Jack had always even small for his age growing up. when Jack turned 16 he hit a major growth. Jack was tall with a strong build. He had dark black hair as black as the sparrow's feathers that was his second form, olive skin and deep blue eyes. luna remembers always thinking his eyes were beautiful and she has often wished that she had his eyes instead of her dull green ones. Every time she would bring this up to Jack he would tell her that she had the most beautiful eyes in all the kingdom.
Luna became friends with Jack the day him and his father was introduced to her. His father, William, was to be a part of her royal guard. Jacks mother had died giving birth to him and while his father worked Jack would stay with luna and keep her company. They would spend their time together playing in the garden or reading in the library.
At the age of 17 Jack began training to become a member of the royal guard. when his father retired, Jack was given the position of being the head of my royal guard. in Luna's opinion Jack has been taking his position way to seriously. for instance right now the silence as the two friends walk down the empty corridors was driving luna insane.
Every step that luna and Jack take pounds in the back of Luna's mind like the pounding of a drum. each step bring them closer to the throne room. That room is the last place she wanted to be. if only she could find a way to escape, to run away from her responsibilities.
Luna couldn't help but notice how tense and sad Jack seemed. He would usually be excited to attend a party throne in the castle. He says that his favorite part of a royal party is seeing all of the people who support the royal family, he says it makes him feel proud.
"What's wrong Jack?" luna asks her friend, worry seeping through her voice.
"Oh it's nothing luna, there's no reason to worry you on your special day." Jack tried to plaster on a fake grin but he remembered that luna can see through that.
Luna is probably one of the only people that could tell when Jack was lying and right now is one of those times. she could tell that whatever he was worrying about wasn't nothing. she could tell that he was deeply troubled and she hated seeing her best friend upset.
"Jack you can tell me." Luna said earnestly placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
Jack stopped walking and looked up at luna with big sad blue eyes. "Luna I am so sorry. this is so unfair! why do you have to chose? your not ready."
Luna's reassuring smile dropped from her face only to be replaced by a troubled frown. "It's not your fault Jack. I have to have a mate to become queen, it's the law. besides I don't think my aunt would allow me to postpone the date, it's a little late now."
"It's not fair luna it's not!" Jack was almost yelling now.
"Jack calm down, I know it's not fair but I can't chose myself over my entire kingdom! now that would be unfair! What's supposed to happen to this kingdom if they don't have a queen? They need me." luna tried to smile but she couldn't so instead she gave up and decided to stare at her shoes instead.
After a long pause Jack asked in a calm voice that was barely above a whisper, luna had to listen closely to catch his question. "who are you choosing?"
Luna paused. She was terrified to tell him. what if he didn't want to marry him?
"Please just tell me it isn't that snake boy, he gives me the creeps." Jack said in a attempt to listen the mood.
Luna choked out a short fake laugh. "n-no Jake it's not Corbrian, he's way to creepy for my taste."
Jack chuckled nervously. Then he looked at luna with a serious face, his dark eyes searching her face. "Who is he luna?" He asked again, he sounded desperate, like this was the last time he was going to ask and like he really hoped she'd answer.
"Please promise you won't be mad at me." Luna said. she couldn't blame him if he got upset with her but she needed to ask to prepare him and herself.
Jack took both of her hands in his looked deep into her eyes and said "no matter what the decision you will make I will trust you, you are my future queen and my best friend, there is no way I could be mad at you"
She took a deep calming breath and said in a shaky voice that she tried to keep steady "Jack he's you, I'm going to choose you."
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Shifting the future
Ficțiune adolescențiThey say that the first of my kind was a woman named Alsdair, a human who lived in the forest and was raised by the wild animals who lived there. She learned to communicate with those animals and was gifted with the ability to change forms and becom...
