Being a Princess is not what I signed up for!

3-Being a mage isn't this easy!

After dinner I was escorted to the order called the Men of letters. I was taken to my quarters and told my servant would wake me in the morning to meet my team of mages. I put my bag down and took a deep breath. Gods I missed my cottage. I snapped my fingers and made the rest of my things from my cottage appear in my living quarters. I then made nature flourish in there knowing it would keep me happier that way. I got into my pyjamas and fell asleep easily. The next morning a young woman woke me up smiling happily at me. She said "Hi my name's Ellen. I'm basically the one who'll help you with anything you need". She gave me my new cloak that had the crest of Caelum on it and bright red on it through my usual purple and gold swirl and leaf patterns. Red was the symbol that meant I was master mage. I got dressed and put on the cloak before following Ellen out. She seemed nice but I didn't need a servant. I said "Uhh call me Y/n. I've never had a servant before". She smiled at me and replied "They gave you me 'cause they thought you'd need a mother figure to keep you in line but I think you're a lovely young lady". I smiled and noticed she was a mated Alpha. I asked "So what's it like here?". She chuckled and replied "You'll find out soon enough my dear. Now come along, we'll be late". I said "I need to go see a little baby boy. He's kinda dying". She nodded and replied "Prince Castiel told me that and I've arranged for the baby to be brought to you here". I nodded in understanding and said "Thank you. It's important to me that this baby boy get's treated. I promised a little girl I'd help and I'd be damned if I didn't". She smiled at me and replied "You're maternal. You'd make a fine mother. I think you'll do just fine here". I smiled at her and we entered a library of sorts. There were three young women arguing and one rather fed up looking young man sitting at the table trying to read. I asked "So these are the mages in training I'm supposed to look after?". Ellen nodded and I shook my head at them. I yelled "For god's sake! Silence!". The four mages in training looked at me and Ellen smiled muttering something about how them not being able to get away with things so easily anymore. I asked very disappointed "Is that really how mages here act?! Because I'm very sure the order of Aetus would be appalled by your behaviour. First of all, this place is a mess. Second of all you are all in the wrong clothing. Third of all we do not use magic that way". I snapped my fingers and the wand firing in every direction, the girls were fighting over, came to me. They swallowed thickly and one of the girls said "You're not supposed to take a wand from another mage. It's our rule". I replied "Uh huh so that's why you guys were trying to take it from each other. Plus this wand is a sacred artifact of this orders ancestry. It shouldn't be manhandled by foolish young mages with no idea how to wield it's power". I sighed at the mess of the place and said "This place is dangerous. Do you realise what would happen if one of the order of Aetus would come here?". They all shook their heads and I continued "They'd take your magic from you and they'd condemn me to nature. I'd be turned into a flower!". The boy asked "Why would you be turned into a flower? You're magic can be taken too". I replied "I'm magic born. Do your research properly and you'd learn that magic born can't have their power taken without the force the power comes from being corrupted. Now put down the book and all of you stand to attention". They all got up and I said angrily "I have never been in such an appalling order before and I've been to some of the worst. Not even the one in the order of shadows is this bad!". The group consisted of two blonde girls, one more rebel looking than the other. There was also a red headed girl who looked very hopeful. The boy had longish hair and big brown eyes. He was also very tall. I said "Right. I want names". The blonde girl that didn't look like a rebel replied "Jo", the other blonde replied "Claire", the red head replied "Charlie" and finally the tall boy replied "Prince Sam of Winchester". I nodded in understanding and said "I am Y/n L/n of Thekla and I am your new master mage. Sam of Winchester your brother didn't say you were in the order?". Sam replied "Oh. So you're the girl Cas likes. Wow, Dean was right. You are fierce". I rolled my eyes and said "Okay so down to business. We need to clean this place and make sure every ingredient is safe in a container it's meant to be in. No magic to be used either. If I catch any magic I will take your magic for two weeks". They all nodded and replied "yes ma'am". I smiled and said "Good, now get to it". We all started cleaning and once it was all done the place looked a lot better. I put the wand back where it belonged and snapped my fingers making nature flourish all around the building. Jo asked "Why did you just infest us with tree? We've been trying to get rid of them for ages!". I frowned and replied "Okay new rule. Do not bother nature! I mean I'm very surprised my Mother hasn't bothered to smite all of you for having the audacity to get rid of her trees. Nature is one of the main sources of magic. It likes to collect around magic and I need it since it's my power source so the trees stay". Jo huffed and said "Trees are ugly and a nuisance! I'm getting rid of them". She did a very badly pronounced spell and nature got unbalanced. The trees around started retaliating and I spoke nature perfectly making it balance itself again and go back to the calm peaceful state it was in before. I asked "Has anyone got a problem with the trees? 'Cause if you do please don't go round doing spells, your pronunciation is terrible!". Everyone just shook their heads and I breathed out "Good". A butterfly flew past me and I held out my finger for it. It landed on my finger and I smiled saying "Nature is harmless. Once you master how to communicate with it and find it's peace then magic should flow nicely around you. Take this butterfly for example. It's calm at the moment because I'm using the nature around me to project my peace. It doesn't find me a threat and it's attracted to my magic. You guys try. Focus on the nature around you and hold out your finger. Sam you first". He held out his finger like I was and closed his eyes focusing on the sound. Clever boy, the sound is always the most peaceful. The butterfly flew onto his finger and he opened his eyes a little scared. I said calmly "Stay calm. It's not dangerous, it's just a butterfly. It's beautiful isn't it?". He smiled seeing it gently rest it's patterned wings and replied softly "I can feel the magic in this place. I've never felt it before". I smiled and whistled making the butterfly come back to me. He asked "How did you do that?". I replied "I can communicate with nature. Here in the midlands the mages are all nature mages. They are the highest ranking of all mages. You are all going to learn magic the proper ways and you are all to learn the laws behind magic and nature. It's important you know what you're doing and what you shouldn't be doing". I looked at Charlie and said "Your turn". She nodded and focused on the butterfly itself. She was using animals to focus the peace of nature. The butterfly flew to her finger and she smiled at it. She said "Wow, I've never seen one so close before". I replied "That is a plebejus argus or a silver studded blue. It's a male underwing. Beautiful specimen too". Everyone looked at me astounded and I said "I've lived in the woods for a long time and my mother created nature. It's easy to identify animals if you've been trained by nature itself". I held my finger out and the butterfly came back to me. I looked to Claire and she looked nervous. I said softly "Deep breath and focus on how the trees are shedding their leaves". She nodded and did as I asked. The butterfly took flight once Claire relaxed herself and it landed on her palm. I smiled seeing the butterfly feeling relaxed enough to just walk around on her arm and said "You have a good connection to nature. That's promising". The butterfly came back to me and I looked to Jo. She said a little embarrassed "I don't know what to do". I smiled sincerely at her and said "Focus on the wind and the weather. Nature isn't all about trees and plants". She smiled and did as I said holding out her finger. The butterfly flew to her and landed on her finger with about ten other butterflies following. I chuckled and said "Wow, you're popular. I like that. Animals don't always make good connections with people. Jo you've got a brilliant connection to animals". Jo smiled and I whistled making the butterflies go back to what they were doing before I started fooling around with magic subtly. I said "Right, go get your cloaks. The green ones". They all nodded and went to their rooms to get their cloaks. They came back ready to do things and I said "We're gunna go to the courtyard and you're gunna try and move the ground". They all breathed out "Awesome!". I led them into the courtyard with Ellen close behind with a picnic. She read my mind, I liked picnics. I liked this woman. I sat on the ground and looked at the sky smiling before saying "Good, no rain. We'll get to water another day but for now we focus on earth". The group looked at me eagerly and I said "Take your shoes and socks off". I took mine off too and stood back up before moving my foot across the ground. I smiled feeling the gentle pull of nature and said "I thought this would be the perfect place to do this. I want you to move your foot across the ground and focus on nature. If you feel a type of pull or like you're being pushed down then raise your hand and focus on the pull breaking" . They did as I asked and Jo was very close to doing it along with Sam. I helped Claire since I think the force was getting her panicked and then I helped Charlie focus. I sat down in front of them watching them all and didn't see Castiel approaching me from behind. When he tapped me on the shoulder the ground shook violently beneath me and everyone looked at me concerned. I sighed and said "New rule. No one sneak up on me when I'm concentrating". Sam replied "That was you?". I nodded and Jo said "Wow, now I see what you mean by the trees have to stay". I chuckled at her before looking at Castiel. He asked "What are you lot doing? I passed by and saw them pulling their hands up with their eyes closed while sweeping the ground with their foot bare footed. All the while you're sitting there with your eyes closed". I replied "We're making the ground move. This place has an easy earth pull. It's good practice here. Also you scared me. Announce yourself, I don't use scenting when I'm concentrating on magic. Magic floods your other senses and it makes you a little blind". He nodded in understanding and apologised. Dean came running to Castiel and asked Sam "Sam why are you bare footed with your hand in front of you?". Sam replied "We're trying to make the ground move. Wanna watch?". Sam looked at me and I said "They can watch with Ellen if they want but you've got to stay focused and they're not allowed to distract you". Castiel and Dean smiled and Dean said "We'll be good miss master mage". I got them started again and I heard Namia in the distance. I looked at her and said "Take a break guys. Ellen did you pack my potions?". She nodded and I smiled at her as she gave me my potion box. Wow this woman was good. Namia and Olive came to me with a little baby boy not even crying. He was super pale though. Namia gave him to me and I gently rocked him as I tried to focus on his core so I knew what was wrong with him. He had a very rare and deadly disease and luckily it could be cured with a potion I kept with me at all times. I said "Right so good news is that it can be cured. Bad news is that he'll have to stay away from apples. They contain an acid that would break the potion's effect and he'd get ill again. This potion is real hard to make but it's super good. He'll be good in no time". I took out a small vial of glowing blue liquid and put a drop on the baby's tongue. In a minute or so he was wriggling around happily. I smiled giving him back to Namia and Olive hugged me saying "Thank you Raspberry". I looked at Namia and said "Oh you're glad your kids are cute or they'd have no mother". Namia smiled and replied "Uh huh. You're all talk and no bite. I'll make you a raspberry pie to say thanks and to get forgiven". I thought about it and said "Fine you're forgiven for passing on that nickname. Still didn't expect to see you with children". She smiled and replied "Yeah well I didn't expect you to be master mage of this kingdom but here we are talking like normal people". I laughed and said "Yeah like normal people. 'Cause everyone here knows that sitting on the ground bare foot is normal". She smiled and replied "Trying to move the ground?". I nodded and she said "Have fun with that. Can't wait to see you teach them how to move it up and out of it's place. That was always my favourite". She said goodbye and so did Olive before they left the castle. Charlie asked "Raspberry?". I nodded and replied "It's a long story involving a raspberry bush and a caterpillar". Sam asked "How do you know them?". I replied "Namia is an old friend of mine. Never thought I'd see the day she'd actually settle down and have children. Not used to it and her child is called Olive. That just infuriates me and she knows it". Castiel asked "Why?". I sat next to him and replied "It involves an olive garden and a blue lily". Ellen said "Come on, tell us. You seem like the type to have good stories". I sighed and replied "Fine. When I was twelve me and Namia went to an Olive garden to celebrate me rising through the ranks in my order. When we were there we got attacked by an Olive eating ogre and instead of making it disappear I turned it into a blue lily that ate Olives. I was panicked and mispronounced the spell. It was embarrassing too since I kept that flower for years just feeding it olives. It did pretty good too until my master mage killed it. Poor ogre". Sam asked "You turned an ogre into a flower that ate olives at the age of twelve? I can't even turn a pencil into a flower and I'm sixteen". I replied "You haven't had the right training. So you're a little behind. But to be fair I was also ahead of everyone else in the order. I took me a week to master transformation but for everyone else it took two months". Dean asked "So eventually my brother will be able to turn me into a flower?". I replied "He could turn you into anything he wants eventually". Dean shivered at the thought and Sam smirked saying "Oh that will be a good day". I replied "Magic code 445. You're not allowed to perform magic on creatures unless in defense". Dean smiled and said "hear that, no turning me into anything cause you break the rules". I replied "Unless it's in defense or it's deemed a magical accident under clause training children 135". Dean frowned and asked "So if Sammy claims turning me into a slug was an accident or that I was trying to attack him he would get away with it?". I nodded and replied "Pretty much. The order of Aetus doesn't really look into it unless it's real serious. Turning someone into a slug isn't a big deal cause I can change you back". Sam chuckled and said "Oh I can feel the pranks coming on already". I replied "Sam no magic unless in training. I don't need you accidentally performing the killing curse on someone. That's the same for all of you. Until you learn how to control your magic properly, which they don't teach until you master the elements, you're going to just use magic in training and when I'm around to supervise". Castiel gave me a plate with a bit of everything packed for lunch on it and said "You're the only one not eating". I replied "I'm not that hungry". He shook his head and said "You'll get ill if you don't eat". I pouted at him but he had that stern Alpha face on making me cave almost instantly. Damn Alphas! Ellen asked "Prince Castiel I hate to pry but don't you have princely duties to attend to?". He shook his head and replied "Already did them. I thought I'd spend the day seeing how Y/n is fitting in if that's alright?". I smiled and answered "It's alright with me but don't you have anything better to do than watch me teach teenagers how to make earthquakes?". He shook his head and said "It get's pretty boring around here". Dean replied "Hey! What about me? I keep you company all the time!". Castiel shrugged and said "Still get bored". Dean grumbled something under his breath about biology and Jo asked me "I've got to ask. Why did you stare at the sky and smile before we started?". I replied "I needed to know if it was going to rain. The pull of the water element is easy to confuse with the pull of the earth element. I needed you concentrating on the earth". Jo nodded and asked "How does staring at the sky achieve that?". I replied "I read the weather by reading the sky. You can tell by the colour of the sky, how fast the wind is blowing, the temperature and how the clouds are situated and what colour they are". She nodded and Charlie asked "How long have you been doing magic for?". I replied "Uhh well I'm twenty seven so I've been doing magic for twenty seven years". Claire asked "You've been doing magic since you were born?". I replied "Emotions trigger magic if you're magic born. Babies are magic sensitive because they're super simple and effective with emotion. You get happy or sad. Anytime I laughed something magical and good happened and anytime I cried it rained hard". Dean asked "If you had children, would they be magic born like you?". I replied "Depends. It's a fifty fifty chance. My brother was magical but my sister wasn't. But since mages usually have children with other mages it's very likely the child would have magic. We don't mate much since we're very isolated as a group of people. We tend to keep to ourselves so I doubt I'll have children". Castiel seemed a little saddened by that and I asked "You alright Castiel? You seem sad". He replied "Well it's just upsetting that you think you won't have children". I smiled and said "It doesn't bother me. I've never expected to have children, I'm not that fertile. No Alpha has ever taken much interest and I mother everyone. I mean seriously, it's like it's some kind of natural instinct. I blame my sister. She messed up my instincts by being a baby when my dad died. Mum wasn't exactly going to look after her so I had to. My brother might as well have been non existent. I don't think I remember having a moment that meant a lot to me with him". Ellen asked "You looked after your little sister? What was her name?". I chuckled and replied "Her name was Theodora. We all called her Theo. I had to look after her. My dad died when I was five. She was four years younger than me. She died when I was fifteen. Eleven years I had to take care of her and I spent ten years in the order of Thekla. I didn't represent until I was fourteen and my sister well she represented when she was ten. About a week's difference. I was first and she was second. I had to keep her calm through her ruts and that was real hard. You try keeping a ten year old Alpha girl calm when you can't control your own power or your own body. It's like trying to catch a hurricane with a butterfly net. First rut was terrible. I had just calmed down from my first heat and well I was traumatised to say the least. Then she came out as an Alpha and she'd start following me round with wide eyes. I had no idea what she was doing until I found her rolling around in my clothes I had to wash". Dean asked "Wait so your sister followed you round scenting you when she was in a rut?". I nodded and replied "Yeah, she didn't like how Omega's looked at her so she trusted me to see her through it. My scent was familiar to her so she latched onto it. It wasn't anything sexual, she was just in pain and wanted comfort. I was just happy she wasn't magic born. That would've been very dangerous". Castiel asked "That's how you knew how to help me? You looked after your sister?". I nodded and replied "She's the reason I don't trust a lot of people actually. Having an Alpha as a little sister kind of makes you a little skittish around other Alpha's. She was territorial, very territorial. Everyone was surprised I was an Omega but Theo really wasn't. She knew what I was like and she knew that I was extremely naive. She looked out for me and I looked after her. She stuck around me and literally covered my stuff in her scent when she became an Alpha. Every Alpha in the kingdom just kind of cowered away from me. Another folk story coming from the weeping woman and the tree of the dead mage. People believe that her scent still lingers around me as a warning that she's still around watching out for me. She always smelt of cinnamon and apples". Sam smiled and said "I know a brother that does that to me. He doesn't know boundaries". I laughed and Dean replied "Hey, it keeps greedy Alpha's away from you and it keeps the ones that want to rape you away too. It's a good plan and you know it!". I said "Yeah but it's not nice to stink like your sibling. It's kinda gross". Sam nodded in agreement and replied "Sibling scents are repulsive". Charlie asked "So if your sister isn't magic born then how did she live with you?". I replied "She didn't live with me. She lived in the castle as a lady of Thekla. She came to me for everything she needed but we lived apart from each other. The only time she lived in the order was when Dad was in charge. He was an Omega. There aren't many Alpha mages. Omega's tend to inherit the magic gene because the scent of it is sickly sweet and it makes Omega's stronger than they seem. Alpha's don't need more power". Jo asked "What if you are an Alpha with magic?". I replied "Then you could qualify for the snobs of all snobs, you can get into the order of Aetus. They're snobbish and pig ignorant. Also they have no idea what they are talking apart. They stare at a swirling time vortex they have no idea how to control. Time is just a subset of nature. Some Alpha mages can actually learn how to control it. I already know how and have perfected it and I'm just an Omega". Claire asked "You can control time?". I replied "Yes. It's very simple but it needs to be raining or at least real damp. When I was thirteen I accidentally froze the rain in the sky. It was not a good day". Dean asked "How did you manage to freeze the rain in the sky as it was coming down?". I replied "I got mad with a very annoying mage in training that kept telling me that my father did things all wrong. He got so terrified when my eyes started glowing and the rain literally just stopped mid flow that he wet himself. Don't blame him, scared me to death too. Nature is powerful and magic born are very sensitive to emotion because emotion is what powers your magic source. I got overwhelmed by my anger and I couldn't stop myself. Magic in the air froze completely stopping the rain. It was trying to figure out where to go since magic folk absorb magic around us. When you get angry you can stop it from being absorbed and manipulate it through the air". Ellen chuckled and said "Oh you're gunna fit right in here". I smiled at that and replied "Thanks". After lunch we did another hours worth of training and they all managed to move the earth just as strong as I did. When we got back to the order Sam took Dean to his room so they could hang out. They seemed very close. Apparently Dean lived in Caelum because he wanted to be close to his brother. The girls all went into town trying to get attention from Alpha's. Castiel wanted to show me around the castle and I agreed despite Ellen not liking it. She said she would do that but Castiel insisted as if it was his duty to do it. I abandoned my cloak and Castiel and I walked through the halls of his castle. It was larger than the one in Thekla and it was far more magnificent. We got to his living quarters and he asked me "Would you like to come in?". I replied "I'd rather not impose on you. I'll go back to the order. It's getting late and I still have a few ingredients I need to put on the shelves". He said a little too quick "You're not imposing. I just like your company. If you don't want to stay here then I can come with you and help you". I chuckled at him and replied "You're not very used to making friends are you. Especially friends that are girls and Omega's. Fine, I'll come in and we can talk but I'll have to leave soon". He smiled at me with relief settling in his eyes and opened the door to his room for me. I walked in thanking him and I noticed his room was about two times larger than my cottage. He asked "What do you think?". I replied "I think I could fit a lot of tree in here". He chuckled and said "You're very close to nature". I smiled and replied "My mother is nature. I'd be a little strange if I wasn't. I love nature. It's peaceful". He sat down on his bed and patted the spot next to him. I sat next to him a little timidly and he asked "So how did you find your first day here?". I smiled and replied "It's different and noisy. I miss my cottage a lot". He smiled sympathetically and said "You'll get used to it. It's not that bad here, you'll make good friends". I smiled and replied "I had good friends and then shit happened and I left. I hurt people Cas that's why I was in the forest. Animals are easier to deal with". He said "well maybe you could think of this as a challenge". I smiled and replied "We'll see now I've gotta go before Ellen kills me. She's making dinner tonight and I'm scared of what she'll do if I'm late. She's one scary woman. She's like a mother". Castiel nodded in understanding and escorted me to his door. I smiled at his unnecessary manners and walked past Hannah, a servant of his. She frowned at me and I just smiled at her apologising for nearly walking into her. Okay so maybe it wouldn't be so bad if he was my friend. I mean he's real kind and I'm not going anywhere until those mages are up to scratch. They have a long way to go.