The queen of dreams and stars

Chapter 1

"Daddy where are we going?" said a wide-eyed little girl at the age of 5 being dragged by her father. "Do not call me that, and do not worry where you're going." She quietly followed for a while and her father's grip only got tighter. "Daddy stop! you're hurting me!" she cried and a slap was heard throughout the dimly lit hallway. The little girl was now holding her cheek with tears in her eyes. "I told you not to call me that!" She just nodded and allowed her father to continue to drag her down the hallway until they reached the end and the hallway opened up to the outside. "Wait here, I have to settle some things." the little girl once again nodded looking down to avoid her father's cold glare.

"Your majesty." a cloaked man said and appeared from the woods. "Good evening, everything all set?" the young girl's father said the cloaked man nodded. "Yes your majesty, is the princess ready to go?" the cloaked man said and her father scoffed. "No need to call her that anymore after tonight she'll be declared dead and will no longer be a princess after all." the cloaked man chuckled "Yes, you're right your majesty." the two look over at the princess who was now cowering, fearing what was now going to happen to her. "Well if everything is set to go you should head out before the sun rises." the girl's father says. "Yes, King Arcadia." the cloaked man bows and turns to the frightened little girl. "Time to go princess Astara." The cloaked man looked at her with an evil smile. "Where?" she whimpered. "You'll see." Her father chuckled and shook the cloaked man's hand before turning and walking right past Astara not even looking at her. She screamed and called for her father but it fell on deaf ears as she was thrown onto the back of a truck and the top was pulled over her head.

Astara curled up into a ball and cried. She didn't know where she was going nor what was going to happen to her but she does know that nothing good is heading for her.

Tears were falling down her face, she was crying for help but her cries fell on deaf ears. Suddenly the car came to an abrupt stop causing the poor girl to hit her head against the back of the trunk. She heard what sounded like a struggle from outside and suddenly the cover was pulled off and the door of the trunk was opened. The poor girl cowered in the corner fearing that she'd get hurt. "Hey, hey its okay, we're here to help." A man said speaking in a soft voice and reached his hand out showing he wasn't going to hurt her. Astara slowly reached her hand out before taking his and allowing him to pull her out of the trunk and let her sit on the edge of the truck. A woman wrapped a blanket around the shivering girl. "Don't worry, we're going to take you somewhere safe, now what is your name little one." The women asked. "My name... is Astara" the 5 year old said and the man and woman gasped. "As in Princess Astara?" the man asked and Astara nodded. The man shook his head and the woman hugged the girl. "You poor thing, I can't believe this, don't worry we're going to take you in and give you a home." The lady said. "My name is Alec and this is Diamond, we're going to take care of you from now on." The man said and Astara nodded a smile gracing her face. Diamond took her into her arms and started walking away from the truck and taking her to her new home.

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That was years ago, Astara is now 17 and has lived with Diamond and Alec since that fateful night. She learned that Alexa and Ethan were part of a group of "protectors" that raid cars of kidnapped victims and cars that are part of an illegal slave trade and put those children in safe homes that adopt them or return the kidnapped victims to their homes. Astara was sold by her father to the illegal slave trade and was rescued by them and given a home. Alec and Diamond were her adopted parents and she joined their family, She has an older brother and sister and a two younger sisters who were also adopted and are actually biological sisters. Her brother's name is Axel and he is 19 he doesn't live at home anymore but visits often, her older sister is Mira she and Axel are twins and she no longer lives at home either in fact she is engaged but she and her fiancé do visit often to help take care of Astara and her younger sisters when their parents go out. Her younger sister Catalina is 14 and her biological sister Aurora who is 9, they were both sold to the slave trade by their parents and like Astara were adopted by Alec and Diamond after they rescued them. They live in a small town called Stonecrest in the kingdom of Alora which neighbors Astara's kingdom Arcadia where Astara's father rules with an iron fist and is a Tyrant.

As the years went by Astara feared what her father might do to her half brother Callan who always protected her from their father's wrath after Astara's mother died. Callan's mother died from child birth and a couple years later their father married Astara's mother Angel and she helped raise Callan as her own, their father was abusive towards both the kids and Angel, but she tried her best to protect the children from their father but when she died when Astara was 3 due to a sickness that struck the kingdom. After she was gone there was no one to protect Callan and Astara from their father and Astara got the brunt of it because as she grew she looked more and more like her mother which only made her father angrier. Eventually when she turned 5 he sold her to the slave trade and told the kingdom she got sick and passed. Her brother knew that his sister was never sick and feared what their father did to her but never mentioned her in fear his father would do the same to him, but never stopped looking for his sister and believed she was out there.

Now lets get into our story.