The Light Among Shadows

Tempoaínda

Being in the situation I was, i took the word 'princess' literally. I stared at Tyler, shocked. Me, a princess?!  Barely being able to say a thing I uttered the word, 'WHAT!', perhaps a bit too loud.

'Come with me, I'll show you what I mean.', he said, taking my hand. He snapped his fingers and said, 'Tempoaínda!' in an eerie, low, vibrating voice.

'What does that even me-' everyone and everything suddenly froze. A punch was frozen in air, emotions, anger, laughter, etc. were frozen on people's faces. Someone was caught frozen tripping over head cheerleader's foot, her falling papers frozen in air. Tyler was least bothered about what was happening. We were the only ones not frozen. Ty just walked straight ahead dragging me along with my hand. I was amazed and horrified at the same time. These two feelings were evident in the statement that I could just barely whisper, 'What did you do?'

He replied very matter-of-fact-ly,'Oh, I just froze time.'

Anger started bubbling inside me, who did this guy think he was?! 'You JUST FROZE TIME???!!! And you act like it's no big deal! ANSWER ME TYLER! WHAT DID YOU DO???????!!!!'

'Calm down! This is no big deal.' he said.

'Did you just tell me to calm down?! You've frozen the whole damn school, and you want me to CALM DOWN!!?' I pulled my hand away ,'You're crazy Tyler!'

Suddenly the environment around me became cold. Tyler was moving in slow motion, so was my hand which I'd pulled away with great force.He was saying something, something about, 'LEIA HOLD MY HAND!' Why was he panicking all of a sudden? and why was he talking so slowly? Worry was filled in his eyes. My thoughts slurred,'Tyylleerr?' I said in slow motion , 'Whaaat'sss haappeeniing?'

He took my hand and suddenly everything returned to normality. Well, except for the fact that the entire school was still frozen. The temperature around me rose back up, Tyler was moving at a normal pace and so was I. My thoughts sped up and i could hear and talk properly. 'Ty, what just happened?'

'Don't ever leave my hand again. You are lucky that you have an abnormally high resistance level to magic even for the type creature you are. You could have frozen in time,  and hence lost all your magical powers. Magic doesn't have the same effect on us as it does on the mortals.' he chided me. 'I'm sorry for scolding you. you probably don't know what I'm talking about. The matter of major concern is, are you fine?' he said, worry evident in his eyes

'Yeah I-I'm fine.' I said in a small voice

Relief spread through his entire body. he smiled and hugged me, hard, squeezing the breath out of me,'Thank the angels. Leia you had me freaked out. God. You're fine.' he stroked my hair. My heart raced. why did I feel this way around him? I was supposed to be scared of this beautiful magical creature, but instead I felt a way I had never felt before, around him.

i was getting breathless. Putting a slight pressure on his chest, I said, 'Cant-Breathe.'

He let go of me, reluctantly and clearly blushing, he said,'Right. Uh-Sorry' He ran his hand through his hair the way all guys do when they have an 'awkward' moment with a girl. at least something was normal about him.

I was still holding his warm hand when I asked him, 'Ty?'

'Yes, Leia?'

' Why is it that you and I are the only ones not frozen in time? And why will I freeze too if I leave your hand? Also why do you say I have an abnormally high resistance level even for "the-type-of-creature-I-am"? Oh, and one last question, what kind of creature am I?'

'I am not frozen in time because I'm the one who cast the spell. You are not affected due to the physical connection between us. One rule of Magic is that, whatever kind of Magic is in effect, that magical energy travels through anything in physical contact with the Magician. This travelling of Magic, indirectly makes the object in contact the Magician too. Therefore you freeze every time you leave my hand. But what is to complain about that? Must be a privilege for you to hold my hand right?' he teased me, grinning.

I hit his shoulder, which he rubbed while grimacing. 'Shut up, arrogant. Oh and you can clearly talk like a teenager then why don't you usually talk like one?'

'a: That hurt! b: I'm a goddamn teenager. so, duh I know how to talk like one. The reason I don't usually talk like this is because I'm normally surrounded by mortals. God they don't let you have a peace of mind! Anyways, since mortals are at a much, much lower rank than us, talking to them as we normally converse with each other serves a blow to both our position and to the superiority of our kind. Are we done here?' he said.

' No we aren't. You didn't answer my other questions.'

'Hmmm. Those questions are for a certain pair of people to answer. And word of advice: Don't trust anyone as easily as you trusted me. It's so not healthy.But then again you must not have been able to help yourself what with my good looks.' he teased me, grinning. I pouted.
'Awww! Don't be sad. I was just kidding.' he said pinching my cheek. I blushed for a brief moment and then hid it.

Smirking I said 'Are you saying that I shouldn't trust you?'

He opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off, ' Never mind, don't answer that question. But tell me this, who am I going to visit?'

' Promise you won't freak out?'

'I promise.'

Sighing, almost like he was tired, he said, 'We're going to see your parents.'

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A/n

okay.... hey I'm confused too!! So Leia is a magical creature, and that too a princess. Her parents were dead when she was 11 right? But now she finds out that four years later, they're still alive.

like her entire life is a lie right now. she's definitely not normal. What she thought to be stories are actually true. So yeah, contrary to what her friends said, Harry Potter is actually useful. thank the Gods she reads books.

In case you're wondering wtf tempo aínda means, it is Galician for still time. Don't ask me why I chose Galician of all the languages.

I hope you like the story so far. as usual, comment what you think. And if you're reading the story, thanx a lot, it means a lot to me.

Love ya
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Wesha