Chapter 14: Chapter 14
The Ball
Catalaya's POV
I AM NOW THE CROWNED PRINCESS OF HELL!!!!!
Whew!
Just had to get that off my chest it feels so surreal like I'm in a dream and I'll wake up any moment now to jasmine cursing me out.
I mean how can this not be a dream? Me, Catalaya the weak human reject of the hybrid pack a crowned princess of hell, that sounds like some fantasy dream to me. I have to say I was so nervous when i walked into the room, after all it was filled with so many people i didn't know all staring at me it was absolutely terrifying but i straightened my spine and did what needed to be done, I'm a hellion now and a princess so i need to shed my cowardess and live up to the expectations of my people.
After I'd been officially introduced and crowned i was kicked to the crowd by dad and a laughing Merlin to go 'mingle' so now here i am with a group of succubi talking about things well more like them asking me about stuff i have no experience in if you get my drift. This conversation is really uncomfortable so i politely excuse myself and made my escape. Its been about three hours since I've been in the crowd and so far I've talked to demon, servants, succubuses, incubuses and fallen angels. Everyone wanted a moment of my time and don't ask how i managed to but i met with them all.
DING DING DING DING DING!
The sound of metal on glass brings our attention to the platform i stood on earlier.
"Ok everyone now that the formalities have been met its time for the real celebration to begin"
"LETS PARTY!" Dad shouts getting loud thunderous roars of excitement from the crowd
I got a feeling, that tonight's gonna be a good night
Immediately music starts playing and everyone is dancing like there's no tomorrow, I feel someone grab onto my arm tightly giving me a fright. I turn around about to punch the sense out of who ever it is when i see Merlin
"Dude are you crazy i was about to knock you senseless" i yell over the loud music so he could hear me
Laughing he says "Come on lets go dance"
He leads me over to where the others were along with their mates, Sam and Adonis.
"Hey Cat see anyone interesting while mingling?" Sam asks wiggling his eyebrows suggestively giving me a clear hint by what he meant
"No, not that i was looking" i replied with a shrug
"Oh come on sis don't be so boring you need to get a rebound, come on I'll even help" he says leading me to the dance floor
Everyone else follows suit and now we're all dancing well I'm just swaying side to side but hey at least i tried. Soon enough lucy disappears and comes back with a tray filled with shots. They practically forced me to take one and so i did, then one turned into two and two into four. By now i was swaying my hips to the rhythm of the music and partying it up like everyone else. I'm not drunk since supernatural creatures can't get drunk that easily but it did make me loosen up and started enjoying myself more.
By the 6th round of drinks freya had this crazy idea to drip her blood in Jace's drink, a few more drinks mixed with freya's blood later Jace is stoned as in full blown drunk.
Our little group drew the attention of a few more hellions around our age who came over and started doing the same thing with their mates. Curious as to why normal human liquor mixed with blood is getting everybody drunk i tried it too but nothing happened
"I don't get it why am i not drunk and everyone else is" i say to myself
"It's because they aren't our mate" legacy tells me
I can still hear the sadness in her voice whenever that topic comes up. I know she's strong but she like me is jealous of what the other's have, like why couldn't we have a mate that wanted us instead of an asshole like he who shall no longer be named.
Figuring out the secret to everyone's high kinda put me in a low so i slipped out of the crowd and went outside for some air. I don't really have a destination in mind i just needed to get away so i ended up walking around until i found myself in a huge beautiful garden. I spotted a chair near some roses so i make my way over and took a seat with a big sigh. I was so lost in thought i hadn't heard seen or smelt adonis coming towards me, it wasn't until he sat next to me did i realize i wasn't alone.
"Hey babe, why'd you leave everyone's searching for you" he asks
"No reason i just needed some air" i shrug
"The life of a royal getting to you already" he smirks while giving me light bump on the shoulder
"No it's not that i actually love being here and discovering new things about myself and my family and friends are awesome I'm meeting new people i just feel like-"
"Something's missing?" He says finishing my sentence
"Yeah, i just feel like i lost something but i don't know what and its driving me nuts. I feel like I'm suppose to do or find something but its not coming to me and then there's my friends, everybody is so happy with their mates and I'm glad, they deserve this, they all do but i cant help but be jealous like what about me don't i get a happy ending?"
In the midst of my rant i hadn't even realize i was crying until Adonis used his thumb to wipe a tear from my cheek. He then hugged me tightly and said
"Of course you deserve a happy ending sweetie we all do, i may not know much about heaven since I'm a hellion and all but i know the big guy isn't that cruel and your like the purest person I've ever met in hell and on earth so of course you deserve a happy ending. What you don't see is that this is just the begining of your life and the pain may be hard right now but your strong so i know you'll work your way through it. And you may never know, a few centuries from now you'll find somebody whether they're a second chance mate or not but you'll find somebody who'll see how beautiful and special you are and will love you unconditionally"
"Thank you Adonis i just really needed to let all my feelings out without being pitied or someone feeling guilty because of my sadness" i say
"Your welcome babe and I'm always here whenever you need me" he replies with a kiss on the forehead
"Oh by the way i have something for you" he says letting go of me and going into his pocket
"What it is?"
"Close your eyes and turn around" he instructs
I did just that and moments later i felt him move my hair and placed something cold around my neck
"You can open them now" he says
I open my eyes to see a beautiful gold necklace with a gold locket that had diamonds embroided around it. I open the locket and what was inside brought an even greater amount of tears to my eyes. I threw myself onto him giving him with a hug as i bawled my eyes out. Inside the locket was a picture of my mom and she was smiling so brightly and genuinely it melted my heart.
"Thank you so much Adonis this is the best gift ever" i say
"Your welcome. I know your mom died when you were born and i for one know what it's like to grow up with out a mom so i just wanted you to have that to remind you that no matter what she's always with you right here im your heart"
"Thank you so much i love it and i love you" i say
"I love you too honey. Now I'm gonna go back inside I'll tell the gang that your ok you just needed some air and when you feel better you come find us ok?"
"Yeah i will, see you in a bit" i reply
I watched as he walked back inside the booming castle where everyone was having the time of their lives. With another sigh i got comfortable, i really needed to do some soul searching and Adonis was right i may not have a mate or someone to love me romantically right now but my life is just begining there's so much out there for me to see and experience and I'm gonna do just that.
That talk with Adonis really helped give me some perspective and i felt a whole lot better so with that i decided to go back inside and enjoy the rest of my party. I got up and turned in the direction of the castle and once again i hadn't noticed that i wasn't alone which resulted in me colliding into, a wall? Wait no walls don't have arms and legs and..... A six pack???
Holy shit that's a dude! I bumped into some random guy it was totally my fault i wasn't looking and now he'll probably be mad at me. I look up to apologize after I've gathered my self but still securely in his arms might i add and let me tell you when i looked up at him my knees went weak
HE IS FINE AS HELL!
And i don't mean that in the literal sense since we are in hell but you get my point. I stood there drooling like an idiot blatantly and shamelessly checking him out. Is it even legal for someone to be this hot like shouldn't that be like a cardinal sin or something? I'll ask the sins later. The point is this, (and I'm totally estimating here) 6ft 7 or maybe 8, tall, hot dude that looked like he was sculpted by the hands of God in gold instead of clay like religion tells us, is standing in front of me in all his hotness, it may not be my birthday but this is one gift I'm extremely glad for.
"HELLOOOO ARE YOU STILL ALIVE IN THERE!" And just like that my trance is broken
"Huh!? Oh uh yah sorry what did you say?"
"I was asking if you were ok for like ten minutes now and you just stood there without answering what's wrong with you"
Ok, uhm rude much
"I'm sorry for bumping into you i was totally my fault and yeah I'm ok now thanks for not letting me fall" i apologise
"Yeah fine whatever just watch where your going next time" and with that he walked away
I know he's hot and all and i totally fawned all over him a moment ago but that doesn't mean he has to be a jerk yikes. Shaking off my dilemma with Mr rude hotness which is what i decided to call him since i didn't catch his name not that he stayed long enough for me to ask, i decided to go back inside.
"Something is weird about that boy cat" legacy says
"What do you mean"
"I don't know but i felt something when he grabbed you it was like this feeling like something just clicked"
"You mean like a bond?" I ask
"Well i guess you could call it that"
"Is it a mate bond? cause i didn't feel anything to support that i mean yeah i found him attractive but so would anyone else so i don't think that qualifies"
"No not a mate bond this felt like something more powerful it was like his energy was being flowed through us and it gave me this feeling I'm not sure what it was"
I could tell she was struggling really hard to figure this out but i just told her not to worry we'll figure it out when its the right time plus obviously he's not my second chance mate because both legacy and i would have felt it. And so i made my way into the castle to find my friends and party like there's no tommorow.
MEANWHILE IN THE OTHER REALMS
ATLANTIS
"What the hell kind of training is this we can't fight uneveloved creatures of the sea only king Adam knows how to defeat these things" a young man who was once apart of the hybrid pack shouted
"Your right only the king can defeat one of these on his own but they can be defeated if you guys work together" a guard responds
"How are we suppose to do that we all have different capabilities and abilities especially the hybrids so not everyone's powers mix" a girl voices
"That is correct which is why you have two tasks to complete. The first is to find out how you guys can compliment each other so study your peers and their abilities to see how you can best apply yourselves and the second is to use team work and defeat the five monsters that currently resides in this part of the sea" the guard says
"This is stupid why should we have to go through this bogus training risking our lives because that freak was too weak to stand the heat of a little teasing" another boy shouted
The guard grabbed him by his neck and punched him in the stomach " that hurt didn't it?" He asked
The young man shakes his head
"Good, now imagine enduring that a thousand times more painful then imagine enduring that for 8 whole years"
"You idiots don't seem to grasp the gravity of this whole situation, you tormented an innocent girl for years and the fact that you think its okay to do that is sickening what you also don't seem to realize is that this training isn't just punishment it was created to help you guys learn how to work together and strengthen your abilities in order to protect yourself and each other"
"Also the next time you want to bitch about how hard life is or how hard an opponents is to fight think about what your superiors the people who protect you even the king himself has to go through day by day in order to protect you're worthless asses and stop making stupid decisions that will land us in situations like this where we have to be training in case Lucifer goes out on a whim and decides he wants revenge for what you idiots did to his only daughter not to mention the fact that an archangel had a hand in this and now it's reflecting back on everyone he was involved with"
"Now go start your tasks you have five days to complete it and bring back the remains of the trench creatures INTACT to the west borders of the city. If you fail to do this you will have to do it over and over until you are able to also if you don't participate you'll be punished and if you try to escape you'll be labelled as traitors of atlantis and treated as such. See you in five days, we'll be watching"
THE FAIRY KING FOREST
"Come on kids combat skills are necessary in all things, to attack and to defend. How you fight will decide the faith of your life one day. You wont always have the power of your magic to rely on all the time so learning physical combat is a good move"
"But we're protected by the great tree and the fairy king himself who wields the only weapon ever made from that tree so why do we need protection or learn to fight no outsider can enter the forest without permission anyway" Thalia a young fairy girl questions
"Your right Thalia we are protected but we can't leave everything up to the fairy King himself because while he may be powerful he can still be injured or killed even though he has a long life span besides we are not as closed off as we once were and we are still liable to be attacked by races more powerful that us"
"Plus some of your fellow faes who we allowed at their own request to be apart of the pack we created with the other seven great races, did something stupid and so now we all have to pay the price so feel free to take out your frustrations on them just don't cause any fatal damage."
THE KINGDOM OF VAMPIRES
"Please let us have some blood we have already gone weeks without any we are vampires for crying out loud how can you expect us to survive without the very thing that keeps us alive we have suffered enough how much more of this are we supposed to endure before its over?"
"Shut up and keep moving maggots!"
"Oh my father will hear about thus when he gets back from his mission. Who do you think you are forcing the daughter of an elder to work and train for days without food. You will rue the day you messed with me r-"
SMACK!! the crack of a whip is heard, the gurl falls to the ground face first as her weak body could not support her.
"IF YOU HAVE TIME TO THREATEN ME THEN YOU HAVE ENERGY TO WORK GET MOVING NEXT TIME IT WONT BE A WHIP"
If you guys want to make stupid inconsiderate decisions then i hope your all ready to accept the consequences