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kaweeella · 3 years

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Hi, if you still want writing requests, a Danganronpa idea would be Himiko's magic going awry and making Maki swap bodies with Miu for a day.

Thank you for requesting! I hope you like it!

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It started as a good day, it really did.

Maki sat at a bench, Himiko was showing off her magic to Tenko and Angie across the path, and Miu was talking to Kaede by the stairs. It was one of the only times she let herself lower her guard.

Never again.

“And for my next trick,” Himiko said. “I will make Miu and Maki switch places!”

Maki stirred only a little at the mention of her name, but she kept watching the clouds. It was likely going to be a warm training session that night.

Himiko spun her stave, a dark red glow appeared on one side and a pink one on the other. She twirled it faster as the two lights snaked down to the other ends.

She excitedly looked over to them, only to be met with disappointment. Maki was still on the bench and Miu was still by the stairs, though she stumbled some, holding onto Kaede so she wouldn’t fall over.

“Nyeh…”

“It’s alright, Himiko! It still looked cool!” Tenko tried to reassure her.

“I’m sure you’ll get it next time!”

“Hey, what just happened?” Maki walked over to them.

“I tried to make you and Miu switch places, but-” She tried to explain but quickly got cut off.

“What are you, a dumbass?”

“Maki!” Tenko stood up. “That’s really rude!”

“Are you blind? I’m not Maki.” Not Maki said.

“What’s going on?” Miu said coldly as she and Kaede approached them.

“What the fuck?!” Not Maki exclaimed.

“Himiko, I think your spell did really work!”

“Nyahahaha!” Angie laughed. “Good job, Himiko! God smiles upon you!”

“What the fuck did you do?” Not Maki asked.

“Well I tried to cast a spell to switch Miu’s and Maki’s places, but if Tenko’s right, then I guess it didn’t switch you physically.”

“If you’re going to use me in one of your shows, at least ask first.” Maki- real Maki- said, venom in her voice.

“So you can fix this, right?” Kaede asked.

Himiko nodded and spun the stave. It started glowing again, though the lights didn't move.

“Enough with your shitty glowstick, I don’t want to be stuck as this flat fuck.”

“Do you want to die?” Maki looked at her. Even if she wasn’t in her body she’s scary as hell.

Himiko tried to block out the talking. If she strained her eyes she could see the lights moving towards the other ends at a snail’s pace. She stopped spinning it and examined them. Even though she stopped she could still see the light moving down at an agonizingly slow speed.

“What’s wrong, Himiko?” Tenko asked.

“Nyeh…” She shuddered and looked at Maki to read her expression. There were none. “I have good news and bad news.” She shrank in on herself a little. “I can’t undo it right now, b-but it’s temporary.”

“Fucking dumbass! Try harder!” Miu reached out to grab the stave.

“Nyeh! Stop! You might make it worse!”

“Nothing could be w-aaa!” Maki grabbed her by the pigtails and yanked her back.

“When are we going to be back to normal?”

“When the two lights reach the other side.” She pointed at the stave.

Maki hummed. “How long do you think it’ll take?”

Himiko looked at it in thought. “At the rate it’s going, maybe about a day?”

“Maki-Roll!” Kaito ran up with Shuichi not far behind him.

“Great…” Maki muttered.

He wrapped Miu in a bear hug. She panicked and…

“Ow!” … she kneed him. “Maki-Roll why’d you do that?”

“Because that’s Miu. I’m Maki.”

The two look confused. Like they were doing a hundred calculations at once in their heads.

“Himiko fucked up her spell.” Miu said.

“It’s temporary!”

It was quiet for a minute before Kaito spoke up again. “So are you still on for training tonight?”

“Training, huh? What kind of training do you do together late at night, huh?”

“Me and Shuichi exercise. Kaito mostly just sits there.”

“Hey!”

“Riiiiight. Well whatever it is, leave me and my body out of it.”

“It’s probably for the best. It’s going to be warm tonight and I’m not in the mood to listen to Kaito whining. And…” She looked down at ‘herself’. “I’m not quite used to training in these conditions.”

Miu snickered some before coming to a realization.

“Miu what are you thinking?” Shuichi asked, though he had a pretty good idea of the answer.

“Why don’t you try some training with me? I’ve always wanted to know if I’m good in bed.”

“Do you want to die?”

“Oh come on, it felt so nice when you pulled my hair.”

Maki stared daggers into her.

“What, you got nothing?”

“I’d strangle you but you’d like it too much.”

“Now, now, we should not resort to violence. As long as we have God on our side all will be well!”

“Right! Besides, it could be worse. You might’ve switched with a degenerate man.”

Maki sighed. She was right, there were worse people but Miu wasn’t a great option to be the one piloting her body.

“Don’t think I’m happy to be in this situation either. I want to be back in my own gorgeous body.”

“This is so weird.” Kaito whispered to Shuichi.

“Nehehe~! What do we have here?” Kokichi strolled over.

“Not now, Kokichi.” They told him.

“Just go away, we’re busy right now and the last thing we need is a little shit fucking around.” Miu said.

“No I…” He paused. “Maki, I don’t think I’ve ever heard you swear before.”

“Do you want to tell him?” Kaito whispered.

“Tell me whaaaat?”

“No, he can figure it out on his own.” Maki said.

“Come on, Miu. A dumb slut shouldn’t be-” Before he can finish Maki grabs him by the neck. “Hey,” He stammered, “I’m not into that. Or you.”

“Don’t call me that.”

“What, dumb or slut?”

“Both.”

“Why~? They fit you so-” She tightened her grip.

“Maki-Roll, calm down you might actually kill him!”

“Maki?” Kokichi asked with strained breaths.

She dropped him. “Yeah. Maki, and never call me a dumb slut again.” She leaned down to his eye level.

“It’s kinda hard to take you seriously when you look like this.”

“Maybe you’ll take this seriously.” She grabbed his scarf and headbutted him, the goggles left marks on his forehead.

“Damn, don’t break my shit!” She looked at the goggles. When she saw that they’re unbroken she nodded before breaking out into laughter. “You got him pretty good. Serves you right you little bitch.”

“So,” Kokichi sat up. “Maki is Miu and Miu is Maki. What. The fuck.”

“It’s magic!” Himiko said.

Maki sighed. “I’m going to go lay down.” She grabbed her key off of Miu and headed off to the dorm.

“See you, Maki-Roll!”

“Hey Miu,” Shuichi said. “Did Maki give you your key?”

She thought for a moment. “She has my fucking key!” Miu ran after Maki.

“No matter what she looks like, she’s a dumb bitch.”

“Hey!” Miu yelled as she reached Maki. “Give me my key.”

“Right.” She paused. “Where do you keep it?” She dreaded the answer.

Miu reached down into her shirt and took out her key. Maki looked at the shirt.

“How do you keep it in there? I could hardly feel it.”

“An inner shirt pocket. With it you can sexily and comfortably store things in your cleavage.”

Maki thought for a moment. “That’s pretty clever.”

“Huh?! I mean… of course it is! I thought of it.”

“You can’t even see the stitches. This could’ve been pretty useful in my missions.”

“I’m gonna take that as a good thing!”

“Yeah. Honestly your inventions don’t really make sense to me but they do tend to be pretty good, when it isn’t used for sexual purposes.”

“My inventions are always incredible!”

“I feel like the underwear remover is a bit unnecessary.”

“Everything I make is entirely necessary!”

“Ah! Maki!” They saw Tsumugi running toward them. “Maki, I have a photoshoot, do you have a weapon I could use?”

“Are you planning to use a real weapon for a photoshoot?”

“No! No! Of course not. I just wanna be as authentic as possible so I’m gonna use it as a reference point. So can I?”

“No.”

“Huh? But I’m asking Maki-”

“Alright, here's what’s happening, Four Eyes. Himihoe fucked up her spell and now I’m Maki and she’s me.”

She stood for a moment then gasped. “This is like something straight out of an anime! How do you reverse it? A special item? Words of true caring? A kiss?”

“Himiko said it would likely take roughly a day.”

“Of course! A timer. In most anime the pair have to pretend to be each other, leading to weird situations that some find hard to watch, but instead of that you two hardly have any hesitance telling me. Though even if you did try to act as each other it’d still be plainly obvious, no offense.”

“Right.” Maki said. “I’m going to bed.” With that she continued to the dorms.

Kirumi was cleaning in there and looked over when she entered.

“Ah, Miu, you look tired. Is there anything I can do for you?”

“No.” She went over to her dorm and Kirumi gave her a strange look.

“You do know that is Maki’s room, right?”

“I know who’s room it is.” She didn’t look back at Kirumi before she went in and closed the door. She fumbled taking off the boots and laid down. She wasn’t even going to bother with anything else.

“Strange.” Kirumi muttered to herself.

It felt like an eternity. She stared at the ceiling, just thinking, until there was a knock at the door. It was Miu. She looked behind her, noticing that Kirumi was no longer there and it was dark out.

“What is it.”

“Well, I was hoping you’d let me stay in here… with you?”

“Why?”

“What does that matter?”

“It matters a lot if you want to sleep in my room.”

“Well if you really care that much… being in my room when I look like this upsets me.”

“It upsets you to be in your room when you look like me.”

“Well…” She fidgeted. “I base a lot of myself and my life on how I look, and my room is a reminder that I’m no longer that.”

Maki wasn’t expecting that. She wasn’t sure what she was expecting, but it wasn’t that.

“Fine. I’m going to need help taking these belts off anyway.”

“Oh you wanna undress me~?”

“I can’t sleep with them on.”

“Really? You slept just fine when Kaito came by to get you. Had to be physically restrained to stop pushing the fucking button.”

“I didn’t realize I went to sleep.”

“Well you did. Wow, your room is pretty empty.”

“I don’t keep many things. Not where I live.”

“Right, your assassin thing. Have you ever seduced your mark?”

“No.”

“Well of course, no one could have my sex appeal.”

“Miu. Miu we are teenagers.”

“What of it?”

Maki threw a pillow at her. “Just go to sleep.”

The night was uneventful. Miu had some trouble adjusting to the pigtails but when she did she fell asleep quickly.

When Maki woke up, she found she was on the other side of the bed when she tried to get up. She looked over and saw Miu. Miu as Miu.

“Hey, get up.”

“Huh? What the fuck do you want?”

“For you to go back to your own room. We’re back to normal.”

She grumbled some. “Fine.” She dramatically got up, grabbed her key and boots and headed out the door, though she paused in the doorway. “Hey Maki? Thank you for letting me stay over.”

“Yeah.”

“I mean it.” Maki smiled, though she had her back to Miu so she couldn’t see. “You can be the first to test my next invention!”

“That’s unnecessary.”

#danganronpa #danganronpa v3 #danganronpa miu #danganronpa maki #danganronpa fic

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gleefail · 4 years

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Glee Memories: 1x2: Showmance

A long, long time ago, as Glee was approaching graduation in Season 3, I found myself nostalgic with some rare free time on my hands. So I decided to rewatch the series from the beginning and jot down some memories, discrepancies that have arisen since, fave quotes, tally solos - all that good stuff, strictly for shits and giggles.

8 years later (eek!) and once more I find myself with an unexpected abundance of free time. With so many revisiting or being newly introduced to the show between binge watching during Quarantine and all the tragedy that has surrounded the show since it went off the air, I figured I’d finish what I started. And by finish, I mean go through the end of S3. Cause I truly cannot acknowledge what happened after that. Except for 5B.

Kicking this off by reposting the first 15 episodes I already went through. Enjoy!

1x2: Showmance

“You’re so chivalrous.” “Thanks. Is that a good thing?” #BlessFinnsHeart

“One day, you will all work for me”

“Oh look, we match – periwinkle”

“I don’t menstruate” “Yeah? Neither do I” #oops

“Last time I looked you only had 5 and a half…crippled kid in the wheelchair”

Sue suggests that Will find recruits in special ed cause no one else would be willing to do Glee#oops

Sue says she euthanized her elderly wealthy mother#oops

“woah woah woah, hell to the no! First of all, you try to bust my face again and I will cut you. And also, this song is terrible.”

”No, it’s the song. It’s really gay”

Will’s father burned his house down once after a drunken fight with his mom

Finn bitching about Glee ruining his reputation, take one

Wow, Quinn was a SUPER bitch to Rachel. And I love it even more watching it now.

Terry’s sister Kendra and her crazy kids

“This is where our daughter or gay son will sleep”

“It’s my very own Sophie’s Choice”

I got a crush on Kurtcedes friendship in this ep: “You need to call me before you dress yourself. You look like a Technicolor zebra. And I look like I’m a part of it. It looks like I planned it.” ”You’re a hater, that’s what you are. Y’know what? If your hair was longer, you’d have curls.”

They did Kanye. Artie was there. Mr. Schue gave the male rap solo to Finn instead. #WTF

Mr. Schue rapped for the first time. It was hot. I still think so.

Mr. Schue asked Mercedes to take the female solo. On the song he wanted to use for Regionals. First and last time that’s happened.

”I guess I just don’t have a gag reflex.” “One day when you’re older that’ll turn out to be a gift.”

Emma’s Pamphlets the first time we see them: OUCH! That Stings DIVORCE: Why Your Parents Stopped Loving You I Can’t Stop Touching Myself RADON: The Silent Killer My Mom’s BiPolar and won’t stop YELLING WOW! THERE’S HAIR DOWN THERE! So You Like Throwing Up: Understanding and Overcoming Bulimia

Emma singing All By Myself in her car in the rain

Rachel was immediately on a mission to get Finn…even though he was with Quinn…why was that ok?

“Gay parents encourage rebellion. There’s studies on this.”

“Who’s Justin Timblerlake?” #BlessFinnsHeart

“Lady Justice wept today.”

oh Jacob Ben Israel

Finn hitting the mailman

“Driving’s fun” #BlessFinnsHeart

“Now remember: if the balloon pops, the noise makes the angels cry”

Quinn seems to have the same gavel etc. that Mercedes uses now for the God Squad

…Rachel uses the gavel later to call the Glee Club meeting to order…I think perhaps this answers the question of why it has a label on it now that reads “Property of the God Squad”

Oh yeah – Emma has a brother! (who threw her into the yogurt thingy at the dairy farm)

Push It. Ha.

Haha, even then Figgins had the best reactions when listening to songs. Him swaying during Push It..hehehe.

“Let me be the one to break the silence. That was the most offensive thing I’ve seen in twenty years of teaching. And that includes an elementary school production of Hair.”

Remember when Figgins gave Glee Club pre-approved musical selections that were all they were allowed to perform (that had only songs with Jesus and Balloons in them)? When did that change? #oops

“This will not stand.”

This is so weird…Rachel Berry is on Schue’s shit list.

“(singing) LA! …that was good!” #BlessFinnsHeart

“Can we take a break? Singing kinda makes me hungry.” #BlessFinnsHeart

“It touched something in me. Right here.” “Your heart’s on the other side of your chest.” “Oh. It’s beating really hard.” #BlessFinnsHeart

“The cups are like the airplane…cups” #BlessFinnsHeart

Finn kisses Rachel while laying on top of her in the auditorium…while he’s still dating Quinn…how was that never addressed?

Oh, Terry’s hysterical pregnancy. I hated you from the moment I laid eyes on you.

Aw, Say A Little Prayer and the first appearance of the unholy trinity

Say A Little Prayer was also 2 girls singing 3 part harmony…2nd time I questioned Glee

Schue took away the Don’t Stop Believin’ solo from Rachel. That was the first and last time that happened. Said he wasn’t taking it away to punish her. Riiiiight. (same solo he’ll agree Quinn sucks on later and blame Rachel not having it on her leaving, not him taking it from her and giving it to Quinn like he’s doing right now#oops)

Quinn, Santana, and Britany joined Glee club <3

SOLOS: Rachel (2), Mercedes (1), Schue (1), Quinn (1), Finn (1)

#Glee Memories #Glee #lol Glee #Glee Showmance

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katurrade · 6 years

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Come Back to Me - The Plan (6/?)

The Plan is part 6 of “Come Back to Me” an AU series. This takes place right at the end of Book 3 Chapter 10, following the bombing of the palace. In this story Chapters 11+ never happen. This is going to be a slightly angsty, slightly fluffy story and is following the story line that is Riley and Liam are engaged and are supposed to be getting married. This will start mainly from Riley’s POV but i will say when it is from someone else’s. This was written on my iphone and fyi each chapter will be pretty long! Tagged long post! Hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of these characters, PB does. I’m just borrowing them.

Pairing: Liam x MC

Rating: PG. Just to be safe!

Summary: The friends hold a group meeting to determine a plan of action. Riley visits Liam in the hospital but finds him in the middle of a nightmare. Catch up HERE.

Word Count: 3,220 ish.

Tagged List: @blackcatkita @captain-kingliamsqueen @mrsdrakewalkerblog @umccall71 @hopefulmoonobject @speedyoperarascalparty @liam-rhys @melodiouskeys @theroyalweisme @alicars

Side Notes: If you would like to be added to the tagged list for this, I can make that happen ;)

Rileys POV - Day 4 (Morning)

Riley woke up to the sound of her alarm going off, instantly realizing she was in Liams bedroom at the palace. She groaned and reached out to shut it off. Not yet....I only just passed out! How is it morning already!?! She pulled his pillow over her face wishing she could just stay there. Taking a deep breath she caught his scent that lingered on it from the last time he had been in his bed....they had been in it. She sighed.

She had only arrived back from the hospital a few hours before but decided to attempt to get a little more sleep before the ‘group meeting’. When she couldn’t get comfy in her own bed she had gone to Liams hoping that would help. It had. But now all she wanted to do was stay there and sleep more. Couldn’t they have planned the meeting for the afternoon?!....Why did it have to be an early morning meeting!.....Damn these early morning people!

She thought about ditching it. Surely they’d understand and fill her in on the important details later! She grabbed her phone to text Drake, when the door to Liams room flung open...

“GOOD MORNING LITTLE BLOSSOM!!” Maxwell screamed as he entered the room with his arms stretched out, followed closely by their entire group of friends. She was so startled that she went to jump out of bed, but her feet were caught in the blankets and she fell flat on her face. Ending up in a crumpled pile on the floor.

“Oh my! Riley!” Hana exclaimed “Are you alright?!?” She said as she ran over to check on her.

“Way to go, Maxwell. We told you not to yell!” Drake glared at him as he said it.

“I’m sorry! ....I just got so excited! I haven’t seen Riley in a whole day!” Maxwell said sadly before his eyes widened “That’s 24 hours, Drake. Twenty. Four. Hours. ” he exclaimed as he lifted his hands, holding up 2 fingers on his right hand and 4 on his left, before forcefully thrusting them towards Drakes face to punctuate his words. Drake narrowed his eyes at him in responce “You’d better get your hands out of my face, Maxwell, or so help me god..” Maxwell gasped and instantly dropped his hands before mumbling something inaudible as he took a step back. Rileys loud, heavy sigh pulled everyones attention back to her.

“It’s okay, Maxwell. I should be used to this by now...” She groaned from inside her cocoon of bedding on the floor. With Hanas help she untangled herself from the mess of sheets and blankets, and stood up to sit on the edge of the bed, leaning forward with her hands on her knees as she willed her heart rate to go back to normal. “How did you guys even find me?” She grumbled out.

“It really wasn’t that hard, when we found your bed empty, this was the next place on the list!” Maxwell said matter-of-factly.

“Riiiiight. Makes sense....” she said as she raked a hand down her face. It did make sense. I should have just stolen his bedding and taken it to a spare room. They wouldn’t have found me for hours! Next time! I must remember that for next time!

Leo cleared his throat “Well, since we are all here, let’s get started, shall we...?”

Everyone nodded.

“I’ll start by saying thank you to everyone for being here toda-“

“Leo, this isn’t a courtly function, you don’t need to thank us...” Drake scoffed, cutting Leo off.

“Speak for yourself, Walker” Olivia glared at him as she crossed her arms “Some of us actually have busy schedules, and just finding the time to be here was difficult, to say the least.....but you wouldn’t know anything about that, would you?” She said with a wicked smirk.

Drake glared back at Olivia “Ha ha” he said sarcastically “Why, Olivia? Because I’m a commoner? You nobles are all the same” he rolled his eyes “....and busy schedule my as-“

“Guys, guys! Come on! Lets just get on with it already” Riley said frustratedly. She glared at them both before turning to Leo, nodding for him to continue.

“As I was saying, Thank you all for being here. We are here to make sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to Liam..”

The group talked......well argued for the next 2 hours before finally agreeing on a plan. They wanted to make sure he was given equal parts good and bad memories. It would be done in steps, one step per day, with an extra day in between the harder topics to give him a chance to come to terms with all the information. They had wanted to draw it out over a longer period of time, but Riley reminded them that he would be out of the hospital soon and expected to make a statement. Meaning, he would need to know everything by that point in order to not draw unwanted attention from the press.

First. Riley would tell Liam all about the social season, his Father stepping down due to illness and that he was now the King.

Second. Riley, Olivia, Maxwell, Hana and Drake would tell him about the scandal, the engagement tour, the investigation and the outcome.

Third. Riley would tell him all about their moments during the engagement tour with Madeleine, ending with the night they got engaged.

Fourth. Riley, Leo and Drake would tell him about the attacks and the investigation.

Fifth. Riley would tell him about their moments from the Unity Tour and the plans for their wedding.

Then finally, Sixth. Leo would tell Liam about the final attack and Constantine’s death.

“It’s fool proof!” Maxwell exclaimed

“With you helping ....let’s hope it is” Olivia chuckled while rolling her eyes.

“Hey!” Maxwell whined through a pouted lip.

“Oh, Maxwell. Don’t listen to her” Hana said as she rubbed his back “No one will ruin the plan, don’t worry!”

Riley stood up from the bed “Okay, I’m going to go to the hospital now, but while I have you all here, as you know we are planning to keep Liams amnesia quiet. To prevent it from being leaked to the press, we have set up a list of who is allowed in his room. You will all be on it along with the few doctors and specialists that need to be apart of his recovery. I just wanted to give you all a heads up before the Press Release”

Everyone nodded in acceptance.

“What happens in Liams rooms, stays in Liams rooms! You have our word!” Maxwell said with a chuckle as he raised his left hand up in a mock oath.

And with that everyone went their separate ways. Riley ran to her room to change before heading off to the hospital.

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Liams POV - Day 4 (Dawn)

He grabbed the IPad off the table and opened up Safari. He thought back to Lady Hana’s words earlier that day ‘Riley Laurence’ she had said. He typed her name in then hit search, the page instantly filled with links.

He read down them until one caught his eye ‘Flirtatious Photos or Midnight Mix-up?’. He clicked the link finding a video of Tariq embedded in the article. Tariq?! ...What does he have to do with Lady Riley?!

He watched the video from start to finish. Which only told him that this all had something to do with some photos....A misunderstanding to do with rooms....A breach of privacy for which Lady Riley held no responsibility.....And that the Court had clearly treated her unkindly during the whole thing.

But the court treating her unkindly wasn’t news to Liam, he had lived at court his whole life. He knew how quickly they attacked at any indiscretion, at any sliver of misconduct.

Now he needed to know more about this ‘Mix-up’. The word made him laugh. That was clearly the presses way of downplaying what they had done to her. Trying to save face by using a small, unthreatening word like ‘Mix-up’, as if they had accidentally used salt instead of sugar in their morning coffee.

Just before he backed out of the page, a sentence caught his eye ‘Neither King Liam nor his fiancée, Duchess Madeleine have made an official statement yet, stay tuned for more as this unfolds’

Wait....WHAT? K-King Liam?!? ....His fiancee....Madeleine? But...but... how?! I-I-I’m engaged to....Riley? ..Aren’t I?!

.....Dr. Young had originally used ‘Your Majesty’...and the face he made when I corrected him...it all makes sense now. But what about my father? Did he step down?! He hasn’t come to visit me once since I woke up....he wouldn’t have stepped down without a reason...either he was ill...or, or worse....?

This was all to much. His head was spinning, he felt like he was going to throw up due to the headache that had now set up shop in his skull. He had so many questions. So many concerns. Get it together, Liam. You’re a Prin—King?... he didn’t know but he knew he had to focus his energy on one topic at a time.

He willed himself to focus, he had set out originally to figure out what happened to Riley before New York. He would do that first, then move on to the topic of him being the King and why the hell Madeleine was his fiancee. Leaving the questions about his Father to when Leo visited next. Leo hadn’t said anything about their Father and he wanted to believe he would have if something bad had happened to him.

He shook his head. This is clearly nothing more then my imagination, Father obviously stepped down because he wanted to....and he clearly just hasn’t visited because he was thrusted back into duty given that the ......possible, current King was sitting in this damn hospital bed. Yes, that makes more sense. Sort of ..

He had to think logically, he forced himself to. He took a few deep calming breaths then backed out of the page and continued down till he saw the link he was looking for “Prince Humiliated by Unfaithful Suitor!” His heart was beating rapidly as he starred at the title for a moment before finally clicking the link.

When he first saw the photos of Tariq in Rileys room, a pang of jealousy overtook him. But as he began to read down the article about how she had ‘humiliated him’ that jealousy turned to anger.

After watching the video he knew nothing in this article was true, he should have stopped there, he should have put the IPad down, but he couldn’t. He kept reading the article and the comments at the bottom from his people.

They called her unspeakable names. She clearly went through so much ...for him. She had her privacy violated, photos of her in her underwear plastered the web. Her image ruined, her name tarnished. Her morals called into question because she was an ‘American’. It enraged him, all this because she came here to take a shot at being with him.

He slammed the IPad down on the table.

He didn’t want to look up anything else, the thought of what she had gone through, crushed him. He wished he could remember. All he wanted was to remember!

He laid there in frustration for a while before the exhaustion finally took over and he passed out.

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Rileys POV - Day 4 (Mid-Day)

She arrived at the hospital shortly before lunch time. She had stopped at the bakery to pick up some cronuts on her way over. She wanted to use them as an icebreaker into the conversation about their ‘moments’ together.

As she walked up to Liams room she saw Bastien standing guard. “Oh! Bastien, Welcome back! Did Mara give you a copy of the list?” She said. He bowed to her “Thank you, Your Grace. It is great to be back. Yes, she filled me in and gave me the list” he said. “Perfect! If you happen to see Mara can you tell her I am here, please?” She said. He nodded “Of course, Your Grace”.

Mara had been at the hospital all morning informing all the guards of the strict new policies. Riley had been guarded by Mara’s right hand man, Thomas, all morning. He was basically a male version of Mara. Diligent, very highly trained, loyal and he had just a hint of humour, enough to make her feel comfortable in his presence. Like she could just be herself with him, she trusted him entirely.

After finding out everything was in order and Bastien was healthy and up to date on the plan, she turned her attention to Liams door. Taking a deep breath she knocked lightly, but when she didn’t get a response she opened the door quietly and peeked in.

Liam was asleep, she tiptoed in and shut the door quietly, as to not disturb him. She gingerly walked towards his bed placing the box of cronuts down on the table next to it. Wanting to take a moment just to stare at him, pretend the last few days hadn’t happened. That he was just sleeping and would wake up with a “Good Morning, my love.” But she knew he wouldn’t.

Upon approaching him she noticed a frown on his face, he was mumbling in his sleep and she figured he was having a bad dream. She fought with the idea to gently wake him up, but was worried how he would handle that.

Before she could think anymore about it, her body made the choice for her. Her hand reached out and cupped his jaw. Her thumb lightly caressing his cheek. His heart was racing, his breathing was quick. Too quick. Something was really upsetting him.

“Shhh, Liam. It’s okay” she softly said. Trying to gently ease him awake. “You’re safe. It’s okay..”

His eyes shot open and the look on his face was pure panic. He clenched his jaw and she quickly removed her hand “I’m so sorry......I didn’t mean to freak you out! I shouldn’t have....” She trailed off as she took a step back.

“Riley ...” he whispered through laboured breaths as his eyes settled on her.

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Liams POV - Day 4 (Mid-Day)

He found himself once again in a ballroom, but this time there were no assassins. No guns. No fighting for his life.

He was standing next to his father and Regina in front of the whole court. It was his Coronation Ball, he was about to declare who his future Queen would be. He knew exactly who he was going to choose. She was his only choice. There was no other. There never would be.

When in the corner of his eye he sees a Royal Advisor approach Constantine and Regina to whisper something to them. “If you’ll excuse us one moment” Regina says before following the Advisor and Constatine to the back of the raised dais they were standing on.

He turns around to see what is going on when his Father waves him over. The Advisor informs them of an article that has just been released to the press, with photos showing Lady Riley in an intimate moment with Lord Tariq.

Lady Riley and Tariq?! No. That can’t be! At first Liam was caught off guard, he was outraged, jealousy coursed through him at the thought. But that went away quickly as he remembered his talk with Drake about the missing lock on Rileys door. And of the note she showed him earlier, the threat.

They turn back around to the sound of the crowds phones going off, one by one. The gasps and whispers start right after. He pulls his phone out to look, and sees a headline ‘Prince Humiliated by Unfaithful Suitor!’ He doesn’t even bother to open it. He knows now without a doubt that she has been set up.

“Where is Lady Riley?” He yells. He needs to speak to her. To find her. He starts searching the crowd for any sign of her.

Then he notices the commotion, three guards dragging her and the Beaumont brothers towards the doors, while a few other guards stop Drake and Hana from following. He can tell Drake is pissed, knowing the same information Liam does. “Riley!” He screams, shock evident in his voice.

He sees her yell something but can’t make out what she says over all the chaos and noise in the ballroom. He is panicking now. He needs to get to her, but before he can, Regina speaks “Given the circumstances, I’m sure Lady Riley has withdrawn from consideration” No! This is all a misunderstanding! She is NOT withdrawn from consideration! She is the ONLY one I’d ever pick! The only one I’d ever marry! He turns to Regina to say “But... I need to speak to her!” To which Regina quickly pulls him aside.

“You can’t speak to her now, Liam, you know that!” Regina whispers in a stern tone.

“But Regina, this is all a misunderstanding! She was set up! I need to speak to Lady Riley, now!” He commands.

“Liam, whether she was set up or not, there is nothing we can do at the moment. However, if she was set up, someone wanted her gone. She isn’t safe here, and you speaking to her could only put her further into harms way. You must get ahold of your emotions, not only for your sake but for hers as well.”

Liam says nothing as they both turn back to the crowd. He knows Regina is right. Lady Riley could be in FAR worse trouble if he were to chase after her.....to choose her. Right then he knows what he has to do. He had to protect her at all costs.

He tries to get his emotions in check. To steel himself. After a few calming breaths he nods to his Father to continue. “And now, Prince Liam must make his choice”

The words gut him. This isn’t ‘his choice’. She is ‘his choice’. No, this is very much someone else’s choice. Someone else has made this decision for him. He can feel the rage coming back, he can’t keep all his emotions together. His face tells one story but his clenched fists tell another as he says the words he never wanted to say “I choose... Lady Madeleine”

As Madeleine is walking up to the stage something touches his face. A hand? As a thumb caresses over his cheek he can feel himself being pulled from the ballroom.

He hears a calming voice “Shhh, Liam. It’s okay”. That’s Rileys voice. “You’re safe. It’s okay..” He quickly opens his eyes, he is breathing hard and fast. His heart is pounding in his chest. It was just a nightmare. Another nightmare....or was it?! Was this a memory?! Is that what really happened? It felt so real. Like I was actually there! He clenched his jaw. But his panicked thoughts were instantly cut off by her quickly removing her hand from his face.

“I’m so sorry......I didn’t mean to freak you out! I shouldn’t have....” She trailed off as she took a step back. He realized she thought she was the reason he was panicking. In a round about way she was, but it had nothing to do with her waking him up. Actually, he was thankful she woke him up when she did. He didn’t want to be in that nightmare any longer.

He had to make sure she knew it was okay. He had to find out if it was in fact a memory.... though he hoped it wasn’t. “Riley ...” he whispered through laboured breaths as his eyes settled on her. Trying to catch his breath “It’s okay, you didn’t freak me out...” he assured her “..but I need you to tell me what happened at my Coronation Ball...”

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Chapter 7 - HERE.

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