Bellona

Six

Bellona

It's been crazy the amount of things that I've learned about myself in just a couple of days, I found out that who I thought was my dad isn't but instead the royal adviser to my real parents who are in fact King and Queen of this magical land made entirely out of ice.

The fact that I'm one of these ice people and not a regular teenage girl scares the shit out of me, including all of these great powers I have (well according to Aleksander- I just think they're a nuisance as I can't control them whatsoever) and well apparently I have this crazy ass brother who wants to kill me so he can have all the power he wants.

And yet deep down inside all of this crazy shit that's happening around me feels completely normal- well not the part that my brother wants to kill me by consuming all my powers but the part in which I'm supposed to be this Ice warrior princess.

There's a bit of tension between me and Alexei as I haven't brought up the whole 'posing as my father' issue up yet and I don't particularly want to although I have no idea whether I should call him dad or by his real name, Alexei. I knew I could trust him though, he wouldn't be my real parents royal adviser for nothing.

Earlier Alek gave me a picture of them that he had stolen from the palaces library when he escaped, when he told me what it was like to be locked up for practically his whole life, I couldn't help but feel guilty. Whilst he and other Nijian' s have been suffering for the last sixteen years, I have been living it up as the head cheer leader and most popular girl at high school.

*Flash back*

We were packing up supplies for our trip to Traijin, Alexei had explained that the only way to get through to Traijin was to get through a portal, that happened to be right inside the palace walls.
Alexei brought out a load of weapons out from the trunk of our car and handed a huge silver sword to me.
"Have we always had these?" I asked looking at it unsurely

"Yes, in case we were ever attacked" he said simply

"And your going to have to learn how to use it" Alek said sharpening his sword whilst sitting on the counter top.

"I couldn't imagine having to use this against anyone let alone my own blood"

"Well you're going to have to get used to it, now I'm going to go and collect some supplies from town, I hope you two will be able to cope by yourselves and Aleksander, start teaching Belle how to use a sword-it will come in handy" He said before briskly walking out of the front door, slamming it behind him.

"So...." I said awkwardly "Tell me about Traijin, what's it like?"

"I wouldn't be able to tell you, I didn't leave under the best of circumstances" he said still sharpening his sword

"And what circumstances where those?"

"Well you know being locked up in a dark, damp cell for God knows how many years, killing a guard and stealing his keys, then escaping by navigating my way through the palace to wind up in California, in the human world, right outside your doorstep." he said putting his sword back in its hilter.

"You didn't exactly wind up on my doorstep did you?" I said raising my right eyebrow up "more like breaking in to my living room".

"Touche, but what choice did I have?" He said leaning in close to my face, his sweet breath fanning over my face causing butterflies to errupt in my stomach.

"How old were you when I was born?"

"Four, barely. I remember nothing before the time when the castle was taken but I do remember the Queens face before she was publicly executed"