Author's Notes: Yay I got more than 2 reviews ^^ so here's Rin's POV

Disclaimer: nup, don't own Vocaloid

Again, some slight language but it's fine

whole chapter is written in Rin's POV

Looming above a heavily wooded forest is a tall grey tower with a Princess trapped inside who has known no other life.

Like any other day I woke up in my quaint little room at the very top of the big grey tower, my big grey tower. I was proud to call such a huge structure my home, though I only use the very top few rooms. For my whole life I had lived in what most people call a dreary place. Frankly, I love it.

I mean, I had friends(in the form of two dragons, Luka and Luki), I have free accommodation and I can request anything I want (and get it) without even leaving my room. All this is thanks to Lily.

Lily is my mother figure; she is a witch. However I trust her more than anybody. She was the one who raised me since I was a baby. She's kind, thoughtful and really pretty ^^, nothing like the stereotypical witch, and if I see anyone insulting her I will set Luka and Luki onto them (because a Princess like me need not bother doing the dirty work). Luka and Luki are her, err, well she calls them her 'experiments'…yea, but they're my friends now :3.

Lately Lily seemed really upset. This morning she locked Luka up in a magical cage because she might have plundered one village too many, plus she set a bit of the forest on fire, not that anyone could see, it was only two or three trees. It wasn't anything abnormal, really (Luka and Luki love to sew destruction and panic among poor villagers, heh, not my problem), but that's what Lily did and now both dragons have been sad and gloomy since.

Tonight I questioned Lily about it and she apologised, she told me she was just really shook up.

"Why?" I asked.

Lily sighed. "Rin," she began, "You know I'm not your real mother, right?"

"Yes," I replied. She looked slightly surprised. I can be smart too, you know. Lily did not exhibit the exact same signs of being a genuine mother, but she was still a caring guardian. I figured it out when I was, like, five.

"Ah, ok then. Do you still want me to tell you the story of your past? Or should we skip that?"

"Nah, I think some people might want to know."

"Oh, alright then." Then she began. "A long time ago there was another witch who was jealous of my intelligence and beauty," did I mention Lily was part narcissist too? "She was furious that I had prettier hair than she did. Though we were both blond her hair was thick and ugly, while mine," she flicked her hair behind her back to prove her point. You almost couldn't tell she had been moody just hours ago. "Yeah, just look at my beautiful hair XD. "

I loved her beautiful hair XD. It was so soft and always smells nice ^^

"Anyway," she continued "she panicked I would find a husband before she did. Psh, what an idiot. Like I would want to marry and grow old. Eugh. Though I love kids ^^" I thought maybe this was due to Lily's mad dating skills- at least two guys a week (I only know because sometimes I would spy on Lily after she finishes visiting me and see her walking near the forest where she would meet with her next boyfriend. Obviously they are unaware she is a witch, looking for some poor sap she can squeeze some cash out of to buy ingredients for her 'experiments'). Lily continued: "Yeah well, that girl was paranoid and tsundere. No wonder she couldn't hook up with anyone. But yeah, she found a spell that prevented me from ever having a proper family and I fell for it when she invited me to her house for a party."

Lily loves parties so much she'd even attend if her host was her rival. Poor Lily :(

"Fortunately I was smarter, for I didn't need a partner to have a child. I have my own methods." Translation: she kidnapped me, from a royal family too. That's why I'm a princess locked in a tower. But I don't mind, Lily's a great caregiver. "So I persuaded your parents to let me borrow you permanently." Lily sucks at euphemisms, and she said all that with a carefree smile on her face. Maybe she doesn't know what kidnapping means, but by being a witch she's already on the other side of the law, I guess.

Wait, how does this answer the question? I wanted to know why she was so upset just a few moments ago.

"Ah, the story about your past is the build-up to the rest of the story ^^." Lily likes this face: ^^.

"Ok, tell me the rest of the story then."

Lily went back to sad mode and sighed. "Rin, I've loved every second taking care of you these fifteen years, but there comes a time when every parent has to say goodbye to their child."

OMG Lily sounds like an old woman, something is terribly wrong here.

"The prince of the Golden Kingdom has also reached the age of fifteen. He would want to take over the throne now, but to do so he has to take a princess back with him to the palace. The nearest princess around these parts…is you."

Me? Gasp, "Why?"

"What do you mean, why? That's the law!" What a stupid law.

Lily sighed again and then hugged me. "I'll miss you Rin," her voice was choked up with sobs. "Have fun with your prince. Don't let him boss you around, remember, you're the princess, got it?"

"Y-yes…" I was starting to tear up too.

"Good girl. Goodbye Rin, according to my spies he should set out tomorrow." Wait, she has spies? But I was too sad to care at the moment.

"Bye Lily, I love you."

Lily gave a sad smile before vanishing out the window. I cried myself to sleep that night.

I didn't feel like getting up the next morning. I was feeling sad and gloomy until there was a shout from the window.

"Rin-chan! Wake up!" it was a girl with red hair, really curly red hair, like twin drills on either side of her head. She was flying…ok. I walked over.

"Who are you?"That sounded really mean, but I was in a pissed-off mood.

"My name's Teto, I'm a chimera and also Lily's friend. You're Rin, right? Lily talks a lot about you." She was very cheerful; it kind of pissed me off further.

"Yeah, and what do you want?"

"Lily wanted to tell you good luck today. She didn't feel well enough to come tell you herself."

I felt touched that Lily would go to such lengths for a simple message to be delivered, but also even more pissed off she couldn't come herself.

"Is that it?"

"Um, pretty much and I'm also here to deliver your breakfast." Teto handed me something through the bars of my window. It was a bag of…bread? "It's very special, Lily and Teto made it, and she specifically told Teto not to eat any. You must be really special. Teto loves French bread." Did she just switch to talking in third person? Weird. I accepted the bread and mumbled thanks before Teto flapped her chimera wings and flew away.

I put the bread on my bed. There were three loaves, it smelt delicious, but I couldn't bring myself to eat it. It was Lily's last gift to me. I sighed. Chances are Luki and Luka wouldn't be in the mood to play today. Lily forgot to free Luka, so now she's still stuck in that magic cage. What if she stays there forever? Oh no…

My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by something slamming into the bars. I jumped in shock and then turned around. I saw something white plunged downwards. What the hell was that? I sat still for a moment to calm down. Then I heard a CRASH downstairs. Oh dear, that's where Luka's caged! But Luki is there protecting her. I hope they'll be alright…

"Calm down, Rin. Calm down, Rin…" I muttered in an attempt to calm myself. I did this for a few minutes. Oh good, I feel calmer. Deep breath and then…

I heard the sound of galloping hooves echoing up the stairs. I turned around and…

AFJWK$! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? A WHITE PEGASUS! Calm down, Rin, calm down… I closed my eyes for a more calming effect. Bad move, when I opened them again Pegasus was chomping down on Teto's bread! I could only look on in shock and disbelief. The thought of calming down just vanished out the window.

"MY BREAD!" Lily's last present to me! And the stupid horse/Pegasus thing is gobbling on it. OMG it's reaching for another one, the shameless glutton! In my fury I slapped the thing, my first act of violence in my life, because of a loaf of bread, a very important loaf of bread.

The shameless thing neighed in terror and fled out the window, breaking a few metal bars in the process. What the hell was that thing? Coward! I huffed in annoyance and turned around, only to be greeted with some random guy. Is he the owner of that thing? He's got some nerve breaking and entering into here, a princess's house.

"Who do you think you are? I'm a princess! Bow down to me!"

The guy immediately did so and I felt a momentary surge of power, but he was back up just as quick. What's he doing? He looked like an idiot.

"My name is Len Kagamine and I'm a prince from the Golden Kingdom."

"A prince?" is this idiot the guy Lily was talking about? The prince who has come to take me away from here? Is it already time to leave this place? Sigh~ Wait, this guy can't be a prince! Princes are tall and strong with colourful fancy clothes…right? This guy is short and weak, kind of like me. And what is he wearing? "Looking like that?" he looked like he lived with that horse thing just then! Absolutely filthy!

As I gave the idiot time to remember what he was wearing I observed him in case I needed to report him to the real prince. He looked surprisingly like me, it was sort of unsettling. However, Lily also looks a bit like me so I guess it's normal. Now he was looking at me.

"Well?" it's rude to stare. "Now what? Are you going to whisk me away from here, away from all that is familiar and dear to me?" Isn't that your role as 'prince'? You and your stupid laws. That's right, breaking in and entering to steal away the princess is part of your role isn't it? It's just as bad as kidnapping. Psh. Wait, what about Luka and Luki? What would happen to them if I were to leave? They'd be the only ones in the tower then, as Lily's left. Then again, weren't Luka and Luki the ones guarding the stairs? OMG Luka can't do anything in that cage! If you did something to her I'll…set Luki on you…

"By the way, what did you do to Luka?" I kept my voice as controlled as possible as a raging fire burned inside me, waiting to send this idiot to Hell.

"Luka, who's that?" you idiot! Go to Hell!

"Luka's the dragon! And you couldn't have defeated Luki!"

"Oh, them. They're free now." That fire inside me suddenly snuffed out.

"Huh?" how ladylike.

The boy (I won't call him an idiot in my mind anymore, that's his reward for freeing Luka) then told me how he freed the dragons. It seemed Luki trusted him to be able to free Luka. He must be pretty powerful- Luki's a smart dragon and wouldn't normally trust strangers so easily. Then he told me how he picked the lock of the magic cage with his sword.

"Wow your sword must be magical too!" I exclaimed.

"Psh. I don't believe in magic." He replied. Then what was that? Luck?

As we talked, I started liking this guy more. What's his name? Len? (His status has been upgraded from 'boy' to 'Len' now) Actually he's kind of cute ^^. I found a chance to slip in my formal introduction into the conversation. That was awkward; we've known each other for, what? Ten minutes already? Hope he didn't notice. I even invited him to tea and shared my bread with him! Well, it would be a waste if I didn't eat it…

After that I sipped my tea silently as he talked. I always have tea after meals, it keeps me thin and beautiful (Lily's secret to staying young). He brought up the topic of taking me back to the palace. I found I was less reluctant to leave now, as the tower was pretty much empty with Luka and Luki gone. I hope I can see them again. Then again I wasn't going to give in so easily. I am a princess after all and, like Lily said, I'm not getting bossed around! If we're going Len's going to have to carry me the whole way! Or at least to the bottom of the tower. After all, I'm not getting my gown dirty!

Len agreed (like I knew he would) and proceeded to carry me. FAIL! He friggin' fainted! I'm not that heavy…am I? …I need to drink more tea from now on…

Sigh- I could just wait for him to wake up and try again, but that'd be boring. So I braced myself, put one arm under his legs and the other under his upper back and lifted with all my strength…whoa, he's pretty light. Must be pretty weak too…

I took a deep breath and began my descent. Far out it should be the prince carrying the princess, not the other way round! And friggin' hell, just how high up was I living all my life! (I have no sense of etiquette because I was living in an isolated tower all my life and was raised by a witch)I'm glad Len's so light; it makes my job so much easier. Sigh, this was nothing like I imagined…

I finally got to the bottom and he's still unconscious. Far out! I took the chance to wipe some dust off my gown. It was now slightly dirty, but I don't think anybody would notice. I heard someone groaning. It was Len, who is now up. I took this chance to insult his manliness, commenting on how weak he was. It was very fun embarrassing him.

Then he said: "I thought you didn't want to get your gown dirty." Psh, like I had a choice with your strength. I decided to humour him.

"I used the elevator."

"There was an elevator?" He believed me? What kind of tower has an elevator these days? It's pointless! I think I'll let that joke stay for a while before I tell him the truth…or maybe not.

Now that he was up (finally) we could move on. I had doubts about this guy's sense of direction. I thought the Golden Kingdom was past the forest? Then I realised past this guy's cute, gullible face he really was an idiot. I can't believe I shared my bread with him…that reminds me.

"You know, because your horse ate my bread you have to pay me back."

That's right, payback time. Not literally though. I knew he was rich, because, truth be told, I'm starting to believe he's the prince I've supposedly been waiting my whole life for, so I don't want his money directly. However I am getting slightly peckish and wouldn't mind a snack. A sweet snack ^^

I told him this as we arrived at a town. I immediately spotted a colourful building with the words: "Ninjin Café" written on top on a big cake. My mouth started to water as I headed straight for it and I dragged Len with me. Bread was good but sweets were my absolute favourite things ^^.

There was a girl with green hair and goggles at the counter. I asked for a menu and she showed it to me, all 7 pages of it with the tiniest readable font imaginable. Let's see… blueberry pie, strawberry tart, banana cream cake, chocolate fudge, Mont Blanc… yum~ I'm ordering it all! Poor Len looked miserable as he paid up.

"By the way," the serving girl started, "We have a limited special if you're interested- a slice of homemade carrot cake, only available today for two gold coins."

Yes I want that, I am a sucker for sweet deals.

Time to dig in! I had a whole table (or two) full of delicious desserts for me to enjoy at Len's expense! Better not waste it! I gobbled down a blueberry pie in seconds. Delicious! Then a strawberry tart, the chocolate fudge, the banana cake… I was in sweet, sweet heaven while Len looked on in awe…

Ahh, that was soooo yum ^^! But after all that I need some tea so I don't get fat. I attempted to order a cup but Len told me he was broke. But I absolutely must have tea after eating! I told him this so he reluctantly gave up his sword for my tea. His magic sword, though he insists he doesn't believe in magic, so it should be alright.

It was really sweet of him to do this for me, though. The tea's probably not even worth half as much as that sword. Oh, here it comes. I took a sip…it was orange and chamomile tea…DELICIOUS! That sword is worth every drop of this tea. Love you Len ~^^.

I felt pretty bad drinking this delicious tea while Len's there mourning the loss of his sword and/or gold. So I suggested he order some as well. Aren't I thoughtful? Then he told me he was broke…oh, I forgot. At that moment Gumi told him she would make a deal with him. Ok, it's all good then. I ignored their conversation as I blissfully sipped my tea…

Len came back and told me he swapped clothes with Gumi for a cup of tea. Who's Gumi? Oh, the serving girl. Got it…wait, he agreed to swap clothes with a girl? Oh well, not my problem.

After we had both finished our cups of tea Gumi came back with a dress. Len looked horrified while I was trying not to laugh. He had already finished the tea so he had to go through with the deal. He took the garment with shaky hands and proceeded to the back of the café to change.

Once he left Gumi and I burst out laughing.

"Oh dear, poor guy." She giggled. I agreed.

Len came back out looking miserable but really cute in that dress. Then Gumi said:

"Tell you what, to make up for this I'll swap clothes with Rin as well, absolutely free of charge." Wait, what? She continued, "After all, a pretty gown like that wouldn't do to get all dirty from walking all day." Hell, no! This is my gown, and nobody's taking it away from me! Then Gumi was like: "By the way, I saw you really liked that orange and chamomile tea just then. I'd be willing to give a cup away for free, a small price for your gown…"

Ah, what a great cup of tea! And Gumi's dress fits me really well! I exited the Ninjin Café with Len with a skip in my step. Woot! Time to go~ Len took a pretty harsh blow to his manliness back at the café, but got over it soon and took the lead…

"Len," I began, "You have no sense of direction." I've gotten slightly less cheerful after following Len around in circles for over an hour. It was like the guy was trying to avoid going into the forest. Ah, we're back here again…

"Ah, fine. We'll go through the forest." Thank you Len, was that so hard now?

It's now getting dark. The sun must be setting, and we are alone in the forest with nothing to defend ourselves with. I started to shiver, it was cold. I grabbed onto Len's hand for comfort. So warm~

We walked for a while. The shapes of bushes and trees were blending into the shadows. I thought I could see something on the ground up ahead and was going to tell Len but he spoke first:

"Hey Rin-KYAAAA!"

"KYAAA!" that was me. The thing I saw on the ground was a net and we are trapped in it now. By the way, did I hear Len 'KYA' like a girl just then? I inwardly snickered.

I could hear voices ahead, but I couldn't see anything because Len was in the way. Suddenly I felt something cutting the rope holding the net in the air above us. Len and I fell on the ground.

"Oww…" I moaned before I blacked out.

I woke up on a bed. An actual bed! I groaned and winced in pain. I looked at my leg, it was bleeding. Something on the ground must have cut it when I fell last night. I hid it under the blankets, then got up and yawned. I saw Len on another bed next to mine.

"Where are we?" I asked him.

Suddenly a door leading into our room slammed open. I whipped my head around to see two people walk in, a girl and a guy. The girl had teal hair tied in two long pigtails. She looked slightly older than us, maybe around 17. The guy had blue hair and a bright blue scarf. He looked about 20. They were both carrying trays of food.

"You two girls are lucky we found you or who knows what would have happened in that forest." Both of them put down their trays next to our beds. So these people brought us here from the forest. They must be the ones who got us out of the net too.

"Where are we?" I demanded.

The girl told me we were in an inn on the outskirts of the Sapphire Kingdom. From Lily's teachings, I gathered we were pretty close to the Golden Kingdom. The two of them then left and locked the door. Having nothing else to do I began to eat my breakfast in bed. I had no supper last night so I was ravenous.

"Rin we have to get out of here." Len said.

I shook my head and replied, "It's safer here, plus they feed us." And I have an injured leg that I can't walk with, but I wasn't going to show this guy my weakness.

"Is all you can think about food?" Len suddenly exploded. I was taken aback. "You are so selfish! We don't even know these people! We can't trust them!"

Did that jerk just call me selfish? What nerve! I got mad and retorted back:

"Selfish? Who's the one who made me leave the tower? That tower was my home and you took me away from all I ever knew, into an unknown world you don't even know about!"He couldn't even get himself through the forest! I don't think he even knows how close we are to his kingdom! "Who's the selfish one here?" Remembering the blissful life I had lived prior to meeting Len brought tears to my eyes. This jerk was so self-centred I bet he didn't even consider my feelings!

"Fine," Len muttered. He got out of bed, grabbed his breakfast tray and smashed open the window before escaping. The sounds of the bustling town were so loud I don't think anyone heard him.

"Jerk…" I mumbled under my breath, "You could have just opened the window…"

I sat there sobbing for a while before I calmed down. I remembered my previous attempts to calm down what seemed like so long ago when Len's horse at my bread and smiled sadly. That was the first day I met him, and I realised though I've known him for only a day, he's already got a special place in my heart.

I sighed, something I've been doing a lot these days. So the fate of the princess is always to fall in love with the prince. Even if the prince is short, stupid and so gullible. I giggled. Ah, but he's cute too. I was starting to regret the argument I had with him just then. He's not really that selfish, just acting out his role…and I'm actually the one that got us out of that tower.

Now what am I to do? I felt so alone and helpless right now. Before, I always had company in the form of Luka and Luki. I sighed again. I hope the two dragons are alright. I silently wished for them to come, to make everything better. I wished Lily were here to comfort me.

I remembered the day Lily first entrusted Luka and Luki to me. Back then they were no taller than my knee. Lily told me these two dragons would be my friends and would do anything I asked them to. Luka and Luki grew up really fast. By the time I was 10 they were already taller than me.

I found that by the time I stopped reminiscing I was crying.

"Luka, Luki…where are you? Please… I need your company…"

I limped over to the window Len smashed, and opened it, ignoring the cutting glass. I looked outside, not sure what I was looking for. There was no natural scenery, only people, too busy doing their own things to care about anyone else. It made me feel depressed. Back in my tower, every day I would see nature at its finest- evergreen trees, cute little birds, deep blue skies and fresh, green grass. Here I could see nothing.

Suddenly I heard a shockingly familiar roar in the distance. I looked over in time to see a stream of bright orange fire light up the forest on the edge of town. Then two winged creatures started flying this way as quick as lightning. I recognised those bright pink scales, the intelligent eyes, the large, powerful wings. I blinked and rubbed my teary eyes to make sure I wasn't seeing things…I wasn't.

"LUKA! LUKI!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

My two best friends were getting closer, and were setting the town on fire for good measure. They reached the inn, smashing apart all the rooms facing this side before they got to me. I stepped back as Luka poked her head through the window, creating a huge hole in its place. I was so thrilled they had come I didn't notice the door opening behind me.

"HOLY CRAP! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" I turned around and found the teal haired girl that brought me here screaming her head off. Next to her was the blue haired man with the scarf and a white haired woman. I grinned as I climbed onto Luka's back.

"They're my friends. See ya~" and with that Luka let out a triumphant roar as Luki proceeded to spout flames to deter them from coming over. Then we flew off, leaving destruction and maybe some carnage wherever we went.

It was thrilling to be able to ride on Luka like this. Though I have ridden on the dragons before, I was never allowed out of the tower, so I never got to experience the wind in my face as we flew at breakneck speeds. I could see a shimmering golden palace in the distance. It must be the Golden Kingdom so I told Luka to head there. After all, that was where Len was headed, right?

Luka set me down in the courtyard, stunning a good hundred people with her awesome landing skills XD. I got off and told the dragons to go roost on the roof or something as I entered the palace.

The king was not pleased to see me come into his palace, dirty and dripping blood on the floor from my leg wound. However that soon changed when I convinced him I was a princess through my awesome intelligence and mastery over tongue twisters. The king was thoroughly impressed. He was even more impressed when there was suddenly a blinding white light and a woman with soft blond hair materialised in front of him. OMG I know that woman.

"LILY!" I squealed as I hugged her.

"OMG! OMG! It's Rin XD" she squealed back as she returned the hug. "You made it to the palace XD, but you look horrible!"

Lily then chanted a spell and all the dirt, grime and blood instantly disappeared!

"OMG Lily! You are the best XD"

"XD" replied Lily. "Ah, I have to go soon! I have a date ;)"

"Promise me you'll come back!"

"I promise, Rin."

And with that she left.

The king coughed. "Er…so, anyone seen Len?"

"You mean he's not back yet?" I cried in disbelief. OMG what if he died in that forest? That'd suck big time. For me, too.

I think the king was just about ready to declare his one and only son dead (I mean, his chances of surviving since he left this place must have been slim already), and prepare a funeral or something until we heard someone screaming outside:

"JOSEPHINE! STOP YOU"RE GONNA KILL US- KYAAAAA!"

The front gate came down with a CRASH! Two figures and a winged horse were thrown onto the floor.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" the king demanded.

"Father it's me! Your son!"

"My son doesn't wear a dress!"

It can't be…

"Len?" yes, it was definitely him.

"RIN!" he cried and ran across the floor before embracing me in a tight hug.

"I missed you Rin! Thank God you're OK! I love you!"

Len, I missed you so much! I thought you died- wait, he just told me he loved me!

Before I could say anything he kissed me, and as I kissed back, I realised I loved him just as much.

Great, so now a town has been ravaged by my two best friends who are roosting on the roof, repairs for damages caused to the courtyard by both me and Len would probably cost millions, a big grey tower looming above a forest has now been abandoned, and I am kissing the shortest, weakest, girliest (and did I mention cutest) prince who I love. I love happy endings.

END

Yay I'm done ^^

Who can guess who Lily's rival is?

the 3 main songs I referenced in Chap 1 are

- Daughter of Evil

- Caged Baby Dragon

- World is Mine (Len's ver)

then i also noticed by making Gumi work in the cafe I indirectly referenced Coward Mont Blanc as well.

one of the reviewers thought they saw Hakobako Player. Mm, I couldn't see it. soz '

yep, that's the end. Thx for reading. Love you all~