1 Chapter 1 : Blake

sHE's brOKen because sHE beLIevED

1 year earlier

The morning sun rose up the back of my legs, through the skylight. And after an hour of just laying there I finally found the will to live and got up. I was wearing an oversized T-shirt with a cat saying "You've got to be kitten me right meow." I know, I know it's terrible but I'm an anti-social freak, what did you expect? My room is pretty normal except it's covered in panic at the disco posters and polaroids of this cute guy that never gets talked to on the bus I take to school. I walk over to my dresser and reach for my usual outfit; Black crop top, brown doctor martens,grey sweats and a rose gold necklace with a weird symbol that my mom gave to me before she passed away. Anyway I stuff my hair into my burgundy beanie and grab my camera off my desk. Before I walked out the door glanced at myself in my cracked mirror; I was average looking, I had natural silver hair with midnight blue streaks which always made me stand out in a crowd, and I had violet eyes that always made people stare. I usually wear sunglasses but today feels different. As I walk out my bedroom door, I change my mind and grab my black sunglasses. Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Blake.

I've been waiting for the bus for an hour now. I'm still on this cold and crappy bench with nobody to talk to. But as luck may have it, as soon as I finish that thought the cute guy that I took a picture of, comes and sits down right next to me. Omg he smells so good wait why am I smelling him. He is wearing the same thing as always; grey T-shirt, leather jacket, black jeans, sunglasses and a beanie. I mean I have occasionally seen him wear something different, but I have never seen him without his beanie and sunglasses. Ok,ok act cool. I will be a flirt machine. I turn to him and say the dumbest thing any human could ever say in the history of dumb.

"So, come here often." And as soon as the last word rolled off my tongue, I hated myself and just facepalmed.

"Its ok you can laugh." I said "It can't get worse than this.''

But when I didn't hear him laugh or respond, I lifted my face and saw that he was frozen and his face was dark. And he whispered the most terrifying thing.

"You're not suppose to be able to see me."

"Um, w-what." I stuttered

"Y-you, who are you? Nobody is able to see me." He yelled as he stood up. He was pacing at this point.

He glared at me. " Who or what exactly are you?"

"Um, ok Im Blake and I'm human. Your tu-" he cut me off before I could finish

" NO you are not human, if you are human you would not be able to see me. WHAT ARE YOU?"

" For the last time I'M HUMAN." And in the act of throwing my hands up I knocked my sunglasses off my head. And I looked at him dead in the eye.

" Th-Those eyes, It can't be.Take off your beanie." he urged

"Why?"

"Because I said so. Don't make me take it off your head." At this point he had already drawn two daggers from the inside of his sleeves.Suddenly, I had a wave of confidence come over me.My necklace started to glow and over my head the same symbol on my necklace appeared with some words in a foreign language.Suddenly two falchion swords appear in my hands.

"You will not touch me! Do you hear me?"I sneered, and still he ran toward me. I was bluffing I don't know how to use these. He throws one of his daggers aiming for what would only seem like my HEAD. Out of instinct, in one swift move I deflected the dagger with my sword sending it into a cars tire. I did not know I knew how to wield two falchion swords but it was weird, it was like old stuff that I had already been taught was coming back to me. Anyways my moment of realization was cut short by this guy charging at me with a dagger in hand. He lunges toward me with his arm extended and dagger pointing to me, but I quickly move and let him fall on his face. I got on him and put the sword against his neck.

"I said you shall not touch me! Understand." He didn't say anything but he had a look of amazement.

"You're just like your mother." He said "I'm mean at first I was unsure but after that display, yeah you are sure your mother's daughter."

Letting my guard down "What, my mother." And with that he grabs my beanie and my hair falls down my shoulders, flowing in the wind.

"Oh you little piece of sh-"

"Woah there let's not get too crazy.Huh you are her, Nice to meet you…...Princess. And M'lady can we talk about this seating arrangement, I kinda can't breathe here "

"No, at least not until who you are and what you are? And also, I'm not a princess, I barely even dress like a girl" I remarked

" Fine I'm James and I'm a sorcerer/Dark elf and you are a warrior, happy"

"No, none of this make sense you Imp, how do you know this."

"HEY, no need for the name calling.You are the daughter of Selene, Dark elf princess."

I carefully get off him and Bring my hand to my necklace (which is a tendency of mine when I get nervous ), then the swords disappear. Suddenly I feel everything around me, the air, the wind. I can't be a princess. Can I ? There is so much to process, in this short amount of time.My skin starts crawling, my heart raced as my chest tightened; it felt as if the center of my head — right behind my nasal cavity — was being pulled. A sound roared through me as my knees buckled, and what looked like black clouds pressed their way into my vision. And just like that I was out.

* * *

I wake up on the floor of some underground nightclub,the smell of liquor fills my nose . Ah,I have a piercing pain on the side of my head. I lift my hand to touch it and it's a big lump, when I bring my hand down there is a bright greenish substance. My vision is still blurry, so I just see moving blobs.

"Oh, so sleeping beauty is awake."He joked "Oh, yeah when you passed out, you hit your head pretty hard. I put medicine on it so it would heal faster, you can thank me later." He gushed

" Oh, trust me the last thing I will do is thank you! Where am I?" I sneered

" Once again, No need for the name calling. And your in Athaenia, the planet of excitement. "

"Come again, We are NOT on Earth." I glared at him, oh if I could kill him with a look I SOOOO would; But the death stare with have to do

"Well, what did you expect. You are a Princess, from another planet."

My vision is starting to clear and cute guy has pearl white skin now ; his eyes are red and his hair is white. He looks spooky but still beautiful.Once I finish that thought he laughs.

"What's so funny, Impy."

"I don't know, I guess I'm just beautiful" he scoffed

"What did you just say?"

"Ya know the great thing about being a sorcerer , It comes with benefits.Let's just say when I want to, I can hear your thoughts"

I was done with this, I took my mind off everything for a sec and focused on my mom. How did he know her?She was normal,right? I guess now that I think of it, she was never home. She wasn't part of this world, Im sure of it. *Snap Snap

" Is she even listening."

"No man."said a voice off in the distance, there's was other people here. I snapped out of my trance and inspected the room. There were dark elves,wood elves, and halflings there. Inside the room, it was plain it was like a bar except on the walls hung all types of swords and the fact that there was blood on the floor, not all my own.

"So what can you do. Can you fly? Can you teleport?" As I finish my sentence, everybody in the bar starts to laugh, one guy laughs so hard beer comes out of his nose.

"Ok, I have magic. I have spells. Also I pretty good with a bow if I don't say so myself." As James keeps on boasting on how good he is with a bow, I center my attention on my skin and my NEW clothes. So now I have grey-ish skin,I move my hand up the side of my face and touch my ear, my ears are now pointed.My clothes are now fighting clothes; I have knee high leather boots, A black long sleeve shirt and over that I have a metal plate, and my hair is no longer in a bun but in two french braids.

"HEY, Impy can you explain why I'm here."

"I would much rather you refer to me as James."

"FINE, James!"

"Ok,walk with me."

He started to lead me into a dark hallway. I followed him but the farther we walked, the less visibility there was.

" Hey Impy, Its kinda dark in here."I say tripping over what I hope was a rock

"Oh, yeah sorry." A luminous flame emerges from his hand and lights up the rest of the hallway. Impy is wearing palace/fighting clothing. I assume he was a guard.

"Ok, time to explain everything. Hundreds of years ago there was a devastating war against our kind and the Elodian, unforgiving creatures. Anyways to keep you safe and the only thing that could destroy our kind for good, is that."And he pointed to my necklace.

"That, your necklace is dangerous, and the Elodian will do anything to get there hands on it." He explained " but good news it doesn't work without you. Bad news is that they are willing to kidnap you and charm you into doing what you don't want to."

"Well,can I resist their charm?"

"HA, no they have the world's greatest sorcerer on their side."he said " Anyway before they could get to you, your mother sent you to earth. Knowing that one day you'd be found and brought back. She gave her life for yours Unic."

"What! Unic, my name is Blake."

He sighed, obviously frustrated "Your birth name is Unic, It means most beautiful and your are the most beautiful girl I have ever meet." He grabs my hand and softly kisses it,and he look up and winks at me.

"Oh shut up." I push his head away with my hand

"I'm just stating the facts."He whispers while he shrugs, I let out a crooked smile and he gives a crooked smile back.After a while of gazing at each other's eyes, I come back to reality.

"*COUGH* Ok, Well and if the Elmo ge-"

"Sorry it's Elodian." he interrupted

"OK, If Elodian get their hands on it, what happens?"

"It's the final piece to a weapon they have." he explained.Ugh,I don't want to be part of this, I didn't want to be with him.

"Well, can I just give the necklace to you." I reach for my necklace and attempt to take it off but instead I get a 3rd degree burn on the palm of my hand.And he stops walking and reaches for my hand, I pull away.

" I understand your frustration, but the necklace is your responsibility not mine." he assured me " but I have been assigned to show you how the necklace works or how to get rid of it."

"James, how do I get rid of it." An expression of disappointment washed over his face.

"You must destroy it at the same place it was made, but we must be careful there are Elodian spies all over." He grabs me by the shoulders and pulls me so close where I can feel his breath on my face.

"Trust no one, no one." He whispered. We reached the end of the hall and as far as the eye can see its markets, just little business trying to make it on their own. There is a variety of races but mostly elfs, their attire is plain mostly just commoner clothes and here and there, there are guards of the palace.

"And James, what happened to my father?"

"He lives in the palace." he points to the sky, I move my focus to where he is pointing and see a golden palace with lots of windows;the palace is so tall the top part of it disappears into the clouds.

"Can I see him?"

"UH, he kinda doesn't know you exist." He stated and puts a hood over my head

" Keep your head down, we can't risk anybody recognizing you."

"Ok"

He leads me toward the middle of the crowd, people push and shove here. We walked for an hour until getting to a run-down shop, in which seems in the not-so-decent part of the city; there is people begging for Drak(money) and then you see people getting robbed in every corner. James guides me up a steep stairway. The wall are filled with names in a different dialect, the stair themselves are big and long.

"Why are we here?"

"Why do you ask so many questions?" He muttered

"Because I'm on an unknown planet, your just lucky I'm not losing my cool!"

He stops and turns to me.

"This is not hard alright, what is hard is being abandoned. Left for dead. WHAT is hard is your parents taking one look at you and saying "Not worth it." OK, so don't come crying to me that this is hard."

He turned and started walking without me, the nerve he had. He knew nothing about me but he had the nerve to challenge me.

"YOU DON'T KNOW ME IMP."

He stopped walking and with his back still turned, he answered

"Yes, I do.I know you better than you know yourself. I know that you hate standing out in a crowd, and that's why you wear the beanie and glasses. I know you think you're not beautiful. I know that you hate that the last words you said to your foster mother was "I hate you" so yeah I think I know you." I let out a silent sigh, my face begins to get warm and a tear rolls down my cheek. He had continued walking.

"Don't challenge me princess, It won't end well."

"You mean for you right…..Imp." My ears twitch to the sound of daggers being drawn, the sound of metal against metal. He turns around and without even saying anything,and releases the dagger from his hand. My next move astonished him and me. And there I was,I had caught the blade. We stood there for what seemed forever. I gripped the blade hard.

"Do not challenge me."

Something HOT, was trickling down my hand and arm .I looked toward my arm and , my hand was a bright orange, I had melted the blade. He was surprised and i'll admit it so was I. I didn't show it though.

"That blade was made in the Underworld, it can't be melted."He said under his breath. The bright,orange glow emitting from hand, started to fade away.

"Unic your powerful and you should harnish and learn how to use your developing powers. Instead of pushing away who you are, you should embrace the power of yourself and the necklace."

"NO, i'm just Blake not Unic. I'm not some warrior princess thing, I'm an anti-social geek that is in way over her head.Please James, Please. Help me get home, help me be normal."I begged

"Ok,Let's go see the seer and get out of here."

"Ok"