Gamea, White Chess Lands,
The sun is shines high in the sky and the birds are singing on the White birch trees surrounding the cobblestone path. A figure, covered by an old worn cloak, walks along the thinning crowd as the sun, formerly high in the sky, starts to wane.
"Did ya hear about the princess?"
"Yer mean princess Pinky?"
Upon hearing the name of the princess, the cloaked figure stops to listen to the mindless chatter of the common folk.
"Ah, what'd she do this time? She dont deserve to be the heir of the White kingdom…"
The person inches closer and takes a seat near by to listen to their talk.
"Oh, ye will never believe what I heard, she insulted the BLACK Duchess of Checkers and poured a whole pot o' tea on er! And the worst part is that they were tryin'a make peace!"
"Just when I thought she couldn't get any worse!"
"I 'erd she were locked in er tower, too light a punishment fer what she did if ye ask me!"
"Ay, she's the worst princess we've 'ad in centuries, I tell ya, centuries!"
The cloaked figure seems to get a little angry at the cruel remarks towards the princess, but after thinking it over, they too, believe that the princess has an awful temperament.
They get up to leave as the commoners keep mindlessly insulting their princess. They walk further along the road, ignoring the heedless gossip of passers by, as they find their way around the vast expanse of the White palace towards the even grander garden.
「The king and queen seem to have spent all the money they won from the last war they won against the black kingdom, yet they still have more. If only the common folk had half the money they spent in one day, everyone's lives would be improved.」
Brushing aside that thought, they crawl behind the bushes before heading towards one of the largest of the marble towers. She attempts to scale the tower, using the large ornamental windows for support, but marble is tricky to climb, so after making it two stories, she jumps inside the tower. The security is so lacking it's alarming.
The whole palace is made of marble and decked out in silver, god knows why they decided to use silver but our companion is too poor to afford wood, so no one's complaining. Upon seeing the door bolted shut, she searches for a hairpin, yet she is unable to find one, so instead, she jumps onto the windowsill to go around through the window.
「Ah, she seems to have left her window open, lucky me.」
They climb into the window and throw themselves onto the soft, carpeted floor in the grandiose room adorned with the finest decorations, a chandelier, and a walk-in closet bigger than their whole house, before propping themselves up to see said princess.
Instead of being greeted with a warm smiling face, our cloaked mystery-person is greeted with a scowling face.
"Hey Pinky."
"What in the name of Gamea do you want?"
"Not the warmest welcome from my princess I see… the Queen locked you up in your room cus you, 'spoke your mind' to the Duchess?"
"Well, yes, but it's got nothing to do with you so you can go back to your ditch in the middle of nowhere!"
Princess Pinky of the White Chess Lands, is quite a sight to behold… for all the wrong reasons. From her massive glasses, two plaits and gaudy dresses to her unibrow and skin (which has seen better days), there is absolutely nothing good about her, right down to her attitude!
"How now Pinky! I just wanted to check in on you, I was worried you might do something terrible."
「to the people working for you, but if I said that I would be the first of those people.」
She takes off her cloak and stands up, she, although being a commoner, is quite the opposite of the princess. She has long golden curls which compliment her similarly coloured eyes, and freckles on her pale, yet dirty face. The callouses on her hands are but the fruits of all her training, and she looks good even in such rags of a cloak, right down to her calm, witty temperament.
"UGH! She was being so rude! Can you believe she called me arrogant just because I didn't get up to greet her? Such a stuck up old lady!"
"I think it's admirable that you stood up for yourself, Pinky."
「I feel so bad for the poor Duchess…」
"Yeah yeah, whatever, you have it easy Yellowy, my life is the worst! Mom took away all my maids so I have to get up and ring a bell if I need anything!"
Yellowy feels slightly disheartened by the comment since she has to work many odd jobs at night which is already dangerous all while working as a maid in the palace, even her ailing father works as a gardener for the royal family and they still have trouble making ends meet, but Pinky has always been like this, there's no changing her.
[KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK]
"WILL YOU STOP THAT ALREADY???" Pinky screams in the direction of the door.
"I only just arrived… oh well, I guess I should leave unless your parents see me here while you're grounded."
"Mhm, go die however you want, it must be my stupid STUPID mom."
"Hah…"
She scales the tower back down till she reaches the ground before walking away.
「And she still wonders why she has no friends… unbelievable.」
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"In the name of Gamea, WHAT DO YOU WANT?!?"
"Pinky, were you talking to yourself or did you finally convince another person to talk to you?"
"Oh my god, what kind of mother are you? All those princesses and noble ladies are weirdos who are all afraid of me for some reason… I'm the coolest!"
At first glance, you could never guess that the lovely lady was her mother, in fact, Pinky looks quite the same age, if not older, than her mother. She was a gorgeous woman indeed, with crimson hair, pale skin, ruby red eyes, she was only the most refined woman in all the land, for she is Queen Rose of the White Kingdom. Much to every young bachelor's dismay (in her time), she was wedded to King Antonio of the White Kingdom. Unfortunately, not everyone respected her so, those people include- her daughter, Princess Pinky.
"Lest you forget, my daughter, you threw Lady Coral into the fountain the last time she came over, which was seven years ago…"
"Why do you care what I do you old woman? My life is none of your business."
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT?! I AM YOUR MOTHER- and as a matter of fact- MY ONLY BUSINESS IS YOUR LIFE YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE-"
"Rose, she's just a child, calm down a little."
The Queen looks back and tries to forget her rage upon seeing her husband, King Antonio. They say he was quite a dashing young man in his He has no real say in matters of court, or their family, Rose is the only reason the White Kingdom is flourishing the way it is today. Anyhow, he still tries to spoil his one and only daughter, much to no avail since whenever he meets her she always complains about one thing or the other, but not to worry, for he was sure she was doing fine.
"A child, you say Antonio, A CHILD?! SHE'S ALREADY SIXTEEN! SHE SHOULD BE GETTING MARRIED BY NOW! If she doesn't learn some manners-"
"Rose, Rose calm down, if she is a good ruler then she doesn't need to consider marriage yet does she?"
"Well let me enlighten you Antonio, SHE'S AS DUMB AS A ROCK! No, DUMBER THAN A ROCK!"
"Oh my GOSH! Stop shouting already! I am the smartest person ever!"
Rose is this close to zapping her daughter with electric magic when Antonio says,
"Well, who knows she might actually know something. Why don't you test her?"
"Fine then. Answer my questions or you don't want to know the consequences, what is 7 plus 2?"
"S-seven? Is that a new kind of desert? UGH you've locked me up for a day and I'm missing out already!"
Rose's anger is now visible, Antonio manages to calm her down by saying that she will grow old faster if she gets angry, before telling her to try another topic.
"Alright, show me your powers."
A spark that is of a lower voltage than a light bulb turned off comes from Pinky's hands. Antonio manages to convince Rose to give Pinky one last chance.
"Don't expect another chance after this Pinky. Recite your abc's."
"Umm, oh! I know this one! It goes like a, b, c, e, t, ummm what was next? I think it was z…"
"DON'T TEST MY PATIENCE! THAT IS ENOUGH!"
"I don't know if I should blame you or the tutor…even Yellowy knows this and she didn't even have a proper education! You are a disgrace to the family name!"
"R-rose… don't you think-"
"No, we've been coddling her for too long, that's why she's like this! If you have no manners, no knowledge and no class whatsoever, then I give you only the choice of marriage!"
"Yeah yeah, do whatever you want, you would never get rid of me."
[SLAM]
Rose and Antonio walk out after slamming the door behind them.
"Oh Antonio, what are we going to do?"
"I think we only have one choice Rose…"
Rose walks into her office and dreads what she is about to do, but Pinky is a lost cause, this is certainly the only way, besides, the Black Kingdom has been on cordial terms with them since the last war which happened when Pinky was a child, surely this is what they all want…
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Gamea, Black Chess Lands
Swords clashing within a heartbeat, and the rush of adrenaline fills the room. Both are skilled warriors, although one is far superior to the other. It seems to be a man and a woman, although the man stands without moving, sword in one hand and a book in the other, while the woman attacks him on all fronts.
[CLANG]
The woman is struggling but the man is also being worn down slowly and has started to move to defend himself, although he is formidable, she too, is a worthy opponent.
On a closer look they appear to be royalty judging from their attire and coronets, the woman is wearing a dress which is on the simpler side for royalty and it seems to be slowing her down, but she has no choice but to wear it. She has long, silky, purple hair tied up in a braid, and her eyes are a dark violet hue, fierce with ambition. The man is similarly dressed in noble attire with his hair in a fringe to the side. Suddenly the man stops moving and the woman follows suit.
" Mother!" he says.
Immediately upon hearing this, the girl tosses her sword and the boy tosses his book before elegantly catching the sword.
The girl too catches the book, although not as elegantly, and she tries to wipe away as much sweat from her face as possible.
"Hahah, thank you" The boy says as he kneels on one knee while holding the sword.
"Shut. Up. Bastard."
Not a second later the door slams open to reveal a dignified, aged woman standing in the door frame. She appears to be on the older side judging from the wrinkles on her face, her dark violet curly hair is tied up in a low bun and she wears a dark black crown, which can only mean one thing, she must be Queen Amethyst of the Black Kingdom.
"Hmm… Good."
"Greetings, your majesty."
The girl curtseys to show her respect while the boy bows slightly behind her. The Queen walks right past her straight to the boy.
「I'm also your daughter, it wouldn't kill to show me some love…」
"Your Majesty-"
"No need to be so formal with me darling Greenie, call me mother."
"...Mother, what brings you here?"
"Can I not come to visit my own son when I please?"
「She's ignoring Purplie on purpose isn't she?」
"Well, anyways I have news, we got a letter from the White kingdom, asking for peace!"
Purplie spins around and asks sceptically "Peace…? Why would they ask for peace? They've won every single war we fought so far."
"Well, girl, you don't need to know about such things, anyhow we have even better news after that!"
"Oh? What could be bette
r than that?" Greenie asks suspiciously.
"Well, my darling little boy Greenie is getting married to the Princess of the White Kingdom!"
"WHAT?!"