Saying Goodbye

    I am still dazzled after what my parents told me about who I am. My parents then told me that Freda and Nick are both from fairy land too, no wonder they are the only friends they accepted without question. I can say my birthday is a total blast.

They told me that there are different types of fairy. Usually according to them normal or commoner fairies have two colors on their wings, but if you belong to the royal guard you need to have a three colored wings to be able to join the royal soldier and that requires two primary colors and one secondary color.

The color of the royal blood mostly the combination of the primary colors. Having more than three of the primary colors means you are most powerful.

    According to them, I belong to the Erthesia Kingdom, the most powerful kingdom of the entire fairyland, and my father is the ruler of the said kingdom, but after my birth the kingdom turned into shambles.

     King Trelos Archon of the dark fairy kingdom known as the Skotadi Kingdom, wanted to get hold of me as revenge for my father for marrying the queen. According to history Trelos fell in love with my mom when they are still in the academy, but she married my father.

     It made him mad, and defies the king, his father for not siding with him, he killed his own father to become king of Skotadi and made it a dark kingdom, feared by most fairies. He swore to the whole fairyland that one day he will take his revenge.

We are gathered in the living room to talk about my journey in going to Erthesia. Though it is too much to process I am a bit excited knowing I am a fairy after all and the power I have within me. Not an ordinary, but I belong to a royal family.

    "If we are really fairies, why do we look like humans, I mean, look at Nick why does he look like a model, he is so tall. Fairies are tiny right?" I asked them confused.

     It made them laugh. "You know fairy is a myth in a human world, but in the world of fairies we look like humans except our pointed ears. All fairies are beautiful creatures, there are just some who possess more beauty and power." Explained Nick.

    "So are you one of them Nick? I mean, who owned more beauty and power?" I asked him again.

     "How I wished Mal. Just wait until you see the population of Erthesia Academy." He said seriously.

"Can you answer my question why are you here in the mortal world? Both of you?" I asked Freda and Nick.

     "I came here as your guardian, I am a warrior of Aeras Kingdom, one of the allies of your father. When I completed my training, the king personally selected me as your guardian, supposedly your power will start to show when you turned fourteen, but I am impressed by the spell your father cast on you." Explained Freda.

    "So you mean the color of your wings are three colors?" I asked her.

     "Yes, Malia! The colors of my wings are yellow, white, and blue." The colors of our wings represent also our abilities. I can manipulate air and water, and I am a healer too." Freda tells me casually as if I understand what they are talking about.

    "How about you?" I questioned Nick.

    "I came here as your protector. Same with Freda your father has many allies, and our kingdom is one of them. I am from Elpizo Kingdom. The colors of my wings are red, blue, yellow, and green." Said Nick.

"You are a prince? The color of your wings consist the three primary colors, and one secondary color. Just great, why a member of the royal family came here just for me?" I asked with astonishment in my voice.

    "You don't get it Malia, you are the most powerful fairy in the entire kingdom ever born next to your great-grandfather of course. Late King Mirrick Ischyros." Said Nick.

"My father told me that the day you were born, King Maverick your father, summoned all the kings in the neighboring kingdom which is under his reign and command, to present his daughter."

"Actually, only kings and queens had seen you in the fairyland. For the rest of the fairies, you were gone before they even see you as their future queen. All believed that you were captured by King Trelos. They don't know that you are here in the mortal world."

     "What you mean I am the most powerful in your kingdom? I don't even have wings, I can't fly. Hello guys? Look at me, I am only a human being I don't have powers, maybe you are wrong about me, maybe I got swapped." I said to them wearily.

"Malia, the king personally sent you here, you can't feel, and can't use your power because you are under a spell cast by your own father." Said my dad.

"We need to leave since you're magic will come out soon, and it is not safe for you to linger more days in this world." Nick said with finality.

"Mal, if you want to call our friends, do it now since we need to depart early in the morning." Freda said, looking at me sadly.

"How about school Dad?"

"I will go to your school tomorrow, and I will get your school records, and tell them that we need to move to another state due to my change of career." Dad said firmly.

      I called and say goodbye to my friends. I don't know what would be my new life, and don't know what lies ahead, I am still glad that my close friends are with me.  Without Freda and Nick I couldn't tell if I can accept this new reality.

The saddest part is saying goodbye to my adoptive parents. They are the only parents I know, I understand now why they are so strict to me, they are afraid the dark king will find me, if ever my magic will come out accidentally.

"Dad? When I will be coming back?" I asked dad.

"Malia, you can't come back once you go back to the fairyland unless you fulfill your destiny. If you are the new ruler of Erthesia, that is the time you can visit us. Please take care Your Royal Majesty, it is our honor and privilege to serve you." Dad said formally.

"Come on Dad! I am your daughter, you can't call me your royal majesty, just call me Mal."

"I can't do that anymore, now that you know who you are it is forbidden in our law to call you by your name, except Freda and Nick will continue to call you by your given name for confidentiality purposes."

"During your stay at the academy you should still use your given name here in the human world, Malia Blaze. No one is allowed to know who you really are for your own safety. You don't need to worry, there are a lot of soldiers in the academy who will guard you, pretending to be students too." Dad said solemnly.

"You will pretend that you are half human and half fairy around campus. The headmaster knows your real identity because he is your father's friend, and he can see you through because of his bond with the king."

The following morning I said goodbye to my parents.

    "Mom! I will miss you, please let me stay here for another day." I hugged mom while crying.

    "I want you to stay forever here with me Malia, but we know our role in your life the moment you were entrusted to us by your father. I am so lucky to meet such a powerful man. Face your destiny Malia, you will always be here in my heart."

   I never feel too much pain in my entire life. Leaving my life behind is so hard, especially my parents, after I hugged and kissed them, I sprinted into the car without looking back, because if do I might not be able to leave them behind.

    I climb into the front seat of Nick's car while my tears are streaming down on my cheeks. I never wiped my tears away, I let it fall until it stopped on its own, and I don't know how long I was crying, until I noticed we are no longer in our town.

   Nick and Freda are quiet, but I know they are just waiting for me to talk first. I don't want to talk yet, and I am hurting inside. I want to go back to our house, and imprisoned myself in my room.