(y/n) - your name

(l/n) - last name

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Night quickly fell as I stayed in my room all day, not being disturbed by anyone. I sighed out, struggling to fall asleep in my bed as my mind raced with the events of the morning.

How could he?

How could he lie to me like this?

He knows how I hate getting married.

I sighed and turn around in my bed, the soft silken sheets rustling beneath me as my thin lace gown still did nothing to ease the heat.

Wait, if my sisters are marrying their lovers, does that mean I was supposed to marry Five?

I nestled under my blanket, a sudden uneasiness draping over me as I finally fell asleep until I was woken up again. I couldn't tell what time it was but it was the dead of night as I heard drunken whispers and someone unlocking my door.

"I heard King Athelstan had brought his daughters."

"Yeah, rumours have it that are the epitome of the beauty of goddesses." I hear the voices of two men, as they clambered into my room. My heart raced with panic as I laid still with my back to the doorway and the men. I tried to stay as still as possible, trying to pass off like I was sleeping while my hand slowly crept to the weapon I stored beneath my pillow.

"Let's see for ourselves. Let's see the bodies of these princesses."

"I want to know if they feel good just as they look good." I sneered as I gripped the hilt of my dagger, the men coming closer and giggling their arses off.

"Lookie here. Never seen this one before." I calm my body as I feel their grimy fingers on my face, brushing my hair away. "Did we wind up in the wrong room?"

"Who fucking cares." I feel them tug my blanket down. "She's not as gorgeous as the other princesses but she's still a beauty." I internally gag as I feel their hand on my thigh, pushing my lace nightgown up.

"Let's be quick-" I jump up and slice the throat of the man that hovered over me. "You little bitch!" the other man yelled angrily, lunging at me as I shoved his bleeding friend to the floor.

"You chose to mess with the wrong girl you son of a bitch!" I scream out, kicking the man in the guts as he stumbled back. He landed on a wardrobe that had my dinner sitting on it, grabbing the steak knife in his hand. He jumps towards me, swinging hazardly and I dodge his pathetic aims.

"You fucking cunt!" the man hissed out as I sliced his face and swiping his feet. He groans as he falls on his back and I turn around to get help when I feel him grab my foot tightly.

"Get off me!" I topple to the floor and I scream out as he pushes his whole weight on my back while holding my hands above my head. "No stop!" I cry out as I feel him harshly pull my dress up. "STOP!" I scream out, pushing all my weight and getting him off me. I elbow the man in the face harshly, hearing a satisfying crack. I quickly scramble up, punching his face and kicking his chest before standing on his body to keep him down.

"Are you ok-" I feel a hand on my shoulder and I instinctively throw the person over my back before pressing my knees on their arms painfully and holding my dagger to their throat. I was pining their arms down with my knees on either side of them, panting out as I finally realise who was beneath me.

"P-Prince Five Hargreeves." He looked up at me in surprise but turns to look at the man that was bleeding on my bed and the one next to him groaning out in pain. "I'm so sorry!" I quickly get off him, trying to calm my racing heart as I backed away against a wall. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" I looked down at my hands that held the bloody knife, my body shaking as my gown was soaking in blood. "Oh god no!" I started to panic and hyperventilate, seeing the blood all over me as I dropped my dagger.

"Hey! It's ok. You're ok." I tried to calm my breathing as Prince Five stood before, holding my shaking hands. "Just take in a deep breath." I softly cried as he hugged me. "I got you."

"(y/n)!?" My father quickly ran in with the king and he gasped at the mess. "What happened!?"

"T-They tried t-to..."

"These men tried to rape her." Five spat out in disgust as the man on the floor looked up King Hargeeves in fear.

"No! I wasn't trying to-not her! We were looking for the princesses-" The man in his drunken state easily spilled his plan and I shuddered as King Hargreeves glared at him while his guards walked into the room.

"Arrest him. He is to be sentenced to death tomorrow."

"Yes sir!"

"No! Wait-" The guards take the man away and I let out a sigh of relief. I look down and notice that Prince Five was still hugging me and I quickly shove him off me.

Oh, shit my clothes!

I try to cover myself up as my father arranges with the King to have me moved to a more secure room. "Here." Five drapes my cloak on my shoulders and I tug it around me tightly.

"Thank you..." I let out a sigh of relief, slowly calming down.

I can't believe that happened!

"So you're the famous (l/n) strategist. Your kings loyal battle planner and the worlds most known mystery." Prince Five smirks at me, kissing the back of my hand. "If it's not too rash of me to say, you are extremely stunning."

"Flattery won't get you anywhere Prince-"

"-call me Five." I blush at the devilishly curious look in the eyes of the boy in front of me. "And it is not flattery if I state facts. You harbour both beauty and astounding intelligence." I raise a brow at Five as he continued to shower me praises.

"And what is it that you are trying to achieve with these so-called 'stating facts'?" Five snickers, tilting my head up as his thumb swipes across my cheek.

"Just wanted to get to know my wife-to-be much better." I scoff and shove Five away from me.

"There is no way we are getting married." I walk away from Five but he quickly pulls me back to his chest, grinning down at me.

"We will see Princess (y/n)." I sneer up at the cocky boy and try to pull away but he holds me tight with his arm around my waist.

"Not unless I stop this absurd agreement." I hiss out angrily despite the growing warmth in my cheeks when I realise the proximity of our chests touching with only a single piece of thin clothing covering us. "I will make sure of it." Five finally lets me go and I walk away from him.

Despite my immense love for sleep, I woke up in the early mornings as the sun just barely started to rise. I braided one side of my hair with gems and twin, the other flowing freely over my shoulder. I slipped on my horse riding outfit, a simple tunic and pants that were regularly large on my body with leather-bound boots. I crouched on my open window sill, looking around for any bypassers as I slipped my mask on. I let out a high pitched whistle, hearing the hooves of Onyx as I jumped to grab a tree branch and climbing down.

"How's my favourite boy?" Onyx huffs in my hair, nuzzling me as I let out a giggle. "Hope they have been treating you good." I take out my special bars and Onyx jumps up happily for the treat. "Let's go for a ride shall we?" Onyx bows down and I jump off, soon riding quickly through the wind past the forest trees. The cold wind rushed past as I breathed in, feeling so tranquil and in ease. Only early morning ride like these with no sight of living beings was absolutely refreshing. "Yah!" Onyx runs faster, bursting through an opening and running across fields of tall grass. We ran through another forest, the trickling river of crystal clear waters travelling beside us as we stopped in front of a pool with a rock waterfall.

This is beautiful.

The floor of the pool was glowing with various gems, the water causing it to sparkle with teh rushing of the waterfall making it bubble against the edges. "Gorgeous isn't it?" Onyx nods and bows down for me to get off, trotting over to get a drink.

Maybe a bath would be nice.

I slip off my clothes and lay them by the pool's edge, slipping into the water and swimming around.

I dive down to look at the glowing gems when I hear a faint crack of a twig. I quickly swim up, looking around for someone that may have followed me. "Who's there!?" I sneer out, seeing a bush rustle behind Onyx and he huffs out, protecting me as I swam to the edge to grab my dagger out of my boots. "Come out now!"

"I'm sure you don't want that princess." Five saunters out with his white horse, a smug look on his face and I quickly lower myself in the water to cover myself.

I sneer at the cocky prince as he trailed his eyes down my body beneath the water. "Did you follow me?"