draft of prologue to Sweet Revenge.


    With a reluctant groan, I opened my eyes to greet the world, to
live the life that all girls should be dreaming about, the life of the
princess.  But why the reluctant groan?  Why did I have to be saddled
with mountains of work?  Why wasn't I smart enough to figure a way out
of this living hell?

    Stretching out my arms and yawning for a final time, I nearly
recoiled when the door to my room was rudely opened and in marched
Londs, my weighty appointment book in his hands.  He was still leafing
through pages and didn't bother to look at me.  "Princess Fatora,
please awaken.  You do have a lengthy schedule today, and you know how
Princess Rune feels if you don't keep up with your..."

    I mentally finished his sentence and waited for him, but he never
spoke.  I looked at him directly, and nearly recoiled backwards in
fear.  His lips trembled as if he had seen my sister naked and tears of
joy welled up in his eyes.  He wasn't look at me, rather next to me.

    I looked beside me, to my companion, only to find that it was not
my companion, Alielle.  She wasn't here at all.

    Makoto yawned, sat up, gave me a satisfied look, said "Good
morning!" and he then gave me the mushiest kiss that I have ever had in
my entire life.  Not even Alielle, with a mouthful of water, could come
close.  He managed to even use his tongue, a skill that I thought he,
the most uptight, restricted, bookish, reserved, totally inhibited
person that I knew besides my sister, would never know.

    To say that I screamed was an understatement.  To say that the
people in Lydais and Cyrene heard my screams was an overstatement.
Personally, what happened was something between these two extremes.

- - -
I have a week till finals, after which I shall have time for writing and
other niceties which I have been neglecting for a while due to studies.
As for Antithesis, chapter 2 hasn't been rewritten yet, but I have a
pretty spiffy idea in my mind, so it won't be as chopped as the original.

As for this fic, it hasn't progressed beyond speculation.  I just though
up of this passage after I just realized "Cool!  What would happen if
Nanami and Shayal and Makoto (who is actually dragged into the plans)
decided to play a vicious prank on sweet, virtuous Fatora?