"I'd rather have you, monster or not!"
Elaine, princess of Vanaheim is to be married to the younger prince of Asgard, who she didn't like much at first but what happens when the bond between the two is stronger? What happens when some truth of the p...
When the King and the Queen of Vanaheim had a child it was a joyous day for all, the palace was decorated with flowers and silver, rulers of different realms came to enjoy the day. Feasts and parties, children running across the halls, ladies dancing and singing, men eating and drinking like animals. The King and the Queen stood up with their newborn, silence surrounded the great halls of the palace.
"Is it a boy?" one asked.
"Is it a girl?" asked another.
"It is the future queen of our kingdom!" cheered the King, everyone cheered with him.
"Tell them her name" The Queen said.
"Her name is.." King said, suspense formed inside the hall "Elaine!" he said, the crowd cheered again.
Everyone danced, got drunk and ate happily, little Elaine didn't like this type of climate so she fell asleep, King and the Queen slow danced, the others joined them slowly. It was a happy day for everyone, King distributed golds and silvers to the poor, they donated clothes and food.
Parties were normal in the kingdom since the birth of their little princess, growing up she didn't like the parties much, she wasn't a rebel but she wasn't the one who followed all commands, she was the one who respected and followed all the rules if they did good to her, she was famous for her innocence and humbleness but was also famous for her anger and her vengeance. Her beauty was praised by a lot but her graceful way of fighting was known to only few, the few were her best friends and her childhood trainer, Arthur, the royal guard of the kingdom and the most trusted man of the King and the Queen. People loved her but who did her wrong called her a psychopath but they didn't live long enough to tell everyone. Elaine had ways, they were sometimes good, sometimes mischievous and sometimes-well, the others mostly didn't live much to tell about them.
Elaine sat on the dining hall with her parents and the other minster of the kingdom Everyone was eating silently until the King spoke.
"Elaine, my child" he said.
"Yes, father" she replied as she took a sip of juice
"What are your thoughts on marriage?" he asked.
Elaine almost choked on her drink, after coughing and gaining everyone's unwanted attention, "May I ask why are you asking me this question?" she asked.
"It's nothing, just me and my old friend were talking yesterday and his son's coronation is from 2 months from today, so he-"
"You decided to marry me with his son?" asked Elaine hoping for her father to say no.
"No" he said and Elaine sighed in relief "But-" her relaxion disappeared "we thought that, as his elder son is obviously going to be the king, so we decided to marry you with his younger son"
"I-I don't want to marry this young, I have some dreams. I have a lot of things to do, I want to rule this kingdom. You are going to marry me with some dork who I don't even know like they do in tales, I don't want it, please!" Elaine pleaded.
"We are doing this for your own good, this kingdom, your brother will handle it" her mother said.
Elaine looked at her younger brother, who was lazy as hell and loved eating and drinking "He?" she scoffed "If he becomes the king, our kingdom will see it's end, he doesn't even know a thing about our kingdom"
"Hey! I know everything" Drystan said.
"Ok, Mr. Know it all, tell me last year how much profit we earned by the sale of sheep?" she asked.
"I-I don't know" he mumbled.
"Have you ever win a fight from anyone who knows to fight? Not the innocent villagers"
"I haven't"
"Louder!" she ordered.
"I haven't so what? I can fight better than you!" he roared.
"You are blessed that you haven't fight me, brother. Come on the battlefield and I will tell you who is a better fighter!" Elaine gritted her teeth.
"ENOUGH!" King shouted "No more discussion at the dining hall!"
"You both started it" Elaine mumbled, stormed to her room.
Boiling with anger, she dimmed all the lights with her magic, her powers were photokinesis, she sat on the bed, not crying but filled with anger.
"How could they? How dare they do this? I am the one who decides my life, not them!" she said.
"Princess, your brother sent you this" said a maid as she entered her room.
"Thank you" Elaine said as she calmed herself, she didn't like to release her anger on innocents, the maid kept the note on Elaine's bed and left, Elaine picked up the note and read it.
'Dear sister,
I'd love to defeat in a match of sword fighting and magic, I would also like if you came with your friends and our dear parents as I am going to prove them and everyone who is the worthy ruler.
Future King,
Drystan'
"If you really want to lose, I will help you, brother" Elaine said as she went to the training room.
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"Brother, as you can see I am here" Elaine said.
"I expected you to come" Drystan said as he came out of shadows, his powers weren't like his sister, he could control air.
"Ready?" she asked.
"Yes" he said.
Drystan was the first to attack as he held his sword and slashed it to Elaine but she wasn't a fool like him, she conjured a light shield and stopped the attack, she then conjured a dagger and thre it to her brother which he caught in mid-air.
"Really, daggers?" he laughed.
Who knew that it was just a trick, Elaine formed pillars of bright light around his brother and caught him inside it, his eyes were irritated with the brightness so he formed a hurricane inside the small space and the pillars fell down, he levitated his sister and threw her back but she formed a platform for herself and safely landed on it, next was the sword fighting.
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"You will lose, sis. Give up!" Drystan said.
"I'll kill myself if I ever do that!" Elaine said.
They started fighting, their arms locked, Elaine twisted her brothers wrist and pinned him to the floor, his face slammed on the floor, he cursed in pain.
"I won, you lost, it isn't easy to defeat me, brother! You have to learn properly" she coldly said, only few had seen Elaine's angry side, her brother and her parents were one of the unlucky people.
