Time seemed to flow by in a blink of an eye, the lost princess birthday was tomorrow. The servants when too and about place to place as everyone was busy with one tiny thing.

Luna's job was cooking as she worked with her new maid friend, Esta, with the cutting of tomatoes.

"Is there always a party during the lost princess birthday?" Luna asked as she cleaned the dishes.

"Of course. Well, not until after five year the princess was gone then this party think too place. It's more like a sad party for the royal family..."

Luna nodded as she listen to Esta. "I feel bad for them... I wonder who took the princess."

"People say it was the moon who took her."

Luna stopped as she rose her head in confusion. "The moon? What the hell does the moon have to do with anything?"

Esta smiled at her as she put down the knife she was using to cut the tomatoes and turned to face Luna.

"Mostly everything. People say the moon was jealous of the small princess. It foresaw her being beautiful, strong, kind, and wise. The moon was angry as the child had everything she wanted. So, the moon order a man close to the king to take the child away and kill her."

"Later the night of the princess birth, a shadowy figure cloaked in the darkness by the moon, took the small child and fled away. The moon enjoyed the sorrow of Dakmight's people as people now say to stay away from the moon's light, or else you'll be taken away for jealousy."

Luna took in the information as something tugged in the back of her mind. It bugged her slightly as it felt like something important she wanted to remember, but wouldn't let her.

"That's an interesting tale. Who made it up?"

"Why Empress Amber did. It's become a famous tale around are kingdom as it helps keep trouble children running around at night."

Luna giggled. "That's funny. To see children believe in a small tale like that."

Esta nods her head with a smile. "Yep. But it helps at least. No matter it being a sad tale for this kingdom."

"Yep. Esta, your soups burning."

The soup boiled as the top overflows. Esta screams and quickly grabs the wooden spoon as she quickly stirs the soup.

"Ahh! That was a close one! Thanks Luna!"

"Your welcome!" Luna laughed as she decided to help out Esta with all the other foods for tomorrow's party.
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"No... no... no... no... NO! DAMN IT! I CAN'T FIND IT!"

Marx yelled as he threw the spell book across the room. He gripped his black, midnight hair as he pulled at it with frustration. He had one more day until taking Emperor Robin's soul.

He was having no luck in finding the damn princess soul anywhere. It was there, but it was clouded with a darkness protecting the soul from being found.

'Maybe she did die...' Marx thought to himself, 'I can feel it, but it won't reveal itself too me...'

Marx took up a book and threw it across the room. "DAMN IT!"

He ended up hitting something as it toppled to the ground with a thud. He looked up and found it too be a book. He walked over and picked it up.

It had a nice sheen gleam to it as the light reflected off the dark green cover perfectly.

The magic inside seemed to whisper to Marx. Asking it to open it, take it, learn it's secrets. Like a demon.

Slowly, Marx opened it up as the magic inside was powerful. Marx seemed to hesitate, but waved his hand over and breathed in air for his lungs.

"Takzu!"

The book shook with overwhelming power as the whole room started to shake. Marx yelped as a dark green hand formed out of the book with the letters inside.

The hand started to melt as Marx saw the spell he used for tracking down the lost princess was working. The dark clouds seemed to shake as it parted away to the way of her soul.

It was a blinding white light as it was in the form of a young women.

'She grew up...' Marx thought to himself as the trail of pure blackness when under the door as it searched for it's prey.

Marx laughed to himself as he looked down at the mysterious green book. It had to title, yet contained powerful magic. He wonder if it was always there.

Marx shrugged it off as he was going to bring back the lost princess and take the Emperor's soul... to finally become Emperor of this kingdom and every one of them...