11- Growth spurt and learning more secrets

Throughout the night Alex and Max took turns sleeping so they could guard the door and wake the other up in case one of them woke and needs to use the bathroom. Alex being the one up wakes Max "Max wake up The Queen is waking up. They will all be waking up soon so we need to get this cleaned up before they do." Alex and Max get everything cleaned up and wait at the door for them to get up and need to potty and want food. Alex had readied another Brenos get things ready Cleopatra needed to hunt today Max and him felt her shift last night and he knew it was time for her to hunt.

That morning everyone was slowly waking up the first to wake was Cleopatra. She just stared up at Issan like yesterday but like yesterday she could tell she was different today. She starts to measure her self against Issan and Melody and notices she grown again worried that Issan will worry about her growing like this she was starting to panic. Issan feeling what she was feeling woke up. He noticed that she was bigger again and knew what she was worried about. Melody wakes up and pushes on Bryan because he's got her locked up in his arms. Bryan was irritated with being woke up says "What why are you pushing on me?" Melody whines and says "I really have to pee or I going to pee in bed." Bryan let's her go and gets up and say "I will take you to the bathroom come on." As they got up Marv woke and says "Wait I will go with you." Cleopatra says "No need we will all go I have to potty too." She starts to get up and Melody sees her eyes and gasp and says "Cleopatra what's wrong with your eye," Lyra hearing this gets up and goes to her side and Celine rushes them out of the room and Issan was irritated by the way Alex comes in and says "It's fine she's been feeding more than regular she will be fine for the next 30 minutes to an hour but let's get her to the bathroom to potty and down to the controled hunting area I had someone set up last night. She needs to hunt today or she could get aggressive."

This pissed Issan off not understanding what he meant and he heats up the room and starts to walk to Alex and Cleopatra says "No My Issan he's right I feel itchy and I want to tear something apart. I can't explain it but I don't like it what's wrong with me." Issan runs his fingers through her hair and says "Nothing." Cleopatra whines because she felt off and Alex says "King Issan is correct My Queen there is nothing wrong with you I will explain but we need to move soon or you might hurt your self or someone else." Issan goes to grab her and she moves fast to get up and to the door in a matter of a second and looks around Alex was at her side and opens the door and was couldn't control her movements and she was at the bathroom before Melody and Bryan were out.

Issan running to keep up says "What is going on?" Alex says "This growth spurt jumped her to almost 10 in body and her mind to 16-20 it's going to take time for her to get this under control." Cleopatra comes out and says "I can't do this I don't like this please make it stop." Issan grabs her picks her up and says "I guess I should have listened and not feed you 3 times yesterday full of red meat. I'm so sorry My Sweet Cleo." Alex shakes his head and says "This isn't just your fault it's all of us that knew that this would happen we just wanted to bond her to you faster to keep her safe. We all agreed that her being bonded to you was the safest place for her." They all walked down stairs and Alex was leading the way.

As they went for the stairs to lead to the dungeon Issan stops and says "I'm not putting her in a cage I already told you this." Alex doesn't stop walking and says "There are 4 levels of the dungeon and we took one of them and turned it into a controled area for her to hunt safely for now. Soon she will have to go to the wild and hunt properly. You are going to see something you will need to keep to yourself and Melody and Byran will need to go back up stairs." As they reach the doors to the new controlled hunting grounds for Cleopatra. Alex turns and says "I'm sorry but the 2 of you really need to go back up stairs." Melody says "I'm not going to tell anyone?" Bryan says "I won't either." Alex says "That's not what I'm worried about and we have no time to argue you need to go and My Lord Her Grace needs to be put inside now before she loses her control." Issan opens the door and walks in and puts her down. Cleopatra sniffs the air and takes off to find and kill her food. Issan turns around and says "She doesn't even know there here she's more interested in the food and kill. You sure this is what she needs?" Alex says "Yes this what she needs and she may not even kill anything it's all about the hunt I know what you want to do but My Lord she needs to stop eating uncooked food all day at least once a day but no more. Once she hits adult hood she will get more aggressive if you keep letting her eat raw meat this way." Issan just stood there waiting for her to return to him.

Cleopatra was sniffing around and she could feel the beast inside her want out and it scared her. She was doing everything she could to not let it out. She was running and hunting catching nothing and it making her angry that she couldn't catch anything and she was fighting something within her. Her nails started to grow and her teeth become longer hair started to sprout all over her body and then pain erupt all ever her body and she roars/scream. Issan went to move to her Alex and Max move in his way. Max says "Not safe." Lyra being the full blooded female walks passed them and goes to Cleopatra's side to help her with her first shift. When Lyra gets there Cleopatra is in mid shift and trying not to. Lyra walks up to her and places a hand on her shoulder and says "Don't fight it My Queen let it happen let it out just breathe as calm as you can."

Cleopatra scared doesn't do as she's told and so Lyra shifted to show her there's nothing to be afraid of. Cleopatra was in shock to see the beast from her family crest the Loragarwol. Cleopatra relaxed and took in a shaky breath and let it happen. As soon as she shifted she felt better and could see better and she felt Issan more clearer and his worry she turns and moves to him as she came in to view Melody gasped and Bryan grabs her and moves her behind him and turns to the guards and says "Why the hell would you bring that beast into the castle are you out of your mind." Cleopatra stops and Melody slaps Bryan and says "Apologize Bryan you hurt her feeling. Ignore him Cleopatra he doesn't know better." Alex and Max look at her in shock not sure how she knew. As they were all in there world talking Issan already made a move to Cleopatra he reaches for her and touched her. Issan was relaxed to know that she was no longer in pain and felt stronger.

Issan and Cleopatra just stood there staring at each other not saying anything. Lyra comes walking out but in her human form. She's the first to ask "Princess Melody how did you know it was The Queen?" Melody smiles and says "Her fur is the exact same color has her hair and her eyes are back to there crystal blue there not red anymore. Plus she's my best friend I would be stupid to not feel her energy." Melody walked around them and went to Cleopatra and Issan. She gets there and reaches for Cleopatra she wanted to see if her fur was as soft has her hair. Cleopatra made no movement ever as Melody keeps peting her. Alex and Max worry for the safety of Melody in this state Cleopatra is unpredictable with it being her first shift. Melody taps on Cleopatra and she looks at her and Melody asks "When are you going to turn back? I want to play in the controled outside with you." Issan asks "Do you know how to turn back?" Cleopatra was nervous to answer she didn't want to she was scared it would hurt again. Melody turns to Lyra and asks "Will it hurt her again if she turns back? She's afraid it will hurt again." Everyone shocked that she knew what Cleopatra was feeling. Expect Cleopatra they had a bond the first day they met like they were family. Cleopatra moved her noise to Melody and licked her softly.

Issan turns and asks "Well will it hurt her if she shifts back?" Lyra answers "No it wouldn't have hurt the first time if she wasn't fighting it or had one of her parents with her." Lyra looks at Cleopatra and says "My Queen all you need to do is let the change happen and no worrying about cloths you will be wearing the same thing you were wearing before." Melody turns to Cleopatra and says "Just relax and think about being on 2 feet and having 2 hands. You can do it I know you can." Cleopatra did just that and she shifted back but in stead of the 10 year old they saw earlier there was a 12 maybe 13 year old Infront of them. Melody claps her hands and says "See you did it did it hurt." Cleopatra shakes her head and looks down knowing she's bigger Melody feeling it hugs her and says "It's ok we will get you cloths that fit."

Cleopatra turns and runs off and Melody chances after her and she catches up to her and asks "What was that why did you run off like that?" Cleopatra looks at her tears running down her face says "My Issan doesn't want a beast for a queen I could feel him wavering on his decision." Melody hugs her and says "Issan would never waver on his decision it's not him he never regrets or thinks he's ever done anything wrong. When he makes a decision he believes it's the right one and never takes it back. Trust me you have to be mistaken." Cleopatra shakes her head and says "Then why didn't he come after me?" Melody let's her go and stands up turns to leave and freezes and doesn't move. Cleopatra looks up to see what's wrong with Melody and sees Issan standing there with tears running down his face.

He walks over to Cleopatra and sits down next to her and pulls her on his lap and buries his head and her neck inhales deep and sobs clinging to her like she is life. She sits there frozen not knowing what to say or do as Issan just sobs and then utters "I'm so sorry so very sorry I made a mistake I regret" Issan couldn't finish and sobs more holding her tight know if he lets her go she will run. He didn't want her to run he wanted to hold her while he's freaking out. Cleopatra wanted to cry but she was also angry and so was Melody. Melody walks up to him and slaps the back of his head. Cleopatra looks at her and Issan looks up too. He was about to ask when Melody say "Are you kidding me right now Issan your a jerk let her go if you don't want her?" Melody crosser her arms and it hit Issan that they think he regrets Cleopatra. Issan shakes his head and say "You miss understand I don't regret Cleopatra I regret letting her grow this fast she has a right to be a kid I took that away from her because I wanted to keep her alive and I was scared to loss her. My mom told me that once Brenos shift the first time they start there heat cycle shortly after and mate and bond to their mates. I took away your child hood." Max, Alex, Bryan, Celine and Lyra catch up and Lyra giggles and says "What no that's not right." She's giggling so much she's having a hard time talking. After a few minutes she finally says "Sorry but that information is not correct. Her Grace will not go into heat till her first year of life and she has had her first shift most don't have there first shift till there first full year of life because there is so much to learn. They spend the first year learning how to hunt without shifting and then how to make a den and climb trees and how to half shift before there first full shift. Her Grace is not wild raised she is raised as a Cravous Queen so she will differ from the rest of us. I'm sorry I laughed but I couldn't help it. King Issan was freaking out about having to mate you so soon over wrong information. Where did you hear that information I would like to know who told them that and correct everyone the crazy people." As she starts to laugh again and Issan joins her knowing now how wrong he was to believe what he read. Issan says "I read it in some paperwork in my grandpa's office." Lyra stops laughing and says "Show me he wouldn't have the wrong information he knows the most about us. He raised me so did your mother and she was the best mother in the world King Calb came when I was getting close to a year and was here for my first shift. Your mother cried like you when I shifted she was sad she was losing her little girl." Issan asks "So who did you mate with for your first time?" Lyra takes a step back and says "I will not say I value my life to much King Issan I'm sorry." Issan stands holding Cleopatra and says "I am your King and you will answer." Lyra looks to Melody and Bryan and shakes her head.

Melody says "Well that makes sense now why me and Bryan grow faster than the rest of them our age." Everyone looks at Melody and Cleopatra says "That's why I'm feel connected to you like your family because you are." Issan looks at Cleopatra and says "Huh we are not family My Sweet Cleo." Cleopatra shakes her head and says "Not you and me. Bryan and Melody. That explains why Sakara is so protective of me as well." Lyra nods her head. Issan get frustrated not fully know what's going on. Bryan says "Lyra is our grandmother Melody and I mother is Lyra's daughter your grandpa mated Lyra. Lyra is Queen Cleopatra's cousin I now understand what all these feelings are. What I don't get is why wouldn't mom tell us." Lyra says "She doesn't know we never told her Queen Sandra couldn't have anymore kids after Leiareera and she wanted another child and when I needed to be mated. She begged King Xander to mate me and asked me if she could raise the child as her own but I could name the baby. So we did and out came Sakara and since Queen Sandra never really was seen no one questioned it when the King had another daughter and they looked so much alike which was a blessing. I look nothing like Queen Sandra and was afraid the child would look like me. I name the child to emulate the Queens name to symbolize the miracle of another child for Queen Sandra and King Xander. so I mixed there names."

Issan was the first to say "Well then I guess that's not let this information out we don't want this going around and people trying to under mind there laws." Everyone nods their heads at the same time Cleopatra says "I think we should go upstairs everyone is worried and searching the castle for us plus it almost lunch time and I'm hungry because I couldn't catch anything but I don't feel as itchy. I know all of you are hungry too." They all head for the door and they see Sakara at the door and she was crying and Cleopatra asked Issan to put her down. She walks over to her with Melody hand in hand and Sakara just stared at Lyra and say "Lier." Lyra looks down and Cleopatra says "No I can feel it I'm older now and understand more she's not lying I can smell and feel it." Sakara says "I would feel it too and I don't. I'm not Brenos half breed I would know." Marv still by the door says "No you wouldn't unless you were taught how to because you are part Cravous." Sakara says "Melody and Bryan are more Cravous than I am and I was raised in this castle and never knew full blooded Brenos where this way." Lyra says "that is because they wanted to raise Cravous when your mom died you felt it more than your sister Leiareera because we had you bonded to her so you would be her child. I was moved to the garden to keep you from ever getting a connection to me. One day you ran into me and started crying clinging to me saying mommy mommy that boy scratched me and Sandra freaked out then you turned to her and said punish him mommy and she relaxed. I left shortly after that I worried you would one day catch on. It was Queen Sandra's idea but I still worried she would have me killed to keep you. You were more to her than her daughter she birthed I thought it would put a rift between you two girls but you two had a connection no one saw coming."

Lyra goes on "I offed wondered if King Xander was a half breed with how Leiareera and King Calb we're together then when you came it really made me wonder. So when I left I went south to the Barerons land to see what I could find when I came back King Issan was now the King of the Kingdom of the Valley Leiareera was gone no one knew where she was I never listen when people said she was dead because of the connection she had with the Brenos and for one to kill her yeah right. Then I hear my daughter married her sisters husband and Queen Sophie was missing and she was pregnant by King Calb and that your sister didn't end up with King Calb shocked me I was for sure that they were mates Cravous usually don't feel the mate bond if there mated to a Brenos but then I find out that King Calb and Queen Sophie were mates shocked they hated each other."

Issan cuts in and says "So what did you find out while you were there?" Lyra says "King Xander wasn't just a King and neither was Queen Sandra they were.....they were....." Issan says "They were what?" Lyra takes a deep breath and says "King Xander was the emperor of the south and Queen Sandra was the Empress of the north. Sandra was the from the first blood of Cravous. Xander was from the first blood of Brenos Leiareera was the first hybrid child and Xander and Sandra were the first mated pair." Issan asks "So why do I have power like I do hybrids usually don't?" Lyra says "It's because they were who they were Leiareera could half shift and use the same power her mother had." Issan asks "Which was what?" Sakara says "Flight of Life."

Issan says "What is that I've never heard it before or saw her use it." Sakara says "Of course you never saw her use it because it's not a power that is very liked and that is why your fire power is the way it is. How you can control it like you can and why you can give it this life you can give it." Issan thought for a minute and then started a small fire. Started shaping it into and person and giving it lags and arms and having it dance around. Everyone just sat there and watched him play with the fire and he looks at everyone and says "So that explains why I've always been able to do this and split up my fire and do whatever I want with it. I think it's time to go back up stairs before everyone comes looking down here for us."