Five Lifetimes Later

Party

It has been a year since my last encounter with the capture targets, and I had believed that I was quite safe. I mean, We had only met once, said like 2 words, then I had disappeared. I was quite sure that they had already forgotten me. I probably would have.

But NO. OF COURSE NOTHING GOES ALONG WITH MY PLANS AND I GET ENGAGED ANYWAY. I begged my parents to annul the engagement, but they just shrugged helplessly. Siiiigh. I am tired just thinking of this. Let's just go to sleep.

Today, my six year old self is going to an important tea party for noble kids to socialize. This was also a scene where the heroine appears and gets closer to the capture targets, but of course the old me had never noticed that. 

I dressed differently than I had at the Queen's Banquet, for this party between kids was supposed to be more informal. I opted for thigh high black boots, a short black skirt, a plain white shirt, a long black trench coat, and for a finishing touch, a tall black fedora hat. You think that this look was too mature for a six year old girl? Scary? Then thank you very much. I wanted to look more intimidating and aloof so that the other kids wouldn't bother me.

When I arrived in my carriage at the tea party, jaws dropped. I smirked, this look was new and original and made me look different from the soft yellow and pink ruffled dresses. Mine was more practical, and I kept Linc inside a large pocket of my coat. 

People made way when I lined up for the buffet, and my eyes lit up. HEELLL YEEAAAHH! I am officially never going to go wear a dress again. Scary and intimidating clothes, here I come!

I scooped heaps of food onto my plate while some others "mysteriously" disappeared. I had been seriously contemplating whether or not to make the entire buffet table "vanish", but then I decided against it. Going down the villainess route would be troublesome.

Balancing my plate stacked with pastries, I found a seat in the very back. I concentrated wholly on eating my food, not even noticing the shrieks coming closer and closer. Chomp. Breathe. Chomp. Breathe. Chomp. Brea-

"Hey, why aren't you coming up to greet me? Aren't I your fiance?"

Choke. Swallow. Cough. Diiie.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you alright?" I felt someone thumping my back. I quickly scooted away from the annoyingly strong knight-in-training. Owww.

"Why are you here?" I asked rudely.

Runin acted offended, "what, are you not happy to see me? I thought we had a connection!"

I glared at him drily and swallowed my bite of croissant before speaking. "My foot is about to have a connection with your face in about... 3... 2... 1." 

"BAM!" I sat back down, calmly resuming my meal as if nothing had happened. I dabbed my mouth with my napkin daintily, glaring at the 3 other capture targets who were staring at me in shock. "What?" I asked, raising my eyebrow.

They all shook their heads quickly, "Nothing... Ma'm." I nodded in satisfaction at their obedience.

I normally wouldn't be this impulsive, but I wanted my engagement with Runin to be cancelled ASAP. I had concluded that the fastest way to do so was to display what horrible princess material I would be, thus leading them to be disgusted and my marriage cancelled. It is actually quite easy, now all that I have to do is just act the way I normally do. I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, woooooh~

I continued to chomp on my food, ignoring their existence. Steak or cupcake? Well, since the prodigies are watching, I should eat the least lady-like thing as possible. Steak it is. I summoned a huge hunk of steak, relishing in the feeling of seeing the guys' bulging eyes. I expertly handled the knife and cut into the steak. When I was finished, I sat back in my chair satisfied, patting my belly. My mouth was surrounded by red juice from the meat that probably looked like blood. Paired with my attire, and the fact that I was holding a knife, I probably looked like a 6 year old serial killer. The guys stared at me with varying expressions of shock, amusement, and horror on their faces.

I twirled the steak knife in my hand with a sinister grin. "Don't get on my bad side," I warned, baring my red streaked teeth. Then I laughed evilly while the boys looked utterly terrified. This is waaaay too much fun.

Fu fu fu. I wanna tease them again.