• "CODE RED! CODE RED!"
    I ran faster as the alarms blared. Guards poured out of every corner. The flashing lights bathed my skin in a red glow. No matter what, I knew I could never stop running. This time was going to be different. This time I would escape. No matter what. That's what coursed through my mind. Just keep running, never stop, no matter what.
    "HALT!" a guard yelled.
    My breathing was heavy but I continued to run. Escape was so close, I could almost feel it. Smell fresh air....
    "Ouch! What the hell, man?" I screamed as I was tackled to the ground. I knew it couldn't have been a guard; they never tackled me.
    "Are you crazy, Lady Kana?" the man asked.
    "Ugh! Don't call me that! My family is dead! They were royalty, not me!" Tears welled up in my eyes as I said it.
    "Okay then...Miss Kana. Are you freaking crazy?!" he yelled.
    "No, I'm not. I just hate this place, I hate being treated like royalty and I especially hate being cooped up all day in this stupid castle! I'm running away and never looking back. Now does that sound like something a crazy person would say?" The tears fell down my face.
    "Kana..." He wiped the tears away. I tore my face away from him. No one ever saw me like this, why should he be the first?
    "Kana...Please look at me." I slowly turned my head toward him again.
    "There we go. Now let's get the hell out of here!" he said with a smirk.
    "You're...going to...help me?" I said in disbelief.
    "Yes! Now take my hand and run like hell!"
    I simply nodded and did what he said. The guards yelled "halt!" every chance they got, but we didn't listen. Before I knew it, I was lying on grass. Green grass! Real, alive green grass! I couldn't believe it.
    "Thank you so much...Um..." I started, having no idea what this savior's name was.
    "It's Kaiza. Kaiza Watanabe, at your service."
    I blushed slightly.
    "Well thank you very very much Mister Kaiza Watanabe." I said to him with a smile. I knew that as long as I was with Kaiza, I would be safe from harm, and would never have to return to that dreadful castle in Tanayo again.