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Chapter 2 - The Golden Winged Queen

The bell rings. "Everyone get out of my class, for my sake." The teacher said annoyed. "She's a pain, isn't she?" A girl said to Jessica. "Uh, yeah," Jessica responded. They both walk out the classroom door together. "So, I take it you make the first fairy of Astellan? How's your first day? I'm Rose by the way." Rose said as they both walked down the hall. "My first day is great. Glad that it's over it was a long first day. And I'm Jessica." Jessica responded as Rose stood by her and her locker. "Mediocris?" Rose asked. Jessica stops putting her books in her locker and looks at Rose astounded. Jessica looks deep into Rose's eyes. "It's okay I won't tell anyone. I get it, you want to stay low-key. Being a princess is a struggle, I guess. Of course, I wouldn't know." Rose chuckled. After that, Jessica continued to put her books in and closed her locker. "Thanks. It's already hard enough that I'm a fairy but I'm also a princess and adopted. I'm a whole package!" Jessica laughed. Rose laughed with her. "Rose! Come on we got that… that thing we have to do." A girl said around five other people. "Well, see you tomorrow, princess," Rose said. Jessica smiles as Rose joins the group of people. Jessica walks in the opposite direction.

"You better not be crushing on her." The girl said. "You sound vexed. I don't have a crush on her, you know you're the only girl for me. Anyway, I felt her power when she looked me in the eye, and it was power alright. Oh, and she's also the princess of Magicae." Rose said chuckling. "So, tonight?" Aeron asked as the group of friends turned around and saw him.

~Later that night~

Jessica flips through the pages of a book. "Ah! The Golden Winged Queen's legendary spells. Fairy Pride: a spell that will deplete its victim's magic. It should only be used on a singular person if multiple, it can be lethal to the lifespan of the caster resulting in death. Now I can perform the spell perfectly knowing that it's only to be on one being." Jessica says to herself. She exhaled and hovered her right hand over the left. Someone knocks on her door. She slowly walks over to the door with suspicion and opens it.

"Cookie?" Rose said standing in front of Jessica's door. "Ooh! I love cookies." Jessica eats the cookie quickly. "What's in t-this?" Jessica says wobbling between her words. Jessica falls backward onto the floor.

~Later into the night~

Jessica groans and opens her eyes and sees Rose, Aeron, and other students. "Okay. Um, we are the knights of Astellan. And you're our recruit. Before we tell you more about the group, first our names and knight names. Hasan, he's a giant and his knight's name is Helmar. And Hasan is in the size of a human cause of a spell I did. This is Ashamoke. He is an elf and his knight's name is Ash. That's Zoe she is the first and only Ice nymph her knight's name is Zoemira. This is Sloan, a human my girlfriend, and her knight's name is Sola. I believe you've met Aeron. He's a human from Magicae actually. Knight's name is Artemis. Oh! And I'm a witch who loves dark magic. My knight's name is Rosalin." Rose explained and let out a nervous chuckle looking around the room. "Your way of "recruiting" is utterly horrible. Putting some spell on a cookie and tying me up to a chair!" Jessica yells. She then chuckled. "You guys have no idea how strong I am. Might be adopted but nothing a little blood can't fix with my magic." A spiral then appeared on Jessica's forehead. "Oh, and yeah she's the princess of Magicae," Rose said nervously. Her friends look at Rose and Jessica in shock.

Jessica's hair turns golden, so do her eyes and she breaks from the rope and stands up in front of the chair she was sitting in. "I am Jessica Mediocris, princess of the land of fairies and humans," Jessica said in an ethereal voice. Vines made of light magic bind all of the students' hands so that they can't attack Jessica. "What type of magic is this?!" Sloan yelled. The spiral disappears from her forehead and her hair and eyes turn back to the normal color. The vines binding the students' hands disappear as well. "That was my Incanuit. And my magic is light magic. Which only one other person was able to use in history." Jessica says. She sits back down in the chair that she was once in. "Fine. Enlightening us, we have time anyway." Ashamoke said.

"The strongest light magic user in history the tenth fairy queen, Elaine. She was born with the rare magic, light magic. She later became known as the Golden Winged Queen when she attacked the human army all by herself, barely getting hurt. Light magic and white magic are extremely different. White magic doesn't take much magic and doesn't cause much damage to the body when using it. Light magic takes way more magic energy within someone and the after-effects of using it severely hurt the body. Elaine tried teaching her students light magic, but they ended up dying later that night. The student's body was in great pain cause of a 'lack of endurance'. That's why the queen made light magic illegal. Using light magic is a great advantage in battle. You can attack at the speed of lighting while using it. But of course, I can't do it, or I'll be stripped of my magic." Jessica finished explaining with a sigh.

"That's cruel. Taking someone's magic is like taking a life!" Hasan said mad himself. "You don't get it, Hasan. Queen Elaine made it illegal for the greater good of the citizens. Let's not even get started about the grand spells." Aeron said seriously. Jessica looked at him with empathy but quickly turned away when he caught her. "Ooh! What's the grand spells?" Zoe asked eagerly waiting for an answer. "The grand spells are the greatest spells from a kingdom. And some of Queen Elaine's spells made the list. Fairy Pride: the spell to bring powerful light onto whoever the caster sees as an enemy leaving friends and bystanders unharmed. The light is so intense that whoever it targets, their whole body will be so weak they won't be able to move for weeks. It can only be cast on one person, if multiple it would be lethal damage to the caster's lifespan and could cause death. Queen's Judgement: the spell to cancel out another's magic. It was mostly used to deplete dark magic of one of Elaine's enemies. That can last however long you want depending on how much magic you use. Fairy Glitter: this spell is too hard to explain. But it's a powerful light magic attack spell. And other spells of course." Jessica explained. "Though you shouldn't do any of them. Haven't you been schooled?" Aeron says. Jessica smiles strangely. "I know. But I'll do what I want, thanks though." Jessica responded. "I figured it out! Titania. It's a name in a book from some guy named Shakespeare. Anyway, it's a fairy queen's name. And you aren't a queen, but it will do for a knight name. You are joining right?" Rose said. Jessica looks at everyone for a few seconds and responds. "Sure. I need other things to do than work anyways." Jessica said. Rose squealed with happiness.

Aeron gets up and walks over to Jessica. "I'll show you around," Aeron said hovering over Jessica. Jessica smiles. "Okay."