Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Peter P.O.V

"We should ask Old master about it." Mona said, looking at me for permission.

"You know Master is busy right now. We can't disturb him." Lilly replied to her on my behalf.

"But... He is the one who knows everything." Mona reasoned. She had a point but if we disturbed him. The consequence would not be appreciatable.

"I did warn you. Don't send that joke to bring her but you never listened to me." Olivia complained, gritting her teeth as usual before adding, "Whiteheads are jerks!"

"What do you mean by 'whiteheads are jerks'?" Walter asked, standing from his seat angrily.

"Stupids. Don't you get it?" Olivia shrugged, adding fuel to the fire.

"Do you want to die, Olivia?" Walter warned her in full anger, pointed a finger at her.

"Wanna try?" Olivia said, standing from her seat.

While I was moving my head from one face to the other. We were supposed to discuss the solution but here they were creating more problems.

"You......" Walter was just about to split something again when I cut him.

"STOP IT!!!!!" I yelled with all strength and they both gladly quiet.

"We are here for some important discussion not for your childish bickering." I glared and they both sat back on their seats.

"Walter, show some etiquette, and Olivia you show some respect and behave." I said to both of them because one was a Prince and the other was Guardian's army general.

"Whatever!" Olivia a.k.a the guardian army general huffed. I rolled my eyes at her.

We were gathered in the castle for discussing the next step. A few days ago, Princess came to our world - in the Crystal World. When she was not supposed to come, however, strangely no one from us brought her. Then how could she come here?

Olivia found her in the Green Forest. The green forest was the end of the guardian town. After it, the dark world began. Dark world, where Vampires lived. Guardians and Vampires, we were enemies for the past thousand centuries.

20 years had passed since that tragic disaster. We lost our Queen but we didn't lose hope because Old master told us that our Queen sent her child to a safe place. Our princess got sent to another world. It was enough hope that our to be queen was alive and we had to make ourselves stable for her. So that when she would come back, she could found everything perfect but she came earlier than we had thought.

We had given Mike the responsibility to bring her here. Because once she entered her real-world her powers will start to unlock. She must be worrying about the changes happening to her. There was one more thing to ask her how did she come here? Not to mention the recent attack of a vampire on her. Because of Walter, she was saved or otherwise...

"Her eyes are as same as Queen Teresa." Walter said, remembering something, and smiled.

"Yeah, right. You look at her eyes better than us." Lilly said teasingly and winked at him.

"Hey!!!!!" Walter shouted and we all burst into laughter.

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Marietta P.O.V

"To Crystal World." He said and I didn't understand what happened next. I just blinked my eye and I was standing in totally different scenery.

He let go of my wrist and I looked around suspiciously, amazed, and awed.

Fireflies were shining everywhere with colorful butterflies. We were standing in a garden, in front of me was tall and gigantic trees with different shapes, flowers of so many colors and types were all around me.

That place was beautiful in all ways. The air was freshly enveloped with the sweet fragrance of flowers and the chill breeze was blowing, making my hair dance in the air. Sweet voices of the different birds were chiming. The sky looked like early morning hours; a lightly bright shade of blue with some wondering pink clouds.

"Isn't it beautiful?" He asked.

"Where am I?" I whispered. I was astonished by the beauty of such a beautiful place but also confused.

"Crystal World." He said whose name I remembered as Mike.

"Crystal World," I repeated those words unknowingly.

"Come with me," Mike said and turned around. I followed his lead and saw a familiar castle of crystal in front of me stood in its all glory.

That was the same castle from my dream. A feeling of disbelief overtook me realizing that it was not a dream. It all happened in reality. I had so many questions coming into my mind and even a few answers were appearing instantly.

Mike walked towards the door entering the castle and I followed him, silently. We walked past a long luxurious corridor which was decorated with flowers, statues, portraits and so many things to whom I noticed and didn't notice.

We turned to left-right-straight-right-left and then, at last, stopped in front of a big glass not-see-through door. It had a crisscrossed design on top of it. He opened the door and moved inside, I followed him.

"So, it was not a dream?" I found myself asking when I stepped inside and looked at familiar and unfamiliar faces.

It was a huge room with big sofas all around and a table in the center. The walls were made of glass, had mirrors and flowers on all corners with big vases. There were red silk curtains decorating pillars in all corners. One word; mesmerizing!

"No." A girl replied whose name I remembered as Olivia.

"What are you all?" I asked angrily. All the problems in my life started since that accident night and I was here that night. It was not a freaking dream!

"Sit down first." That forest guy said. I couldn't call him a white-haired guy as almost all of them had white hair. He had shining amber eyes and worn a green gown ending on the floor with a band on his forehead. I looked at him before eventually, I sat down on a near sofa.

"You are right on that eye thing." A girl said who was wearing an autumn-season-leaves crown on her head. Her gown was also of autumn orange color, her features were sharp yet soft at the same time. Her eyes were a mixture of orange and yellow, so unique and beautiful.

I was confused. Bloody hell confused. Did anyone willing to answer my questions? What was going on here?

"What is your name?" That forest guy asked.

"Marietta Amino," I replied and they all exchanged looks.

'What's going on? Who are they?'

"Princess Marietta, last night something strange happened with you, right?" That girl who looked like the female version of the forest guy asked. I creased my brows and glared at her. This girl had concern last time in her eyes, right now she was expecting something with curiosity in her amber eyes.

"Something? Everything is strange happening to me since I first came here and thought it was a dream!" I snapped at them. I was angry and I blasted all exhaustion out on them. Their faces lost color as if, they were not expecting something like that.

"My brother got killed by someone and I vanished from the car at the last moment. And now what? I vanished into an unknown world. How? How did I come here? Did masked savior do this?" I blurted out everything angrily. I only realized when one of them asked,

"Who is this masked savior?" A guy with bright blue eyes and long white hair asked. I clenched my eyes shut. Shit! Shit! Shit!

'How can I spill everything in front of strangers?'

"Why would I tell you?" I glared at him. He was looking familiar too. His blue eyes and white hair... Last time before passing out... Oh!

"Can you please tell us what exactly happened to you?" That forest guy asked and I laughed. If I know what happened to me then things were so easy.

"You have Princess's gut!" Olivia smirked.

"Did Vampire attack you for the first time?" A girl asked. I just noticed she was so cute and beautiful with her baby blue eyes and golden hair. Her ears were like an elf and a bluebird was sitting on her right shoulder.

"Yes," I answered her. 'Maybe...'

"You need to learn and know so many things." Mike shrugged.

"What?" I asked confused. Why would I learn something from them? What were they?

"What kind of creatures are you? What am I doing here?" I asked.

"We are the official guardians of this state and you are in the Crystal World, far away from the human world, we are not humans, we are immortals." That forest guy explained.

What was his name? I was tired of calling him a forest guy.

"My name is Peter and I'm the leader of the guardians for now....." He said as my mind understand his previous statement and I lost questions for a moment.

Crystal World, a different world, far away from the human world. What was he saying? Were these strange creatures belong to a different world? I was standing in a world where immortals live!!!!

'What am I doing here?'

"The vampire who attacked you will again do that. So, be careful next time. We want you to meet our Old master but he is engrossed in something important till then you have to shut your mouth." Peter glared at me with his dangerously shining eyes and my all bravery vanished into thin air.

His look was scaring me. He moved towards me, stopping at one step distance, he moved his face closer to me, stopping at just 2 inches distance, sending me a deadly glare, he whispered,

"If you tell anyone about our world. You. Will. Be responsible for the consequence. Understand?" I gulped. A shiver ran down my spine as a ball of tears stuck in my throat.

"Stop scaring her!" Someone pushed him away and stood in front of me as a protecting barrier. I closed my eyes and deeply exhaled. My heart was somersaulting inside my chest. I opened my eyes to saw that bright blue eyes looking at me.

"I am Walter, let's go back." He said, glaring at Peter. Why was he protecting me and being nice?

"It's pretty strange when you suddenly arrived in our world. Do you have any kind of powers?" That girl with autumn-season-leaves crown asked. I was so scared to even move my body so I remained silent.

"It's enough Lilly. I'm taking her back. Discussion over!" Walter said dismissively. Then he grabbed my wrist and walked out of that room. I actually breathe in relieved but could I trust him?

"You can trust me. I won't hurt you." He said making me stunned. How did he......

We came out of the castle back to that beautiful garden. He turned towards me and said,

"Don't tell anyone about our world. Ok?" His tone was friendly. I couldn't stop myself so I nodded.

He passed me a smile that said something but I didn't understand it. He was handsome, with bright blue eyes just like me, long shiny white hair, reaching his shoulders, that little pointed nose, too white that looked like pale white skin, and that cute facial features, and that beautiful smile.

"I won't tell anyone." I whispered.

"Good." His smile widened.

It was unbelievable to believe that I was in another world. A world where immortals lived. A world far away from humans. A world where good and bad peoples live regarding Walter and Peter. I did believe in magic but a part of me always said it didn't.

Now, I was standing at a place where people with elf ears live, where butterflies and flowers were all around you, where the air was fresh and frightened at the same time, where the castle of glass was found. Who said magic didn't exist? It did exist. Just believe in it and magic will find you.

"Good," Walter repeated, and his bright blue eyes glittered like when sun rays reflected over the ocean and it shined like crystals. I felt dizziness and in no time, darkness enrolled me.