Enemies till sundown

Chapter 2: The kingdom of Lunaria

y/n P.O.V.

I stared at myself in the mirror, I looked pretty today. Wearing a traditional dress from Lunaria in our country's colors, pastel yellow and baby blue. Very light and flowy with pretty swirly patterns. I flinched when I heard knocking at my door, I was so lost in thoughts about everything today.

"your highness, you look stunning as always. i have brought you a wide jewelry selection to choose from today" the teasing tone and word choice made me instantly know it was handong without having to turn around. "Please don't call me that dongdong" i said while turning around with a big smirk on my face, she isnt a nickname person. "Okay, I got the message. But look at these once I got from the royal safe". She put two big boxes on my desk and when opened revealed the most pierced jewellery of my familie. "Personally I love the gold tiara with the moonstone and maybe some rings to match." Handong took the tiara out of the boxes with care and presented it to me.

"my mother loved wearing that'' I said softly, she died when i was younger but that's okay, it happens. "You're thinking too much, today is gonna be fine. i will personally krack this prince his stupid head if he trys anything!" i laughed at her response "i would love that, very entertaining". Handong always knows how to lighten the mood. "Did you know moonstones are a stone for new beginnings, a stone of inner growth and strength. It soothes emotional instability, stress, and stabilises the emotions, providing calmness. A Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters''. I just stood there slightly confused that she could just bring up all that without having to think. "i definitely need all those things! Moonstone jewelry it is" i answered while taking the tiara and rings. As we laughed some more and got ready together, I felt my worries slide away.

Namjoon P.O.V.

"I want you both to be on your best behavior and do exactly as I say" I sighed and glanced out the window we were almost there. "Yes you have said this like a thousand times now! When are we there? I'm bored as hell" Jimin answers, very annoyed. I just ignored him, if he just looked out the window he could see we were at the gates . What an idiot. "Get ready" I said low as I adjusted my outfit and hair real quick.

The carriage stopped at the grand silver and gold gate, quite detailed but no simatrie or straight lines. Once they let us through we could see their palace a lot better, very colorful for some reason. "Lunaria is crazy, who put pastel yellows and light blues together on a palace?!" Jimin said. I laughed in response, he read my mind for once. The carriage stopped again at the big stairs to the palace where the king was waiting. The door opened and as soon as I stepped out I squinted my eyes. Too much sunlight.

"Welcome Crown prince Namjoon of Solaris!" It was an unusually happy and light response, not what I was expecting. "King Lorance, I am so humbled to be here. Please meet my travel companions. My little brother Jimin and my confidant Yoongi" I answered with a slight smile and bowed at him. As i looked up someone else had joined us, she was like the king dressed up in the kingdom's colours. Her face was very pretty and the way she walked was graceful, this must be the queen. A little young if i'm honest. "Sorry i'm late" she tried to whisper to the king "Im princes y/n, i'm honored to host you and your companions". Well that explains why she's so young, but something about her made me speechless.

"Namjoon, your mound is open" wishperd Yoongi. I quickly closed my mouth and said "I look forward to working with you, your majesty, but if we could perhaps be shown to our rooms and freshen up. We have had a long journey to get here". I didn't take my eyes off the princess. She looked very serieus, mad even, I'm pretty sure she doesn't want us here. "but of course i'll have my staff help you with your luggage. Please rest before the feast tonight, it's gonna be grand!" We took a bow and followed the staff to our rooms.

Later that day, Taehyung P.O.V.

stress was building in the palace, the prince had arrived... The only good thing coming from this was the feast. All kinds of traditions are being pulled out for this, very exciting to be honest. The only thing not so great is that Dami smacked a book in my face, i didn't do the firework spell correctly. It's important for tonight, so now I'm walking with a bag of ice on my face. "Sorry I hit you, you should just know this spell. If you ever wanna be the royal wizard you can't make simple mistakes like this" Dami is a very nice person and a great teacher she just gets annoyed easily. She doesn't like talking about it but she's actually a very scared and lonely person. "It's okay, I should work harder on my studies"I answered and showed her a big smile. Right as we walked past the corner, we saw him... the crown prince of Solaris. Why was he all alone in the halls? "Dami do you see him? That's that prince right?" I whispered and slightly nudged my head to the prince. "looks cocky and pretentious... yeah that's has to be the prince" she whispered back and immediately after walked towards him. "Dami!" I whisper/scream. welp all I can do is follow.

 "You're not supposed to wander around '' I had never in my life heard someone talk that blunt to royalty, I was in utter shock. the prince looked just as shocked as me and answered: "excuse me?" He collected his schock and turnt very serieus "I might be seen as an enemy and I don't know if this is how you people talk to royalty, but I don't suppose or advise you to do so" Princy boy looked pissed. "To answer your question I was looking to talk to the princes before the feast. A party of that importance can be a bit intimidating to have a good first conversation". i pulled Dami's arm a bit to signal her to calm down, i could feel her anger for this guy.

"The princess is getting ready for the feast right now and strangers are not allowed in her quarters" I answered calmly. He turned to me and looked me up and down before answering "well I'm technically no stranger so if you could just show me to her rooms, servant" he really emphasised the last word making me kinda annoyed. "he's the royal wizard, you don't get to talk to him like that" Dami answers without any hesitation. i felt my heart sink, i'm not the royal wizard yet and i might never be... all i am right now is a servant. "It's okay i'll show you to her room" i said not making eye contact with them. It hurts knowing that I'll always be just a server, just a wizard, the word royal won't change anything...

y/n P.O.V.

"I'm really not looking forward to the feast" I complained as I was staring at the plate of pastries in front of me. "y/n i dont have time for this right now, your dad asked me to oversee the kitchen!" Handong answers while checking the cooks. "and besides you should be in your room getting ready, this is a political event after all". I rolled my easy and sneakily took a pastry from the plate. I can never resist the amazing food the kitchen makes, they are truly the best of all the kingdoms.

"Princess dont eat all the food!" said one of the kitchen maids while taking the plate to a different table. I still had my mount stuffed so I just smiled sheepishly. Handong just shot me one look and I already knew she wanted me to stop bothering the kitchen staff. She took a seat right in front of me and started talking "I haven't talked to you after you met the prince, did something happen?" I shook my head in response "he seems really polied, very tradisional prince behavior". handong giggled "tell me more was he handsome?" My eyes widened "what no! he's from solaris, why would i even think that he's hot?!" She laughed some more at me "knowing you, you wouldn't give him the complement of being polied if he wasn't a pretty boy and you were the one throwing around the word hot sooo..." I gave her a dead stare before I softly answered "he's really tall okay". After laughing some more we both decided I should start to get ready for the feast.