Dawn of Fate

24.Who Hath Forsworn to Love, Do I Live Dead.

It was about ten years ago when she met Chasm that day in the red palace.

Luminous was five years old, sitting in the grass by the duck pond with the other noble girls around her age. All the ducks and geese playing duck, duck, goose-like they always do. But her, Maybell, and the other girls were talking about the play they just saw.

"It was so romantic!" Squealed Maybell. "The way the knight kissed the princess after he recused her. Their hearts were racing when he helped her up, then their faces were up close to each other. Then the moment came and, and then they kissed!"

"Oh Maybell. You're such a romantic." Laughed a pink pigtail lady in waiting named Lulu.

"I can't help it. That's how I want my first kiss to be."

Luminous felt her face brighten when Maybell laughed. Her laughed sounded like the cutest jingling of bells. Her smile rivaled the sun even when she devilishly smirked. Her perfect fair skin looked soft to the touch wrapped in her frilly dark red dress that matched her velvety hair. That cascaded in big ringlets down her back.

All the other girls were laughing with her. When the baby ducks and geese stampeded through the grass towards them.

"Eeek!"

All the girls squealed moving out of the way all except for Maybell who froze on the grass. Luminous pulled her out of the way, their faces becoming close to each other panting. Luminous' heart raced as she stared into her wild forest green eyes.

Luminous leaned in kissing Maybell. Her first thought was that her lips were soft and that she smelled sweet like roses. But before Luminous could deepen the kiss Maybell shoved her away. She splashed into the duck pond. Becoming soaked from her black bow that tied her long wavey blonde hair to her black buckle dress shoes.

"Eww! Luminous!" Shrieked Maybell.

"Eww! Luminous was your first kiss!" Squealed Lulu.

Maybell's face turned as red as her hair. Her mouth opened and closed a couple of times before she screamed out.

"You ruined my first kiss you yellow-haired freak! Don't talk to me anymore Luminous!"

Luminous laid face-up staring at the blue sky through the clear cool water. She could get up anytime she wanted, her white frilly dress wasn't even heavy despite being soaked. It was her heart that felt too heavy to let her up. She felt comfortable drownding.

But before she could let herself. A familiar freckled hand grip hers pulling her up out of the duck pond.

"Luminous, are you okay? Why did Maybell push you into the pond?" Asked the red prince.

She coughed out the water from her lungs, like the feelings from her heart. They both stood in the duck pond, water up to their knees. The red prince's face looked into hers softly, his freckles and warm smile sparkled in the sun like they always did. She tried to match his smile, but she could already feel the mask slipping.

"I...she..." Luminous stammered her eyes watering.

Luminous burst out in tears. The red prince's brown eyes softened with concern.

"Hey, Luminous uh..." He gently hugged her, wiping away her tears. "What's this behind your ear?"

A cookie then appeared in his hand once he pulled his hand back from behind her ear.

"How did you do that?" Laughed Luminous.

"Because I'm secretly a very powerful magical wizard." Laughed the red prince.