Of Angels and Ninjas

Prologue

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a Sapphire Princess who lived in the kingdom of Wardington.

The kingdom was ruled by King Leon Von Hertzon and was made up of the king and his family, nobles, commoners, and ninjas. While the kingdom was peaceful for the most part, there were still disputes and tension between the nobles and the ninjas. And the reason for this was quite simple: The nobles despised the ninjas for stealing their valuables and the ninjas hated the nobles for their greedy behavior and for their haughty attitude. There was not much the king himself could do, for he too despised the ninjas.

Although, even though the ninjas loathed the nobles, there was only one noble family that they could not hate: the Sapphire Princess. The Sapphire Princess was loved by all of Wardington, and even the ninjas, liked her. She was known for her beauty, for she had orange locks that enhanced the shape of her face and flowed beautifully down her back, dark chocolate brown eyes, pale pink lips that are always curved up in a smile, rosy cheeks and pale skin. Ironically, this young lady was not even a princess.

The so-called 'Sapphire Princess' was actually a duchess, whose real name is Lady Alice Gehabich, for her nickname was given to her by the people of Wardington. Lady Alice lived in a smaller mansion than most nobles with her grandfather, Duke Michael Gehabich, and around twenty or so servants. Even though she was known for her beauty, her kindness and politeness made her even more well loved. Her servants absolutely adored her, praising her for her gentleness and even poor peasants and commoners blessed her for her generosity.

Lady Alice and her grandfather had very little valuables, for they gave many of their valuables to the needy and poor and kept sentimental items, such as the tiara that her mother had owned and the engagement ring that the young girl's father gave her mother. The young girl had lost her parents in a horse and carriage accident at a very young age, and her grandfather, took care of his granddaughter from that moment on.

However, Lord Michael was growing older and he knew that he didn't have very much time left. He wanted his granddaughter to be taken care of after his death, and the only way he could ensure that, was to find Alice a husband. Being the gentle man he was, Lord Michael wanted to find his granddaughter a husband that would love her unconditionally, for he didn't want to force a marriage onto Alice. He could care less about the money and status; he just wanted his granddaughter happy. He came up with the idea of having young noble bachelors who were around his granddaughter's age to come to Gehabich Manor and from that, Alice would choose her husband.

As soon as Lord Michael declared his wish for Lady Alice, noblemen from nearly every kingdom came flocking to the Gehabich Manor. From the lowest nobles to the archdukes and dukes, nearly every young bachelor came to the Sapphire Princess' door. Word spread around town of how the Sapphire Princess will find her Prince, and everyone was talking about it, even the ninjas who wanted nothing to do with the nobility, were speaking over the issue. It wouldn't be long until the princess would become the talk of the town once again.

End of Chapter 1.

Note: Hello! As you can see, I made just some very small fixes to this chapter; the very first original of this chapter was quite horrifying and because it was in third-person, it was difficult for me to continue on with the story. So instead, I decided to replace that chapter with this one! Please go read the second chapter of this story! It should be up by now! ( ･ω･)ﾉ