Chapter 4. The creature of the night

While sitting there the smell of the flowers was enough to drift star of to sleep. She was in a deep sleep and completely let her guard down. Prince Ren loved to go by the garden at night to stare at his wonderful trees he worked so hard on. Just as he got to the garden he looked up and saw the masked captain under the tree. Ren lowered his breath and stepped lightly to the captain. ' is he awake ???? What is he doing here '. Ren could not take his eyes off star for the moonlight shone on her pale skin and made it seem like it was glowing . " captain YuYu what are you doing here ". The captain did not move and as he got closer he could see her calm face . 'Umm is he sleeping' he went over and sat beside of him . ' this captain is so captivating he is even drawing me in um!!' Looking at the mask, Ren finally could not help his self and took it off slowly. ' slowly ... slowly... if I wake him he might kill me .... ' after making up his mind he knew he should only take a peek and put the mask back on . He stared at the beautiful face before him and he felt something was off. 'This is a face of a woman!!!!!!! 'He did not know what to do so he threw the mask and ran like some type of bandit that got caught stealing . Star got up and looked over to see her mask laying beside of her . ' I must of moved around a lot In my sleep ....?' Star got up and put the mask back on and looked up at the sky. ' it's pretty late I have to head back or Zen is going to kill me !!!!' Thinking this she headed off into a dead run . When she finally made it back to the castle all of the other captains was looking at her with surprise. She saw Dominque grit his teeth and clench his fist . ' uh oh looks like I am in trouble ' panicking she started to speak and defend herself as quickly as possible " wait!!!! I lost track of time it won't happen again !!!! " it was now dark and she still had paper work to do . Zen had a gentle smile on his face as he handed over a huge stack of papers to star . Looking at her he then said " today is your day to do the paper work looks like you have quite a bit I don't mind to help you ". Star felt a tinge in her heart . She knew how good Zen was but she could never ask for his help because it was her fault in the first place. Sigh " no no I will do it " with this she headed off to a secluded room . The room was cramped and had only enough room for a desk and a small pillow to sit on . Just going into this room made her suffocate and looking over at the stack of papers she knew this was going to be a long night . Taking off the mask she positioned her self On the pillow grabbed one paper and started to work . Looking down at the stack she had done and the stack that was incomplete she decided it was about time she took a break. As she was Getting up from the pillow she heard a knock on the door. " who is it" ... " it's Zen" . 'Zen ..... uh oh ' . Star looked over at the mask on the floor and dove for it . In the process she tripped over the pillow and landed face first and splatted on the floor . Zen heard the crashing sound and got worried " YuYu I'm coming in.." . Star thought her head was going to explode. Why was her luck so bad . Then she realized her mask was still not on her face so she crouched down and turned her back Against the door blocking the view of her face while she readjusted the mask back on . Zen opened the door to a scene that he would never forget as long as he lived . In a dark room sat a creature with long hair that had his back facing to him and looked like it was devouring it's prey . "AHAHA!!!!!!!!!!" Poor Zen slammed the door and ran down the hall like a headless fly. When star turned around nobody was there . " Captain Zen ...." ' could he have left already ... ' with that in mind Star got up to go find him.