Princess Rosa Nathinus of Fire's Story

Rosa giggles, watching the lava drip from her body, she was once again playing in her favourite stream - Very much against her advisors wishes but nevertheless she would do it, why? Because she wanted to.
She spins, her skirts flying around her and the lava soaking them to hug her boyish frame.
"Rosa, honestly." Madam Louisa (Her advisor) quips, appearing from around a corner.
She sighs yet doesn't stop twirling, her answer's volume changing as she spins.
"What do you want, Madam Loser?" She grins, laughing at her own terrible nickname for the strict advisor, "What do you advise I do?" She giggles even harder at this, finally stopping her twirling.

Jumping out of the stream she runs, away from her advisor, her fingers running against the lava that fell from the walls.
This was the place that she mostly felt at home, in her other siblings castles she felt odd - Out of place, almost unwanted.

Rosa squealed picking all manor of objects up from the market stalls, "Oh how beautiful" she would exclaim on occasion or perhaps maybe a small "How magical" She loved being outside - away from everyone.
"Rosa put that down!"
Well, almost everyone, Madam Loser was still shadowing her and she hated it, more than anything in the world.

Patting down her rouge skirts, she smiles at the black embroidery and then bolts - away from her Advisor and everyone else that Madam Loser could have set up to follow them.
Down many different streets, grinning at all the kids and occasionally stopping to play hop-scotch with some of the younger ones.

She didn't want to do her Princess' duties, she didn't want all that stress, she didn't want Madam Loser always breathing down her neck, no, she wants to be free.

Clara stepped lightly through the market, picking out nice tools for sculpting. "What nicely crafted-" Clara starts, but is stopped short by a woman shouting the name "Rosa", and if it was that Rosa, then Clara's day was going to sour if they met. "I can't say I'm in the mood for her antics today." Clara said in a light voice, showing no signs of annoyance. She pulls her hood over her head more, to hide her face a little, and begins walking to avoid her sister.

Jessi smiled wickedly as he saw a little red headed girl that he new all to well was his little sister, Rosa, playing hop-scotch with some much younger children. He laugh slightly to himself and wondered if she was running away from her duties as well. He found their was only one way to find that out. He would just have to ask her. "Little Rose, what brings you here?" He asked ruffling her hair long red locks affectionately while she waited for her turn. He adored both his sisters. Nether he had any major qualms with. Jessi tided the mess he made of her hair and made a loose braid in it for her. He clearly remembered when they where younger to put braids in her hair because Clara wouldn't do it. He also remembered the first time he started calling her rose because her hair resembled the flower quite well. "Are you looking for a little bit of freedom, just as I am, or are you here to complete your duties?" He asked politely, but still with a smile on his face.

Lilia was out in Komuna on a special market run. She had ordered a few art supplies that were suppose to come in today. So naturally the girl was very excited, getting new paints and pastels. Her most beloved interest was art and she had gone without doing anything of the sorts for about two weeks. The girl had used up the last of her supplies to finish a forest painting request by an old man, probably in his 70's. This was the way she received money, doing are requests. She also worked in the part of the market specifically for artists, making on the spot pieces of her work and selling new and old pieces.

On her way to the art shop, she stopped at a fruit cart. She bought a small basket her her favorite fruits; strawberries, grapes, and watermelon. Eating some of the fruit while heading to the shop, Lilia hummed a happy tune quiet enough that could only be heard if one was right next to her. Upon reaching the shop, she went right to the back, where you pay for the supplies. "Hello Marie! My supplies are here right?" She asked the clerk, who was a young lady not much older then herself. "Aye Lilia, they're in back. Give me a second." With that, Marie walked into the back.

Lilia turned around, leaning her lower back on the counter. She watched as little kids were playing in front of the store. Then she noticed one familiar figure and one not so familiar. It was Prince Jessi and Princess Rosa. She had seem Prince Jessi around a lot in the Sky Castle as the both lived there. But Princess Rosa was a foreign face. She had really only seen her in Komuna around the markets.

"Lilia, here's your supplies. That'll be 1 g (gold coin)." Marie said, placing the box of art supplies on the counter. Whipping around, Lilia's eyes were a bit wide. "What! 2 g? Come on can't you lower the price just a little? We're friends right!" She pleaded. Gold coins were probably the one of the most valued item for money, then silver, then bronze. Of course there was diamonds and others of that sort, but they were very rare and extremely expensive. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that or I'll get fired. Anyways, you could get that money back in no time. Your art sells fast." Marie tried to cheer her up, as Lilia gave her 1 gold coin. "Yeah, but I sell my work cheep. It'll take almost two months to get that back." She sighed, grabbing the box of supplies from the counter.

Rosa giggled and looked up at her brother, "well, Madam Loser's always trying to make me do duties but I don't wanna."
She smiles as her brother braids her hair, she has always loved her brother Jessi, not so much Clara - She always tried to avoid her mostly but that was probably because they were just so different, where Rosa was wild and bold, Clara was more reserved and calm.
Of course that fitted Clara's element nicely but really Rosa always thought it was just a little boring.

"So why are you here then?" She grins, re-joining the hop-scotch; her braids bouncing by her side.
She loved the little children - Sure she was much older than them but that doesn't mean she couldn't hang out with them and anyway she was still the baby of the family so she could do what she wanted.
There was quite the contrast between her and her sister, even though Clara was but a year older, she was always the mature one where Rosa was always bubbly and childish.

She then looks over to see a girl looking at them - Around Jessi's age, she waves to her and squeals at Jessi.
"That girl's looking at you, go say Hi!" She nudges him forward.

Sighing once more, Lilia left the shop with her box. "Well, might as well get started on earning that money back..." She told herself, just as she saw Princess Rosa wave to her. She readjusted the box so that she'd only be holding it with her left hand and waved back with a smile. Placing her right hand back around the box. Seeing the princess talk to Prince Jessi, her brother, then push him a bit forward, she thought it was nothing and began heading towards a purple tent. When she got there, she sat the box down and got her stuff ready. The purple tent was her own personal little shop where she sells her art work. She opened the tent up, having a few pieces out on display. In the middle of the room was a wooden stood and a wooden easel. She placed a canvas on the easel, sitting down on the stool. She than began to start a new painting.

Jessi chuckled lightly at his younger sister. She knew his tastes in women all to well. He had to admit that the lovely young lady that had set up her art work in the purple tent was attractive. She had long pin straight black hair and almost hypnotic blue-purple eyes. She was far shorter then him self, seeing as he stood at a towering 6"2. He clothing was very unique as well. He couldn't help but remember her walking around his home a few times. It was now that he noticed a small basket that this girl had set down. It had grapes, strawberries as well as some watermelon. "Well little Rose, I will have to act apon your request. Though I intend to impress her in the process. After I am finish talking to the lovely artist, we will lay a harmless prank on your adviser. That much I promise." Jessi chuckled again, patted Rosa on her head again before walking off the a near by fruit stand that happened to be owned by him, it was selling expensive fruits from his sky gardens. "Gorge, good old friend, I'll be taking some of my fruits if you don't mind." The old man running the stall didn't look old in stature really. He was tall and had a athletic build to him, the only way you could tell Gorge was up in his years was the gray hair on the top of his head.
"Prince Jessi, what in gods name are you doing her you little runt, are you not supposed to be locked up in the castle doing paper work of some kind, and I do mind if you take some of the fruit I am selling, how else do you expect me to make a living!" Jessi laughed slightly at the old man.
"Come now Gorge I'll send you six new crates of fruit to sell in the morning." With that Jessi took a medium size basket and filled it with fruit that he has seen the girl with earlier. He even stopped to pick up some of the best cheese and bread money could buy before heading back to the stall the young woman had set up her art work to sell. He would have to buy some of it.
Once he had arrived he saw another young girl he remembered being Rosa's best friend. "If you are looking for Rosa she is just down the road playing hop scotch with some younger children." he spoke to her before giving his full attention to the young female artist. He tapped her shoulder to gain her attention. He, after all, knew what it was like to be fully into painting something.

Cetiri was in the middle of looking at yet another painting when she heard the familiar voice of the eldest or the four royal siblings, the Prince of Air, come from behind her. "If you are looking for Rosa she is just down the road playing hop scotch with some younger children." He said, and she nodded. "Thank-you! I was wondering where she'd gone to..." Cetiri trailed off as she walked out of the tent, waving a goodbye to the artist and her art.

Once outside the tent, she began to search once again for that red hair, further down the road. Sure enough, there it was, among everything else. She skipped forward, until she was in ear-shot of the young princess. She was somehow always more comfortable around Rosa. They were best friends. Cetiri's straight face grew into a grin as she waved to Rosa, and came closer. She was playing with some of the younger children, which seemed like something Rosa would do, so Cetiri joined in.



Nuriah had always kept track of all her customers, so before the man walked away, she took note of his unusual multicolored eyes. A while after he left, all she could remember were those eyes. She had thought they looked soft at first, but as he turned to leave, they turned cold. Her mind kept droning on as customer after familiar customer came and went, choosing and purchasing. She was about to ask if she could bake, when she spotted an unusually familiar face from across the market. Nuriah's face tilted in confusion. She knew that face, but it wasn't a face of one of their customers...

Her cheeks turned a bright red when she'd caught herself staring, because he was also staring. Her crimson eyes- those same crimson eyes that did not take note of Princess Clara who was next to to boy- darted to her hands, which she kept busy with rearranging bread. She didn't want to look up again, or she might blush again.

Rosa smiled as Jessi went to speak to the pretty artist and of course, managed to have charmed her in a matter of minutes.
Returning to her game, she hears a faint voice in the distance - "Uh-oh, Madam Loser will not be happy." She thinks to herself.
Turning to run, she spots another familiar face, Cetiri her bestfriend.
Grinning back at the girl she grabs her wrist and runs, just as her advisor turns the corner to where they are.
"Come and find us then, Madam loser." She yells giggling as she emphasises the 'Loser' part.
Turning a sharp corner and running into her sister.
Taking a step back and releasing Cetiri's hand, she bites her lip.
"Oops, sorry Clara." She says, knowing that her sister won't get angry - She never does - but give her that disappointed look she hated so much.
"Oh!" She exclaims, trying to change the subject so maybe, maybe she won't get 'the look' "This is Cetiri, she's my bestfriend."

She then spots her other brother, Ethan, at her sister's side and grins.
"Hello Ethan." She says and then looks at the girl he's staring at, "Ooo, she's very pretty. Is that your girlfriend?"

Clara nodded to Rosa, not wanting to ruin the moment. "It's a pleasure to meet you." She says to Rosa's friend. She didn't want to get Rosa all riled up, like Clara knew she would if she mentioned the running into her. Plus, she was hungry, and if she could get her brother to talk to the girl at the breadstand, then that was a plus. "Of course I am. Now go on, say hello." Clara says quietly to her brother, nudging him wiith her elbow.

"um." Ethan started to say considering both his sisters knew that he was staring. He then jerked his head down realizing the girl behind the counter had caught him staring. He then starts walking towards the stall feeling his heart rate increase. "not good with women." He muttered as he approached the stall and said "um. hello? id like to buy two loaves please." Placing two gold coins on the counter. He looked back over his shoulder staring at his sisters and rosa's friend. "better make it four" he said placing two more gold coins on the counter. he looked at the girl across the counter. then quickly looked down at the counter staring real hard at the coins he put on the counter. He knew he should relax more but he couldn't help it. He really found her attractive.

Cetiri let out a small gasp as her arm was taken, and Princess Rosa pulled her away, obviously trying to avoid her advisor, Madame Loser, as they had called her. Cetiri giggled at the name as Rosa jeered it and continued to run. Eventually, they ran into Princess Clara, who Cetiri had seen only a few times in the past. Rosa appologized to Clara, and released Cetiri's arm from her grasp.

Cetiri was jealous of Clara's deep and powerful beauty, which was astounding. She had this air about her which spoke calm and cool, like her element. As Rosa introduced her friend to clara, Cetiri could only look at the ground as Princess Clara greeted her. "Nice to meet you too." Cetiri said as kindly and politely as she could, while her eyes fell upon the young prince, who was staring at something. It has risen Clara and Rosa's attention too. Rosa has asked the young prince if 'she had been his girlfriend', so Cetiri had no choice but to look at what the rest of them were.

Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.



Nuriah didn't have to wait long until another customer had approached the stall, and when he had placed four gold coins on the counter, she knew instantly who it was, and why she'd recognized him. She took a few minutes to process that it was actually him, and that there were actually four gold coins where an empty counter used to be. When she finally snapped out of it, she looked up to see him staring at the coins as well. "Y...Prince Ethan?" She stuttered, and smacked her head, hard. "I mean, yes! Here. Here's your bread." She said, fumbling with the loaves, and handing them to him. "Um, sir, these only cost one bronze each." She said, composing herself again, and gesturing to the coins he'd set on the table.

She looked at him, and studied his facial features for a while. He was handsome, that was for sure. Her eyes stayed on his as her mind drifted to her sister, who had always spoken about how she was best friends with Princess Rosa, and how she had seen each of the siblings as well. She must have met him. For the first time in a long time, jealousy ripped through Nuriah like a bullet.

Nuriah listened to the prince was saying, all the while trying her best to remain composed. "Only a bronze each? Um, well..." He paused, and she tried to decipher his facial expression, which was unclear. "Just take the coins anyways, never hurts to be generous does it?" He said, his voice cracking. Her eyes widened. This was a lot of money compared to what she normally had. He looked down, and she tilted her head. "Have we met before? I'm sorry but you seem familiar for some reason." He asked, and Nuriah could only look confused. "I don't think it was me that you've met before, but my younger sister, Cetiri. You're Prince Ethan, right? Your younger sister, the young Princess Rosa, is friends with my little sistrer. We look similar." She said, and for some reason felt disappointed that they hadn't met before.

Just then, Cetiri approached from behind, and looked straight at Nuriah.



Cetiri waited a few seconds, and watched as they awkwardly spoke to eachother, before letting out a long sigh and deciding to go and help. She looked to Princess Rosa and Princess Clara. "If you'll excuse me," She said, and walked away from them, and towards the bread stall.

"Nuri, I'm glad you've met Prince Ethan, Rosa's older brother." She paused and came behind the counter. "Isn't he handsome?" Cetiri grinned as she saw her sister's face take on a bright red hue. Cetiri glanced down at the gold coins on the counter. "Wow... Where'd you get those? Did her give them to you? Say thank-you!" She demanded, and Nuriah's face was even brighter. "I meant to thank you earlier..." She trailed off, and looked at him. "You don't know how much this means to me, really." She said, and Cetiri only smiled. Hopefully this had helped. "Looks like Rosa is calling me, see you." She said, turned on her heel, and made her way towards the two royal sisters.

Rosa grins as her friend decides to help out the other two more, bashful? People.
Giggling she calls her friend back over, letting them be alone.
"So that's your sister 'eh?" She says, looking over at Nuriah, she did look astonishingly like her sister but, at the same time, very different.
You could tell they had almost opposite personalities and Rosa thinks as to why her sister is never really seen around the Fire Kingdom.

"Does your sister practice a different element to fire?" She asks her friend once she returns, a little surprised but not angry - It wasn't like she had the perfect family, her and all her siblings practiced each a different element so Rosa could only be accepting with her friend and her sister, which she would have been anyway.

Cetiri nodded as Princess Rosa asked her, "So that's your sister 'eh? Does your sister practice a different element to fire?". She looked over to her sister once again and frowned. "Yeah, she practices Air. We're so different, her and I." She sighed, and crossed her arms. "It's a shame, because I've always wanted a twin. Someone I can share things with." Cetiri muttered, and looked at Princess Clara and Princess Rosa.

They were different in their own ways, from their appearances, personalities, and even elements. Princess Rosa was petite, yet fierce-looking, while Clara was regal, almost, and extremely calm.



Nuriah had calmed down a bit after her sister had left. "So that's your sister? explains why you looked familiar. although it would have been nice to know that sooner. i probably could have asked her to introduce me to you." Prince Ethan had said, which made Nuriah blush again. "Well i must go now, but before i go may i get your name?" He asked, and she smiled. "Sure thing. I would ask you for yours, but I already know who you are." She paused, and carefully looked at him, almost skeptically, as if she wasn't sure whether or not to give her identity to him.

"Nuriah. Pleased to meet you." She said, and looked down to the coins. "...And thank-you once again for your generousity." She said, and her mind drifted for a few seconds to where her mother and father were. She shrugged, and directed her attention back to the Prince.

noticing her shrug partially Ethan's heartbeat raises significantly "Well it was nice meeting you, i hope to see you again some day." he says with as much composure possible. he then walks away from the counter and towards his sisters trying oh so hard to think straight. "you two are so lucky you are my sisters." he said when he made it to them and handed each of them a loaf of bread. after they ate the bread for a bit Ethan does remember where the gift he wanted to give Clara was. he opened a pouch on the side of his pack and pulls out two gems, he hands the rose shaped ruby to Rosa and the tulip shaped sapphire to Clara. "there we go. now if you'll excuse me i am going to meditate for a bit." Ethan said and he started walking away. eventually he made it to the outskirts of Komuna and found himself a tree to rest against looking across the field he now had a wonderful view of. he closed his eyes and began his meditation.

Clara looked at the beautiful stone with awe, but before she could say 'Thank you', Ethan walked away. She felt a little bad for forcing him into an awkward position, but it was because she cared about him and wanted him to find someone. Clara looked around, finding a pot of water in the market. She walked over, and used her ability to pull out a ball of water, causing it to float above her hand. Very precisely and carefully, she made a chain out of the water, and placed the stone in part of the loop. She froze the chain, a task which was actually somewhat difficult, to create a beautiful pale necklace. After placing it around her neck, Clara places a few coins on the merchant's stall as payment for the water. Clara made her way back to Rosa and Cetiri. "I would make you one, sister, but I'm afraid your bad temper would just melt it away." Clara said.

After the Prince had left, Nuriah let out the breath she'd been holding on for so long. Before he had left, he'd said "Well it was nice meeting you, i hope to see you again some day." Which had made her hopeful. Her eyes fell to the gold coins, and she gathered them up in her hand. "What will I do with these..." She wondered, and looked over to where her sister was standing. "Perhaps," Nuriah whispered, and looked back to the curtain that seperated the back of the shop to the front. "Surely they'll need atleast half of this." She muttered, and slid her hand along the curtain, parting it so she could walk through.

Her mother was kneading dough, while her father was checking the sweetbread to see if it was done. Nuriah walked toward her mother, and held out the coins. Immedeately, she gasped and looked at Nuriah with wide eyes. "Please don't tell me you stole this. Was it Cetiri? Dis she do it? Tell me the truth-" "No, It was a customer. A Prince, actually." Nuriah quickly interrupted her mother before she had a heart attack. "Prince Ethan. You know, the brown-haired handsome one." She said, and held the coins out further. Apparently, her mother had already guessed Nuriah would have tried to correct the prince about the coins. "Nuri, keep them. something like this doesn't just happen every day." She said gently, and Nuriah shook her head. "No, I already have what I've earned today. It's your shop, your money." Nuriah ionsisted, and her mother sighed, defeated. "I'll take one, but you keep the rest. Go buy yourself some pretty things, so you can impress him later." Before Nuriah could ask what she'd meant by 'Impress', she was ushered out of the room and back to the front of the shop by her father. "We've got it from here, now go on." He said and waved her off.

Nuriah sighed, and began to walk away, the three remaining coins in her pocket. Nuriah had always been kind, and she'd always thought of others first, so being given the coins was a big deal to her. She looked around, in search of something that caught her eye.

Which he did, leaning against that wall, cold and multicolored eyes staring straight at her.



Cetiri watched in glee as Prince Ethan returned, with gifts for his two sisters. She envied how they could get along so well. Ethan gave Clara an enchanting sapphire tulip, and Rosa a radiant ruby rose. "There we go. now if you'll excuse me i am going to meditate for a bit." The Prince said, and walked away without an other word. Curiousity hit her hard, and she wondered what had happened between him and her sister. Clara left for a few moments, and returned with an ice chain necklace, that held the tulip delicately. "I would make you one, sister, but I'm afraid your bad temper would just melt it away." She said, and Cetiri raised her eyebrows. Was that supposed to be an insult? Maybe not, maybe just an observation.

Cetiri looked at bot of the beautiful gems and she smiled. "Those are pretty. They match you well. Ethan has good tastes in finding pretty things." She said the last part, remembering how he'd been looking at her sister.

Ronan watched from afar as the Prince walked away, leaving the gold coins to the girl. "Hmm, perhaps she noticed her mistake? Could she have kept the gold coins for herself without letting the Prince know?" He watched for a while longer, and she disappeared behind a curtain. "Now she goes to hide her earnings." He let out a sigh, and his eyes drifted away to look at the group of three royal siblings, and a family friend. Ethan seemed to be giving them something, but then left.

A flicker of movement came from the corner of his eye, and he saw the girl emerge from the curtain once again, ushered by a man, no doubt her father. Ronan didn't see the coins. He continued to watch her as she looked around, and walked closer to him. He was to focused on wondering what she was doing, and didn't think to hide when her eyes met his.

He stood up stright, not sure what to do now. Speak to her? Leave? It was already obvious he'd been watching her. "How's business been?" He asked, rather nonchalantly.