Lost

Chapter 1

Once upon a time, a long time ago...

There was a beautiful princess who was the daughter of the beloved king. She was beautiful and kind-ish and she was very good at stealing the hearts of young men from all over her and a few neighboring kingdoms. She was also quite good at singing. With her hair bleached to an orangey-brown and her skin as fair as snow, the princess' name was... Jessica, the ice princess. One of the many hearts Princess Jessica stole was that of a lowly peasant who lived in one of the kingdom's villages, Ryan. Ryan, a young boy with decent length black hair and intrigued brown eyes, knew he had no chance with the beautiful princess (And by "no chance" I really mean no chance... At all-Ever!). Nevertheless, Ryan continued to daydream and hope and wish that someday Princess Jessica would be his. This daydream of Ryan became rapidly distracting to him and got in the way of his work. Ryan was a young man who needed to raise money and focus on his future, not Princess Jessica. One day, once he had returned home from his work, Ryan had decided to go on a whim and tell the princess about his affections for her and hoped that she wouldn't disregard his feelings and order her guards to throw him out with the trash, which is a rather big hope.

Princess Jessica had fallen head over heels for...a handsome, creepy... But handsome prince of another kingdom. One fatal night, the lovely princess decided to sneak into the woods that night to go and meet her "Prince Charming". Word of Princess Jessica's rendezvous with the foreign Prince came to the restaurant Ryan worked at: Hikui Kurasu No Resutoran. However, the part about the princess of this land meeting up with a prince was completely disregarded. He spoke to his co-worker and almost-brother/best friend, Andrew, about this matter. "Hey, Drew, so I was thinking about finally confessing to the fair Princess Jessica tonight!" Ryan excitedly yet quietly stated so no one else could hear.

Andrew looked back at Ryan with a straight face. "I get the feeling this is a bad idea," Andrew muttered and pushed his square-shaped glasses up to the ridge of his nose.

"So, I was thinking that could come with me! It would be fun! You can watch the sunset while I watch for the princess!"

"So, we're going to stalk her?"

"No, I'm going to be confessing my love to her," Ryan corrected.

Andrew furrowed his black eyebrows for a moment before sighing. "Fine. I don't want see you die a lonely stalker. But remember, she'll have no idea who we are so..."

"Yay! Thanks Drew!~" Ryan said happily and awkwardly hugging Ryan. Andrew sighed again. "You'll just meet at the edge of the woods at sunset. I'll bring some bread crumbs! Oh, and maybe a flashlight. Then we'll follow the Princess until she listens to me!" The plan Ryan had just conjured was flawless! Absolutely flawless!

Night arrived quickly and the boys met up at the time Ryan stated earlier in the day: sunset. Ryan and Andrew stepped a few feet into the woods before hiding behind a bush. "You think I can have a handful of these?" Andrew asked Ryan, pointing to the bag of bread crumbs.

"No!" Ryan whisper-shouted.

"Potato!" Andrew shouted in an awkward high-pitched voice and dove a hand into the bag of bread crumbs.

"Drew! What the heck man!" Ryan whined.

"Cheese!" Andrew exclaimed with half-chewed, half-sobered on breadcrumbs in his mouth. Ryan flinched at Andrew's unattractive appearance.

"Shh! Princess Jessica!" Ryan whispered and pointed to the Princess Jessica who was riding horseback on cue. The unsuspecting princess trotted past this bush.

"What are we doing? Lets go," Andrew said, putting the bread crumbs down.

"No! She may see us!" Ryan exclaimed, frantically waving his arms about.

"Wasn't that the point of this mission? And besides, that's going to attract her more than us following her now," Andrew replied with a snort. Ryan childishly stuck his tongue out at Andrew.

Andrew didn't do anything and right when Ryan thought that he had won this argument, Luke shouted in his high-pitched silly voice, "Banana, poop, cheese, potato!" Ryan was dumbfounded. In his normal voice, Andrew advised, "If you want to follow the princess, we should probably do it now." After Andrew's "brilliant" stalling, the two boys stealthily trailed Princess Jessica and the white steed she was riding.

A few minutes later, Princess Jessica safely rode into a clearing to find that her so-called "Prince Charming" seducing some other girl. Andrew and Ryan, who were still trailing the princess, both flinched at the "Prince Charming." Princess Jessica, dismounted from her horse, shrieked and ran away, abandoning her beautiful and fit white steed. "Well... He's creepy but is he Wi-"

Before Andrew could finish his sentence, Ryan was muttering to himself, "Kill him or go after Princess Jessica? Kill him or go after Princess Jessica? He made Princess Jessica cry! But I want the princess for myself!!!!" Ultimately, Ryan went with the latter and ran after Princess Jessica who ran in the opposite direction of the village. Andrew chased after his childhood friend and everyone forgot about the important breadcrumbs which were being devoured at the moment by small woodland creatures.