A Safe Place

Chapter 1: The day it all went wrong

Hundreds of years ago, the first hybrid was born, a siren named Shemi this, had started a new age, the age of Hybrids. Regular humans still exist but are separated from the Hybrids out of fear and hatred. They can not understand that Hybrids just want to live in peace together. Back when Hybrids first started being born, they started getting murdered, making the Hybrids go into hiding from humans. Things managed to calm down when a new Empire was made, the Deamore Empire. A safe place for hybrids to live, but to humans, it was a place full of sin, a place where man-eating monsters lived and where they would send hybrid criminals.

That is all that is written about hybrids in the history books at school one single paragraph, honestly, the schools teach us that hybrids are to be hated but this paragraph was written by a hybrid, a bird hybrid named William. I sigh and stand up, my long brown hair falls in front of my face when the door to the library opens and my father walks in, he sighs when he sees the book I am reading " really Avrad? Reading about hybrids again? They are monsters and should not exist" my father says to me in clear disappointment, I always make him disappointed in my want to learn about hybrids I just nod as I walk away.

When I finally make it to my room I close and lock the door behind me making sure the curtains are closed and nobody can see me as I finally let my hybrid features out, two purple horns come out on the top of my head and my purple/blue wings stretch before folding up on back as my tail hits the ground starting as a dark purple at the base and fading to a light blue at the tip. Ever since I was adopted by the king and his wife ten years ago, at the age of seven, I hid my hybrid features knowing their hatred for hybrids, they would most likely kill me, sell me, or worse, send me to the Deamore Empire where the other hybrids would kill me. Father always talked about how evil hybrids are, and how they kill anyone without mercy even other hybrids, and that thought scared the hell out of me, I didn't want to die at least not yet.

Suddenly there is a knock on my door and I hide my hybrid features before opening the door, I am pushed back as the butler Levanael walks in and starts getting my clothes ready "Prince Avrad we must get ready to go to the town center," Levanael pauses to look at me before continuing "there is going to be another execution and the royal family must be present to show their support" he finishes and leaves the room to allow me to get dressed. I feel sick to my stomach as I think about what is going to happen but I get dressed anyways as soon as I finish another knock sounds on the door and then it opens to reveal the queen my mother "oh, Avrad sweetie, you look nice but we really must get going, your father is starting to get restless" she says "yes mother" I respond and begin to walk with her.

We finally make it to the town center and I see a scared fox hybrid handcuffed and surrounded by guards, all armed with swords and I want to cry and throw up, but I don't because, to my father showing sympathy for a hybrid is just as bad as being one. "Ladies and gentlemen, your Highnesses, I present to you a hybrid that snuck in to murder us all and she must now pay the price" one of the guards announce and turns to the hybrid my father places his hand on my shoulder and that one action keeps me from running up and protecting her. I close my eyes as the sword plunges into her chest her scream is the last thing I heard from her before the crowd cheers making me sick to my stomach my father begins leading me home and when we get there I immediately run to my room. Once I get there I throw up, everything finally getting to me but what I didn't realize was that my father had followed me in here and saw me throw up, but I was made aware when my door was slammed shut, I look up and see my father's angry expression, my eyes widen in fear as he glares at me "are you sick Avrad?" I shake my head no, knowing it is better, to tell the truth "then why the hell are you throwing up and crying? You look like a baby" he yells I back away in fear as realization flashes in his eyes "you have sympathy for a Hybrid!" He accuses me I start shaking my head to try and save myself then he starts shaking his head "no... no you don't have sympathy for a Hybrid, you are a Hybrid" he starts walking closer to me causing me to back up against the wall.

The next thing I know there is a stinging on my cheek as I realize my father just slapped me I look up at him and he glares down at me and says in a scarily calm voice "show me your Hybrid features." As much as I didn't want to I knew it would be worse for me if I didn't, so I let out my hybrid features, my father growls as he turns and leaves, I look at the door confused until he comes back in and demands for me to follow him. I hurry after him as he begins heading to the basement, I have no idea why he is bringing me down here but, it is better for me if I don't ask, as we reach the bottom of the stairs he turns to me and says "this is where your room is going to be from now on, no one will address you as the prince nor will the queen even look at you the only person allowed to see you is me, got it?" I nod, as I walk into the cell that is only big enough for a small child he shuts and locks the door but before he leaves he says, "I will be treating you as an animal from now on." and with that, I am left alone in the dark, alone and scared, not scared for my life though, I almost prefer dieing, I'm scared for the pain that will come to me later.