Red Strings of Fate

Chapter 1

The Meeting...

On a festive kingdom of Ophania, a beautiful red hair with golden eyes princess has just got a news from her father king this morning. That she is forced to marry the prince of Seraphim. She disagree with this since she doesn't like the prince at all. But she cannot do anything about it since she loves her parents so much.

One night as an evening ball is happening at the castle, the princess sneak out to avoid the announcement of her wedding, and went to the labyrinth garden to make sure no one can find her till the party end.

After a minute or so she finally found the center of the labyrinth.

There's a wooden bench that can fit two people. She sat there and close her eyes as she feels the soft wind and listening to the sound of night. While she listening, her ears caught a beautiful melody, as she listened to it she decided to search for the melody, and so she starting to followed the harmony. After of three turns in the maze she finally found the source.

She saw a guy, wearing a civilian clothes and playing a guitar and sat comfortably at the ground, while the guy wasn't able to notice her existence he stop playing his guitar and got a look irritated.

The guy scratched his black hair, then all of the sudden the princess spoke to him.

"What's wrong? Why did you stop?" She asked.

That was when he noticed her existence in front of him. He caught off guard as he jumped to his feet when he saw the beautiful and the respectable princess of kingdom of Ophania. But before he could yell at her because of sudden appearance to him, the princess run to him and covered his mouth by her hands.

"Shh... Please... be quiet! Don't yell! Please... I begging you, or else my life will end!" The princess begged with determination on her eyes.

When he saw her eyes, he left out any choice so he nodded to her calmly. She smiled to him and thank him beautically, he suddenly blushed, for unknown reason. He just not good to this kind of situation.

When the princess still not letting him go yet, he moved his finger and pointing her hands that is in his mouth, saying your-hands-still-in-my-mouth. The princess finally realized this so she remove her hands as quickly as she can while chuckling a little and make a space between them.

"Sorry!" She apologized to him.

He sighed deeply and then he back to his previous position before he caugh by the princess.

"Now....  what the most respected princess doin' here?" He asked to her.

"Well... anno..."

"Don't tell me you're lost to your own garden?" He sarcastically asked

"No, not something like that..." she hesitated answered

"Then you escape to the palace and hiding here!" He joked to her.

"Well, something like that... you will not be interest on my reason. So can ask you something instead?"

"If its not bad then okay"

"No need to worry. I just want to know why did you stop playing your guitar."

Its obvious to his face's reaction that he surprised to her question.

"Well... I just got a little problem here." He hesitated answered

"What is it? Can i help?"

He look at her straight at the eyes, then he smirked to her

"Shouldn't you go back to the castle? I'm sure they're all searching for you now princess." He sound sarcastic but he serious in casting her away from him.