A Royal Love: Royals of Solniana

Chapter five

The next day after breakfast, I wait in my bedroom for Ryan. I called him and asked him to come as soon as he can. He walks in my room. "So, what is so urgent?" He asks me. I walk towards him and close the door. "You have to promise me that you won't tell what I'm going to tell you." "Jack, what happened?" "Just promise me." He smiles. "I promise; I'll never tell anyone."

"I've met the woman who killed those men." "I know; I saw it on the television." "No, I mean after that." "After that?" "Yes, she was here yesterday." "She was here? In your bedroom?" "Yeah, I know, it sounds weird. But it's true." He looks at me like I'm some idiot. "Ryan, she was here!" "Okay, if she was here, then what did she do here and how did she even gets here?" "She wanted to talk to me and... she teleported." "She teleported? Jack, how do expect me to believe that?" "It's true! She even teleported me to the woods." "She teleported you? To the woods? What is this, some kind of a fairy tale? Did she warn you for the big bad wolf in the woods?" "She didn't. She wanted to know why I wasn't afraid of her or hated her."

He sits down on one of the sofa chairs. "Ryan, you've got to believe me!" "It sure is a lot to believe..." I sit down on another sofa chair and think for a while. "She told me her name!" I eventually say to him. He looks at me. "She did?" "Yes, it's Mirella." "Mirella..." He says thinking.

"Jack, it's time for you to study." Dad says as he walks in. I look at him. "I'm coming, dad." I say walking to him. "Matt?" Ryan says walking to dad. "Yes, Ryan?" He answers. "Do you have any news?" "No, we still haven't found your father." Ryan looks down. "Just like I thought." Dad puts his hand on Ryan's shoulder. "I'm sorry." Ryan looks at him and smiles. "Thanks for searching him." "It's my pleasure." "Well, I'll better get going." Ryan says walking away.

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-Ella's POV-

I'm sitting in a tree, when I hear a noise. I look down and see an animal looking at me. "Hello, little one." The animal shows his wings and flies to me. He lands next to me and looks at me. "So what species are you?" He looks at me. "A bird?" "That's a crow." I hear someone say below me. I look down and see a man looking at me. "A crow?" I ask him. "Yes, they're really cool birds. They're black and present darkness and death." I look at the crow and then back at the man.

I jump from the tree next to the man and look at him. "Why are you telling me this?" "I knew what you wanted to know, so why wouldn't I tell you?" The crow flies down and lands on my shoulder. "He likes you." The man says. "Maybe because he recognises himself in you." I look at him. "They're also prejudiced. Just because they're different from the others." I caress the crow and then look at him.

"Who are you?" "I'm Ryan." "I'm-" "Mirella, I know." I look at him suspicious. "How do you-" "Know that? My friend, Jack, told me." "Who's that?" "Jackson, you took him to this place yesterday." "Oh him." I say and turn around to walk away.

"Can I ask you a question?" I don't look at him. "What do you want to know?" "Why did you come here?" I look at him. "What?" "You're surely not from here, so why did you come here?" "I didn't come here because I wanted to, I was sent here." "By who?" I look down. "That doesn't matter." "Was it a punishment?" "No, it wasn't. It was to save me." He walks closer to me. "I'm sorry to hear that." I look at him.

"Is that why you kill?" "No, it's not." "Then why do you it? You don't look like the person to kill people." "I'm not, those men were the first that I killed." "Then why did you kill them?" "They deserved to die." "I've read about that. They didn't treat animals with respect." He looks me right in the eyes. "You make a difference. Many may not approve, but you save the ones who have no voice in this world. You're their saviour." When he says this, the crow flies to the trees and we look at him. We see a bunch of animals standing where the crow landed. From very little ones to big ones, they're all looking at us and listening to every word that is said.

"They have hope again, now that you're here. Just like me." I look at him. "I've always been alone, I don't have a family, I don't have parents." "You don't?" "No, my mother died when I was born from a disease and I don't even know if my father is still alive or dead." "I-I don't know if my father is alive or dead either." "You don't? What happened to him?" "My mother told me and my siblings that a man let him disappear. We don't know if he was teleported to another planet or if he was just killed. And your father?" "He killed the previous king to save Jack." "Killing a king isn't very smart." "Yeah, I know that. But he didn't." "He just wanted to save someone." "He shouldn't have, then I still had a father."

"I'm sorry for your father and mother." "Thanks, you must have it hard too. Your father that disappeared and being separated from your mother and siblings." "Only from my siblings. My mother is probably dead." "Probably?" "When I last saw her, she was stabbed. I don't know if she survived."

We were both quiet for a while until noise broke the silence. "Oh, that's my alarm, I need that to make sure that I'm on time at my job." "Your job?" I ask him confused. "Yeah, you know, something you do to get money." I keep looking at him confused. "I don't get it." "Well, I need to work to get money and when I get money I can buy food and pay my rent." "Weird. Do you like your job?" "No, I don't." "Then why do you do it?" "Sometimes you don't have a choice." "You don't?" "I'm sorry, but I really need to go. I hope I can see you again, Mirella." I smile at him. "I hope so to, Ryan."

He starts to walk away. "Ryan?" He stops walking and looks at me. "Yes?" "Can you keep what I told you a secret? I don't want everyone to know." "Of course, Mirella." "You may call me 'Ella'. That's how my siblings call me." He smiles. "Okay Ella."