Chapter 2: Sorted into a clan?

Thirteen years later I am now 16 years old. My brother Jason is 21. We are still living at the palace, and I am still experimented on. I just have gotten used to it. My brother hangs with me from time to time but I mostly hang out with my sister Alora. He hangs with our brother Ace.

One day when I was hanging with my sister, my back started hurting. "Ah." "Raven what happened?" "My back hurts!" I said. Then she looked at my back and said, "We need to go see dad. Its urgent." So, She helped me back in the castle to see our dad.

"Dad! Where's the king?! Its urgent!" So, one of the man servants ran and got the king. He was in a kingly meeting. Then manservant got to the door, and said, "Its urgent! Something is wrong with his daughter Raven!" Then one of the guards knocked (knock knock) "Raven needs the king. Its urgent." The King came rushing out and saw the manservant. "What's wrong with Raven?!" "I don't really know your majesty her highness came out helping her like something was wrong." "Take me to her now!" "Yes, your majesty." He bowed and they rushed to where Raven was.

Raven was laying on the parlor couch and looking in pain. "Raven. Is there a result of the tests?" She couldn't respond too much in pain. "Father. Look at her back. It has nothing to do with the tests." Alora helped her up and the king pulled the back of her shirt down. "What? Already? This is pretty early. She is isn't supposed to get this until her 18th birthday. Quick! Get her in the magician's room. Maybe she can help her." So, the king lifted Raven up and they rushed to the magician.

"Faye! Are you here?! We need help!" Said the King. "Coming your majesty." "Oh, if it isn't Raven. What's wrong? She doesn't look too good." "She has a tattoo already." "No, it can't be. She is too early." "Yes, we know. We thought you could look at it and tell us something about why its early." "Alora can stay. Your majesty I need you to step out for a moment and I will call you when we are done." Said Faye. "Yes. Thank you." So, Faye took off Ravens shirt, and saw her tattoo.

"Woah. That's a Raven Tattoo. Those are rare these days." Said Faye. "Is it official? Is it going to continue?" said Alora worriedly. "Woah slow down there Alora. She's going to be fine. We won't know much until closer to her 18th birthday or sooner. Until then, as long as she has a Raven Tattoo, she will be staying with the Raven group. You will still be able to hang with her, but not as much as you used too. She will be starting to go on missions. There will be times when she comes back hurt or come back dead. You never know. On missions you never know what will happen. With friends or groups, it helps." Alora sighed. "Yes, I know. I know I am 23 years old. I just feel an attachment to her. She was only 3 when she came into our lives." "Yes, I know. I helped with her too remember?" "Yeah. Sorry. I'm being a baby right now." "Its nothing to feel bad about. Even though you're an adult, its ok to cry of feel sentimental about certain things." "Yeah, I guess you're right."

At some point Raven lost consciousness. It had already been an hour since she had. Then another hour passed and another. People were starting to wonder if she would ever wake up. Then finally after 6 hours she finally woke up. "Hmm. Brother?" "Yes, sister I'm here. So is Alora and Ace." She opened her eyes slowly, and saw them. She slowly sat up.

"What? What happened to me? Arg I don't feel so good." Then Faye came over and saw Raven. "Hey Raven. You have been sleeping for 6 hours. Get enough sleep?" "Uh, I guess. May I ask who you are?" "Oh, that's right. You probably don't remember me. You were 3 last time I saw you. My names Faye. Nice to meet Ya." "Likewise. What happened to me?" Then Faye explained everything to me. "I-I see. The Raven clan. What type of people are they?" "Oh, lets see. Alora what time is it?" "Oh, its about 5:00pm." "Ok good. Then its dinner time. Each clan has dinner at a different time. Alora and Jason. Take Ace with you. He knows how to deal with the Raven clan." "Yes maam." Said Ace. Faye was allowed to call them by name because she was a close friend of the Royals. When Faye was out, Raven was always getting her tests done. Faye is an elf that was found as a baby abandoned. The king and Queen raised her as their own. She was the same age as Ace.

I followed them to the dining area where the Raven clan was. I got to the table, I saw the way they were acting. They had different personalities for sure. Then Ace spoke up. "Leader of the Raven clan. Please stand." In a demanding voice. He stood at attention pretty quick when he heard Ace's voice. He turned to Ace and bowed. "Yes your Highnesses how may I serve you?" Then Alora said, "You have a new recruit joining you for now. Its pretty early for her tattoo, but Faye said to keep an eye on it. It still may change before her 18th birthday." Then Ace said, "Arise off of you." Then they looked up and saw me. They were shocked and the leader said, "How old exactly are you?" "I'm only 16 years old sir." "Yes, that is young. I wonder what caused it to come early. I'm the leader of the clan. My name is Akela: Means Graceful and Noble. I am the duke's son. Nice to meet you." "Oh sorry. My name is Raven sir." "Well nice to meet you Raven." "Everyone! Introduce yourselves!" Then they introduced themselves 1 by 1. There were only about 10 people in the group, while others where more. The main 3 including the leader introduced themselves. "My name is Kalua: Means Second child. I was the second son of my parents. I have an older sister and younger brother. This here is Koa: Means fighter. He doesn't talk much. All we know about him is a tragedy happened to make him not talk so much." Then the last main one introduced herself. "Hello Princess Raven. The names Nani. Means Beautiful. Nice to meet you." Then the other 4 girls and 3 boys introduced themselves. They all welcomed to me to the clan. "Ok Raven. This is where we part." Said Alora. Jason looked at me and I nodded. It meant we would see each other and hang out again. It's not goodbye. So, they left and I ate with the clan.

After we were done eating, the Leader came over to me and said, "Hey Raven. This is your first day. Lets get you to your room and have you rest a bit. You look a little tired." "Yes thank you." Then I followed everyone to a strange looking cabin.

"Raven. You will be sharing a room with Nani and Lani." "Thank you sir." "Oh and another thing. Please don't call me sir. You can either call me leader or my name. Akela. Ok?" "Yes Akela." "Wow. OK it's the first I heard someone call my name here. Normally they call me leader. Ok then Raven. Do you like to be called that?" "Yes." "Oh and one last thing. Don't be too polite. We are family now." Then I nodded. "Ok girls. Take care of our new recruit." "Yes leader." They said in unison.

"So your only 16 years old huh?" Said Lani. "Lani go easy on the girl. She just got here." "Sorry about her she is like this with all new recruits. She was one of the first ones to be recruited." "Oh, that makes since." I said. "So where is my bed?" "Oh, right here next to mine." Said Nani. I put my stuff down and laid on the bed. "Woah. This is pretty comfy." "I know right?" Said Nani. "I thought so as well." "So, Nani and Lani. Is everyone here 18 or higher?" "Yes, they are. You are the only 16 year old that ever started a clan this early." Said Nina. "Remember what Ace said? He said to watch her. It could still change before her 18th birthday. She could end up in another clan or even rarer things could happen." Said Lani.

"So what do you usually do for fun." I asked them curiously. "The only thing our clan really does is train as in sparing with our fists, or train with our weapons. We got ours a little after we join. I don't know much about you, but you may or may not get one since your tattoo might change." Said Nani. "That makes sense." Then Lani said, "We wake up about 8:00 to eat then go straight to training. The leader should have something special prepared for your sparing costume." So we were chatting getting to know each other then it was time for bed.

The Next morning, we got up and went to breakfast. After breakfast we headed down to the training ground and the leader found me. "Hey Raven. Come here a second." So I went over to see what was up. "Yes Akela?" "I'm still not used to it, but I will eventually. Anyway, this is for you. It was my sisters when she was your age. Put it on then you can spar with Lani and Nina first, then eventually one on one with the guys." "Sounds good." I tried not to be polite. "Good. At least you are not being polite now." So I spared a little with the guys, then I spared with a couple of the guys.