The Hidden Princess

7

---Aphmau---

Everyone was either fainted or staring at me and Aaron with blank faces then I remembered.

"Zane." I said and looked over to him.

"He's gone." Aaron said. I fell to the ground and sighed.

"No not again." I said and put my head in my hands.

"Aaron did you use all of the potion?" I asked.

"Yes why." He said.

"I may be immortal but my bow is the only ting that can kill immortals and shadow knights. Luckily Zenxi was hit in the stomach so he's fine." I said and looked at Zenix he was waking up.

"Zenix." I said and ran over to him. He woke up and looked at me.

"You're ok." He said and hugged me. I hugged him and smiled.

"I'm immortal but if Zane comes after me again I can die." I said and Zenix looked at me.

"That bow can kill anything or anyone if shot in the heart by it." Zenix said.

"Aphmau wasn't he trying to kill you." Aaron said.

"Yes but something clicked in him and he's normal again. He's my brother again." I said and he was shocked.

"B-B-Brother." Aaron said.

"Yes. He's a shadow knight and when he became one the shadow lord cursed him but something clicked earlier and he wasn't cursed anymore." I said.

"Jacob and Lily will be happy to see me when they wake up." Zenix said.

"Yea they will but we will also have to explain a lot when everyone comes to." I said.

"Aaron I swear if you hurt the queen I will kill you." I heard someone say. I looked over and saw Garroth in Aaron's face.

"He won't I promise." I said. Laurence stopped staring and looked at me then Zenix.

"You tried to kill the queen." Laurence said and ran up and pinned Zenix to a tree.

"Laurence he was cursed." I said.

"How would you know." Laurence said.

"Because Laurence............I'm his sister." I said and he looked at me.

"He's your brother." Laurence said.

"Yes. Now put him down." I said and he did. Zenix came over to me and hugged me.

"I'm never leaving you ever again." He said.

"Good because I know Jacob and Lily won't want you to leave." I said.

"Zenix!" I heard Jacob yell and he hugged Zenix.

"Hey Jacob." Zenix said and picked him up.

"We thought you died." Jacob said.

"No. I'm a shadow knight. Like Laurence." Zenix said.

"What! How do you know that." Laurence said.

"Shadow knights know when another shadow knight is present. Apparently he doesn't know that he can do that." Zenix said.

"Ugh my head." I heard Lily say.

"Mom!" I yelled and she looked at me then Zenix.

"My baby boy is home." She said and ran up to him and hugged him.

"Hey mom." He said.

"Ok enough of this reunion we need an explanation now." Garroth said.

"But Aaron gave you an explanation." I said.

"So that doesn't explain why you kept this a secret for so long." He said.

"It was secret because a guard and the person they protect can't love each other. It's against the rules of a guard." I said.

"And if a guard is found having a romantic relationship with the person they protect then the guard can be killed or kicked from their position as guard." Aaron said.

"Oh right. Wait wasn't that taken down last week." Travis said.

"Huh." I said.

"The guard consul had taken that down because of saying it was a stupid rule in the first place. Now any guard can be in a relationship with the person they protect and not be kicked from their position as a guard or killed." Travis said.

"Guess it doesn't have to be a secret then." Aaron said and I ran up to him and kissed him. Everyone was shocked at what I did and even more shocked that Aaron kissed back.

"What!" Zenix yelled. I stopped and looked at him.

"What." I said.

"You could have told me once I got up." He said.

"So I could have but you probably could have gotten a hint when we just talked about guards and their relationships towards the people they protect." I said.

"Ugh whatever." He said and I laughed. Wait!

"My bow." I said and looked to where it last was.

"Oh no." I said.

"What." Aaron said.

"He took my bow." I said and looked at him.

"Who did." Laurence said.

"Zane! He stole my bow after waking up. Now who knows what he can do. That bow is very powerful and if it's in the wrong hands the it can be used for evil." I said.

"You mean the bow I gave you for your tenth birthday." Zenix said.

"Yes now it's gone." I said. His face went blank and I ran over and hugged him.

"Zenix I loved that bow. If it's used in the wrong way it can and will break and can't be fixed. I need to find that bow." I said.

"Then we need to go to O'khasis. The bow will be with Zane and he only leaves O'khasis when he wants. If he has that bow he won't leave O'khasis with it unless he comes back here." Zenix said. I nodded and looked at Garroth.

"I need a way in and to O'khasis." I said.

"Why me." He said.

"Garroth are you really asking me that." I said and he sighed. He took his helmet off and shook his head.

"I swear if I can't get out I'm blaming you." He said and pointed to me. I smiled at him and he threw his helmet at me. I caught it and hid it.

"There." I said and looked at everyone. They were staring at Garroth. Ok I looked at him and he had sun blonde hair and icy blue eyes.

"Ok stop staring at him." I said.

"But he looks familiar." Lily said.

"Because he is." I said.

"Oh my Irene." Zenix said.

"Ugh Aphmau do I really have to go to O'khasis with you." Garroth said.

"Yes and I promise I will get you out before you're trapped there." I said and he sighed.

"Wait before you leave who is he." Laurence said.

"The prince of O'khasis." I said.

"Oh wow." Laurence said.

"Yea and don't think because I'm a prince doesn't mean I can't be a head guard. I can and will so you are head guard until I get back." Garroth said.

"Ok I wasn't gonna do anything or say anything about it." Laurence said.

"Well then O'khasis here we come." I said and we got everyone back to the village and me, Garroth, and Zenix went to O'khasis. Well this journey is going to be a while. I can already feel it.