IMPORTANT A/N:

OKAY SO FROM NOW ON AND WITH THE CHAPTERS TO COME THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A BIT MORE MATURE SCENES, NOT THAT MUCH THOUGH BUT STILL A WARNING!!!!

P.S. I wrote this chapter like ages ago before like ch14 lol I was so excited to write this idea down. 

enjoy something light!! :D

Before anyone had known it the young princes and princess were in their last year of Royal Prep High. Sofia had become a protector not too long ago and it was killing her that she couldn't tell anyone, especially Hugo. However she knew the consequences that would come from breaking her promise.

Affectedly so, Sofia had been having the same recurring dream, well more of a nightmare, if it could be even considered that. It was a message. It was always the same thing, "ONLY IN DEATH SHALL THY COUNTRY BE SALVAGED". And then it would shift. It was like she was a camera, she didn't know whose perspective she was watching from. She heard voices, some familiar but she could never put her finger on who specifically. Then it would become blurry and reappear in a dark forest, always seeing the same 5 crows in the trees. Then it would shift scenes. She could hear heavy and ragged breathing and she would look and beside her was a blurry figure, hands covered in blood and the body in a sea of blood and before she could get a good look at their face, she would always wake up in a startle. It started when she became a protector last year.

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Royal Prep High recently were informed of an open day the school would have for all to come by. The school board was asking for any volunteers. Sofia and Vivian volunteered, well more like Sofia forced Vivian to join her. They would have open classes of all sorts for their guests ranging from music, performing arts, science and alchemy, chivalry and much more.

Sofia and Vivian shared a few classes together such as Performing Arts, however Vivian studied it a lot more than Sofia. Hugo and Sofia also shared a few classes, like international and intermediate sports or IIS for short. Of course they all shared the mandatory classes, Royal Etiquette and Royal Life. So they would have an opportunity to showcase during classes.

Finally the open day had come and they would have visitors from both nobles and the commoners and new students for the next year.

Vivian and Sofia were talking as they stood at the front of the school handing out maps and pamphlets. Conversing as they did.

"You know what's really annoying, but kinda funny? I keep forgetting my age, like when people ask me, how old are you? And I'll be, like, 16, and then it takes me like a whole minute to realise, wait, no I'm not, I'm 17 now," Vivian rambled.

"I know what you mean, I bet that will happen to me when I turn 17 soon, but what's funnier is that even though both Hugo and James are 18 they still act like 5 year olds." Sofia agreed.

Vivian laughed at that.

"I think we need to go to the office to get more pamphlets," Vivian noted.

Sofia nodded, they picked up their baskets and made their way to the office.

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James shoved Hugo back, both of them laughing, Hugo shook his head, "you idiot."

"Hey, you're the one who started this!?"

They both laughed as they waited outside their classroom for their teacher. They realised that there were other students they hadn't seen before. From other schools, remembering it was open day.

The two quietly chatted to each other until another conversation piqued their interest.

A/N: WARNING USE OF MATURE LANGUAGE AND THEMES!!!!

WARNING: Slight violence!

(I will let you when it ends if you want to skip it. I WILL put a quick EXPLANATION at the end of this scene so you won't be lost)

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"The two sluts of this school, you mean? Yeah I saw them at the front, what about them?"

By this point Hugo had elbowed James, and nodded in the direction of the two nobles in front of them who were obviously shit talking, potentially someone they knew. They listened in.

"Who was at the front?" James mouthed. Hugo shrugged his shoulders, they both continued to listen in.

"Bro, did you see what they were wearing?"

"Yeah, honestly those figures were quite the site, I wouldn't mind if they could provide their services to me, you know what I mean?" One laughed.

At this point Hugo and James were cringing. Their anger had already started rising.

"Bro, literally, this whole school is filled with sluts and hoes, but I heard that these two in particular got dirty at an early age," the other said.

"Just imagine having them bend for you."

"Which one would you rather do, Sofia or Vivian?"

That's when all of hell broke loose.

"What'd you fucking say, you fucking dickhead?!"

Without letting him answer, Hugo grabbed his collar from the back and used the momentum to spin him around landing a punch to his nose.

Without hesitation James jumped in swinging a punch at the other, aiming for his jaw.

It didn't even take a minute for there to be a full out brawl, curses were flung everywhere, students started circling, teachers were being called.

Hugo and James took some damage too, but compared to the nobles they were wrestling with, it was nothing.

Desmond and Derek jumped in, trying to pry Hugo and James off of the two nobles. Barely having any sort of effect, another two of their friends had to jump in to get the princes off. Two boys on each were barely keeping them from jumping back in.

That didn't stop the two from thrashing and glaring. The teachers finally arrived and the four were sent to the office, separated in twos.

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END OF MATURE THEMES!!! Explanation: basically two noble guests talked $h*! about Sofia and Vivian and Hugo and James heard and got in a physical fight with them.

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Sofia and Vivian walked in the office and noticed Hugo and James sitting there with ice-packs and bruises.

"Oh my goodness, what happened to you two?" Vivian exclaimed, dropping her basket and running to James' side.

Sofia followed, putting her basket next to Hugo, taking his chin in her hands to get a better look at his face. As she studied him, he avoided eye contact.

"What did you do?!" Sofia yelled, slapping his arm.

Hugo yelped at that.

"Well?" She questioned, arms on her hips.

Vivian joined her side, also glaring and waiting for an answer. The two boys looked away. Glancing at each other they sighed. They both knew there was no way the girls would leave them alone until they got an answer. But they didn't need to, because right at that moment the nobles who they fought walked out from a room they were being isolated in.

Instantly the glares that shot daggers were put back on. But seeing the blood and hues of purples and greens, Hugo and James smirked and sat back down.

"Well if it ain't-," one started.

James, already knowing what they were about to say, got up and ran at them, his teeth turning to chalk, the only thing blocking him from throwing more punches was Vivian.

He looked down, her eyes held fire, she shook her head. Against his will James slumped back down. Glaring daggers.

Before anything else could be said or even happen, the teacher walked in.

"Now, you two nobles will be escorted outside and your school will deal with you accordingly."

Once the two left, the teacher continued, "now as for you two, three days suspension, and as for the flying derby coming up, you two will definitely not be participating."

Instantly the two started throwing excuses.

"Silence, I understand why you did what you did, however it does not excuse your behaviour, now if this is to ever happen again, do not think it will end with just a suspension. Understood?"

Hugo and James stood their ground, but upon seeing their girlfriends expectant expressions they nodded their heads.

Yes, girlfriends, they had officially started using the terms, especially since it was easier than words such as fiancé or betrothed, it eased the rumours.

When James started using it with Vivian she would turn into a stuttering tomato, and it took forever to get used to it. However when she first called James her boyfriend, he got so excited he ended up tripping and gaining a scar on his knee.

When Hugo had called Sofia his girlfriend, he had taken her on their first official date, a little café, where no one knew they were royals, just other commoners. When he was asked by the waitress what his girlfriend wanted he proudly ordered bragging the name 'girlfriend' in as many sentences as he could, poor Sofia was left in a blushing state.

Sofia and Vivian basically dragged their idiots home to clean their wounds, their boyfriends trudged behind them, heads slumped in shame. If Sofia and Vivian weren't mad they might've found the sight cute, they looked like puppies.

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Vivian practically shoved James into his sheets. She asked the maids to get her warm water and a cloth. James stared out the window, avoiding her gaze. After a minute a maid walked in with the tub of warm water, a cloth and disinfectant and walked back out.

Vivian sat on the edge of the bed and placed the contents on his bedside table. She dabbed one end of the cloth into the water and started dabbing at his wounds. James hissed at the pain. She kept going however, cringing as she did. She then washed it again and wiped his face. Lastly, placing disinfectant on his busted lip, it had gotten a small cut on the upper lip.

"Now are you going to tell me why you got in a fight?"

Still James avoided eye contact.

"James," Vivian sternly called.

James shimmed out of his sheets and walked away, well tried to.

"James!" Vivian cried as she grabbed his arm.

"Look, Vivian, for once, you don't need to know, okay?!"

"Of course I do! James this isn't a small thing! You got in a fight for crying out loud!"

"No Vivian this time I can't tell you," James sighed.

"Why?! Why not?! What happened?! Why did you get in a fight James?!"

James blew, "for you!"

At that Vivian shut up.

"Okay, because of you, for you." James breathed.

"Why? Why would you get in a fight because of me?" Vivian whispered.

James looked at her, his eyes holding sadness, she noticed his whole body slouched, it didn't make sense though.

"I don't get it? What happened James?"

James sighed, his face glaring at the floor as he recalled the memory. "They- they said horrible things ... about you."

Silence. And then...

"So what? They called me a few names, you let yourself get hurt?!"

"Names?! Names! It wasn't just names, Vivian! You don't understand!" He sneered.

"So what?! Why would you let yourself hurt because of me?!"

Silence. Anger increasing by the second.

"Why?!" Vivian yelled.

"Why?!" James repeated as he started inching closer.

"Why else?!" James yelled back. His face kept getting angrier by the second.

He kept moving forward, she moved back, intimidated for a mere second. And that mere second was enough to land her in a pickle. She tumbled onto the bed. He climbed on top of her, grabbing her wrists and keeping them above her head to keep her from wriggling out, one in each hand. She didn't care though, she still saw red.

"Why?!" Vivian yelled, eyebrows knitted together.

"Because I love you!"

Those words alone caused an instant silence to overtake them.

Her mouth fell slightly agape, eyes slightly awidening, a blush painting her cheeks.

"Okay, because I love you," he barely whispered. He studied her, before he hid himself in the crook of her neck.

"Because I love you," he repeated, shaking her wrists.

"I'd lay my life for you, and I don't care what happens to me, no matter what anyone says I will always, always protect you no matter the consequence," he mumbled in her hair.

"Okay...okay, I won't ask," Vivian whispered back.

Shimming her wrists out of his hold and hugging him, rubbing his back in circles.

They stayed like that for a minute, before they re-shifted their positions. Vivian leaned against the headboard of the bed while James lay his head in her lap. He took her hand in his and gave it a kiss.

As James was falling asleep, Vivian, with a blush on her face, whispered back, "I love you, too."

James smiled at that, falling asleep. They stayed like that for an hour, before Vivian woke up, she placed his head on a pillow and tucked him in, making her way home, a soft kiss was placed upon his forehead. A smile crept on Vivian's face as she slept.

Over at the palace of Albuquerque, Sofia was having trouble getting Hugo to sit still.

"Hugo! Sit! And stay still!" Sofia ordered.

"Sof-," Hugo tried.

"I said, sit."

"Yes, ma'am."

He sat down as she started treating his wounds, wincing once in a while.

"I don't get it, just what happened that you ended up throwing fists."

"I'd really rather not say,"

"Yeah, well I know you well enough to guess that I was somehow involved," Sofia spoke.

"How did you know?!" Hugo asked, astonished.

Sofia scoffed, a small smile on her face. "But seriously, tell me you idiot before I slap you again."

Hugo cringed at the thought. Sulking, he told her, there was just no winning against her.

"Oh, Hugo, you adorable idiot," Sofia said as she flicked his nose. "You know I don't care."

"But I do!" protested Hugo standing so quickly he knocked over his stool, Sofia jumping slightly. 

He laid his hands on her shoulders, levelling their eyes, he repeated himself, "I do."

Standing up straight Hugo rubbed her arms up and down, gazing down at her, "you know how much I care... how could I just sit back and let them continue."

Sofia shook her head, a small blush dusting her cheeks; smiling she said, "whatever, idiot! Just don't do it again, okay?"

"I'll try, no promises," Hugo smirked.

"Hugo!"

Hugo laughed as Sofia chased him with the cloth swinging it at him at every chance.

A/N: hey y'all.... How y'all doing?

Okay soooooo I'm plotting the rest of the chapters like baseline plots and I'm starting to realise that is no longer going to be as kid friendly as before, REGARDLESS YOU CAN STILL READ IT I WILL PUT WARNINGS EVERYTIME A SCENE IS VIOLENT OR GRAPHIC.

This book is going to half and half but like towards the end there will definitely be gruesome scenes sooooooo...... you've been notified lol

Dw tho warnings will be stationed...? Either way there will be warnings!!!

A/N DO NOT SKIP THE NEXT CHAPTER THERE ARE PARTS THAT ARE CENTRAL TO THE MAIN STORY DESPITE IT BEING A SPECIAL ITS STILL IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO NOT SKIP THE CHAPTER.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!