CHAPTER 19- PRINCE AIRELL

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One of the fairy came close, the one that is beside the Empress. By the looks of her dress and that elegance posture, those judgements on your eyes was a state of evidences of having a higher position on the court. She could be the Empress courtier. She spread her wings and it's beautiful as the Empress wings, it's vibrant colour; glowing, shimmering as if crystal were carved to make such master piece. As she came closer to me, her height almost break my neck. She's towering me. She's tall just like Luna Crest. She raise my head and wipe away the sand on my face.

She began sniffing me and flinched. She fluttered her wings away and turn to the Empress and Whispers on her ears and I saw the Empress eyes widen. Those devastation, her reaction was the evidence. Her grip on her chair tighten. I raised my right hand to get their attentions and they leaned on me with a hint of wrath.

"I have to talk to you majesty, it's very important"

Murmuring voice on the halls started to hunt me with threats as if a criminal finally captured, facing the yes of the laws"...The audacity of this human. She should be killed before she get away, she'll gonna lure those armies to kill our race!" the man beside the prince spoke "You're not allowed to speak with our Superior.." He stop as the Empress gave him a signed to stop and clears her throat.

"What are you doing my in land?"The Empress finally spoke with such grace in her tone like a bird started to sing in the first touch of spring

"It's a long story your majesty but I want to begin an alliance with yo.." napigilan ko ng tutukan nila ako ng sandata nila. I couldn't breath my heart is at race and the air was to thin . I can feel the tip of the blade in my neck. An empty room are now filled with marching soldiers.

"Alliance?" her face says it all. I know it's a bad start. Her angry rose as if a dominant volcano is about to burst it's blazing fire, fillinh the sky with it's toxic air that could kill a life "Kill her!" She commanded. Her voice was like a thunder.

"W--wait your majesty!!!" The soldiers dragged me away "Please hear me, your fairies are taken away to North Andalia. I need your help to save them.." I shouted with please

"Bring her back to me" they stop and drag me back and put me down. "What trap is this?"

"Your fairies are held in the kingdom cellar and about to be send away to North Andalia. And thousands of armies together with Eastern Moonsune will march here"

Her anger expression change into worries. But her pride disregard all my request. A woman appeared with a white robe, she looks like a nun to me. Her eyes were close and raise her hand and a white mist came out from her palm. And I felt something possessed me. As the mist disappeared she opens her eyes, revealing those deep hazel eyes like a treasure chest that was discovered after it was long gone and now finally be able to tell it lost tale. "Listen to her, for she holds the truth"

"I'm against this!" The courtier didn't listen, holding those hatred inside her "How come a human was foolish enough to asked for an alliance on Zendalia. I know This is a trap. We can't simply trust her"

"I agree with you" the man from the left agreed "I smell those blood that curse us, it's running into her veins, purely she came from the descendants who almost polished an entire armies of fairies. I'm not mistaken you're King Dethen the Great, descendants!" The soldiers on the room began to cover the Empress while their weapons are open.

"I meant no harm, nor even planning to make the same mistakes that my ancestor cause you to hate us, please ease thy listen to my voice"

"What fairies are held if you're telling the truth"

"Your majesty, no" the two are getting in the way. I clench my fist and began to speak

"Yes I am Princess Esthelian's a descendants of whomever you called the murderer of the history. The one who killed the highest rank nobles of your monarchy. But here me I came here to stop that bloody history again. Once those fairies will be taken to North Andalia. My kingdom will declare a war. Four no the entire human kingdom will wipe you to extinct"

"You!"

"Sereia stop!!" Napaluhod ako at nakita ko ang pagtulo ng dugo ko sa sahig nila. May natamo akong sugat sa dibdib pababa sa'king tiyan. Pero mabuting nakaiwas ako ng kaunti kung hindi mahahati ang katawan ko sa dalawa. I winced in so much pain. My hand slipped from the sticky warm blood and I sank on a crimson floor and curled up in pain. I can't imagine such excruciating pain, How it hurt, I had never in my life felt pain like this! It's just like someone had lit fire within me.

"Sereia face the council!" The Empress raise her voice and she shrieked in fear

"But, but your majesty!?!"

"Bakit inutusan ba kitang saktan ang bihag? Sister Syrinx give her a task for her punishment"

"Yes your majesty"

I heard them clearly until I saw my blood slowly floating, until my body began to rose on its own, A yellow mist surrounded me, it embraced my bloody dying self. Little by little my wound disappeared and I was left stunned. The blood on the floor is gone. Niyakap kolang ang sarili ko dahil pati bra ko nahiwa. The soldiers march away and the prince turn his gaze away. "Please give her some clothes. We'll continue our conversation on my study"

"Yes your majesty" a young woman came to me and she looks familiar. This face is somehow look like one of my ladies-in-waiting. But I couldn't find out who.

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They dress me up, it's silk was the same the ones that I have worn. She lead me to the Empress study and saw a lot of fairies standing beside her and they are afraid of my presence. They step aside and didn't make an eye contact with me."Why did you bring such message. It's uncanny for me to be asked by a noble blood herself" Syempre ayaw ko mamatay

"I have to stop the bloody war. I have received some news about how they began to plan an attacked. Navy are on their way, waiting for the commands of the king. And we have seven more days to stop that loads"

"You sounded like betraying your own kind"

"It's not betraying your majesty. I want peace. Where human and fairies co-existed together" I said it loud and the ladies in the room were flabbergasting to hear such a words.

"You can leave now"

"but, but..."

"I have to talk with the prime minister. We can't just rushed something and depends ourselves with you, seven days wasn't it?" after those our conversation ended. But few seconds her face became normal and clears her throat and turn her gaze to the young boy, whose looking at me like he scan me from my bones to my nerve u till he reach the atoms inside me. He even forgot to blink.

"My son"

"...Hmm?" two of them engaged a conversation and he's expression was the same just like the Empress lately.

"What? No, no , no" he turn his attention back to me and his expression change. A line between his forehead wrinkled.

"Start at the hall"

"We'll teach her lesson to see her true nature" After an hour they gave me a job by cleaning the hall with a toothbrush! Di pa ako nakakalahati e parang nakukuba na ako. I heard a flapping wings and he do some Indian seat few inches above the ground while his arms are resting on his left face.

"Andun pa oh.. Ayun oh! Ay nako andun oh!" Kanina pa ako naasar. Naglalawag ako sa kinakain niya mula pa kanina. Di ko siya pinansin at patuloy lang kinikiskis ang sahig. "Ayun oh dinaanan mo lan..."

"Ano magsasalita kapa?" nabigla siya ng muntikan niyang makain Ang toothbrush. He flew a few miles away didn't change his posture. He mocked me since I started. "D'you have a mop cause this things over here are toothbrush! this is use by brushing your teeth not on the floor!"

"Human are gross, we use that for cleaning"

"Kadiri! di siguro kayo nagsisipilyo no.."

"We have our ways of cleaning our teeth, see" sabay ngiti niya at nasilaw ako sa sobrang puti parang kagaya lang sa mga commercial na napapanuod ko dati sa tv. "Oh heto pa may inawan kang dumi. Ang bagal mo naman. Alam mo kase tao ka dapat nga'ng sabaw ka ngayon e kaso mukha ka talagang tigang na isda" he added. Di ko rin pinansin, ang kulit niya sobra pumuputok na ang ugat ko sa utak. tumayo ako at pumunta sa sulok

"You know, for a human your gorgeous..!

"Damn! will you stop. Ang ingay mo laturya kapang lalake e! bwesit! I know I'm gorgeous and there's no need to tell me" Nabigla naman siya sakin. Di ko nakayanan e Ang daldal niya namiss ko tuloy so Luna sa pagiging tahimik nito. Ilang Oras din. akong paikot ikot hanggang sa matapos ako at nakahawak ako sa tuhod ko sabay habol hininga.

"Here.. Tek it" I became irritated as I heard his voice but I have no choice but to lean on him and he have me some sweet. I just stared at it " Arte di wag"

"Gagi ka di ako maarte di pa ako nakapaghugas ng kamay"

"May kutsara nga tanga"

"....uh" I was stunned to speak again. Nakahanao ako ng katapat ko oo sakit niya sa pwet. "Gee thanks.. ahhhhhh!!!!" Napapikit ako ng hilain niya ako bigla pataas at napayakap ako sa kanya. Sa takot nakagat ko ang dibdib niya na kadahilanan. at napabitaw siya sakin. I scream when I felt myself falling, My voice ceased when I saw him in front of me, falling as well and just a blink of an eye, I have forgotten that I was falling through my death. I buried my head on his chest. His grip is too gentle.

"Hey open your eyes"

"No! your crazy lunatic!" I stubbornly replied

"You bit my nipple"

"....Sorry and I don't care" I said and raise me like a baby on his hand. It's wasn't romantic I felt like his about to drop me. Napapaiyak na ako. Di ako tumingin sa baba dahil alam ko pag babagsak ako di na mapupulot ang katawan ko. We flew on the top of the Great tree and he put me down on a branch. Nataranta ako at niyakap ang kahoy na sanga na malapit sakin. Natawa lang siya sakin pero di ko siya pinansin.

"Sunset is beautiful isn't it?"

"Huh?"

"Wag ka mag alala di kita papatayin, we have no intention of killing you, I don't want to stained our purity in our sacred land. And even I'm a monster like you described. I still don't wanna eat you.."

"Oh, because I was a junk food?" those words made him laugh. I find him handsome. He has long Silver hair, Blue eyes perfect jaw line but aside from having a handsome profile his too talkative and a bit annoying to be the next heir to the throne.He slowly flew us down and gave me a plow, An old man sat down and wipe his sweat from over working. "Starts now, the dusk is upon us"

I dragged myself to the garden, plowing the soil, The garden was huge and it goes on forever. I had no choice but to start and to gained their trust. I can't rely on Luna Crest. I'm worried if he's still alive. Even I know his the plot. I'm still anxious hopefully the crew is safe together with lord Francois.

Lastly I plant the seeds and watered them. All those hardwork even it's not literally hardwork; were paid off as the old man began to smile gladly and thank me for helping him.