The Wolfskin and The Songstress

Surprise, surprise!

The next morning, everyone was in the dining room waiting for breakfast. Meanwhile in the kitchen, Auriana was busy cooking breakfast like nobody's watching. She finished off the last few pieces of bacon and flipped them onto a plate. All but one of them made it on as the last one suddenly fell into Keaton's hands.

Auriana: *playfully* Hey, give that back!
Keaton: *playfully* You're gonna have to tackle me for it.

The two were playfully tackling each other, laughing. That brought the attention of the other princesses to the kitchen.

Iris: Aww, that's adorable. They're playing with each other.
Talia: Lots of UwU is being made here.
Lyna: *squeal* This is so cute.
Carissa: Super cute.

Auriana and Keaton stopped playing with each other, only to find the girls spying on them.

Keaton: What are you girls doing here?!
Iris: Nothing. Nothing at all.
Auriana: It's obvious you girls were spying on us. *turns off the stove*
Lyna: What are you guys talking about? We weren't spying on you.
Keaton: Right…

In the dining room, everyone else rejoined Corrin and Kaden, who were waiting for breakfast to be served.

Auriana: Breakfast's ready!
Kaden: Finally! I'm so hungry that I started imagining food all around me.
Iris: Aww, Kaden. *laughs, brushes Kaden's fur*
Talia: Iris? What do you think you're doing with Kaden?
Carissa: What about Nathaniel?
Iris: Okay, one; you know better than to mention Nathaniel in front of our guests, and, two; I'm only showing sympathy for my friend.
Kaden: What you saw was only sympathy, not romance.
Corrin: Speaking of romance; Talia, do you still remember the poem we wrote?
Lyna: Poem? You mean the mumbling I heard from your room last night?
Talia: Right. Remember, you're Keith and I'm Annabelle. This is a poem that Corrin and I wrote called "Midsummer".
Corrin: *clears throat* Annabelle, shall I compare thee to a midsummer's day? As the morning dew glimmers in the sunlight like thy eyes, as the floral festival surrounds thee like a charade of dancers during midday, and as the wildlife call out thy name in their own chorus building up to the crescendo of the late afternoon.
Talia: Keith, shall I compare thee to a midsummer's night? As the final rays of the sun give way to thy precious moonlight, the nocturnal beasts seek for thy presence, as thy own voice calls for my name in thy special tongue.
Corrin and Talia: *in unison* If this is what's it's going to be, you and me for eternity, it does not matter if it's dark or light, thou can be compared to a midsummer's day or night. Thank you.
*everyone else starts clapping*
Iris: Wow, I never thought you two were quite the poets.
Talia: Well, if you think about it, a songwriter is much like a poet.
Lyna: The fact that you two put this together truly shows how well two kingdoms can work together.
Kaden: That poem was beautiful. It truly speaks to how we have our own Keith and Annabelle right…
Talia: Uhh, that's something only meant for the movies, Kaden.
Keaton: Stop. We already know what's going on.
Talia: What are you talking about?
Corrin: It's just a poem.
Auriana: Nope, it's a sure fire way to force a relationship between me and Keaton.
Keaton: Let's get outta here, Auriana. I mean, if you want to skip breakfast.
Auriana: I think we'll take breakfast to go.

With that, Keaton and Auriana took their breakfast and went off.

Iris: We screwed up, guys.
Kaden: Big time.
Corrin: If they want to be just friends, we can't stop them. We have to just accept it and move on.

***********Meanwhile***************

In the backyard, Aunt Ellen was working on the plants when Auriana and Keaton came in.

Ellen: Morning, you two. What are you doing out here?
Auriana: It's nothing, Aunt Ellen. *sigh* The others are kinda…
Ellen: Pushing your relationship with this nice guy to another level.
Keaton: Exactly. If only there is a way to tell them that …

All of a sudden, Aunt Ellen fainted in front of the two.

Auriana: Aunt Ellen? Aunt Ellen!

Auriana and Keaton rushed over to Ellen to see what's wrong with her.

Keaton: What's wrong with her, Auriana?
Auriana: I-I don't know… huh? What's this?

Auriana discovered a magenta dart made out of crystal.

Auriana: This doesn't look good, Keaton. It's a dart that contains some sort of poison.
Keaton: Poison? We have to stay on our toes.

Before anything else happened, Auriana and Keaton were struck by two more poisoned darts and fainted as well.

**********A few moments later*********

Auriana and Keaton woke up a few moments later. To their surprise, they were in Praxina's lair, hanging upside down over boiling hot green liquid.

Auriana: K-KEATON…!
Keaton: Auriana!
Praxina: *in the distance* So you two finally woke up. *teleports in front of the two* Good, you two took forever.
Auriana: We should have known it was you, Praxina. Auriana, princess of- *gasp*
Praxina: Looking for this? *chuckles while showing off the ring*
Keaton: Don't worry, I'll get us outta here.
Praxina: I'd think twice before saying that, dog. *shows off the beaststone*
Keaton: My beaststone!
Praxina: You mean my beaststone.
Iris: *in the distance* Krystal Collideum!

Iris' crystal shot fired, setting Auriana and Keaton free. Kaden then turned into his beast form, lept over the boiling liquid and caught Praxina's captives.

Keaton: Thanks, guys. You're lifesavers.
Kaden: *goes back to his normal form* No need to thank us. We did what anyone else could.
Praxina: No no no no! You've ruined my plan.
Corrin: To be honest, your plan would end up a failure either way.
Talia: Ohoho, burn! *calls in a sick burn*
Lyna: Give up, Praxina. Your reign ends here.
Praxina: Not so fast, princess. I've got one more trick up my sleeve.

With that, Praxina summoned crystalline duplicates of herself to even out the playing field.

Iris: Amaru, the arena!
Carissa: Don't! This spot is as perfect for fighting as anywhere.
Iris: *sigh* Alright.
Praxina: You're forgetting that I still have two little trinkets of yours.

Talia shot a crystal dart that forced the ring and the beaststone out of Praxina's hands back into Keaton and Auriana's.