Reigns

1

Third person

"Bella aunt Lisa is here " Nova called her daughter as she picked shopping bags from her sister welcoming her in,she loved her small sister and vowed to always be there for her since their parents died.

"Hey what's up siz with all the urgent calls" Lisa asked impatient since she knew her sister well to know it wasn't that big of a problem but she will make it the biggest problem ever known.

"Hey Lisa" Bella hugged her aunt too tight."girl do you want to kill me? "Lisa did a fake faint making them all laugh. "Maybe if you don't tell me why you don't come anymore or you have another best friend?" Bella asked pouting." You never change do you?" Lisa asked laughing and they all joined her and began to help Nova to prepare dinner as they talked about all they missed out in each other's lives.

"Bella I hope you've forgiven me since I literally forced your best friend all the way here" Nova said to her daughter smiling with big hopes since they weren't in good terms for over a week. " Mama am sorry, I love aunt Lisa but I wanted to see Audrey it's over two years and now her mother is dead for gods sake we can't act like we don't care" she said out of breath looking down at her food.

Her mother was angry since she never liked those people,they went against her when her husband divorced her and married another woman and they were all in support of her, she loved Audrey,she was brought up well and that's why she invited her two years ago to her home but Bella can't go to unknown land."Bella we talked about this there's no going back to where we don't belong they sent us away all those years ago ,my dear we have come along way to go back" Nova pleaded with her daughter.

Bella had made up her mind she missed her cousin Audrey and she knew she was all alone with no one to comfort her and here is her mother holding on her past. "Mama you've said it yourself we have come along way that's the past who knows what's going on down there,it's over fifteen years." She said raising her voice making her mother to bang the table to get her attention." When I say there's no going back, there's no going back get that clear" Nova said pointing at her daughter across the table.

"Am not hungry anymore" Bella said standing and went to her room "Bella come back her,you spoiled child,come back and finish your dinner"Nova shouted at her daughter.

"It's best you cool down siz, since you are the one one who spoiled her anyway, she's going to come along one day but you know what to do. She ain't a kid anymore and she's right that's her family too,she can go if she wants to,she can go to war training if she wants to, you can't hold her back forever and she has a life too, think about that as I go check on her" Lisa said and went up stairs to Bella's room.

"How's you holding up?" Lisa asked after getting to Bella's room to find Bella lost in thoughts watching her window's view. "You know people knock?" Bella asked Lisa who was rolling her eyes " who doesn't?" Lisa asked shrugging her shoulders. "What if I was naked?" Lisa laughed looking at Bella if she was serious. " Are you listening to yourself right now? Am the one who has seen you at your worst,have seen you do things that are forbidden, washed you and clothed you and now you're asking that?"

"Am sorry am just angry" Bella said sitting on her bed." Young girl you better be" Lisa said checking on Bella's closet. " What are you looking for?" Bella asked " A big shirt that I can dress to sleep am not sleeping with this tight dress" Lisa said frustrated not finding anything of her interest.
" Am not the one who sent you to dress like you were going for a red carpet" Bella said handing Lisa a black shirt.

"A girl has to dress like a model if she feels like one" Lisa replied and changed to sleep.
"You sleeping rather than you help me think of how to convince mama?" Bella asked frustrated. "Calm down we will have a rough morning it's best you sleep and you will be going tomorrow" Lisa said rubbing her eyes all sleepy, "how do you know am going and how sure?" Bella was literally confused by her aunt.

"Girl when I say I know, I know you should be thanking me rather than pouting there like a baby " Lisa said turning to her side to sleep and Bella followed afterwards.

The sun had risen,it was morning Nova couldn't imagine she had no sleep all night thinking about what Lisa said and she realized she was right Bella had a future of her own,she never understood her dreams that Bella will be crowned a queen ,she once told Lisa and Lisa shrugged it off saying time will tell and days will count. She made up her mind and went to Bella's room to wake her.

She opened the curtains making the girls groan and opened the window making the morning cold hit the girls skin and they were cursing trying to cover themselves as much as they can and how she missed days like this but they had no time, she threw the blankets down as they complained non stop.

"You only have one hour to dress up and pack what you will be carrying on your way and remember to dress on heavy clothing ,to pack your coats,hats and boots and before I forget you only staying for a week so don't carry a months clothes do you hear Lisa?" She asked Lisa who was now fully awake when she heard her name,"wait, what, am going?" She asked sitting straight,"you heard me well" Lisa groaned and complained she had a dinner date to go to that night but she knew her sister well not to differ

"Thank you,thank you so much,you said you knew I was going and am going thank you" Bella jumped up and down all excited hugging Lisa who was still grumpy. "Yeah yeah I said I knew you were going not me accompanying you" Lisa said still upset. "Ook let me pack you can be dressing" Bella told Lisa still in a happy mood.

Nova sat at the breakfast table wondering what was making the girls take long to dress it was almost two hours and the breakfast was getting cold as she stood Lisa was out pulling one suitcase followed by Bella with another suit case " Let's hurry I have to go and pack at my place" Lisa shouted setting the suitcase at the door. "If you are going to pack whose all this?" Nova asked confused. "Bella's ,one has jackets ,hats and boots and the other normal cloths and staff". Lisa answered and began eating.

Nova didn't say anything she knew her sister well but she was glad Bella wasn't all alone on that journey. Lisa had finished packing and they were on there journey to the forest land their horses well equiped. " Your mom is literally crazy that place isn't far as I remember what's with her rushing us" Lisa was still complaining, " she's your sister too and she just wants us to get there before the sun sets" Bella said not believing this is still happening.

Nova was left behind praying to the gods and the goddess to protect her daughter and sister since she can't do that when they are far from home and hope that her daughter won't know the secrets and pains of the past.

An
Squeshy