why me

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Ailign grabbed hold of my gloved hand as he lead us to our seating to the right of the queen, quickly stepping around the nobels dresses and shoes we sat. Ailign squeezed my finger just as the announcer came out to introduce the fighters. I peered down to arena the mech male throwing his hands up, as the crowds cheered loudly for him, he drank it up, motioning with his hands for them to cheer louder. The crowd ate it up.
"Next up we have our one hit wonder roge!" He called
The crowd starting chanting roges name before dieing down, an outstretched hand from the announcer shushing them.
"Verses one of my favorites, the handsome, the dashing jake!" He called
A wave of screams came, like a tidal wave the sound of the crowd pulsed and swayed as different sections lit up with sounds. I stared out in wonder as the large metal gates holding back the participants, groaned and creeked as they lifted. Jake walked out, regelant in his fighting suit and helmet he faced off against his white polar opposite. Ailign looked out with me then, watching the two males get into battle poses, they readied there weapons, the gold swords whining brightly in the distance.
So fast, faster then my eyes could register roge lunges out, Jake quickly brings up his own sword to block, the metal scraping on metal, roge lunges back, and the males begin a dance around eachother.
I lean back and let out a sigh. Jake survived the first strike from roge, the first participant to be able to do so. My relief was quickly shot down though as the males began to fight again, this time it was Jake who lunged, roge parried. The fight went on, neither one of the males getting the better of eachother. In fustration Jake pulled out another orb as he jumped back, having decided to win with magic if he couldn't outclassed the male in swordsmanship. Throwing knives shot at rog, flying threw the air on his direction. One landed on the male, while Jake called the ones on the ground back to him. Roge quickly yanked the blade from his skin and held back up his sword.
"Such a show" the queen mused "that new mate of yours isn't too bad" She said to me.
"Thank you my queen" I simply replied not tearing my eyes from the scene infront of me.
"He was the male who was courting you on earth if I'm not mistaken" she said
"Yes my queen" I replied still refusing to move my eyes.
"I see" She said "How you convinced my son is beyond me"
"Brother has always had a soft spot for little things" the crown prince nole said
"It is her right" ailign said defensively
"Yes" the queen agreed "it is"
I didn't know whether to be relieved or not at the queens words, though feeling like they were spoken without truth they were still an affirmation of my rights. I continued to stare down the battle before me. Jake getting the upper hand when he started using more tools at his disposal. Roge being superior in swordmansship still found it difficult to stave off Jake's superior magic skills.
"He has quite a bit of magic" nole commented "can he disintegrate people?" He asked ailign
"He can" ailign commented
"Very nice indeed. Your offspring will have strong siblings" Noles mate commented
My stomach turned a bit. If only these people knew I was already pregnant. My hand inched to go to my belly but I held it back, not wanting to give myself away. Jake landed a few more blows with his daggers, this time quickly transforming them into melted metal in the wounds, preventing roge from pulling them out and healing. Roge hissed at Jake, but Jake pressed on, lunging with his sword he struck.
The whole stadium went quite as roge fell to his knees, too many puncture wounds on his body to go on, Jake held his sword up to the males neck, roge done for. The one hit wonder had been defeated. The stadium let out a huge roar of approval, the crowds going mad at Jake's display. The announcer coming back out onto the stage to declare Jake the winner. I let out a sigh of relief. Jake had survived again.
"Brother isn't it about time for you to get ready for the fight?" Nole asked
"I still have time. I'll be the last participant for the day." Ailign said
"You Brother can't leave my side" the queen said
Ailign didn't respond to the queens words, silently watching the announcer introduce the next attendants, they were both from different races. My stomach growled and ailign peered over at me, before silently taking me by the hand and escorting me over to the buffet at the back of the booth. We walked around all the nobels, some of them bowing there heads to ailign as he passed he ignored them all head held high. Ailign grabbed a plate and started getting me food, getting used to his new behavior I didn't fuss. Appreciating his attentiveness in taking care of me.
"Thank you" I said taking the plate and heading back over to our seating.
"Your doing great" He whispered in my ear.
When we returned his family was discussing the battle taking place at the moment, noting the fighting style of the vorks. They were blue creatures who appeared more like dark elves then anything, the participant fought with a sword with chaons snaking down the back, his massive body three times the size of his aponant it didn't seem like much of a fight to me.
"Note there stillness before they strike. The call it the waiting moment." He said
"How poetic" the queen joked.
Blood coated the arenas floor and walls by the time it came for ailign to leave. The last few fights having been bloodied then the last, one creature so large its head nearly reaching the first level of the arena, its blood came crashing out in waves as his opponent beheaded him. Ailign got up as the announcer introduced the last opponent, a mech male of similar build to ailign, his hulking alien Bodie bulky and lean in all the right places. Ailign jumped from the balcony and I nearly gasped as his figure shot down the three story height, he landed in a great thud, the ground breaking and splintering underneath him.
"And our last opponent for the day is none other then his royal majesty. The prince of the greatest dknesty in the galaxy! Prince ailign!" Ths announcer called
Ailign stood up and straightened from his kneeling posture from the ground slowly. If I thought the crowds were loud before it was nothing compared to the Woops and cheers ailign recieved now. The whole arena burst out like a Ballon pooping, there cheers breaking forth in great waves. I stood and watched the crowd, standing from there seating and waving banners and flowers, some throwing them at ailign. They cheered for there prince.
I gulped down a big breath of air, soaking in the crowds cheers for my mate. There procession surprised me at first, forgetting sometimes just how important he was. To me he was just ailign now, the reliable and sturdy man. But to them he was there prince, there rock, there leader.
Ailign pulled out three golden orbs, the metal twirling and swirling above his hand before melting into the other orbs to form a giant sword, nearly the length of himself.
"He's going with one of his favorites" nole commented
"A classic" the queen agreed
A gust of wind blew our way then and the queen took a hearty breath of my scent. Her eyes turned away from her son and onto me, her eyes lighting up, I met her gaze. Anxiety and nausea rocked into and around me.
'What a lovely scent you have" She said with a smile plastered on her mouth.
"Thank you" I gulped getting up from my seat then, I needed to escape, needed to get out of there, I made my way to the adjacent bathroom, quickly walking around all the royals who now didn't bow but merly looked on at me with indifference or contempt. I didn't care, I didn't want anything to do with them either, only wanting to protect my child. I rushed to the toilet, nausea rocking into my body, I heaved at the poceline throne, tears coming to my eyes. I cried, wiping at my saliva and tears. My body shook, unable to break free of the sudden wave of fear. I stayed in the bathroom for a long minute, lost in my feelings until I heard waves of cheers and chanting of ailigns name from my little booth. I picked myself up then, knowing I had to go back out there and face what qas happening.
"Ailign ailign ailign!" The chants wouldn't stop
I came out to see ailign standing over the body of the mech male, his opponent on the ground with a sword sticking out of his chest. Blood seaping from the wound the males body twitched and pulsed. Ailign grabbed the mighty sword and pulled it out in one jerk of his arm. The movement looking effortless for him, with such a large blade. I sat back in my seat, feeling the cool stone beneath my clammy fingertips, dapping at my now sweaty neck.
"Why my dear you missed all the fun" the queen said looking at me concerned "are you ok?"
"I'm fine" I answered back a bit tersly.
Only a smile graced her perfect lips, the deap red roses of her mouth lifting up in a sinister fashion.
"I'm songlad to hear it" She said then turned back to watch her son.