Areena Pretige's Story

Scarny slammed her door shut. Then she listened for the guards to take there positions again. She opened the door and stormed back out. "How could you be doing this to me? Who am i marrying? Why wasn't I told before the day they arrive? Do you hate us or something?" She asked her father. She didn't want a reply so she stormed back into her room and looked at her sister. She smiled at her. Her sister seemed to have slept through the whole thing. There father telling her they where to be wed in a couple of days. That it was to be a ceremony for five. That the others where to arrive today. Of course the door slamming and shouting as well. She decided she would let her have her final minutes of rest before she found the bad news. Furious she walked into her closet. The only thing she could control. The home made dresses her and her mother made. She chose the one her mother had worn the day she found out she was being wed with there father. She hoped it would bring her good luck. She started looking for one of her mothers dresses for her sister. It wold mean so much since there mother would be ill in bed. She hoped her mother pulled through and survived. She moved over and laid out the outfit for her sister she hoped she liked what she picked. She saw her pet wolf in the corner. She of course named him Scar because they where so similar in personality. She called him over to her bed and gave him a pat. "Wanna go to the shooting range to get our anger out?" She smiled at the dog. he tended to sense her feelings and go along with them. So they headed out. First she topped to write a letter to her sister.

Areena woke up slowly. She yawned and stretched a bit. Unfortunately as she did that, she stretched so much that she rolled off the seat she was on. She cried out a bit and groaned. This kind of thing always happened and Areena was tired of it. Getting up, the first thing she noticed was her twin sister wasn't there. That's when she remembered their father had come to tell them something and like the stupid chick she was, she fell asleep. This was a habit she was trying to break. Not only that but the princess was a very deep sleeper and could sleep through anything, even a great storm.

Ari looked around and saw a letter, obviously in her sister's handwriting. Areena's eyes open wide as she read the contents. Marriage? This soon? She knew that being a royal meant she would be obligated to marry one day, but why now and so quickly? She honestly didn't know what to think for she was too baffled. Scarny also wrote she was going to the shooting range. That was a fine idea actually. The twins loved archery and both were really proficient at it. Deciding to go join her sister, Areena changed into something more comfortable for shooting and went outside.

Once she got to the shooting range, she quickly spotted Scarny and her pet wolf, Scar. She silently went over, gave the wolf several strokes, before going about getting her own bow and arrows. When she was ready, she spoke.

"I got your message. I wonder why father decided we should marry now and so quickly. He could have least waited for mother to recover." she commented.

Jacinta groaned in bed her body pale and almost dead like, the disease was seriously getting to her. She could barely get up, her maid were running up and down trying to for fill her wishes. Jacinta got up from her bed and walked towards her rather large window.Jacinta slowly made it she rested her hand on the borders of the window, she looked out into the horizon the intensely prefect view brought tears to her eyes. She wanted to fight this disease but she just didn't have the power anymore. A tear drop slowly rolled down her cheek, she didn't know why her husband had recklessly decided for the children to get married when she was battling this un-know disease. She looked at her maids and sighed... "Can you please call my daughters up here."

Scarny didnt look at her sister but heard her come. She waited till she spoke first. She didnt excpect that and when she shot she shot the moving dummy right in the heart. A secret message to her sister tgat she wqs upset with her father. She turned to her. "Father needs someone to take his place. Wether that be a son or grandson is unknown. This is benefitting him not us."She She calmly told her sister but with hate taking over her voice. She didnt hate her father she was just upet with him. How could he do this to them. He also knew that he would be giving her sister away and not her. She was silent for a while just shooting arrows. "Just remember no matter what i love you and so does Scar. He belongs to us. If i cant have him you get him."She She was about to give her some advice but decided to wait until there last goodbyes. She started debating wether to stay. She decided not but put oon her sheath of arrows picked her bow aup and headed for the woods. "You can come hunting if you want. If not dont get me when they arrive."She She smiled lovingly at her sister.

Scarny joined her sister. She didn't even bother to take of her hunting dress. She seemed to be walking fast. She worried of her mother. Was something wrong. Was she better. Was she worse. The more she thought the faster she went. Soon she was in a full blown sprint. She had to see her mother as soon as possible. She wouldn't take the chance of her having gotten worse than she already has been. She burst through the door ignoring he gasps for air. "Mother I came as quick as i could are you OK?" She went to her side and looked at her face. The wolf running in the room just behind her. Going up to the woman and licking her hand even though they never had a strong bond.

Scarny always seemed gracefully, even when running. It's like it came naturally for her. Areena always aspired to be that way. Alas, such things were hard, especially when she was naturally clumsy. And so when her twin started to sprint, Areena sighed and picked up the folds of her own hunting dress and tried to keep up. Unfortunately as they went inside and went up the stairs, the young princess accidentally tripped over a step and landed on the stairs. Thankfully, she placed her hands in front of her to keep her head from hitting the stairs, but her knee hit a step hard. She groaned and sat on the step, hugging her knee. This was so embarrassing! Determined not to be seen as weak though, Areena stands up and manages to get up the steps and limps towards her mother's chamber, where she finds her twin.

"Hello mother, sorry to keep you waiting." she replied, trying to find her dignity again.

Unfortunately, her hair was a bit disheveled and her dress was torn a bit at the knee to prove she'd fallen . . again.

Amoranta could see the castle as her carriage got closer. It seemed that there was no getting out of this. She ran a pale hand through her long wavy blonde hair and smoothed down her dark green gown. Taroge was kinda pretty, but she preffered the grass and meadows of Mivorina. The castles got closer and she could see that it was more richly decorated than her own. Hers was larger but they thought it unwise to spend pointless money to make their castle look impressive. This was one reason why Mivorina was one of the richest kingdoms. They knew how to save and use it for neccessary reasons. She rolled her eyes and shut the book that was open on her lap.

Hopefully the prince was not that much older than her. She was young and the thought of becoming married to someone more than five years older terrified her. The carriage stopped to a halt and she stepped out. The sun made her hair glow and it warmed her, making her feel more confident. She put on a smile and her eyes twinkled. She was good at pretending. That was probably a princess's most valuable skill. There was a tall young man underneath a tree reading a book. Well, first impressions were everything and he had certainly impressed her. She liked a man that could read... but with her luck these days, it probably wasn't him

She walked slowly to the stairs, her head held high. Her elegance was obvious. She had come here for marriage.. she was hoping to get out of it one way or the other.

There was a blonde man sitting at the steps and she looked down at him with her green eyes. Which prince was he? She had only ever been acquainted with the crown princes. As a crown princess, her father said it was wise too get to know the future kings and queens. This one must have been second or third in line or something.

"Do you happen to know where I could find Princesses Scarny and Areena?" She asked him. She smiled pleasantly and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Her mother had tried to get her to put it up but Amoranta had refused. She loved her hair, so why would she try to restrain it?

Scarny looked at her mother waiting for an answer. "Mother what is it?!" She tried to stay calm. Just then her father came in the guards following. "Girls its time for dinner go to the dinner hall!" His voice boomed not like his usual soft voice. She loved ehr father but out of anger towards him she got in his face. "You cant make us marry them. Even if you do i wont oblige. I will go kicking and screaming. I will put up a fight. You know I am a good hunter." She quickly tore of her bow and shot it tensing up the guards. Her father motioned for the guards. They both grabbed a girl and started out the door. "Become dignified for you parents!" He yelled at her harshly. "I will do nothing for you. I will give the world to my mother and to you i will give the deep underworld." She did as she promised and went out of the room kicking and screaming. When they where off that level she was calm again. Not wanting to scare off her new suitor . . . yet. She grabbed her sisters arm gently. "Lets go sister." She walked into the dinning hall. She sat in her place not bothering to see if anyone else what there. She saw she was placed next and unknown male and not her sister. She had a maid move things around so that she was next to her sister. She guessed that the unknown males on each side of them where there suitors. She wondered what else her father had planned. He must be excited because he had some of there good dishes out. Seh saw maids start to come in. That meant that there where quest behind her. She winked at her sister and stood up. Still wearing all of her hunting stuff. "Hello, I am Scarny Pretige. Welcome to Taroge." She curtsied. "Go ahead and find your seat." She motioned to the table and the maids started gesturing towards seats to certain people.

{This is the new couples. We had to change them}
Prince + Princess
Usui + Hany
Scarny + Bubble
Cookie + Forever
Forever + Scarny
Bubble + Zodia

Charlotte looked out the window of her carriage, seeing mountains in the distance. "Father, I've always wanted to climb a mountain..." She said softly. She suddenly got lost in her thoughts of the prince. Would he be handsome and full of himself? Or homely and charming? She started mixing around blue eyes with brown hair and trying to think of every possible look he could have. Suddenly the carriage jerked to a stop. "Sorry there is a kitten in the road" The driver explained. Charlie hopped out of the carriage and picked up the kitten. The kitten was round two weeks old. It was white but had a beige tail. It had bright blue eyes and looked like it may have been attacked. Charlie got back in the carriage with the kitten and her father was about to say something but didn't want to hurt her again

They arrived at Torage just around dinner time. She walked in and heard piano playing. She was holding the kitten as if it was the last drop of water in the world. Charlie had her hair down, with a braid around her head, for this was a special occasion. She had on one of her fanciest day gowns. It was green but had a beige flowey shirt underneath. she knew it was fancy because it squeezed her so much. She walked into the dinning room behind the maids and they directed her to a seat near the end of the table. She saw two other princesses and two princes in here and decided to hear their opinions on this arrangement.

She looked at both of them. They looked similar so she presumed they must be sisters or cousins. They weren't dressed up like her, oh no. They were dressed in hunting clothes. Her father would have been so disappointed if she had come in her old dirty hunting clothes.
"So how do you two feel about having an arranged marriage?" She asked them. The kitten yawned, and she kept petting it, hoping it would sleep. "Mam, I'm sorry but you cannot have a kitten in the palace." A maid said from behind her. "Well you're not kicking my kitten out" She argued. "Okay.... But may we put the kitten into another room?" The maid said softly. "Yes, but I must come with you, I have to make sure you aren't kicking her out", Charlie glanced at the princesses and said softly "One moment" as she walked out of the dining room.

They went into a small room. It had a couch and paintings on the walls. It seemed like a small empty room compared to home. She put the kitten back and whispered "I'll be back, I promise" then she walked out of the room, leaving the kitten there to destroy the couch or fall asleep. As she reentered the dinning room she curtseyed at the maid. She never forgot her manners. It had been around 12 minutes she had been gone and there seemed to be one extra prince in the room. She walked back to her seat, which was across from the older looking princess and sat down once more. "Where were we?" she smiled

Liam did as his father said. He stopped before entering the dinning room though. "Why are we here father?" He asked him demanding the truth. He didn't want to beat around the bush anymore. He was always told it was important king business. "I am second in line for the throne. Why is Caspian not here if its king business?" He questioned him again. He really wanted to know. He took a look in the dinning hall and saw multiple princes and princesses. What was this about. He noted the black wolf walking around two of the princesses guarding them protectively. He was curious when he saw that a girl was to take her kitten out of the room. What harm was a kitten compared to a wolf? He wondered. He looked his father in the eyes searching for an answer.



Scarny turned to the maid that took the kitten. "Return this girl her protector. Scar is allowed here so is that kitten." She turned to the girl again once the maid went to retrieve the kitten. "We have an ancient belief that if you have a pet and they are calm as your kitten was then they are your protector from above. As for this arranged marriage. My sister and I will no-" She stopped mid sentence she saw her father in the distance. She sighed. "I hate it but Scar will protect us no matter what. If something is wrong the other will know through him. He was trained to travel from castle to castle. He never got put in the program though." She pet the wolf making him calm and sit between her sister and her.

Charlotte smiled. "Thank you" she said to the girls. When the maid returned with the kitten she placed it on her lap. She started petting the kitten and it started to purr. "My name is Charlotte Scarborough, of Hardocia" She said. Hardocia was known for their open fields and farming lands. It was the most country of all the kingdoms. She watched as another prince came into the room. She smiled, as for she thought he was definitely cute. "Are you Shrade?" She asked him

Everything seemed to be happening so quickly for Areena. She honestly wished her sister wouldn't scream when protesting. She herself didn't want to get married yet either, but unlike her twin she didn't have the courage to stand up to her father. She would have asked him why he couldn't wait a couple more years before doing something this. She kept quiet the whole time and before she knew it, she was in the dining area with other royals. Talk about feeling inadequate. Maybe if she was lucky enough, she could be allowed to change. What if the prince she was suppose to marry was amongst those that were already here? Decision made, she went up to her father.

"Excuse me father, but I am going to freshen up for our guests for I wasn't expecting them to show up so soon. Pardon me, I shall be back." she said before making her exit.

It was until she left the room before she took off running and only tripped twice on her way back to her room. She had her personal maid summoned immediately and got changed int record time. It was only fifteen minutes later that she returned in a more elegant garb that was a nice cerulean blue in color. She hoped she looked presentable enough now. Without saying anything else, except a nervous look towards her twin, she looked for where her seat was and wait for others to show up.

Amoranta was about to answer that she did not care who his father was... but she saw his pretty eyes and paused. Then he asked her for her name and she opened her mouth but then this boisterous, rude man interrupted them and pulled the young man away.

Wasn't that King Caspian? She didn't recall him being so... arrogant. But then again, when she met him, her father had been with her. She hurried to the dining room and frowned at herself. She was obviously kind of late. But it didn't matter. She saw Princess Scarney and walked crisply over to the older girl.

"Greetings, Princess." Amoranta nodded respectfully. "I just wanted to thank you for your hospitality. Could you send my thanks on to your father as well?" The Mivorina future queen smiled and repeated her thanks to Areena. This was how her father told her to act. This was how she was taught and raised. She found her name card at the table and sat down a couple of seats to the left of Scarny.

"Well this isn't exactly pleasant," She sighed. "Were all of you forced into these ridiculous weddings too?" This question she directed to the other princesses. What a shame. ..

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Creed was seething in his carriage as he headed toward the castle of Taroge. It was uneccessary but his father did this to him anyway. He got out of his ride without even a word of thanks as it stopped and walked angrily to the dining hall. He saw the princesses sitting so straight and elegant and it made him want to shout. Creed had to marry one of those girls. It was annoying and that girl better hope that they can handle him. There was no way a princess would make him change his flirty ways.

He liked having fun and he really liked women.
He stalked toward the table and saw his name beside the princess named Scarny.

"Guess you're the wife?" He said sarcastically to her. "Well, I;m the husband. Pleasure to meet you, Princess."

((Lol it's funny that the twins end up with the rudest princes in the room lol.))

Areena watched another prince showed up and blatantly interrupted her twin's conversation to state he was her husband. How rude of this guy? Now normally Areena was the calm one of the two, but if there was one way for someone to anger her it was to be mean to her sister. In fact, out of the two, Areena's anger was more ice to Scarny's fire and only once did she explode in front of someone and even terrified her twin and got one of the rare lectures from her father. The silver hair princess was about to say something to him when Scarny took control and talked just as rudely back. Areena honestly didn't know if she should interfere now. Her twin was definitely capable of handling herself. Her attention was diverted though when another entered the room and sat right next to her seat. He spoke out rudely too, only it seemed more like a joke to him. Was this her intended? This wasn't looking good for her. It was almost laughable that she and her sister were to wed two men who obviously didn't have any manners. Sighing, Areena took her seat next to him and did her best to ignore him, but kept glancing at him. Finally, she gave into temptation.

"Sorry if we don't meet up to your standards sir. It's not like we had a choice in this matter." she replied.

Jacinta Bell quickly dismissed her girls, she wanted to tell them something important but was too scared to. She decided to leave it till tomorrow. Jacinta made her way downstairs into the ballroom she and to greet all the guest and made sure they were catered even in this condition. She also wanted to slap that husband of her for even arranging this, he was clearly not thinking as if she was his brain and he was the body. Jacinta called attention the the ballroom. "Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to introduce myself, my name is Queen Jacinta of this fair kingdom your in today and I would like to greet you all and send my regards."Jacinta said smiling as all eyes were on her, she didn't look like someone in pain, she forced a smile onto her face, made her maids buy her the finest dress in the kingdom and her hair was looking healthy and shiny. She looked rather beautiful. Jacinta quickly glanced at her daughters and smiled. "Also make sure you meet my two beautiful daughters, Scarny and Areena" She said boasting, something she liked to do often. She walked her body aching all she needed now was a glass of water or wine, anything would do at this point.

Areena was pleasantly surprised by the her companion's next action. She didn't know if she should be flattered or not. Still the courteous thing to do would be to take the letter, read it, and thank him. She just hoped his handwriting was readable. So taking the crumbled letter, she opened it and started to read.

She was midway through it when she heard someone shout, "I am not here to take orders from you!"

She jolted her head up to look at another prince. He was sat next to the Princess Amoranta, a princess she and her twin knew a little about. Looks like things were going so well for a few of the couples here, but she'd be surprised if all the princes and princesses here truly wanted these arranged marriages. She herself wasn't so sure. Deciding to forget about the outburst, she finished reading the letter. It really was sweet and Areena hoped it was originally for her and not some ploy. Areena might seemed like the naive type, but she was pretty perspective and her mother taught her and her twin how to ward off unsuitable suitors.

Areena smiled at George and replied, "It's beautiful thank you. Oh, I am Princess Areena Pretige. It's nice to meet you."

George looked over he ran his fingers threw his hair and said "I know who you are your mother just told everyone who you are. A better question is who am I?" he said raising an eyebrow, not really expecting her to respond. "I am George James the second." he proudly said. George looked at Areena he didn't even know if he was going to marry her or not, she seemed...blah. She reminded him of a lazy maid, or something of that sort..nothing fancy..but that's what made him ponder to discover her more. "So tell me about yourself?"he asked sitting up and glaring at her.