A/N: I don't own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does.

It wasn't that far into the day. It might have been a little after seven a.m. The four princes and one princess of the vast kingdom known as Magnolia were sitting in a battle meeting with all of Magnolia's best generals and lieutenants to discuss battle plans. There had been a high amount of battles lately, and King Igneel didn't really know any other way to solve the kingdoms' disagreements besides fighting. The four male royals enjoyed to test their magic's strength, so they frequently started useless fights between themselves and other royals that resided close by. The reason they never fought any commoners wasn't because they thought that they were weak. It was just because only royals held the ability to cast magic. It ran in their blood, and no one had ever married a non royal in the Magnolia royalty.

Some unknowing people would feel bad for their princess since she has such rambunctious brothers. However, they were unaware of her other side. The people that knew of this side gave her the nickname: The Demon Princess. No one obviously called her this or refered to her as this in her presence, most in fear of what she might do to them.

Back at the young royals' meeting, it was stuffy and uncomfortable. Princess Mirajane was at least attempting to pay attention to what the generals and lieutenants were trying to tell them. The princes, however, were bored out of their minds. Princes Natsu was playing with some of his flames that he had conjured; Prince Gray was creating things with his ice magic; Prince Gajeel was snacking on some scrap metal pieces he had brought with him; and Prince Elfman was mumbling about how unmanly meetings were. They sat there for what seemed to them as a decade or more which was actually only three hours.

Once they had finally been released from their self proclaimed torture, they all headed back to their bed chambers in the castle. Before they could go to the shore, they had to get dressed properly. They all loved to go out to the shore that was out in the back of the castle. They didn't have to have guards to watch them, and the water reminded them of the times that their mother, Queen Grandeeny, had taken them to the ocean while she was alive, and while they were children.

They had all arrived at the shore not much longer after they had left their meeting, all eager to feel the cool water on their skin. The day was bright and beautiful. The ocean was a wonderfully vibrant shade of blue. The sky seemed to be just the slightest bit lighter in shade than the water and was completely cloudless. The day seemed to be just perfect.

"Hey, Ice Head! I'll race you out to those rocks!" Natsu yelled to his brother.

"You're on!" Gray answered.

"Don't forget about me!" Gajeel interceded, running after Natsu and Gray.

"It's not manly to not include me!" Elfman exclaimed, attempting to catch up to his three brothers.

They all started swimming in the water, the race beginning. Mira giggled to herself as she watched her brothers compete. She walked patiently to the shallow end of the water, standing and waiting for them to come back. It was customary for her to be their referee, as all four of them usually competed together. As she saw them all turned around and heading towards the shore, she readied herself to be able to tell who the honest winner was. She stood off to the side, watching her brothers making their way back to the shore as fast as they can, using their magic to aid them in the process.

They were so close that Mira was just staring at the shoreline between the water and the sand. Her brothers all came pretty close, but surprisingly Gajeel was first with the other three close behind but all tied with each other. She delivered the results to them. Gajeel celebrated while the other three grunted and complained about how they didn't end up as the victor.

That afternoon, all they did was hold contests between the four of them with Mira being the referee. At the end of the day, they had all gotten tied up at five wins for each person. They were about to begin a final tie breaker, but King Igneel had come down to the beach.

"Children," he started as to catch their attention, "I came down here to personally bring you up for your dinner." He waved for them to walk up the beach, back to the castle.

They all trudged back up to their castle, upset for their free time to have ended. They enjoyed their time off from their royal duties since their duties bored them so much.

"Come," he told them, meaning for them to walk faster, "I have some people I would like you to meet."

A/N: I hope you guys like my new story ^^ The next chapter should be up in two or three days. I hope you guys will enjoy this story and be patient with me. I'm hoping to make the next chapters longer. Thanks :)