Electra 1 How It Begin - 16 Chapter 16

It had been a tough week but I got a lot of training done; most of the time I was in the training room or in the simulation room. No one was worrying about me being kidnapped and no one was asking me what to do. Now and then there was one person that asked me for help. George was always saying I over worked myself because when I went to bed I went straight to sleep. It was a Saturday and we got to go to town again. It was strange walking through the crowds of people that now know who I am. Jonathan had said sorry by now and his ring had been removed. Both were in the lab at BC HQ (Black Cats) being studied carefully. We had to pick out nice clothes for a gathering that night. We went into the shops and looked around. The boys choose black tuxedos and ties. I choose a black and blue dress that was tight around the top and then flowed out. We went back and rested.

At about 5 o’clock we got ready. Flame had a professional hair and makeup stylist come in and do my hair and makeup. When I looked at myself in the mirror the most obvious thing that had changed was my hair. My blue side plait was down like the rest of my hair. I had light blue eye shadow on and pink lipstick. Flame came to get me and she was wearing a red dress and black high heels. She was holding something on a pillow. It was my tiara. I hadn’t worn it since I was taken by Vlad the first time when I hated him. It had changed a bit. It had a silver frame and it came down over my fore head. It had a hole in the middle and there was a black and red ruby. Around the frame there was still the diamonds but they were red and black. She put it over my head and it fell on by itself. “You look amazing.” Flame said. I smiled at her and I didn’t know what to say. The boys came in and stood there. They didn’t know what to say. I looked at them and thought of something they should say, but they said the opposite. “Wow, you look… breath taking. You will be the princess of the ball.” Jonathan said. I smiled at him and said thank you. George was still staring at me and I clicked my fingers for him to snap out of it. He went red in the face and smiled. They had to go down first and Flame had to introduce me in front of everyone. She went to the top of the stairs and got everyone’s attention. “I would like to introduce princess Electra of all the realms.” She said. Everyone clapped as I walked out and joined Flame. She took my hand and lead me to the bottom of the stairs were everyone crowded me. Flame lead me over to the boys and everyone then backed off. I still felt bad for leaving Vlad that way and I wanted to thank him for helping me. “Don’t worry, he’ll get over it.” George said. I smiled and Flame introduced me to some people. I nodded and shook their hands and went off. The music came on and people started to dance with each other. George came over took my hand and started to spin me on the dance floor. I laughed and went with it. It was so much fun to let loose and not have to worry about anything. It didn’t last. In the corner there was someone in the shadows. I sniffed the air and it was Vlad. He was just watching me and not doing anything. I broke off from the dance and went to the corner. I put my hand through his head and realised it was just a hologram. But that lead to another question. Who put it there? I went back and enjoyed the party some more. It had been going on for three hours and everyone was relaxing. The doors were opened and the announcer said who it was. “Introducing Cat Storm.” He said and everyone stared. I was just as surprised as everyone else and they all started to whisper things. Flame stood up and said, “I invited Cat here tonight because she is after all related to the princess. She has assured me she will hurt no one tonight.” And everyone got on with the party. I went over to her and gave her a hug. “Is Vlad coming?” I asked.

“No. He’s still getting over you. You are his worst night mare and his best dream.” She replied. I couldn’t decide if I was glade or upset. George and Jonathan came over and Cat looked worried. I explained that they were being mind controlled but not by Vlad. We all sat down and started to eat the meal. It was a roast chicken with vegetables and gravy. For pudding there was a wide range of deserts. There were cheese cakes and little doughnuts. All the puddings you would have at a normal informal party were there. Some got up and started to dance more and chat about anything. At about 9:30 the doors opened again and no one announced who it was. They just blended in with the rest of the people. I knew who it was and I was on full alert. I sniffed them out until I got to the table they were on. I sat down and looked at my brother in the eyes. “What are you doing here?” I asked.

“I got bored at home so I thought I would come here.” He said.

“Blades no one knows who you are around here. You can’t just drop in unexpected.” I replied.

“You may be a princess but it doesn’t mean you can boss me around.” He shouted back.

“I’m not bossing you around. I’m being your older sister.”

“Really? You look like her. You smell like her, but you don’t act like her. The Electra I know and want back would help me train and not leave it to Vlad. Did you know I could shift in to a fox? Or did you know that I had the power of the elements?” He said.

“I would have helped but…”

“Don’t worry, I’m going.” He said and he walked out. I ran after him telling the guards to block the doors. “Blades wait…” I shouted, but he was already gone. I ran up the stairs still trying to catch up with him even though he was long gone. I turned around and everyone was staring at me. I didn’t know what to do and Flame came up and directed me to my room. I started to cry. Blades and I had always been close, always there for each other and backing the other one up. I told Flame what had happened and cried again. I didn’t go back to the party. I got ready for bed and laid in it for hours. No one came to see me and I didn’t care. We had never had a fight and I had never known the true power of words. I felt bad for leaving him but I had to. He is my brother and I had to protect him no matter what. I needed to do something to take my mind off things. I couldn’t go back to the party so I went to the roof of Black Cats HQ. I started a storm in my hands and made it grow bigger. Then I chucked it up to the sky and swirled my hands under it. It grew bigger until the whole sky was covered in storm clouds. I put my hands down and it started to rain. I pointed my fingers in certain places and lightning appeared. I smiled at myself. I felt calmer and in control. I looked at the sky and wondered what it would be like to fly. “Do you want to find out Electra?” Someone asked. I looked around and Vlad was standing there. He was holding something in his hands. “What is that?” I asked.

“A special type of ring that gives you power of flight. It’s very rear and it was left for you. Let me put it on for you.” He replied. I gave him my hand and he put it on my middle finger on my left hand. He took my other hand and I hadn’t realised that I had grown wings. They were like angle wings and the feathers were blue, red and black. We jumped up and never fell back down. “Electra are you up here?” George said and looked at the sky. He was looking at us in surprise. “Why did you have to do it Vlad? How many people did you hurt to get it?” He shouted. We flew off and left him shouting. It was amazing flying over Peaceaver. No one could chase us up here because the only other people with wings were in Cloudaver. No one knows what happened to them after they were saved. Some say they just blended in with the different realms. Others say they went to the human realm and covered up their wings. I read that some are trying to rebuilding Cloudaver. We flew to the end of Peaceaver and came back around. We went back to the HQ and he left me. “How do I get rid of the wings?” I asked.

“Just think of them going away.” He said. They went and a group led by George came up. “Stop!” George shouted. Vlad jumped up still holding my hand and my wings grew back straight away. I wasn’t planning to tell them unless I needed to and I didn’t think I did. He must have read my mind and did to wind me up. He left and went back and I flew back down. My wings went again and they all backed away from me. I went back to my room before George got there but Jonathan was there. I sighed because I had to answer the annoying questions. Don’t they get that when I’m with Vlad I’m safe. They still hate him because of the first time we met. “What were you thinking?” He shouted.

“I was thinking of having fun!” I shouted back.

“What by going off with a wanted criminal.”

“I know what you’re thinking so don’t say it.” George said. I hated the fact that they could read my mind. Maybe there was something that stopped people doing that. I shifted to a fox and ran to the bottom floor. In one room there was a forest set up for people to practice things in peace. I went in and locked the door. I curled up on the floor and went to sleep.