Masking the Past

For her Freedom, for her Life (Prologue)

"They are quickly approaching. We must do something, NOW! If Princess One gets into the hands of the enemies, their will be no hope for us!" 

"We know, but the kingdom is in shambles already! We had thousands of casualties and nearly 72% of the Celestial kingdom has been taken over by the Oceanic Kingdom and Volcanic Kingdom. The Forest Kingdom has betrayed us and joined with the Mountain Kingdom, and most of our allies have been defeated, surrendered, captured, or betrayed us! The Celestial Kingdom is already in ruins! Our only hope is to give them Princess One!"

"Bu-but, Princess One is still so young! Only 15 years of age! We can't possibly allow her life to be ruined like this!"

"Have you tried a marriage contract with the other kingdoms?"

"With the measly state of the Celestial Kingdom, every other kingdom has refused!"

"We have no other choice!"

"I agree with Sir Pluto!"

"Sir Pluto, Mister Mars, and Sir Leo is correct, King Jupiter, Queen Venus. I'm afraid to avoid any more destruction, we must surrender Princess One."

"We can't!"

"We must!"

"SHUT UP!"

Eyes turned to face a young blond man, his face shadowed with anger. He stood up, slamming his palms against the table. "We are not sacrificing my cousin. I will not allow it! Have we not sworn to protect the royal family with out lives?"

"Bu-but, Lord Arion, protecting the kingdom comes first. You are young, so you are not the wisest.You father, the late Lord Planetes would've agreed that the kingdom comes first before everything. Right, Lady Lyra?"

Blue eyes glared at the man. "Do not bring my husband into this argument. Protecting the kingdom may be important, but Princess One is the future of the kingdom."

Unbeknownst to the officials and nobles, two figures stood outside, eavesdropping. Luckily, most of the guards were out on patrol, so there was no one guarding the doors from outside.

One had her hands covering her mouth, her body shaking nonstop as tears of sadness and fear dripped from her blue-purple eyes, down her porcelain cheeks, and dripped onto her elegant orange gown. A tiara which appeared as if made by stars was perched on top of her her long platinum blond hair.

Next to her, with slim pale arms wrapped around her in a comforting hug was another girl with similar features. They both bore the same porcelain skin, long, pale hair, and blue-purple eyes, though this figure's eyes had colors which were more balanced out while the previous figure had eyes which were more blue. This figure adorned a pink dress and has older, more matured feature, though both had astounding beauty. tears dripped from her eyes as she cried along with the first girl. Suddenly, the one adorned in pink stood up straight, wiping her tears away, determination taking over her features as she looked at the crying figure.

"One, I swear, I will protect you and this kingdom."

Before the girl now identified as Princess One could protest, the other girl had already swung the doors opened and stormed into the meeting room.

"Lady Aria what in the star's name are you do-"

Before he could finish his sentence, the girl, Aria, held up her hand, demanding silence. When the room was finally silent, she looked up, determination filling his eyes.

"Take my cousin, Princess One, and flee. Protect her with your lives. I will pose as her and allow myself to be captured until the day where One is old enough to hold the reins of the Celestial Kingdom."

Protests echoed erupted from her elder brother, Arion, and her mother, Lady Lyra, but as he held her hand up again, they were silenced, seeing the young girl of eighteen so determined.

"As you guy's said before, we have sworn out lives to protect the princess, for she is the future of the kingdom. I will sacrifice my freedom, my soul, my life, for her's. For Princess One's freedom, for her life, so she may not have to see the true horrors of the world quite yet.

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AN: What do you think? This story is heavily based off the song Servant of Evil and the anime, Akatsuki no Yona.

This is just the beginning, so future chapters will be longer....

Cover not mine. All right belong to the original artist.

I'm pretty sure, One is pronounced "Oh-ne" and not like the number...correct me if I'm wrong...