The Youngest Royal

Chapter 1

A/N Hi! This is the first story I have ever done, so please be nice. I am fully open to constructive criticism though! Thank you for reading!

Estrella (Ella) POV

As time went on, humans began to realize we aren't alone on the planet. All those stories about vampires, werewolves, witches and other (formerly thought to be) fantasy creatures are real. The part of those stories that make them fiction are the inaccurate description of them. Vampires don't only drink blood and travel at night, nor do they hate werewolves. Full moon doesn't do anything to a werewolf. Eventually, they got tired of humans ruining earth, so they took over. There is now a system in place that classifies everyone as either a little, submissive, slave, pet, owner, master, dominant, or daddy/mommy. Normally you get your classification at 18, I just turned 19 and I have successfully avoided getting classified. I don't want to be classified so I stay hidden. It really isn't hard when you were abandoned by your parents and moved between foster homes your whole life. When I turned 16, I ran away and never looked back. Living so close to the king and queen of the vampires is risky, but I don't want to get caught trying to leave. As long as I stay under the radar, I should be good. I will never get classified and I will live my life the way I want to.

Thursday mornings are always the most stressful mornings of the week because guards from the castle come into town. Sometimes they come just to do routine checks on all the local guards, but sometimes they bring the royal family. I have to stay completely out of sight because if anyone questions me, I will end up at the classification center before I can even blink. This morning I was heading to my normal hiding spot when I realized I forgot my bunny, Mr. Benji. He is my best friend, and I can't risk him getting hurt in my absence. I'll have to be quick in order to get him before the guards get here. I heard the royal family was coming with today which means there will be a lot of people and chaos.

The royal family consists of the king and queen, both vampires, and their two littles. The boy was a werewolf, and the girl was a witch. Every species has their own leaders, even the humans were allowed to govern themselves after they regained trust, but the vampire king and queen ruled over all of them. They were the most powerful rulers in the world. See why it is so risky for me to be here while hiding from the law of classification? I'm just too scared to leave I guess, plus I have a good system here. I know the local guard patterns and have good hiding spots. I'm set up for a life of freedom.

I am suddenly pulled from my thoughts when I am bumped into by someone running to get a ball that I hadn't notice fly by my head.

"Ezra watch where you're going!" a girl dressed in very expensive clothing yelled after the boy that knocked me over, "I am so sorry, he's annoyingly oblivious to his surroundings. I am Alex and that," she points to the boy, "is Ezra."

              "Sorry I knocked you over, are you okay?" he asks me.

              "Yeah I am okay," I recognize their names, holy crackers these are the littles of the royal family "I-I gotta get going though, have fun with your game!" I get up and try to run towards my box in the alley but run straight into a wall.

              "Oh goodness, are you alright little one?" Oh no! That wasn't a wall I ran into; it was the king!

"I-I-" I am panicking. I need Benji and I need to get out of here. My eyes are filling with tears, this can't be happening.

              "Alexandra, go get mommy please." I hear the king say as he kneels down in front of me. "Hey kiddo, it's going to be okay. Can you tell me your name?" I shake my head no and stumble trying to get up. The king helps me to my feet, and I take off running. I make it to my box and grab Mr. Benji.

              "We gotta go fast Mr. Benji, they can't find out!" I say as I frantically start heading to my hiding spot.

              "Who can't find what out?" I hear from behind me as my stomach drops to the floor. Oh fruit loops, I clutch Benji to my chest and turn around slowly. The king, queen and a few guards are blocking my exit.

              "Uh-I-the birds can't find out where we hid the bird seed. Yeah, that's it. If they do it'll be gone in an hour." I nod to myself. That will definitely throw them off my trail. "So anyways I should be going-"

              "Not so fast young lady," the queen speaks up, raising her eyebrow at me, "how old are you?" Nuggets, I can't tell them I'm underage because they'll send me to a foster home but if they know I'm 19 they might ask about my classification. I might as well just tell the truth.

              "I am 19 ma'am." I say quietly.

              "What is your classification darling?" she asks with a look of concern on her face. My eyes get wide and fill with tears again. I look around for an exit but there's guards on the other side of the alley too. I shake my head, close my eyes, and hug Mr. Benji tight.

              "You don't want to tell us, or you don't know?" the king speaks up sounding confused... or concerned I can't tell. I keep my eyes shut tight and continue shaking my head.

              "Okay honey, why don't you come with us, and we can figure everything out back at the castle okay?" the queen says.

No! Not the castle, with the royal family, I won't be able to escape! They're going to get mad at me for hiding and throw me in the dungeon or kill me... or worse! I hear the king and queen trying to get my attention, but they sound so far away. I can't bring myself to open my eyes. I am feeling lightheaded... I think I should take a nap... yeah, that sounds like my best option...