Prologue

1 Month earlier

 In the sky stood a colossal palace the size of a city. Surrounded by Cirrus clouds the scenery is a sight to behold. This fabled palace is rumored to hold all the finest treasures, food, and even secrets that could cause the world to fall into peril. On the palace's left-wing stood a teenage girl firing bullets. Each shot is more precise than the next. Next to her was a man observing and critiquing her.

 "Ecatrina!!", The man said with a delighted look. Ecaterina had a slender figure and pale golden hair, deep emerald eyes filled with immense sorrow. Ignoring The man, she tightened her grip around the gun and aimed. Bam!! The shot ripped through the head of the target dummy.

 The man's nonchalant face morphed to sympathy as he spoke, "Listen, the last few years of our life have been "tough" but hear me out we are moving to Solia. One of the biggest and prettiest cities in the world . The technology there is so Advan-"

 "Quit your lying Uncle. If Grandpa heard, you say that he would have a heart attack. The only way can leave is if we were to run away-," She spoke. The man eyes sparkled with mischief.

 "NO! We are not running away," She shouted. "How will we be able to survive when "monsters" want to hunt us, kill us, sell us, and-,"

 "Listen to me. Do you want to be here in this palace hidden in the sky, away from all the world? We are like miniature dolls-"

 "Leave me alone!!" She yelled. The dignified man's face irked at the comment, but he stayed quiet and glared at Ecaterina. She felt guilty for raising her voice and thought he cared about me because he raised me and Jury even though we were not his children and he did not have to Axel was just eleven when his older sister (Ecaterina's mother) got exiled by our grandfather, the king of Alexandria. The man did not let the nannies take care of us. He spent a lot of his childhood raising us, teaching us, protecting us she thought. What happened two months ago was not his fault, and neither was the incident my fault.

 "I apologize for raising my voice," She spoke.

 Finally, The man morphed his face into a smile and spoke, "I am not interested in the crown, and I plan to leave this palace of ugly memories behind and go to Solia one way or another. I won't be telling that old man where I am headed. I want to be free!" He now stood more confident and once again a smile appeared on his face. The man raised his hand toward the pretty light blue sun as though he was holding the bright radiant sun on his palm.

 "Do you want to come with me," The man spoke this with a casual tone. Ecatrina didn't want to live here either. She had also planned to leave this palace. The man is well-informed and cautious and Ecatrina has yet to remember a single time The man failed in anything. Since she saw his resolve to also leave, she decided she might as well leave with him. Axel's plan was much safer indeed.

 "Yes, Sir!!" She yelled with a salute. This was their little joke since their time in the army.

 He let out a chuckle and said, "Let's do this!" She ran inside the palace with a grin for supper and supper in this palace has always been the best and Axel followed close behind her.

Present time

 Her first day at the Academy of Sophia the most prestigious academy in all of Solia.

 She glanced at the clock and almost let out a scream, but she quickly stopped before the robot nanny rushed into the room. She had put the alarm to 6 pm, instead of 6 am. Currently, the time was 9 am and school started 2 hours ago. Ecatrina had been far too excited about school last night. She couldn't even sleep and now she had overslept. She arrived at school at 10 am because took her way too long to decide what to wear. The fashion of Solia was unlike many places. Their sense of fashion was very unique as they loved sparkly/radiant clothes due to Ernest Herrman in the 1970s Earnest had popularized and heavily influenced the future fashion industry of Solia. Earnest heavily influenced their fashion attire. Fashion has stuck around till today in 2012. Their clothes shine. Nuclear green is the most popular color in Solia. Ecaterina saw this trending in almost every magazine.

 Ecaterina had spent an entire week studying the culture of Solia to not stick out like a creep or worse the king of Alexandria finds her location because she was labeled as a weirdo in a newspaper. As instructed by Axel she needed to blend into the melting pot.

 Ecatrina went downstair in a hurry to get ready to attend the Academy of Sophia. Then she went to Axel's room to check if Axel had returned from his "business" trip. She took a look at Axel's perfectly neat study desk. There was a pile of newspapers. She walked towards the pile of newspapers and lifted the very first one to read the headline.

 "John N. Apostrophe has been accused of embezzling national funds!!"

 This was reported by Acain Wall. She didn't know who John Apostrophe was and she wasn't interested in the current politics. As a kid looking for attention from Axel and wanting to know more about him. She picked up another newspaper and read the headline.

 "Acain Wall has been arrested for slander!!" Ecaterina was shocked, but this was Capitalism at its finest. Ecaterina understood that Acain Wall was very likely an innocent man who had been arrested unjustly. In an unrestricted environment, the rich will continue to become richer as the poor continuously become poorer.

 She placed the newspapers back down and exited the room. Ecaterin hurried to get ready. She wore a bright scarlet shirt and bright scarlet flare leggings.

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