Not very futuristic -SS AU-

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"Logan!", I heard Patton screech from behind us. The action alone caused me to jump meters into the air, startling both Patton and Roman.

I shrugged shyly and avoided eye contact, I could hear the murmurs around me, everyone was talking about something different. I couldn't help but read their souls, one's soul is based off of one's present and/or future personalities.

I usually tell people I have no gift, the truth is, I do. I have an ancient gift, I was know as a soul searcher. As for the gift's real name, it was lost through the years.

'soul searchers' have the ability to summon, change, communicate and read souls of any kind. People would think it was a myth or some old man story made up for grandchildren amusement.

"VIRGIL!?", I jumped back into the real world, the others standing in front of me. "what the hell guys, what was that for?!", someone stepped forward, "well V, this is Logan, my boyfriend". Logan wore a simple black shirt underneath a knight vest, he had black pants and... A tie?

"uhhhhhh, nice to meet you?", Logan nodded, "likewise Virgil". Logan put a finger to his chin in thought, "do you have a power? If so what power do you have? Do you live in the palace?  How did you end up working for the prince? Are you allowed to die your hair?-", Logan continued to bombard me with questions of all sorts. I turned to the others and shrugged, I just wanted to get out of this crowded market. "hey... Uh... Logan, um yeah, so I don't remember any of your questions, but~ could you answer my one question?". He eyed me for a few seconds before giving a simple nod, "ok what's the difference between normal magic and royal magic?". "well, that Truely is an intriguing question".

"you see-" Logan had waved his hands around as he continued, "normal magic doesn't have any elements in it, the main elements are fire, nature, earth and air along with a few others, these are only found in royal bloodlines, take Roman as example, he has royal fire magic, his mother, royal nature magic and his little sister has royal air magic".

"so what your saying is, elements are only found in royal bloodlines, therefore being classed as royal magic?", Logan nods, "yes". That did answer alot of my questions, "what about soul searchers?", there were a few sharp intakes of air around me, I turned to Patton and Roman with a raised eyebrow.

"sorry, mother says that soul searchers are known as evil or dangerous, she said that's what father wants me to know...", Patton shrugs slightly before turning around pointing a dramatic finger, "to the forest!".

Patton started sprinting through the crowd in the direction of said forest, followed closely behind by Logan, Roman and then me. I had to slow down a few times so I wouldn't over take Roman, anything could go wrong and him being a prince won't help.

"guys, do you even know where we're going?!", they all shouted back a 'no', thanks guys.

After a few more minutes of running we had finally stopped. As I look to the others I stopped in my tracks, I was face to face with a wereraven, I didn't have enough time to read it's soul as it lunged it's talons at me.

I jumped hastily to one side, then to the other in a repeated act, there were feathers and 'caws' everywhere.

My back was pressed to a tree as the wereraven sprung at me once again, I rolled away just in time for its claws to be wedged into the trunk. I quickly read it's soul, pain, all I saw was pain and sadness

I was frozen, the way it resembled my own emotion was kind of scary. It had been through trauma of its own, and ridding it with anger.

I had felt a hand on my shoulder, I quickly grabbed the hand and threw them over my head, face first into the ground. I sprung back into a self defence stance and looked at the victim of my attack. Roman.

"oh gosh, I'm so sorry Roman, frick, am I in trouble for that?!", I had heard laughter behind me and felt myself figuratively shrink, I must have royaly screwed up with that act.

He groaned slightly, "don't worry I'm fine, but that wereraven seems pretty angry", he, as quick as he could, jumped up and moved out of the way as the creature surged forward.

Patton must've sensed it's emotion, since he was saying soothing things to try and calm it down. The wereraven stopped and started running at Patton who squeaked slightly, embracing death itself.

Suddenly, Logan shot in front of Patton and drew his sword, effectively protecting Patton in the process.

The creature stopped in its tracks, looking Logan dead in the eyes. It huffed and sat down, tilting it's head slightly as if asking Logan a question.

Logan stumbled back a bit, quickly gaining his composure once again, it was as if they were having a telepathic conversation.

"alright everyone, the wereraven won't attack us anymore", I felt sceptical. I turned towards the creature, reading it's soul. Excitement, curiosity and suspicion.

I made my way to Roman, hoisting him up by hand and checking him over for any injuries, I then moved to Patton. I looked at Logan and he nodded subtly.

We continued our way through the forest, the wereraven following Logan intently. Every once in a while it would pick at the ground with its beak in search for food.

"hold on for a second!", Logan called from the front. I made my way towards him, looking into a field of Shock Lillies. "ok, we aren't walking through them, we can find a way around-", Patton had started, "or we could just turn back and forget this ever happened", I finished.

Roman started sprinting forward,  just as he was about to step into the field of paralyses flowers I leaped into action. My job was to protect and serve the prince, what do you think I would have done, just let him get paralyzed. Yeah I would rather not be fired.

I grabbed Romans hand and pulled him safely into the bushes, in the process I ended up spiraling forward into the sea of electricity. I fell through the surface into a glowing cave, lit up by the surge of electricity from the thousands of Shock Lillies.

I could hear voices of the others for five seconds, my hearing was soon clouded by large gushes of wind. The sound of flapping wings and falling feathers filled my senses until I could see the creatures eyes, irrodecent orange glass-like eyes staring into my own dark purple ones.