Monday, October 29, 2012

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 want to be a regular teenager, not a fairy princess with a destiny that I do not want.
I have a twin sister named Hanna, 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 have to 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 sound 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 began dating Hanna 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. Dimitri had the experience that no one else had ever had when he encounters a nightwalker while at his academy. My father was so impressed with his skills and knowledge, he appointed him to his royal guards. 
When and Hanna 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 Hanna 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." One day, Queen Caroline and King Stephen had a little baby girl. Shortly after the birth of their daughter, they noticed that the baby never cried. Queen Caroline summoned the royal healer to take a look at the baby. Days passed, leaving the queen and king frustrated with no answers on why their daughter's condition seemed to get worse. King Stephen summoned a wizard named Nolan from a faraway land known for his special healing abilities. When the wizard arrived at the castle, the queen and king told him everything they knew about the baby and what all the other healers had tried that failed. Nolan asked Queen Caroline to show him the baby. The queen led the Nolan over to one of her ladies that was holding the baby in her arms. Nolan held out his hands, taking the frail baby into his hands. Nolan looked over the baby with care before he placed the baby down in the cradle. Nolan then asked King Stephen for a sample of the baby's blood so he could test it. King Stephen agreed to let Nolan prick the tiny baby's finger to get a few drops of blood. The king and queen watched Nolan mix the drops of blood into a glass vial that had clear liquid. The liquid turned black, causing Nolan to reach up to stroke his beard. "This is what I feared," Nolan told the king and queen." Can you save our child?" the queen asked the wizard. "I can save her, but I have a request," Nolan told King Stephen." I will do anything if you can save my daughter, "King Stephen told Nolan." Your daughter must marry one of my grandchildren when she becomes of age," Nolan told them. The queen and king were taken off guard with the wizard's request. "If you save my daughter, we will grant your request," the king told the wizard. The queen leaned down to kiss her daughter's head, then moved out of the way of the wizard. Nolan unwrapped the baby, leaving the baby wearing only a cloth around her waist. The king, and queen, watched as Nolan closed his eyes, then started to rub his hands together. Nolan started chanting strange words in a different language. Nolan stomped his foot, then came down quick with his hands over the baby's body. A light burst from his hands into the baby's body. Light-filled the room as the baby's body began to float up from the cradle, making several in the room gasp. No one said a word as they watched in amazement. Nolan slowly placed his hands under the baby as the light faded. A cry filled the room as the baby came to life for the first time since she was born. Queen Caroline burst into tears as the king watched Nolan slowly place the baby back into the cradle. The queen and king walked over to the cradle to look at their daughter. Light radiated from the baby's skin. "Why is she glowing?" Queen Caroline asked Nolan. Nolan reached down, taking the baby into his hands. He then held her up so they could see just what was making the baby appear to glow. The baby had what looked like wings that fluttered, though they were not physical. Beautiful wings radiated from her back." She was born with a weak soul, a body that was slowly dying because her soul was not strong enough. She is now enchanted with the gift of the fairy. Now her soul is strong enough to live. She is now special because she has fairy magic within her soul," Nolan explained to the king and queen.
"There will be many that will not understand her condition. Some will try to do her harm to gain access to what makes her special. She will need to be protected until she the time comes for my grandchild to come and protect her," Nolan told the queen and king. "We will keep her safe," the queen tells the wizard before he left as fast as he came. 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. The wizard tried to push for the princess to marry his grandson, but the grandson refused to break up the couple. So, the wizard gave up and allowed the princess to marry the mortal that she fell in love with. The wizard vowed that one day one of his grandsons would marry one of the descendants of the princess fulfilling their agreement. It is said that the guardians are the descendants of the wizard. They are trained in many ways to protect the Fairy people from evil creatures that exist that would do us harm, so we must be protected all the time," her mother told them, as she shut the book." 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 Night Walkers, 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 had to protect us against the nightwalkers because they were 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 of our blood. There are stories told that if one of us was turned, that we would lose our wings, and the 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 said 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. 
 

9 comments:

  1. just stunning, i can tell this story is going to be interesting, i wander if your going to have any auditions for this fairy-tale i would love to introduce some of my characters to you

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  2. Wow, that is really nice. I don't know what to say but felt I had to say something, nice foreshadowing, I guess lol

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  3. This is really good, Jamee! I really like the characters, and the history of the different species was very interesting.

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  4. Poor ignorant girl, one day she is really going to find out what a nightwalker is, and it's going to be traumatic.

    Great job on this! :)

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  5. Dimitri, eh?
    With long hair and all?
    I smell vampire academy ;)

    Awesome so far.

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    1. Yes I used the name Dimitri from one of my favorite stories. But this story has a much different story line. I think my readers will like it.

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  6. where on earth do you find all the medieval clothing??? i have been looking for them since you have inspired me to start doing my own stories. cant wait to see what happens in chapter 24. love this story. keep up the good work :)

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