Becoming Queen

Chapter 2 // Take the Crown

My nightmares finally ended. I was out of school and walking home. I kept thinking about Ms. Balina's next excuse for tomorrow. As I kept walking I ran into my little sister. "Isa!"

"Hm?"

She ran up to me and walked besides me. "Oh hey Constance." She shoved her test in my face and kept yelling "I did it! I passed!" I wasn't surprise at all. Constance was my parent's golden child. When I was in 8th grade, F's just kept showing up on my desks. Constance was so happy I didn't wanna ruin her moment. She constantly kept getting good grades, but with those good grades it's hard for her to make friends. Her only friend is a boy named Xavier, he would show up to our house looking of her. I'm glad she made one friend.

Constance kept smiling at her paper. I couldn't help but laugh at her. She made it seem like it was her first time passing a test. I always envy her, she's always smiling, even when times are bad. Constance always wanted to make our parents proud, it was really her main goal at school. I was the opposite from her, I couldn't raise my grades and I didn't care one bit. "What's so funny?" She stopped and looked at me. "Nothing," She ignored it and went on with her day.

By the time we came home, she stopped talking about her test. Outside our house was two limos with random flags on them. "Did mother not pay the bills again?" Constance looked up at me, curious. Our neighbor: Lilian came outside and called us over. "Four men in suits pulled up and went inside. Do you girls know what's happening?"

"No, we don't have a clue." Constance replied as I just looked at the limos. "Oh, well carry on with your day." I took Constance by the hands and brought us to the front door. I slowly open the door without making a screech. We walk inside and immediately heard arguing. The both of us started tippy toeing to the kitchen where the commotion was coming from. We hid behind the wall in front of the entrance of the kitchen. There we heard our mother trying to win a argument with four men. Constance held my hands tight, shaking a bit. I tried to make up the words, trying to hear what they wanted from us.

"Ms. Rarena, you can't hide her from us anymore. You knew this day would come, you have to let go of her."

"You don't understand, she doesn't know... She doesn't know anything about her father."

Constance let go of my hands and whispered in my ears. "What are they talking about?"

"I don't know," I whispered back as we both listened in. "You don't expect her to move countries overnight." My mother said, a little frustrated. "You took her from her birth rights. Ms. Rarena, we're desperate, please let us see her." Constance leaned in to hear more. The ground in the hallways squealed. "Who's there!" One of the men shouted at our direction. I watch Constance lose her balance and fall. They stayed quiet and all looked at her. I stepped out from the shadows and stood in the middle of the kitchen's entrance. The room became even more quiet. The four men in suits got on their knees and started to bow. I became even more curious.

"Isa, you're home early..." My mother nervously said, as I still have no clue what was going on. "No... I come home at this time." She looked at her watch on her arm and face palmed herself. "Take Constance upstairs with you, it's nothing for you to worry about." Constance got up from the ground along with the four men in suits. "No! Now that she's here, we can come to an agreement." The older man said, also a little frustrated. "I did nothing illegal, don't bring my family in this mess, please." He chuckled at me. I didn't understand what was so funny, I gave him a confused look and laughed it off.

"Wait, you seriously don't know. Your mother didn't actually tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"That your pr-"

"AH! Nothing sweetie, go upstairs with your sister." I took Constance by the hands and tried to take her with me. Before I could leave, I felt a little tug back. The younger man in a suit took Constance's other hand. We basically we're playing tugger war with Constance. "Ouch! Both of you! Let go!"

"Let go of my sister!" I yelled from the other end. He smirked at me and said "Fine". He let go of Constance making the both of us fall. I gave him the death stare while Constance shouted "Hey! That hurts."

"Breyer, you could of went a little more gentle." The other men said.

"How about the three of you go upsides while we finish up." The same man said, trying to get one of them to talk to us. "I don't think thats a good idea..." My mother looked super nervous and made me a little nervous as well.

"Nonsense, that's an great idea!" I led the way upstairs as Constance and him followed. This wasn't my idea of "bring a guy home". He kept chuckling as we walked up the stairs. "What's so funny now." I stopped and turned around. "I'm just realizing how stupid you are." He laughed at me, trying to get under my skin. I became the bigger person and just kept walking.

We made it up to my room in one piece. He started to explore my bedroom. I can't believe I was spending my whole evening with him.

    He started to touch the picture frames on the shelves. I looked over with a rude tone in my voice. "Don't touch those!" I shouted, while I sat on my bed. I opened my laptop and plugged my ears. Constance started to talk to the strange man. I avoided my surroundings and just kept doing my own thing.

"So, why are you here?" Constance asked, as he kept digging through my stuff. In the bottom of my shelf, he found a light blue box. He picked up the box and looked curious. "Well... I'm here for Isa." He finally replied to Constance with a full on smile on his face.

"What do you guys want from Isa?" I looked over and saw him with my box. As he slowly lifts up the top. I shouted "DON'T OPEN THAT!". He opens it and pulls out something from the box. "Ah, a tiara. So you know?" I got up from my bed and forcefully took it out of his hands. I could tell he was familiar with this tiara. "My father gave it to me when I was born." I dropped the box on the ground and looked at it. "So you know who your father is?" He became more into the conversation.

"Of course, I've been living with him my whole life." I gave him a crazy look as if he was crazy. "Oh, you mean Mr. Rarena gave you that." He chuckled again. "Who else?"

"Look at that tiara carefully. How much do you think that's worth."

"Dad probably bought it from the dollar store." Constance replied. "I don't know, three dollars maybe." He started to laugh hysterically as soon as I said that. "What's your problem! Why is everything so funny for you guys."

"That's worth at least 28 million." I threw it up in the air.

"I just told you it's worth 28 million dollars and you throw it like it's nothing. Honestly..."

"Sorry... That startled me." Constance took it up from the ground and examined it. "Uh, Isa..." Constance's face looked so overwhelm. "These are real diamonds." Everyone went silent until he stepped in.

"Let me explain, My name is Breyer and I work for royal family of Amelia." He took the tiara and kneel down. He looked up at me like he was proposing.

    He softly said... "Princess Isa Olli Beau Marie De'Clare of Amelia."