Mixed Feelings-Chapter Three

Mixed Feelings

Chapter Three

I was walking through the dining room when I almost run right into Mark that was coming through the door. I was startled at first, but he walks right up to me as if nothing had happened the other night when he walked out on me after I had rejected his advances.  

"I'm sorry for walking out on you the other night. I was just frustrated, that's all. I don't want to push you into things you don't want to do," Mark explains. 

"Can you forgive me?" he asks me with a pitiful look on his face. I couldn't say no with a face like that. 

I'm not mad at you, I just don't want to rush into anything so fast," I tell him. "Of course, we don't need to rush anything, let's just take it step by step," he replies.

Then he leans over and kisses me. Before I have time to register what's going on, he pulls away. It was not what I had expected at all. It took me off guard, and it felt a little awkward, but I guess that's what a first kiss is supposed to be like.

Later on that evening me and Mark are outside shooting some hoops. It is nice to have some fun and not worry about anything. It felt like old times when we were just friends and not trying to make it all complicated.

I was winning in points when Dimitri shows up. "Its dark, you know how your mother doesn't want you out after it's dark," Dimitri announces. "Yeah, it's late, I better be getting home too," Mark says with a smile. Mark walks over to me, giving Dimitri a look before he leans over, giving me a quick peck on the cheek. "See you around," he says as he walks toward his car. I glance over at Dimitri, who doesn't look happy. The sound of Mark's car starting up grabs my attention back to him as he pulls out of my driveway. I watch Mark leave, then turn toward Dimitri, who is still standing there watching me with a very serious look. "What was the rush?" I ask. "It's late, neither of you needs to be out this late," he replies before he turns and starts walking toward the house. 

I go inside and get ready for bed. I must have drifted off to sleep pretty fast. I wake up to strange noises coming from outside. I look at my clock and realize that it's in the middle of the night. 

I slip off the bed and head to the window. I move the curtains to peek outside to see if I could see anything. 

It's dark, and all I can see is two people fighting out by the garage. I squint, pressing closer to the window when they come into view. 

It's Dimitri and Chris sparing with each other. I continue to watch them exchange blows with each other. They are both good, only getting a few hits on each other. I continue to watch as they fight each other.

I found myself drawn to them, I had no idea that both of my guards were this talented and this hot. I had never paid attention before, I was always paying attention to Mark. As I watch them fight, I never realized how well they were trained in fighting. I had never watched them spar like this before. As I keep watching, I start to feel guilty about spying on them and having thoughts about my guards, knowing I had a boyfriend that was so into me.  

Then something unexpected happens, their movements speed up, and they were matching each other. Their movements became blurred as they exchange blow after blow. They move with such fierceness that a faint light radiates from their movements. I blink several times to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me. I look again and I'm shocked at what I'm seeing. When they finish fighting, I watch them walk out of sight, shoving each other as they make remarks to each other. They seem to get along pretty well when they are not in public. I go back to bed, letting my mind playback their fight. Before I know it, I drift back off to sleep. 

The next day, I go outside to play some ball with Dimitri. When I arrive, there he is in a black sleeveless tank top that shows off his lean muscles. He is breathtaking, how did I not notice him before? He tosses the ball and lets it bounce off the rim, making it shoot right back at him. He shifts as the ball flies past him, barely missing him. 

I start to giggle, that's when Dimitri looks over at me with a weird look. "What is it?" he asks as he stands there waiting for my reply. "I thought you would be better with your kind of skills," I say as I giggled again. "Hey, I might be good at fighting, but I'm not perfect," he replies.

It was the weekend, and my parents were going to be away on business. I was instructed to stay with my two guards today. They chose to spend their time working out, so I had to hang out with them in the gym. I had nothing better to do anyway, Mark was not coming over today, and I didn't want to hang out at the mall when my guards had to keep in shape. Chris burns up the treadmill, and Dimitri lifts weights while I try doing some stretches. 

As I'm stretching, I look over at Dimitri. I watch him work out on the bench, wondering how I never noticed how hot he was. He was lifting weights, not even paying Chris or me any mind. I continue to watch him when I notice a tattoo on his upper arm. It was only visible when he was in his work out clothes. It was always covered up when he was working. It looked like a beast with wings, probably had something to do with his job as a guardian. They took their jobs seriously, that is what made them good at what they do. I finally make myself look away and go back to doing what I started to do in the first place. I had to quit staring at him.  

That didn't last long, my eyes wander again when he moves to kick at a wooden dummy. He is graceful and precise with each kick. I bet at this point I was staring with my mouth hanging to the floor. Get it together, I shout in my head. 

Dimitri finishes up with his workout, leaving Chris and me in the gym while he got changed. Dimitri comes back into the gym wearing his regular clothes. Sandy comes in and walks right over to Dimitri. Me and Chris watch them chat for a few minutes. I look over at Chris and see him staring at Sandy. I know that look from anywhere; he has a crush on Sandy. As they continued to talk, I found myself a little jealous of the way she and Dimitri can talk with such ease. Dimitri usually keeps himself at a distance with me, other than for the first time the other day when he was trying to cheer me up. If I was a betting girl, I would have thought she had a crush on him. I look over at Chris, and he looks crushed.  I couldn't blame him, I was getting a little jealous myself. Then I realize with a strange clarity, I have a crush on Dimitri. How did this happen, I think to myself. He is older than me, and it is forbidden to date a guardian. He's not a royal, but man, I would break the rules for him any day.

"Stay here with Chris, me and Sandy have some work to do," he tells me. "Ok," I reply to him as I watch him leave, leaving Chris and me to relax while they did whatever they had to do. I sit down on the bench as Chris settles down on the floor. I couldn't help but be nosy, "I see how you look at Sandy, you like her, don't you?" I ask. He looks at me like I just figured out his big secret. "Yes, I have liked Sandy for a long time. I just can never get up the nerve to ask her out, plus I think she likes Dimitri. I see how she looks at him.," he replies. "I don't see it, I think you are just paranoid," I tell him. "Have you seen the guy, he's a walking hunk!!!" he says with amusement. 

"You are not giving yourself enough credit. I think you have a chance, just as much as Dimitri. You should just ask her. Then you would know for sure instead of wondering what if all the time," I say to Chris, who raises an eyebrow to me. 

"Yeah, what about you, little miss? I have seen how you have been staring at Dimitri all day. I can't blame you, most girls do that around him," Chris huffs. "Well that's different, I can't be with Dimitri for so many reasons. For one, he's older than me, my guardian, and he's not royal. It's forbidden for us to be together," I reply. "I guess we both know how each other feels then," Chris says. Dimitri pokes his head in the doorway, "get dressed, it's spar time."

I walk outside to join Dimitri and Sandy while Chris goes to get changed. Sandy and Dimitri are already dressed in their training clothes. Chris joins us only moments later, wearing the same training outfit as Sandy. Dimitri wore a completely different outfit than Sandy and Chris. It was the same outfits that Chris and Dimitri had on the other night that I watched them fight each other. I jump up and take a seat on the picnic table to watch them do what they do best. First up are Chris and Sandy, as Dimitri stands by to observe them. 

Sandy is deadly, she can jump at incredible heights and can dodge kicks and punches with graceful movements. She is really good at it. She is beautiful, I found myself wanting to be a lot like her. 

Chris tries really hard to get a blow in on her, but she is to fast.

Then its Dimitri and Sandy's turn. She can block a lot of  Dimitri's blows, but she isn't as good as him. They didn't have the experience that he had, he grew up training to be a guardian and even had a fight with a Night Walker. That's is how and why he is so good and why he was selected to teach others how to protect themselves and the ones they were protecting. He had faced them before and knew what they were like. They said he almost didn't survive, his skills, and training that he had allowed him to escape before they had a chance to kill him.  

Sandy is taking a few blows from Dimitri, so he slows down to show her a few different moves. 

Doing a few more rounds, Dimitri calls it quits. I watch Dimitri walk back into the gym, and Chris walks over to Sandy, that is picking up a towel from a nearby chair. I can hear them talking, as Chris crushes on her. She seems interested in Chris, I can see it by the way she looks at him. I'm a little surprised, all this time, I thought she had a crush on Dimitri. 

The next day after school, me and my best friend are walking up to my house with Chris and Mark. I look over at Mark that is paying no attention to me while he talks to Chris. Out of nowhere, she starts grilling me, "Ok, tell me!" she demands. "There's nothing to tell," I reply. She looks at me with the look of I know you are full of crap. I just didn't want to tell anyone about my crush on Dimitri. I know I can trust her, but I wasn't sure about the feelings I was having for Dimitri were, and what I truly felt about Mark. 

"Ok, I get it, you and Mark!" she starts just as I cut her off. "No, not that," I reply.

Then she did it, she used her magic. I had no time to react when I was hit right in the face with a cloud of mist. I was putty in her hands as I look over at Mark and Chris, who were laughing at us. "You," is all I got out as the spell began to work. "I see you guys later," Mark calls out as he walks over to his car. 

She watches Mark leave, then she turns back to me. "Tell me what's got you so distracted?" she asks. "That's not fair, your cheating," I say as I giggle. "Come on, tell me," she says as she gives me a pouty face.

I struggle to keep the words from coming out, but the truth spell left me no choice. "I've got a crush on Dimitri," I reply. She starts to giggle. "I knew it, I knew you were acting strange. I can't blame you, he's very handsome. The best part of it, you get to see him all the time. What about Mark?" she asks. "I don't know, I'm not sure what I should do," I reply.  

Not So Ordinary-Chapter Two

Not So Ordinary

Chapter Two

Mark and I were coming home from school one day, with Chris following in the distance. "So, how were your classes today," I asked Mark. "Boring, as usual, it's way to easy," he replied.

As we headed into the house, I was laughing from one of the many jokes that Mark would tell me. He had this gift for making others laugh and have a good time when they were with him. I think that is what drew my attention to him when we first met. We were like best friends, a relationship that was fun to have. 

We were sitting in the living room just about ready to watch a movie. Dimitri and Chris were in the other room to give me and Mark privacy. It was a movie that I had been waiting to see for a long time. I must have been wrapped up in the movie that I didn't notice that Mark was contemplating something.

He put his arm around my shoulders, then pulled me against his chest. He began to kiss me hard while his hand ran up my chest. I couldn't breathe, and the whole situation was making me nervous. 

I quickly shoved him away from me, putting distance between us. He looked at me with shock on his face as he leaned back, crossing his arms. "Why won't you go any further with me?' he asked. "I'm just not ready for that kind of relationship right now," I told him.

He was mad, and I knew it when he didn't say anything as he got up off the couch and started to walk away. "Mark! Please don't be mad at me," I called out to him. My please went on answered as I watched him walk out the door. 

I sat there, mortified at what had just happened between Mark and me. I wasn't sure if he had just broken up with me or if he was mad. Tears started to wheal up in my eyes when Dimitri walked in. I hid my tears the best I could and managed to get my emotions under control. 

"Thought you might want some company," Dimitri said as he took a seat on the end of the couch. "That would be nice," I replied in a soft tone. We sat there, not saying a word to each other. I tried to watch the movie that I was so wanting to see, but had lost interest in it when Mark pulled his stunt. "I can see that you're not into this, take a walk with me," Dimitri says as he gets up heading toward the door. 

He leads me outside to the back of the house. "This should do it," he said as he pulled his wand out of his back pocket. I wasn't sure what he up to, but the sight of him using his wand was mesmerizing. Not many people got to see the guardians use their wands. "What are you doing?" I asked as I watched him smirk at me. He pointed it at me, my eyes wide in anticipation of what he was about to do. He flicked his wand as he said something that I couldn't make out. A small ball of light hit me, then all I felt was a warm feeling spread over me. I felt happy, and just like, I was having the best time of my life. "What did you do?" I asked as I stood up. "Well, you looked really upset, so I put cast a spell to make you happy," he said with a grin.

He sat down, motioning for me to sit down beside him. "I know it's none of my business, and if you don't want to tell me, then I understand. So, what happened between you and Mark today?" he asked. Out of all the time I have known Dimitri, He has never tried to get on a personal level with me. Dimitri keeps to himself and stays at a distance. There were times that Chris, Dimitri, and I have been on a friendly basis, but not on a personal level like today. Now he was not only interested in what was wrong with me but was taking the time to ask me about it. "We just had a fight. I didn't agree with some of his ideas," I reply.

I couldn't believe I was telling Dimitri about my Mark. I kept it simple, leaving out what had really happened between Mark and me. I knew if I told Dimitri what had really happened, he would beat down Mark the next time he saw him. So I left out the details of our fight. Changing the subject, "So how good are you with magic," I asked. "I have been doing it since I was a young child," he replied. "So did you grow up as a happy child," I asked, knowing I was maybe asking more than I should."Yes, it was fun, and I was getting to do things that others could only dream of doing," he said as he smiled as he thought of some past memory. 

Dimitri leaned back, barely brushing my hand as he tried to get comfortable. His fingers sent a strange sensation that made me freeze. What the heck is going on with me? This has never happened to me before. I have known Dimitri for a few years, and I have never had this reaction to him. I slow my breathing down and try to act calm. 

We chatted for a few hours about silly things and about his past. Before we knew it, it was getting dark out, and we could see the stars that lit up the sky. "Shooting star," I yell out as I point to the sky. All of a sudden, I was aware of how close we were. I don't think he even noticed how close we were, but oh, I did! I could smell his cologne mixed with his natural smell. I was breathing it in like oxygen. Then I noticed that I could feel the heat of his body from where we were touching. My heart began to race as a strange feeling washed over me. Then a thought came to me, why was I feeling this way toward Dimitri and couldn't with Mark? Oh my, I think I might have a crush on my guardian. This wasn't good, it was forbidden, and I was in a relationship with Mark. "It's getting late," I said as I stood up. "We better get inside," he replied as he got up from the ground. We headed for the house, with a lot of space between us. 

As we rounded the corner, my sister, Hannah, and her boyfriend Luke were saying there goodbyes. I stopped, and Dimitri almost ran right into me. "Wait," I whispered.

Yep there it was, Luke pulled her into his arms and kissed her so passionately I almost felt guilty watching. I had never been kissed like that, and wow, did it look amazing. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Let's go this way and give them some privacy," Dimitri's soft voice whispered to me. So we headed around the other side, going in the back. Once we got inside, Dimitri headed up to his room, leaving me alone downstairs. 

When my sister came in, she was glowing with happiness. "So, how did your date go with Luke?" I asked. "It was great, as always. I think he might propose to me soon, I just have this feeling," she tells me with excitement. "What, are you serious?" I ask with shock written all over my face."I think so, I know he loves me, and I love him the same way. He's been throwing some hints around by asking about our future and what we plan on doing," she tells me. I was shocked and stunned, here she was in love and ready to get hitched, and I had never been in love before, even the first time. I always wanted to have that romance that people talk about, but it just hadn't happened.

The Beginning-Chapter One

The Beginning

Chapter One

Hi, my name is Emily, just a regular seventeen-year-old girl in high school in my last year of school. I should be happy to be in my last year of school, but it is just the beginning of becoming an adult with responsibilities that I dread. My parents have been prepping me for the day that I take their place on the throne. I just want to be a regular teenager, not a fairy princess with a destiny that I do not want.

I have a twin sister named Hannah, she loves the politics and the royal lifestyle that I try to avoid. I have asked my parents several times to let her be the next heir to the throne, but they have disagreed. They tell me that it is the law that the first of twins be the heir. How I had wished that she would have pushed me out of the way to be first. For now, I must accept my fate until I find a way to change the laws. 

These are my parents, Queen Sophie and King William. They have been ruling for fifteen years. My grandfather was the previous king, which made my dad the heir to the throne. He rules with a kind heart but has a firm judgment when it comes to his people. We have been at peace for over twenty years.

 Mark belongs to one of the royal bloodlines. We started dating at the end of my eleventh-grade year. We started off as best friends in school, then decided to date. It was a real pain at first with his popularity that most of the girls began to hate me out of jealousy.

My sister started dating Mark, he is a few years older than my sister. Mark started dating Hannah when he was in his senior, and she was a freshman. My parents were hesitant in letting them date at first, but of course, they love each other and seemed relentless to stay away from each other. So my parents let them be together. They have been dating for several years now, and well, they are just right for each other.

These are our guardians that were assigned to my sister and me when we turned sixteen. My sister's guardian, named Sandy, was the best choice for my sister. She refused to have a male guardian, so they gave her one of the highest-ranked female guardians from the royal guard. I have seen her in many practice fights, her skills in magic and fighting are impressive. I was assigned two guardians, none of my choosing. My parents picked them from the special guard unit. The special guard unit is made up of guardians that were selected from a young age, then trained to be the royal guardians when they achieved a certain skill level. One of my guardians are Chris, which is hot as fire, straight out of guardian school, is only a few years older than me. His skills as a fighter and his magic ability made him one of the top guardians at a young age. He was the first guardian assigned to me. My second guardian, name Dimitri, was appointed about a year later. Dimitri came from the academy, where he taught martial arts and classes to the new elite guards in training. He was the top elite guard of the royal family, but due to his skills and knowledge, they allowed him to train the new guards. He had knowledge that no one else had when he had an encounter with a nightwalker while he was assigned to one of the royal families. My father was so impressed with his skills and knowledge he assigned him to his royal guards.

When Hannah and I were little, we didn't need personal guards like we do now. We went to school together and were always playing together. We were royal but not that close to the throne at the time. My parents were not king and queen yet. My father's parents were still alive and were the current rulers.

As Hannah and I grew up, we began to developed magic of our own and could do extraordinary things. It was fun, and we got into a lot of trouble.

One night I asked my mother to read me the story of our origin. My mother was hesitant at first, but she decided she would read it to us. "I'll be right back," she told me as I watched her leave my room. She quickly returned with an old leather-bound book that looked very old. She walked over, then sat down on the edge of my bed. She opened the book with care, then began to scan through the pages until she found what she was looking for. This would be a story that I would never forget.

I was so excited to hear how we became who we were. I settled into bed as my mother started to read. "It started about a hundred years ago," she began.

"The queen and king had a little baby girl that was born with a rare disease that no one knew of. Many of the royal doctors could not find a way to cure the baby. Out of desperation, the queen sought out a wizard that was known to deal with magic. So frail, the little baby laid, never crying or moving. The queen sent for the wizard to come to the castle to see if he could help. When the wizard arrived, he looked over the baby with care. "I can heal the baby, but I have a request in return," he told the queen. "I will do anything if you can save my daughter," she told him. "Your daughter must marry one of the decedents when she becomes of age," he said as he waited for their reply. The queen was taken off guard with the wizard's request. "If you save my daughter, she will be betrothed to one of your decedents," she replied. The queen picked up her tiny baby, gave her a kiss, then handed her to the wizard. She watched the wizard place her daughter in her cradle, then he took out a pouch from his bag. Reaching into a pouch, he started to sprinkle silver dust over her little body while he spoke words that made no sense to any of them. Once he was done, he reached down and laid his hands on the baby's chest. What happened next was amazing. A light radiated from his hand and moved into her body. The baby then let out a little cry—the queen scooping her daughter up into her arms as she wept with joy. The wizard turned to her, "she will need to be protected, she cannot be seen by mortals, for they will take her. They do not know that she is special, blessed with the gift of light," he told her. "We will keep her safe," she replied to the wizard that left as fast as he came. The queen cried as she watched her daughter that was now full of life. A few days passed when the queen noticed that her daughter had a slight glow to her. As the days passed, the baby had what looked like wings that fluttered, though they were not physical.  Beautiful wings radiated from her back. As she grew up, she developed extraordinary powers. She could float a few feet off the ground, as well as mysterious powers that had many mesmerized. They protected her from the world, hiding her existence from the outside court. When she turned into an adult, she fell in love with a mortal. The wizard was furious when he found out about the princess's love for a mortal. He tried to push for the princess to marry his son, but the son would not break up the couple. So, the wizard gave up and allowed the princess to marry the mortal that she fell in love were. Later the princess and her husband would have kids that were half like her and half like their father. It is said that the guardians are the descendants of the princess. Guardians are almost the same as us, but they are not as delicate as we are. They have many of our magical powers but cannot fly or have our wings, they don't have the gift of light. There is an evil that exists that would do us harm, so we must be protected all the time," her mother told them. "Who would want to harm us, mom," I asked with curiosity. "Are you sure you want to hear about them, I don't want to scare you," she said. "I want to know," I replied with confidence.

"They are called nightwalkers, mystical creatures that are very similar to us. They got their name from their inability to walk in the daylight. Their skin and eyes are so sensitive that the sun could kill them. They are considered the undead, walking the earth with pure evil flowing through their veins. They don't care about anyone, only their desire to devour their prey. You can spot them by their pale skin that has a slight glow, and their eyes are red, and can even glow in certain lighting. They have pointy teeth that they use to bite their victims, to make it easier to drink their blood. Sometimes they turn people to make them Night Walkers, this is achieved by draining their blood, then making the victim drink their blood. They are immortal, never aging. Some people that know about them have asked to be turned so they can become immortal," she told me.

I was scared, hiding my fear as my mother continued with her story. "The guardians protect us against them; they are obsessed with our blood. Many have said that our blood was magical, giving them super strength. Our blood causes them to go into a frenzy, draining all our blood. There are stories told that if one of us was turned, that we would lose our wings, and our magic that makes us special would disappear. Our teeth would become pointy, our skin would change, and our eyes would become red. We would become the undead walking in the darkness of the night, in search of our next prey," she explained.

"I personally had never seen one, but many say that in battles years ago, they were super strong, fast, and deadly. Many that encountered them never got the chance to tell about it. There were a few that managed to survive, to help teach the others how to defend themselves from the nightwalkers. I laid there, trying to imagine it all. I was so glad that we had guardians to protect us from those monsters that my mother had just told me about. I tried to think of what it would be like to see one of them in person only to shudder at the thought of it. I could only hope that I would never have to see them. "Mom, do you think that they could ever hurt us?" I asked with curiosity. "Of course not, we have the best guardians, and they will protect us from them," she told me. I knew this would be a story that would be passed down through the family, it was a story that would be told for years to come.

Without any further questions, my mother tucked my sister in and me and left us to sleep. I tried to stay awake as long as I could, I was afraid that I would see them in my dreams. I must have drifted off to sleep a short time after mom had left. This was the first memory that I had of this story, and I knew that I would visit this story many times in the future.

Introducing Fairytales

Introducing Fairytales

Fairytales is a new series that I have started on after working on my epic journey with the Medieval Series. I love writing and creating works of art, so I am now ready to take you on another ride through twists and turns as you see Emily's life through her eyes. 

 My name is Emily, I come from a line of royalty, I'm the next in line to inherit the throne. My family has ruled for more than one hundred years, dating back to the medieval era. I have a twin sister named Hanna that I have enjoyed growing up with. My life has been pretty simple up until now. When I turned seventeen, my life got turned upside down. I was now on the run with one of my guardians, that was one of my best friends. We were being hunted by someone that was out to kill us, and Chris was trying to keep me safe. I can only start from the beginning for anyone to understand the predicament that we now faced. This is where my story begins. A few years ago, when my family lived at the royal court together, we were known as Lightlings, a race that was kept secret from the human world. We were like humans until a wizard had changed one of my ancestors. My parents that ruled our kingdom was hidden far from the human world. All I ever wanted was to live a simple life, not be the next ruler of the kingdom. At the palace, we had guardians that watched over the royal family, so I thought. The nightmare that ripped my world apart began with them, they call them Night Walkers. 

Chris carried me as I screamed and cried. Tears ran down my face, and I was covered in blood, not my blood, the blood of innocent people that I knew for sure was dead. 

Hearing footsteps closing in, Chris put me down and starts dragging me by the hand. He was fast, and keeping up was almost impossible. We had to get away, or they would kill us.

We ran for the woods, hoping to lose them, we could only pray that we could outrun them.