The King and I

Summary: When Brady and Mikayla get trapped in a cave, will true feelings be finally revealed? Will Boomer find a way to save the pair? Will Lanny finally be king?

Chapter 1: When Mason's Away, We Will Play

Mason hesitantly grabbed his bags. He sighed heavily as he eyed the twin kings. What was supposed to be his most relaxing day of the year became his biggest worry. Traditionally, as secretary, Mason was given a full day of vacation, and paid at that. He typically took his beloved daughter, Mikayla with him to enjoy quality time doing some of his favorite leisure activities –surfing, fishing, machete sharpening, and dancing. But Mikayla wasn't seven years old anymore. Every year she showed a little more disinterest in having to go off with him. Although it broke his heart a little, he knew that his daughter was growing up, doing her own thing. So this time, he agreed to enjoy his day off on his own (accompanied by a few guard friends). He decided to leave his girl in charge of the troublemakers. Although somewhat doubtful, he was sure that his daughter would not let anything crazy happen. If there was one thing Mikayla inherited from her father, it was her ability to regulate.

"Okay you two," Mason began his final lectures before his departure. "I do not want you guys getting into any trouble. I will only be gone for 24 hours and I would like to see the castle in one piece."

Brady and Boomer gave a chuckle. Trouble? Yeah, right. For all they knew, they were perfect angels.

"I have left Mikayla to be in charge while I'm away. I expect you two to follow her orders. She'll be watching your every move." Mason warned.

Brady nudged his brother playfully, "She'll especially like watching my moves..." Boomer gave a giggle at his brother's flirtatious comment. Brady couldn't help but express his love for Mikayla.

Mason threw a death glare at Brady. "And if you even think about messing with my daughter, I'll be making sure that you get to see my moves as well." He took out his machete and skillfully began cutting the air. It was uncomfortably close to the twins. The two backtracked away from the sharp object, horrified. Their scares didn't stop as they unexpectedly bumped into Mikayla, standing with her hands on her hips, ready to discipline. Boomer and Brady let out a yelp.

Mason put his machete away and greeted his daughter. "Mikayla are you sure you can handle being alone for one day?" His concern seemed to be growing as the time drew nearer for him to leave. Not only did he have to worry about Mikayla running palace security, but now he had to worry about the overly-friendly king and whatever intentions he had for his daughter.

"Yes, daddy! I'll be perfectly fine. I want you to stop worrying and enjoy your relaxing day off. Please." Mikayla assured her father. This had to be the hundredth time he asked her if she would be okay.

As much as she loved her father, she really didn't care for his protectiveness. So when she finally convinced him enjoy his day trip without her, she was thrilled when he finally agreed. It's not that she didn't enjoy spending time with her dad; she just needed to get some independence of her own. She hoped that this was her opportunity to show her dad that she could handle things on her own and maybe he'd start letting her out more. Although it didn't seem like it, Mikayla had a potentially active social life. If she weren't working with father or under house arrest, she'd be at the beach parties her friends threw.

Mason gave an apprehensive look then sighed in defeat. There was no way of convincing his daughter to come or put someone else in charge. The only thing left to do was, to gather his belongings and enjoy his day off. Before that opened his arms widely, needing one last hug.

"Aw, I'm going to miss you too, Mason!" Boomer exclaimed and met Mason's arms.

Brady also joined in. "Don't miss us too much when you're away!"

Mason rolled his eyes, gave a quick hug to the kings, and pushed them quickly. Mikayla gave a smiled and hugged her father. "Bye daddy! Have fun and you have nothing to worry about!" And with that, Mason was off.

"Bye guys! See you all tomorrow morning!" Mason waved and made his way out.

"So, I was thinking we could mattress sled down the flight of stairs…" Boomer suggested as one of their first antics.

"Good idea, Boom! Then after, we could turn the outside plaza into a slip-and-slide…but with chocolate!" Brady mentioned. Boomer gave a bright smile and high-fived his brother. This was going to be the best 24 hours of their luxurious new life.

Mikayla gave a stern look at the boys. "There will not be any mattress sledding or slipping and sliding whatsoever. This time tomorrow, my dad will be back, wanting to see a peaceful palace where you two haven't destroy everything. Please, please, please do not mess this up for me. This one of my only chances to prove to my dad that I can handle things on my own."

"Well you know Mikayla, we all know that you can handle a lot of things, but there's one thing you can't handle… All of this!" Brady shot back flirtatiously, alluding to his body. "BOOM, BOOM, POW!" He flexed his arms, hoping to allure the girl of his dreams.

Mikayla rolled her eyes. "Now, I'm not trying to be the bad guy here. So I've decided to have all of us go out! There's a festival and a farmer's market in the village to the east. There's gonna be games, rides, a petting zoo…"

"What the heck are we waiting for? Let's go!" Boomer interrupted. The boy was won over by the mention of petting zoo.

"Oh! So you're taking Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dummer to this festival and not even considering inviting, me!" Lanny slipped out of the door, arms folded. While he wanted more than anything to be alone in the palace thinking he were king, he'd much rather try and get the kings into another predicament, hopefully resulting with at least serious injury, thus making him the official king of Kingow.

"Aw, Cousin Lanny! You'd probably miss us too much for being gone for so long! Of course you can come with us!" Boomer suggested.

Lanny gave a half smile. His quick thinking allowed for him to come up with another conniving plan…

"Fine Lanny, you can come." Mikayla said in defeat.

Instead of taking care of two boys, now she was stuck with three. No matter. Nothing was going to ruin today. Not Boomer's impulsiveness, not Brady's repulsiveness, not Lanny's maliciousness.

"Now, to get to the east side of the island is not easy. The walk there takes quite some time. If we want to get there with enough time to enjoy the festivities, we need to leave soon." Mikayla addressed.

Brady let out a laugh. "And why can't we use the cruiser?"

"Because, if you don't remember, you two geniuses drove it in jagged rock terrain. The replacement tires won't be here for another two weeks." Mikayla reminded.

Boomer and Brady looked at each other and nodded. She was definitely right. The two did decide to take it out on a jungle ride and unfortunately wound up with four flat tires.

"Now with my calculations and your…athleticism…we should be there in two hours!" Mikayla exclaimed.

Boomer looked at her with wide eyes. "Two hours? Are you crazy? We're going to travel two hours to eat and dance? We can do that here!"

Mikayla gave a small smile. "Well Boomer, the crowning of Miss East Kinkow will be occurring and I do believe, that a few portions of the event will include swim suit, talent competition, and…oh! Beyonce dance-off."

"Like I said earlier, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"