❝ 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐮 ❞ [💕] 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚡 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

[1] 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜

It was nearly midnight, yet there was still a certain someone, or maybe someones still lurking in the castle. In a brightly decorated room, y/n wore a dark sweatshirt, with the hood covering her messy h/c locks. She sat at a dimly candlelit table finishing up papers that her oh so tired dad hadn't finished in the day. Setting her pen down, y/n let out a sigh, leaning back in her chair. "That should be all for today at least..." She thought out loud. Looking up at the ceiling, y/n felt her eyelids get heavier and heavier, soon enough shutting her eyes completely.

That is until a loud noise echoed from the halls, making the sleepy princess jolt up almost out of her seat. y/n pulled her hood on further, almost covering her eyes. A thief in the night? How cliche... Unless maybe father is up? Still, can't be too sure... y/n quietly walked out of her bedroom, not wanting to alert anyone if it was an intruder. She would get the jump on them, for sure! y/n walked down many of the castle halls, not seeing anything suspicious. Hm, false alarm, maybe?  y/n shrugged off her suspicions, turning on her heel. What she didn't expect was to bump into another figure as soon as she gave up.

y/n fell on her rear end, letting out a small groan. She looked in front of her getting a glance at the person who she ran into. The figure had hair similar to a flame, a small pair of glasses, and as for his face; a red dot and a scar accompanied by the glare he was giving her at the moment.

"What in the- WHO in the blazes are you?!" The intruder whisper-shouted at y/n, dusting off his coat and still keeping the same glare he had before. y/n thought of how she could get out of this situation, how to get this rando out of her home, and then, an idea popped inside that clever brain of hers.

"You snuck in here too? Didn't know this place was so popular.." Yes, acting like she doesn't live here, that should work! y/n stood up, putting her hand out towards the intruder. "The name's y/n-" She hadn't had enough time to think of a fake name, but there was no recognition of the name on his face, so she should be fine... "And you would beee...?"

The intruder didn't take her hand, instead scoffing, chin up. "I am RED SON, son of the GREAT Demon Bull King and Princess Iron Fan. How could you NOT know who I am?!" It seemed quite hypocritical to y/n, but she didn't feel like giving away her real role here, not yet anyway.

"Ohh, yeah, mkay. So what're you doin' here? Looking for anything specific? Trying to steal? Maybe going for the king, hmm?" y/n leaned against the wall, arms crossed.

"You would be correct with the latter, peasant. For I, Red Son-"

"Why'd you say your name again?"

"I- What?"

"Oh wait you must be monologuing. Continue."

". . ." The intruder- Red Son- looked at y/n, agitated for a few seconds, then continued his speech. "...For I, Red Son, will find the king of this castle, strike him down from where he stands, and make my father the one with the most power over these lands! Now if you excuse me, peasant, I must get back to my duty." He strode past her, his chin in the air once more.

"You're going the wrong way." y/n didn't bother to look back at Red Son, continuing to lean against the wall.

"Uh wha-" He turned his head towards y/n with a confused expression.

"Come oon, follow me. I know the way to the throne, just passed it while looking for uh. Stuff to take." y/n started walking down the hall. Red Son seemed paralyzed for a moment, then quickly went to follow the lass.

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Now where in the heck am I gonna lead this guy? I can't actually lead him to dad... Well, what if... Where were those traps we installed..?  y/n was snapped out of her thoughts with the grumbles of the red-haired boy behind her.