Aurora's povs
Today was bright and glowing. The brightness of the sun illuminated my room through the blinds.
"Aurora! You will be late for the event, " my mother shouted downstairs
"I am coming mum, just want to fix my ribbon," I answered back.
I am Aurora, but my best friend seraphina and my other family members call me "arory" for short. I am the daughter of Lord and Lady Alloysius Felta, the first family of the twelve clans that makes up the territory of Pine City.
Today I was I a happy mood. The day I will finally be a real maiden. My mother will say a real woman. Today is the testing day. It's a time when young people who have come of age are tested for their potential.
It's also the day I am chosen to be the mate of the most handsome and powerful man, prince lucent.
"Mom, I am ready," I said, trudging downstairs only to meet my best friend Seraphina.
"Hi Aurora," my friend smiled in her tight fitting gown, I must confess it fitted her so well, bringing out her curves.
"Ohh, Sera, are you happy for today? Are you seeing the rainbows in the sky, sera?" I asked her, motioning my hands, imagining my invincible rainbows.
"Sera, don't mind your friend, she is just happy for the event tonight," my mother said to seraphina, coming out of the kitchen.
"Aww, you look amazing, my sweet angel," having noticed me now, she said emotionally.
"Okay, mum, bye, we will be going." i quickly dragged seraphina out of my house, escaping the emotional drama that was about to unfold. I didn't want to see my mother crying face, as she crys over small things.
Sera and I trudged down the colorful and bright city. I noticed my best friend's seraphina wasn't her usual self, and the jokes and laughs she had been making had been forced
"Hey, sera, what's the matter. Did your father shout on you again? " I asked her. She was the only daughter of her father and the strongest female in the royal court. and as such, she is pushed by her strict father to always be the perfect girl.
"Noo, it's fine, aurora," she said, forcing a laugh
"Don't lie to me sera, I know you like an open book, and I know when you are lieing to me, okay spill the beans" I said dramatically stretching out my hands emphasizing on spilling the beans.
Sera has always been my best friend since we were little, attended the same class together, went to balls and party, and did a lot of silly things together. Even secretly fantasizing on hot knights of the royal family when they are training.
She sighed, "Rory, there are a lot you might not know about me. Let's just say I am in a bad mood because I sacked my servant girl,"
I widened my eyes as we entered the majestic gate of the Royal city. The most beautiful and protected place in the whole of Pine City. It's the place where lucent is my first love, and he I will be mated to this night lives.
"Again," I said aloud, surprised that Sera would do such. Why…? I asked, but we were interrupted by a knight
"My ladies, are you here for the Ball", please show me your passes, " he said politely.
We were led into the grand palace, and it stood like a behemoth overlooking the pine city.
"Oohh, I have come here a hundred times, but anytime I come, I can't help Wonder in amazement." I whispered to Sera.
"Me too, I just so wonderful, and a lot of things are wonderful in here," she said, giving me the eyes. We giggled together.
Reaching the ball hall, almost everybody has arrived, mingling and exchanging pleasantries.
"Hey Aurora," Jenny greeted. She came from the eight family, one of the weakest clan family, the greenmoon clan
"Hi Jenny, you loke wonderful," I complimented her on her. She looked beautiful on her pink dress.
Ladies and gentlemen, the ball is about tho start, let's welcome the Royal family king Donovan the Great, the Mc introduced the royal family. I immediately made out lucent my soon to be mate from the crowd of entourage. I waved at him smiling, but he looked straight past me. Nodding before looking away.
Sera, i greeted lucent, but he didn't answer me, i think his acting weird, I told Sera
Leave it, maybe he didn't see you , she said
I'm going to take a seat in her clans designated place to sit down
Maybe Sera is right. He didn't see me, I tried to convince myself to take my own seat in order to wait for the test to begin. With the coming of the royal family, the event officially began.
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Now it's time for the selection, the mcs loud voice boomed across the hall, the tempo of the event increased as the main thing is to see who has the most potential among the young people that have come off age.
"Arory, you will be fine, I trust you will do well," my mother whispered to me,
I became nervous, they where hundred potential young youths from the twelve clans that will be tested today.
"I nodded," stealing my resolve, I went to join the line.
This selection will be judged by the type of collour that comes out of the testing machine by dropping ones blood. There is yellow, red, cyan, and blue the highest, while the yellow is the lowest, after the ball the coronation of prince lucent and miss Aurora follows suite. The mcs voice boomed, explaining the rule of the selection
"There's a rumour. I heard that the testing machine has another colour, the black colour," Joan whispered on my ear.
"Then why didn't he call it?" I asked, curious
"Because it has not been lit up, since a thousand years," she answered.
"Miss Jessica of the tenth house, red colour," the voice of the Mc announced.
Sounds of happiness and joy came from her clan. It was certain that she would be inducted into the royal senate. I applauded for her.
" master Leonel of the second house, cyan colour." Another person took the test, shocking everyone.
The highest known color is blue, that's the prince of Pine City, lucent.
My friend Seraphina was silent throughout the selection, she was unnaturally quite and was avoiding eye contact with me, but I didn't think more of it because I know what she was going through in her house.
Seraphina, was the next person to go, dropping her blood, the machine immediately lite up yellow, then went to red, then cyan looks of shock echoed in the hall, but the the blue light lite up, making the hall fall into silent.
Seraphina, from the second clan, Blue color.
Her clan burst in shout of joy, the second most talented werewolve have arrived in pine city. The king eyes lit up. I glee as he nods his head in approval.
I was sincerely happy for my best friend, she was immediately called to sit in the royal family space, and coincidentay or accidentally she sat beside prince lucent.
After the joy and shouts have calmed down, I was the next in line to test my potential.
"Lady Aurora felta," the mcs voice shocked me out of my thoughts, the whole crowd quoted down as I walked towards where the testing machine and the Mc stood with a smile.
"Lady Aurora," he greeted, bowing down "please if you may," he offered his hand holding the ritual knife.
Every where was silent, everyone was waiting in anticipation the hall was quiet, waiting in bated breathe for my result.
I sighed, pricking my finger with the knife, placing my hand on the machine, letting my blood fall on it. I felt a power gush from my hand to all over my body before going back into the machine. It weild to life immediately, lighting from yellow, to red, to cyan, and blue, but immediately the machine went back to zero.
I watched in confusion, is the machine faulty. " My lady, please go again," the Mc said to me again, confusion on his face.
I placed my hand again, but the machine remained off, refusing to go on again. I was beginning to panic, " What's wrong with the machine? Why is it refusing to on?" I asked Mc.
" she can't light up the machine," murmurs started going around the hall
" The lady to me married to the prince is wolfless," another voice said.
"A disgrace to the prince"
The murmuring kept on coming in waves, I could see the shock, unbelief, and scorn in people's faces.
"My king the machine refused to on" it has never happened before, the Mc told the king.
"No, the testing machine might be faulty," I shouted, holding back my tears that had already filled my eyes. Looking at the prince, my lover, but he was avoiding eye contact with me.
"She is wolfless. How can she marry our prince?"
"Her friend has more potential than her," others kept saying with scorn in their voice.
"It's a disgrace if the prince marries a wolfless girl."
Silent! The loud shout of the king brought a quitness to the hall. Gesturing to the Mc.
Lady Seraphina, of the first clan, can't light up the testing machine, therefore Is wolfless. The result shocked everyone.
I can't hold back my tears anymore, like fountain it gushed out
"There must be a mistake," I continued to say, but no one believed me.
"I want to announce my mate to everyone, give me your attention," the loud voice of prince lucent cut through every noise, in the hall.
"From now on, Aurora cease to be my mate and therefore Seraphina is hereby my rightful mate, she is to be crowned the Luna in waiting" he declared glaring at me like I was his worst nemesis.
His word stabbed my heart like a hot knife on butter, and unimaginable pain filled me. As his voice sounded again. "Seraphina daughter of Cornelius felta, accept the rejection or die" his cold words pieced through the silent hall.