Retrieving My Princess- Book 2 (Sequel to HSLP)

Reminiscing- Chapter 19

Reminiscing- Chapter 19

A/N: alright so I have a couple of things to clear up…
1. Ariel does not know who Haz is. She thinks Haz and Harry are two completely different people.
2. She still doesn't have every single memory from the tour. She basically has only her opening act memories & her memories of giving speeches after receiving awards.
3. She doesn't remember the tour she had with the lads. She knows who One Direction is, like the basic facts. She also knows she toured with them but she doesn't have those memories exact memories.
4. Of course Ariel is naive. She doesn't have her memories & doesn't necessarily trust people too easily. That's why the only reason why she accepted Adrien's offer was because Adrien used her most valued memory against her. He knew she'd accept instantly, so that's why he offered it to her. Plus, since he’s acting sweet towards her, she thinks he’s always telling her the truth so doesn’t necessarily mistrust everything he says.
I hope that helped. :) now, continue with the update!























Ariel's POV:

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I sat on one of the benches in the school garden. I didn't care that it was cold outside because of the snow. It was two weeks until my first semester here at the music school ended. I was strumming Star while singing the song What's Goin' On by The Veronicas. Tears were streaming down my face.

I had just experienced betrayal. I actually believed that I had found a group of friends here at the music school. Yet little did I know they were only using me. I could still hear Kaitlyn's words while she talked to the rest of our "friends" when they didn't see me coming.

"She's a pathetic girl who doesn't even deserve the scholarship. I'm only talking to her because as we all know. Scholarship students always get record deals. I'm just going to use her until she can get us all a record deal each. Then we can ditch her." The rest of the group laughed at what Kaitlyn said, and high fived her. I didn't let them get the last laugh though. They were standing near some sprinklers, so I decided to get some revenge. I turned them on and I saw them all yell profanities. Kaitlyn turned to see who did it, and she saw me leaning leisurely on the wall. I just smiled sweetly and waved.

She started walking towards me while whipping hair from her face and yelling, "Why you little bloody bitch! How dare you do that?!" I just laughed. She took another step towards me while not noticing the now muddy snow. She slipped and splattered herself. She yelled again. But this time I cut her off.

"I hope next time you try to mess with me and use me, I hope you know what's coming Kaitlyn. Nobody messes with me and gets away with it." I laughed evilly and stalked away. No one had seen what happened besides her crew. That's how I ended up here in the garden. I acted like I wasn't hurt with what she did, but as soon as I was out of sight, I sprinted towards my locker and took out Star. A few minutes later I found myself sitting here.

When I was done singing, I looked up and saw that a girl stood in front of me. I knew who she was just by her jewelry. It was Cher Lloyd. The rock girl at our school.

"Hey Ariel, don't cry about Kaitlyn. She's a bitch. She always messes with scholarship students that way. By the way I loved that song. What's it called?"

She was talking to me as though we had been friends for awhile. Nonetheless I answered. "It's called What's Goin' On by The Veronicas. I love their music."

"Ah no wonder the theme seemed familiar. I also like them. I love that type of music in general. I have a feeling we can be good friends. I mean we have two things in common so far, and if that's not enough, then I don't know what is."

"How do I know you're not using me either?" I asked with a bitter voice.

I saw hurt flash through her eyes, but she answered, "Well for one, I hate Kaitlyn because she used me as well. And two, well I'm a scholarship student as well."

I was hesitant to accept her friendship. I mean I just found out I was being used, so making a new friend so fast is strange. She noticed I was hesitating, so she took off her skull ring and handed it to me.

"Here keep my favorite ring so you can know that my intentions are true. I promise I won't hurt you. Together we can bring Kaitlyn down. Please, will you be my friend?"

I accepted. I mean she's telling the truth. If she wasn't, then she wouldn't have given me her favorite ring. Would she?

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My eyes shot open and I quickly sat up in bed. Cher Lloyd... That's her name. She's the one I call Brat. If she really is as good as a friend as I thought, why did she try to make me see Kaitlyn's bad side two weeks ago? I already knew how Kait was in the past, so that's why the memory didn't faze me. But at the same time, why do I feel so hurt?

I pried my thoughts away from my confusion and looked at my iHome where my iPhone was docked. It was four in the morning. I sighed and threw my covers off. I turned off my alarm and walked back to my bed. I quickly made it and I went into my walk-in closet. I pulled out a long sleeved dark green shirt with a silver Slytherin logo in the front, black leather pants, and dark green Converse. I changed in the walk-in closet and folded my hot pink Minnie Mouse onesie. I left the onesie in the closet, and I closed it behind me. I went back inside my bedroom and walked towards my vanity table. I turned on the small desk lamp so I would see how horrible my hair looked. It was manageable, so I merely did two small side braids so the rest of my wavy hair wouldn't come to my face. I scrunched up my lose hair so it looked somewhat tamed, and I quickly pulled out my makeup. I applied it fast, and then I cursed under my breath. I forgot to brush my teeth. I ran into my loo, brushed them carefully so my makeup wouldn't come off, and ran back into my room. I placed my usual jewelry over myself. I grabbed my leather jacket from the hook and grabbed my iPhone. It read five in the morning, and my eyes widened. Before I ran out the door I grabbed a sticky note with a picture of a boy band, and their logo, on the bottom right corner. On it I wrote:

Dear everyone,

I'm fine. Don't worry. I will be back soon. I left early this morning to visit Daddy. I needed to see him. Don't worry, Adrien is taking me. He promised to take me and hopefully this will solve our conflict. I'm sorry for causing any of you to worry. I won't be coming back to the palace until I see him. I'm sorry, but I love you all.