Every now and then Anna and I would go out into the town square. Talk to some people who live in the castle and many other activities. Nothing out of the ordinary, not until Monday came again.
The day Alexander told me to met him and my nerves are running up and down the walls. What if Levi told Alexander about what I did? He could expel me, where would I go to school then?
The whole day my mind has been coming up with what-ifs and scenarios of what would happen. Not to mention, what am I going to tell my friends? My mind constantly being consumed by fake realities between me, Alexander, and my friends made the time fly by.
I could tell them the truth, explain to them that I'll be meeting someone on the field but then they'll bother me asking who I'm meeting. As a consequence, Anna won't calm down. Perhaps I could lie and say that I have plenty of work to do but that could work. I just really hope they don't think I am ignoring them.
Standing in front of the dining room, the buzz of children chatting overcomes my ears but not my mind. Scanning the space before my eyes land on my two friends, my eyes land on Anna waving her hand for me to see her, and Edith simply just acknowledges me with a nod.
Reluctantly trudging over to them after entering the extravagant dining room. Placing my hand down on the messy table, "My sincerest apologies, but I have a mountain of work to do, I'll be here tomorrow." I tell them with a slight smile, hoping they'll accept my apology.
Anna looks deflated, I can see it in her eyes but she covering it up with that happy smile. "You promise?" Anna asks I nod my head. "Alright." She adds and I smile at her. Edith doesn't say a word and simply just continues eating. I thanking Anna for understanding and then scurrying off to the field.
Reaching the field surprisingly quickly, I see the small children playing. I'm actually quite good with children.
Their enthusiasm for everything fascinating me but I do not think I could ever have my own. Some of the kids moving out of my way, some of them excited to see a different face, scurrying to say hello and ask who I am.
Amongst the sea of small bodies is one that stands out, a tall handsome man, seemingly disgusted by the small people. Getting a closer look, seeing the children tug his clothing. He scowls at the children and takes their small hands off his suit. Laughing at his annoyance, this caught his attention.
"What are you laughing at?" He grumbles this makes me laugh even more. "The principal of the best academy in the Northmere doesn't like kids," I say to him, trying my best to unlatch the small children from his lower legs.
"Not by choice. The day my brother became king I promised to help him with everything he might need. This just so happens to be one of them." He says sighing with relief that I got the small children off him as he dusts off his pants.
"Shall we go somewhere, quieter?" He asks, pointing out the way. I nod following him as we walk over to a grassy corner behind the sitting area.
He takes off his top hat, exposing his hair. He is actually very handsome, the striking resemblance between him and Levi except his hair is a bit longer, lighter brown, and less curly but still with a wave to them.
His hair covering his ears as the curls stand wild. I wonder how he manages his hair with such volume.
He licks his lips, almost expecting me to tell him something important. Of course, I knew what, my adventure to the king's wing, that thought doesn't seem to escape my mind. No matter how hard I try, it always slivers its way back into my mind. Making me lose focus at times as my mind rambles on about Levi.
My tongue moves on its own accord, telling him the thing he anxiously wanted to know. "I talked to him." Shocked at my own words my mouth. My eyes going wide as my hand flings up and covers my lips.
He nods, "Who?" he asks in a stern tone, but I know he knows. "...Levi," I tell him. He knew his own brothers' name, right? He looks like he knows a lot more about me and the kings... Friendship.
"You talked to him?" He asks, his face shocked, his eyebrows furrow. "I was told that you just entered the wing." He tells me in thought, "Who told you that?" I ask, would mister Anderson tell him? "We have a record of every time an infinity band goes off." I simply nod, Alexander seems to be in deep thought.
"Why did you want to talk to me?" I ask, my mouth shaking as I am scared of him. The authority he has may-be less than Levi's but the dark-haired man in front of me scares me more. My gut tells me that he is always planning, always thinking.
"Do not fret about it now, I can see you are adapting well." He says putting his top hat back on, readying t0 leave. My eyebrows furrow, "Am I in trouble?" I ask, worried that I might get expelled. He shakes his head, his curls bouncing slightly with it.
"I do not know, I will ask the king." He says, his teeth clenched slightly. This man seems shallow. Alexander walked me to my class, silent the whole time. His face showing his stern ever planning thoughts.
He curtly says goodbye, "He seems odd." A voice says scaring me out my thoughts. I turn around to see who it is, it's Edith. "You scared me." I chuckle airily and she scarcely gives me a blank look. I sigh and enter class, tired of her emotions or should I say lack thereof.
It just past midnight, the grandfather clock chiming in the hallway. It rings once; twice; twelve times to signal midnight, which means it's Tuesday. The day that I finally get to see Levi again, my mind should be at ease but no.My brain races all over thinking of what he might be doing. If Alexander spoke to Levi, maybe he'll ban me from ever seeing him again.I'm tossing and turning, trying to find the right position to sleep in. Trying to get my body to succumb to exhaustion and just sleep.My whole body is tired, my eyelids droopy; my legs tired; my arms heavy, the only thing not tired is my mind. It moves at the speed of a racing horse, jumping from one thought to the next, making me crave the peacefulness sleep would provide even more.Hopefully, soon my mind will wear itself out, join my body in its hazy, sleepy state. Let the dark blanket of the night, hug me and comfort me into a deep sleep.That is what happened, at least I think s
1 September 1272 Tuesday:I open the door that I yearn to open each day but like last Tuesday, the room lacks a tall handsome figure. I walk forward, looking around trying to find Levi. Right as I was about to go to the far end door I found Levi the last time, the man I'm trying to find jumps in front of me and scares me. "Boo!" He yells, scaring me right out of my shoes."Levi! You scared me!" I yell, slapping his arm playfully, slightly gripping it for support as I calm down my speeding heart and catch my breath. He just continues laughing, gripping his stomach from the pain of so much snickering, I assume. Annoyed I scoff and make my way over to the coach. With a huff, I sit-down, and cross my arms, showing Levi my annoyance.He walks over to me, a troubled look on his face, and starts panicking. "I-I, I'm sorry, I didn't k-know you w-w-would get so scared." He says, his face showing
8 September 1272 TuesdayI tap nervously on my table, excited to see Levi. As soon as the bell rings and the teacher tells us goodbye, I make my way out of the room as quickly as I can. I then make my way to my room in just a few minutes.When I open my door I see the one and only King of the north, standing in a cloak holding an odd, brown, rectangular box. "M'lady," he says, bowing down to me. I giggle, closing the door behind me and saying to him in a fake powerful voice. "Sneaking into my room, I should have your head for that!" He fake gasped at my statement.We tried not to laugh as we looked at each other, seriously but we just can't help ourselves and burst out in laughter.Once we finished laughing Levi proceeds to say, "Anyway, I brought one of my f-favorite board games." He said but I stooped him by saying, "Ah ah, we gotta go through the techniques." Swaying my finger left and right.He sighs but then to my surpri
29 September 1272 TuesdayThis, the last semester is slowly coming to an end, which means if we're close to the end, it's exam time. Exam time means studying and a lot of it. It's been over two weeks, Levi has come to my room however I had to tell him to leave, unfortunately. Having to focus on studying.It broke my heart to see how excited he was and then to see him turn cold once I told him I needed some alone time. Today is different, today I have time. I open my room door, excited to see Levi but my heart sinks as he is nowhere to be found.Did he think that I don't want to spend time with him? That's not the case at all, I've just been busy. I won't let him think that I'll make sure he knows I care for him. After all, I still know about the tunnels, I know how to get to him.With firey determination, I open the tunnel door. Not even thinking about how he might scare me again but what I find in his room is almost worse, nothing. I find his usual
18 October 1272 TuesdayThese few weeks have been exhausting, we, at last, finished writing exams. However now you think, why have I been busy? We have a festival at the end of the year, to celebrate all our hard work... With more hard work.I take a sigh of relief as I sit down on my bed, getting a few moments to myself. Forbid that ever happens, I think to myself as a knock is heard on my door. I grunt as I stand up and make my way over to the door.Opening the door to a bored-looking Alex I just can't but giggle, "What's got you in such displeasure?" I ask with a grin, crossing my arms. He sighs pulling out his pocket watch, "The king has me organizing a lot of the festivities, along with running this academy. Quite a lot of work."I nod in agreement, "I know how you feel, I've been practicing so hard and helping with all the set-ups. Not to mention still having school work- I've completely forgotten to visit Levi." I said with a sigh.He raised
~10 YEARS LATER~<1280-05-29, Wednesday>Foggy darkness clouds my head, however here in the shadows of smoke and fog stands a tall silhouette. A crown silhouette can be seen atop the darkness's head, I walk closer to it, seeing it on a throne. Moving close enough, I behold that it is a man.I can't see his face, but I can tell that he is above handsome. I can hear his sobs, he's crying. I step back, why is he crying? I can feel cold, dark water seeps into my shoes. I look down and see the water rising, it only becomes more and more as the man's sobs become louder.A realization hits me, this water is his tears. I can't swim but the water doesn't know that, nor does it care. The man is also being lifted up by the water-er tears. I start reaching out to him, but all he does is continue to cry. I start thinking, maybe if I call out his name? I don't know his name though, I st
I sit atop my throne, the same one I spilled blood over all those years back, my crown sitting between my upper legs. I'm in the same room as all the other dreams I've been having.Anger; sadness; but most evident; betrayal burns deep in the back of my throat, such extreme emotions making smoke emerge from all around me. What would cause me to feel such passionate emotions? Why would these emotions cause smoke to appear? I hear footsteps, light, it's the girl, I try to look up, to see her but my body doesn't respond. I stifle a sigh, questions filling my mind, questions that don't have answers, these dreams bring unwanted emotions. Why do these simple nightmares make me feel like this?So lost in my thought, I don't see acknowledge the girl in front of me. She is yelling names but none of them is mine and no matter how hard I try I just can't stop the smoke, I can't stop, I can't stop. I hear cough
Pure black darkness, it's all I can see, there is only the dark. Darker than the deep night, why is it so dark? Have I passed onto the next realm? What could have happened, I was merely just sleeping?I can't see anything but darkness. There is nothing else that any of my other senses can notice. I stand up after realizing I've been sitting. I start walking around, almost scared that I might walk into something.Suddenly a bright, white, light shoots out of nowhere. I cover my eyes and once they've adjusted I see that the shining light is me. My arm is beaming a strong and aggressive ivory color. Why is my arm glowing like so?"Help, please don't forget!" A deep booming voice echoed through the darkness, completely startling out of my questioning state. Once the lights shoot up, it reaches a wall I didn't know was there, lighting up the room. Yet the second it does reach the wall it turns the same pale white.Every corner slowly being consumed by white. "