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"I know, I know." Amaya laughed lightly, wiping the tears from her eyes as she looked at her sister. Hearing what she said, she smiled and shook her head. "I'm sure Tridon will understand once he is told the circumstances. Get some rest, I'll be back soon." Amaya told her little sister, smiled as she rose to her feet and then walked out of the room, closing the door gently behind her.

Walking back down the corridors, Amaya was a little absent-minded. She wasn't really paying as much attention as she should have, but she was too busy thinking. The hallway was oddly erie and quiet, and not even a bird chirped outside the windows. Sighing, she knew she still had to get used to the plains of Syra, but Roran loved it here, and she loved Roran, so she knew she would learn to love his home.

Noticing the blood on her clothes, the queen sighed, finding Kaname, she was lead to a big bath with all kinds of soaps and things. Slipping her clothes off, she carefully got in the water, while Kaname walked off to the room to get Amaya some new clothes. She sighed, sinking in the water a little, closing her eyes and just enjoying the quiet.

Amy waited until Amaya had left, then she jumped out of bed, painfully. 'I must speak to the king..now' she thought, trying to walk as normal as possible. The nurse entered the room, "Princess Amy-Lee! You must get back into bed" she shouted, Amy grabbed the clothes thanking her, and climbing back into bed, waiting for her to leave. She slowly slipped on her comfortable clothes, took her Katana, hiding it behind her back and walked to the door.

Her wounds were indeed stinging, but she had to speak to the king. Apart from that, she had to make sure the leader wouldnt be harmed, she wanted to be the one to finish him off, it had to be her. She slid across the floor, hiding behind statues and in the shadows, Just as she passed the kitchen, standing in the door frame, she was about to gallop in, seeing Prince Xander, and soon to be King Roran, she swung her arms to keep her balance, and quickly swung herself against the wall outside of the kitchen with a thud..."ow" she cursed, closing her eyes so that the pain of her wounds would increase quicker. "s**t" she motuhed, standing there, hoping they hadnt seen her

Roran looked up, smiling. "Xander!" He grasped his brother, hugging him briefly. "Nothings happened here, you?"

“Same old, playing the hero, rescuing damsels in distress, defeat the forces of evil and save yet another day!” Xander joked, “No, seriously, Rico was the one who warned me concerning Princess Amy-Lee being kidnapped. We, Princess Aryana and me, successfully brought her back. She should be recovering.” Xander frowned, leaning on the table, “And this has been troubling me, Roran. She was almost beaten to dead when I found her. I was surprised she didn’t bleed to dead and was still conscious.” Xander shook his head, “But that’s beside the point. What’s been bothering me is, why would her kidnapper inflict such pain on her? If he wanted ransom, he wouldn’t lay a finger on her. So, he must have wanted something of her. Torturing her. Until she told them what she wanted. We managed to imprison him and tomorrow I would like to interrogate him. I just wanted to hear you thought on this matter. What do you make out of it?”

Roran shook his head, closing his eyes. "I knew something like this would happen." He placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "It i probably some rebels that oppose this marriage betwen Keros and Syra. That can only be my best guess." Sighing, he let his hand fall to his side. This was a troubling matter to go with a troubling day. He wasn't sure how to handle this, but his brother said he'd talk to the man, and Roran had a lot of trust in Xander. "Okay, just tell me if you need anything, and of any news you get from him." Patting Xander's shoulder, Roran left the dining room.

Walking down the halls, he left to the stables. Syrva, who hadn't seen him in almost a day, jumped around when she saw him. Petting her, he sighed. "Everything is haywire, Syrva. And no offense," his head motioned to the hay in her stall. "Amy came back today thanks to Xander, and we have her kidnapper. But he tortured her, and now I'm worried about this happening to Amaya. What if it does? What am I supposed to do? We both know for a fact that Xander will be the Prince charming to rescue her. But where does that put me. The b*****d fiance who stayed at home while she was beaten and rapped? Is that what I'll be?" Tears slowly formed in his eyes, eventually becoming too heavy and fell down his face. "Is that all I am?"

He clung to the horse's neck, crying silently. "I'm sorry girl, but I don't feel like riding around today, so I'll just keep you company." Patting her neck, he stayed in the stables, holding his horse, and crying.

Amaya could have sworn she heard a door open, and she sat up, looking around from her spot in the bath. Not hearing anything, she shrugged and sat back in the bath, closing her eyes, trying to relax. She heard footsteps. Sitting up, she looked around again. There was nothing. Nobody was nearby, and it was dead quiet. Becoming frightened, the queen stood up, getting out of the bath. She quickly walked towards her clothes, swearing she heard more footsteps in the room.

Finally, someone grabbed her hair and she screamed, turning to face her attacker. Before she was even fully turned, she was shoved into the wall, making her cry out in pain as the hit her ribs with some blunt object. Coughing up blood, she tried to defend herself, but another seemed to come with a knife, slashing her arms. The beating only lasted a minute or so, but it was a bloody mess, and they left just as quick. A pool of blood gathered around her battered body, some of it dripping down into the bath as she lay there.

Kaname walked in just a few minutes later with some new clothes in hand. She smiled as she opened the door, until she found her queen. The servant dropped the clothes and let out a blood curling scream throughout the castle. She ran out into the hall and looked around frantically. "HELP! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!" She screamed terrified and worried. She had left the queen for only a few minutes, and she had already been seriously attacked.

Vivian was now really ticked off, pounding on the door. "LET ME OUT! I WANT TO SEE MY SISTERS!" She shouted, her 'sister senses' practically twitching inside her brain. There was something seriously wrong. The door suddenly swung open which caught her offguard, but she dashed down the hall to Amaya's room, features creased with worry.

"Amaya? Amaya?!" She felt tears rising in her eyes though she knew not why, dread a tidal wave about to crash. Sure enough, those dismal waters came down in an exploding rush as she heard Kaname scream for help. Running past her into Amaya's room, her eyes grew wide as she skidded to a halt on her knee's next to her eldest sister. "Amaya..? No...Please not you too." She tore off the bottom of her dress, part of her mind grateful for the many layers. "Kaname! Get the medics!" She barked, tying each length of ripped cloth tightly around the numerous cuts on her sisters arms. Dreading how he would react, she finally looked over to Kaname, "Get Roran." She said more quietly, turning her attention back to her sister.

Throwing her eyes around, she spotted what she was looking for. Snatching up the bathrobe, she carefully wrapped her sister in it, using a towel as a pillow for her head. "Dammit Amaya, you can't leave me behind after father! Come on! Give me some sign of hope..." She was ready to burst into tears, and yet...she couldn't. Brushing the hair from her brow, she ran her hand then through her sisters blood-stained hair, her eyes hard and cold. "WHERE ARE THOSE MEDICS?!" She demanded, searching now for how the attackers came in.

Walking outside to the guard, she grabbed him by the throat, "I want a search done for who did this. I want my sisters attackers found. I want them sent to me to be dealt with. And I want them asap or else I will be the one who will be difficult and cruel... MOVE!" she let him go, watching as he dashed down the hall, gathering up a few guards and giving orders.

Returning to her sisters side, Vivian took her sisters hand gently. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you...That I couldn't rescue you like you had me. I'll get them though, and I don't care what the consequences are. No one touches my sisters. But you have to be alive and well when I'm done, ok?" She told Amaya's unconcious form, rising to her feet. She still didn't know what had happened to Amy, otherwise she would have been on a bloody rampage about now.

Seeing his brother go, something felt wrong. It seemed he wasn’t the only one with something on his mind. ‘I better give him some time to sort everything. I f he wants to talk about it, he’ll talk. If not, then it isn’t my business.’ Then it hit him. Roran had allot on his mind. The peace treaty depends on his marriage with Princess Amaya. Xander hasn’t received word of King Caldwell, because he was of rescuing Princess Amy-Lee and Priness Amaya was in fact Queen Amaya.
“Milord, Sir Rico has arrived.” A guard announced.
“Thank you.” Xander got up, seeing he hasn’t eaten his apple, he gave it to the guard, walking towards the courtyard. Rico would await him there, bringing him a full report. Xander was on his way, when he suddenly heard a loud scream. A wild guest would make him believe it came from the hall where Princess Amaya and her sisters had their rooms.
Immediately some guards ran in the direction, so it seemed pointless to follow them and see what was going on. As he passed the stables, he saw a servant girl, he hasn’t seen before rush in the stables.
“Xander, I’ve done as you told.” Rico caught his attention, making him walked out the stable and towards him.
“And? Have you found anything?”
“Yes, next to the usual loot they had, my men stumbled on something you might find important.” Rico said, continuing the conversation in a lower voice.