Forbidden - Lashton

Chapter 26 - ashton

I've been running down the halls of the castle to find Luke outside. After finding out the information with Michael, everything started to piece together, just as I imagined it yet I couldn't help but have a bad feeling in my gut as if somethings bad about to happen. Maybe it could connect to the dreams I'd wake up to, I thought. No, their just bad dreams. Luke's right. By the time I get outside, I see Luke. He's still in the same spot where we talked before I met up with Calum and Michael. He's crouched down on the floor, examining that seems like a small object that he's holding in his palm. I couldn't tell what it is seeing that half of his hand is covering it.

"Luke?" I say as he snaps his head up to look at me looking as if in deep in thought. He licks his lips and  gets up from the ground and quickly said, "You went to see Calum, right?" I nod my head slowly as I still wondered what's he got holding in his hand and what business does he need to see him? "Where is he? I need to see him." I look back towards the entrance and sighed. "Inside. Library," I told him. "What's that you're holding?" My eyes flickered down to the object he's holding. He looks down at it and unfolds his hand so I could see a better look at it. It was a glowing purple crystal. Is it magical? I feel as if it has some kind of power. Where had it gotten it anyway?... Unless...

"Where did you get that?" He didn't respond. "Luke?" He brought his arm down to his side and ignored my question. "You said Calums inside the library?"  I narrowed my eyes at him and took a step towards him. "Where did you get that?" It's not like that crystal is familiar to me or anything. It's drawing myself to it and I don't know why. "I have to find Calum." That's all he said to me as he sidesteps me.

I stop him from going anywhere by going in front of the door, blocking him from heading in. "Luke, wait." He stops, getting his full attention towards me. "I came to look for you and now you're ignoring me." Luke rolled his eyes at the last part I said. "Ignoring you? You've been ignoring me! I don't understand you at all. Do you love me or not?" There was a long silence between the two of us and Luke noticed I wasn't gonna say anything so he pushes me to the side to get himself inside. I blinked and saw his first step inside and then I went in behind him shouting out, "Yes!" He stops walking and turns to look at me. I give myself a moment to think before continuing. "Yes, Luke. I love you! We've had those ups and downs and they were mostly my fault but at the end of the day, you are always on my mind." I finish saying what I had always wanted to say and walk up to Luke, pulling him into an embrace. I hug him tight, feeling as if I let go then he'd never come back. It took a few seconds for Luke to return the hug. He ran his hand through my hair just the way I had told him that I like feeling.

"I'm sorry. For yelling at you." Luke said quietly from behind my ear. I pull away from the hug. "No, you shouldn't be apologizing, not as a prince anyway. I told you not to say sorry to me, I don't like it when people say sorry out of their anger."

"What...? Did you just-- Are you calling me a..." He gulped. "Prince?" He didn't believe me with that look in his eye. I hadn't expected him to be a prince, or maybe I did. Wait, that means he's been raised by those kidnappers. I swear I'll put every one of them in a cell. When Luke reclaims his crown, what will happen to Calum? Where would he go?

"Luke, listen to me, okay?" He nods his head. "You're the missing prince everyone's been looking for. Just think about it. You don't have any recollection of your past, right?"

"I was only a baby, of course, I wouldn't remember. My parents died in a fire. I'm no prince. What made you say that?"

"...Do you want to know the real reason on why Michael and I went along on your trip?" It's for the best if I told Luke. There's no need to keep secrets from him any longer. "So it wasn't just on helping us, go on."

"I found this diary from the queen of Endor and she talked about her son who had blue eyes. I wanted to know more and dig in so I was about to ask Calum before Michael told me that you two went on a journey," I looked at Luke to see the look on his face though it was just plain but concentrated so I trailed on. "In a way, we were both helping you--" Luke laughed. "Okay, Michael was helping you. I wanted you to finish up faster, to talk to Calum faster. I guess Michael beat me to it..." Luke stopped laughing when I mentioned Michael. "Do you trust Michael?" He suddenly asked me, putting me on the spot. "Yes," I responded back fast. I would never hesitate on that question. Of course, I trust Michael. "Why are you asking?"

Luke sighed, fiddling with the crystal he had in his hand. "Just be careful around him. I feel like he's hiding something and he's hiding it very well."

"Michael? Hiding something? He is strange but he's the opposite of that." I smiled at the thought of it. I know Michael, he's not good at hiding things even if he tries.

"Trust me, okay? Now go on about this prince stuff."

"Right...Just minutes ago, I was able to retrieve the second queen's old diary. She had confirmed her child's name. It had your name in it. Luke, you're the missing prince."

"Where's this evidence?" He asked still not believing me.

"Michael has it," I told him.

"Again with Michael! Did you both find out today?"

I shake my head. Michael knew before me. He knew this whole time and didn't once think about telling me. "Did something happen between you two? You don't seem to like him." I asked. "I saw Michael with someone, couldn't tell who. Both of them kept babbling on about how they were to awaken someone or something. It's been giving me chills ever since. I don't think Michael is someone you know."

To be continued...

A/N: These are gonna be short chapters, for now.