Boredum in life ---------------

Nothing makes sense anymore, life just repeats it's self every week. School, dinner, homework then sleep... I just wish sometimes life was more exciting or, at least someone would like me for who I am. Sitting boredly as she looked out the window of her bed room, Karen Kano, looked up at the dark sky. "It's...going to rain again..." she said sighing putting her head down onto her desk. "Life's to...boring.."

"Gyah!" A glowing green portal opened in Karen's room and a boy with dirty blond hair and bright red eyes fell out, hitting the floor. "Jeez..." A small golden crown fell from his head, hitting the floor. "Heh, should've looked first... Ouch..." He stood up, finally realizing that there was someone else in the room. He poked her arm, tilting his head to the side. "Hey, you're a human, aren't you?"

"Ah!" Karen screamed jumping into her chair and blinked. "...Uhm, yeah I'm a human..." she said glaring down at him. "Weird kid.." she said hissing. "Geez..." she looked up as the glowing green portal dissappered. "...Some special effect.." she said stepping down onto teh ground picking up the small golden crown. "Oh wow!" she said smiling. "A crown, just like fairy tales!" she said as she could not help herself and put on the crown. "Oh wow..."

"Special effect?" The boy grinned, shaking his head. "No, we were just portal skipping. It's fun once you get used to it, but...I think I made a miscalculation..." He raised a brow. "Where am I? Oh, and if you don't mind..." He pulled the crown off her head, putting it back on. "That's mine..."

"You're...in my room." Karen said raising her brow. "Get out before I call the police!" she said stepping back away from him. "...Portal skipping? Are you psyco?" she asked glaring at him, stepping back again, putting her hands across her chest. Giving away cleavage without realizing it she continued to back up until she fell on the bed. "..Geez.."

"Well, I suppose I am a bit psychotic, but..." He sighed, letting out a laugh. "Police? Oh, please... Don't even think about it..." He stepped closer, staring down at her. "Were you trying to show some cleavage there, or was it an accident?" He leaned down to her, smirking. "I know ladies will do anything to impress a prince..."

"A prince, I sure hope your don't mean yourself!" Karen said leaning away from him. "It was a bloody accident!" she said blushing. "Get out of my room."

"Do you not believe me?" He blinked, tilting his head to the side. "Why not? Humans are such fools... They'll believe anything..." He smirked. "Fine, fine... I'll leave..." He disappeared into thin air, reappearing right behind her on her bed. "By the way, I'm Ricky... I don't believe I caught your name..."

Karen jumped and looked back at him. "Karen..." she said simpley not moving. "What do you mean 'humans are such fools?' idiot." she hissed looking away. "You're a human as well, a twisted one...but a human.." she looking back at him. "What are you still doing here?"

"Got the twisted part right, but I'm not...fully human..." Ricky leaned close to her. "And I'm still here, because... Well... I made a mistake...and now I don't know how to get back home..." He shrugged, lying down on her bed. "Oh well. This human world isn't all bad."

Karen climbed over him, and pushed him off her bed onto the ground. "Rule number one: no one's aloud to sleep in my bed." she crossed her arms. "You can stay, but, you're sleeping on the ground." she said glaring at him. "I'm tired and don't have time for this, I have school in the morning..." she said throwing a blanket and pillow at him. "Get some sleep.." she said claping her hands as the lights went out.

Ricky opened his eyes the next morning, almost laughing out loud as he realized he was sleeping next to Karen. Heheh... Don't remember how I got here... Could've sworn I was sleeping on the floor... Ah, well... She'll be totally pissed at me, but... He closed his eyes, resting his head against her chest, waiting for her to wake up. ...it'll be worth it...

Karen slowly moaned in her sleep turning over, causing her chest to go into Ricky's face completely. "...Oh.." she moaned softly hugging him tightly pulling him closer squeezing him tightly. She whispered something, but he couldn't hear what she was saying. Her leg slowly moved between his legs and she smiled softly as she continued to hug him.

Ricky blushed, not expecting anything like this. He felt extremely awkward, extremely perverted, and extremely happy. Letting out a soft moan as she pushed her leg between his legs, he wrapped his arms around her, closing his eyes. "Karen..." he said softly, pushing his head against her chest.

Karen moaned again, a bit louder, she was a deep sleeper. And didn't realize the position she was in. She hugged him tighter sighing softly tilting her head down.

Ricky blushed, enjoying the sound of her moan. He picked his head up, softly kissing her neck before moving his lips up to her cheek. He felt half-asleep, and he couldn't control what he was doing. He kissed her lips, pushing her leg harder against him, causing him to moan in the kiss.

Karen moaned in the kiss and slowly opened her eyes up, half-asleep. Her eyes widened and pushed him away from her. "What...the..heck?" she asked rubbing her lips. "You idiot, what the heck is wrong with you!?" she shouted glaring at him, as she continued to rub her lips. "Geez..."

Ricky ignored her, grinning as he tilted his head to the side. "Hey, do you wanna be a princess?" He leaned closer, smirking. "Or a queen? Come on, lemme show you my home!" He snapped his fingers, creating a glowing green portal. "Heh, looks like I actually do know how to get back... But thanks for letting me stay for the night." He grabbed her hand. "By the way, you have a nice moan." He stepped through the portal, pulling her with him. "See, look! There's my house." He pointed at a giant four-story castle in front of them. "Like it?"

Karen shivered and looked up at the castle in awe. "Whoa..." she whispered with wide eyes, but shook the look of shock off her face as she glared at him. "...That's not something you tell a girl, Richard..." she hissed out his full name crossing her arms. "Geez, take me back home.."

"I'm sorry..." Ricky said softly, trying to control his anger. "But, you can't call me that... I prefer Ricky... And since you're only a nice girl when you're sleeping..." His hand glowed with a red ectobeam as he brought his fist down onto her head, knocking her out. "Sorry..." He picked her up and floated through the doors, up to his room where he put her down on his bed, sitting down next to her. "...But I won't take you back home..."

Karen let out a painful gasp as she was knocked out. "Cheater..." she whispered as she hit the ground. A few hours later, she woke up with a terrible headache. "My...head..." she whispered maoaning in pain as she sat up slowly. "Where...am I?"

"Here, I can help." Ricky was still sitting beside her on his bed. He made his hand glow softly, putting it against her forehead. "You should feel better soon..." He yawned, glancing sideways at her. "I could show you around the castle if you want..." Smirking, he added, "It'll be just like a fairy tale... Isn't that what you said when I first fell into your room?"

Karen looked over at Ricky. "You..." she whispered glaring at him, then looking away. "I don't want to look around the castle...Richard." she said smirking getting off the bed, but stoped looking back at him. "Why...are you looking at me like that?" she asked stepping back away from him.

"I told you not to call me that..." Ricky stepped toward her, pinning her back against the wall. "I hate that name..." He phased his hand into her chest, grabbing her heart. Making his hand glow inside her chest, he drew a small seal on her heart with his finger. "Sorry, but..." He squeezed his hand around her heart before pulling his hadn out of her chest. "You're mine now... So behave like a good girl..."

Karen looked down at her chest feeling a pinning feeling in her chest, causing her to fall to her knees. "...What did you do to me?" she asked closing her eyes. "I don't belong to you, Ricky..." she said shivering. "I don't belong to anyone, don't tell me what to do...don't order me around!"

"Your heart belongs to me now..." Ricky said softly, smirking. "And thank you for calling me by my preferred name..." He knelt down in front of her. "I appreciate it... Oh, and there was something I wanted to ask you..." He leaned closer, grinning. "How come you were so nice to me in bed?"

Karen fell from her knees to her butt as she leaned against the wall, with a red face. "...I thought you were my blanket..." she said looking away from him as he got in between her. "I need...to...hug something...in my s-sleep..." she said closing her eyes. "My...heart...doesn't...belong to you!"

"I can be your blanket if you want me to..." Ricky said softly, smirking, pushing his leg between her legs. "You can hug me in your sleep... But I want you to explain yourself, naughty girl..." He pushed his leg harder against her. "How come you have such a wonderful moan?"

Karen closed her eyes blushing deeply as he pressed his knee against her. "You..." she put her hands on his chest. "Get away from me- now!" she said pushing him away from her, putting her hand over her private place with a trembling hand. "...I want to go home...I want to go...home..."

"Stop touching yourself.." Ricky whispered, moving closer to her, smirking as he pulled her hand away from her private place. "Let me do it instead..." He put a hand on her chest, staring at her. "And...this is your home, so stop whining... You live here now..."

"No..." Karen said weakly. "...No...stop touching me!" she said slapping him hard across the face. "Stop...just leave me alone.." she said putting her head in her knees. "Leave...me alone, I...don't...like you...leave me alone.."

"That hurts, Karen..." Ricky said softly, putting his hands on the sides of her head, pulling her head up, forcing her to look at him. "I just want to make you happy... And you seemed to like what I was doing to you in bed, so why can't we do it again?" He tilted his head to the side. "Come on, once we're done, you'll like me a lot..."

"N-No..." Karen said kicking him in the private place and stood up quickly making a run for the door, slinging it open she ran down the hallway as fast as she could. Ignoring the mutters from Maids and butlers.

"Ouch, jeez!" Ricky sprinted out of the room, glaring at the maids and butlers. "What are you staring at!? Back to work!" He jumped into the air, flying after her, grabbing her by the shoulders once he caught up. "Nowhere to run, Karen... Stop trying to escape..." He leaned close, whispering in her ear, "Don'tcha want to be a princess?"

Karen gasped and closed her eyes trying to calm her heart down. "No...I don't want to be a princess!" she said struggling in his grip. "You desgust me...let me go now.."

"Sure, go ahead and run..." Ricky let go of her, smirking. "Your heart will ache for me..." He leaned down to whisper in her ear. "Literally... And eventually, your pain will bring you back... Don't forget...your heart belongs to me..."

Karen's eyes widened and she took off running again, down the stairs of the castle. Her heart began to sting. "Ouch..." she whispered as she continued to run, as soon as the pain became unbairable, she fell to her knees. "My...heart, what did he...do to me?"

Ricky walked slowly to her, taking his time. "See, Karen... As I get closer to you, the pain goes away..." He knelt down behind her, putting his chin down on her shoulder, whispering in her ear. "In fact...me being this close to you... It makes your heart feel good...doesn't it?"

Karen's eyes widened as the pain disappeared from her chest. Unable to say anything she looked down at the ground. "..." she stood up looking down as she turned back towards the castle, tears going down her face as she took off running up the stairs.

"We can play this game forever, but it's always going to be the same..." Ricky threw one hand out toward her, shooting out a long line of red ecto-tape, binding her legs together, causing her to fall over. "Can't run forever, princess..."

Karen hit down on the stairs and winced looking back at him with fearful wet brown eyes. "...Please..." she whispered shivering. "...Just let me go home...please.."

"...No." Ricky walked over to her, sighing softly. "Do you really hate me that much? You should give me a chance..." He picked her up, sighing again. "Besides... I want us to be even... You let me sleep at your house last night, so I'll let you sleep here tonight... Come on, Karen... Don't you want to be a princess?"

Karen shook her head. "No..." she said looking at him. "I don't want to...be a princess..." shivering she closed her eyes, as she felt sleepy. "I don't want to.."

"Why not?" Ricky whispered softly, hugging her gently. "You'll like it..." He carried her to his room, putting her down on his bed, staring at her intently. "What an interesting new toy... I like her...a lot... But..." He let out a sigh, sitting down next to her on his bed. "So difficult...to play with..."

Karen slowly opened her eyes up, it was the middle of the night. "..." Looking over to her side at Ricky, she blushed and sat up pushing off the blankets and tiptoeing to a boucany. Closing the glass doors scilently she walked to the edge of the boucany and looked down at the darkness. "...It's not like anyone back home is waiting for me..just...I.." she sunk down onto her knees and looked down at the ground. "...Don't like being treated like this...at all..." she whispered closing her eyes. "...I want someone...to like me...without acting like a total player.."

"That's all you want?" Ricky had been pretending to be asleep, but immediately phased through the glass doors after her. "Karen, that's...all you want?" He put his arms around her from behind, pulling her so she was standing up. "That...can be arranged..." He rested his head down on top of her head, sighing softly. "Don't...run."

Karen jumped slightly and looked down at the ground. "...I don't..." she closed her eyes. "...want you touching me.." she said turning around, hugging him softly. "...I don't want you...to." she closed her eyes and stayed still before pulling away and looking down. "...Go...back to sleep, I'll...be back in later." she said turning away looking back out at the land of darkness.

"Don't hate me," Ricky said softly, turning away from her. "And don't run." He opened the glass door, closing it behind him. Knowing she couldn't hear him through the glass, he added, "...Love you..." before lying down on the bed, closing his eyes. "Karen..."

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The next morning Karen slowly woke up, by the sound of a weird trumpent. "...What the?" she had fallen asleep on the boucany. "...Where..." she rubbed her eyes. "...Oh right... " she turned around and walked back into the room. "Good...morning..."

"Morning...princess..." Ricky said softly, staring at her. "Thank you for not running... Oh, and by the way..." He tilted his head to the side. "Do I really act like a...'player'? And...part two of the question - would you like me, maybe just a little bit, if I didn't act like one?"

Karen looked over at Ricky. "Yes...you act like one, and...I might start liking you...if you treated me like a human and not some 'toy'.." she said looking away from him.

"I'll...treat you like more than a human..." Ricky stood up, putting his arms around her. "I'll treat you like a goddess..." He hugged her tighter. "Would you like that, Karen?"

Karen blushed and looked down. "..As long as you don't treat me...like some...toy." she said hugging him back, and turning away. "Let's go-" she was cut off as she triped over her foot and fell back on the bed, causing Ricky to fall on top of her.

Ricky just smirked as he fell on top of her. "Aww, don'tcha love awkward situations like this?" He pushed himself against her, smiling. "I love them..."

"No...I don't." Karen said blushing feeling him push himself against her. "...S-Stop, let's...go...a-around the castle.."

"Maybe later..." Ricky whispered, leaning closer. "I like this... I don't want to stop..." He pushed himself against her again, softly kissing her lips as he moved a hand to her chest.

Karen's words were muffled in her breath as he kissed her, and touched her chest. "Stop it, right now!" she shouted pushing him off of her and standing up. "The...nerve...of you touching me." she hissed running to the door. "I'm...going to get someth-ing to eat.." she said slamming the door and walking fast. Whipping her lips with tears in her eyes. "Why does he always act...always..."

A girl with curly blond hair was walking to Ricky's room, but, not seeing where she was going, she bumped into Karen. "Hey! What were you doing in Ricky-poo's room!? Are you a new maid!? Why aren't you in uniform!?" She folded her arms aross her chest, glaring at Karen.

"Karen, wait--" Ricky stepped out the door, freezing as he caught sight of the blond girl. "Ah... Heh... Um... I can...explain...?"

"What were you doing with this girl, Ricky-poo?"

"N-Nothing!"

"Aww, okie!" The blond girl latched herself onto Ricky's arm, staring up at him. "I love you, Ricky-poo!"

"Uh... Yeah..." Ricky muttered, looking away.

Karen winced and looked up at them, glaring at Ricky she stood up dusting off her skirt. "I'm Karen, Ricky here kidnapped me..." she said crossing her arms turning away from the blond and Ricky, why did it hurt so much? "I'll find the kitchen by myself.." she whispered as she began walking off.

"Ricky-poo... Why did you kidnap her?" The blond girl was still clinging to Ricky's arm. "Ricky-poo..." she whined, staring up at him.

"Jeez, shut up!" Ricky blinked, realizing he had snapped at her. "S-Sorry... I'll...be right back..." He ran after Karen, grabbing her arm. "Karen, wait..."

Karen stoped walking, "What's your excuse?" she asked glaring back at him. "I was going to give you a chance, but now..." she shook her head and got her hand out of his grip. "Don't even touch me..." she said as she walked into the kitchen.

"Uh, um, Karen..." Ricky ran after. "Wait, wait, I can explain! Stop walking away from me!" He grabbed her arm, pulling her back towards him. "You're my queen, you can't run! See?" He pulled off her jacket, poking her chest. "See... You're sealed to me..." He pointed back towards the blond girl. "I don't love her! So just...stay with me...please... Karen, I love you... Please don't run away...

Karen looked up at him blushing and then looking away. "But I can't be seen with you, Richard...let me go.." she said shivering keeping her eyes closed. "Sorry.." she said softly pushing him back. "I can't be seen with you, even if I'm marked...with some seal.."

"Ah, well... I should tell you...Karen..." Ricky looked away, grabbing her hand tightly. "That seal... Well, it means...uh...we're...kind of..." He pulled his hand away from hers, there was now a red ring of ectoplasm around her finger. "...married..."

Karen's mouth opened up wide. "What!?" she shouted at him trying to pull the ring off. "I never ever asked for this!"

"Ricky!" The girl's voice was sharp and angry. "Ricky, you don't love me!? You liar! You lied to me!"

"You're so annoying..." Ricky whispered, grabbing Karen's hand.

"You can't love a peasant like her! She's... She doesn't have royal blood!" The blond girl glared at Karen. "It's all a joke, right!?"

"Does this look like a joke?" Ricky pushed Karen back against the wall, passionately kissing her lips, pinning her arms down so she couldn't escape.

"Wh-What... Ricky!!" The girl clenched her fists in anger, trembling with jealousy. "How dare you! You... You..." Letting out a cry of frustration, she disappeared, muttering a low oath to seek revenge on Karen.

Karen moaned softly under the kiss, blinking a few times before pulling away. "Ricky..." she whispered putting a hand over her heart. "...Let's go eat..."

"I'm sorry...you didn't ask for this..." Ricky whispered, kissing her again. "Please..." he whispered, pulling away. "Don't...hate me..." Pulling gently on her hand, he brought her in the direction of the dining hall. "Are you...okay with this? Or are you going to run away?"

Karen looked down and nodded. "I don't think I...really have a choice.." she said looking away. "...I'm..so hungry.."

"All right, then..." Ricky smiled at her. "Hey, bring out the food! We're gonna have a feast, just the two of us! And then, oh, I know! A ball! A masked ball!" His eyes were lit up with excitement. "This is going to be great!"

"Yeah, great..." Anna smirked as she entered the kitchen, tipping a glass of poison into one of the drinks. "Bye, Karen..."

One of the butlers brought out the food, placing it down in the center of the table.

Karen looked at the food and started to eat, smiling she looked up at Ricky. "This is great." she said smiling, reaching out for the drink. She sighed for a second then lifted it up and began to drink the red looking drink. "What...is this stuff, it taists tangy-" she gasped putting a hand to her throat and then droped the cup falling out of her chair and onto the ground gasping for breath. "P-Poision?..." she whispered hoarsely, as her vision gave out she looked up at Ricky... "Poison..." she whispered breathless, fainting.

"What!?Karen, no..." Ricky stood up, pushing his chair away. "Whoever's on kitchen duty...is going...to die..." he hissed, running into the kitchen.

"Hiya, Ricky!" Anna smiled at him. "Too bad about what's-her-name, huh? I guess you'll just have to let it go..."

"You!" Ricky pinned her against the wall, shaking with anger. "You did this! What kind of poison is it!? How do I cure it!?"

"Uhh, I... I don't know... I f-found it..."

"I don't have time for this..." Ricky hissed, slamming her head back against the wall, knocking her out. "I'll kill you later..." He ran back to the dining hall, picking Karen up, teleporting them to the infirmary. "Cure for poison..." He put her down on a bed and flung open a cabinet, scanning the shelves. "Karen... I... How do I cure it!?" He glanced back at her, remembering something he had heard once about sucking poison out of peoples' blood. "Aw, man... This...better work..." He sat down in front of her, pulling her into a hug. he hesitated for a second before biting into her neck, wincing as he sucked out her blood. This is...so disgusting...

Karen winced slightly as he bit into her. "Ricky..." she whispered slowly opening her eyes. "...Ricky..." she whispered again blushing slightly. "R-Ricky..." she whispered again. "...The poision's...out." she said looking at him with drowzy eyes. "...I'm sorry I scared you."

Ricky hugged her tighter, trembling. "You're...okay..." he whispered, pressing his lips to her neck where he had bitten her. "I'm sorry...if I hurt you..." He softly kissed her neck before pulling away. "I'm sorry... It was...that girl... The clingy one who won't leave me alone... She tried..." He hugged her tighter, closing his eyes. "She tried to kill you..."

Karen looked at him with a light blush. "...Ricky, it's...okay." she said timidly hugging him tightly. "Everythings okay." she said squeezing him tightly. "Everything's fine..."

"Will you be...okay for the ball tonight? Karen?" Ricky frowned, seeing her unconscious. "Karen... Please...be okay... I don't want my parents to make me go with someone else... Come on, wake up... Please... They'll make me go with Anna if you don't wake up..."

Karen didn't answer him she just laid there silently.

"Ricky...you have to leave now sir, I'm sorry, I'll send her as soon as she woken up to your room." the maid with bright red hair said looking down. "It'll be my priority number one."

"But..." Ricky glared at the maid. "Can I, um, not go to the ball? Or could they cancel it? Or postpone it? Please... I don't want to go with that moron Anna..." He put his head down into his hands, sighing. "Jeez, this sucks..." He took a last look at Karen before turning away. "I'll be...in my room..." he muttered softly, slamming the door behind him. He sat on his bed, staring up at the clock as hours went by.

"Riiicky!"

Ricky groaned, hearing a knock at the door. "What do you want?"

"You ready for the ball? It's tonight! Don'tcha remember, silly?" Anna stepped into the room.

"...The...hell?" Ricky raised a brow. "What are you supposed to be?"

"It's a masked ball, Ricky! Duh!"

Her hair was dyed, her face was covered, and she looked like a completely different person, except the annoying voice that sounded so familiar...

"Who are you?" Ricky blinked at her, glaring as she pulled him to the door by his arm.

"Can't tell ya!" She grinned, pulling him along the hall to the ballroom. "We've got to get there early, hurry up!"

That voice... It sounds almost like... Ricky shook his head. No, Anna wouldn't even come near me...I told her I'd kill her... I knocked her out... She'd be keeping her distance from me... So, no... Can't be her...

Karen slowly opened her eyes up, feeling alot better then before. "..How long has it been?"

"Five hours.." the maid with the red hair said looking down at her. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay.." Karen said smiling. "Did...Ricky leave for the party?" she asked looking at her as she nodded.

"He's in his room waiting, and...a few of use have gotten you a dress together.." she said smiling.

"R-Really?" Karen said smiling. "Thank you."

"Aww, don't mention it- come with me, we're going to dress you up...so the prince won't reconize you."

"Uh, miss... Shouldn't I be, like...dressed up, since it's a masked ball?" Ricky was being pulled into the ballroom. "Jeez... Stop being so clingy..."

"But why would you want to cover your face, Ricky-poo? You're so cute!"

Ricky blinked, taking a step away from her. "Could you, uh...take off your mask for a sec--"

"Nope, sorry..." Anna put her arms around his neck, clinging to him. "It's a secret... Now stop being so moody, the ball's about the start... See, more people are coming!"

Ricky scanned the crowd hopefully, searching for any sign of Karen. He tilted his head down, sighing. Hopeless... Jeez... With disgust, he remembered the 'rules' he had been forced to learn as a kid. 'You're a prince, you have to treat every lady with respect, whether you like her or not.'

Karen looked down at the dark gown. "Geez, I can't breath in this dress.."

"Then that means it fits." the maid said bluntly as she finished and put a mask over her face. "You're eyes...are different from before."

"What...do you mean?" she asked looking in the mirror. "They're..yellow.." she said blinking. "But why..."

"The ring on your finger has Richards powers...so, you're part ghost just like he is." one maid said smiling.

"...I'm ready." she said standing up and followed the maids into the ball room. Keeping her head down, she saw blue strands of hair fall in front of her face. "Blue...hair wow.." she said sighing and noticing Ricky and Anna on the ballroom floor. "...Here...goes nothing." she said as she began to walk down the stairs on the ballroom.

"Whoa... Blue...hair?" Ricky had turned his head and was staring at Karen. "Um, excuse me." He pushed Anna away, walking over towards Karen. "Hello, miss..." He leaned back against the stair railing, smiling at her. He touched a loose strand of her hair. "You're very pretty..."

Karen blushed and looked at Ricky. "Ric- Prince Ricky.." she said not wanting him to know it was her. "Thank you.." she said bowing lightly stepping down onto the floor.

"Hey, how'd you know I like to be called Ricky? I hate my full name..." He smiled, taking her hand. "Hey, wanna dance?"

Anna glared at Karen, clenching her fists. "So I guess the Karen girl's dead by now... But then who's this? How many girls is Ricky chasing after?!" She sulked in a corner, waiting to make her move. "You've made...another big mistake, Ricky..."

Karen nodded at Ricky. "Sure, I'd love to." she said taking his hand and looking away from his red eyes. "Such beautiful eyes.." she thought blushing lightly. "...Wow..." she whispered softly...as time went on she stoped. "...Do you mind if I go outside?"

"Not at all..." Ricky murmured softly, unable to take his eyes away from her. "Go ahead... Oh, wait..." He tilted his head to the side, smiling slightly. "Will you tell me your name, please? Who...are you?"

Anna walked around the edge of the room, getting closer to them, listening closely. "Ricky...stop staring at her like that, you idiot..." she hissed to herself, glaring at Karen. "How come...nothing ever goes the way I want it to?"

Karen looked back at hm and blinked. "...It's...Kar-" she shook her head. "...It's not a big deal, thank you for the dance, love you." she put a hand to her mouth and pulled her hand away and ran off towards the door. "..I'm a idiot, falling in love with him.."

"Love...you...?" Ricky blinked.

"Love!?" Anna hissed angrily.

"Hold on, wait!" Ricky ran after Karen, grabbing her arm before she could run out the door. "It is a big deal... Who...are you?"

Karen looked back at him, her eyes now brown again. "No one...at all..." she said stepping back from him... "I'm a nobody..." she said looking down away from him.

"You are a somebody..." Ricky whispered, reaching out, pulling off her wig. "Hey, w-wait... You're..."

"But she's dead!" Anna hissed, staring at them with wide eyes.

"You... Do you...really mean it?" Ricky slowly slid his arms around her waist, staring down at her. "Do you...really love me?"

Karen closed her eyes and phased threw his grip and dissappered from his eye veiw, running off down the hallway. "...Idiot...idiot...such a idiot.." she whispered as she stoped realizing she was back in his room, she colapsed to the ground.

"Karen..." Ricky whispered softly, wincing as he felt someone grab him by the arm.

"Ricky..." Anna was glaring at him. "What...was that all about?"

"Leave me alone..." Ricky hissed, pushing her aside. "Get...lost..." He turned away from her, running down the hall, up to his room. "Does...she really...?" he whispered softly, opening the door to his room. "Karen, just answer me..." he said softly, seeing her collapsed on the ground. Picking her up, he dropped her onto his bed, staring down at her. "Did you...mean...what you said...?"

Karen opened her eyes up and looked up at him, "I..." she looked away taking the mask off. "...did mean it..." she said looking down, and put her back to him.

"Really?" Ricky smiled, timidly hugging her from behind. "I...love you too, Karen..." he whispered softly in her ear, hugging her tighter. "So...much..." He let go of her, turning her around so she was facing him. He leaned closer, softly kissing her lips. Pulling away, he slowly pushed her down onto his bed, kissing her again. "Love you..."

Karen blushed and looked up at him, with a loving face. "..I love you...to, Ricky." she said hugging him softly. "Sorry, I...was..." she looked away. "So...mean to you." she said looking down closing her eyes. "...I love you.."

"It's okay..." Ricky whispered, moving a hand to her chest. "Sorry...I forced you to do things... I just want to make you happy, so..." He kissed her lips again, pulling away slowly. "I'll...give you anything you want..." He gently squeezed his hand, staring down at her. "Anything..."

Karen moaned softly and stared up at him. "...I don't know what I want..." she said shivering, with a light blush. "...I...don't know." she spread out her arms and shivered lightly. "...I want..." she closed her eyes. "...to get out of this dress, I can't breath in it."

"That can be arranged..." Ricky whispered, phasing off her dress, smiling at her. "Better now?" He put his hand back on her chest, getting on top of her. "Can you...breathe now?"

Karen's breath stoped for a second and she nodded. "...Yeah...much...better.." she said closing her eyes. "Ricky..." she whispered leaning up towards him kissing him passionately.

Ricky kissed her back, moaning softly, sliding one hand behind her back, undoing her bra clip. His heart beat started speeding up as he pulled her bra away, shivering a bit. Sliding his hand down to her underwear, he paused, whispering softly, "Karen... How much...do you love me...?"

Karen kept her eyes closed. "...I don't know...how much I love...you." she said opening her eyes up. "...I don't...want to have sex yet..." shaking her head with a red blush on her face. "I'm not ready for that but...you can...explore...my body."

"Well...thank you..." Ricky whispered softly, smiling down at her. "I won't...force you to do anything..." He kissed her lips, then her neck, moving his lips down to her chest. He kept his hand on her underwear, not pulling it away. "Just...tell me...whenever you're ready... I'll be..." He squeezed his hand roughly on her chest, smiling at her. "...ready..."

Karen moaned and shivered slightly. "Ricky..." she whispered looking up at him. "I'm scared...to have sex...extremely...scared." she whispered touching his arms softly. "So not right now, I don't want to do it.."

"Why are you scared?" Ricky whispered softly, staring down at her. "Just...tell me why you're afraid..." He smiled slightly. "Just for, uh, future reference... I want to know..."

"Because of what happens after it..." Karen said softly closing her eyes. "The consiquences I would have..."

"All right... I'm sorry..." Ricky got off of her, lying down next to her. "I don't want you to be scared..." He turned sideways so his back was to her. Glancing back at her, he whispered, "Sorry...Karen..."

"No.." Karen said shaking her head putting a towel around her. "I'm...sorry.." she said closing her eyes and running towards the door.

"Hey, wait..." Ricky stood up, running after her. "You...don't have to run... I'm not going to hurt you...or force you to do anything..." He reached out, grabbing her hand. "Please...don't run away from me."

Karen stoped and looked back at Ricky and shook her head. "...O-Okay..." she said walking back over with him to the bed.

Ricky smiled slightly, lying down, pulling her onto the bed beside him. "Let's just...go to sleep..." he said softly, wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her close. "Night, Karen..." he whispered in her ear, closing his eyes. "Love you..."

Karen leaned her head against his chest and closed her eyes. "...I love you too, Ricky.." she whispered as she slowly fell asleep.

Ricky woke up in the morning with one hand on Karen's chest and one hand on her private place. He sighed softly, closing his eyes. "Morning, Karen..." he said softly, squeezing his hands. "Time to wake up..."

Karen moaned and slowly opened her eyes up looking over at Ricky with a soft smile. "Good morning..." she whispered turning on her side moving closer to him. "So sleepy.."

Ricky smiled, hugging her gently. "Did you...sleep well? Or do you want to rest some more?" He pulled her closer, resting his head against her chest. "I'm fine...with going back to sleep..."

Karen yawned and shook her head. "No..No..let's go." she said waving her hand and getting out of the bed putting on a shirt. "I'm going back to...my room."

"Your room?" Ricky sat up, staring at her. "Okay... Well, come back here soon..." He smiled, lying back down, still staring.

Anna was waiting outside the door of Ricky's room, leaning against the wall, waiting for Karen.

Karen nodded and looked back at him. "I'll...see you later." she said walking to the door and opening it sighing. Looking to herside she saw Anna looking over at her. "A-Anna.." she said stepping back. "Excuse me." she said walking by her towards her room.

"Hello..." Anna hissed softly, grabbing her arm, pulling her to Karen's room. "Stay away from him..." she whispered, closing the door, slamming Karen back against the wall. "He's mine... He's supposed to marry me... In fact, he can't marry you, because..." She reached into her pocket, taking out a kitchen knife. "...he's not allowed to..." She pushed the blade gently against Karen's neck, touching the blood with a finger. "Your blood is so thin... Not the blood of a royal... In fact, there's nothing royal about you... So stay away from him...or die..."

Karen winced pushing Anna away. "I'm not staying away him, I love him and I'm..." she lifted up her right hand. "I'm married to him and sealed to him, so you back off." stepping away from Anna she timidly touched her neck. "Get out...now.."

"You might love him...but does he really love you?" Anna crossed her arms, not moving toward the door. "Trust me, he's a very good liar... What makes you think he isn't just playing with you?" Pointing the knife at Karen, she whispered, "How many girls do you think he's slept with in his entire life, hm?"

Karen's eyes widened and she looked down. "...I don't...know.." she whispered walking to the door opening it up. "Get out..." she whispered keeping her head down. "Now..."

"Do you really trust him?" Anna whispered, taking a step towards the door. "I should let you live... I want to watch you suffer when he finds someone else..." She flung the knife at Karen, hitting the wall inches from her head. "There's more than one way of killing a person... Sometimes...it doesn't involve any blood at all..." She snickered, taking another step towards the door. "I look forward to seeing you suffer..." She opened the door, stepping outside. "You shouldn't go near him anymore... He's mine..."

Karen looked down at the ground. "...I'm..." she shook her head. "He isn't yours!" she said looking down. "He isn't...anyones.." she put a hand to her heart. "But I'm- his." she hiss closing her eyes, and laying down on her bed. "...I'm stuck.." she whispered softly keeping her head down. "...I'll..." she stood up and opened up her door to her room, running to Ricky's room. "Ricky I need to talk-" she stoped talking seeing him kissing Rachel on the lips, while being pinned down. She stepped back with a look of shock. "Ricky.."

"Uhh..." Ricky pulled out of the kiss, looking away. "I...can explain...?" He gently pushed Rachel away, still looking away. "Karen... It's... It's not...what it looks like... I swear... It's...not... It isn't... Karen..."

Karen stepped back towards the door. "I don't care how much it hurts me...I'm going home." she said turning around with a look of sadness across her face. "And nothing you say now, will work!" she shouted running down the hallway, still wairing the shirt from the night before. "...He really is a player- really...is." she pushed opened the castle doors and ran as fast as she could, running until her chest began to hurt with a terrible feeling- betrayed and the spell. "How...do I...get home?"

"Who was she--" Rachel began to speak but Ricky just shook his head, pushing her away.

"Stop it... Just...stop... I told you last night... I told you...I found someone..." Ricky stood up, not looking at her. "That's the person I love! So get lost! To hell with all you other people!"

"R-Ricky..."

"You never should've come to my room..." he hissed, sprinting out the door, down the hall, jumping into the air, flying out of the castle. "Karen! Karen, wait... It's not... It wasn't... Just listen to me!"

Karen stopped running looking back at him, stepping against a tree. "...You were making out, with that Anna girl!" she shouted touching her chest as the pain dissappered slowly. "Why...are you hurting me like this?"

"You don't understand..." Ricky pushed her back against the tree. "I wasn't... She... She came into my room! I never asked... I...didn't want... She... I... Damn it!" He kissed her forcefully, pinning her arms against the tree.

Karen moaned and groaned at the same time closing her eyes, feeling weak. "Ri-Ricky..." she whispered out as he finished kissing her. "..Why...didn't you push her away?" she asked touching her neck slowly. "...Why...why couldn't you tell, I've been hurting!?" she asked putting her head against his head." ...Have you...been lying to me?" she asked closing her eyes. "About...everything.."

"No." Ricky hugged her tightly, looking away. "I haven't...been lying... I... I do love you... I swear..." He hugged her tighter, leaning down to kiss her lips hard. Pulling away, he whispered, "I love you...so much... I'm...not lying... I promise..."

Karen closed her eyes. "...Isn't it...forbidden?" she asked stepping away from him. "I don't care about consequences..." she said looking down. "...of my actions, let's...just go back." she said as she held onto his hand softly and began walking back to the castle. Keeping her head down.

"...Spare bedroom..." Ricky whispered softly, phasing through the wall and ceiling to a different bedroom. He pushed her down onto the bed, staring down at her. "Don't think... Karen..." He put his hands on her chest, shivering. "Just do what your body tells you to do..."

Karen blushed and closed her eyes, "...I will..." she said touching him softly on the arms. "...I love you, so much..."

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Ricky woke up the next morning, shivering. He moved closer to Karen, pressing himself against her, sighing softly. "Karen... Are you...uh..." He wrapped his arms around her. "Are you okay?"

Karen slowly opened her eyes up and looked over at Ricky, nodding. "I'm okay...just sleepy..." she said turning around to him. "Good night.."

"...Good night, Karen..." Ricky smirked, getting up, grabbing her clothes. Sitting back down on the bed, he phased them onto her, trying to look innocent. "It's already pretty late in the morning, you should wake up soon..." He grabbed a pair of boxers, quickly phasing them on before leaning back against his pillow. "Time to get up..."

Karen shook her head. "To sleepy..." she said slowly sitting up rubbing her head, "I'm going to go wash...up in my room okay?"

"...Yeah, okay." Ricky glanced in the mirror, grinning as he saw how messy his hair was. Running a hand through his hair, he let out a soft sigh. "By the way... Thanks...for last night..."

Karen looked over at him blushing. "...You're welcome, Ricky..." she turned away. "I'll...talk to you later." she said waving at him, and opening up his door looking down at the ground as she began walking down the tall hallway. "...Maybe, what I read was true..." she thought as she looked behind her, Ricky wasn't there. "...I control his powers so- I can go home." she said as she turned two the right and began running towards the library.

"Oh, wait, Karen--" Ricky sat up, glancing at the door. "I...had a question..." He stood up, sighing softly as he went to her room. "Huh?" He blinked, realizing she wasn't there. "Where'd you...?" He glanced both ways down the hall, not seeing her. "Karen"
- - -
Anna was sitting at a small table in the library, reading a book called, "Assassination: Tips and Techniques." She glanced up, hearing someone running down the hallway. "Hope it's that Karen girl..." She snapped the book closed, dropping it on the table, checking to make sure her knife was in her pocket. "I can get this over with now..."

Karen went into the library and went into the 'powers' section. "Let's see..." she took out a book titled. 'So you want to control your boyfriends ghost powers to make a portal to go home.' she sighed putting it up, then heard someone walk up behind her. "Wha-?" she said with wide eyes looking back at Anna. "Anna..." she crossed her arms and glared at her. "What do you want now?"

"You slept with him last night." Anna glared coldly at her. She glanced at the book Karen had looked at. "You want to go home?" She flashed an evil grin, putting a hand in her pocket, gently touching the knife. Trying to hide the hope in her voice, she asked, "So...you're going to leave?"

Karen looked away from her stepping back. "I...don't know if I'm going home." she said looking down. "What..." she looked down at her hand. "What are you...doing?"

"You better make up your mind..." Anna hissed softly, taking a step towards Karen. Slowly pulling the knife out of her pocket, she whispered, "I'm still not finished with you... Now leave and never come back, or die..."

"Karen?" Ricky was wandering down the hall, glancing in doorways of other rooms. He poked his head into the library, hearing someone whispering, but not seeing anyone. "Karen? You in here?"

Karen stepped back against the wall. "...Stay away." she said lifting up her hands, them glowing a soft red. Sending a ecto-beam at Anna, pushing her back. She gasped and looked down at her hands sinking into the corner. "I..." she whispered as she touched the ground with her hands, and a red portal opened up causing her to sink threw.

Anna groaned in pain, closing her eyes. She sat up, leaning against a bookshelf, wincing.

Ricky stepped into the library, walking around a bookshelf, seeing a red portal closing up in a corner. "Anna? Have you seen Karen?" He knelt down in front of her. "What happened to you?"

"Oh, Ricky..." Anna threw her arms around his neck, putting her head down on his shoulder.

"Anna, don't--" Ricky sighed, hugging her for a minute before pulling away. "Have you seen Karen? What was with the red portal?" He turned his head, gently pushing her away as he walked over to the corner.

"You're always talking about her!" Anna glared at him. "You're supposed to love me!"

"Sorry..." Ricky said with a shrug, putting his hands down on the ground, closing his eyes. Concentrating, he focused on the remaining ecto-energy from Karen's portal, opening a new portal to the same location. "So this is where it leads to... Anna, did Karen go through here?"

"No," Anna said with a glare.

"Well, obviously that means yes..." Ricky smirked at her before stepping down into the portal.

Karen sat down on her bed closing her eyes. "I'm back home..." she said touching her chest softly. "...Why...don't I feel any pain?" she asked turning onto her side at Ricky, glaring down at her. "R-Ricky.."

"You left." Ricky's voice was soft as he glared down at her. "You left and you didn't tell me." He sat down on her bed, putting his back to her. "Why?"

Karen winced and looked down scooting away from him, "I wanted to come home..." she said looking away from him, scooting back until her back was in the corner.

"You could've...told me..." Ricky said softly, glancing over at her with sad eyes. "Do you hate me?" He crawled over to her, tilting his head to the side. "Do you regret last night?" He leaned closer. "Are you...afraid?"

Karen closed her eyes shaking her head. "No...I don't regret last night.." she said softly turning her head away from him. "...I don't hate you, I just...want to be here." she said looking down. "I'm...sorry...that...I'm afraid...now."

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Ricky put a hand to her cheek, turning her head so she was facing him. "If you like this place...better than the castle..." He gave a sad smile. "...You can stay here...with or without me... Whatever...you want..."

Karen stared at him sadly. "...Thank...you." she said looking away, then standing up walking to the portal. Making it look like she was going to step inside it with him, but pushed him into it making it dissapper. "I'm sorry...Ricky.."

Ricky fell to his knees, staring down at the ground when he realized Karen hadn't come through the portal. "She's..." He bent over, covering his eyes. "She..." He started trembling, closing his eyes. "Karen..."

Anna looked over at him, walking over, putting her arms gently around his neck. "It'll be okay, Ricky..." she whispered, smirking. "Everything...will be okay"
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Eight monthes later, Karen was sitting down in her room, eating a box of cookies. "I can't believe...I haven't seen him in 8 monthes, and I'm freaking pregnate..." she hugged her stomach. "His...child..." she closed her eyes and stood up putting the cookies down onto the table, grabing her backpack putting things into her bag. "...I still...have this ring so...I..." she hugged her hand making them glow as she hit the ground. Breathing deeply, after seven minutes of trying she made a red portal. "It...worked." she whispered as she fainted threw the portal. Landing in the hallway of the castle hugging her fat looking stomach.

Ricky was wandering through the castle with Anna clinging to his arm. She was talking about something he didn't care about, so he just pretended he was listening. She had helped him through the last eight months, but every night he'd stare up at the ceiling, wishing it was Karen asleep beside him instead.

"Ohmigosh! Ricky-poo, who's that?"

They had turned a corner and Anna had caught sight of someone in the middle of the hallway.

"Karen..." Ricky whispered, pulling his arm away from Anna. "Karen!" A smile lit up his face as he sprinted towards her. "Have you, uh...gained weight?" he asked bluntly, not paying attention to Anna, who was glaring at them.

Karen's opened partly and looked up at Ricky. "H-Hey...Ricky..." she said touching his cheek, "Have you...been sleeping?" she asked wincing hugging her stomach. "...I've gained some weight." she said smiling weakly. "I'm...in pain right now, can you get me to...the hospital wing?" she said wincing. "It's...time."

"Time for what?" Ricky blinked, gently picking her up. Sighing, shaking his head, he phased through the ceiling, down the hall, into the infirmary. Putting her down on the bed, he called out for a doctor, who came running in. Ricky bent down closer to Karen, whispering softly, "Now what do you mean, 'it's time'?"

"...Time for...the baby..." she said wincing and slowly falling asleep. "Sorry...I ran away, Ricky."

"Baby? What baby?" Ricky blinked, taking a step back, almost falling over. "You mean, you're pregnant!? Oh jeez... My parents are going to kiiiill meeee..." He sunk to the ground, staring up at Karen with wide eyes. "I can't have a kid! I can't be a dad! I can't... I'm not even supposed to be married to you! Aw, man... Jeez..."

After the doctor got out the baby girl, Karen looked over at Ricky. "...Then..." she looked down. "I'll go back home..."

"Baka!" Amy cried out smiling. "I...wub joo!"

Ricky had looked away the entire time, but he still felt sick. Standing up, he swayed slightly, feeling dizzy. "N-No... Don't leave... Don't kill me again..." He held Amy gently, staring sadly down at her. "It was bad enough the first time... Don't...do it again."

Karen stared at him sadly as the doctor said she could go. "..But I..." she shook her head. "...I'm...going to walk...and think about, this.."

Amy looked up at Ricky wide brown eyes. "Baka..." she said squeezing his shirt tightly. "I ish...sowwy.."

"Karen." Ricky stared at her for a moment before looking away. "Don't leave... I don't care about the consequences..." he hugged Amy tighter. "I don't care what happens to me... Just don't leave me alone with Anna again...please..."

Karen stared at him sadly and nodded. "Okay..." she said wobbling a bit, "I'm...going to take a walk around the castle.."

"Baka, watsa dat!" Amy asked pointing at his crown with wide eyes. "Itsh purdy!"

Karen smiled sadly and stepped out of the room, and began walking down the hall.

Ricky took off his crown and handed it to Amy, watching as Karen walked away. "It'll be yours someday, Amy..." he said softly, glaring suddenly at the doctor. "Leave!" he ordered sharply, watching the doctor run out of the room. Sitting down on the bed, Ricky hugged Amy tightly as let small tears drip down his cheeks. "She's...going to leave me again... She's...going to leave..." he whispered, closing his eyes.

"Ricky?" Anna stepped into the room. "Oh, hi, Ricky! I was wondering where y--" She glared at Amy. "Who's she?"

"My...daughter..." Ricky whispered softly, wishing there weren't tears in his eyes. "Karen's...daughter... The...new princess... Amy..."

"Ricky, you manwhore!" Anna slapped him across the face, causing him to let out a cry of pain. "You're such an idiot!"

"...Yeah... I know..." Ricky whispered, wincing, staring out the door. "I...know..."

Karen stoped walking and turned back around, walking back into the hospital. "Ricky I...I'm staying.." she whispered walking past Anna, completely ignoring her.

"...Joo are mean!" Amy shouted at Anna sticking her toung out at her. "Weav baka alones!"

"I've been his for eight months!" Anna yelled at Amy, glaring at her. "I've slept with him for eight months! We were fine until you came along!"

"Shush." Ricky walked right past her, holding Amy in one arm, hugging Karen with the other. "Thank you..." he whispered softly, hugging her tightly. "Thank you so much..."

Karen shook her head and pushed Ricky away, if he was a deasise. "...You slept with her...for eight months!?" she pushed him away from her, grabbing Amy and hugging her tightly before slaping Anna hard across the face. "You whore.." she hissed turning away from them walking out off the room, and running down to her old room.

"What was I supposed to do!?" Ricky shouted after her. "You ran away and left me for eight months! Now give me back my child!" He ran after her, shooting an ectobeam at her feet, tripping her, causing her to fall to the ground. "Eight months... Eight freaking months... I was pathetic... I pretended she was you, just to try to make the pain go away...for eight...months..." His voice cracked as he stepped toward her. "You told me you loved me, you liar... But then you left... You pushed me through the portal and never talked to me again!" He pulled Amy out of her arms, glaring down at her. "If I couldn't find someone to help me through those eight months, I would've killed myself!"

Karen winced and looked up at him looking down at the ground. "Don't sleep with the one person, I dis-like...the person who tired killing me, the reason I stayed home!" she closed her eyes. "...Give me Amy, back."

Amy looked up at Ricky. "B-Baka..." she said shivering. "I...wanna joo toos stopo.."

"She was the one person who seemed to care about me, unlike you." Ricky glared coldly down at Karen, ignoring Amy. "If you told me she was the reason you stayed home... I would've gotten rid of her so easily... But you had to just leave me without any kind of warning!" He turned away, lowering his voice. "She's cared about me for eight months... She still cares about me... But...you don't... Now leave."

Karen tilted her head down and closed her hands into fists, putting a hand over her heart feeling something painful. "...No." she said shivering. "I won't be pushed around, I'm staying!" she said as she grabbed Amy back. "I'll be in my room.." she said putting her back to him, spotting Anna right in front of her with two guards. "..What.." she stepped back one step holding Amy protectively.

"Throw her in the dungeon..." Anna hissed to the guards. They glanced at Ricky, each raising a brow.

"Throw her in the dungeon," Ricky confirmed with a nod, glaring coldly at Karen. He glanced at the ring on her finger, concentrating hard, making it disappear. "I wonder who you've been sleeping with for eight months..." he hissed as the guards grabbed her. He pulled Amy out of her arms, glaring at her. "Wait--" he ordered the guards. "Karen...does this hurt you?" He pulled Anna by the arm, pushing her roughly against the wall, kissing her passionately, still holding Amy in his other arm.

Karen's eyes widened and stared at him, feeling the pain go threw her heart again. Looking away she looked down at the ground. Her eyes watered and she looked away. "...I've slept...with no one...I've been alone, trying to get back here...trying my hardest.." she stared up at him. "She did this to use..." she said looking down as the guards pulled her into the dungeon.

Amy stared up at Ricky and phased threw his grip. "Joo...hurtie...mamo...mamo ish hurting had inside heart...mamo canie die ifie joo marry ho!"

"I don't...care what happens to her anymore..." Ricky whispered, staring down at the ground as he pulled away from Anna. "She left me without telling me why... She never came back until now, eight months later... She...expects me to stay alone...for eight months... Me, being a prince..." He shook his head, walking toward his room. "I never thought she'd ever come back... I...wish she hadn't"
- - -
A maid brought Karen a tray of food to Karen's cell in the dungeon. "Here..." She slipped the food between the bars of the cage. "Poor thing... I heard it all..." She shook her head. "The prince has been certifiably insane for several months... He spends his time staring out windows, mumbling things to himself... He cries in his sleep - I've never seen him do that before... Not even when he was a baby... And he keeps muttering someone's name, over and over..." She sighed, shaking her head. "It's not healthy for him...and it's been going on for months.. I'm sorry he was so irritible today..."

Karen looked down at the food, a chain around her ankle, she shook her head looking away from the food bringing her legs up to her chest. "...I tried so hard to come back, I could come back...it was so hard." she said to the maid looking down. "...I tried...and now, that Anna...girl..." she looked down at the ground, then at her hand with tears going down her face. "That anna girl, won't...treat him right...he..." she closed her eye. "I should have never come...back."

"Don't say things like that..." The maid glanced left and right, making sure no one was watching them. "Please don't cry... If you think he loves you, even just a little bit, you need to go talk to him..." She looked around again before grabbing the keys hanging from the wall, quickly unlocking the cell door and the chain around her ankle. "Go talk to him... If you still love him...talk to him... Oh, and..." She gave a small half-smile. "Be rough with him... Show him who's boss... Teach him, show him that he loves you more than Anna..." She leaned closer, whispering softly, "None of us at the castle like that Anna girl, so we're all on your side. Now go, before someone comes down here and sees us."

Karen looked up at the maid. "Thank you..." she said looking down, "...I need a descise though.." she said shaking her head. "Nevermind, thank you so much." she said smiling slowly standing up her ankle hurt just a bit, as she began to run into the maid room, changing into a uniform. "...There.." she whispered running down the hall, opening up Ricky's door. "Ricky..." she said softly seeing him alone, Anna must have been off some where. She looked down as she locked the door. "Ricky." she shouted out at him, getting his attention.

Ricky was lying down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling with blank eyes. His face held no emotion, even though tears were trickling down his cheeks. "I told you to leave." He sat up, still emotionless, and shot an ecto-beam at her, knocking her back against the wall. "I've counted the days. 243. That's how many times I'm going to hit you." He formed another ecto-beam, still not raising his voice. "...Unless I lose count." He fired it at her, hitting her harder than the first time. "Then I'll start over at the beginning."

Karen let out a scream of pain and held her chest sitting up slowly standing up on weak legs, her ankle was beat her. Waking closer to him, as he sent another ecto-beam at her. "Ricky..." she whispered weakly. "I'm sorry...I hurt you...I'm sorry..." she whispered as she continued towards him reaching out to him. "...I still love you..." she whispered falling to her knees in front of him. "I still...love you.."

"241...left..." Ricky's voice cracked as he took a step away from her, making another ecto-beam. "T-Two...hundred..." He fired it at her but it disappeared before hitting her. "...f-forty..." His legs gave out and he fell to the ground in front of her. "K-Karen..."

Karen hugged him timidly. "I tried...I tried so much...I tried comming back, I couldn't..." she felt dizzy and sick in her chest, squeezing his shirt tightly. "I t-tried..." she said stampering letting him go, touching her heart. "It...hurts now...it feels like, you've betrayed me." she looked away from him scooting away from him until her back hit the bed post, her eyes widened with tears. "...I...I'm scared."

"There's nothing to be afraid of!" Ricky hissed, pinning her against the bed post. "I've been wanting...to do this for eight months..." His voice shook as he threw her onto his bed, roughly kissing her lips. He pulled away, breathing deeply. "For...the record... You were the one who betrayed me... You pushed me away and never came back...until eight months later..." He looked away. "I thought you'd never come back... That's why I..." He silenced himself by kissing her lips again, pinning her down.

Karen felt so small as he pinned her down. "Ricky..." she muffled as he kissed her again. "...I wanted to be alone...I was...going to come back, to back a week later but I forgot..how to..." she closed her eyes looking away remember what the maid said, but she couldn't do anything. "...I've been by myself...for eight monthes suffering alone...alone...by myself, being called a- mistake by my friends at school...because they found out I was preganat.." she tryed putting away from him. "I've suffered, beaten down in the dungeon by Anna..."

"I'm sorry... So sorry... You...should've just told me...you were planning to come back..." Ricky whispered, hugging her tightly, pulling her close. "I wouldn't have...slept with Anna at all... I wouldn't be freaking insane right now..." He hugged her tighter, closing his eyes. "Don't...leave again, please don't leave... Your room is still here... Just as you left it... I haven't let anyone in there for eight...months..." He softly kissed her cheek before putting his head down on her shoulder. "Don't...leave... I'll...make you happy again... I'll make you so happy... I'll buy you anything you want...Karen..."

Karen trembled and hugged him back, "Ricky..." she whispered softly in his ear. "I won't...leave..." she said as she closed her eyes undoing the maid outfit then stoped. "...I can't...be with you though...we're not married anymore.."

Ricky took her hand, slipping the ring onto her finger. "Yes...we are... We...are... Karen... We're still...married..." He pulled the maid outfit off of her, pushing her down onto her back. "You're...still mine..."

Karen looked up at him hugging him tightly. "Thank you..." she said squeezing him tightly as he got ontop of her. "...Please...be...rough with me, it's been eight monthes...to long." she said closing her eyes. "Please.." she looked over at the door seeing the lock come un-done. "Oh...no.."

"Ricky!" Anna stepped into the room, eyes widening as she caught sight of Karen. "Ricky, you whore! She's supposed to be in the dungeon! You're not allowed to play with prisoners!"

Ricky glared at her. "Do you mind...? I'm in the middle of torturing the prisoner..."

"O-Oh..." Anna took a step back, glancing at Karen. "I...see... Well, as long as you're actually torturing her... But, I want to watch!" She smirked, clenching her fists.

Ricky let out a frustrated sigh. "Anna... Please...leave... Jeez... I'm trying..." He squeezed Karen's chest tightly when Anna wasn't looking. "...to torture her... You're very distracting..."

Karen squeezed the sheets tightly and held back a moan. "Get out Anna, you ruin everything." she glared over at her. "Should I tell Ricky...about your little plain?"

"My...what?" Anna blinked, taking a step backwards.

"Leave." Ricky pushed her out the door with an ecto-beam, making the door close and sealing it aroung the edges with ecto-tape.

Glancing down at Karen, he tilted his head to the side. "What you said to Anna... What did you mean by that?"

"Too kill me, and marry you.." she said looking away from him. "That's what...I meant.."

"I wouldn't marry her...in a million years..." Ricky whispered, leaning down closer to her. "And if she killed you...I'd do something much worse to her..." He squeezed his hand on her chest again. "I'll...be rough with you... I won't hold anything back..." He softly kissed her neck, whispering in her ear with a smirk, "...'cause you're my little prisoner..."

Karen blushed smiling. "I...sure am." she wasn't going to tell him, the pain in her chest was growing. "Ricky..." she whispered tilting her head down. "I..feel dizzy, extremely dizzy.."

Ricky blinked, pulling his hand away from her chest. "Are...you...okay? Maybe you should just rest for a while..." he looked away. "Is it me? Am I hurting you?"

Karen shook her head. "No...no it's not you, it's just my heart, my heart still hurts so much.." she said looking up at him. "I-I'm scared...what do I do?"

"I...don't know..." Ricky whispered, phasing his hand through her chest, gently touching her heart. "I...want you to stop hurting..." he said softly, retracing the seal from eight months ago. "I want you to be happy..." He softly kissed her lips, still touching her heart gently. "I want to...take your pain...away..."

Karen shivered and opened her eyes. "That seal..." she whispered sadly. "Hurt the entire time, I tried to come back.." she shivered again. "The...hospital wing.."

Ricky immediately picked her up, making the ecto-tape vanish from the door. He pushed it open, walking down the hall towards the infirmary.

"Ricky..." Anna hissed from behind him in a low voice, throwing a whip at him.

"Ouch! What the f--" Ricky was cut off, letting out another cry of pain as she whipped him again. "Ouch!" He fell to his knees, almost dropping Karen. "What's wrong with you!?"

"You deserve this... All of this..." Anna hissed, throwing the whip at him again, causing him to wince in pain.

"Karen..." Ricky whispered softly. "Run... Don't...let her hurt you too..."

Karen shook her head. "I'm not running away anymore..." she said getting behind him, as she lashed the whip at him, crying in pain she still clung to him from behind. "I won't...let her hurt you.."

"Jeez..." Ricky hissed in pain, standing protectively in front of Karen. "Anna, stop it, or I'll make you..."

"No! Now move out of the way so I can whip the girl!" Anna hissed, raising the whip again.

"No." Ricky glared coldly at her. "No, I won't..." He fired an ecto-beam at her legs, knocking her over. "So just...stop. Jeez..."

"He's been mine..." Anna hissed at Karen. "For eight months, and then you show up and ruin everything!"

"I...don't...love you..." Ricky hissed at her, glaring. "So...get lost... You're giving me a headache... Come on, Karen, let's go..."

Karen winced and slowly shook her head standing up and walking in front of Anna, bending down to her whispering in her ear. "I'm sorry..." she said hugging her softly. "I'm so sorry..."

"Get away from me..." Anna hissed, closing her eyes. "You stole...him away from me... You stole me boyfriend, he would've been my husband..." She pushed Karen away, standing up. "Get...away from me..." She turned away, putting her back to them. "I hate you..."

Ricky just stared at the ground, sighing softly. "Women..." he muttered to himself, shaking his head. "Jeez..."

"Get away from me..." Anna hissed, closing her eyes. "You stole...him away from me... You stole me boyfriend, he would've been my husband..." She pushed Karen away, standing up. "Get...away from me..." She turned away, putting her back to them. "I hate you..."

Ricky just stared at the ground, sighing softly. "Women..." he muttered to himself, shaking his head. "Jeez..."

Karen looked down sighing. "I'm sorry, you do." she turned around putting her back to her looking over at Ricky. "Come...on..."

"Wait." Anna grabbed Karen's hand, pulling her towards her, hugging her gently. "You don't have to feel sorry..." She pulled a knife out of her pocket, stabbing Karen in the back. "You can feel dead..." Smirking, she pulled away, putting the knife back in her pocket, dropping Karen to the ground.

"You..." Ricky hissed softly, staring at Anna with wide eyes. "You..." He put his hands together, making them glow red. "I'll make you wish you were never born... This'll hurt so bad you won't feel the pain until minutes after... And then you'll die..." He shot the ecto-beam at her, blowing out the entire half of the hallway, destroying the rooms on either side of her. "Die!" he shouted over the sound of the explosion, nodding in satisfaction as he heard Anna scream. He turned back to Karen, his eyes glowing bright red. "Karen... Are you..." he lowered his voice as the smoke slowly cleared. "...alive?"

Karen's eyes went blank as a pool of her own blood came out of her back. "R-Ricky..." she whispered sadly in a hoarse voice. "..What happened?" she asked asked in a dead voice. "I'm so sleepy...sleepy..."

"Don't sleep!" Ricky shouted desperately, picking her up, avoiding the wound in her back. "Whatever you do...don't...sleep... It'll be okay... We have...doctors, they can fix you..." He sprinted to the infirmary, leaving Anna bleeding and whimpering on the ground. "Doctor!" he called out, dropping Karen on the bed on her stomach. "We need a healer! Now!" A doctor ran into the room with his hands already glowing. He gently put his hands on her back, starting to heal the wound.

"Your majesty..." he began, concentrating on his healing. "She...might not live..."

"What do you mean by that!?" Ricky hissed. "Of course she will! Your life depends on it..." His eyes glowed bright red.

"Uh, um... Y-Yes, well..." The doctor shivered, continuing to close up the wound. "I'll...m-make sure she lives, then..."

Karen closed her eyes. "R-Ricky..." she stuttered shivering. "I'm scared..." she said shivering. "I'm so scared.."

"You'll...be okay..." Ricky whispered, staring down at her. "I...promise... You'll be okay... I know it hurts, but...there's nothing...to be scared of..."

Karen was shivering with fear. "I'm so scared...I don't want to die...I'm so scared..." her voice faded out as she shivered. "...Bye...Ricky."

"You're not gonna die!" Ricky shouted, glaring at the doctor. "Heal faster, she's losing too much blood!"

"The wound's closed..." the doctor said softly, "But...she's...still going to die... Not...enough blood..."

"Jeez..." Ricky hissed, grabbing a knife off the wall, slitting his wrist, watching blood pour onto his hand. He phased his hand into her chest, into her heart, letting his blood out into her. "Don't leave, Karen... You'll be...okay... I promise..." He squeezed his arm tightly, causing the blood to flow faster. "You'll...be fine..."

Karen looked up at him with weak eyes. "Ricky...stop...stop...it..." she whispered wincing in pain from the blood entering her body. "Stop...I don't...want you to...get hurt.."

"Shush, you need this." Ricky whispered, feeling dizzy from blood loss. "You need blood... Don't want you to...die... So take it..." He squeezed his arm again, feeling it go numb. "...Take it and you'll be...okay..."

Karen opened her eyes completely. "Ricky...it's...okay now.." she said touching his numb arm softly. "It's okay...now, I'm alive, thank you.."

"...Okay..." Ricky whispered, sinking to the ground, giving a shaky smie. "Alive..." he murmured softly, sighing. "Dismissed..." he muttered to the doctor, closing his eyes, still feeling blood trickle down his wrist. "Karen... You're...alive..." he whispered, closing his eyes, fainting from blood loss.

Karen slowly bent down to him. "Ricky..." she whispered softly hugging him. "Thank you..." she said looking down at his arm, and began to clean it up, after she wrapped it up in some stuff she looked down at him. Kissing him softly on the head.

Ricky opened his eyes halfway, smiling at her. "Love you...so much..." He winced, closing his eyes. "Arm...hurts..." he whispered. "Need...to lie down...in my room..." He stood up on shaking legs, almost falling over. "Ouch..." he muttered, leaning against the wall for balance.

Karen slowly stood up and put him on her back. "Stay...still..." she whispered wincing as she began walking towards his room. "You'll...be okay."

"Kay..." Ricky whispered softly, lying down once they were in his room. "Come...here..." He grabbed her hand, pulling her down beside him. "You...feeling better now?"

Karen rubed her back and nodded. "I'm...fine, sleepy...but fine." she muttered as she shivered. "Good night, Ricky.."

Ricky woke up in the morning with his arm aching. "Ugh... Ouch..." He poked Karen's forehead gently. "You...okay today? Not hurting too much?"

Karen moaned slightly and leaned against him. "I'm..sleepy...that's all.." she slowly sat up. "...I'm still sorry, I hurt you."

"Don't be..." Ricky said softly, sighing. "Don't be sorry... It was just a misunderstanding... That's all..." He snuggled close to her, gently pulling on her shirt sleeve. "I still...haven't made it up to you... Those eight months... We never got to finish..."

Karen looked over at him. "Ricky..." she whispered touching his hand softly. "It's..okay, let's get up now." she said throwing the blanket off of her and began to get up and out of the bed.

"No, please..." Ricky pulled her back down. "Karen, I'm hurt..." He made a sad face, staring at her. "I'm in pain..." Leaning closer, he whispered, "Won't you play with me? Please?"

"Ricky.." Karen whispered looking back at him. "...Let's get up, please.." she said looking away. "If you're in pain...then let's get up.." she said as she began to sit up again.

"...No." Ricky wrapped his legs around her, crossing his arms over her chest, pulling her back toward him. "Let's...not..." He squeezed his hands tightly on her chest, whispering in her ear, "I'm...going to finish what we started yesterday..."

Karen moaned and shivered looked back at him, "Ricky.." she whispered with wide eyes. "...I want to see my child..I want to see Amy.." she said leaning back against him. "Please...let use get up.."

"You'll see Amy soon..." Ricky said softly, squeezing his hands tighter on her chest. "But...we have something to finish right now..." He phased off her shirt, keeping his legs and arms wrapped around her. "Don't...try to run..."

Karen moaned again and looked back at him shivering. "I don't want to do this right now, lets do it- l-later..." se said shivering. "Please?"

"No... Please, Karen... I want this now..." Ricky whispered, pulling off her bra, whispering in her ear, "Not...later... I don't want to wait..." He kissed her neck, squeezing his hands hard. "Don't...make me wait..."

Karen moaned again and looked away from him phasing threw his grip and grabbing her bra and shirt. "No! I don't...not right now." she said shivering. "Not right now.." she put on her bra and shirt opening up his door. "Thank you...for..taking care of me.."

"...Later then?" Ricky said softly, touching his messy hair as he stood up. "I don't want to force you, but... I've been away from you...for too long..." There was lust in his eyes as he stared at her. He walked after her out his door. "So... Where's Amy then?"

"Some where in the castle.." she said as she began to walk down the hallway, trying to ignore his lustful look. "...I um...t-think...she's in here.." she said opening up a random door to a room. "Not in here?"

"Oh, jeez... Where'd she go?" Ricky glanced down the hallway. "She could be anywhere... Aw, man... Great..." He sighed, calling out, "Amy! If you can hear me, follow my voice!"

Karen stepped out of the room and looked up seeing a lady caring Amy. "Amy!" she called out running towards the lady. "Hey, lady, that's my daughter!"

"Mamo! Dis ish Gr!!" Amy said smiling widely. "She ish the likei baka!"

"Don't call her 'lady'," Ricky whispered out of the corner of his mouth. "She's the queen..."

"Ricky, who's this?" The woman tilted her head to the side, staring at Karen. "Is she a new maid?"

"Erm, not exactly... Mom, this is, uh...my...um...wife?"

"But... I thought you and Anna--"

Ricky shook his head. "No, I'm...sorry, mom... That's...my child... Amy..."

Her eyes widened as she stared down at Amy. "Ricky... I..."

"Sorry..." Ricky whispered, tilting his head down.

"Ricky, this is great!"

"Uh...what?"

His mother glanced from side to side before leaning close to him, whispering, "Between you and me, I hate that Anna girl..."

Karen blinked and bowed down before the queen. "I'm sorry I didn't get your permission to marry..your son." she said blushing and looking away from the stare of Mrs. Drynn. "I'm...Karen Kano..." she said politely. "It's, nice to meet you."

"Please don't bow... It makes me feel..." Mrs. Drynn hesitated before finding the right word. "...weird. And thank you so much... I've been plotting against Anna for several months..."

"Mom..." Ricky stared at her, openmouthed.

"Well, anyway, Karen, we should get you some nicer clothes. Something fit for a princess!" Mrs. Drynn grinned at her. "Oh, I almost forgot!" She pulled off her crown, setting it gently down on Karen's head. "Ooh, you look beautiful! Now come with me, we're going to get you dressed in some ncie clothes!"

Ricky took a step toward them, but Mrs. Drynn raised a brow, stopping him in his tracks. "You can't come Ricky, you little pervert!"

"M-Mom..."

Karen blinked and looked up at the crown. "Wow.." she said looking up at the crown as she was pulled along with Mrs. Drynn. Smiling back at Ricky she sighed. "Take care of Amy okay?" she said as she was pulled down the hallway.

Amy blinked a few times before looking up at Ricky. "Baka, I gotta potty!!"

"Aww, man!" Ricky sighed, carrying Amy into the nearest bathroom, changing her diaper. "Jeez... Can't you go potty some other time? Like when I'm not around? Jeez"
- - -
Mrs. Drynn led Karen into a room filled with various dresses and gowns. The walls were completely lined with mirrors and it was like one giant closet. "Just find something you like! I've had the maids make these over the years. Most of them are new, but I wore a few of them back when I was your age!"

Karen's eyes widened. "Whoa.." she said looking at a dark brown one. "That one is so pretty!" she said with twinkles in her eyes. "So pretty"
-
Amy looked up at Ricky sadly "I ish...sowwy..."

"You can have it!" Mrs. Drynn told her, smiling. "Actually, technically they're all yours... There's a little dressing room over there." She pointed to a door built into the corner. "Why don't you try it on? If it doesn't fit, I can have the maids fix it up"
- - -
"It's...okay..." Ricky muttered, sighing. "Just...no more potty until mommy gets back, okay?"

Karen smiled. "R-Really?" she said smiling. "That's...okay!" she said grabbing the dress and trying it on. "It's a little small, but it's fine!" she said smiling. "It's perfect." she said smiling. "Thank you, Mrs. Drynn"
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Amy looked down at the ground. "Okie..I's try!"

"You look great!" Mrs. Drynn grinned at her, pulling her out the door by the hand. "Come here, I'll bet you anything Ricky will start drooling once he sees you"
- - -
Ricky sighed, staring down at Amy. "Try? Ugh... Well, try to succeed, okay? No more potty." He picked her up, walking back into the hall. "K-Karen?" He took a step back, staring at her with wide eyes. "Y-You're...uh... Um..."

Mrs. Drynn smirked, whispering to Karen, "Toldja."

Karen blushed looking down shyly. "Did...Amy give you any problems?" she asked tilting her head slightly.

Amy looked over Mrs. Drynn. "Grr!!!let me be a pincsess!!"

"Aww, she's so cute!" Mrs. Drynn squealed, grinning at Amy.

"Yeah..." Ricky muttered, staring at her with his mouth hanging open slightly.

"Gonna start drooling, Ricky?" his mother asked with a smirk.

Karen walked next to Ricky hand Amy to Mrs. Drynn. "Um...Ricky...do you want to go for a walk?" she asked as she began walking by his room, "I gotta get something in your room first!"

"I'll go with you!" Ricky immediately said, pulling her by the hand into his room, closing the door behind them.

"Aww, they're so cute, aren't they, Amy?" Mrs. Drynn grinned, hugging Amy gently.
- - -
"Karen..." Ricky said softly, locking the door behind them. "You...know what I want..."

Amy nodded smiling up at Mrs. Drynn hugging her back. "Yesh! Thay ish teh sexy"
-
Karen looked down at her bag picking up her walking shoes. "I got what I needed!" she said turning around to Ricky as he locked the door. "R-Ricky.." she whispered droping her shoes and blushed. "...I...don't...want to."

Mrs. Drynn covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing. "Amy! Where'd you learn that word"
- - -
"Karen... We found Amy, now it's time to give me what I want..." Ricky said softly. "Or I might have to hurt you...just a little..." He squeezed his hand shut in order to make her feel pain in her heart. "Now...just cooperate..."

Amy point up at the sky. "Baka, learneded it to meh"
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Karen winced touching her chest and shaking her head. "Ricky, no, I don't want to." she stepped away from him circling until she got to his door to his room. "I don't want to..." she touched the lock and un-did it. Opening up the door. "Sorry..." she whispered lifting up her dress and took off running down the hallway with her clanking high-heals.

"Bad Ricky..." Mrs. Drynn muttered disapprovingly, shaking her head. "H-Hey, Karen...?" She blinked, seeing Karen running down the hall. "Where's Ricky? Why are you...?"

"Karen, get back here!" Ricky shouted after her, running down the hall. "Stop running away from me!"

Karen continued to run until she ran out of anywhere to go.. Breathing deeply, she noticed she ran into the dungion. "Oh no.." she whispered running into a stall and hidding. "...Shoot.."

"Ricky, what--" Mrs. Drynn began.

Ricky just ran by his mother, following Karen into the dungeon. "There you are..." he hissed, seeing her hiding in one of the cells. "Can't run, Karen... Just relax and enjoy... That's all...you have to do..."

Karen slammed a cell door closed. "No, I won't...do that." she said backing up, but triped on a chain causing her ankle to get caught in it. "Ah!" she said in pain touching her chest and ankle at the same time. "Stop...stop it.."

"No..." Ricky whispered, opening the cell door, grabbing the chain, tying her hands together with it. "Please, just let me do what I want... Then I'll stop bothering you... It's so simple... Just give in... I'll make you feel so good..." He leaned closer, putting a hand against her chest. "I'll completely redefine the word 'pleasure'..."

Karen winced and and scooted away from him. "N-No..." she whispered staring at him with wide eyes, as the crown fell off her head. "Stop-stop it Ricky!"

"Karen..." Ricky picked up the crown, putting it back on her head. "...Let me touch you...like I've been wanting to do for eight months... Just...let me touch you... Nothing...else... Please..." He gently touched her chest, pinning her against the wall. "Stop...backing away... What are you afraid of!?"

Karen closed her eyes, trying to push him back, but her arms were chained together. "I don't want to be touched...not right now..."

"Fine..." Ricky whispered, staring sadly at her. "I...understand... Eight months...was too much time...wasn't it? You don't...feel the same way about me, do you?" He raised a glowing fist as she put her back to him, bringing it down onto her head, knocking her out. "You...don't love me anymore, do you?" he whispered softly as he picked her up, bringing her to his room. He put her down on his bed, sitting down next to her. "Karen..." he whispered, phasing her dress off, getting on top of her. "I'm sorry...but...I need this..." He put his hands on her chest, squeezing them tightly, softly kissing her lips.

Karen moaned in pain and slowly opened her eyes up and looked to her right at Ricky. Asleep next to her. "Ricky..." she whispered with wide eyes getting out of bed looking down at herself, naked. Phasing her clothes back on she ran quickly to the door, phasing threw it she colapsed to the ground. "He...he didn't...rape me...he didn't.."

"Karen..." Ricky muttered in his sleep, slowly opening his eyes. He glanced beside him, groaning as he realized she wasn't there. Sighing, he phased his clothes on, walking out the door, seeing Karen on the ground. "Karen...? Are you...okay...?"

Karen jumped and winced and took off running again from him, running into her room she shut her door and sunk on her bed. "Why...did he...why..."

"Hey, what the--" Ricky stood up and ran after her, phasing through her door. "What was that all about? What's wrong with you today?" He sat down on her bed, putting an arm around her shoulders. "What's the matter?"

Karen pushed him away, "You..." she said softly putting her back to him. "It's y-you...you...knocked me out..." she looked away from him. "And...rapped me.."

"No I didn't..." Ricky whispered softly, pinning her onto her back. "I... I was just... You're... You're my wife! Can't rape the willing!" He leaned close to her. "If you had just let me touch you...for a little bit...maybe it never would've happened..." He stared down at her with sad eyes. "Do you not love me anymore, after eight months of being apart?"

Karen looked back at him and nodded. "...I...do love you it's just- leave me alone." she said laying back down. "Please.."

"No you don't..." Ricky hissed, glaring at her. "You think you do, but it's not the same. You used to...but not anymore... Maybe I should go back to the person who's been loyal to me for so long..." He stood up, turning away from her. "The person who wants me to touch her, who likes giving me what I want... The one person you hate..." His sad frown twisted into a smirk. "I really did a number on her yesterday...but she survived... Just a few days in the hospital...and she'll be ready to share my bed again." He opened the door, glancing back at her. "Thanks for eight months of misery. Thanks for nothing."

Karen sat up and looked back at him. "You're such a jerk, you two-timer!" she said laying back down putting her back to him. "...Don't talk to me, anymore.."

"I won't! I don't need to talk to you!" Ricky glared at her. "And if you'd just stay with me and actually act like you love me, then I wouldn't be a so-called 'two-timer'! Go find someone else's life to ruin! And get out of my house! And gimme this!" He walked back to her, phasing the dress off of her. "It's my property!"

"Ricky!" She shouted at him, grabbing the dress out of his grip. "Your mom gave me this!" she made her hands glow with a ecto-beam. Sending them at him, throwing him out of the room, and slamming the door. "...Idiot.." she whispered hearing rain hit the window of her room.

"Don't you dare slam a door in my face!" Ricky shouted at her, blasting the door open with an ecto-beam. "I hope I never see you again! I'll give you ten minutes to get out of my house!" He walked away, into his room, hearing thunder outside. "Heh, maybe she'll get struck by lightning on her way out..."

Karen glared after him, then sunk on her bed hugging her pillow. "I'm...I'm not leaving.." she shouted back at him closing her eyes, hearing the thunderr again. "...I'm not...going to leave..." she stood back up and walked into the hall way and began walking towards the boucany. She stoped dead in her tracks as the lights went out, as she entered Ricky's room. She gasped and fell to her knees covering her head and screaming almost instantly. "Someone help!..."

"Ugh, gimme a break..." Ricky muttered, standing up, walking over to her. With a smirk, he said in a mocking voice, "Don't tell me...you're afraid of the dark?" He sat down next to her. "Here." He felt around in the dark, searching for her hand to hold. Realizing he had made a slight miscalculation as his hand brushed against her chest, he finally found his target, grabbing her hand tightly. "I'm here, everything's okay. Now please stop screaming. You're giving me a headache..."

Karen opened her eyes and looked over at Ricky, with wet eyes. "Ricky..." she said looking away, tilting her head down again. "I'm scared..so scared...of the darkness...I'm scared..." she said closing her eyes and putting her head against his sholder shivering. "Ricky...I'm scared.."

"Jeez, stop being such a wimp..." Ricky muttered, hugging her gently. "It's the same castle, the same room, but you just can't see... You know it's here... You know nothing's going to hurt you... You're okay... You're safe..." He sighed softly, hugging her tighter. "Now stop acting like a little kid... I feel like I'm your mother chasing away the monsters that live under your bed. Jeez..."

Karen opened her eyes slowly up and looked up at him, slowly standing up. Rubbing her eyes as she turned away from him. "...I'm sorry." she said looking back at him. "...I'm such a little kid to you..Ricky."

Ricky sighed, shaking his head, reaching out and grabbing her leg. "You don't get it... To me, you're more than a 'little kid'... Now just stop acting like one..." He pulled her down next to him, smirking. "You're much more than just a little kid, Karen..."

Karen looked over at him shivering. "...I'm sorry though...so sorry, I acted..." she looked down. "...Un-loving.."

"Make it up to me..." Ricky whispered, reaching out in the dark, touching her chest. "Make it up right here, in the dark... It'll be more fun that way... More...interesting..." He snickered. "It'll keep me guessing..." He leaned down, whispering softly in her ear, pleading. "Please..."

Karen closed her eyes pushing down on the bed, and kissed him softly on the lips. "Ricky..." she whispered closing her eyes. "...I love you.."

"I love you too..." Ricky whispered, pushing her over onto her back. "And I'm sorry..." He phased off his shirt, tugging on her bra. "Karen... Take it off..." He pulled off his pants, thankful that the dark held the lust in his eyes. Wishing it would hide the lust in his voice, too. "Take...everything...off..."

Karen shivered and closed her eyes as her dress and bra phased off. "...It's...off.."

Ricky smirked, getting on top of her as he phased off his boxers. "See? There's nothing to be afraid of...in the dark..." He smirked, softly kissing her lips. "In fact, once this is over...you're going to love the dark..."

Karen shivered closing her eyes blushing and rolling onto her side, "...I-I know...thank you.."

"Just touching?" Ricky whispered softly as his hands wandered to her chest. He let one hand trail down to her private place."Or do you want...something more...from me?"

"...Like what?" she asked softly looking up at him in the darkness. "What...would you do to me?"

"What would I do to you?" Ricky wondered out loud, smirking at her. "Well... Whatever you want me to do..." He put his hand onto her chest, keeping his other hand on her private place. "Is there anything...special you'd like me to do?" he asked softly, squeezing his hands. "If not...I could always get...creative...and think of something myself..."

Karen blushed and closed her eyes. "Anyway...you want to do it, Ricky.." she said softly opening her eyes back up. "I'm scared...though...of you.." she said outloud on accedent. Closing her eyes. "Sorry.."

"Why?" Ricky's voice was soft as he pulled his hand away from her chest. He kept his eyes fixed on her, gently squeezing his other hand as he stared at her. Leaning closer, he said softly, "Why...are you afraid of me? I'm not going to hurt you..."

Karen started to push him off of her. "I'm afraid of you, since I met you!" she said slapping him hard across the face, then kicked him. "Afraid of you, get off of me."

"Wh-What? But I thought..." Ricky tried not to show he was in pain. "I thought you loved me... How come you're afraid of me!?" He glared at her, pinning her onto her back. "Now give me what I want, or I'll take it by force."

Karen looked up at him and shook her head. "Let me go, I won't give anything at all to you!" she said as she kneed hard in the private place! "Get off of me!"

Ricky let out a cry of pain, rolling to the side. "Damn it...Karen... You liar..." he hissed, squeezing his eyes shut, trying to block out the pain. "You really don't love me... Jeez... I th-think you broke something... Ouch..."

Karen sat up and straitened out her clothes and looked over at him. "Stop being a baby!" she said glaring at him. "You're so annoying.." she pushed by him and began to get off of the bed.

"Feh, if you knew what it feels like..." Ricky winced, glaring at her. "...you'd feel sorry for me... Hey, where do you think you're going?!" He grabbed her arm, pulling her back down. "Now tell me why you're afraid of me... Or do you want me to hurt you?"

Karen glared back at him, "Let my arm go, Ricky!" she said making a fist and punching him away from her, standing back up she put her back to him, and began walking towards the door. "I don't have to tell you, if I don't want to."

"Stop pushing me away!" Ricky stood up, pinning her against the wall. "Now tell me why..." he hissed glaring at her. "Stop being so annoying and just answer my question!"

Karen glared back at him and started pushing him away. "Stop it!" she hissed running threw him and to the door, as she began running down the hallway she got lost and ran outside sitting down on the stares sighing.

"Get back here!" Ricky shouted, running after her. "Karen..." he hissed, finding her outside. "I still have to hit you 240 more times... Or maybe it was 241? Either way... It'll be painful..." He threw an ectobeam at her, hitting her in the back, knocking her over. "239 left..." He smirked, staring down at her. Firing another ecto-beam, he knocked her onto the ground, walking over to her. Making his fist glow bright red, he punched her in the back, hard enough to make a dent in the ground below her. "Now only 237 more..." He picked her up, punching her again, letting her fall to the ground. "And once this is over..." He knelt down beside her, smirking. "I'll rape you again..."

Karen was caught off guard as she was thrown down the stairs. "Ricky..." she whispered weakly, her vision was blurry as he let her fall down, her breath was short and she could hardly breath. "...I... won't let you.." she said softly sitting up on her knees. "...My emotions...are crazy.."

"Stop talking," Ricky hissed, pulling her up so she was standing. "This is for what you did to me..." He slapped her across the face before hitting her between her legs with his knee. "Hope that hurt..." he hissed before throwing her down onto her back, crossing his arms, stepping on her chest with one foot. "My emotions are crazy too, but I'm not complaining about it..."

Karen hissed in pain, putting her hands on his foot trying to push his foot off of it. "...Stop...it hurts- really---reallly bad...really bad." she said closing her eyes trying to stop him, from squshing her chest.

"I know it hurts..." Ricky hissed, pushing his foot down harder. "It's supposed to hurt... I want...pain..." He pushed down even harder, glaring at her. "I want you to scream... I want to hurt you...so badly..."

Karen closed her eyes tighter until she screamed out in pain. "Ah! Stop it- it hurts!!" she had tears in her eyes. "Stop it! please! Stop- it!"

Ricky smirked, seeing the tears in her eyes. "That's right...cry...like the little girl you are... The pathetic little girl who's afraid of the dark..." He stomped down on her chest, grinning. "Let it all out! All those tears, all your screams!" There was sick satisfaction in his eyes as he stared down at her. "Don't hold them back, just let them all out!"

Karen let out another scream of pain as he stomped down on her chest. "Stop...stop...!" she shouted as tears went down her face. She screamed out in pain again. "Stop...stop!!"

"Good girl..." Ricky whispered, picking her up, slinging her over his shoulder, carrying her back toward the castle. "You've been a very good girl... Time to replace pain with pleasure..." He grinned, stepping into his room, throwing her down onto his bed. "Whether you like it or not..."

Karen whimpered in pain touching her swolen chest. "...Stop...acting like this...PMS...made me...act like that." she said touching her chest shivering. "...Hurting..."

"You're just so stubborn... You never answered my question..." Ricky gently touched her chest, staring down at her. "Plus, you're so cute when you're crying...and screaming in pain... I just couldn't resist..." He leaned closer, smirking at her. "I'm sorry..."

"No...no you're not sorry...you're never sorry for anything..." Karen said with tears going down her face, wincing in pain as he touched her chest again. "...Never...sorry.."

"At least I still love you, no matter what I do..." Ricky glared down at her. "You don't love me anymore, so why should I be sorry for anything?" He squeezed his hand tightly on her chest, smirking. "Does this hurt, Karen? You're practically asking for more pain... Is that what you want?"

Karen screamed in pain again. "...No...N-no...I don't want to..." she said shivering in pain. "I don't...want it..."

"Too bad..." Ricky hissed, grabbing her by her hair, throwing her to the ground. "I'm going to do this to you every day, until you get used to it... Until you learn to like it and deal with it...like a good little girl..." He stepped on her chest again, glaring down at her. "Soon, you'll learn to respect and obey me..."

Karen screamed in pain again, with her chest getting a bit bigger with the swollen ness. "Stop!...Stop it!...hurts..." she whispered looking up at him shivering. "Stop..."

"No, it makes your chest look bigger..." Ricky smirked, staring down at her. "Hate me, Karen... It'll give me a reason to do this to you more often..." He lowered his voice to a whisper. "Hate me..."

Karen winced and looked up at him. "No...I won't..." she said closing her eyes phasing threw him and flew threw the ceiling landing in someones room. A boy with black hair and purple eyes. "Who...who ever you are- please...help me.."

"That's right, run..." Ricky hissed, smirking as she phased through the ceiling. "That only makes things more fun for me"
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Myles blinked, taking a step away from her. "What happened to you? Did you get in a fight with the other maids or something?" He tilted his head sideways. "How come your chest is so big?"

Ricky phased up through the floor, smirking at her. "This is fun, Karen..."

Karen gasped and looked back at Ricky and backed away from him wincing in pain touching her chest.

Ricky smirked, pinning her against the wall by her neck. "Time for some more pain, I guess..." he whispered, pushing her hard against the wall, squeezing his hand around her neck.

"What are you doing!?" Myles pushed Ricky away from her. "Stop it!"

"How dare you..." Ricky hissed, pushing Myles in the stomach, sending him falling to the ground. "Once dad's dead, I'll rule this entire place... And you'll still be a nobody, just a bratty little prince..."

Myles's eyes filled with tears as he winced in pain. "R-Ricky..."

Karen gasped her air and began to breath deeply. "...Ricky...you're..." she slapped him across the face pushing him away from Myles. "...Are...you okay?" she whispered touching Myles softly on the stomach. "...I'm..Karen..." she whispered still in pain getting in front of him lifting out her hands protectively in front of him. "Stop...I was scared of you because...of this.."

"Don't let him hurt me!" Myles whimpered, throwing his arms around Karen's neck, clinging to her tightly. "Don't let brother hurt me..."

"Don't touch her..." Ricky hissed, glaring at Myles. "I'm trying to hurt her... It's not my fault if you get in the way..."

Karen winced in pain and stood up holding onto Myles. "...Stop...Ricky, leave him alone..." she said softly staring at him with sad brown eyes. "I'm begging you...stop..."

"I'll finish this later..." Ricky hissed, clenching his fists. "Once my annoying little brother is out of the way."

Myles held onto Karen's arm tightly, closing his eyes. "Will you be my big sister?" he asked softly, clinging tightly.

Karen looked down at Myles. "I'm...Ricky's wife.." she said looking down at him. "I'll...protect you..." she said looking down. "I'm scared...of him, when he acts like this.."

"Me... Me too..." Myles whispered, hugging her tightly. "He's...been like this for months..."

"Stop talking about me, little brat." Ricky hissed, glaring at them. He shot a glare at Karen, leaning back against the wall. "If you'd just do what I want, I wouldn't act like this..."

Karen glared at him again. "I'm not your toy!" she hissed staring at him then looked down at Myles. "...This is all my fault.." she said looking up at him, and stepping towards Ricky. Hugging him softly. "I'm sorry...so sorry...you've been hurting...so sorry.."

"Don't touch me..." Ricky hissed, not even trying to push her away. "You're not sorry..." He closed his eyes. "You're...a liar..."

Myles stared at them before making a face, walking out of the room. "Yuck, I'm never going to like someone... Too much trouble."

Karen tightened her grip around his shirt. "No...I won't...let you go!" she shouted at him. "You're scaring people..."

"I don't care..." Ricky whispered, opening his eyes, staring at the wall. "I don't care if I'm scaring people..." He pushed her back against the wall, glaring at her. "And if you think I'm scaring people now..." He made an ecto-knife, licking the blade before putting it against her neck. "Just wait and see how scary I can really get..."

Karen gasped and closed her eyes closing her eyes tightly. "Ricky...stop..." she whispered pushing his hand away. "Please...stop." she leaned towards him. "Please.."

"Sorry, but no." Ricky pushed the blade into her neck, pulling it away as it drew blood. He leaned close to her, licking the blood on her neck. Whispering in her ear, "I haven't been sane for months... Of course I'm a little...scary..." He grinned, softly kissing her neck where he had cut her. "I've...developed a taste for blood the last few months... It tastes so good..." Licking his lips, he said softly, "Your blood...tastes even better than hers..."

Karen's eyes widened and she pushed him back. "I...I should have never come back to you!" she shouted at him running out of Myles room, and down the hallway into the grand thrown room, where a guy with blond hair, and red eyes. "Who..." she gasped as five soldiers jumped her, pinning her to the ground.

Ricky ran into the room after Karen, staring up at his father with wide eyes.

"What's she doing here?" Mr. Drynn glanced at Ricky. "Richard, is that blood?"

Ricky flinched, wiping the blood away from his mouth. "N-No... And Karen... She's, uh... We're...kind of...married..."

Mr. Drynn raised a brow, glancing at Karen. "She looks like an ordinary maid to me... You're supposed to marry a princess...someone with royal blood."

"Yeah, I know..." Ricky looked down. "It's okay, Dad... She hates me anyway, so I guess I'll just marry Anna like you wanted me to..."

"But I do--" she was cut off as the guards put a cloth around her mouth. "...No.." she muffled as they lifted her up.

"Should we bring her to the dungen sir?"

"Yes!" Ricky shouted, glaring at Karen. "Take her to the dungeon... I'll be right there..." he walked out the door, down the hall, to Anna's room. "Anna..." he said softly, smiling at her. "Karen's in the dungeon... I'll let you whip her now..."

Anna's face lit up with a smile as she followed him down to the dungeon, seeing Karen chained up. "I told you he's mine..." she hissed to Karen. "Ricky always comes crawling back to me..." She picked up a whip hanging from the wall, hitting Karen with it. "So stay out of our way and stop hurting him..."

Karen let out a scream of pain closing her eyes. "I didn't...mean to.." she whispered out weakly.

Anna smirked, seeing the knife mark on Karen's neck. "So, did he take your blood? I've been giving him mine for months..." She grinned proudly, whipping Karen again. "I've given him everything he ever wanted... I've stayed by his side, no matter how many times he's hugged me in his sleep and called me 'Karen'... It doesn't matter to me... Because every time you hurt him...he comes back to me..." She smirked, lashing out with the whip again. "He's mine and I'm his... And there's nothing you can do about it..."

Ricky stood there, glaring at Karen in cold silence the entire time.

Karen screamed again in pain the dress began to get ripped up. "Marrying...someone...mean you meet half way..." she looked down at the blood on her. "I haven't...been like that...but he doesn't love you at all...infact...he hates you..." she whispered closing her eyes feeling sick to her stomach and dizzy from the blood loss.

"No he doesn't... He does love me!" Anna brought back the whip and flung it forward as hard as possible. "He's told me! He's kissed me, and...and slept with me, and had sex with me! He does love me! So don't try to steal him away!"

Ricky leaned against the wall, feeling dizzy as he stared at Karen's blood. One part of him wanted to lick the blood all over her body, and another part of him wanted to make Anna stop hurting her. He opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't move, just wincing every time Anna hit Karen.

Karen screamed out as blood pored down her body onto the ground. "Ricky!" she screamed out towards him. "...Make it stop, please, just make it stop!" she shivered as the chains gave way, and dropped her to the ground muttering with dull brown eyes. "Make it stop...make her...leave use alone..." she continued to murmur it.

"Anna, stop." Ricky's voice was soft as he walked past her to Karen. "I want...you to leave us alone for a few minutes..." As Anna left, Ricky investigated Karen's ripped-up dress, seeing blood all over her body. "It'll be okay, Karen..." he murmured softly, running his tongue along her neck, down to her chest. "This is getting in the way..." He pulled off her dress, licking the blood dripping down to her chest. "Everything...will be okay... I won't let that nasty girl whip you anymore..."

"It hurts..." Karen whispered in a sad hurt wimper It hurts so much..." her eyes were dull and lifeless. "...I can't...see.."

"Karen... It'll be okay..." Ricky said softly, pulling her into a hug as he licked more blood off of her neck. "I'll...help you..." His eyes widened as he stared into hers, dull and lifeless. "Karen... Are you...blind...?" he whispered, shivering as he stared at her. "But... But how... I don't understand... This wasn't supposed to happen..." He hugged her tightly, closing his eyes. "Karen..."

Karen shivered and closed her eyes. "It's so dark...everything is...so dark I can't see anything." she said clinging to his shirt. "I can't see...anything..."

"I know you hate the dark, but..." Ricky hugged her tightly, whispering in her ear. "I'm...right here..." He pulled one of her hands up to his face, pressing it against his cheek. "I'm here... I'll be your eyes... I'm sure we can...find a cure for this...somehow..." He squeezed her hand tightly, softly kissing her lips. "I'm...so sorry...this happened to you..."

"...The loss of blood to the eyes..." Karen whispered shivering. "Does this..." she whispered looking around for him, with her dull eyes. "...Can...we...get...out of here?"

"Yes..." Ricky whispered, picking her up, phasing through the ceiling, down the hall, into his room. "We're here, in my room..." He put her down on his bed, sitting down next to her. "I... I'm so sorry..." he whispered, putting his arms around her. "So sorry... I won't...hurt you anymore...ever again..."

Karen looked out at the wall past him. "...Okay..." she whispered pulling out of the hug. "Can...I take a bath please?"

"Karen..." Ricky whispered softly, staring sadly at her, seeing her staring past him. "You're not...looking at me..." His voice faded into a choked whisper as he took her hand, leading her to the nearest bathroom. "Here... Do you...need any help?"

Karen shook her head. "It's alright, I can find way around." she said reaching out her arms walking into the wall, shaking her head. "Where's the shower?"

"Here." Ricky pulled her gently by her hand into the shower, standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist. He moved his hands up to her chest, phasing off her bra, then her underwear. He turned on the water, still standing behind her as he silently removed his shirt and pants. Hesitating, he finally phased off his boxers, putting his arms around her once again. "...Can I stay here with you?"

Karen nodded looking down at his chest. "Sure...can you...help me, wash my hair?" she asked feeling around for the shampoo.

Ricky smiled, blushing slightly as he picked up the shampoo. "...Sure." he said softly, squirting some onto his hands, rubbing it into her hair. He gave a soft sigh, smiling, feeling guilty for enjoying the fact that she was blind. "Never washed a girls' hair before..." he said softly, looking away. With an evil grin, he whispered, "Okay, Karen, time to wash your body now...

"Okay.." Karen said looking up at the ceiling. "...I...will...I ever beable to see anything.."

"No, you'll get used to it..." Ricky said softly, picking up the soap. "I'll go with you everywhere, and I'll help you..." The soap slipped from between his fingers as he put his arms around her, pulling her close in a tight hug, pressing himself against her. "I'll stay with you until I die... I'm so sorry...for everything..."

Karen shivered turning around looking past him. "Ricky...the blood...if it drys, I could get poisioned.." she said looking around franticly with her hands. "Where's the soap?"

"Uh, it's...um..." Ricky bent down to pick it up but slipped, knocking Karen over, falling on top of her. "S-Sorry!" He blushed, picking up the soap, helping her to her feet. "Here..." He put the soap securely in her hand. "You...wash yourself, I don't...want to feel all perverted..."

Karen didn't blush, she shook her head. "It's okay...please wash me.." she said grabbing his hand and putting the soap into it. "Please.."

"O-Okay..." Ricky whispered, taking the soap, starting to wash her. Maybe I'll get to do this all the time... The thought brought a blush to his face as he continued to wash her. "You'll be okay; no poisoning, you're nice and clean now...all right?"

Karen nodded as the water pored down onto her and washed her clean. "...okay." she said softly and stepped away from him, "Let's get out now.." she said wobbling a bit and falling back hitting her head- hard enough to knock her out. "...Love...you.."

"Karen..." She looked so helpless and defenseless, it made Ricky feel so sad and guilty. "I love...you too..." he whispered, picking her up, bringing her to his room. He put her down on his bed, completely forgetting about their clothes still in the bathroom. "I'm so sorry..." He laid down next to her, staring up at the ceiling. "You're so...brave, Karen... If I were you, I'd be scared out of my mind..."

"I am...scared.." she whispered with her eyes still closed. "So vary scared, I want...to just run away." she whispered hugging him. "But..not anymore...my head hurts..."

"Don't run away!" Ricky sat up suddenly, not realizing he had raised his voice. "Karen, don't run away, please... Please don't..." he hugged her tightly, closing his eyes. "I'll protect you for the rest of your life... This is all my fault, so I'm going to make sure you're safe forever..." He paused for a moment before whispering, "Your eyes are still...so beautiful though... After everything that has happened... I still love them so much..." He hugged her tighter. "I love you so much..." Sighing softly, he let go of her, slowly falling asleep. "Let's...just sleep now..."

Karen nodded and slowly fell asleep. "Thank...thank you, Ricky...and I'm sorry.." she whispered falling asleep.

When Ricky woke up in the morning, he assumed it was all just a dream. It was still partially dark outside, but he could see the sun rising through the window. "Karen!" He shook her gently, pointing out the window at the sunrise. "Look at the sun and the colors of the sky... Isn't it pretty?"

Karen shivered and slowly opened her eyes. "What?" she asked looking out the window, giving a bitter smile. "...I can't see it Ricky.." she said with teary eyes. "I still can't see it..."

"You can't...?" Ricky's eyes widened as he stared at her. "So... It wasn't a dream..." He tilted his head down. "I'm sorry..."

"Ricky!" Anna opened the door, stepping into the room.

"Gyah!" Ricky pulled the blanket over him and Karen, glaring at Anna. "Learn how to knock, first of all... And second... Do you know what you did to my wife!?"

Anna took a step back, shocked by the anger in his voice. "I... I just...whipped her, that's all..."

"My wife..." Ricky hissed, putting special emphasis on the word. "...is blind because of you! Blind! She can't take a shower by herself, she can't see the sunrise...because of you! Get the hell out of my room, now!" He threw an ecto-beam at her, knocking her out the door. Staring at her with hateful eyes, he threw a red knife at her, hitting her in the stomach. "You got what you deserved..." Ricky hissed as Anna let out a scream of pain. A pool of blood formed on the floor as her eyes got dull.

"Ri-Ri...cky..." Anna whispered, staring sadly at him. "I...only...wan...ted...to...help you... I...l-love...you...still... I on...ly wanted you...to be...hap...py... She was...h-hurting you...so I...hurt...her..." She glanced at Karen. "I'm...sor...ry..." she whispered before letting her head fall backwards as she fainted.

Karen gasped hearing her fall to the ground. "Ricky- we have to help her!" she said feeling around the bed for the edge. "We have to...help her!" she looked down at the bed and slowly got off if it. "Come on, help me please."

"Why should I?" Ricky whispered, but his eyes softened as she took her time trying to find the edge of the bed. It was such a simple thing; it used to be so easy for her. "...All... All right..." he said softly, phasing on a random shirt and pants, walking out the door to Anna. "You're too soft, Karen... Jeez... This is the girl who once stabbed you... Who took away your sight..." Ricky whispered, picking Anna up, walking down the hall to the infirmary. "Just stay there, I'll be right back," he said to Karen. He dropped Anna onto one of the hospital beds before walking back to Karen. "She's safe now...okay? You happy now?"

Karen nodded. "Yes, thank you..." she looked down at the ground. "...What...What are we going to do today?" she asked not even looking up. "...Find a way to get my eye sight back?"

"Can we...do something else first?" Ricky whispered softly, leading her back into his room. "Can...we please...spend some time here, in my room? Please..." he begged her, knowing his pleading eyes would have no effect on her. "Please... I want to make you feel...a little better... Then we'll get your sight back, I promise..."

"Sure..." Karen whispered nodded. "Okay...just for a little while."

Ricky smiled, pulling her to his bed. "Just a little while," he repeated with a nod, lying down with her. "Don't worry about anything... I'll...take care of you..." He pinned her down, passionately kissing her lips.

Karen moaned closing her eyes and reaching out for his face, gently touching it. "Ricky...I lvoe you...thank you.."

Ricky shivered as she touched him, smiling down at her. "I...love you too..." he whispered, gently touching her chest, being gentle and careful since he had hurt her the day before. "I'll be nice..." he said softly, kissing her again, bringing his lips down to her chest. "Nice...and gentle..."

Karen smiled softly. "Thank you...so much." she whispered hugging his head as it was below her head and next to her chest. "Like..it?"

"Y-Yeah..." Ricky whispered, smiling. "I do like it...a lot..." He moved his hands down to her private place, making every motion slow and gentle. He just let his head rest against her chest, closing his eyes. "Feels...so good..."

Karen smiled. "I'm happy...for you." she said softly in a quiet voice. "Ricky...slap me, maybe I'll be able to see.."

"Wh-What?" Ricky blinked, pulling away. "I can't...hurt you... Not again... I promised not to...hurt you ever again..." He looked away, shaking his head as he raised a trembling hand. "This is...just to help you see again... Nothing...personal at all..." He too a deep breath, slapping her across the face. "Any...better?" There was barely any hope in his voice as he stared down at her.

Karen blinked open her eyes, "...Yeah..." she whispered softly with a smile. "You...did it..."

Ricky gave a wide smile, hugging her tightly. "That's...great, Karen..." he whispered, staring into her eyes. "I'm glad...you're okay..."

"Me...too." Karen said squeezing her hand shut on his private place. "Thank...you so much.." she said leaning against his chest blushing.

: Ricky moaned loudly, squeezing his eyes shut. "That...feels..." He moaned again, putting his hands on her chest. "...amazing..." He squeezed his hands, shivering as he stared down at her. "Love you...so much..."

Karen moaned and smiled back at him, "...You're welcome.." she whispered slowly sitting up. "Ricky, I'll be right back...okay?"

"Where...are you going?" Ricky tried to keep the note of suspicion out of his voice. "Fine, but... Come back as soon as possible, okay? Don't hurt yourself of anything..." He sighed, realizing how overprotective he was being. "Just...be careful." His eyes narrowed slightly. "And you better come back, because I'm not finished with you..."

Karen nodded over at him looking down at his shirt. "I'm going to barrow this okay?" she said putting on his shirt and began to the door. "I need to check on someone in the infirmary.." she said walking out of the room and running towards the infirmary.

Anna was lying on a bed in the infirmary, staring up at the ceiling with dull eyes. Blood-soaked bandages were wrapped around her stomach and she was taking short, shallow breaths. A tube was hooked up to her arm and a monitor stood beside her bed. Her heart was beating slow and steady, but the pulse was faint. "What do you want?" Her voice was weak and shaky as she glared over at Karen. "Get out of here..."

Karen walked towards her looking down at her sadly. "Anna...I came here to visit you.." she said leaning against the wall. "I'm...sorry, Ricky got upset with you, and hurt you.." she said looking away.

"Shut up..." Anna said softly, closing her eyes. "Leave me alone..." Her hands clenched into fists as her anger rose, and the slow, faint beeps from the monitor became fast and irregular. Her heart beat was getting dangerously fast as she stared at Karen with fury in her eyes. "It's all your fault... And saying you're sorry won't make a difference..."

Karen shook her head. "Calm down, Anna, I came in here..." she looked away. "If I didn't say anything, you would have died!" she said looking down at her. "...Find another guy..who will love you, and not hurt you.." she turned around from her. "I'm really...sorry.."

"I don't want to find someone else..." Anna whispered, groaning as she raised her voice. It hurt to be so angry, and her stomach had started bleeding again. Her vision was blurry and wet with tears. She turned her head slightly as someone entered the room. "Ricky?" she asked softly, seeing his blond hair.

"Aww... Poor girl..." The boy stepped into the room, staring down at Anna. He bent down close to her and through her blurry vision, Anna could see that his eyes were blue, not red like Ricky's.

"Who are you...?" Anna asked breathlessly. Her vision was getting clearer but her heart rate was speeding up, causing the monitor to beep loudly. "You look...just like him..."

"Prince Caleb, at your service." He executed a regal bow, causing Anna to blush as her heart beat faster again.

"A-Anna..." she whispered weakly, feeling dizzy. "I'm...Anna..."

Caleb turned to glance at Karen. He raised a brow and let his eyes travel up and down her body before asking softly, "And who's this?"

Karen looked away from them and turned away. "I'm Karen, I'm...going to go...I'm sorry, Anna." she said again opening up the door and making her way out of the room. And into the hallway.

"I'm going to have to leave, too." Caleb grinned at Anna before walking out the door. "Seeya, cutie."

Anna blushed, staring at him with wide eyes as he left the room.

Stepping out into the hall, Caleb pinned Karen against the wall, smirking at her. "You're really cute, Karen... Plus...you've got a nice body..." He grinned, leaning closer. "Are you single?" Without waiting for an answer, he kissed her roughly, pulling her close in a gentle hug as Ricky walked out into the hall.

"Karen!" Ricky's voice was edged with fury as he stared at her. "You... You kissed my cousin!?"

Caleb slowly pulled away, grinning at Ricky. "Yup... I think she enjoyed it, too... What's the matter, Ricky? Do you like her?" He put his arm around her shoulders, holding her tightly against him. "She was single... But now..." He pulled her closer. "She's taken..."

Karen wasn't expecting him to kiss her, let alone say she was 'his.' "Get away from me!" she hissed pushing Caleb back, stepping away from him and rubbing her lips. "I'm Ricky's wife!" she looked back at Ricky. "Ricky...he..."

Ricky glared coldly at her, crossing his arms. "I understand perfectly, Karen... You don't have to cover up...what you did..." He turned away from her. "You're a liar, Karen... A liar and a cheater..."

Caleb put his arms around her chest from behind her. "Now that he's out of the way... Wanna go do something fun?"

Karen stared sadly at him and shook her head. "No...no I'm not..." she said looking down in shock, staying quiet. "I'm not lying to you..."

"I thought I taught you better, Karen..." Ricky whispered, pulling Karen out of Caleb's grip. He pinned her against the wall. "She's mine, Caleb..." he hissed in anger, leaning close to her. "Her beauty is mine, her body is mine... She sleeps with me, in my bed..."

"Mine now..." Caleb whispered, pulling Karen away from him. He pinned her against the wall, putting his hands on her chest. "Like I said, you've got a perfect body..." he whispered in her ear, squeezing his hands.

"Don't touch her!" Ricky hissed, pushing Caleb away from her. "Go hook up with one of the maids... Leave my wife alone..."

Karen blushed holding back a moan looking over at Ricky. "Ricky..." she whispered not knowing what to say. "...Why...do people say I belong to them, I'm my own person!"

"No, you're mine!" Ricky and Caleb hissed at the same time, turning to glare at each other. Then, at the exact same time, they were suddenly attacking each other, throwing punches.

"Hahah, I usually don't fight, but your girl is just too cute to leave alone..." Caleb grinned, dodging one of Ricky's punches, taking a step back. "Wow, your aim sucks..."

"Shut up!" Ricky punched him in the stomach, sending him back into the wall.

"Ouch, jeez..." Caleb muttered, standing up. He glanced at Karen, smiling at her. "Keep your distance, sweetheart, don't want to hurt your pretty little face!"

"Ricky! Caleb! You're such jerks!" Karen shouted at them and began running down the hall from them. "I don't belong to eather one of you!"

"Huh?" Ricky and Caleb paused, holding their positions: Caleb was grabbing Ricky by the neck and Ricky's fist was pulled back, ready to punch. After a long pause, Ricky's fist dropped and Caleb let go of him as they both staggered backwards. "Karen..."

"This is your fault!" Caleb hissed. "Why'd you have to interrupt in the first place!?"

"She's my wife!" Ricky hissed, glaring at him.

"Well, seeya, Ricky... And by the way, she really did enjoy that little kiss... She started it...and she liked it... She's got such a cute little moan..." Caleb whispered, convincing Ricky with his lies. "If she doesn't love you, then just let her go...little cousin..."

Ricky stared at Caleb in shock. "But she... She does love me..." he whispered, watching as Caleb disappeared.

Caleb just smirked, running after Karen, grabbing her arm tightly. "Karen... I'm sorry for what I said... I just...don't think Ricky could take good care of you... I think you need someone...more passionate to be your husband... Someone who's noy insane, someone who'll love you no matter what..." He put his arms around her, hugging her gently. "Why do you love him, anyway? Is there any real reason?"

Karen turned around to him, slapping him across the face. "I don't want you to follow me!" she shouted running threw him and began running back towards Ricky. "Ricky...I..." she whispered looking at him sadly. "...I didn't kiss him."

"Shut up..." Ricky whispered, making his hand glow a faint red, squeezing it tightly shut. "I hope this hurts, Karen... You haven't had your daily dose of pain today..."

Caleb, standing further down the hall, gasped, running back to them. "Ricky, don't hurt her!" he hissed.

"Shut up..." Ricky whispered, squeezing his hand tighter, making her feel pain in her chest.

Karen gave out a painful gasp. "Stop, Ricky...stop..." she whispered looking up at him, and standing up touching his hand softly. "Please...it...hurts...stop.."

"A seal..." Caleb whispered softly, walking up behind her, phasing his hand through her back. "This'll only hurt for a second, Karen, and then the pain will be all gone..." He grabbed her heart, making his hand glow bright blue, erasing the seal Ricky had put on her heart.

"Stop it!" Ricky hissed, pulling his fist back to punch Caleb.

"Too late..." Caleb whispered with a half-smile. "The seal's...g--" He let out a cry of pain as Ricky punched him across the face. Leaning against the wall, Caleb stared at Karen with sad eyes. "You're free now... The seal...is gone..."

"I'm...free..." Karen whispered slowly standing up feeling no more pain in her chest. "Ricky, stop...stop!" she stepped away from him and turned away and began running. "I've got to get away from him.."

"Jeez, not even a 'thank you'..." Caleb muttered, sighing as he felt the pain on his cheek where Ricky had punched him.

Ricky shot a sick smirk at him before running after Karen, pulling her into his room. "I'm not finished with you..." he whispered, ecto-taping her arms and legs to the bed, getting on top of her. "You know how it works... First, pain... Then we'll have sex... Or, if you try to fight against me...I'll rape you..." He closed his hand, making it glow a deeper shade of red. "I can hurt you, with or without that seal, Karen..."

"Don't touch her!" Caleb stood in the doorway, glaring at Ricky. "Don't hurt her... She may be your wife, but you can't abuse her... Plus, she owes me a 'thank you'..."

Karen looked over to Caleb with wide eyes, "Thank..you, Caleb.." she said looking back up at Ricky, as he got ontop of her. "Don't...don't." she tried moving her legs and arms but the ecto tape kept her pined. "No...you can't...you can't.."

"Oh, you came to watch me rape her?" Ricky smirked, glancing at Caleb. "Hmm... It might upset you a little... Too bad she's mine..."

"She's...nobody's... She belongs to nobody..." Caleb hissed, glaring at Ricky. "She's not yours, or anybody else's... Leave her alone... Can't you see you're upsetting her?" He blasted Ricky away, off of Karen. Using ecto-beams, Caleb destroyed the ecto-tape. He gave a dramatic bow, smiling at Karen. "No need to be afraid, your savior has--"

Ricky hit him over the head with his fist, grinning as he heard Caleb moan in pain. "You're next, Karen..." Ricky whispered, smirking at her. "You need pain... But don't worry - pleasure always comes after..."

Karen's eyes widened and she began to back away from him. "No...don't..." she said shivering. "Please...don't hurt me..." she said closing her eyes hitting the glass window. "...Don't...hurt me please.."

"Why...do you love him...?" Caleb whispered softly, glancing at Karen though half-closed eyes. "He hurts you so much... What reason do you have...to love him...?" He groaned as Ricky his him again, knocking him down.

"Aww, don't hate me because I need to punish you, Karen..." Ricky whispered, throwing ecto-beams around her, hitting the glass behind her, causing it to shatter all over the place. Tiny shards scratched against her arms and face, leaving trails of blood all along her body. "You look very pretty like that..." he whispered, holding up his hands again. "Now I'll knock you out the window..."

Caleb grabbed Ricky's leg, whispering, "Please, Ricky... Don't hurt her..." He glanced at Karen, saying again, "Why...do you even love him? Why...don't you leave him...and come with me...?"

Karen looked shivering as the shards hit her. "...I don't know...why I love him, I just do..." she stepped over the glass to Ricky, hugging him softly. "Ricky..." she whispered softly to him squeezing his shirt tightly. "Please...please...stop...please.."

"Don't...go anywhere near Caleb...ever again..." Ricky's voice was low and venemous. "I don't..want to see you with him..ever..." he whispered, squeezing her tightly. "You're mine, Karen... You know you're mine..."

Caleb stared sadly at Karen for a moment before standing up, sighing. "I'm going to check on that cutie in the infirmary..." He looked down, turning away. "I'm sorry, Karen...for treating you like a possession..." He walked out the door, leaning against the wall, staring up at the ceiling.

"I'm not...I'm not yours.." she whispered pushing him away weakly. "I belong to no one.."

Ricky pinned her to the bed again, shooting ecto-tape down at her arms and legs. "Time to rewrite that seal... Make it stronger..." His hand glowed brightly as he pressed it through her chest, into her heart. "Can't lie to me anymore, Karen..." He grinned. "Unless you like pain..."

Karen winced in pain and looked up at Ricky. "...Stop hurtting me!" she said as she closed her eyes. "Stop hurting me.."

"Shut up..." Ricky hissed, pulling away. "The seal is done... No more lying, or else..." He grinned, pulling her by her arm out of the room.

Caleb glanced hopefully at Karen, but his face darkened as he saw she was in pain. "Karen..." he whispered softly, but Ricky just picked him aside, walking into the throne room. "Hello, father..." Ricky said softly, bowing his head slightly. "This little maid isn't obeying me... How should I punish her?"

"Isn't that your wife?" Mr. Drynn raised a brow, staring down at Karen. "Richard, why is she bleeding?"

"I don't know," Ricky said innocently, looking away. "Why are you bleeding, Karen? Hm?"

Karen kept her head down, "I don't know..." she whispered as a pain went threw her heart, she winced. "...Ricky, broke the glass in his room because I didn't do what he said..." she said squeezing her chest where her heart was. "...He abuses me.."

"Yeah..." Caleb whispered, staggering into the room. "He hurts her...so much..."

"Caleb?" Mr. Drynn raised a brow, staring down at him. "What happened to you?"

"I...kissed Karen...so Ricky punched me..." Caleb said softly, closing his eyes.

"Get out of here..." Ricky hissed, turning to glare at his father. "And you, shut up... This isn't any of your business, just tell me how to punish her... Come on, you used to love torturing people when you were my age..."

"Richard, don't talk to me like that..."

RIcky laughed, raising his voice. "You think you have authority over me!? Once you're dead, I'll have power over everyone! Karen will be my perfect, obedient personal little slave, and Caleb will be dead! And no one will tell me what to do..."

"Karen, run away from him..." Caleb whispered, staring at her with pleading eyes. "Don't let him win his sick game..."

"In fact..." Ricky's voice was high with excitement. "Why don't I kill you right now, father?"

"You're insane." Mr. Drynn's voice was blunt and bored-sounding. "Richard, just sit down for a minute and think rationally before you do something stupid."

"Run!" Caleb hissed to Karen in a low, soft voice. "Run now!"

Karen stepped away from Ricky, afriad of him with wide eyes. "Ricky..." she whispered shivering. "...You're scaring me, please...stop just stop it.." she colapsed to her knees, in front of him. "Please..."

"Karen, run!" Caleb hissed.

"Don't listen to him!" Ricky shouted.

"Everyone shut up!" Mr. Drynn glared down at Ricky. "If she's your wife, then you have to respect her no matter what. If you continue to abuse her, I'll separate you two forever. Got it?"

"No!" Ricky shouted back at him. "She's mine, I can do anything I want with her!" He formed an ecto-knife, preparing to throw it at his father.

Mr. Drynn didn't even have to call for them; the guards appeared and had Ricky pinned to her ground in a matter of seconds. "Richard... Attempted assassination is not okay..." Mr. Drynn said softly, staring down at his son. "I never thought you'd try to kill me someday, but it was a bad decision... Sorry, son... I'll be at your execution tomorrow..."

"What!?" Karen said speaking up looking up at Mr. Drynn. "Don't...you can't kill him!" she shouted up at the king staring up at sadly. "You can't..." she whispered standing up weakly. "Don't kill your own son you...heartless." she hissed glaring at him. "I don't give a crap if you're a king!"

"It's my job to ensure that the castle is safe," Mr. Drynn said softly, staring down at her. "Unless you want Richard locked up in some insane asylum for the rest of his life."

"She never listens to me... Never does what I want..." Ricky was whispering, staring at the ceiling. "It's her fault...I'm like this..."

Caleb stared sadly at all of them, shaking his head, walking out of the room, down the hall, into the infirmary.

"So what's your choice, miss?" Mr. Drynn stared down at Karen. "Death or solitary confinement? Either way, you'll never see him again..."

Karen walked in front of Ricky and bent down to him touching him softly on the head. "...I won't let you do that to him, no matter what you do...I won't let you...touch him." she said closing her eyes. "He's...my husband...you can't do anything to him."

"He's my son... I can do what I want with him..." Mr. Drynn said softly, staring down at Karen. "Don't get in the way, please."

Ricky kept staring at the ceiling, sighing softly. "Karen... Thanks for...everything..." He gave a small smile. "Thanks for defending me, even though it was hopeless from the beginning... I'll choose death, father... I don't want to be all alone without Karen for the rest of my life..."

Karen shook her head. "No.." she said opening her eyes. "I won't get out of the way, I won't let you!" she glared at him with dark brown eyes. "Stop it! I won't...let you.." she continued to stand in front of him. "Please don't..." she said getting on her knees. "I'll do anything." she said looking up at him. "Please."

"Hey, if it's what my father wants, I can't really disobey him..." Ricky smirked, staring up at his father. "He's the king, you know. Can't really say no to him..."

"He abuses you... Hurts you so much, makes you bleed..." Mr. Drynn stared down at Karen with disbelief in his eyes. "And you still come crawling back to him? Jeez... You must be insane too... Either that or you love him a lot..."

"Hey, I love her too, dad..." Ricky muttered, looking away. "She just...makes me crazy... Never does what I want... Always runs away from me... She's so emotional..."

"She's a woman, Richard."

"You mean all girls are like this!?"

Mr. Drynn smirked. "Yup."

"Awww...man..." Ricky muttered, clutching his head.

"No more assassination attempts, okay, Richard?"

"Yeah..." Ricky muttered, looking away. "Okay..."

Karen stood up and turned away from Mr. Drynn and Ricky. "I'm going to go...for a walk outside." she said as she began walking.

"Hey, I'm coming too..." Ricky stood up, following Karen. Glancing back at his father, he asked, "I'm...not getting executed tomorrow, right?"

"Nah, I'll let you off with a warning."

Ricky smiled, walking out of the room with Karen. "Um... By the way... That new seal I put on your heart... It might have some weird side-effects because I did it quickly and...I don't know if it came out right, so..." He stared at the ground. "It shouldn't be anything too bad, but just watch out for anything weird happening to you...okay?"

Karen nodded and began walking again but trip and hit the ground. A few guards began to laugh and she gave them a death glare. Almost instantly they stoped laughing and gasped for air, and fell to the ground. "W-What...the..?" she thought standing back up looking at the blood comming from there head. "Oh no.."

"What the hell was that!?" Ricky's eyes widened as he took a step back from them. Note to self: Don't make Karen angry...

Mr. Drynn walked out of the throne room, staring at the guards on the ground. "Why...are their heads bleeding...?" He raised a brow at Ricky.

"Wasn't me!" Ricky's eyes widened. "I think the death glare is a 'woman thing'..."

"You know that's murder..." Mr. Drynn said to Karen, staring at her. "You can be killed or sent to jail for murder... Don't do it again... The next time you do, I won't hesitate to have you executed, even if my son loves you."

Karen steped away from them, as she felt something poke her back she death glared the person behind her...it was seven guards. All falling to the ground and bleeding from there head. "What...what's...this?" she asked stepping away from Ricky and his dad. Legs trembling as she continued to back away until she hit the wall of a grass maze. She looked up at it and quickly ran inside.

"Sorry, Richard, but she has to die now..." Mr. Drynn said softly, stepping into the maze after her. "And I'll have to do it myself since she took out some of my best guards."

"No, you can't!" Ricky hissed, pushing him aside, running past him. "Karen, run!" He grabbed her from behind, turning them invisible, turning the corner. "He's...gonna kill you... Karen... He's...trying to kill you..."

"Let's just get this over with.." Mr. Drynn called out, glancing around him. "I know you're hiding, and I will find you... You'll be punished for destroying my personal guards..."

"We need to find somewhere safe..." Ricky hissed softly to Karen.

"I heard that, Richard..." Mr. Drynn turned the corner, staring at the spot where they stood, invisible.

"Karen, run!" Ricky hissed, staring at his father in horror.

Karen stared at Mr. Drynn then at Ricky stepping back she went invisible again and flew until she got to an opening. "Ricky..." she whispered looking around lost. "...What do I do...I didn't mean to...hurt anyone." she trembled as she hid under a table. "What...do I do.."

"Are you lost?" Myles stared at her, sitting cross-legged under the table. "Are you playing hide-and-seek? Is Ricky hurting you again"
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Ricky turned visible again, wincing as his father shouted, "Where is she!?"

"I don't know," Ricky said calmly, not taking his eyes off of his father.

"Don't lie to me, Richard..." Mr. Drynn slapped Ricky across the face, glaring at him. "Now tell me, where is she!?"

"I don't know..." Ricky hissed, disappearing again. "But I won't let you kill her...father." He spoke the word with a mocking, disdainful tone.

Mr. Drynn gave a frustrated growl, walking out the the grass maze and into the dining hall. "You're in the castle somewhere, girl... And when I find you, you'll die..."

"Myles!" Karen said rubbing her head. "...Don't..." she looked away from him. "Don't get near me...please just go.." she shook her head and quickly phased threw the table and flew off back towards the castle. "He's got to still be in the maze.." she whispered landing in the dining hall. "Ricky, I think I lost him."

"Oh, did you?" Mr. Drynn said softly, smirking at her. "You're a threat to this entire castle... So I'll have to kill you right now, by myself..." He pulled a sharp knife out of his pocket, pinning her against the wall, holding it against her throat.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Ricky shouted, standing in the doorway. "Let go of my wife, now!"

Mr. Drynn, hearing Ricky's voice, pushed the knife hard against Karen's neck, watching silently as blood spilled out.

"Don't touch her!" Ricky ran towards them, tackling his father away from Karen. "I'll kill you..." he hissed, eyes glowing bright red. "If she dies, I promise I'll kill you..."

He kicked his father in the private place, allowing himself a satisfactory smirk. His smile faded in seconds as he remembered Karen, bleeding from the wound in her neck. Turning around, Ricky picked her up, staring sadly at her. "Hold on... I'll get you to the infirmary... You'll be okay..."

Karen was gasping for air, but nothing came. "It hurts...it really hurts." she said as her chest became stained with crimson blood. "...Ricky..." she whispered closing her eyes.

"I know, I know it hurts!" Ricky cried out in frustration, running into the infirmary, trying to ignore Caleb, who was bending down to Anna's bed, kissing her passionately. "Jeez..." Ricky hissed, shooting a glare at them before opening the medical cabinets, trying to find something to use to heal Karen. "No medicine can help... Aw, man... There's only one other solution, and it's way too risky, and the side effects could be really bad, and I can't think because you two idiots are making so much noise!"

Caleb pulled out of the kiss, still bending protectively over Anna. Without a word, he picked her up and phased through the wall, out of the room.

"Jeez..." Ricky muttered, shaking his head. He scooped Karen into his arms, phasing through the floor, through the floor of the dungeon, into a large room with a dirt floor and stone walls. "This is the castle laboratory... My dad doesn't know about it, but they can do almost anything down here... I bet they can heal you, but it would have to be through experiments and... What if something bad happens?" One look at the blood dribbling down her neck made him shiver, walking over to a file cabinet, rifling through the drawers. "...'M'...for medical..." he muttered to himself, taking out a folder with the letter 'M' written on it. "Here we go... Knife wounds... They've got some kind of chemical that can heal you..." His eyes narrowed. "Side effects include..." He shook his head, opening the other drawers to reveal various bottles and vials filled with multicolored chemicals. "All right...label number...24506... Got it..." He knelt down to Karen, handing her the small bottle. "Drink this...if you're willing to take a risk... And if not, they might have to experiment on you if it's not too...late..." He looked away, staring sadly at the ground. "But...it won't be, it'll never be too late, because I promise you'll live!"

Karen weakly drank it shivering in pain she touching her neck as it healed up. "...I'm alive.." she said sitting up looking over at Ricky. "..What are the side-effects?" she asked bending onher side looking up at him, unknowning to herself that her chest as growing. "Ricky..what are they?"

"Uh..." Ricky stared at her chest, blushing lightly. "It's...uh... Well, s-sometimes... Side effects aren't...actually...bad... Heh..." He was smiling slightly, unable to stop staring. "H-Here..." He handed her the paper he had been reading from. "See...for yourself..."

Karen looked down at the paper. "...Craving for bloodlust, death, and...growing in the chest and other places!?!" she shouted droping the paper onto the ground instantly covering her chest and turning away from Ricky putting her back to him. "Jeez, you stupid pervert!"

H-Heh..." Ricky grinned, picking up the paper. "See, they're not all bad!" He snickered, putting his hands on her shoulders, turning her around so she was facing him. "Wow!" He snickered again, smirking at her. "Bigger than I thought..."

Karen slaped him across the face. "I said don't look!" she quickly stood up and kept her chest covered up with her arms, since her chest began to ripe her shirt. "...Geez..." she said backing away from Ricky.

"Didn't have to slap me..." Ricky hissed, glaring at her. "I just saved your life! The least you can do is say thank you!" He pulled her arms away from her chest. "I'm your husband, why are you trying to hide yourself from me!?"

Karen pulled her arms away from him. "...I don't want you to look at me!" she said as she glared away from him. "I can't glare at you, or I'll kill you.."

"Why not?" Ricky said softly, staring sadly at her. "Why can't I look at you? Why won't you ever let me do anything? Why are you so protective of yourself?" His face darkened as he glared down at her. "Is there someone else involved? Is that it? There's another man involved in this, right!? Do you like somebody else!? Is that why you're always running from me!?"

Karen's eyes widened as she thought of her old crush, Al, her best friend in high school. "...No, they'res no one..." she said looking away from his glare. "...I don't...trust anyone, in the whole world.." she said covering her chest again.

"Does that mean...you...don't trust me?" Ricky said softly, staring sadly down at her. "Is that what you're trying to say?" He leaned closer, staring at her with sad, pleading eyes. "Why? Why can't you just do what I want? I'd be so happy... I'd never hurt you... But...you always just...run away... And every time, it hurts more..."

Karen had a feeling of pain go threw her chest. "I'm...sorry..." she whispered stepping away from him as her chest went back to normal. "...I'm..." she looked down sinking to her knees. "...I still like...someone..." she whispered softly keeping her head down. "...My...best friend.."

"I knew it..." Ricky whispered, pinning her back against the wall. "But you're mine, you're my wife, you had my child, and you live in my castle! Nobody else can have you!" He pushed himself against her, leaning close, whispering, "No one... Now tell me..." His hands inched up to her chest as he whispered softly, "Who exactly...is the person you like?"

Karen looked up at him sadly. "He's...m-my best friend, Al..." she looked away from him pushing his hands off of her chest. "Ricky..." she whispered staring at him. "You're not...jealous are you?"

"Why would I be jealous...of a dead man?" Ricky hissed, standing up, opening a dark red portal leading to Karen's room. "From here..." He tilted his head toward the portal. "I think I can find him pretty easily...and kill him...even easier..." Two red ecto-knives appeared in his hands. "See ya...Karen..." he whispered softly, stepping through the portal, closing it behind him.

"No...no Ricky!" she shouted at him as he opened a portal up. "No!" she said again as he dissappered into it. She looked down and opened a portal up, sending her into her best friends room. "Ah!" they both screamed, as Al pinned her. "A-Al, what are you doing!?"

"...Karen." Al whispered looking down at her smirking, "I've always wanted to rape you.."

Ricky glanced around Karen's room, smirking. A few thoughts came to mind (his favorite idea involved "raiding her panty drawer"), but he knew he had more important things to take care of. He closed his eyes, trying to focus. Slowly opening a portal, he stepped through it, finding himself in front of Al's house. "Is this it?" he wondered out loud, phasing invisibly through the door. It was so quiet, but he could faintly hear voices upstairs. Still invisible, he walked slowly up the stairs, phasing his head into each room in the hallway, finding nobody. Thinking he had made a miscalculation, he phased through the last door with little hope, but suddenly saw Karen and someone else. "What the--" His eyes widened as he saw Al was pinning her. He lost all ability to move and just stood there, becoming visible, staring in shock. "...Karen." his voice came out as a shaky whisper. "Get...away from her..." He couldn't seem to raise his voice at all. "Don't...touch my wife..."

Karen's eyes widened at looked at Ricky, showing him how scared she was. "Ricky..." she whispered as Al snickered and squeezed her chest in front of him. "S-Stop..."

Al smirked over at Ricky. "...Wife? You're such a fruitloop..." he said smirking. "Don't like it when I touch her chest..." he smirked again squeezing her chest so tightly she winced in pain. "...Do you?"

"Don't touch her..." Ricky hissed, staring at him with wide eyes. His legs were still frozen, and he forgot that he was holding two knives. "Stop touching her... She's...my wife... She gave birth to my child... Get away from her!" He was finally able to raise his voice and throw a knife. His hand was so shaky, so the knife missed Al by several feet. "D-Don't...touch her...or I'll kill you... I'll...kill you..."

Karen winced slightly punching Al, in the face quickly getting away from him. "Ricky..." she said in a shaking voice. "...He rapped me...almost...raped me.." she colapsed on her weak knees.

"Is he...the guy you like? Your...'best friend'?" Ricky asked softly, glaring at her, picking her up. "Come on, let's get back home... Calm down, you're okay..." He hugged her tightly against himself as they reappeared in the castle. He walked up to his room, sitting down on his bed, still holding her tightly. "What...an idiot that guy was..." His eyes were still red with anger. "He...touched you..." Ricky shivered, trying to block out the mental images. "I'm sorry..I couldn't help you..." he whispered, closing his eyes. "I...couldn't move..."

Karen looked up at him, suprised that he didn't try to hurt her. Sniffling she undid her shirt and skirt throwing them to the ground. "Ricky..." she whispered pushing him down onto the bed. "...I love you, th-thank you so much.."

Ricky let out a soft gasp, staring up at her. "Karen..." he whispered softly, phasing off his shirt, still staring at her in shock. "I love you...too, so much..." he whispered, unzipping his pants. "I'm sorry... So sorry for everything..."

Karen stared down at him, kissing him softly on the lips, passonately pressing her chest up against him. "...It's...okay.."

Ricky shivered, moaning softly. He put his arms around her, pushing himself up against her, deepening the kiss. "How far...do you...want to go...?" he whispered. His breathing was uneven and there was lust in his voice as he stared at her with hungry eyes. "How far...will you...let me take you?"

Karen breathed deeply and leaned down onto his sholder. "How far...are you...wanting to go?"

"As far as you'll let me..." Ricky whispered in her ear, hugging her tightly. "All the way...if that's...okay..." He lowered his voice slightly to an even softer whisper. "But if that's...not what you want... I'll...respect that... I won't try to rape you...like that...idiot..."

Karen closed her eyes and nodded. "You...can...go all the way, if you want to..." she said softly opening her eyes up. "Superise me.."

Ricky's eyes widened as he stared up at her. "Really? You'll...let me?" He pushed her off of him, pinning her on her back, getting on top of her. "I'm...going to be rough...with you... I won't hold...anything...back..." He pulled off his boxers, smirking down at her. "Whatever you want, I'll always give it to you..." He pushed himself against her, still smiling. "Always..." He kissed her passionately, moving his lips down to the base of her neck. "Never...hesitate to ask for this..." His lips trailed down to her chest as he moved his hands to her private place. "I'm...always willing...to do this..."

Karen moaned softly and shivered. "I...won't wait to ask you for this..." she said closing her eyes. "...What are you going to do to me?" she asked smiling softly.

"I dunno..." Ricky whispered, smiling back down at her. "I guess I'll just try to be creative..." He grinned, kissing her lips before moving his lips to her neck, trailing his tongue down to her chest. He smiled slightly, kissing her chest before poking his tongue out again. Shivering, he let one hand stay on her chest while the other reached out to stroke her hair. His voice was thick with lust as he stared up at her and whispered, "Love...you..."

Karen stared down at him with a red blush. "Ricky..." she whispered softly. "...I love you too...Ricky.." she said sliping her arms around his back. She felt his tounge poke out of his mouth so she hugged him tightly keeping her eyes closed.