To Reach Beyond

5-THE TRIAL BEGINS

<Thoughts are in Italic>

~Important note below please read for more understanding of the last chapter.~

Valora pov

"Valentine Laura black" the old lady on the middle throne said with a raspy voice.

At this point I was sitting on a chair provided for me with a table.

"hm" I hummed not surprised that she knew my name. I had previously prepared for the unexpected.

"Use your words dear." she said.

"sorry." I said stearing my eye away from my glaring match with Hugo to stare at the old lady.

"Your well aware you're trespassing are you not." she said going through some files which i assume are all about me.

"Yes ma'am" i said slowly."some dude told me I guess." I said with a shrug

"General Dante is his what his called by dear." she said smiling wistfully.

"Am aware that you and two other were involved am I correct." she said raising a brow. Now am confused, what's with all the questions.

"Um... sorry to interrupt but can you get straight to the point and also while your at it I'll like to know what happened to my friends." i said frustrated with all the questions she keeps asking me.

"ah i can see the resemblance can't you Hendrick." she said chuckling a bit

"I can, they have same attitude."the old man beside her said nodding slowly.

The talk between the two of them was pissing me off they just kept comparing me to some one and I hate being compared.

"apologies young Valentine we got carried away." she said.

'Damn right you did' i thought angrily.

"About your friends you'll be seeing them soon no need to worry." she said gently.

"but this trial is about you." she said seriously.

"If it about us trespassing then i'll have to say that was unavoidable and besides it not like you put a sign saying we shouldnt trespass and for all I know all this is your shitty security fault not I and my team fault." I angrily said already tired of them repeatedly talking about me being a trespasser.

"calm down young Valentine whether or not you trespassed is not the problem it was bound to happen at some point." she said calmly.

"Then why am i here?" I asked.

"your ancestry dear." she said. My ancestry what does she mean all this beating around the bush is giving me a major headache.

"what about it." i snapped.

"young Valentine what do you know about your family your mother in particular?" she asked though from here tone I bet she already knows the answer to that.

"not much just that my mother raised me on here own and I have never met my father before also that my mother been missing for a few years now." I said not knowing why they needed this information.

"just as we predicted." she said smiling softly.

"All this is making me hella confused old lady." i said while look at all three of them

"your gonna have to elaborate ya know." i said quitly but they heard.

"oh were are my manners. You see there your mother... Am sorry to say this but...she has passed away..." she said sadly why I don't know. But i thought I was ready for this kind of news but I wasn't the pain in my heart in sting behind my eyes were testimony to that.

"h-how?... How do you know that?... I-i... How come I was never told... Damn those son of a bitch they said they would tell me if they ever found out anything."  I muttered hoarsely the pain was getting too much and I couldn't keep the tears from staining my face despite how many times I wiped them away they just kept falling.

"young Valentine put those tears away your mother wouldnt want you crying."

"Shut up just shut up okay how come I was never told you knew and you just kept quiet about it, the Fuck is wrong with you people I deserved to know and I sure as hell deserve to mourn her." I yelled at her. But she just smiled and told me

"you do deserve to mourn her but I believe...no i know she'd rather you didn't cry but remembered all the good times you spent together." she gently said and she was right not that I would admit it but mum would rather i thought about the good time than cry.

"sorry i yelled." i said turning my head shamefully away.

"its okay dear it wasn't your fault there's nothing to be ashame of." she said smile. Her smile was contagious and i found my self smiling without meaning to.

"there is more for you to know young Valentine." the old man sitting at the right side of the old lady said.

"yes Jacques you right but I'd personally prefer that we gave her some time before we tell her anything else." The old lady said.

I don't know what they were going on about but I could hardly pay attention the news of my mother death was still hurting and nothing else seemed to make much sense anymore.

"hey... You never told me what exactly happened to my friends?" i asked

"your friends are fine you'll be seeing them soon enough Laura." Hendrick said.

"Oh Okay." I said frowning that wasn't the answer I wanted but that would do I guess.

"young Valentine that conclude your trial you would be taken to a room prepared for you by Hugo." the old lady said. I had forgotten that Hugo was here all the talking and revelations made me forget he was here.

'Damn he saw me cry he better not bring it up.' I thought.

"wait about my sentence am I going to get punished for it." I asked curiously.

"don't be silly young Valentine this trial wasn't about you trespassing it simply was about your ancestry. Don't worry too much about it." the old man Hendrick said.

I just noded and stood up to follow Hugo out of the court room i only spared a glance behind me at them to see them smiling encouragly at me they were a very calm and nice old people they gave off this grandparents type of vibe.

"this way." Hugo said shortly after closing the court room door.

God knows what ahead of me, jk and Roman in this weird place called Atlantis.

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Wow that was just wow who knows whats ahead of Valora and her friend will they make new friends or new enemies or maybe both read on to find out 😁

Note: I know most of you will be confused since Hugo had previously told Valora that her and her friends were going to be executed which by the way didn't happen. But here in Atlantis trespassers are killed on site when caught or taken as prisoners but because of an important reason Valora and her friends were not killed or made prisoners you'll find out why soon.

~Darit