Him

As the days to the lunar rising approached ,Miranda had a lot to do because her father never exempted her from work.

A little while after she was given Elvira's laundry to do by one of Elvira's nanny whom their father the king put in charge of both of them.These things never happened when Sebastian was around because he never let people forget who Miranda was.

Elvira met her in the laundry room.

"what are doing Mira!,let's go and play!"

Elvira said quite enthusiastically.

"You know I can't Vivi, I have to do this if not I'll be scolded by nanny Reina.

She has quite a quick temper."Mira answered kindly. She knew Elvira was still quite young and didn't understand a lot of things and even if she had her mother she was still her baby sister.

" But Miraaaa!" she whinned continuously , pleading for reconsideration.

Miranda looked down to the clothes she was still washing and debated..' nanny Reina will be back well after sun down and this was still the wee hours of the morning...'

"Well...okay but only for a short while...then I'll hurry back" she told Elvira indulgingly, missing the strange expression directed at her by Elvira.

After they had played for 2hours Miranda was about to head back to the laundry room when she suddenly heard nanny Reina's voice and she did not sound happy.

As she took two steps back , about to varnish into a different room, nanny Reina suddenly walked out from the laundry room and spotted her.

"Youuuu!!....because of you I got reprimanded by my lady ,Elvira's mother .

COME OVER HERE THIS INSTANCE!!!, you brat"

"so after killing your brother you want to render me jobless don't you?,useless trash , reject, go wash those clothes, right now" their nanny Reina said after giving her two solid slaps.

When Miranda's head was pushed to the side, she caught a glance of Elvira's purple lace gown .Her eyes brightened , all her nannies had a soft spot for Elvira so she knew she was saved.

A small sigh left her mouth as she knew this was just a short nightmare.

"Nanny Reina I wasn't running off to play , I was with Elvira !, you can even ask her. I'm not lying.!"Miranda desperately tried to let their nanny know.

" And where would you suppose my dear Elvira is, hmmm...?"

"She's just around..... the corner", but as she turned, Vivi who was there just a second ago was there no more.

She turned immediately to try and explain but was met with another slap from miss Reina .

" I swear nanny Reina! she was here just a second ago!"

"stop lying child , your pathetic enough as it is, leave Elvira out of this and go wash those clothes!"

A satisfied smile graced the face of Elvira who was hiding behind a door.

Little did she know as Miranda headed for the laundry room she saw a slip of Elvira's purple lace gown.

Elvira didn't know why she felt satisfied seeing Miranda being disciplined.Ever since she noticed the look crown prince Aldrax sent Miranda's way the was a strangled feeling in her chest.

'why did he have to look at her more than me?, I am the crown princess !, not her' she couldn't give a name to what she felt but she was better now.

Later that evening Sebastian ordered both the meals of the princesses be brought to them in their respective chambers as the next day was the beginning of the lunar rising.

But when he went to check on Miranda he found her food locked outside her room and when he knocked , nobody answered him.

This wasn't the first time she disappeared... but after she did she would reappear in the morning with a new bruise ...he sighed..If only she could open up.

After wondering in the palace gardens for a while she started to feel drowsy and thought about heading back to her room....at the mention of sleep her tummy made sound of injustice to show he had not eaten the whole day.

Under the Hermia tree that only grew in the sun kingdom a soft breeze passed through her thick brown locks.

Places were quiet and then... she thought she heard footsteps. When she turned to look back a stuffy smelling handkerchief was placed on her nose and she slowly lost the feel of her limbs.Her mind was partly active but that was it..

''.....what do think our reward will be for this 13 year old brat.."

"....he said...hefty....bounty..."the discussions of the two people were growing more and more incomprehensible when a red liquid splashed in her face. Her eyes lolled back in her head and when she came to , she only saw the silhouette of a dark figure but that was one she could never forget . It was him...Aldrax.