A/N: This fic is a new territory for me. It's an idea of one of my friends - Beth. She loves that couple and make me love them too. So Beth, I think you'd be happy to see the first chapter of our project done. I should add - finally!!!

Now about this fic:

Name: Say Something

Author: ArinnaVal (idea - Warangel88).

Rating: T (M for the second chapter)

Story Summary: One night they forget about being enemies and slept together. Two years later the war is over and they meet again. Stella is not alone. She's holding a boy, looking just like his father.

Couple: Stella/Noctis

Warnings: AU and possibly OOC.

Planned as a three chapter fic.

Chapter 1

It was a dark night, and she was going to kill him.

She knew where he was; her father had told her. Stella was the only one who could do that. She was the only one who could get close enough to kill him. Then this war would be over. So many years of bloodshed on the ground of her people would be over. She just had to kill one man and that was it. Killing the Dark Prince could throw his men into a panic. Her father's soldiers would invade his country, and the war would be over.

Stella had to kill just one man, and her heart was bleeding.

She found him. He was drinking in a bar. Her shoulders shook and she choked on her tears. Her feelings weren't important now. It didn't matter how she was feeling. It didn't matter that her heart pounded in her chest every time she saw him.

Stella blinked furiously and her fingers clenched around her weapon.

Noctis was sitting with his back to her. His dark hair fell over his face, and his smooth fingers drew circles around the edge of his glass. He looked so sad and desperate. Stella stopped just in few inches from him.

'You are here to kill me, aren't you?' His deep voice scared her.

'What are you doing in Tenebrae, Noctis?' Her voice was calm, like a soft caress.

'And they sent you to kill me, right?' He still didn't look at her. 'The princess herself…'

'Noctis!' Stella frowned, and just then, her eyes met his. He reached out with his hand and touched her blond hair. One lock of blond curls slipped in his hand and he fixed it behind her ear. His dark eyes softened.

'Go on then – kill me!' His answer surprised her. 'I don't care! If that could make things easier…'

'What are you talking about?' Stella narrowed her eyes with confusion, and the hand holding the dagger trembled.

Noctis got off his chair. His hand was still in her hair, now slipping behind her neck. His eyes captured her. They held her in his slavery. Stella knew what was about to happen. She knew what she had to do, but she still stood there.

Noctis stood in front of her. His thumb skimmed over her cheekbone and she bent over. His lips almost touched hers. His hot breath hit her soft skin.

'I came here to tell you that I love you.' He said with his lips touching hers. 'I came here to tell you that I may die tomorrow, but I would rather die seeing your face before me. So – kill me now! It doesn't matter anymore…' His lips brushed hers--softly at first--waiting for her reaction. Stella closed her eyes and gave in. The dagger slipped out from her hands and fell with a thud sound on the floor. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she parted her lips for him.

She had to kill him, but now she only wanted to love him…
The beginning of their story was not ordinary. Their story was not ordinary. Stella saw him for the first time at that ball that her father had given for some ambassador. She knew who Noctis was; she had seen him. His pictures and his face haunted her in her dreams. She wondered why, but then when she had actually seen him, she felt something. She felt some heat deep down inside her. Her heart had pounded with the rhythm of thousand drums.

Stella saw him looking at her since the moment he had showed up on the top of the staircase. She felt his look piercing her back, but she did not turn around. She just stayed there and waited for him to talk.

He kept quiet, but she could feel his look over her. It was almost like a caress. When she finally turned around and spoke with him, Noctis turned his back on her until she was trying to reach him. She felt like there was some wall before him and the others. She felt that she could reach him. Why did she think that? Stella could only wonder. Finally, he turned around to her and in the moment Stella met his eyes, she knew that he was something special. Yeah, he wore black and honestly, it suited him, but his eyes were the only color on his face. She could not read them. He hid his emotions well, but just for one moment, she had seen something. She had seen the light in him. Ironic, but it was true. The Prince of Darkness wore the light in him. And it suited him too.

She left, but honestly, it was hard to do that. His eyes kept her near him. Still, when she finally got free of that magic, Stella ran away. She hid in her room and lay on her bed, clutching one pillow close to her heart. He was there. He was already there, she thought, and closed her eyes with the thought of him. Noctis…

When she had told her mother, she frowned and her face went blank. Only her blue eyes showed Stella that something was wrong here.

'Do you know who Noctis is?' Celestia asked her. The young girl shrugged.

'Yes. He is the only remained Prince of Erebian.'

'He is our enemy.'

'What? Since when?' Stella looked at her mother and tried to hide her pain. He could not be her enemy. He could not.

'He refused to become allied with your father. His country held the only remaining Crystal and we wanted just one piece. Noctis said that the Crystal couldn't be broken.'

'But…'

'We are at war, Stella!' Celestia snapped and left Stella's room.

'But I don't want him to be my enemy!' Stella whispered, and looked at the new dawn rising above Tenebrae.

Later, when she had met him with his sword in hand and killing her people, she got furious. It was too late for her to realize that he had only protected himself. However, she reached for her sword and called the light. Bright sunlight surrounded her, and she stared at him. He called the light too, but instead of sun, Stella saw the blue light forming around him. His eyes turned red, but she did not feel scared. Her eyes stared at him, as his stared at her.

'I don't want to kill you, Stella!' He said, but did not move from his place. 'Move out of my way!'

'No!' She snapped and felt her heart pound again. 'I can kill you, Noct!'

'Noct?' His voice, as deep as it was still, was like a caress on her skin. 'Since when am I Noct to you?'

'I heard your friends…' Stella shook her head. 'Are you trying to distract me?'

'I'm trying to make you surrender!'

'Never!' She said and moved foreward. Their swords touched, and the light exploded around them. He was good, and Stella knew that he was the stronger one. Still, she continued fighting with him until the moment he disarmed her, and the tip of his blade touched the bare skin of her throat. They both breathed heavily.

'Kill me!' She challenged him. She even took one small step towards him. However, his eyes went blue again and he pulled out his sword.

'I told you, I can't kill you!' His face darkened. 'Even if I wanted to.'

'Why?'

'You'll understand someday.' Noctis said and touched her face. In the next moment, he was gone, leaving her alone again. She touched the place of his caress and stared at the darkness. There was no light.

That was the last time Stella had seen him. The last time she had felt his touch. The only time when she felt alive. She had fought that night and she had lost. However, she felt that he had lost something too.

When she came back into her palace and her mother saw her alive, Stella fell in her arms, crying. She cried for her lost childhood. She cried for her lost innocence, and most of all she cried for her long lost love. Noctis was forbidden to her. She could not have him. She could not love him and that hurt her more than anything did, because she could not hate him either.

When her father had told her about him, his words made her believe that she could do that. She could kill him and restore the peace in her kingdom. Stella thought she could do it. She had not seen him in three months. Maybe he had changed. Maybe her heart would not recognize him as the man she fell in love with. Maybe she was just a fool. When she saw him sitting there in the bar, Stella knew that she could not kill him. Not now and not ever. When he kissed her, she was sure.

Noctis pulled back slowly and his eyes gazed at her face. He was sad. Stella could see that in his eyes. She looked at him with confusion.

'So you won't kill me?' He asked and his voice was deep, filled with emotion. How did he do this? Just few seconds ago, he had kissed her. It was the first kiss in her life and actually, she hoped it would be him. When he did this, Stella almost thought that she was dreaming, and now his words brought her back into reality.

'You are my enemy!' She said, but her hands were lying over his shoulders.

'And you are mine!' Noct buried his fingers in her hair. 'But I love you…' Stella opened her mouth, but he put one finger just in front of her lips, and she looked at him strangely. 'Don't! Don't say a word! Come with me…' Noct withdrew his finger and his arms around her waist tightened. 'Come with me now!'

'I can't.' Stella shook her head. 'You know that.'

'Just this night.' He insisted, as if he did not hear her words. 'Give me just this night. Let's forget about everything. About this war, and about us being enemies.' His eyes darkened and his lips almost touched hers again. 'We can't be enemies. Just… can't.' He kissed her again and Stella was lost in her feelings. She could not think now. She could not do anything accept to give him one slight nod as an answer. Noct smiled above her lips and took her hand. 'Okay… let's go!' He said and both left the bar.

His car was waiting for him outside. Stella did not ask anything. She just followed him inside, and her eyes did not miss his silhouette.

Beta: Alex