"OK Cace. You know they were trying to kill your mom right?" I shook my head yes. "Ok first lets here what you were told and I will tell you more." I told her what I knew and she sighed. "Ok so all of that is true. As for who killed your dad, it was true too. Also what you have suspected. Back then everyone was against the royal family. The birth with you two is pretty much what started the war. That is why your parents hid you all." "I see. That explains a lot. Why didn't they just tell us? We could take it." "Ah but not everything. I heard you were going to meet the king next year." "Yes." "Well he will tell you some shocking information on who ordered him to kill you." "I see. Thanks uh…." "Oh pardon me for not introducing myself. My name is Jessie." "Huh? Jessie the bear. Interesting." "Ok enough now. I'm sure there are people are worried about you. Run along now." So I said goodbye to everyone and left.
I went back home and saw Hazel wondering what's going on I asked her. "What is going on Hazel?" "Cace! Thank God your ok!" "I don't understand. What is going on?" Everyone else looked at me relived and went to tell the king I was back. "Where is the king anyway?" "He is in his office not concentrating on work and worried about you." "Oh crap. We better hurry now. I'm definitely going to get it." Then we rushed over to his office. I rushed in without giving them a chance to announce. "Sorry uncle. I can explain. I wrote Hazel a letter telling her where I was. I had to go alone. I needed a breather." "You wrote me a letter? Where was it?" "On my dresser." "When we are done I will look." "Cace. You shouldn't sneak out like that. You are a royal. People are going to want to kidnap you for ransom or revenge if you aren't careful." "Is there something going on I should know about?" "Sigh. Just don't go outside for awhile ok? We don't want you hurt." "I understand uncle. Sorry." "Its fine. You didn't know."
I found Hazel and she had the letter I wrote to her. "I'm sorry that I didn't see it and got you in trouble." "Its fine. It wasn't really trouble, it was more like worry. So do you know what is going on around here? Why everyone was so worried?" "Um. Lets wait until the trip. Then I will tell you. Yes he said we can still go. In fact he said the trip will be a little longer." "Oh wow! Hopefully a whole month!" "I don't know we will have to see."
So it was the time of the trip. I got my things ready that uncle said I would need. Hazel was getting her stuff packed as well. So we both went out and got into the carriage, and we were off. Little did he know that his sister was watching. Hoping he stays safe where he is going. "Haha. He thinks its going to be a fun vacation. Well sucks to be him. I will be there waiting for him."
A few days later we arrived at our destination. "Wow! Its so nice here." I stretched my arms, legs and back. Then we went to our rooms. Today is our rest day. Tomorrow is our fun day.
Time flew by and it was the next day. Our fun day. "Hey Hazel! So what are we doing today?! Well what do you normally like to do Cace?" I've dreamed to surf but normally I like fighting. "OK lets do some surfing first." So we each grabbed a board and even though we never learned, we had a feeling we would be able too. So far it looks like it has good waves. Hazel was in her bikini, I was in my swim trunks. I was medium built. So I have medium build muscles. She was medium build as well but she had some muscles in her mid section. Pretty strong in her arms even though it doesn't show. Time to hit those waves. I went first.
"Woah! Woo! Yeah! Haze! This is sweet! Come do this with me!" Then she got on her board and caught a good wave. "I'm going to get you Cace!" "Good luck trying. No powers its cheating." Then I felt a tug in my body and fell. "Aahh!" Splash! He fell into the water. "Cace!" She fell to then got back up and went down after him. She barely got him before he went to far down. "Cace! Hey! Wake up!" She took him to the surface and kept shouting his name. She checked to see if he was breathing, and that is when he started coughing up water. "Cough! Cough! Pant,Pant" "Hey Cace. Are you ok?" "Y-Yeah. What the hell was that? Just before I fell, I felt a tug in my body." "Lets go back to the cabin and get you rested. Come on I'll help you." "Yeah thanks." She took him to his room and stayed with him until he rested.
A couple hours later, he was up and ready to go again. Hazel was rolling her eyes. Then she smirked. "What is that smirk for?" "No reason lets go." So I followed her to where we had to go, and I saw my sister. "What the hell?! What are you doing here sister?" "Oh well its about time you showed up little twin brother. Are you ready to "Hang out." "Haha your funny sis. Lets see who is stronger. Before that though, when I was surfing I felt a tug and I fell into the water and almost drowned." "Yeah I felt that too. Our connection is getting stronger to be together the more we get older." "Wait a second. What about when we have kids and all that?" "Oh there are ways don't worry. If you feel that pull again let me know ok?" "Yeah." So my sister and I started our spar.
It was a close fight but she won. We were both catching our breath. "Your getting better Cace. Good Job." "Yeah its harder here then on solid ground." "It takes practice anyway good luck with the rest of your training gotta go. Do something with the pulling soon. Hazel do that thing you do. That should perk him right up if it happens again ok?" "Yeah sure. See you." "What does she mean Hazel?" "You'll know if it happens again. Now lets have some fun." Then Hazel made some clones of herself. "Ok so here is the deal. You know how good I am at fighting. Now you will be fighting 4 of me. Start now." I was doing a good job actually. Then it was the last one. I was already weakened after fighting 3 off. I did my best to fight that one off but I lost. "Good job Cace! You did a good job. Now get some rest and we will have some more fun." "Yeah right. Fun."
It was finally night and as always I am always sick. Then I felt the pull again. "AAH! Shit this hurts!" Hazel ran over to my room to see if I was ok. "Cace! What's wrong?!" "I felt that damn pull again. This time it was slightly longer." "Your sister said it would only get worse. Lets see if what I do will help it. Now this will hurt so be prepared." "Oh shit." "Ok now here I go." It took 5 minutes and hurt like hell. "Do you feel better?" "Yeah thanks." "Ok get some sleep."
Back at the palace. "How is the situation now?" "No movement now. Wait they started moving. Shit they figured out where they are. We better warn them. "JASPER!" He heard his owner. Then the king told him and nodded. Then he flew off.
A few hours later, the hawk got there. Cace and the others stopped fighting. "Hey Jasper what is it?" He landed on my arm. Then he said, "They found out where you are?" "Who did?" I looked at the others. "He said they found out where I was. Who is after me?" "Oh crap. Thank you, Jasper." Then he flew off. "Ok we have to go now!" said Hazel. I jumped into the ship and we speed off. It was a special ship that can go fast or even fly if needed. Me, Hazel, and a couple of guards were with us. We barely got away when they showed up. The Hawk was secretly watching them get away. He was a smart bird. I wrote a letter and whistled for jasper. Only a whistle birds can hear. He came flying and I gave him the letter. "Give this to the king. Then come back and make sure we are still doing ok. If not, there will be a letter on the ship. I wrote something just in case." "Yes Cace."
The king saw Jasper a few hours later and read the note relieved they got away. Then Rain came and needed to see the king. They let her in and asked how her baby boy is doing. "He is fine. They all got away." She put her hand on her heart relieved.
We slowed down awhile ago. "So Hazel. Got any idea of where we are going?" I said with my arm on the side and my legs crossed looking cool. "Haha. You are so adorable." She grabbed my cheeks and squished them and shook my head side to side. "OK enough Hazel." Then she let go. "Sorry I don't know my own strength."
"I'll live. So where are we going?" "Uh it's a surprise." Hazel said nervously. "Why do you look nervous? Its not like you. Normally you have this bad ass attitude that I fell in love with. What happened to that?" Then she hit me. "Ow. Ok sorry. So what is it?" "You will find out when we get there. I hope they don't cause trouble." "Hey even if they do I will try my best not t kill them ok?" "Haha that's funny. They would kill you before anything. Plus mom will be there too." "Hey where we are going, is there a library? I want to look something up." "Yeah sure. Is everything ok?" "I hope so." A few weeks later we made it to our destination.
"Um. Hazel? Is this where you live?" "Yeah. Is it weird?" "No comment. I swear its not a bad one." "Sure. Follow me it gets weirder. The guards have been here they know the way." "Damn! Look at the sky Hazel. Its almost dark." "Shit. Hold on. Luckily the guards are here." One of the guards helped him up on their back and they ran to her house which was already close.
"Mom! Its his normal sickness. Do you have a spell or something to help with the pain?" "Yeah I do but I have to wait until dark when it gets worse. Sorry Cace." "Its…fine. Hey…Don't look….at me like that. I will be fine." "I know. I just hate seeing you weak. I love the fun and strong you. Not the you now." "I..Cough cough." "I know. Don't talk. Rest. We will be back in a bit with food." Hazel kissed his forehead and rubbed her fingers through his hair. "I hope he comes by earlier. Oh I know when he wakes up I'll ask where he was again and we can send a bird over."
When they came back to check on him, Cace was gone. "What? Where is Cace? He couldn't have gone far! Find him!" shouted Hazel. She rushed out to help too. "Where the hell could he have gone?" Then she thought of something. "Oh shit. Hey I think he went into the forest. He doesn't know what its like here! We need to find him fast!" So they all ran to the forest to search.
"Cough! Cough! Where am I" "Oh so you are finally awake Cace." Said a mans voice. I tried to sit up but I was too weak. "Who are you?" I said weakly. "I figured as much. You were only a child when you last saw me. Everyone thought I was dead. Sigh. Well I am your uncle. Your mothers brother." "Wait a minute. Didn't my aunt say it was only her and mom? Yeah mom is alive too but she never mentioned having a brother." "I see. I think she didn't want to burden you." "So what is your name uncle?" "Oh sorry. My name is Ezra." "So uncle Ezra. Why did you take me?" "Take you? What do you mean take you? I found you passed out in the forest." "Oh right. You see I have a curse put on me. At night I am sick and during the day I am fine. Its because I dwell on the past too much. Before I can get past it, I need to talk to the star king." "Oh yeah he should be back in another month. He is coming back early so I hear." "Good. I need to know why he tried to kill mom but killed dad instead." "I see. So he really is dead then." "You knew dad well?" "Well sort of. We were buddies. I introduced them." "Oh I get it. So are you the baby or the oldest?" "I'm the middle. Listen did your mother ever talk about her childhood?" "No but I am sure if she sees you alive she will be happy." "Oh I doubt that. Sigh. I was trying to figure out where I can find her. Do you know where?" "Yeah I live there. I am the crown prince at the moment." "I see. So are you visiting for now?" "Yeah when we are ready to leave I can introduce you to my fiancé Hazel." "Oh so you two are together huh? Good luck buddy. I met her a few times. She is a firecracker." "Yeah hi know. Well I should probably go. They are worried about me by now." "Hold there nephew. Let me help you. I'll tell them the truth that I found you laying int the forest." "Ok Fine. Just no princess style." "Got it piggy back." I hopped on his back and was surprisingly comfortable.
"Cace! Where are you?!" shouted Hazel. Ezra heard someone calling Cace's name and followed the sound. "He's right here!" Hazel came running over. "Cace! Is he ok?!" "Yeah just a little tired. I found him passed out by my little hut. I was taking care of him for a bit until he wanted to leave." "You told him the truth?" "Yeah. When you guys leave, he wants to take me to see my sisters. I agreed." "Ok then. Thanks for looking after him." "He's family of course I will."
A few days later, Jasper our fastest bird, came and found me. Luckily it was still day time. He landed on my arm. "Hey Jasper what's the news?" "The king said its safe to come by now. You will have guards with you when you go back for protection." I rolled my eyes. "Thanks Jasper. Hey jasper? Want to ride back with us? I Have someone I want you to meet?" "I can stay for a little bit but I have to head back. I am a messenger bird after all. I am getting too old for this." "Haha. You don't look a day over 5." "Haha very funny Cace." "OK lets go get Ezra." Jasper flew onto Cace's arm. Then they walked to his hut. "Ezra are you here?" "Be right there. Stuff is all packed. Not that I have much." He came out and saw a bird on his shoulder. "Oh hello there. Who is this little fellow?" "'His name is jasper." "Nice too meet you jasper." "Likewise." "Oh I didn't tell you before, but I can talk to all animals. I know what he says. My name is Ezra. I am Rain's brother." "I see." "Well lets go. The sooner we leave, the sooner you can see your sisters." We all got back on the ship and headed for home. About halfway there, Jasper flew over.