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[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don’t own, so you don’t sue! Besides, *looks in pocket and pulls out everything* you’d only get a $1.00. That’s how broke I am.

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Me: I only own myself, Lord Saran, and Lady Swan.

Heather: I only own my self.

Sheamaru: same here

Me: We don’t own anyone else.

Heather: Master Quin owns himself.

Sheamaru: Lady Daireanna owns herself.

Me: I hope you like first chapter of The Shadow Kingdom Chronicles.

All three: REMEMBER TO R&R!!!! READ!!! AND REVIEW!!!!!!

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The Shadow Kingdom Chronicles
Chapter 1- Past Memories and The Dreaded Message
By: Kaibfan1

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Laughing came from a room deep in the castle. Me and two other young girls sat at a desk in front of a large chalk board and desk. One had boyishly short strawberry-blonde hair and had on black-jeans and a tank-top, and looks to be about 8. Her name is Sheamaru, she‘s a mimic/wind/fire demon. Next to her sits a sandy-blonde wearing a black witches dress, and looks to be about 8 as well. Her name is Heather, she‘s ½ moon witch, ½ Inu demon.. My name is Maria, I have long waist-length midnight black hair and I’m wearing a black dress with a cape-like silk starting at the neck and dropping to the floor. I’m an fire/ice/silver Inu demon.

“These lessons are so boring,” I whined, as I leaned back in my chair.

“Yeah,” Sheamaru said. “Being goddesses in training isn’t fun.”

“Same here,” Heather said. “I’d rather be watching the boys train.”

“Then let’s sneak off and watch them,” I said sitting up.

“We’d get in trouble,” Sheamaru said. “Quin won’t be happy, we‘ve already took off on him more than 100 times.”

“Exactly,” Heather said smirking.

All three of us smirk, we were the worst when it came to trouble-makers.

“Let’s go!” I take off to the door.

“Yeah!” Sheamaru and Heather yelled at the same time.

Just as we reach the door, Quin enters.

“Hello girls,” Quinn said. “Time for class.”

Sheamaru and Heather stop before they could run into him, but I run right pass.

“Perhaps, you didn’t hear me,” Quin said, picking me up by the back of the neckline.

“Were not listening to no lesson,” I yelled, my eyes glowing. “SHADOW VISION!”

*BOOM*

Smoke feels the room, allowing Sheamaru, Heather, and me to get away. We race through the halls and up and down the stairs of the huge palace.

“PRINCESS MARIA!” came Quin’s yells.

“Run for it girls!” I yell as Quin appears behind us.

“YOU YOUNGLADIES GET BACK HERE NOW!” he yells.

“HECK NO!” I yell as Sheamaru and Heather yell, “WE WON’T GO!”

We end up running right past where the boys are training with Genkai. They stop as we run by.

“Hello girls,” Genkai says. “Shouldn’t you be in class.”

“Hello Genkai,” I said bowing my head in respect to my elder. “Were just…”

“PRINCESS MARIA! PRINCESS SHEAMARU! PRINCESS HEATHER!” Quin roars as he appears out side.

“AHHHH!! Move it girls!” I yell. “Sorry `bout the interruption Genkai!”

We race for the large statue in the middle of the training yard and jump behind it. By now all the boys and girls training to be guardians had stopped training to watch our crazy antics. They already knew we only acted this way to drive our mentor nuts, heheh. But they got a good laugh at seeing us get the best of our teachers.

Quin runs up to the statue as Sheamaru and Heather stick their heads out from either side and I appear at the top of the statue.

Together we sing-song, “TEACHER!TEACHER!LEAVE ME BE!I DON’T WANT YOU CHASING ME! IF YOUR GONNA CAUSE A SECENE!I’LL JUST HAVE TO GET REAL MEAN!”

We race past him only to have the ground open up and chairs appear behind us. Bindings wrap around us pulling us into the chairs.

“WHAT?!” I yell.

“HEY!!!” Sheamaru yells.

“LET US GO!!” Heather yells, trying to break free.

“Well girls! It‘s been a blast!! But it‘s time for you to get back to class!” Quin sing-songs.

“Uhhhhh,” we whine, knowing we were caught.

“Now,” Quin says, letting us loose. “Why do you keeping coming out here for?”

I just cross my arms, a stone look on my face. Sheamaru just whistles and rolls her eyes.

“To watch the guys,” Heather bursts out smiling.

Sheamaru and I do a face-fault, “HEATHER!”

I close my eyes, groaning. All the guardians had heard too. What’s worse was three particular guys were standing near us.

“What?” Heather says looking at us. “What’d I say?”

Genkai who had also came over laughed, as Quin just raised an eyebrow.

“Well, back to class,” Quin said.

I just raise my eye-brow, he really thinks, after all that trouble I’d just follow orders, I…don’t…think…so.

“Maria,” he said looking at me.

I grinned evily, now was my chance to show off for one particular full inu demon with silver hair, who was watching. My tail begins to glow as I lift my claws, my cape flaring up. A blast of light surrounds me. When it ends, a black inu the height of a elephant stands in my place. My fur is midnight black with silver tiger stripes.

“Get on Girls,” I growl leaning down. They grin and hop on, as I paw the ground.

I let out fierce roar, before taking off in a blur towards the castle. Only to stop when a man with neck length black hair and royal black robes walks out.

“Godfather!” I bark happily.

“Maria, put on the brakes!” Sheamaru yells as I realize I’m going to end up crashing into him.

I slam my paws into the ground, and transform at the same time. We tumble and end up crashing into each other.

“Yowch!” Heather whined rubbing her head.

“Double Yowch,” Sheamaru groaned.

“Owwwwww.” I whine, pain shooting through my arms. A shadow falls over us.

“Hello Godfather,” I say as I look up.

“Maria, have you been causing trouble for Quin,” he said, smiling slightly. “Again.”

*Gulp* I grin sheepishly, “We were just having some fun. History lessons are so boring.”

“History is important to know, Maria,” Lord Saran said. “It helps greatly in life.”

“I know Godfather,” I sigh as Sheamaru, Heather, and I stand up.

“Good Evening, Lord Saran,” Sheamaru and Heather say bowing.

“Also to you, Princess Sheamaru and Princess Heather,” Lord Saran greeted. “Now, why don’t you three return to the castle and get ready for you etiquette lessons.”

“Yes, Godfather,” I said. I follow Sheamaru and Heather into the castle.

“What will I ever do with her,” Saran sighed.

“She needs more discipline,” Quin said sternly.

“That’s not the problem and you know it,” Genkai snapped.

“She is right,” Saran said.

“Sir,” Quin turned to him.

“She’s restless, her blood is of a warrior,” Saran sighed. “Her father was a might warrior, his blood resides in her. Maybe training would do her good.”

“I would be happy to train her with Princess Sheamaru and Princess Heather,” Genkai said.

“Very well, starting tomorrow, you shall train them,” Saran said.

Genkai nodded and turned to go back to training the guardians. Saran and Quin headed inside.

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“Alright girls, time for class,” a cat demon half vampire walks in.

She has midnight black hair tied in a bun with chopsticks. She has sapphire blue eyes and is wearing a midnight kimono with red flowers on it.

*gulp* “Good Evening, Lady Daireanna,” I say politely along with Sheamaru and Heather.

We didn’t dare act rude in her presence. She was a Demonic Spellcaster and could easily put us in our place.

“Evening, Princess Maria, Princess Sheamaru, Princess Heather,” she said sternly, inclining her head to each of us. “Now today, we practice our tea lessons.”

She faced the board as she started talking, instructing us in the proper way of drinking tea. I groaned letting my chin hit the desk, I watch her ears twitch and wisely kept myself from muttering the curses I was saying in my head. It was known throughout the castle that she didn’t like anyone. She only liked making people suffer, namely Heather, Sheamaru and I. Plus her sister, Princess Rhianna whenever she visited.

Letting my tail materialize, I wrapped it around my waist and over my shoulder as I laid my head on it. Before I realized it, I had fallen asleep.

After what seemed like eternity, I felt my shoulder being shook, “Princess Maria.”

**** 10 years later ****

“Princess Maria, would you wake up,” a man’s voice says.

“huh,” I groggily open my eyes to see Quin standing beside me.

I look around, I’m in his office. I suddenly remembered that I had been in Quin’s office being taught Demonic carvings that were on different swords when I fell asleep.

“Forgive, Master Quin,” I said yawning.

“Are you alright, it’s not normal for you to fall asleep during any lesson that talks about swords,” he said.

“Yes,” I said rubbing my head. “I don’t know how I fell asleep, but I was dreaming about a time with Sheamaru and Heather.”

“You three used to cause so much trouble,” Quin said. “You were always sneaking off and trying to escape my lessons. You never did it to Lady Daireanna, though.”

“We were too afraid to,” I yelped.

“Yes,” Quin said. “She seemed and still does have that affect on people.”

I laughed as I looked at the picture on Quin’s shelf. It was a picture of Sheamaru, Heather, and I on one of our “drive Quin nutz days”. Someone had managed to take of picture when I was in my transformed state and Heather and Sheamaru were on my back, Quin was in the background looking…annoyed.

“We were the worst trouble makers in the whole kingdom when the three of us were together,” I said.

“Yes, you did seem to get yourselves into quite a few scrapes,” Quin said sitting down.

“It’s been 4 years since I last saw them,” I said. “Sure, we write to each other, but it’s not the same.”

“Maybe you’ll be able to see them soon,” Quin said. “After all, fate works in mysterious ways.”

“Maybe,” I said, standing up.

Suddenly the royal horn was blown.

“Godfather!” I said happily. “He’s back early!”

“Then let’s go meet…” Quin started as I shot pass him. Chuckling and shaking his head he followed at a normal place.

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I raced into the thrown room, as I started to the front I realized everyone had a sadden expression. Their heads were bowed and they stepped aside, as I reached the middle, where godfather’s most trusted messenger stood. Godfather, was no where to be seen.

The messenger had just got done talking to my handmaid and the nurse who had taken care of me after mother died. The guard looked at me before bowing his head and backing up.

Lady Swan, walked over to me and laid a hand on my shoulder, “Princess, I’m afraid there is bad news about your godfather.”

My shoulders started shaking, “What is it?”

“I’m afraid Lord Saran has been slain in battle,” Lady Swan said sadly.

Tears begin falling from eyes, I close them to stop the tears. Lady Swan wraps and arm around me and hugs me as if I was her own child.

The messenger stepped forward then announced so everyone could hear as he held up a scroll, “I hold here, Lord Saran’s will. It seems he knew he would not return from this war.”

Master Quin, as father’s advisor as well as my godfather’s, stepped forward and took the scroll. He opened and read it.

“Lord Saran states that should anything happen to him, Princess Maria will inherit the Shadow Realm as well as become Queen of the Shadow realm,” he said turning to me as I looked at him. “You are now the new ruler and Queen.”

Standing straight I looked around, I knew their would be time to mourn later, but now… Grandfather’s kingdom needed me.

“Very well, As the next in line, I accept the job of ruler of the Shadow Kingdom,” I said. “However…I shall choose 4 fellow princess to help rule over the 5 kingdoms.”

Lady Swan smiled proudly at me, “Lord Saran would be proud.”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

“It also states, you are to choose a mate,” Master Quin said.

My face turned the color of snow, “WHAT!”

Everyone winced at my shocked yell.

“I’m sorry princess, but in order to full fill the job you will need to have chosen a mate by the coronation of Queen,” Master Quin said. “Where you will be crowned as Queen of the Shadow realm and the other 4 queen of the kingdoms you have chose for them”

I groan as I collapse into the chair behind me, “uhhh, so what else does my mighty godfather state should be done.”

Lady Swan shook head smiling at me.

“That you have 5 guardians, your mate will also be your guardian,” Master Quin said. “4 guardians shall also be chose for each of the other 4 princess.”

I sigh then stand up, “Very well, send messages to the four goddesses. Send for Princess Shemaru, Princess Heather, Princess Rhianna, and Princess Akena.”

“Yes, my lady,” the messenger said, bowing before disappearing. By now, everyone had left to prepare for the burial service for Lord Saran, who’s body was being brought back.

“How long do I have till I must have a mate,” I asked.

“A month,” Master Saran said. “The coronation is in a month, and you must have a mate by then.”

“What about that handsome young Lord Sesshoumaru, you two are so close,” Lady Swan said.

A deep blush formed on my cheeks, it was true. Sesshoumaru and I were close, really close. In fact, he had asked me if I would be his mate, but I had told him I wasn’t ready for something like that yet.

“Well, he has asked me…but,” I started my blush depend. “I had told him I wasn’t sure about it yet.”

Lady Swan smiled, “Well, dear, seems you can finally give him an answer.”

“Shall I send for him,” Master Quin smirked. “Yowch!” Lady Swan had hit him over the head with a scroll case.

“You take your time deary,… I…shall send for him,” she said glaring at Master Quin.

I laughed at that, Lady Swan was a youkai you didn’t want to mess with. She was a swan youkai, hence the name Lady Swan.

“Now,” Lady Swan said. “We have all had a trying day, tomorrow, we start preparing for your coronation and for Lord Saran’s burial service in a week. All the Lords and ladies should arrive by then.”

Master Quin nodded, “I’ll go help where I can.”

He left the throne room as Lady Swan turned to me, “My dear, you should get some rest. You have had a great shock and a long day.”

“Yes, Madam Swan,” I said as we walked to my rooms.

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I had changed into a black gown and cape, and climbed into bed.

“Get some sleep, dear,” Lady Swan said, making sure the sheets were tight since I usually ended up kicking them off.

I yawned as I closed my eyes, and laid my head on my pillow. Lady Swan smiled and closed the drapes on the bed and shut the door behind her.

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Me: *lets out a breath of relief* finally. *looks at clock, it’s 9:20pm* took me 4 hours and 20 mins to write from half-way through our prank to the end. I had only the first part of the prank cause I had writers block with this story for two months now. And I finally forced my self to sit down and get the rest of the first chapter written. Even made it pretty long, in my opinion, to make up for how long I took.

Heather: it’s about time, you got that written.

Sheamaru: *nods in agreement*

Me: hey! is this pick on Maria day!

Heather and Sheamaru: ????

Me: I get ratted on through half this story, and now I have to find a mate. *yells sarcastically* Great!

Heather: Maria

Me: What!

Sheamaru: Chill

Me: *crosses arms glaring at the wall*

Heather and Sheamaru: *roll their eyes*

Me: *sighs* Well hoped you liked it, I don’t’ know when I’ll have the next chapter done yet, but I hope to have up soon. Anyways, I only own Lord Saran and Lady Swan and myself.

Next Chapter: “The Lords Arrive”

All three: Ja Ne. Please Remember to Review!!!!!!