Enchantment

Glass Tombstones

"Grandpapa?" I ask tentatively.

"Yes, Melody?"

"Why, do you think my generation has a bunch of Elemental and Enchantment based beloveds? Is Fate playing games once again? Or is Destiny calling? And Laufeia escaping, was that the right move? I blasted her with a ball of spirit and that simply wasn't enough so what ever will be? Why is everything with my generation so complicated? Why am I the first girl to be born as the Water Elemental leader? Why hasn't Zayden ever had a female descendant until me? Why me?" I wasn't paying much attention to our destination. Instead I was once again becoming lost in my own mind.

Nothing about my generation makes sense to me. We are the twenty-seventh generation of Elementals and our time is the most complicated yet. Our power is being questioned by our very own people. Those same people question my ability to rule even though Enchantment has had many fierce queens and female leaders. We have Beloveds that aren't human. We have been challenged for a throne we have barely sat in. We haven't even been inducted as the official royals as our coronation was rudely interrupted. We've been here for a little over a month and will be already named the Kings and Queens of this stunning land. A land I had no idea existed with beings I was told were fake and only real in stories.

Yet I wouldn't have not one thing changed. Reason is my Beloved and I love having him by my side, even though he can be difficult and the center of problems and headaches. I love that my friends have found love and are happy and in positive and healthy relationships. Being the first female just means I have something to prove to myself and everyone. That gender does not limit you. I feel my power, radiating inside me like a sun, like a source of pure energy. It's real and it's all mine. So why is it, that I feel powerless?

"Melody, stop asking silly questions. Sitting around an' thinking of these an' tryna find answers will only drive ya mad. We ca'n have that again. Some things are jus' meant to happen, ya know? With all our power, all our might, we ca'n control everything an' everyone. We ca'n have all the answers. And thas okay. What isn't okay is my future queen questioning every little damn thing. Let stuff be as it be, hear meh?" He gave a huge chuckle, "Beloveds has a'ways been a sticky mess but don't let that stop y'all from the love it makes ya feel, now that is something special. As for ya being the first girl in our ridiculous streak of men from Zayden, count it as a blessing. I a'ways did wonder why there weren't any strong women in our line to kick some ass. Then again, I'm not the one with Zayden himself in my head." Grandpapa winks and taps his temple.

Zayden?

Little wave,

Why, exactly, am I the first?

That is something I wish you would not ask until the proper time. He said coyly.

When will the proper time be?

When the answer is necessary.

It's necessary now. I growl. 

No, it is curiosity now. For now, know I tell you what you must understand and know. So until I feel you need to know, please leave it be. I could hear the tiredness in his voice and decided to let it drop. This time.

Fine, but I do wish to know,

As you will. But not today. 

"He won't budge." I say, not bothering to hide my disappointment.

"Well," Grandpapa smirks, "let's not let that thought get us down, eh?"

Finally, I take in my surroundings. We walk down a wing I have never been to before in a hall that is decorated with paintings of previous royal families and scenes and such in Enchantment. At the end I see two huge floor to ceiling double doors. Painted on the doors, are the four insignia's of the Elementals. Once we get to the door I notice something odd, there's no handle.