“Don‘t come near my sister.” Hotaru growled to the man, he then moved over to his sister, grabbing her hand and moving her away from the water prince, she just sighed heavily and followed him, giving Leo a weak smile as she passed him. He then forced her to sit down on a chair that showed up next to the one that he had been sitting, he then took his own seat.

“He was just being friendly.” Rose stated to her brother as she sat straight and as still as she could, not bothering to move out of the chair that he had placed her in, knowing he would only get even more pissed off. She knew how he was normally and that the way he was acting at the moment was only because they were around people that they didn’t know and he felt like he had to protect her and act distant then how he really was.

“He was being a little to friendly to you. I saw the look he was giving you and it wasn‘t a look that was fit for a Princess.” he said to her on the overprotective side of things, he cared about his sister and only wanted what was best for her even if it meant that he had to help choose who she was to marry.

Hopi-Rose attention was drawn over to the argument that everyone seemed to be drawn into, when she saw what the wind prince did, she couldn’t help but gasp, placing a hand over her mouth and cry silently. She couldn’t believe that he had just made him self blind, she felt for him, she also saw that he was in love with the girl that seemed to be his best friend.

Shin was looking at her as she talked to him and then watched her brother. His stomach turned into a knot but he was able to keep up himself before catching Katie. "Whoa...ok don't look." He said having to turn further away when he came closer and walked off. He pulled Katie to her feet again and looked at her. "Its alright. Just breath. And if you do get sick it'll be ok."

She held onto Shin for a moment and then stood on her own, keeping herself from gagging, she was breathing slowly and then..not feeling any better looked at Shin."So were good again?" She asked, noticing her looked sick too. She hugged him."Thank you..and if you get sick it'll be okay too. Just don't think about it..think about Magenta." She said, looking over towards her. The dragon calmed her stomach since she was interested in it.

((Haha yeah what the hell I wanted in on that epicness XD))

Kaida watched the little display in contentment, heck she was even impressed by her brother. He seemed to be taking after her more and more even if he refused to admit it. Threats started being thrown and very few parents were getting involved, but of course that just must have been how things had to go. The fact that their own father didn't step in even shocked the girl. She listened to the silver haired male though; whether he chose to admit it or not he seemed rather defiant and that caught her interest. Then her own brother was gone and the male she now knew as Deks was threatening to fight him.

A grimace replaced the amused look on Kaida's face as she took a few steps forward, her hands balled into fists. If he was going to threaten her brother than he was going to have to face her instead. Yet Deks' father said something that confused the girl. As little as Kaida remembered about her readings on this place she had thought it said that fights could take place, there really weren't any consequences save for the garden would fight back if it needed to. She had thought it was weird because it was like the place was expecting bad things to happen. She could have been wrong though; the achedemic stuff was really Shin's speacialty.

Speaking of Shin, he soon returned to make amends with the Wind Princess but before that the Prince had put on quite the show of ripping out his eyes. She tilted her head to the side as she watched; it didn't disturb her like it would so many others, heck it may have even bothered her brother but she didn't know, but after all, she was the fighting buff. She walked through the group of angry people and up to Deks and his mother.

"I am Kaida, Princess of the Fire Kingdom and therefore a possible choice for your son," she stated formally though hating using that as an excuse. "Please, allow me to talk with your son. I do not fear what he may be able to do, after all I am the top fighter in our kingdom, second only to my father." Her eyes darted to the Queen, her own defiant look in her eyes as she awaited the woman's response.

Deks, who was still somewhat confused as to why no one would really let him leave, decided he'd hear the Fire Princess out. Pulling her aside so they could speak in private, the male looked at her. "I'm sorry for disappoint you, but I'm not all that fond of fighting. I've done it long enough that I shall never become one with the gods. I am but a sinner and shall never take the throne like a saint."

Even though his eyes were no longer bleeding, a black ring did surround the lower lid of his eyes. It was almost as if his blood had been tattooed into the flesh just below his eyes. Either way, he shook off the feeling. If there was one thing he hated it would be being the center of attention.

His hands weaved through his silver hair as his eyes looked Kaida's dead on. With his blindness now a factor, he had to squint some to see her rough outline. The most he looked, the more he realized he had no fully damaged his eyes. They were repairable.

Taking a seat on the ground, Deks patted beside himself and looked up at the female. "Don't mind me, I'm going to make an eye." Pulling at some herbs and other such roots, Deks began to crush the small planets into a bowl shaped rock he felt below his thigh. Mixing it around, he reached for his dagger, which turned out to be his wand, and slice his wrist lightly. He felt the blood begin to bead up near the freshly made cut and he gently squeezed some of the liquid into the crushed variety below.

He blew lightly on it and then sprinkled in something he took from his pocket. As it turned black, he drew a thick line below his eyes with it almost making it look like eyeliner. From there, he ran the stuff across his lashes. Pulling out another liquid, he dumped the vile into the bowl. As he swirled it around, it turned a light green. With that, he drew a slender circle shape on his left eyeball. Wincing some at the stinging feeling, the male turned back toward Kaida.

"Hmmm, I don't believe I've actually formally met you." He bowed his head. "I am Deks Tucker Eclipse." His formality had returned and the edginess and rebellious side from just moments ago seemed to have vanished. Well, if not vanished it put up a new mask - a mask of sincerity and the face of a gentleman.

“I don’t take orders from you” Leo replied evenly, not intimidated by the man, but his tone of voice clearly stating that he was not trying to intimidate the other Prince. He offered Rose a small friendly smile as she passed by him and then ignored her brother. He certainly was overprotective of her, a little bit too much in Leo’s opinion. He had thought that the Princess had been just fine on her own, and didn’t need her brother to rescue her, especially not from him.

He felt a little sorry for Rose as she had to deal with him. He would only become protective of his sister if he saw that she needed his help, other than that, he just let her take care of herself and be independent, and she probably preferred it that way. After all, being independent was a good thing to learn in life, a very useful skill that could come in handy at any time.

He could never deal with anyone being over protective of him, it would just make him try harder to be free and get away from them, it was just his character he supposed, or maybe something to do with the water, but he never liked to be confined in anyway, he hated it. He preferred wide open places with a variety of things to do that he could choose from and he didn’t like routines either…too confining.

After the two earth royals were gone, he leaned lightly against the tree that Rose had had her hand on a lot, and turned to observe the rest of the people.

Amethyst found herself being scolded by her father. But left his side to go speak to Katie, Shin, and she'd talk to Deks latter. Walking over she bowed. "I came to appologies for my cruel and uninformed and so wrong words. They were not called for." She said softly bowing her head to Katie and bowing deeply. "If I'd known that it would get this bad I wouldn't of said a word but I didn't think and I stepped out of place." She said softly before walking off.

She saw the water prince and with a shove from her father and a stern look she walked over and bowed lightly. "Hello." She said simply. She brushed a little hair out of her face with a sigh. It did cross her mind that this would be a bad time to make introductions seeing as she'd just fought with someone but none the less she offered a simple greeting.


Vladimir had harshly lectured his daughter for making the situation worst and so sent her on her way to apologies. He then sent her over to talk to the prince of water. He walked over to his sister and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hold the old tongue perhaps we can salvage the situation. As soon as Light gets here..." He said with a nod.

Shin looked at Katie. "Nope I'm good I just don't like other peoples blood on me. Seeing I'm clean its all good." He said looking at his dragon. Then his attention was snagged with Amethyst the darkness princes came and appologiesed. He was convinced it was because of what her father had told her.

Katie sighed looking at Shin and backing away from the hug."I should be the one apologizing.." She muttered and noticed the girls father. It was no doubt she only said sorry because of him."I just get queesy when it comes to blood." She said, looking back at Magenta."So how was your ride?"

During the lovely show by Deks, Nene had managed to sneak off to find something far more... entertaining. As she crawled around on her stomach to escape the eyes of her peers, Neliel let a small giggle pass through her lips.

A quick head snap back confirmed she was still not being followed, so so she believed. She really didn't know where she was going or why. She was more or less bored with the chatter that was going on and figured she'd explore the place. Unlike Deks would could fly, or Shin who had a dragon ((don't kill me if I'm wrong)), she rarely visited this place. And, being the first time she'd actually recalled being there, she was going to make the most of it.

((My dog was just belly crawling. XD))

Shin sighed and rubbed his neck. "That's alright." He said simply before shrugging. "Nothing is ever fun or worth doing when tension is in the air." Then he got an idea looking around he grabbed her arm gently pulling over over. "Get on." He told her with a grin. He mounted the dragon picking her up and placing her in front of him. "Hold on here." He said pointing to one silver plated scale. "And don't scream." He muttered.

Katie held onto the scale and laughed." I won't." She said, gently touching the scale. She looked back at Shin, waiting for them to go up. he looked over at her family, sighing since they were all either upset or acting insane. He father was always normal, just very protective like her brother.

((Deks isn't protective, he's just a psychopath. XD J/k! :P))

((i don't know what to post in here))

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Hopi-Rose stood up quickly from the chair that she had been sitting in, she moved quickly away from the scene and over to her horse. She pressed her face into her mane and cried, she wasn't used to violence and much less some one mutilating them self because of something so stupid as a disagreement. "Oh, Baby Girl.I wish i could just get out of here with you." she mumbled to the mare as she stroke her neck and semi-ignored Dante until he tried to comfort her also, she turned her head towards the stallion and stroked his neck, letting him know that she was as okay as she could be. It was clear that she was more upset by the man pulling his eyes out then she was letting on, even then her fiancees haven't even come to talk to her and they most likely won't talk to her all because she was to quiet.

((Haha Wavikz you gotta stop making characters like that XD And sorry for not posting earlier... When you have like a thousand RP pages up you just kind of stare at them and then I had a softball game XD))

"Kaida Regina Du Fior," the female replied calmly as she watched the male for a moment. What he did didn't bother her as much as the fact that he was a completely different person now than a few moments ago. "And as for a formal meeting, you would be correct. I've been trying to stay away from those that I'm supposed to marry," she told him as a smirk came to her face as she crossed her arms under her chest.

The girl eyed him suspiciously for a moment, her eyes blantently scanning over him. She wasn't in any hurry at the moment and when it came to being descrete about her actions, well, that just wasn't how the Fire Princess did things. "So tell me about yourself,"she said wondering if this would help loosen the male up. She turned her head back for a moment; Megenta was gone. The girl grmmaced for a moment at the thought that her brother had taken off with the wind princess while she was still on the ground. Her eyes then went over to Miki who had given up on escaping and was just laying there, her eyes boring into Kaida. After taking all this in she then turned to look back at Deks.

Jake had not noticed the time, but when he checked his eyes widened "Dam... I'm late for the meeting... ohhhhh boy, this is bad. Dads going to kill me" he said. He then mounted a horse and began to ride towards the place the meeting was taking place. When he saw the garden he was amazed by it.
((what is the place where they are meeting?))

((It says in the story on the first page...))

((oh ok, i have added that into my post ^_^))

“What really is there to tell,” Deks said sighing. “I think you know me all too well by now. According to them I’m selfish, rude, disrespectful, unworthy, ungrateful… the list of terrible titles goes on and on. I’m sure I’m probably the most disgraceful prince by far. And, to make it worse, those that insulted me back there didn’t even grasp what I was saying. I do not think lightly of my duty. I embrace it and hold myself true to my sword and to my people. I don’t want to be a king because of my blood. I want to be a king because that’s what the people want.” He frowned. “Sadly, no one seems to understand. Perhaps I’ve spent too much time away from home. After all,” his eyes met hers, “I was away with the military for a long period of time. And then after that I helped some victims from a catastrophic disaster recover. I provided relief and aid to them when no one else would.”

His mouth was ajar as he looked for the right words to say. “I guess… I guess I’m not your typical prince. I am but a rogue prince that merely wants to help his people by being in par with them.” He felt a piece of grass between his hands. Cupping around it, he raised the single blade to his mouth and blew lightly in a hole that his hand created. A whistling nose echoed out from his hands and he smiled. “Being around the common folk has taught me a lot. I know how to track and hunt. I can repair building and machines. I can planet and grow a healthy garden. I’ve watched a woman give birth. I’ve seen families torn apart and then I’ve watched lovers come together. I’ve witness the death of a beloved pet. I’ve learned to fly fish. There is so much more to life that just being a ruler. I think we should be allow to walk amongst are people and rejoice and celebrate as they do.”

"I'm pretty sure my father would describe me much in the same way though the reasonings behind it would be different," Kaida said, the smirk on her face seeming permanent. Yet there was something about what he was saying that was jarring her mind. He was beautiful, much like the earth prince, but he really didn't act like one. Why wouldn't he? Why would he want to go out and visit the commoners so often?

She still wasn't understanding any of this. Did it really matter if they were par with the people they were ruling? As the royal family they were higher up than everyone else so what did it matter what they thought? Maybe she had it all wrong though, but she didn't want to think of such possibilities. Her mind began to wander to the thought of what her own people thought of her. She turned around to where the missing dragon had been and then over to her parents. Her family was always complaining about her, so what about everyone else? She had never thought about it, never had a reason to; then again the thoughts were never forced upon her like this.

She blinked slowly as she looked about the rest of the people and over to the earth prince that she had walked away from because he was so much like her father. Kaida had always thought so highly of herself but hearing Deks talk she began to wonder, how highly did others think of her. She had always lived in her own fantasy world about such things and it was like she was waking up.

She finally looked back at Deks, her mouth opening and closing a few times as if she wanted to say something but the words just weren't coming out. She wanted to run away from him, much like she had with Hotaru. But if what he said was making her feel bad for a change, wouldn't that mean that she wasn't as great as she thought she was? That maybe if she ran away she was just going to do it out of her own fear and just to cover herself back up in her own illusions?

Deks' head titled some. He looked at Kaida and it wasn't just a typical look. His eyes seemed to pulse some as he inspected the female. "I'm sure you're a fantastic princess. From what I've heard, the men really enjoy you. Rough to the bone, if I recall their words. They like your spunk. Where I might have their respect for being a gentleman, you've won over their hearts being being tough. They know under your reign they'll be safe."

Patting her shoulder, the male rested back on his arms. "You and Nene are about the only two females that the common folk actually look up to. And, to make the package of strength even better, you're both lovely goddesses." A smile smile swept over his face. "Being from the land of fire, you need to be strong and you need to be able to withstand the heat. Miss Kaida, your people love you. You've no need to second guess yourself."

He stood and began to wander about some. Wandering into a forest of fruit trees, the male's wild eyes shimmered in the captivating glow from the nearby pool of water. Shimmering and sparkling with a innocent twinkle, Deks' eyes fell onto Kaida. "Something wrong?"

Shin smiled some and clicked his tongue and Magenta flew up. He had to sit close with one hand around her waist and another hand on the same spine scale. The Dragon had pushed down with her wings and was off the ground in a few moments. She flew over the garden."Ok, that's the way to the fire kingdom, over there is darkness, that really bright one is light, and then wind, and finally water." He said pointing to the different sides and corners of the garden.


Amethyst could feel her father's eyes on her back the entire time she walked around. SO she'd screwed up but not as bad as that other guy Deks. She would go to do something or talk to someone outside the arangement and a soft invisable flow of dark energy would force her away from it. IT was driving her crazy. Where was her brother? He always snagged his attention.

"Having such power could be a bad thing depending on the nation am I to marry into," Kaida retorted as she stood her ground when Deks walked away. It was bad enough that she was acting like this; she wasn't about to open up and start going on about what she thought about.

He was right though, the people did look up to her, right? Great, she was second guessing herself still. That was why she didn't want to go to the stupid meeting. Actually it was more because she didn't want to lose her power to some guy, she hadn't expected this at all.

The brunette just watched him though. He seemed so content with his surroundings, just about as much as they seemed with him. She looked at herself for a moment feeling that she probably looked out of place there; coming from a barren wasteland of a kingdom the life of the area seemed surreal.

((....... *has no clue what to post*))

Leo was casually observing who was actually present and trying to recall if he knew any of their names as well as trying to guess what kingdom they were from. It was usually quite easy in their clothes and the colours of their hair or eyes, or sometimes by their behaviour. He didn’t notice that Amethyst had approached him until he heard her voice greeting him.

Turning to see who it was, he smiled at her politely and bowed respectfully to her “Hello Princess” he greeted her politely, as he had always been taught in the past. “Call me Leo” he introduced himself. He much preferred to go by the shorter version of his name, despite constantly being told that it was improper to be so informal all the time.

Amethyst bowed lightly. "Alright, Leo, You can call me Amethyst and drop the princess, or if you prefer Rain. Its my middle name." She said softly placing her hands behind her back carefully. "How are you fairing at this meeting?" She asked wondering what else to say. She was rarely short of words but she couldn't think of anything to say around anyone right now. Her silver hair sat like a crown and hid her thin humble ringlet. Why they had to wear crowns while at a place only for royal peoples beat her. She felt her armor was a bit to much and felt uncomfortable standing there, she couldn't look back at her father for comfort because it was sign of weakness in his eyes, had her brother been there she'd be more comfortable.