Darkness

chapter 1

"Passage for one through the portal please."

"Excuse me miss but aren't you a little  too young to travel."

" Am I? I was granted permission from the queen, her majesty and his majesty the king to travel, here are the seal of approval right here on this document."

I said smiling proudly,one has to be sixteen and over to travel but I turn sixteen in a couple days and when your sixteen in the kingdom of Drekia life tends to get a little out of control and am not sticking around to find out how challenging mine will be. If you haven't figured it out am running away from home, goodbye darkness and hello new world.

"Wow... looks like the king and
Queen likes you a whole lot to have approved your traveling before you have aged."

Of course they do, they even left the office open for me to just come along and forge these documents.

"What can I say they practically raised me."

It's true they did raise me, they are my parents after all but he doesn't need to know that. Under this disguise no one could tell that I am the princess.

"Is that so" the portal keeper said raising his left eyebrow

"Yes it is so can I go now."  feeling rather restless for being here for an entire hour.

"Of course miss right this way." He  open the small gate that lead to the portal.

Pulling my back pack closer to my body I made my way to swirling mirror walls. The portal resembles a silver lake that is erected upright. I have never been to the portal before but have often heard stories of its mirror like qualities. One could see their reflection looking back at them.  smiling at my reflection now its just as the stories described. This is it am finally free, taking a deep breath I  step through the mirror looking walls it was cold you could feel the sting of being submerge into an ice water bath but for only thirty seconds. I don't remember closing my eyes but when I opened them the view from the tiny lights above me took my breath away.

"That's so beautiful," the whispers leave my lips   trailing into the cold night. "what is it?"  starring longingly at the sparkling light on the dark canvas a smile graced my lips free at last. The air was cool and light the atmosphere here is very different from Drekia's.

Suddenly there was this rumbling noise from a distance that startled me, my body shook with fright the sound was very foreign to me. It  grew louder and closer and as it did two lights appeared in my line of sight ,the lights reminded me of the crystals back home but that didn't stop the fear that was building up inside me, the noise grew louder. Covering my ears  trying drown it out but the crystal lights kept coming at me. I closed my eyes and held my breath  hoping it would just go away but it  kept coming.

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"What the heck, didn't know the crazies walk this late."

It's mad late, I should have been home like yesterday and yet some crazy person thought it would be fun to stand in the middle of the street.

keep driving, just keep driving she is not your responsibility the thought sang in the back of my mind,  apart from the fact that she's in the middle of nowhere I thought it best to just let her be. Swerving the car around her slender frame  something inside me changed my mind has transported my body to an unfamiliar place it's dark and warm something  is gripped at my heart this phenomenon told me  it's not time to think just go out there and help her. The feeling was pulling me towards the timid girl in the street. Reversing the car seems like forever to reach where she was.

She let out a shrieking scream as the car stop next to her, she jump to the side crouching down to the ground.

I remember opening the car door and the next thing I knew I was by her side.

"How did... what jus.." feeling a little disoriented about what going on my body felt heated my mind boggled with questions on how I got to her so fast?" A soft  whisper seep through my lips I was a little dumbfounded as to what was going on but I couldn't deal with my issues now they would have to wait.

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"Excuse me are you ok," touching her shoulder didn't make a difference she wasn't speaking. "it's very late, don't you think you should go home now."

Someone is talking to me but dread the thought of looking around I was so scared. The noise had stopped and the shadows of the the crystals fall behind me, a tall figure was now crouching down beside me I tried to move but my body wouldn't allow it so I stayed there not moving.

"Is something wrong, are you hurt?" raking my hand through my hair feeling rather frustrating. "Please say something miss."

"Am fine could you just leave me alone."

"Am sorry but that's a no. Your in the middle of nowhere,there's no signs of life for miles how did you even get here?"

She seem a bit strange, from what I could tell. She had long white hair but I couldn't see much of her features in the dark. She wore a black lengthy jacket with glowing seams like something out of the Tron movie she's definitely not from around here.

"The portal." she said like I'm supposed to know what that means. It  wasn't necessary to probe her with more questions instead I took her arm in my hand and pull her up from the ground.

"Here let me help you," leading her towards the car she froze up in my arms not moving, she was scared but of what I had no clue.

"It's ok trust me no one will hurt you it's completely safe,"  opening the car door and taking a seat in the comfort of the cool leather . Her body seem to relax as I did this she came closer to me. Moving over to the driver's side patting the now empty seat telling her that its safe to sit down. Once she was in she closed the passenger side door. Securing her in the seat with the seat belt wasn't hard at all she didn't flinch like she did before.

"What's your name?" 

turning on the ignition and driving off slowly. She wrapped her jacket around her.

"My name," she whispered shyly .

"My name is Thalia Marcello." sound so proud and confident this time. Her voice wasn't  shaky nor was she scared anymore it made me  somewhat glad ...

"My name is Stephen king it very nice to meet you Thalia."

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"Princess, the queen as asked me to escort you to dinner, princess! ...miss Thalia." I knock on the door a few more time but still no reply.

My hand grasp the cold metal of the knob gentle opening the door and peeking inside, the room is empty. Where can the princess be.

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"Am sorry your majesty but the princess is not in her room."
A look of fear and concern cross the kings features, he got up from his chair slamming his fists into table. He had this look like he was about to kill someone...

"Guards! Guards!"

His voice thundered throughout the dining room alerting all the guards on the second floor of the castle......

They all came rushing in, assembling themselves in a perfect line then sang like a male choir ..."yes your majesty "

"The princess is missing search the grounds and report back, go now and be quick about it ....

" Vera you may return to your duties"

"Yes your majesty"

Excusing myself from the room and  down the corridor making my way to the kitchen I finish the desert I was working on, my job in this castle is never done....

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