff...
Quickly
the others nodded and ran ahead as Terra used his magic to distract the
creature
But to
there luck next was a giant spider... Shiro yelled, "Run and find
Chara!"
Next
Shin and Kyo faced a giant snake... Shin then said, "Kyo... Go save the
woman you love..."
"Shin..."
"Just
go!"
Kyo
nodded and ran toward the final room, there stood Voldar with Chara in a cage
next to him, unharmed of course... Kyo yelled to her, "Chara!"
Chara
looked at him and blushed at the determined look he had on his face,
"Kyo!"
Voldar
hissed, "You have proven yourssself indeed ssso far... But the final
challenge isss to beat me!"
Kyo
braced himself and charged at Voldar...
Voldar
almost flicked him away like a bug!
Chara
watched helplessly as she thought... "Why!... Why can't I do anything to
help Kyo!?... Needlessly... I noticed that my heart pounds more around him than
anyone else, I don't know maybe..."
Kyo
fell hard to the ground as Chara yelled, "Kyo!"
Voldar
walked toward Kyo and hissed, "What do you think makesss you able to
protect her from the dangersss ahead?... I sssenssse no abnormal abilitiesss in
you... Excccept an emotion or feeling I haven't felt thisss ssstrong of
before... What isss it?..." he asked
Kyo
began to try to get up and then spoke, "I know I can do my best to protect
Chara because of the so called emotion you sense..."
He
began to say unaware that the others were in the back...
"this
emotion is now a huge part of my heart and soul... This feeling..." he
turned toward Chara, "Is.... Love..."
Charas
face turned pure red, is this what she felt for Kyo?
He
continued, "I love Chara... I always have, and always will... That's
why...I'll defend her with my life!" he yelled charging again, but
suddenly the cage surrounding Chara disappeared and Kyo accidentally ran
through one of the windows out of the castle and began to fall...
As Kyo
fell he thought, ' This maybe my last moment... At least I told her... At
least..." but as he fell he noticed a girl following behind him yelling,
"Kyo!!!!!!"
Kyo
then recognized who it was, "Chara!? What are you?"
"I
am not letting you get hurt for me!" Chara yelled
"That
was the point though of confessing!" Kyo yelled pulling Chara close to him
"Well
my heart wants me to confess!" she yelled looking red
Kyo
blushed hard, "What?..."
Chara
looked at him... "I love you Kyo...
I just couldn't bear anyone possibly could break my hea..." but just
before she could finish her last word Kyo planted his lips onto hers before
saying, "Never think that I would break your heart, if I ever did I'd
never forgive myself..."
They
then landed on the ground, luckily Chara's cat like ability to land on her feet
helped them avoid getting hurt...
Chara
looked at Kyo with a red face..."Kyo...."
"Chara..."
he placed his hand on her cheek and while leaning toward her he whispeard,
"I will always love you..." he then gently kissed her. Unsaid
feelings passed through them. Chara was also crying tears of joy, she never
thought she'd ever meet anyone that made her feel so happy to just be near
them, and here she was just happy to see Kyo who makes her feel so alive
inside...
Kyo
never felt this mixture of happiness and passion before... But he loved this
feeling almost as much as he loved her. When they broke the kiss they turned
and saw everyone clapping...
Chara
and Kyo blushed hard.
The
king smiled, "Well your mother and I approve highly..."
Shin,
Shiro, and Terra smiled, "Congrats Kyo... Take care of her got it!"
they yelled...
Kyo
smirked and pulled Chara close to him, "You know I never would let her
fall or fail any fight... She to important for me to not take care of the one I
love...."
Chara
blushed even more... To the point she was almost smoking red. She even began to
fall back, 'So much emotion at once! I don't think I can breath!' she
thought...
Kyo
obviously caught her, "Whoa... You look almost sick..." he placed his
forehead against her's and said, "seems like a small fever..."
Chara
stood there thinking, 'its hot because you are putting me in a situation that
is making me overflow with emotion!'
Kyo
then picked her up bridal style, "lets get you inside to rest..."
"Mo...
Don't treat me like a kid..." Chara pouted
Kyo
smiled as he carried her inside the castle
The
next morning Voldar gave Chara a unique gift, "thisss isss the basssalisksss
charm, if you place thisss charm infront of your enemy, they will be
physssically paralyzed for a sshort period of time..." he said before
giving Chara a green charm along a gold bracelet
Chara
smiled, "Thank you Voldar take care of your kingdom okay?..."
After
saying their goodbyes everyone got into the carriage and they rode off toward
the next kingdom.
The
queen and Chara began to talk about a ball that was occurring in the crystal
kingdom.
Chara
asked, "You think they will accept me at the ball your majesty? After all
I am not a true princess..."
"They
will love you, and you ARE a princess..."
"By
being under your guidance yes but... " as Chara spoke she remembered what
Voldar said about saying she had the smell of royal blood in her... Was it
possible he mistook it?... Or maybe..... 'No its not possible!' she thought...
Terra
suddenly walked in with a smile, "Your highnesses, are you prepared for
the ball in the crystal kingdom?..."
The
queen said, "The king and I have been very exhausted, so I wish for Chara
to represent me... Will you help her get ready?..."
As
Chara heard the queen speak so calmly she internally thought, 'Shes leaving ME
with representing.... Oh!!!!!" she panicked
Terra
smirked and with a simple snap of his fingers Chara suddenly wore a beautiful
light pink ball gown... He smiled and showed Chara here reflection...
"Your outfits already...but in case you need to get ready to fight I want
to give you something..."
Terra
then revealed a pink pendant, this pendant was a base of a music note with a
cat on top of it...
He
then grabs her sword and makes sure a spot that the charm would fit on was
formed... He then said, "to retrieve your sword and transform just raise
your hand and chant any spell of your choosing..."
Chara
was taken aback so far by what terra was trying to explain. However, she
decided to try, she was soon led to the training room, to her surprise she saw
Kyo there practicing his sword fighting skills...
The
terra said to Kyo, "You can take a break now, I'm going to train Chara
now..."
Kyo
turned, smiled at the two, nodded, and decided to sit down and watch...
Terra
then said to Chara, "Ok... Try and transform now..."
Chara
raised her hand up and began to chant her spell, "Light of kindness and
love, help me defend those important to me...
Her
sword appeared and landed in her and before she pulled out her pendant,
"...I summon the power of the melody
cat!" she shouted as she placed the pendant in the slot of her sword...
Suddenly
her whole body was surrounded by light as she transformed into her fighter
style. Finishing it with a pose...
She
then realized that the transformation was almost embarrassing...
Kyo
blushed and smiled at the adorable Chara... Terra then said, "Alright
Chara let start with the hand to hand practice..."
Chara nodded and entered her fighting
position. And with her eyes becoming cat slits she began to sing and charged
toward Terra preparing her first attack... She charged at lightning speeds
sending her flying kick soon.
Terra
barely dogged the attack, but still ended up flying backward after blocking a
punch directed to the face.
Terra
quickly decides to test her new charms before anything could get more difficult
for HIM!
He
quickly pulls up a smokescreen to test the raven eye charm... Chara raised her
hand with the ring and chanted the spell to activate the charm, "Eye of
raven, I am in need, help me see, FOREVERMORE!"
As
soon as she chanted her words, her cat eyes turned red... She could see exactly
where Terra and Kyo were... So she quickly headed toward Terra and raised her
basilisk charm, "Eyes that pause into thought, the basilisk tongue and
mind of thought, world of light take some time, stop and look at the basilisk
eye!" Terra suddenly just remained in the position he was in until finally
he said, "let's take a break before we work on your sword fighting
skills..."
Chara
nodded and for a moment sat against a tree base, completely forgetting for a
moment Kyo was there... Until after she began to fall asleep, she felt something
warm press against her lips gently... She opened her eyes gently to see Kyo
kissing her... She blushed hard, "Kyo...l" she said quietly as the
kiss broke.
Kyo
smiled and stroked her cheek with his hand, "You were amazing... No....
You ARE amazing..." Kyo said with a smile...
Chara
smiled, "... I try... I'm nervous about the ball tonight though... Because
it seems that no matter where I go trouble follows..."
He
then gently kissed her again before saying, "I understand your nervous,
but always remember that I love you and I'll help defend you to the
end..." he said sweetly, he didn't seem to be the type that blushed as
much as he used to. Probably he had fully confessed his feelings for her...
Terra
then said, "Alright quit it love birds time for your sword fight
training..." Terra suddenly had 2 sabers in his hands, he passed one to
Chara... And gave the other one to Kyo...
They
were shocked!
Kyo
said, "I can't fight Chara!"
Terra
said, "you may need to fight someone you love to save them..."
Chara
knew that... So she had prepared herself... She wished she didn't have to.. But
there was no choice... She began to practice without fighting to hard... She
couldn't hurt Kyo... Never...
Terra
watched this fight of no end, no one getting hurt at all... He sighed,
"let's stop... Besides we got to practice now the routines for the ball
tonight.."
Kyo
sighed in relief in unison with Chara... After a momment he took her hand and
said, "Come on Chara, we need to help you get ready to do the waltz, other
wise your ready..."
Chara
blushed as he led her to the ballroom...
He
then pulled her close and prepared her for the dance. Right before the music
began he whispered, "just follow my lead... And don't worry, if you need
to fall... I'll catch you..." his voice softened.
Chara
blushed, nodded, and began to follow his lead.... More than once she ended up
stepping on his toes but he bearded it well. After awhile they managed to do
spins and dips, and other moves that Chara NEVER thought she could do...
As they entered one last dip... Chara
whispered to Kyo... "I love you..."
"And
I love you... He said preparing himself to kiss her... But before they did...
The carriage driver spoke through the magic speakers, "We will be arriving
at the ball in 2 hours, it is recommended that everyone attending to prepare
for it..."
Kyo
backed away and said, "I'll save that moment for later..." Chara
blushed and said, "I'm going to hold you to that..."
Soon
the carriage driver calls, "all attendants please meet in the entrance
hall... We will be at the gate in a few minutes..."
The
boys were all in their tuxes, They waited anxious to see what Chara looked
like... Then light music began to play. They all turn to see... The most
beautiful girl they ever laid eyes on...
Chara's
hair was pulled up, she wore a beautiful light pink dress with gems around the
hem and decorated everything! The same type of jewel was used in her beautiful
collar necklace and earrings surrounded in gold. And her make-up was so well do
it preserved her beautiful image but enhanced her assets.
She
slowly walked down the beautiful flight of stairs, revealing her lace gloves as
she slowly walked... She of course was blushing her signature blush which made
her cuter in appearance as she asked, "D-do I look odd?..."
Kyo's
face was pure red, "No... It's just... You look so beautiful..."
"r-really...
I never pictured myself in this type of outfit so it's nice..."
He
pulled her close to him, "Perfect though... That's what you are..."
Chara
blushed harder, "Gah!" she thought, "t-thanks..." she said
blushing
He
took her arm while the others smiled, jealous, but happy for the two of them.
Soon
they walked to the entrance of a beautiful crystal palace. Chara was extremely
nervous as she was representing the queen... And as they walked, suddenly Chara
overheard two ladies talking, "Isn't that the alleged Chara Nomeco?"
one asked
"It
is alright, she supposedly won the affections of the king and queen even though
she's an orphaned witch!"
"Really!?
I did hear she had a magical voice but I didn't think it was serious..."
"She
will never belong in my book..."
Chara
looked down sad... Shiro instantly saw this and gave the women who said it an
evil glare...
Shin
and Terra frowned hearing what the women were saying...
As for
Kyo, he placed his spare hand on her head and said, "Don't listen to
them... They don't know you like we do..."
Shin
added, "You do belong with us princess... And never think
otherwise..."
Chara
blushed, "You guys..."
Suddenly
an announcement was called, "And now, prince Shin, prince Kyo, Terra the
wizard, Doctor Shiro, and finally, Princess Chara Nomeco..."
Chara
gulped as everyone entered... Kyo held her arm and guided her down...
Chara
felt so odd to be treated like this... People were bowing to her... She truly
felt like Cinderella.
When
they all reached the end of the room to where the king and queen of the kingdom
sat.
The
King of the kingdom of crystaria asked, "Are you representing the queen
tonight?..."
"...
Yes sir..."
"Then
we welcome you with a large amount of respect toward you..."
"I
thank you for that..." she said
Kyo
smiled and while standing next to this beautiful princess... And then grabeed
her hand and pulled her toward the center of the ballroom and pulled her close
to him...
"you
ready?..." he asked
Chars
face was now pure red as they soon blew people away by the gracefulness of the
dance. Chara stared into his eyes filled with passion...soon they reached the
dip that caused him to lean toward her and kiss her....
Chara
kissed him passionately, afterwards though the lights suddenly went black...
Chara realized suddenly as the lights flashed back on... Kyo was gone,
"Kyo?.... Kyo!?" Chara yelled before hearing a female laugh...
"Chara
Nomeco... The melody cat.... We meet at last..."
"Who
are you!? Where is Kyo!?" Chara yelled furious
Suddenly
a girl with dark fox qualities... Her body tattooed with glowing blues signs of
the kitsune gods... That's when Chara realized, "Your the reincarnation of
the dark fox... Only difference from the tale is that your challenging me
yourself..."
"Hmph...
I princess takane have never been so insulted to see a lowly orphan become so
well respected!...."
Chara
didnt flinch... She simply yelled, "Where's Kyo!?" she said
angrily...
Takane
simply smirked, "Kyo... Kill her!"
Chara
heard footsteps and flipped over Kyo's charging body... She landed on her feet
yelling... "Kyo!? What's wrong!?"
Takane
laugh, "I planted a fox spirit to control his mind... Now, beat the one
you love in battle to free his mind, them meet me alone at my castle at the
other side of this country and we can finish this..."
Takane
disappeared as Chara then prepared herself for battle.
Chara
raised her hand up and began to chant her spell, "Light of kindness and
love, help me defend those important to me...
Her
sword appeared and landed in her and before she pulled out her pendant,
"...I summon the power of the melody
cat!" she shouted as she placed the pendant in the slot of her sword...
Suddenly
her whole body was surrounded by light as she transformed into her fighter
style. Finishing it with a pose...
She
changed just in time to stop Kyo from striking again. Chara began to yell
"Kyo! This isn't you, fight it!"
But
Kyo seemed to distant in control to even hear her, his eyes had lost color and
light... Chara knew she had to do something... But could she fight the man she
loved?...
Terra,
shin, and Shiro wanted desperately to help, but the knew that Chara had to
fight alone... So they quickly began to evacuate al the guests out of the castle
Chara
suddenly got hit hard by the hilt of Kyo's blade... So Chara flew against a
wall hard... Chara looked up and revealed her cat eyes and began to sing once
more...
Kyo
heard this and began to cringe, it was getting to him... But Chara moved so
quickly and efficiently that she managed to hurt him bad enough to knock him
out... But Chara stopped herself as to not kill him... Crying she ran over to
him, "Kyo!? Kyo, wake up! I'm sorry! I'm sorry... You almost died because
of me, you almost lost your soul power because of me, you could have.... You
could have..." her tears became sobs, unable to control herself...
Suddenly
she felt a hand on her cheek... A Kyo said, "never blame yourself... You
saved me from darkness... In any case I should thank you... In order to do that
though..." he then began to pull her close to him as he then kissed her
lips gently... "I love you... Promise me though that when you fight takane
you will be alright?..."
Chara
nodded before she noticed a necklace made of crystal was being held by the
queen of crystaria, "Prince Kyo, you requested for us to give Chara this
necklace to help light her way and help us also see her fight..."
"yes..."
Kyo said while slowly sitting up... As Chara supported him.
The
queen spoke, "we all decided to accept your request... As a gift from
us..."
Kyo
took the necklace and placed it over Charas neck... And said, "a gift from
all of us..." Chara blushed as he then whispered, "won't be able to
give you my gift personally, but the family wants to give you some charms each
of us made for your battle...." he then fell again but Chara caught him
with ease... And with the help of the others,
they carried him to e carriage.
The
carriage driver went full speed toward Takane's castle
Terra
walked up to Chara who was waiting to step outside to fight her final fight...
Chara said without even turning around, "Terra... I want to thank you and
everyone else here.... But I told the driver to stop half way there... I'm
going in alone because I don't anyone else hurt because of me... And I
understand that I may never come back... But.... I..."
Terra
walked up and hugged her from behind... "you must be the bravest princess
in the world..."
"Thank
you terra... And I know you already placed the 4 new charms everyone made on my
bracelet...."
Terra
smirked, "you are correct, and I'll explain each...
The
fire lion is my charm, it will engulf your sword in flames, increasing your
strength...
The
white owl is Shiro's, this charm will not only give you white wings, but also
will heal certain wounds
The
yellow feather is Shin's, created as a shield of feathers that can block
multiple attacks
And as
for Kyo... The wolf with the heart on his forehead.... He requests that you
find that out on your own..."
"...
Ok..." the carriage. Ame to a stop and everyone ran to see Chara off...
She looked at them and said, "Thank you.... All of you... For the first
time in my life, people are concerned and they are worrying about me... Love me
even... Which is why... Why I want to fight, to protect the ones I love as
well..."
Kyo
walked up and kissed her, "Please return to us soon... Ok?..."
Chara
hugged him, "I can't promise that... But you will always be in my heart...
You understand..."
Kyo
cried lightly, "my brave princess..."
Chara
quickly saw the door of the carriage and jumped out running toward the castle
at her fastest speed possible. As she grew closer and closer she began to sing
to give her courage.... As she got closer she began to see soldiers blocking
her path, she quickly jumped over them and easily knocked them out as she
continued to run and sing her song.
Back
at the carriage everyone was looking through a giant crystal to see what was
going on... Kyo praying things would go alright as he watched his beloved
princess fight so bravely.
Chara
soon reached the ballroom... And saw takane standing there waiting for her.
"I'm glad you made it melody cat..."
"Takane...
I'm ending your reign... I know it was you who killed all of my villagers.... I
know you dis it to try and not fight me!"
"Very
clever cat... But enough talk... It time to take the power that should belong
only to me!" Takane's flaming tails began to make a giant smokescreen, so
Chara quickly activated the raven's eye ability, but it was to late, Takane had
already kicked her so hard that she ran into a wall hard...
Takene
smirked.... Until the eye of the basilisk charm activated.... She couldn't
move. With her eyes now as cat slits, Chara quickly used this opportunity to
strike... But for some reason, Takane's tails were blocking her sword with
every swing... Until she once again was about to get punched again... But Chara
instinctively activated her new feather charm made by Shin... So the impact
only pushed her back a few feet...
Everyone
grew increasingly worried... Kyo in particular... "We had promised her she
didn't have to fight... And now..."
Shin
sighed, "I know Kyo... We all love Chara, and don't want her hurt... But
now it's her time..."
Chara then noticed takane was now using her
magic to fly in the air and increase her tail strength... So Chara activated
both her white owl, and flame lion charms. Suddenly not only did her minor
injuries heal, but also she had angelic wings on her back and her sword had
burning red flames. Chara began to sing also and began the first attack.
As
everyone from all over began to watch crystals to view the amazing fight as the
two began to just clash... Chara felt the eyes of the world on her... All of
them routing for her... She knew she had to win...
After
almost an hour of constant clashing, Chara's Charms wore off... Takane's power
did not... Chara only had one charm left... Kyo's...
Chara
held it up and activated it, hoping it would turn out well...
Soon...
A wolf like spirit stood in front of Chara... And then kyo's voice spoke out
from the wolf, "Chara... I saw everything... This charm will help you get
some rest to return you strength... But also... I needed to ask you
something... The necklace your wearing..."
"What
about it?..."
"In
many counties it is also an engagement necklace... Chara... When this is
over... I want an answer to my request..." soon the wolf charged at Takane
as he yelled, "Marry me Chara!"
Charas
heart pounded like crazy. She instantly knew her answer... So she had to win!
She just had to! So instead of resting... She ran before the wolf could strike
and began to fight even harder... Singing her most passionate song ever...
Takane
was now for once scared... The battle was equally challenging for both
fighters... But then it became time to deal the final blow... They strikes...
Then... They both fell...
Kyo
saw this from the crystal and began to run as fast as possible... "Chara!?
Chara!?" he yelled as he entered the castle and soon found the almost dead
princess before him... He runs and kneels down lifting her up... "Chara!?
Come on wake up!?... Chara... You cant die!... I need you to live my life... I
need you... I love you... And it isn't just me... Everyone wants you to stay...
Chara..."
He
then leaned down and gently kissed her... Afterwards... Nothing happened....
Kyo cried even more and almost turned away, but he felt something grab his
hand... He turned back towards the now awakening princess she smiled, "My
prince... Am I worthy to be graced by one so sweet and compassionate as
you.?..."
Kyo
smiled and brought her toward him for a chance to embrace... "I don't
deserve a princess like you..."
"I'm
not a true princess though!... Would even asking me to be with you forever not
allowed?..."
Kyo
smiled, "You are a blood born princess, the princess of your old
village... Terra told me... Therefor..."
He got
on one knee, "princess I wish to help you lead your future kingdom due to
the love in my heart... So I humbly ask for your hand..."
Chara
first confused about her royal heritage but soon realizing that this was
reality she hugged Kyo tightly while saying, "YES! YES! YES!"
The
two then kissed passionately
In a
years time, peace remained between kingdoms... The citizens from other kingdoms
that truly either admire or adored Chara joined the kingdom that she and Kyo
gave birth to...
After
the king and queen died, Shin became king of the previous kingdom with Terra as
his personal advisor.
Shiro
became the most successful doctor in all of the kingdoms....
Ragde
ran his kingdom with the same compassion he had promised to Chara
Voldar
also became a powerful king that promised to protect all the good kingdoms
around the world... Particularly Chara's
As for
Chara and Kyo themselves? After they married they ruled the most prosperous and
peaceful kingdom for ages to come...
The
melody cat and wolf would remain together... Forever
The
End
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