Chapter 2 Night Time Moonlight Kingdom

Two small figures sneak into the palace, hide if anybody is coming and soon they manage to enter the palace. One was about to open the door when a voice suddenly stopped her, it was the king.

"Where are you coming from, Arizona?" The king asked. The girl looked startled a little but quickly marked it with a smile.

"Dad, I was at the garden with my maid," she said, the king looked at the girl beside her and she nodded in confirmation.

"Arizona, we check the garden, I hope you have to sneak out again," the king asked.

"No, I didn't, we were really at the garden, she was telling me a story," Arizona smiled.

"Yes, your highness," the maid said, though she was a little afraid.

"You have to rest now, you know tomorrow will be restfu,l" she said and patted her hair.

"Goodnight dad," she said and went into the room with her maid.

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"You know she wasn't in the palace, why did you take her lie," the king's personal guards said.

"I just want her to enjoy her life since she will lose it soon," the king smiled.

"What if the plan didn't work?" His guard asked.

"Why don't you stop being negative," the king yelled.

"I am sorry," he quickly apologizes, the queen ignores him and storms into his room. He went to a room and opened gently, a body was laying on the bed. It was the queen's body, she hasn't woken up since she gave birth to Arizona and it's been twenty years.

"Bear with me, soon just soon, you will be awake," he said and held her hand.

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"My princess, I almost lose my mind thinking the king suspect is a lie," the maid said.

"Come on, he didn't know, you can go to your room," Arizona said. The maid now before going. The princess jumps on the bed and brings out the book she has been hiding. She finds it at the library and hid it.

The Cursed Prince was written on it, the man on the cover picture was wearing a scary mark that she was even afraid of looking at it. And truly Emperor Raven only open his face in his kingdom, other kingdom described him with his scary mask. Even the people at his kingdom can't look at his face because they are afraid of being blind so a lot of people don't know his face, they just know he has long dark hair.

Arizona opened the first page and started reading. She found it interesting and smiled, she read the story throughout the night.

"He is such a great king, but so scary and creepy," she manages to say before her head falls on the bed, she was done reading the book though, but it was almost getting to the morning.

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CRYSTAL KINGDOM

Over fifty guards are outside waiting for their kings. They are all on a horse, their shields are made of gold, even their armor, the horse armor too is made of gold. Just looking at them you will know they are full of riches.

The Emperor wears his armor and a hand wrap around him from the back, without turning he knows the person.

"My Emperor, please can I go with you?" The woman asked her hand to move up and down Raven's chest.

"No Samara, you should stay here, you can't offer anything over there," Emperor Raven said.

"But my king, I can stay by your side and......" she was cut short when the Emperor stared at her.

"I am sorry, you should go safely," she said. The king wears his mask and walks out of the palace. All the guards now when he got there, he climbed his horse and they started going.

"So you are planning to visit my kingdom without me?" Alicia asked, she had dressed up as a man and was also on the horse.

"My princess, you can't follow us, it could get messy," Jimmy said.

"That should be my business, can I come brother?" She asked cutely. The Emperor didn't respond and just hit his horse and he ran quickly.

"See he wants me to come," she smiled as they rode out of the big kingdom, the people cheered and greeted their king though with their head bow.

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Samara was pacing around her room when a maid came in.

"Your highness, the Emperor has left already," she said with her head bow.

"What about that witch?" She asked.

"She went with the king too," the maid said.

"So the king didn't let me but allow his sister," she muttered in jealousy.

"My lady you shouldn't think much, it was because they haven't visited their kingdom for a while," the maid said.

"But he was cheating on me, always acting cold and all," Samara complained.

"You shouldn't worry about that, everything will fall into place when you become the queen," the maid said.

"That is actually true, I should do everything to become a queen," she smiled prettily.

"Your bath is ready, my lady," the maid announced. They took off her clothes and helped her to the shower, the water smelled glorious because of the flowers in them. She rests gently inside and smiles.

"Just how great would it be to become the first queen of this great kingdom," she thought with a smile.

Chapter 3

I want her

NIGHT TIME MOONLIGHT KINGDOM

Emperor Raven and his guard finally enter the kingdom, people can't stop watching them, seeing the mask that the leader wore, they know it was the cursed prince, they all bow their head in respect. Some of the guards pour some gold coins on the floor and the people fight over it as they picked. Emperor Raven smirk while watching them fighting over it. He loves the way he saw the kingdom, everything look plain, just looking at it, one would know the people of the kingdom are not enjoying, too bad he is here to make their problem more worst.

"Long live Emperor," they all greeted in appreciation as he walked straight to the palace with his guards behind him.

"Brother please, can I tour the city?" Alicia asked. She has moved her horse closer to him.

"No," he said.

"This isn't fear," she groaned and continued following him. Someone chuckles behind her and she rolls her eyes, she knows it's Jimmy. The annoying guard.

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The three princesses are in the dressing room getting dressed up for the big event. A lot of accessories were attached to their hair making them look so beautiful.

Their big beautiful dress was worn for them and everything was fixed.

"How do I look?" Arizona asked her maid.

"Your are looking so beautiful as usual, your highness," the maid said while bowing her head.

"How am I supposed to believe that when you didn't even raise your head to look at me, I will ask my sister's instead," she said and ran after her sisters who were already out of the place.

She has two sisters the eldest is Amara, while the other one is Amira, Arizona is the last born.

Amara is calm and nice to everyone while Amira is arrogant and rude to everyone. Arizona is a playful girl who wants to befriend everyone, she doesn't know the difference between maid and princesses, she is everyone's favorite even their father.

King Amando.

"Sisters, how do I look?" She asked while turning around dramatically, the mark on her forehead standing out to make her beautiful, after the mark was looked into when she was born, they realized it is the mark of heaven, the mark that brings peace. She has been really special to her dad since then.

"You are looking beautiful, little sister," Amara said and stroked her head, she smiled and turned to Amira.

"You haven't said anything," she pouted.

"What do you want me to say, she said you are pretty, stop acting like a baby, you are grown up," Amira yelled at her.

"You are so mean," Arizona scoffed and left. Amara dragged her sister into a room.

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"You are making it so obvious that you don't like her, soon the maid will know," Amara said.

"Do I look like I care, I can't pretend to like her like you, the way dad only sees her like she is special makes me so angry, she even puts our mum in coma," Amira said and rolled her eyes.

"You have to calm down, if dad notices this, he wouldn't like it, why can't you just tolerate for now," Amara said.

"I can't, the way she will be running around like a kid is so annoying." Amira rolls her eyes.

"Amira, calm down and let go of the party. I am just happy because I will be seated beside dad today," Amara smiled.

A maid entered and bowed her head.

"My princesses, the chair beside the king is for princess Arizona, he announced it and sent the maid to call her," the maid said.

"See? She is slowly taking your position, isn't it the first daughter that is supposed to sit beside the king?" Amira scoffed. Amara didn't say anything, she just folded her first angrily.

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Arizona runs toward the big hall, the party has started and she knows she is late already, she suddenly bumps into someone as she was about to enter the hall. Her head hit the person's chest.

"Sorry," she said without looking at the person before running into the hall, everyone focused on her because she is very beautiful. Her two sisters glared at her angrily as she made her way beside the king and sat down. The king patted her head gently.

"That is the youngest princess," Jimmy introduced to the emperor, she was the one that she actually bumped into.

"I didn't ask you," he mutters before they enter the big hall. Everywhere went silent immediately as they focused on him.

"It's the cursed prince, the people whispered among each other, everyone can recognize him just by his face mask. A lot of people read his story.

The king stares at him in deep shock, wondering what he is doing here.

"Bow down and greet the emperor," the king's guard announced and everyone bowed their heads in respect.

"Long life emperor," they greeted, he ignores them and walk straight to the king, the king body is shaking but he still have a calm face.

"What do you want......?" He asked fearfully.

"Relax, I am not planning to kill you, not today, I actually wanted to celebrate with you or can't I?" Emperor Raven asked with a smirk before seating on a chair. Jimmy and princess Alicia also sit down beside him, the remaining guards are waiting outside.

"Thanks for attending," the king said, though he was glaring at him.

"I brought a little gift for you," Emperor Raven said with a smirk under his mask. Ten guards came in immediately each carrying a box, they drop the box in front of the king and open it, it was fill with gold that the people gasp, they haven't seen that amount of gold in their life. They can notice that the guards armour are also made of golds.

"Wasn't expecting that from you, thank you Emperor," the king bowed.

"You shouldn't thank me over such little gift," the emperor said. He was served drink and he drinks it slowly. He studied the king and smirk when he saw him shaking, just what he wanted, he is not even ready to kill him yet, he is just here to give them a taste of their own medicine.

Soon some dancers started performing, the king whispered to his daughter as they smile together. Emperor Raven stared at them with a smirk on his lip though they can't see it because of his mask. Arizona look towards his direction and caught him staring at her, she get nervous and shift uncomfortably.

"Rumour said he loves and cherishes her more than the rest of his daughters," Jimmy whispered to him when he saw him looking at the girl.

"She is beautiful though, I am jealous," princess Alicia said while looking at her too. Emperor Raven look away and focus on the dancers.

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Finally the party is over, the party finishes two in the morning, everyone enjoys themselves and the king appreciates them.

"Emperor Raven,I am ashamed to say I wasn't informed of your coming so I haven't prepared any gift for you, so now I am giving you the grace to choose whatever you want in this kingdom and it will be given to you," the king said and look at the smile that show on his lips, he almost feel like killing the boy just like he kill his parents.

"I am honored your highness, I will gladly choose what I want now," Emperor Raven said and stood up majestically. He walked towards Arizona and stare at her, she stare at her hand nervously not bold enough to stare at the scary mask.

"I want her," Emperor Raven declares while pointing at Arizona and everyone eyes widen in shock.