love is a battlefield {pafp}

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    Charles laughed along with Artemis as he spun her around, their laughter filling the empty halls of the castle. The ball was still going on in the background, celebrating the young adult's engagement. The night was still young and still full of surprises and adventures. As she turned to face him, he readjusted his hold on the princess, supporting her by her legs,so it was not so awkward and uncomfortable. Their foreheads touched, and his dark blue eyes looked up at hers, Artemis's eyes full of excitement and adventure. His eyes looked back up at the ceiling for a moment, thinking of where they could go. It was true, he knew all of the castle's secrets and hidden hallways. It was all a question of where they would go. As if a light bulb appeared above his head, his eyes brightened and he gently let Artemis down." I have just the idea." The male announced.




    "Piggy back ride?" The dark brunette offered; he could see that she was out of breath, and they had a decent way to go." It's all the way on the South end, and we're on the Western side at the moment."

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    Artemis briefly wondered what anyone would do if they found they two of them playing around in the halls. Probably nothing, Charles was the prince, he could do whatever he wanted. And it applied to her too, she supposed. But to her it didn't really matter what anyone else thought of him and her, Artemis was happy.
    His grip on her shifted to holding her legs, so she was hanging onto him. She wanted to kiss him again, kiss him for a long time, but, it was sort of an awkward position and he was trying to think of a place to take her. So therefore she would not distract him. They had time for romance later. Artemis reached up with one hand to mess with his hair, and she raised an eyebrow as he said an idea. "Do I get to know or will it be a secret?" she asked and set her feet down on the ground.
    Artemis laughed at his suggestion of a piggy back. "You aren't already sore from carrying me earlier?" she asked but shrugged and went around to his back, waiting for him to be ready for her to climb on and when he was she got on his back. "If it starts to hurt let me know and you can put me down," she kissed his head.

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    Charles prepared for Artemis to get on his back, and picked her up by his legs as she wrapped her arms around his neck to slow down. He quickly stood up, the female light in his arms and he started the walk to the South side of the castle. He smiled, his cheeks a light red as she kissed him on the head, her words of worry gentle and sweet in his ears." Don't you worry love, I'll be perfectly fine. Just let me know when you decide to walk. I'm not weak ya know." The prince responded cheerfully as they turned a right corner, then a left, another left, 2 rights, 4 lefts and up 5 set of stairs. As they reached the top of the stairs, instead of going straight as it appeared to go, he turned a sharp right under the staircase.




    " K, here's the time you have to walk." Charles announced, carefully putting Artemis down and walked back a few feet." Should be around here somewhere....." He mumbled to himself, getting down on his hands and knees, crawling around the floor. He honestly looked like a maniac trying to find Narnia. He would put his ear against the carpeted floor, knocking on the hollow floor every once in awhile. He crawled over to the edge of the wall, his head tilted to the side resting on the castle floor, and his head slid up the wall and towards a beautiful vase full of pretty red roses setting on a night stand." Ah, here we go. Just a second." The male said absentmindedly and stood up on his two feet.




    Out of the blue, he knocked over the white vase on purpose, the glass shattering and the flowers scattered everywhere. Charles's dark blue eyes narrowed in focus, following the short trail of broken glass until he came to the very last tiny place that went the farthest. His eyes still focused and calm with a bit of excitement, the 19 year old easily removed a piece of loose flooring, revealing a small red lever. He reached down in the tiny square hole, and gently lifted the lever. As he did so, a latch opened above them on the ceiling, a white wooden latter unfolding." Ta daaa!" Charles said with a smirk on his face, his arms out stretched." Here follow me it's perfectly safe." He reassured Artemis, and climbed up the ladder up into a loft.

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    Artemis laughed quietly and nodded, "Will do," she said and hung onto him tightly, but not too tightly so that she was choking him. Her eyes mostly looked around at all the decorations along the walls of the castle; paintings, statues, etc. Sometimes she'd glance down at Charles carrying her, smiling to herself. Eventually she rested her head on one of his shoulders and closed her eyes the rest of the way.


    When they got there he told her she'd have to walk and she nodded, getting down. "Thank you," she said and gave him a bow, teasing, before putting her hands on her hips, Watching him get down on the floor and crawl around. "What on earth are you doing .." she asked. When he smashed the vase she put her hands over her ears for a moment. Then he found a secret compartment in the floor, which had a lever, which opened up a compartment above. "Is this like a magic attic? Are you going to kill me up there and hide the body?" she joked, but then started to follow him up the ladder, curious as to what was up there.

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    Charles smirked to himself as Artemis covered her ears, and chuckled to himself as she asked him if he was going to murder her in his secret magic attic." Trust me, it's way more than you expect... Let's just say, only 1 other person know where this is... well only 2 people know who are alive." The prince added, the last sentence his tone was full of sadness and was quiet, his thoughts reaching elsewhere for a few moments as they climbed up the latter. He used to come up here every night as a child with his brother, but a lot of things changed since then. Still, there was so many good memories here; but then those memories brought sadness. He just wanted to share the love and memories with Artemis, and have her enjoy this space just as much as he did when he was a kid.




    Putting on a smile for the princess, he boosted his enthusiasm from 0 to 5 in a second. He wanted this to be special; after all, it was his idea, and he didn't want to make Artemis's night boring and dull. He especially didn't want to disappoint her.




    As the couple entered the loft, Charles turned on the string above his head, turning a few ceiling lights on. This was no ordinary, dusty old attic. It was actually quite homey and comfy. The floor was a deep brown colored wood, with mismatching rugs at the entrance, one huge one in the main room, and sprawled across the medium sized room. The room wasn't exactly small, but it wasn't medium sized either. Off to their right in front of the two, was an old fashioned vintage love seat, and two classic dark blue chairs that looked like they came from the Dracula ages. In the middle, was a round old wooden coffee table with a vase of dried up roses setting in the middle, with an old fireplace. Off to the right of the 'living room'in the corner was two big book shelves full of old books, and two small chipped stool with a small table between the two with a candle holder. To the left of the living room was two pairs of wooden swords, shields, and two old pots with the names 'Charlie' and 'Crowley' written across the front. Next to that, was a medium sized dragon made out of metal cans and some string, two stick horses, a foggy window, and a coloring desk for two; old crayons, markers, paints, and paper sprawled around it.




    "Well, here it is." Charles introduced, gesturing around the room. The ceiling was just barely tall enough for Charles to stand up, and he walked over to make room for Artemis to come in and see. His gaze drifted around the room for awhile, his dark blue eyes full of sorrow and longing. Yet, he still remembered many, many good times he and his brother had spent here.

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    Artemis raised her eyebrows. So a secret spot only a few knew about? Hmm. She wondered if Charles came here a lot, but then again he didn't remember exactly where the lever had been, so it must have been a while. He seemed sad too, and she wondered if it had to do with her brother that he mentioned earlier. Eventually she pulled herself through, climbing into the attic type kind of space. It was bigger than she was expecting though.


    Her eyes drifted over every detail. The rugs, the couches, , chairs, coffee table, even a fire place! She brightened up at the sight of the books, and walked around, looking at everything, but not touching. She felt like it was invading his memories, his space so she didn't touch it, just kept her hands clasped together as she looked around at all the things he had up here. There were some swords and shields up there, and then she noticed the names on the pots. Ah, so this was where him and his brother had come to play.


    Artemis came back over, smiling a bit, seeing in his eyes the multiple emotions he was feeling. She let her hands slip around his arm, standing by his side and hugging his arm. "This is very lovely, I like it up here. Peaceful, quiet. Looks like you and your brother had a lot of fun, huh?" she rested her chin on his shoulder. "Did you two practice sword fighting?" she let go and nodded towards the wooden swords and shields.

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    Charles glanced up every once in awhile at Artemis as she walked around the attic, her hands together and simply looking at the artifacts from his childhood. He didn't know what she would think of it, he personally wanted to come back up here for the memories and the peace and quiet from the party going on downstairs. He didn't want to appear as an emotional wreck, so he kept his feelings to himself. His mind wandered over how everything was still in place, collecting dust, holding many memories in each thing up there. He hoped that he did have kids one day, that they would be able to enjoy this place as much as he did as a child.




    The prince looked down over at Artemis as she hugged his arm and rested her chin on his shoulder, and kind of drowned out her words for a second. He honestly didn't want to talk about it, and he was just a bit tired from everything that happened tonight. All the emotion, drama, old memories, and all the pressure. For some reason he felt pressure, and he didn't know why. Maybe it was because he wanted his love to have a happy life, and not to make the wrong decision when it came to choosing which side he would be on in the rebellion.




    Clearing his throat, Charles and looked down at the ladder." Yeah, well I'm a bit tired. I think it's time we hit the hay." The dark brunette said, climbing down the ladder an onto the main floor. He picked up the pieces of glass from the broken vase and dumped it into a nearby garbage, closed the secret compartment and collected the roses that fell out."You comin?" He called up to Artemis

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    Artemis watched him carefully - and she could see that thhere was something wrong. He'd been so happy a while ago, but now he looked sad. Maybe the memories were too much for him. She let out a sigh and let go of him, frowning ad he didn't answer her questions and decided that he was suddenly tired and should head to sleep. They hadn't even been here too long. Artemis stayed where she was as he went and climbed down the ladder. The princess crossed her arms and glanced around, still taking in the space. It was so cute, and quiet and secluded...a good space to come and be alone.


    She heard Charles calling for her, "Yes, coming," she said and climbed down the ladder carefully, though she was a little scared of falling. Still she managed to get down, and when she did she looked over at him, concerned. "Are you okay?" she asked. "You know you can talk to me right? Believe me I know what it's like to lose someone you love, your family," She probably knew better than everyone. Artemis still cried herself to sleep everynight, thinking about her dad, and her friends and how they were gone. She hoped she could keep herself sane tonight.

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    After Artemis was down from the loft, he folded the ladder back up, his dark blue eyes calm and a bit drowsy. His head was scattered, and he almost felt dizzy. He glanced over at Artemis as she looked over at him, her eyes full of concern along with her tone of voice. He didn't want her to worry about him, she had more important things to worry about. He didn't want to be the little sob story that she had to take on. He put on a fake small smile to assure her that everything was fine, and that he was ready to do whatever came next." Nah... Don't worry Artemis I'm okay. Like I said before, just a bit tired, that's all." The prince replied." Here, have a rose." The dark brunette added, and leaned forward to give her a kiss on the forehead.




    "Now, where to next?" The prince said, a bit more pep in his voice than before." Music room? I know a shortcut there. Or we could do whatever you want." He said, and entwined his fingers with his, his dark blue eyes looking at her, waiting for an answer.

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    Artemis's expression didn't change as he assured her he was fine, just tired. And then he offered her one of the roses. She took it carefully, sighing at the kiss on her forehead, and sniffed the flower. He took her hands too, asking her where they were to go to now, and suggested the music room. Artemis wasn't really sure what she wanted to do, she was sort of upset now, because he wasn't going to tell her how he was really feeling. She wasn't going to press further, but she just wished he'd talk about it. The last thing she wanted was for him to be so sad. "I thought you said we should go to bed," she told him, letting go of his hands and twirling the rose around. "I dont really know. I'm not in the mood to play the piano," she shrugged and shook her head. "Let's just go get ready for bed, like you wanted," she rubbed at her eyes and then turned to head down the hallway, walking a few steps before waiting for Charles. This area was slightly familiar, and she figured she could make her way back by herself but, she wasn't going to go ahead without him. "We can do something else in the morning maybe," she let out a small sigh. "Do you think we'd be allowed to go out into the town? Shopping? I am running out of clothes to wear, I can't wear the same few dresses all the time," she changed the subject to something else.

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    Charles's smile shrunk as he noticed how upset he had made Artemis, and sighed silently as she took her hand away from his to twirl the rose in her hands. He looked down as she said that he mentioned of wanting to go to bed." Just a thought." He replied. He thought that by not telling her she wouldn't have a sob story like him to add to her pile of worries, but clearly from her reaction he was totally wrong. Man, girls are complicated the male thought to himself, and he kept quiet as she said she didn't want to play the piano, and suggested they just went to bed like he said earlier. He simply shrugged his shoulders and followed Artemis down the hallway, catching up to her in a few strides.




    His dark blue eyes looked down at the carpet as they walked, listening contently to her sweet voice as she talked about shopping tomorrow. He had never been 'shopping' before in a day in his life. The servants would do town errands on the rare occasion, and most of his clothes were bought from overseas or when the servants did errands, and his mother had a few requests. He had been to the town of course, but he would go and do something else while his mother did shop. "Sure. We can skip breakfast at the castle and eat at the cafe if you want." Charles suggested as they walked up some stairs, coming close to his room. After half an hour or so, they finally made it back to Charles room. Opening the wooden doors, he saw Oliver snoring away on a pillow on the king sized bed.

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    In all honesty, Artemis had only suggested shopping because she really...really wanted to get out of the castle. She hadn't done that yet, go into town. They'd gone on trail rides with the horses, but never any where else outside the castle. Plus, she didn't recall ever seeing this kingdom's village area, and in her kingdom, she always loved going there. The people were almost always kind, and Artemis enjoyed shopping. She picked out her own fabrics for her clothes, but her favorite thing was going to get chocolates, usually from the bakery. She wondered if the bakers here made chocolates, or candies!
    Artemis took into consideration eating at the cafe instead of breakfast in the castle. "Um, sure," she shrugged, not minding eating here or there. "As long as it's safe, and as long as Camille doesn't have to tag along," she added, unsure if the spies were out there about the town. And she wasnt sure how lon camille was staying, but Aremis did noto want to spend time with her at all. She reached out to grab his hand while they were walking, not wanting him to think she was mad or upset with him. She was more disappointed, that was all. It didn't change how she felt though. Her other hand kept twirling the rose, and when they made it to his room she let go and walked in. Artemis giggled at the sight of the puppy on one of the pillows. "I guess we will be sharing a bed with him as well, hmm?" Artemis asked and crawled onto the bed to pet the sleeping puppy gently and kiss it's forehead.

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    It has been awhile since Charles has gone beyond the castle walls. So, he was sort of excited about going along tomorrow. The only bad part was the shopping, but he would be with Artemis so it shouldn't be that bad. His mind to wander to Camille though, remembering how much she had gone to town to do a lot of shopping. The French girl would always come back with 10 bags in each hand, plus 12 more that he himself was helping her carry to her room. He sure glad he didn't have to have to do that anymore. Unless, Artemis was a shopaholic. He didn't want to judge, but she didn't seem like an excessive shopper. Who knows. He gently gripped her hand as she entwined her delicate finger with his, and walked silently together down the hallway to his room.




    Charles watched as Artemis crawled onto the bed, kissing the snoring Oliver gently on the forehead. A small, soft smile appeared on his face and he closed the door behind him as he walked in. The only light in the room was a lamp on the nightstand, which only shed a very small and dim amount of light through the grand room. Like he usually did, Charles took off his white shirt, but was too lazy to switch into his pj pants, so he just wore his black dress pants to bed.




    Slipping under the covers, he gently and very carefully picked up the sleeping pup off his pillow, and laid him a bit farther from where Charles's head was going to rest. He turned the lamp off, the only light now coming from part of the moon that was slowly starting to become visible now. Rain poured hard outside, thunder rolling with lightning striking all over the place outside of the cozy castle room. Every so often the room would light up from a bolt of lightning, but just as fast as it was lit it went dark again.




    Charles snuggled closer to Artemis, putting an arm around her head while the other was holding a shaky little Oliver to his side. He pulled her closer so their bodies were touching, comforted by the extra warmth and the darkness around them, the sound of a thunderstorm outside that soon became like a lullaby.

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    Artemis didnt exactly have lots and lots of money to spend. Her family's savings had been taken by the king. Any money she had was what the king allowed her to take, her personal possesions. If she wanted money, it would have to come from Charles. But of course, she wasn't going to ask him to pay. So she had enough coins and jewels for a few more dresses, and she was going to get some candies and chocolates for herself. That was it, not too much to bring back, so Charles didn't have to worry.


    She pet the dog as he slept, watching as the little animal took deep breaths. Artemis glanced over at Charles, to see what he was doing and she caught him pulling off his shirt. She blushed, seeing him like that, and coming over to the bed too. Sure she's seen him like this before, but now...now it was different with her feelings. She didn't move much as he came over and moved Oliver, and then shifted himself under the blankets. Artemis stayed quiet, just watching him.


    Eventually he pulled her closer to him, being pressed against his chest. She reached out with a hand to trace her fingers along his skin, drawing circles and shapes. Artemis let out a bit of a sigh and looked up at him. "I can't believe I was so rude to you at first," she said with a bit of a laugh, wanting to pull herself much closer to him and lean her head on his chest but she didn't. "Who knew I'd actually end up liking you this much," she added, covering her mouth with her hand as she let out a yawn.

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    Charles smirked as she commented how rude she was to him when they first met, his arm around her shoulders. He recalled the memory of the first time he had ever saw her, when she came out on the balcony as his father announced the two to be engaged, some pleased and happy faces, as others were hateful and angry. He now knew that those sour faced people are probably Artemis's rebel group that is planning, well to rebel of course and take back their country. That was a whole other matter that he would think about later, maybe tomorrow. But not now.




    He remembered how ticked and hate filled Artemis looked on the balcony, and how she ran off in the middle of the king's speech. Charles had ran after her, and tried to apologize, and how she snapped back at him like a viper. He of course only felt bad for her then, his feelings different then they were now. As their relationship progressed through the times they spent together, he found out there was a lot more to her than a angry and mourning princess who just lost her whole family and her country.




    "Yeah, it was pretty hard to try and like you at first." The prince teased her playfully, his eyes growing drowsy, and let a yawn escape him as Artemis did as well, though a playful smirk was still distinct on his lips.
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    Artemis watched him as he went over that first day in his head. She'd had everything ripped out from under her, and her life was spared, and she was forced to marry who she thought was her enemy. Luckily though, Charled was far from the monster his father was, and Artemis wished she'd given him more of a chance. But she had been scared and angry, and lashed out at him. Things were different now anyways, they both saw the best in each other. Or at least that's what Artemis hoped.


    She moved a hand from his chest to touch his face instead, carefully, running a finger over the cut under his eye, frowning. "Back then the thought of marrying you was sickening...but now I can't even imagine marrying anyone else," she said, and gave his cheek a light kiss, before closing her eyes, squeezing them tight. She hoped sleep came now, while she was happy, before everything about what happened earlier that night came to mind. She was sure she would really freak out when she remembered she killed someone, and Charles killed someone, and nearly died as well. She shifted as close as she could get to him, for comfort, since he was the only thing that made her feel better.

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    Super duper sorry for being really inactive! My life has just been a complete mess lately


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    Charles eyes slowly started to close after awhile, flinching a bit as Artemis started to touch the scratch underneath his eye. As it poured and thundered outside, Oliver slightly shifted ever once in awhile in his arm, the long legged pup curling himself up in tighter ball. As they both laid there in there own thoughts, Charles almost couldn't believe how far they had come. How close they have gotten, everything that has happened between then and now. How he had almost died twice, someone murdered, a rebellion group forming against his father, just everything that had happened. From start to finish. But, the finish line wasn't even near yet it seemed. He felt that a lot more will happen before this whole kingdom mess is over.


    The prince felt the girl next to him cuddle up against him as much as she could, and snuggled up next to Artemis as well. He pulled more blanket over the two humans and the small canine, more warmth entering his body. He was very content and relaxed as he slowly fell into a deep slumber, his thought wondering how tomorrow will go.[/fancypost][/fancypost]
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    [Oh yeesh I understand that though, totally fine!]


    It took a little while, but eventually Artemis found sleep. Her dreams were mostly normal, until the nightmares finally hit. She was always being chased by the assassin's in the castle, they were trying to kill her, trying to avenge the man she killed. Sometimes the nightmares were of Charles dying, beibg poisoned or killed by these spies, these rebels. It was awful, and Artemis tossed and turned a lot in her sleep, but she didn't scream or wake up. Sometimes she muttered things. Only once did she wake up, heart pounding, wanting to sob. But Artemis saw Charles was fine, and asleep here with her, and she sighed, giving his forehead a kiss before she let herself drift back into sleep, with less dreaming.
    The next time Artemis woke up was because there was light shining in her eyes from the window. She squinted and blinked one eye open, before groaning and rolling on her other side so the sun wasn't in her face. Artemis smiled at the sight of Charles and Oliver still there, her cuddled up close to him. She reached over and touched the princes cheek, shaking her hand a little bit. "If you're not awake yet, wake up," she said, and even pet the pup. "Come on sleepy, I bet you have to go outside," she said to Oliver, and then sat up, yawning and rubbing her eyes. They had a lot to do today...a lot to talk about too.

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