The party went on and the nobles danced with their spouses and partners. I realized that her granddaughter was nowhere to be seen. She asked her lady royals if they had seen her but none of them had seen her. She asked the servants to search for her but they didn't find her in the big crowd that had attended her party.
She walked out of the room wearing a smile but in her heart, she was fuming. She wanted to kill everyone who attended the party because how can her granddaughter go missing at the party and they are busy having fun. She got outside and started searching for her dear Elena. She pulled out a necklace from her pocket and called Elena's name through it but there was no reply. The necklace was made by the famous wizard Mateo, it was supposed to make silent things heard. Whispering to the necklace is like screaming to the intended. That is why she was getting worried that Elena wasn't replying.
She changed the color of her eyes to crimson red and cut her palm. The blood came out of her wrist and her wound healed immediately, the blood went around her for a few minutes before it flew forward. She followed the blood to the room and went in to find Princess Elena lying flat on the bed. The blood circled the Princess before penetrating her skin and merging with her blood. The blood was a right of passage that her grandmother had done to give some of her powers. During the passage, an elder has to give a small part of their powers to their children as a sign of blessings.
The blood will follow a path until it finds the person and enters them. She wanted to do that on the night of her Coronation but when she couldn't find her she panicked and did it to locate her. Elena's body glowed and was engulfed in magical fire. The fire was the normal red, it was aflame with all the colors of the rainbow. The icon was shocked when she saw the colors of the flame. She was happy that she had not performed the ritual in front of everyone else their family secret would have been revealed. Elena's secret was far more than she had imagined and never thought possible. Her granddaughter was of true black blood and that meant that she was even more powerful than herself.
Blue blood and black blood are divided into three categories; true blue blood, pure blue blood, and half blue blood. The same applies to black blood too, for centuries black blood was deteriorating in society but true black blood had gone extinct until now. She was beyond overjoyed at how powerful her granddaughter was, she could now take some time off without any worry because nothing can ever harm Elena. Elena was a true immortal so she can't be killed by any earthly weapon.
She went on to her bed and waited for the flames to purify her before she could wake her up. The fire burned her which woke the sleeping beauty from her sleep. She opened and found herself amid a flame that she had never seen before. It hurt everywhere in her body and she screamed out at the top of her voice. Her fangs came out and her eyes turned to all the colors of the rainbow. Her nails grew eight inches long her whole body was emitting life and death energies.
True black blood had the power to kill a person with their thoughts and had the power to bring a person back to life. They also could make someone a vampire with just a scratch of their fingers and turn a vampire-human the same way. I can put a spell around the room and made it soundproof so no one could hear her scream. She clutched the sheets with all her might and prayed for the nightmare to end. Her bones broke and reattached themselves back, black fluids came out from the pores of her body and it hurt.
The flame lasted for five minutes but to her, it felt like a lifetime. She was relieved and got and with her super strength pinned her grandmother to the watch. She was strangling her, her eyes were still the color of the rainbow and he fangs were emitting a blue mist that scared her grandmother. If she bites her with those fangs she won't just drink her blood but her lifespan. She also couldn't because it felt like a thousand black blood vampires had held her. She was having trouble breathing and couldn't breathe.
Elena's band around her neck kept tightening and she was leaning on Icyn's neck. "Elena sweetheart stop," she pleaded but it was in vain. Elena sunk her fangs into her skin and started sucking her blood. She was tired and hungry and all that was going through her mind was 'need food'. She continued sucking until there was no more blood in Icyn's system. She let her go and I can fell to the ground lifeless. Her hair had turned grey and her body was full of wrinkles, she had aged into an old man in just a few minutes. She had also withered and her aged body was all that was left of the cold queen of Atria.
Elena's eyes turned back to normal and her fangs retracted, she felt so refreshed and energized. It was a new feeling and is filled with joy and she twirled in celebration. She saw her grandmother on the floor lifeless, she dropped to the ground and took her grandmother into her arms.
"Grandma, what happened to you?" she asked in tears. She held on to her tightly and cried for her to wake up but she didn't, she looked up and screamed as her fingers dug into her grandmother's skin. She didn't notice that her nails had turned black and that her grandmother's skin also turned black. Her hair had returned to its normal color and so did her skin. She gasped for breathing as she came back to life.
"Granny, you are back," she said and hugged her. "What did you do that for? You scared the life out of me," she scolded.
"I am glad you still care about this old hag. And I didn't do anything you did," she started getting up from the floor.
"What!" she asked.
"I will explain later for now get changed, you still have a party to host," she said and used her magic to change both of their clothes.
She had come face to face with the dead for the first time in her 4,000 years on this world. Her granddaughter had brought back to life a few minutes after her death. She couldn't believe how powerful she was and deep it frightened her. She had to hand the throne to her as soon as possible and get the hell out of there. There was no way she is going to stay in that palace until she learned to control her powers.
" Walk faster my dear and stop worrying about what happened for now. It will be okay, I promise," she said with a smile and Elena nodded.
They walked back into the ballroom and took their seats, the nobles were still dancing to the music and didn't notice their disappearance. Lola came back from the dance floor and sat next to her.
"What happened?" she asked Elena.
"Nothing," she replied.
"So I take it you didn't find that young man that you ran after?" she asked and Elena remembered the reason she had left the party. Her mood deteriorated and she began plotting the man's doom in her mind. She was going to search the whole land for him if she has to if that is what it takes. The dance ended and everyone sat down to rest, Elena got a whiff of that mint and lavender smell again. She covered her face with her hand and turned them yellow, she scanned the room through space in between her fingers and found him. He sat there at the back of the room in the corner hiding from people. She smiled.
"Uhmm, why are you impersonating your grandmother?" asked Lola.
"What do you mean by that?" Elena asked acting oblivious.
"You have that look that she wears when she is planning to torture someone or ruin them," she said in all honesty.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," said Elena, and she turned her attention to the guest. She was not going to let that man getaway.
"The guest will have the deserts and in thirty minutes we will begin the cake cutting ceremony," said her grandmother and she nodded.
She saw the perfume man walking out and excused herself to go get some fresh air, to which her grandmother asked her not to belong. She went out to the garden where she saw him going to and looked for him.
"How does he manage to disappear from me each time?" she asked.
"Who manages to disappear?" she heard behind her and acted on impulse. She turned around at the speed of lightning and grabbed the person by their neck and pinned them to the nearest wall. All of which happened so fast that the man was not able to react in time.
"You," she said when saw that it was the perfume man.
"Yes me, why were you expecting someone else?" he asked gazing straight into her eyes. His change of attitude surprised her but she didn't let it show. She expected him to look down like before and be scared to talk to her. Now that he was staring at her she had a clear view of his face and he was so good-looking. She was so caught up in admiring his beauty that she forgot the reason she sorts him out.
"Are you going to hold me captive the whole night? I for one do not mind but could you ease up on your grip," he said and she snapped out of her thoughts. She let him go and stepped back but he pulled into his embrace and held her by the waist.
"It is your birthday, right? It was rude of me not to give you a gift earlier. Will you please forgive me," he said and she smiled. She was happy that he learned some manners.
"So where is my gift?" she asked excited to receive her first gift today. She was blinded by her excitement that it completely slipped her mind the position they were standing. He removed his hands from her waist and held her face, he leaned his head for a kiss.
"Princess where are you," they heard and it startled them. She stepped back out of his hold and ran towards the direction of Lola's voice.
"You can run now Princess but next time I won't let you leave. You will be mine very soon," he said before walking back to the party. He came back for one reason and he won't leave Atria without accomplishing his mission. He was most definitely going to be the king of the black blood princess.