The numbers we're called *DONT READ THIS IT IS DISCONTINUED AND BAD*

Chapter 13

I wake up to find myself in the big round bed, the mattress is strewn everywhere and my hair looked like a birds nest. There were 3 doors in my bedroom. 1 leading out of it into the rest of the palace, the second a bathroom but I was unsure of the third door. I get up and walk to the door which I think leads into the bathroom, but instead I enter a huge room with rows upon rows and stacks of clothes, jewellery, shoes and accessories. A walk in closet.

My mouth gapes as I take it all in, it was bigger than my actual bedroom and it was full to the brim with everything I could ever want. After I look around, I head to the other door which leads into a bright, white bathroom. I strip and enter the shower, the hot water soothes me and I soon begin to feel dizzy as I hadn't eaten anything before entering the shower. I exit with a towel wrapped tightly around my body.

A girl dressed in a maids clothes sits in my room, admiring my bedroom. She then realises that I'm there. She looks at me with watery grey eyes. "You will be required to have breakfast with the royal family, all the girls have met them before but you haven't. The rest of the girls will arrive in a few hours and the trials start tomorrow" 

"I'm here to help you dress up for this breakfast" 

I nod silently and she leads me into the walk in closet. She runs her hands along the many dresses, before picking a deep purple dress.  It was the prettiest thing I had ever worn. It hung off my shoulders slightly, the v-neck going down a bit further than I would of liked but it wasn't inappropriate. The long pleated skirt part of the dress hit the floor and it flowed out slightly. 

It fitted me tightly, showing off my curves. She then painted my nails the same colour as my dress and a few people came in to work on my hair and makeup. I had Smokey eye make up and my hair was in a loose bun, with curls coming out of it. They then chose jewellery out for me, a silver necklace with a big diamond hung from my neck, the diamond fitted snugly in the crook of my neck. Simple silver earrings and bracelets were added too. 

When I looked in the mirror at the final result, I didn't expect to see the girl looking back at me. She was beautiful, her dress opposed her pale skin nicely and her hair was done up with loose curls hanging from the bun. I had never considered myself to look even remotely OK but Ode had always said that I broke hearts all around. I never believed her, of corse, I only saw my flaws as I thought most people did. 

I move away from the mirror and the maid leads me down a set of marble stairs and out some doors onto a veranda. 

"Good luck" she whispers encouragingly. I smile gratefully at her and I turn the corner to find a scrumptious feast laid out in front of me. All eyes are on me as I sit down.

5 people sit there. At the head of the table sits King Zeddlo to his left sits Queen Aurelia and to his right sits Prince Axel. The other two, I assume are the twins, Prince Brone and Princess Ariella. A butler comes up beside me and seats me at the opposite end of the table so I'm miles away from the family. They all turn to look at me apart from the Queen.

I chuckle nervously and murmur a 'hello'. They all continue to stare at me, had they not learnt any manners? After all they were the royal family of the strongest empire in the world. I could feel Prince Axel's eyes burning into me as I sat down.

"How do you do?" A female voice says. I look up and my eyes meet the chocolate brown of Princess Ariella.

"Um I'm ok, how are you" 

She smiles, growing in confidence, "I'm ok. What divines do you control" 

Only then do I realise that this breakfast is probably the start of some tests. 

"I uh control blood and electricity, I can create electricity and storms. I have a silencing ability which cuts of senses and it eventually kills the person I'm affecting and then I have a dissolving ability which allows me to dissolve most objects and living things, they turn into black ashes. So um yeah...."

The queen stares at her food, Axel chokes on his food and the twins eyes widen whilst the king just stares at me, he looks like he's almost examining me.

The rest of breakfast is silent and I fill my plate with fruits and sweet pies. They all melt in my mouth, the fruit being grown by the best farmers around and the pies being baked by the best bakers.

Finally the King speaks, "You will be tested in our testing room to see if you are lying about any of this, you will be tested on your divines, your fighting skills and we will also come to a conclusion of why strong stone doesn't work on you." I nod, not wanting to seem rude.

"You are something we've never seen before, you defy strong stone and have 4 divines, how can this be?" Prince Axel declares. His voice rings throughout the room and the authority is clear in it.

"I do not know how I came to be, I was an orphan and have lived in an orphanage all my life" I reply. It seemed as if he was talking about me like an object. 

"May I see an ability." Prince Brone's voice is quieter than his brothers. I look to the king and queen to see if they'll deny his request but they both look on.

"Uh-h sure, which one?" I had never shown anyone my abilities before apart from when I threatened Jude and Judy and when I trained with Odette. Suddenly, I wished she was here, by my side, squeezing my hand and telling me I'd be alright. 

"Your electricity divine sounds like one of interest, maybe you could form a storm and show us a few sparks?" 

"Brone, the storm isn't the be-" 

"No mother I'd like to see it." 

He smiles sweetly at me and I close my eyes. I feel the thrum of the lights already in the room, they pulsate and I can hear the fizz of electricity. I let sparks run along my hands, they caress them and they go higher and higher up my body until my hair becomes undone and it flaps around in an unnatural way. 

I open my eyes and their gazes turn from shocked to frightened. The royals scared of me? Never! 

I stop abruptly and stand up. "Come" is all I say. I expect only Prince Brone to stand up but they all do. They follow me to the edge of the veranda and the cool breeze calms me. This time I don't close my eyes, I put one hand in the air and twist my fingers. Dark clouds form overhead and the sense of electricity warms me from head to toe. An unnatural lightning comes down from the sky, striking a tree as it bursts into flames, almost immediately a loud rumble of thunder follows.

Prince Axel acts on instinct and puts a hand out to put out the flames with the steam directly below the castle. I can hear the sizzle from here. The water floats and levitates before entering the stream again.

A slow clap starts from behind, I turn to find Brone clapping. "Well done, i enjoyed the show."

"Thank you Prince Brone." I bow slightly before he says:

"Don't call me that, I don't like titles, call me Brone." I grin and nod.

"Actually none of us really do apart from mother and father, so please, call me Axel"

"Call me Ari, only my parents call me Ella." Ariella adds.

My grin becomes bigger as I reply "Call me Jade it's nice to meet you all"

After that I got changed and was escorted to a large white room.

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YAS! Hope ya'll enjoyed! This was actually a 1403 worded chapter so I definitely succeeded with my goal. Hope to post soon.

Lots of love,

Me ;)