Chapter 2
A whole thirteen years go by since the death of 'King Derek'. The young princess had grown up and grown apart from her only family. Her mother and her hardly shared any interaction, except when it came to learning how to rule as queen, but Luna would always make the point of, "You don't deserve to be queen" after every lesson. Jesse sits upon her night terrors as he neighs. "How long do you think it'll take for us to get there?" Jesse asks as she turns her head towards Olivia. "Well, Petra and Axel are already there and waiting for us, so if we don't want to get in trouble, I'd say we need to be there in ten minutes." Olivia giggles then Jesse's night terror neighs again. The night terrors were pets to the people of the night kingdom and they would never hurt anyone unless provoked. They were like horses, only they would be pitch black, they could see in the dark and when a night met their night terror, it would be an everlasting bond between the two. Jesse closes her eyes as they ride and she tries to focus on who she has to be in the next two months. She tries to focus on who she is meant to be. 'In the next two months I have to be graceful, polite, responsible and queen. How am I going to pull this off? Will I be a good queen? What if I screw up? What if I--' Jesse's thoughts get cut off by Olivia. "Jesse, you okay? You seem out of it, like you don't want to be here." Her voice says, but it is so distorted that Jesse has no idea who said it. "Huh? Oh I'm fine. Hey, there it is! The kingdom of the days. I'll meet you, Petra and Axel at the bar, okay? I just need a moment alone." Olivia slowly nods before riding off to the west side of the kingdom, where the bar was. Jesse and her night terror travel around the kingdom slowly, and thoughts fill Jesse's head then her night terror stops at the castle and lets out a low growl. He looks up towards the sky. "What is it, bud?" She looks up towards the sky and sees a boy, about eighteen, sitting on the castle roof. In normal circumstances, she would flee in terror because she saw a day but something told her to stay. The night terror neighs at the princess, quietly. "I know bud. I know we shouldn't be here but there is something about that boy... I'm gonna take a quick look. I'll be really quick." She says and the terror growls against it. Jesse bites her lip and looks at the boy. 'This boy looks different than what Luna told me before.'
"Don't worry bud. I'll only be a minute. I promise." Jesse whispers and the night terror looks at her with its black eyes. "Everything will be alright." She says as she gets off the creatures back. She looks up at the roof where the blonde boy is. "Now... Time to teleport up there, get a quick look and teleport away." The princess says to herself then her eyes flash purple and she teleports up to the roof. The blonde sits on the roof, looking at the night sky for the first time in his life. 'Woah... The stars. The sky. It is all so beautiful. What is so bad about it? What's so wrong about the night time besides the darkness?' He thinks and smiles at the beauty of the night. His eyes stay locked on the crescent moon more than anything else though. For just a moment, he forgot he was a day, a prince. For just a single moment he felt... different. He felt normal. What gets him remembering he is a day again is his outfit. He looks down at it. His baby blue shirt and white silk pajama pants. The people of the day kingdom could not wear dark clothes, same with the night kingdom and light clothes. He takes a deep breathe. "I never knew the night was peaceful... Stupid parents." He sighs. Jesse stands a ways behind him, but not too far away. She covers her head with the cloak she is currently wearing and she looks at him. She makes sure that her face could not be seen. She looks at what she could see of the side of his face. His golden hair, flawless skin, peachy cheeks, diamond blue eyes. 'Wow. They look a lot different than Luna said.' She thinks then she freezes when the blond says. "Nikki? What are you doing out here?" He doesn't look right at her though. He only thought it was his little sister because he saw a girl figure out of the corner of his eye. 'Ah crap.' Jesse thinks then she takes a deep breath and reluctantly sits down because if she didn't, the blond would get suspicious.
The blond grabs onto "Nikki's" hand and sighs, "Why must dad make us stay inside? The night is so beautiful." The blond sighs and the black haired girl nods in agreement. 'I should get out of here before blondie realizes that I am not this Nikki girl.' Jesse thinks then she stands up. She knew it was a mistake teleporting up to the roof. The blond looks up at her. "Wait... You're not my little sister. Sorry for calling you Nikki. My mistake." The blond shows a sweet smile and turns to get a good look at the girl. He could see she had on a dark blue dress and her cloak was hiding most of her face but he could see the tips of her black hair. "My name is Lukas. What's yours?" He asks the girl but the girl knew she'd be dead if she answered. At least that is what she thought based on the nights beliefs. "..." She walked to the edge of the roof then takes off her cloak hood and looks back at the blonde. "I'm sorry, but... Maybe another time Lukas." Jesse says swiftly. The blond turns dark red as he laid eyes upon the beautiful girl with pale skin, green eyes and black hair. Jesse takes a deep breath then she steps off of the roof. Her eyes flash purple once more and she teleports to the ground. She runs over toward her night terror and as she rides into the darkness, she looks back toward the roof. The blond boy was looking right back at her. The last thing they do is make eye contact then Jesse slowly disappears into darkness.
While Jesse rides faster and faster on her night terror, Lukas sits on his roof, watching the direction the girl had rode off in. "Wow. She was pretty... I wonder who she is. Hmm..." Lukas stands up and climbs down onto his marble balcony then he sneaks back into his bedroom. When he gets inside his room, it is quiet and dark. He feels around until his hand touches his soft bed. It is as soft as clouds and it smells like lavender so it can help him sleep. The blond lays his head upon his pillow, before closing his eyes. As he starts to fall into a peaceful slumber, he starts to think about the girl. Her long black hair, beautiful pale skin and rosy cheeks. Her emerald eyes. A smile appears across his face because he knew that girl is special. He knew it from the second he laid eyes on her. He also knew she will return again.
"God, where is she?!" Axel bangs his fists on the wooden table that him, Petra and Olivia are sitting at. He looks at the two girls, his black hair is obscuring his vision, but he could see Olivia clearly, and her hair is all frizzed up from the night terror ride. He looks over at Petra. She had her long orange hair pulled into a loose ponytail. Her pale face is covered in some freckles, but not many. Her brown eyes lock onto his with a glare.
"Axel, do you want to wake the whole kingdom up?!" Petra whisper shouts before standing up.
"Shut up! Both of you!" Olivia says and Axel and Petra both look at her with an annoyed look on their faces.
"Olivia, we are worried about Jesse! What if a day took her?!" Axel stands up and kicks the table out of frustration.
"Okay, two problems, Axel.... One, Days can't come out at night and two, DO YOU WANT A DAY TO TAKE US?!" Olivia shouts.
"Can you all be quiet please? I could hear your yelling from a damn mile away..." A small yet strong voice says. Axel, Olivia and Petra all turn around.
"Jesse!" They all ran over and hugged the girl. Jesse freezes up and sighs, "Sorry for being late." She says before walking over to the table and sitting on top of it.
"Yeah, um... Where were YOU? You said you'd meet us here and it has been like... a whole hour." Petra asks, suspiciously. She crosses her arms and raises her brow, watching Jesse's every move.
"Oh um... Heh... I just got held up." Jesse rubs the back of her neck and starts to chew on her lower lip.
"Oh? Doing what?" Olivia giggles and looks at the princesses dark blue dress. It is all wrinkled up.
"Huh? Oh, just exploring?" Blush spreads across Jesse's face. Her face is red and hot because they are asking her questions. They were just embarrassing her and making her completely nervous.
"Exploring what, princess? A guys bed?" Petra laughs before leaning against the white wall. Axel snickers as Petra says this and Olivia socks Petra's arm.
"Oh haha Petra." Jesse rolls her eyes. Her face was still hot and dark red, "Now shut up."
"But seriously dude, where were you?" Axel asks Jesse, looking into her green eyes with his brown eyes.
"...I was exploring the kingdom. I may never see it at day so I wanted to see it at night!" Jesse shows a fake, cheesy smile. She gets off of the table then she sits down.
Everyone gets quiet when Jesse sits on a chair made of wood and iron. She couldn't stop thinking about the boy she saw or how he was nice. 'Gosh, Luna was so wrong about the day kingdom. So far, one of them seems really nice! But... Maybe it's just that one boy. I dunno... Maybe it was just him. Maybe they are all like that, but I'm not gonna test my luck.' She thinks then looks up at her friends. "C'mon let's head home. Dawn is in an hour." Olivia says and they all walk outside and each walk to their own night terror. 'I have to see that boy again...' Jesse thinks then she gets on her night terror. Once everyone is on their night terror, they all ride back to the night kingdom in silence.
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