In The Times Of Fairy Tails

Drosselmayer's Mansion

Jack's pov: Clara didn't even answer him, why. "Maybe we can repare that nutcracker with some magic."

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Amanda's pov: The queen and king didn't seem to want there daughter going out and she wanted to couldn't they compromise. "Um" she barely said. "Couldn't you get guards to watch her while she has fun, and them protect her while she is in her room? Your highness and your majesties." She said in an almost wisper, afraid to speak.

 

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The longer Ren listened to the royal family, the more frustrated he felt. These unthinking, self-centered halfwits... They needed to be brought back down to reality, and face some hard facts. Ren was probably not the person that should do this, one of their halfway literate advisers should have done so long ago, but here they were.
He forced himself to calm down for a moment, remembering that these were royalty. On the other hand however, he wasn't actually their vassal. He could say some things that otherwise might be dangerous to mention.
“Excuse me, your Majesties, your Highness,” he interjected. “I believe the three of you are mistaken.” Having made this bold statement, probably worthy of a beheading, Ren charged on with his argument. “I'll start with you, your Majesties. You cannot lock your daughter in a room. In fact I'd wager it's this oppressive control of her that is the root of the problem in the first place. Prisoners are locked up, not princesses. Think about it.”
He turned to Anika now. “And you, princess. You hardly deserve that title,” he announced flatly. “You would spend your days skating, and still expect to be clothed and fed by the people around you. You have thousands of poor peasants within your kingdom barely scratching a living out of the dirt, and you give no thought to how hard it is for them to pay the taxes that you gorge upon daily. And the worst thing is, these people still look up to you. You are the future of their government. They look to you to provide the stability this country will need when your parents pass on. And yet, instead of actually learning your job in life, instead of mingling with these people and trying to alleviate the sufferings they undergo that you cannot even begin to imagine, you would rather go... ice. Skating.”
Having felt he had made his point, and somewhat concerned that he had put himself and his companions in danger of reprisal, he stepped back a few steps and bowed respectfully. “Excuse me for my harsh words, although I won't blame you if you don't. Also, may I suggest some compromise? Build an ice rink in the castle. It's an abominable waste of taxes, of course, but if you will be continue to be unreasonable, perhaps it's the best way.”
There, I've said my piece, kicked them in the ass, and even offered a solution to their problem. I give it five minutes until my head is rolling down the steps.

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Mizuki stood glowering in a corner of the room, decidedly uncomfortable and irritated with being here. She did not like parties. She had never liked parties. She was more used to bursting through the windows, stabbing some fat old man, and running off thereby ruining said parties. And yet here they were, and she had no idea why. And as far as Mizuki could see, they were only here because it was some sort of annual visit. What a load of bullshit. She didn't have the time or patience for this.
That Alessia girl wasn't making her any happier either. Little wench was already breaking some other persons gift. Not that she cared that it was broken, it was a tacky nutcracker thing anyway. It was the other girls clumsiness that annoyed Mizuki.
God, it was stuffy in here. And too noisy. Mizuki remained in her corner, prepared to frighten off any that came near with a look.

 

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"Wow." Was the first thing that Veilen said upon seeing Bobo's arm. If not for the fact that it was a curse that had cause it and that the whole purpose of the mission was to get rid of said curse, he might have been a lot more interested in the arm. Oh well, he could only wait for them to get to the island. That was when Dale had pretty much exploded and made a damn good impression of a sailor at Ra and Gaius. Not going to lie, he'd forgotten how Dale would react to the fact that they'd just stole a boat, but it worked out in the end. Unfortunately Dale didn't see it that way. Maybe we should've left him while we had the chance. Maybe, probably would've ended badly as well too.

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While the parents bickered over what to do about their barbie daughter, Zwei choose to stay out of it. Plus Ren had already gave his piece, which could end with either a good reaction or a not so good one.

 

That Place With Those People​

After finding out that the blonde haired ice skater was indeed royalty, and that they were indeed supposed to protect her or whatever, the purple haired girl walked over to her and wrote more stuff down on paper. After looking at the note presented, the girl's name was apparently Dawn, and she wrote as, almost a bit of a side note, that she couldn't talk. Huh. That was interesting. Lucia briefly thought about if there was any sort of alternate meaning behind that, or if she was just supposed to take it as literally as possible, but she simply gave a smile back to the girl and said, "well nice to meet you Dawn. I'm Lucia...wait, did I already introduce myself?" She thought about this for a second before shaking it off and saying, "well, even if I did, this is just a good way to affirm that my name hasn't changed yet!" After that, she walked alongside the rest of the group to the castle where they would learn more about their job.

====One Castle Walk Later====

Lucia stood there in a state quite resembling completely shocked. While she was about to say something to the royalty, the moment she opened her mouth, Hasu had decided to speak up. Or rather, speak everything on his mind. Her mouth stayed there, agape, and her expression almost frozen in horror as he continued through his rant. When it all came to an end, he stepped back and seemed to go into a more polite, yet still caustic, tone. Lucia stood there, not really sure what to do, however, she figured she would address the large pink elephant in a tutu riding a unicycle in the room.

Frantically doing a bow to each of the three royalties when she finally stood back up and her body started to tremble once more. "I-If I may, your Majestics- er, Majesties and High Knees- Highness. Bu-but, u-um, w-well, like the thing here is, well it is. Clearly this isn't the first time, er even the for-fourth time, she has snuck out-er, left the castle unaccompanied, and leaving alone to go to some isolated-er, remote, area isn't smart either, definitely. B-but, this, the situation, doesn't seem to just be about ice skating, er, recreation in general. So I guess where I'm going with this, what I'm trying to say, er well," she cleared her throat out before saying, "What's the big deal with leaving the castle at all?"

That Place With The Demons and the Boats
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Charlotte had looked in surprise at what had happened when the boat captain had revealed the secret of the island to them. After seeing the demon arm, she simply nodded in agreement and said, "a vile curse indeed." It was at that point that Dale had seemed to lose the small shreds of cool he had that allowed him to speak with people, and went off on a rant towards Gaius and Ra. While normally she would think such an explosion of anger would be a bit much, these two had more than warranted it by becoming promoters of grand theft sea-auto. After the man had finished his rant towards the two, and to a lesser extent the group as a whole, she turned towards the captain and asked as well, "also if I may ask, are you aware of the situation with the rest of the residence of Galuna Island? If they are like you in appearance, have they still retained their humanity or has the curse claimed that as well?"

 

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Johanna started to panic. "Oh my god." She was going to kill Hasu, Lucia, and Amanda.

"I think what Hasu is trying to say your highness-" Johanna started.

"I understand what this young man and the young ladies as well, are saying, but you do not understand the gravity of the situation we are dealing with here."

"Then why don't you explain this to them, explain it to me mother!" Annika pleaded. "I know I'm not a good Princess Hasu, but it isn't my choice. I can't get into the village without being stopped by the Guards. They haven't even seen me before! I want to see the world, I want to help my people, but how can I when they're trapping me behind the palace walls."

"As Guild Members you must already know, the world is dangerous for those without magic. We have to live in fear all our lives of Wizrals like you, pardon my language." The King snapped. "You don't understand what is it like."

"We're grateful for your help, but this isn't a matter you should trouble yourselves with." The Queen said kindly. The King grabbed the skates from Annika.

"Please accompany Annika to her room, and stay there until we call upon you. If you need anything, our servants will accommodate you." The King turned around, walking up the stairs to the West Wing.

“Father.” Her mouth hung open. “Mother please.” She plead. "Please tell me why!"

“This isn't fair! You know this isn't fair!” She cried. “You don’t understand anything.” She ran off. “You’re ruining my life.”

Johanna sighed heavily. She couldn't help but feel for Annika, even though it seemed selfish what she was doing, skating was her way of escaping from the world, like magic was for her. “Listen. We have a job to do, no matter how bad it is. It isn’t our place to tell them how to parent.” She said. “We better go after Annika.”


~ Mission Information: Follow Annika up the stairs of the East Wing, and check on her in her room. ~

Drosselmayer's Mansion
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"Oh dear!" She exclaimed. She looked over at Jack. "Yes he's right! Can you fix it Evanora? Can you please?"

"I'm sorry Clara, but I don't think I can." Evanora sighed. "I don't know what kind of effect it would have on him, it might be too much power for it to handle."

"Oh alright..." She sighed sadly. "Don't worry Alessia, it's not your fault. I can use a little magic, see Jack." She took a ribbon from her hair, and used it as a sling for the Nutcracker's arm. "See, all better." She smiled. "I'm going to help my Uncle get dinner ready, please make yourselves at home." Clara left, leaving her Nutcracker under the Christmas Tree.

Galuna Island​

Bobo shook his head. "I have no idea... I haven't been there for so long, I couldn't say," Bobo explained. "Please... this conversation makes me feel ill, I shall retire to my Captain's quarters to stir the ship." He said faintly.


Calxiyn sighed. "Here, let me help you Captain." She smiled at him, taking him down the stairs of the ship. She came back up. "The sky is really beautiful today, don't you think?" She asked, the sun shining down. "I hope we get there soon." She looked across the water. "Hey, it's so dark over there." She pointed into the distance. "It's like night, but here it's day, how is that possible?" She questioned.

 

Drosselmayer's Mansion

Jack's pov: "Should I try and repair the nutcracker and whats, the plan for this party. Sorry Alessia I didn't mean get you in trouble I thought Clara knew."


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Amanda's pov:
Well that was wast, she guessed the king a queen would not see reason what were they to do.? Then the king said. "As Guild Members you must already know, the world is dangerous for those without magic. We have to live in fear all our lives of Wizrals like you, pardon my language." The King snapped. "You don't understand what is it like." "What nonsense is this, some people the guild were not wizards, there swords, and other things," She wispered shyly to Ren. She knew he would agree with her.

 

Galuna Island:



Ander's pov:
Not knowing what do any say he completely ignored everyone. The first thing that he saw Bobo's arm. A curse that had cause it. The whole purpose of the mission was to get rid of curse on island.
He was not surprise at what had happened when the boat captain had revealed the secret of the island to them. He saw the demon arm not at all fazed by it. Nothing effected him anymore.
Cal went to take the captain to Captain's quarters to start the boat.
There was going to be no way they would find out abut island until they got there.
He walked around the boat and looked at the sea. It remained of the water around were he grew up.
He just keep looking around. Not really doing anything. He did not think that the curse worked that way but whatever.
It was time to go what choice did he have.
"This is going to be fun." He said to no one in particular.
Not really this was not going to be fun. Almost everyone one this boat was crazy.
He decide not to say anything because why should he? The fear of being ignored bothered him.
Cal came back asking: "The sky is really beautiful today, don't you think?"
He looked at the sky not really answering.
"Hey, it's so dark over there." "It's like night, but here it's day, how is that possible?" Cal asked
"magic"... "I mean the guild hall changes all the time. What to stop the island?"
"Wait."
This thought his idea out of the water.
If there was magic people there they should not be effected by the cuse.
well..
"Does anyone know if there is any magic people on the island?"

 

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The captain didn't have much more to add on the curse of the boat and left them to do whatever. There wasn't much for them to do up here until they go to the island and who knows how much longer that might take. Next thing Calxiyn mentioned something about the contrast of the sky. At first Veilen thought she meant that part of the sky looked darker due to the clouds or something along those lines. However when he looked in the direction that she had pointed in, he saw just what she meant. Not a single cloud was over the area where it looked dark, yet it was a clear difference compared to the sky that they were under now. "I dunno, could be the curse, could be magic from whoever's on the island, assuming that the people there have magic. Guess we'll have to wait and see." Veilen said. Since they weren't really told much about the mission, all they could really do was to speculate till they actually got to the Island.

 

Ren just closed his eyes, pretending for a few moments that this wasn't actually happening. For just a brief space of time, he could ignore the complete and utter ignorance playing out before him, and imagine something happy. Like cupcakes. Cupcakes were happy. Especially with sprinkles on top.

He reopened his eyes, returning to reality. Things had not improved since he'd zoned out. Not even one bit. After further appraisal of the situation, he was beginning to think that the king and queen had more blame in this than he had initially laid on them. Tempting as it was to argue further with them, he decided that right now was not the time. He would give them a little longer to think about it, perhaps they might change their minds. Not that he had high hopes for that.
Instead, he rushed off after Annika as Johanna suggested, barely keeping her in sight until she slammed shut a door, presumably the door to her room.
Tentatively he stepped up to the door and knocked. “Hello? Your Highness, this is the guy from the guild. We need to talk.” He didn't really expect her to let them in, so he prepared to blast the door down.
Five. Four. Three. Two...

 

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Well the end result of trying to convince them had ended with the princess running off to her room. Not the best of end result but better than them being executed. Hasu was the first one to chase after her and after a few moments had passed, Zwei followed behind. By the time he'd arrived Hasu had already knocked on the door and was waiting a response. Maybe if someone else knocked on the door, then the odds of her opening it could increase. So that exactly what he did, he knocked on the door and said. "If you could open the door, we could help." Eventhough he wasn't entire sure on how to help her, if she believe that and opened the door for them, then they could cross that bridge when they got to it.

 

Ra made no sound as Dale chewed him and Gaius out for their attempt to steal the boat. Not a claim to defend himself, an excuse, nor an apology. The past was unchangeable. Whether the course of action was right or not, there was nothing that could be done about it now. In any case, it had actually proved useful, and identified them as wizards for the boatman to take them. Gazing across the water, he saw the sky turn dark in the distance, seemingly all at once, as though a line were drawn to mark the boundary between day and night. As Calxiyn pointed the phenomenon out, he began thinking of possible causes. "I've never seen the island in question, but it's entirely possible that's our destination. If a curse lies upon it, it may also have cast it into perpetual night." He suggested. Curses had a habit of causing various negative side effects. Especially if it were one powerful enough to envelope an entire island and turn the inhabitants into demons, it may well be strong enough to permanently cast the area into night.

Approaching Dale, he asked about their plan of action. "Upon arriving on the Island, our objective is to simply find out more about the curse, then think of a way to break it." He had a feeling this wouldn't be so simple as it sounded. There had to be a reason this was an S-class mission. "Dale, there has to be more to this than we're being told. If that were all there were to it, this wouldn't be an S-class mission. You don't seem the type to charge in recklessly while barely knowing anything about the job you're going on. What else is there to this mission?" Ra asked, suspiciously. If Dale truly did know nothing more about this mission, then he had sorely misjudged the man for overlooking this.


~Whatever mansion or something. You know the one.~

When Beucette was told to make herself at home, she did so. Casually flopping onto the nearest seat, she took off her shoes and sat back. "I hope he hurries up. I'm starvin'." She was surprised at the short length of this post, but then remembered who her writer was, and briefly swore under her breath about what a lazy ******* he was.
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As the man responded to her question, Charlotte felt slightly dissatisfied with the answer. Being a previous resident of the island, he had to at least no what the status of it was prior to leaving. Nevertheless, he had apparently wanted no more of this discussion, and as such, simply left the group to their own devices. It was at that point that Calxiyn had pointed out a clear split in the sky. Charlotte looked at the clear, almost literal, night and day contrast of light between both skies, and had come to the conclusion that it too, was a part of the curse that had been going on around the island. As she continued to think on this, she heard Ander ask about "magic people" being on the island and answered him by saying, "well, I don't really see why there wouldn't. People able to use magic aren't entirely uncommon, and exist in most regions of the world, but the fact that this is more of a remote island might lead to them not having any. Nevertheless, I do not see what difference it would make to our mission."

It was then that she noticed Ra walking over to Dale and begin to talk about the mission in general. She nodded in agreement about his point to find out more about the curse, as aside from the appearance change of the captain's arm, they knew next nothing about what it had done, what it was capable of, and just what it was in general. It was at that point that Ra had continued to question Dale on just what the reason behind this simple go in, break curse, get out mission was an S-Class one. After he had finished Charlotte added in, "and to what reason do you feel the need to complete this mission yourself. You yourself had just reprimanded both Gaius and Ra for doing something illegal, and though while not on the same scale, going on an S-Class mission with a handful of new members and yourself hardly seems within the boundaries of the guild's rules. So, what purpose did you have to so secretly take on this mission an enlist our help for it?"

 

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Annika opened the door. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to leave you all back there, it's just, I'm so frustrated." She sat in front of the fire place. "This is ridiculous. How could they do this to me?” She asked, sitting in front of the fire. “On my birthday… I never get to have any fun, never. They worry about every little thing. What would it take for me to be more like you? To have magic and be free. What would it take for me to write my own story?”

 

As the King and Queen spoke their piece about their daughter's situation, Lucia was actually starting to get legitimately annoyed. She could understand concerned parenting. but this seemed to be a bit more extreme than just that. Slightly ticked off at the royalty she walked to the princess's room alongside everyone else and wondered just what was so dangerous about the girl leaving the castle. The ice skating didn't seem to be the problem so much as it was leaving in general, and the parents seemed to be actively trying to dissuade her from ever leaving the castle, or even her room, in general. Them being evasive to the questions they had asked and suggestions in general didn't make them seem any less suspicious, or like the bad guys in this situation.

Once they got there, the door seemed to be closed and Hasu went over to knock on it and get the girl out. Then Zwei knocked on the door. And then Thomas knocked on the door. "Guys," she called out, "I don't think we need three people banging on a depressed girl's door at once. Or flirting for that matter," she shook her head at Thomas, "that's just called being desperate." Though, as luck would have it, Annika did end up opening the door to them and brought them inside her room...which had it's own fireplace. Man, royalty sure had all kinds of neat things. As Annika asked them about what she would need in order to be more free like them, Lucia shrugged and gave the nonchalant response of, "parents who didn't act shady for one thing." She then kept thinking about this for a bit, and then wondered what the answer she could give was. She then looked at the rest of the group and asked, "what ideas do you guys have?"

 

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So it turns out that knocking three times was the magic number to Annika to open the door for them. Well third time is the charm as they say. The princess then went ahead and sat in front of the fireplace that was in her room, which was a strange thing to have in your own room but he wasn't going to judge her. She was clearly still sadden about the whole thing that had just happened with her parents and had asked how could she be like them, which depending on who she asked could get her a wide variety of answers. "She could try learning magic for starters." Zwei suggested.

 

Galuna Island:



Ander's pov:
Veilen said: "I dunno, could be the curse, could be magic from whoever's on the island, assuming that the people there have magic."
Ander did not think so. I mean almost always a curse was directed at a person or thing.
Animals being sent a curse from time to time. Animals were usually not targeted though.
He spent his life reading about curses. They were almost always at a person.
There were varry few cases of a curse being directed at a place.
That said it was possible, but unlikely. To curse a place you need more power.
So when there was a curse on a place, the place was always small.
This island was many times larger then any place he has ever read about having a curse.
So the chances of it having a curse was slim, but possible.
The only change of this place being cursed was one powerfull person,
Which was unlikely or many people giving the place a curse, which is unherd of.
Ra then said some things about curses.
This man seemed to know a lot about curses, more then the average person would.
How does this an know so much about curses.
Ander thought he was the only one having first hand experience with it he spent his like learning about it.
He thought we would asked him about it.
He he decided not to. This was not the time or place.
Then Charlotte answered him.
"Exactly. The chance of a remote island having native magic people on it is so slim.
In fact if there are any people with magic on this island none of them were born there.
In fact I bet not even one native person knows any magic on the island."
This got him thinking
"What if a dark guild is attacking this island, or someone with magic?"
It sounded dumb when he said it, but he continued.
"The question is why? If there is someone attacking the island.
The only thing I can think of is that there is something valuable on it."
Then the members of the group started asking Dale questions.
Humm...
"pehapes because, he does not want the s class members to find out.
If we can help someone I say why not help them.
We are already here so let fix the curse and then maybe the other s class may forget about Dale doing this."
He doughted it but it was worth it to save people after all that is why he was in the guild in the first place to help people.
"We can show that we are not just new members.
We can show that we are capable of doing some things they can do.
We can show then together it does not madder that we are not s class, but we helped save these people because we can and care.
This is our chance to prove to them we can do things, great things and no one will stop us from helping those in need."

 

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Just as he counted down to one, Zwei knocked on the door, soon followed by Thomas, and then Annika actually opened the door, to Ren's surprise. If he was honest with himself, he was a little disappointed that he hadn't been able to blast it off it's hinges.

This disappointment was soon replaced by yet more frustration as the Princess told them her sob story. To a point he sympathized with her, the King and Queen were restricting her movements way too much. He could understand how infuriating that could be, and he was going to make sure he sorted them out as well, but right now it was Annika that needed dealing with.
“Princess, I understand how you feel. This control of everything you do, this unnecessary imprisonment, I do want to help you get out of it, believe me. But your idea that you should just throw everything away to become a mage, it shows your selfishness and ignorance of the world.”
Ren paused for a moment here, choosing his next words carefully. Merely calling the girl out on her selfishness again wouldn't help. He had to show her a solution, a way forward that she could accept. Now where exactly do I pull that from?
“Being a wizard in a guild isn't as fun and carefree was you seem to think,” he began. “We put our lives on the line daily, fighting whatever beast crawled out of the muck, for sometimes painfully insignificant reasons, all to scratch a few coins together to let us live another day. Then more fighting, more death, and if we're lucky enough to scrounge together a few extra coins, we'll buy some new weapon or armor to keep us alive that little bit longer. Of course,” Ren said with a shrug, “some people enjoy this type of life. Others find themselves with no other options. Either way, it's dangerous work. In fact not too long ago one of our newest members was killed in battle. He had joined us only a few hours beforehand.”

He stopped here to let what he had just told her sink in. Surely she would understand just how close to death a wizard's path treaded. He was using scare tactics here, but he this wasn't the only argument he had. And he could surely come up with a few others if he needed to.
“But lets say you do leave, and become a mage," he continued, presenting Annika with another argument. "Your parents will no doubt be more than a little anxious for their daughter, understandably, but the kingdom will continue to run on as it has all these years, as calm as it is now, the peasant folk going about their daily business as usual. Until one day, the last of your parents dies, and suddenly the country has no Head of State. I imagine there will probably be half a dozen of the noble families at each others necks trying to secure the throne for themselves, or maybe even an external, more stable monarchy will march in to absorb this country. And you know who will bear the brunt of all this turmoil? The peasantry. They'll be the ones on the front line, killing each other for no other reason than because their master told them to. There will probably be family members on each side of the conflict, tearing kinsmen apart. Then, after the fighting has ended, there will probably be a famine, there usually is, and so not only will the fit young people have died in battle, but the old, the sick, and the children will die of starvation.” He gave Annika a hard look. “And there you will be, off in a distant land with your magic and freedom, oblivious to the suffering your neglect has caused.”

“So tell me princess, did these peasants write their own story? No, and they never have. They've always had to do whatever it took to put a meal on the table, no matter how much it wore down their spirit. Thousands of little girls would love to be a princess like you, but that's just a dream. They'll never be able to write that story. Most of us don't get to be what we really want. But I challenge you to accept the fate that has been handed to you, as everyone in this life has to. We can help you learn magic, if you insist, and we will do all we can to get your parents off your back," he promised. "But please devote your life to this kingdom. For the sake of your people, become the best damn monarch this country has ever seen.”

 

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Annika frowned. "Ya you're right, I understand." She nodded. "It's my Duty. And Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret.” She sighed. “Thank you, Hasu, and the rest of you.” Annika smiled sadly.


"Hey, do you guys hear that?" Johanna asked. She looked outside the balcony.

“Now that you mention it.” Annika stood up, opening the door to the balcony and stood at the rail, hearing the most beautiful music coming from outside. “At least somebody’s having fun on my Birthday.” She said, looking as she saw not too far away, the townspeople all ice skating in celebration of her birthday.

“Annika, team why don’t we go to a party?” Johanna suggested. "I mean, as you said Hasu, she should be interacting with her people, why not start now?" She nudged him.

"I think that's spectacular." Annika said. She found herself a dresser, and took out manly pairs of brown ice skates for everyone in the group. "I need to go get mine." She whispered. She tiptoed out of her room, closing the door. When she returned, she looked stunning. She wore a strapless dress with a top that was divided to three, and each of them has little pink meshes on them. The skirt was short, and was also divided into three with a big ribbon tied in the top part of her dress, she had a short bolero with long sleeves. She had pink, long leggings and ankle-high boots. Annika's hair was tied into a bun and secured with a pink ribbon, she also wore a pink choker with a jewel in the front.

Johanna felt under dressed for the occasion, but couldn't help but awe at how beautiful the princess looked. "Ready? Let's go!' Johanna exclaimed excitedly.

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They got to the party, which was filled with people of high and low class ice skating together. “Come on guys, don't be shy.” Annika smiled, skating onto the huge rink. The music suddenly stopped, as a little boy came up and bowed to the Princess. All the villagers were staring at them now. “Hello, your highness.”

“Hello.” She smiled. “What’s your name?” Annika asked.

“Eric.” He smiled.

“Well Eric, will you skate with me?” She asked. The young boy nodded, and she took his hand, and started to skate around the rink. “Please, don’t stop on my account.” Annika smiled at her subjects. They resumed the music and continued to skate.

"Thomas, would you do me the honor of skating with me?" Johanna asked him shyly. Of course she had skated before, she used to live in the cold like this before moving to the other Orphanage. She was sort of a natural at it you could say.

~ Mission Information: Ice Skate! ~​

 

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Amanda's Pov: Ren just ignored her how mean. She fallowed the rest of the people. She had to agree with Ren though when he said being a wizard was dangerous. Why did they seem to think you need to know magic to be in a guild worried her. There is always melee fighting. Everyone in the village seemed be ice skating, she didn't like it cold places were well cold. She watched them all for a while and slipped a few times just standing there. "Hope they get to know you." She said shyly to the princess.