two years ago

The king hands a bag of money to someone

“Here you can take this to your mother”

A small child looks up at him smiling revealing fangs

“Thank you! Your majesty”

The child runs out the door. The room turns blood red and pans to the king sitting in his throne with the blood moon behind him

“Kill the mother and bring me the child”

“Yes sir!”

Present day

The princess sits by her father crying

“Shh don’t be sad my dear” 

The king starts coughing

“I don’t want you to be alone so-”

A knight walks in the princess is confused 

“She doesn't look like the other knights WHY IS SHE HERE!”

“I am not like the other knights, princess I am both your personal knight and your sirvent”

“I don’t need you!”

“Your favorite tea my lady?”

“I!..i-i um.. Thank you?”

Her father sits up a bit

“You’ll grow to like her you kind of have to her family is in debt to us”

“So i guess i should introduce myself”

The princess walks closer to the knight sanding above her ever so slightly

“I am the princess of the wirid Kingdom and my name is Lira Sunflare and who might you be?”

“Hun don’t be so rude”

The knight puts her hand up stopping him from speaking

“I AM RAVEN! And you're your personal knight and your sirvent. That is all I am and all I ever will be… princess”

The princess steps back from her face not breaking eye contact with her

“So maybe… I could TRY to get used to you”

“GOOD my princess”

“My knight”

The princess walks to her room dragging raven behind her

“You can take your mask off we’re no one will see you”

The knight gets down on one knee looking up at the princess

“You will see my face and even by my own mother i’ve been told my face is not something you would want to look at, princess”

The princess gets close to raven’s face looking into her eyes

“Fine I guess I’ll only know if your pretty based on your eyes”

Raven gently pushes her away

“And why do you care if I’m pretty?”

“I’m a princess! I’ve had people pretend to be girls to get closer to me!”

Raven gently sits on Lira’s bed facing her

“Wouldn’t you love that? ALL the boys in the kingdom want to just be in your presence?”

stomps towards Raven gently pushing her over

“NO! I DON’T I’VE TOLD… I-I-I”

Lira lays next to Raven on the bed

“I don’t like boys… at least not in the way they want me to”

“Well looks like I chose the right path”

Lira rolls on her side to look at Raven intrigued

“What do you mean?”

Raven rolls on her side to look at Lira

“I can talk about my drama love stories without you thinking I’m hitting on you, prince-”

Lira puts her hand over Raven’s face

“NO! You- you can call me Lira”

Raven sits up looking at her as the sun hits her beautiful sun kissed skin in the sunset light

“Ok… Lira~”

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