Between two world's

Where bad luck follows

Two years later...

Splashing water onto my face I breathe a sigh of relief, I made it a whole six month's in that town before my luck caught up to me and here I was again in another gas station bathroom trying to outrun it once more. How could I have been so stupid to let myself get comfortable here I don't know, I broke nearly every one of my rules and of course it ended in someone else paying the price. I reminded myself of the rules as I left the restroom heading towards the bus stop nearby to the next town, I don't know if I'll stay in that or move onto the next I just knew I needed to get away from here. Rule one don't stay anywhere more than three months, Rule two don't get attached to people and rule three when things start to turn run, that's what I should of done two month's ago, when all the silly little things started happening like the lightbulbs popping in unison or when charlotte sprained her ankle at work, she upset me that day made me feel inferior to her I just wanted her to know what it felt like to not always be in perfect condition, I hardly slept and yet she expected me to perky and fast on every single shift, I suppose that's what I get for working the dead shift at a highway diner. I pulled my coat tighter around me as the bitter winter breeze seeped to my very bones, all of my possessions were stuffed into a worn out old backpack.

The bus was old, the seating had tears and old yellow stuffing oozing out not to mention it stank of cigarette smoke making the ride that much less bearable, I sat in the back with my forehead pressed up against the window watching the countryside zoom by in a dizzy blur. It was a six hour ride to the next town and we were only an hour into it when the bus slowed to a stop letting a few passengers on and off, I drifted in and out of sleep for while jerking awake as the bus came to an abrupt halt, no one seemed fazed by it but me. I pulled my hood up and turned back to the window as someone new boarded the bus, I felt them sit next tome, why I don't know there are plenty of other seats available it's not like the 2am bus is full, "Claramond Balfager?" I stiffened and turned toward the man next to me, he looked to be in his early twenties with long dark hair tied at the nape of his neck, a strong jawline and muscles pulling at the fabric of his shirt, he oozed power and authority and it scared me, I shrank back in my seat as far as I could go, I could feel my heart rate quicken and the panic setting in I wanted to get away I wanted the window behind me to be an escape door and the bus to slow to a crawl so I could jump out without running the risk of killing myself and just as quickly as the thought came it happened i felt the window transform beneath my back the bar handle digging into me and the bus slowed, I didn't think I just acted, I pressed the the bar down and twisted myself around to land on my feet and just as I landed into a crouch the door was once again a window and the bus was picking up it's speed. I straightened and was surprised to find that I hadn't even sprained an ankle with that jump, I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding as I stepped off the road trying to think of what to do next, "I mean you no harm your highness" I turned to see the same man from the bus behind me, "how'd you?" I stepped back in alarm and he stepped toward me at the same time as though he knew where and when id move, "wh-who are you?" I took another step and once again he stepped with me, "your highness" he knelt on the ground before me on one knee "I am Leander Nephus, royal guard and protector of the realm" He rose to his feat as he finished but I continued to back away until my back hit a tree, "look you psycho if your going to kill me then do it already but just know I wont go down without a fight" I pulled my small swiss army knife from out of my waist band as he smirked at me "I mean you no harm" he held his hands up either side of him and I took the advantage shoving into him as hard as I could he barely moved an inch but I kept up my momentum running around him and back up the road we just came down. I dared a glance behind me to my relief he wasn't following me, I slowed to a jog and tried to catch my breath when I suddenly collided with something hard and fell to my ass, a hand reached in front of me as though to help me up and I looked up into the face of the man, I backed away still on my butt, "ho-how did you get here, what do you want?" he looked fed up and pulled his hand back to his side, "I have been searching for you for 5 years, you are the heir to throne of faerie, you are the prophesied savior of the two worlds" he pulled me to my feet "you really have no idea who or what you are do you?" I was frozen just staring at him, he truly was insane wasn't he, it was the only explanation.

We stood there for a while just staring at one another before I burst out with nervous laughter, "alright who hired you? was it charlotte? she always liked to mess with me" I was rambling and getting hysteric, "Princess Claramond please let me show you the truth", he didn't wait for my response he just stepped closer to me so my face was inches from his chest and pressed his finger tips to my temples, images flashed through my mind, images of the house I grew up in, my high school, glimpses of each town I'd been in, a strange blue light forming into an arch and showing a completely different town through it, and then the images sped up, women with glittery wings, men with pointy ears and fingers, small troll like creatures, wolves howling at a full moon, a dragon swooping down along a hillside and a throne made of pure gold, a woman that looked just like me but older sat atop it wearing an emerald encrusted crown, this man kneeling before her, he looked younger like a teen and as the images kept coming everything started to get hazy and my head started to feel light until there was nothing but calm and blackness.