Behold, The One {Book 1 Of The Behold Series}

~Chapter 15~ Trip To The Floral Tribe

Recently On Behold, The One:
Celestine performs the elegant swordfighting dance for the tribe members. After, Electra gives her a lovely, yet small, makeover and leads her to her dance partner, Alexander.

Chapter 14's Ending:
He owed Celestine a lot, and he owed her greatly.
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   Alexander twirled Celestine in a circle, pulling her back to him as they continued dancing once again.

   "So, was this all staged?" Celestine asked, teasing Alexander.

   "Well, sort of." Alexander replied swiftly as the music changed into something more modern.

   Celestine turned away for one moment, blushing profusely as she turned back to gace Alexander.

   "Well, I need a short break. I'll be rigt back..." She told Alexander sweetly as she went to take a seat at one of the booths made in the room.

   Joining her was Oceana as she sat beside Celestine. She poured some Sparkling Water for them to drink as they chatted.

   "How has Alexander been?" Oceana teased, smiling sweetly.

   "Uhm... sweet. But it feels staged. I mean, sure I like it when I am with Alexander but I want it to happen naturally. I don't want someone to plan everything just so that we can do something romantic..." Celestine explained, lowering her gaze.

   Oceana started laughing sarcastically, breaking cold sweat.

   "Uhh, I'll get going." Oceana announced as she left me on the booth by myself.

   Alexander walked up to me, pouring himself a glass of Sparkling water as he started a converstation with me. It was actually quite delightful on both their ends.

   This is more relaxing than dancing... Celestine thought.

   "If you don't mind, could we continue our journey?" Alexander asked.

   Well it is about time...

   "How does tomorrow sound?" Celestine suggested, much to Alexander's surprise.

   "Great! Floral Tribe, here we come."

   Celestine plastered a fake smile on her lips as she forced out a laugh. The leader of the Floral Tribe, Eric, had crush on Celestine. Although, if he figured that she had a crush on Alexander... No, I won't let him know... Celestine thought, fearing the worst.

   -The Next Morning-

   Celestine wore a crisp white collar shirt with a long black skirt down to her knees. She tied her hair up into a ponytail, unlike her usual style, and wore a silver headband. This time, she carried a sling bag with her, most likely filled with her important things. The five met at breakfast before exiting the Sky Tribe.

   "Oh no, I just realized our horses were still in the Celestial Kingdom!" Gaia exclaimed, starting to panic.

   Celestine simply giggling as she gave Electra a signal. With that, they brought out three horses, shocking the three.

   "Our horses! They were here?" Oceana asked in surprise.

   Celestine blushed mildly as she explained what she had done. The night before, she went back to the Celestial Kingdom to retrieve the horses so that they would not have to go back again.

   "Wow, thanks Celestine." Alexander thanked me as he and the others got onto their horses.

   Sure, hold onto that thought...

   Electra pulled out her own horse, snickering at the others's shocked faces.

   "So we have Flare, Terra, Dewdrop and now, I introduce my horse, Lightning." Electra announced, beaming with pride.

   "Alright, we had better get moving." Celestine suggested as she summoned her Angel wings.

   The sooner we go and leave, the sooner the nightmare of meeting Eric once again ends... Celestine fumed as she flapped her wings. Electra and the other three followed closely behind her. They were halfway on their journey to the Floral Tribe when Celestine came to an abrupt stop.

   At that very moment, they heard someone calling Celestine.

   "Who's there?" She asked warily, drawing her sword before her.

   A figure emerged from the clouds below, revealing a familiar boy whom Celestine knew. Her eyes widened in both shock and fear as she lowered her sword.

   "Oh, h-hi Eric..." She stuttered.

    The male, whose name was Eric, gave Celestine a rib-crushing hug. Alexander flinched for one moment, fists clenched. Wait... What is wrong with me today?! Celestine finally broke free from Eric's grasp, gasping for air as she did so.

   "I. Tried to. Tell you. To watch. The wings..." She explained with an annoyed tone of voice, panting.

   "Trying to get to the Floral Tribe?" Eric asked.

   Well that was kind of obvious...

   "I would like something that represents the tribe. Something rare to present to a king." Celestine asked straightforwardly, smiling sweetly as she did so.

   Almost instantly, Eric whistled, his horse galloping towards him. He hopped onto the horse, leading the other five into the Floral Tribe.

   "It's been such a long time since you visited. Almost five years in fact!" Eric commented, glad that Celestine had 'visited' him.

   Yes, because I wanted to run away from you... Do you seriously think that I wanted to come? Celestine fumed with rage and annoyance, covering it it with a plastic smile.

   Eric and Alexander were getting along well, starting to chat with each other. Phew, he isn't acting like he is going to behead Alexander just yet...

   "So, have you had a duel with Celestine before?" Eric asked, shocking Celestine.

   Alexander paused for a while, before cracking up laughing loudly.

   "We battled the first day we met!" He exclaimed, laughing more.

   Eric raised an eyebrow before turning to face Celestine. He looked annoyed, as if Celestine had done something wrong.

   "I had to beg you for five years to duel with me and you rejected every single time while you two had a duel on your first day?!" Eric exploded in sudden rage, shocking Alexander.

   Celestine rolled her eyes, as if she expected this moment to come. She simply knocked Eric at the back of his head, making him fall unconscious. She let him lay on his horse's back, glad that she did not have to carry him. Alexander gave Celestine a confused look, nudging her.

   "When he's angry, you don't wanna have anything got to do with him..." She whispered to the four.

   With that, she continued to fly forward, continuing their journey to the Floral Tribe.

   Thank god for that! Oh wait, he might kill me later...