The Crowning

The Letter

"No. I'm not going to try out for cheerleading Layla. I have told you this a million times" I explained as we sat down at our lunch table.  There is no way she's talking me into this.

"Oh come one Lilly. You would instantly be captain and could shove Jenna in her place. Please please please please please please!!!!" She begged, looking at me with her blue puppy eyes.

"No, you know that I don't like cheerleading. It's not my thing. I will just stick to my drums in band." I said as I stared down her puppy eyes and pout. I have been in band all three years of high school. I wasn't about to give it up to be Senior captain next year.  Layla happens to be my best friend since we were 3. She has been on the cheer squad since 7th grade as a junior bulldog. She has been co captain with Jenna every since. Everyone thinks Layla is better looking then Jenna too. She has long tan legs, pretty blonde hair and sparkly blue eyes. Plus, underneath it all, she's actually a super smart person. She aces everything but doesn't let anyone know.

"Hello ladies. What are we talking about today?" Aiden said as he kissed me on the cheek and sat down. Aiden is my very wonderful and extremely good looking boyfriend. He's about 6'3", gorgeous brown eyes and dark hair.

"Cheerleading." I said with a grimace.

"Oh..."

"Please Lilly, just for this last year. Please, you can still do band while you're at it." Layla explained as she folded her hands together to increase the beg.

"You know what? Just to make you stop begging, I will try out. That's it. Try out. If I make it then I make it but nothing else. Got it?" I huffed.

"Yay!! Oh my gosh! Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you!" She screamed in my ear as she grabbed my hand. Turning to her sandwich, she took a victory bite with a smirk on her face. Lunch passed by quicker than I had hoped and then it was back off to class.

"So, do we have plans for tonight" Aiden asked as he walked me to calculus.

"Definitely. I was thinking we could go to Panda Garden and watch The Shallows?" We hadn't gone out for a while. Aiden always has work and I'm always training so it's hard to find time when we both are free. Aiden is next in line to be beta if our pack. We're kinda werewolves. My pack owns almost all of the Midwest as the third largest pack in America. I'm a warrior, which is the third rank. It goes Alpha, Beta, Warrior, Omega and then Retainer. Retainers were maids or cooks. Servants basically.

Aiden kissed my good by and said that he couldn't wait for tonight as he glided down the hallway with ease. Pre-Calculus freaking sucks. An hour and a half or torture and parabolas.

Finally the bell rang, the signal for us to get out of this jail. Thank god I only live 6 minutes from the school. As I entered the door, my mom came up to me screaming.

"You have to! Lilly I don't care what you think, you are doing it." She screaming with excitement.

"Hold up. I'm not doing anything before I even know what IT is first." I replied with a defiant look.

"The Crowning. The prince is finally going to choose a bride and every non mated female has to sign up!!!" She was all but jumping up and down. This woman, I swear.

"No, mom. I have Aiden. Remember?" I seriously loved Aiden. I'm 18 and normal wolves find their mate when they turn 16. They go on a journey to each pack in the country, which isn't hard cause there is only 5. I never found mine. Aiden hasn't went on his journey yet, but since we started dating two years ago, he hasn't wanted to.

"Lillian Grace Michelson. You will enter in the Crowning, even if you aren't chosen, you are still required to enter. It's pack law. The prince doesn't care about rank, he should only care about the girl. Five girls from this pack are going to be chosen. You could be one of them. Aiden won't be unmated for long. What if his mate comes to our pack and finds him? What if yours does?" She chastened. 

"I know this mom but he's already said before that his wolf also wants me, he's smelled his mate and his wolf was disgusted by it and so they ran away from her. They only want me. And I only want them mom. Please, we're basically mates" I begged. But I guess she wasn't having cause I was sent to my room with the application.

Grabbing a pen, I sat down at my desk to fill it out. My phone screen lit up with a text from Aiden

A~Are we still on tonight? I can't wait to finally get some US time

L~ No, my mom is making me fill out the application for The Crowning. Is your sister filling one out?

A~ Yeah, she's so excited. I've never seen Aubrey so happy in my life. What will happen to us if you get chosen? You know what that will mean for you, for us. I thought you loved me. 💔 I'm tired. I'm gonna go to be early. Good night Lilly.

L~ Come on Aiden, you know that I love you. It's law. Technically we're not mated, so I have to. Maybe if you would actually mark me instead of biding your time then I wouldn't have to. It's not like I'm going to get chosen anyways. You know it's mostly a popularity thing. I'm starting to think that maybe you would prefer your mate over me since you won't even mark me. What? Are you scared that after awhile your wolf will want her and you won't be able to get rid of the mark? Well you know what? It's over Aiden. Tell your sister I said good luck. Because there is a lot of omegas and retainers is this pack and only one beta female. So good luck.

I turned off my phone after that. Okay, now for the hard part. The application. First question.

Name?

Is this full or nickname then middle and last? Fine

Name: Lillian Grace Michelson
Rank: Warrior
Favorite things to do: Band, hang out with my friends, read books.
The thing I dislike most: People ruining books, dog earring pages for bookmarks, bullies, people who think they are so entitled.
Favorite kind of technology and why: Light bulb, and because without it we would in the dark at nighttime so I find it very useful
The rest of the application was boring, asking what I like best in a guy and it even had the nerve to ask if I was a virgin or not.
After a very long and very hard day, I could finally turn of the lights and sleep.