Disclaimer: I do not own the 10th Kingdom.,.,., if I did.,., this whole story would have taken place! . however I do own Tristiina!

A/N: WOW it's been am EXTREMELY long time since I posted this.,.,., and I promised Phantom's Ange (thanks SO MUCH!) and the rest of you guys (LUV YA!) that I'd get this out eventually soo.,.,., here it is!

Of Mirrors and Majesties

Chapter 2 - Remember

"Wha--? Oh! He's so cute! What's his name?" Candy cooed.

"I don't know, he doesn't have a collar. I hit him with my bike, I don't think he's hurt. I mean he's not bleeding or anything. Anyway, what should we call him?" Candy and Tristiina looked at each other,

"Prince! He looks like a prince to us."

"Hello Prince." Virginia said as she petted him.

Yes, hi Prince." Tristiina greeted as she petted the top of his head.

"So what do we do with him for now?" Candy asked standing up.

"Well we could put him in the supply closet, I guess. No one ever goes in there." Tristiina suggested spotting the hunk of keys.

"That's actually not a bad idea at all." Virginia acknowledged as she grabbed the keys off the counter and led the dog to the door of the supply closet. "Alright, you can stay in here, and we'll come back to check on you when we can. Don't make a noise or you'll get us the sack!" Virginia hissed.

"Don't be so hard on him Ginny… Don't worry, I'll cover for ya." Tristiina remarked to Prince before she barked, strangely sounding much like a dog. Virginia only "pfft" ed as she closed and locked the door.

"Now quiet before I lock you outside." she mock glared at Tristiina and she swiftly walked away to grab her not pad. Tristiina followed suit and then happily walked out into the cool night air and up to her first table of the night,

"Hi, my name's Tristiina and I'll be your waitress this evening. Can I start you off with a drink?"

"Yes, some iced tea would be lovely dear." the elderly woman replied. Tristiina smiled and went to fetch the lady's drink. As she was walking back to the table Virginia ram right up to her almost making her spill the drink.

"Tristii, Tristii! You won't believe this!" Virginia exclaimed hastily.

"What?! One second thought, please." she stated calmly bringing the iced tea to the lady and sending her food order to the kitchen. "Now, what were you saying, sorry about that."

"The dog he… look!" she exclaimed dragging Tristiina to the supply closet and pointing to the word 'DANGER' written in flour across the floor.

"What?!" Tristiina asked in disbelief.

"I…I think the dog wrote it, and I think he understands us." Virginia replied a little flustered.

"Really now… Bark three times." she commanded Prince, and he complied. "Oh yeah, he does, which means… we run!" Tristiina cried as got Prince an dragged Virginia out of the restaurant.

"Tristii, Tristiina!" Virginia yelled, "Why are we running?!"

"Well, the dog wrote 'DANGER' and we think he understands us, therefore, he knows what he's talking about, and we should run from danger!" Tristiina explained slowing down her pace.

"Get a grip Tristiina, there has to be some other explanation for the writing."

"Fine, then what about the barking?"

"He's a lucky dog. Here let me show you," Virginia stated as she faced the dog, "Bark once." the dog barked. "Bark twice." he barked twice. "Bark three and a half times." the dog did nothing except tilt it's head to the side. "See, nothing."

"Ginny," Tristiina started in a bored tone, "You asked him to bark three and a half times… How do you do a half of a bark?!" she finished starring questioningly at Virginia.

"I don't know," she groaned sitting on the stoop of the apartment building, "But we're home now, so the dog has to leave. Tristiina sighed sadly and starting petting the dog slowly.

"Please Ginny, let him stay!" Tristiina begged.

"Okay, okay. You can just stay the night then you're on your own, understand?" Prince barked in understanding. "I've gone crazy, how can I be talking to a dog?!"

"You're not crazy. A lot of people talk to their dogs." Tristiina added reassuringly.

"Somehow, that doesn't make me feel any better." Virginia sighed as they walked up the steps to their apartment. Tristiina stopped dead in her tracks as Virginia gasped in shock, "That's Mrs. Graves from next door. And her husband, and their son Eric. What's happened to them?"

"Troll dust…" Tristiina muttered, but the elevator dinged and only the dog could hear it and he turned his head toward her and looked up at her.

"Wait here." The dog barked to stop her. "Shh… wait! I'm going to see if Dad's all right." Tristiina and Prince listened and stayed where they were. Tristiina walked over to Mrs. Graves' body and picked up some of the Troll Dust lying next to her. She looked at it concentrating hard.

"I know this stuff… but why?" she put her nose close to the dust and sniffed it. She closed her eyes and saw herself as a little girl, now older than five years old, sitting in a woman, with red hair's, lap looking at the Table of Contents of a large old book, that read:

Trolls……………………..10

Faeries……………………68

Gypsies…………………..129

Goblins…………………..154

Giants……………………195

Humans………………….227

Wolves…………………..359

And as soon as the image in her mind as focused it was gone and she opened her eyes. Startled she dropped the Troll Dust and wiped her hands on her shirt. "Umm… Come on Prince, let's go check on Virginia." Tristiina commanded shaking her head and slowly walking towards their apartment door. They heard three voices introduce themselves as Burly, Blabberwort, and Blue Bell and they heard the TV being smashed by what appeared to be a troll as they peeked their head around the door.

"Where is he?" the troll who matched the voice of Burly asked.

"Who?" Virginia asked confused.

"Prince Wendell!" Tristiina looked at he dog with wide eyes.

"The dog!"

"You have until the count of three until we make you into a pair of shoes."

"One, I will cut the shoes." Tristiina looked on in horror at the grotesque threat.

"Two, I will shape the shoes."

"Three, I will stick--" Blue Bell was about to finish when Virginia cut him off.

"All right, All right! I'll tell you where he is. He's here, he' just… outside.

"Take us to him!" Tristiina and the dog ran back to the staircase where they couldn't be seen. "Where is he?"

"He's behind those doors." Virginia said as she pointed to the elevator doors, which opened as they approached and they went inside.

"There's no one in here." they heard one of the trolls complain

"Oh, yes, he's here. I'll just operate the secret door to show you where he's hiding." Virginia lied as she snuck out of the closing elevator. And smashed one of the trolls hand with a fire extinguisher. Tristiina motioned her over by waving her hands and they ran down the stairs, "I think it's you their after Prince!"

Hiding