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"Master, it's time to get up,"

A maid was trying to shake the young man clad in his nightwear, out of his messy bed. He groaned, waving his hand, signaling that he was awake and for her to go away. The maid did so, bowing and taking her leave.

The creak of the bed was loud, as the weight of the man was lifted, the bed turning back into it's former shape. The room was colored a deep, blood red, and the curtains were drawn, letting light into the room. A deep husky sigh left the man's lips, as he lazily unbuttoned his pajamas as he looked out the window and out into the garden.

She's supposed to leave today... He thought bitterly, and changed into more "royal" clothing. A nice white dress shirt and white pants, and a white tailed jacket to match. He regarded himself in the mirror with distaste. He had striking brown hair that fell short by his ears, and his dark brown eyes seemed to have a red hue in the light. He ran a hand through his hair, sometimes, he wished he didn't have to wear such formal clothing.

"Prince Aaron, your sister is waiting for you..." it was the maid again, at the door, but not fully in the room.

He sighed a second time, this time a bit more sorrowfully,"Yes, yes I'm coming." He replied, walking briskly out the door and into the bright hallway. It was a bit to bright for his eyes, so he had to squint a bit, and then as soon as he adjusted to the amount of light, he walked a bit faster. He could hear talking, and his sister was one of the voices he heard.

The doors to the throne room opened and his mother, father, and his older sister, who was coincidentally shorter than him, were discussing some private matter. He cleared his throat, making his presence known to the rest of the family. The King and Queen stood and left the room, giving the twins some privacy.

The princess, though shorter, was still older. She had the same hair as Aaron, but her eyes had a slight yellowish hue. She was dressed in black, contrasting with his preference of white. And she briskly made her way towards him.

He sucked in a breath,"Chiki."

She looked at him plainly,"Aaron."

The two seemed to have a moment of silence, their eyes telling one another what they could not voice. And she then broke his gaze, and walked out as well.

He did not say anything, and instead, walked out through a different door, his body leading him towards the room that was dedicated to the legend surrounding the castle. He wasn't sure why, but the room never failed to calm him, for it was quiet, and he could think. He bent down, half in prayer, half in sorrow. A few tears made their way out of the corner of his eyes as he begged the "lord" to forgive his horrible behavior towards his sister.

(I'm sorry if it's a lot, I can write less if you wish?)

his heart ached for the child as it once did for both, but in time the female one stopped visiting and only the male remained. he touched the mirror. a long finger trailing glass. he loved this silent child. more so than any of the others that had visited his room, and he knew in time this one too would leave and he'd once again be alone.

Aaron looked up slowly, staring at the statue, it seemed like a relic of the times he and Chiki had been here giggling an laughing, and other times praying for the sick to get better. He smiled sadly,"You, you've watched us grow up, heh, seems like those childish things I wished for long ago never came true, guess I need a reality check, Chiki won't always be there to back me up... I gotta learn for myself." Standing, he walked forward, embracing the statue,"God, I must be insane, hugging and talking to a statue like this, but it seems that I can pour out everything in this room. It's like you're a brother that I never had..." He wiped the tears from his eyes,"I'm sorry, I may come less often, my parents are trying to find me a spouse, though, I don't think im interested, my choice in women was never great... Figures." He turned and began to walk out, taking in the room again as a wave of nostalgia passed through him.

he slithered from the mirror and touched the statue next. they always paid the most attention to the effigies. he sighed how he wanted to take the place of those stones, to have the affections of the mortals. he grey angry then. he was better than this granite lump, he was something special too. he felt something in him come undone. he'd catch a mortal and take them away, he'd push them through the mirror and keep them forever. but which one? he knew as soon as he thought it. the male child. he smiled

A it of coughs erupted from said males mouth,"Hn, someones talking about me?" Shivering at the thought, he turned back around and bowed to the statue,"Please aid me in the future." And with that, he made his way out the door, and looked into the hallway, it was strangely quiet without the shouts of his twin sister causing mayhem and him close behind. Now he was alone, and he couldn't help but feel a bit scared, there were no guards around the hallway, which made him vulnerable. So with a shiver, he started on his long trek back to his living quarters for a nice nap.

i had been so long since he had to manifest he almost was not sure he could do it. he could only hold out for short times before sinking back into spirit form. he had spent most of the daylight hours trying to remember powers he had not needed in the several lifetimes. eventually his efforts saw fruit. he grinned and slid back into the mirror and waited. the male child sometimes came after meals.

Aaron went into the dinning room, Breakfast without my sister? Heh, that's new. His mood was going from bad to worse with every passing moment, and what's more, he had a horrible feeling he was being watched, though that was the least of his troubles.

The door opened with a creak, maids and butlers of different sizes and shades were lined up on either side of the incredibly long table that Chiki always said was pretty useless, she had always liked being together as one family, not spread out. Oh, now he was sulking about his loss. He sat on the far side of the table, away from his parents. With Chiki, he and her made a sadistic duo, always bullying others, but Chiki did a lot of the dirty work, Aaron was the bait, luring the victims to the trap. That was why she was the person who was punished. He sat at the table, looking at the food, poking at it with a fork, while his parents regarded him sadly. After a couple of bites, he stood, mumbling something about not being hungry.

He ran through the hallways, he and Chiki had hid a box with some special items from younger years. So right now, when he reached the prayer room, he was breathing heavily, and drops of sweat on his forehead. He then went to searching for the box full of trinkets. Even if the room was small, Chiki hid it somewhere secret,"Gah! Where could it be?" He was looking under the table of offerings, but it was a bit dark, so he stuck his arm underneath and was feeling around for it.

there the boy was was, rifling under the bed for something. he slithered from his mirror, he felt almost nervous, it had been so long since he had made contact with another creature outside of his own realm. formlessly he drifted under the bed melting in with the natural darkness of it. he could see a box that did not belong. he wondered if that was what the boy wanted. he slid the box slowly towards the searching hands

Aaron was just about to give up entirely on the search for the box, but when his hands brushed against a hard surface, his eyes lit up. "There it is!" He exclaimed happily, pulling out the small box. He blew the dust from it, coughing a bit from the large about that came up in his face. He fumbled with the latch a bit, before he got it open, and his memories form so long ago came flooding back to him through the picture that were taken. His face turned red, Chiki had placed very embarrassing photos of him wearing girls clothing because she had dared him to. He pouted, his sister could be so mean at times that it wasn't funny anymore.

After going through Chiki's side of the box, he turned to his side. He saw that he had put in trinkets from his younger days, a rock, the remained of a dead lizard (which smelled by then) some photos of his family and some pictures he had drawn of the outside world. He looked at one that seemed the strangest, it wasn't drawn by him, it was by one of their old maids who had retired. She had drawn the siblings side by side, watchingfish swim in a pond, but there was a black, darkly shaded shadow by the trees nearby. It gave him the creeps, just thinking about something, or someone, watching them as the two grew up.

he could not see the contents but the boy's face as he looked inside was just as pleasing. a myriad of expressions passed over the human child's face. he felt pleased with the boy but he was not done just yet, he had to convince the youth to go through the mirror. he extended himself along the dark of the bed to a single knee cast in shadow. touching it he felt the lifeblood of the other. he used the touch to speak into the mind of the boy when the moon is highest look into the mirror's gleam. he retracted and sank back into a small pool. if the other would come he could end his loniness

[I'm so sorry for not replying! Stuff went down, and then I forgot about this....]

An orange ball seemed to peak through the door of the room, ice blue eyes regarded the man in the room with a puzzled look, before he spoke in a childish, rusty sounding voice,"Aaron! You gonna mope around there, or are we going out?" The brown-haired boy's head snapped up, and turned to the source of the voice.

Seeing the orange hair, he scoffed,"Yeah yeah Tae, I'll be right there, get the horses ready will ya?" He quickly closed the box and hid it quickly, pushing it under the table again. He stood, shaking his head and running a hand through his hair. Maybe he would come more often after all. Spinning on his heel, he looked at the mirror. He thought he saw something move, but when he saw nothing, he shrugged, and walked out grinning like an idiot,"Wait up Tae!" His footsteps echoed down the hallway until there was nothing.