Querencia World Book 2: The Princess that Tamed the Villain

Chapter 16 Ruininki’s Journal.2

I’m so consumed in reading Ruininki’s journal. He and his twin brother Kenenkie are Gifted in the reign of my great grandmother Queen Leonor.

It irks inside me when Ruininki mentions Queen Leonor, my great grandmother.

I flip the pages once more and continue reading, Ruininki thoughts is overflowing in the journal; he has written it as if he is speaking to me directly.

Ruininki has a premonition that I will get his journal and read it; he knows even before I’m born, how?

I read again, I become interested in each every written word,

Kenenkie, he never listens to me. I know we're different in many ways. I'm stubborn and not a good twin brother but my senses are far more good than him.

I encounter different kinds of people, I’m exposed to them; kind, vicious, pretentious and those who are great in scheming.

The difference between the two of us Kenenkie doesn’t read people well.

I don’t mind coming back and forth from Atracia City to the Querencia Kingdom. I enjoy it, I have fun discovering mystical creatures I never have seen before.

I see forest fairies that always fly away when I’m near. I wanted to play with them but seems they don’t like me. It such a pity.

I discover the mermaid's fortress, I love how they sing; they are pretty for a while they are but in time they will show their real faces which is scary for others but not for me.

I swim with the mermaids one time and Master Arruis outburst and gone mad, advise me not to swim with them again.

“You may never come back to land when they have you”

I heard a lot of stories about mermaids but still, they are fascinating to me, I like to swim with them and as they enchant me with their voices. The mermaid songs surprisingly don’t affect me as they do to others.

The creatures in Enchanted Forest, they are fleeing away from me when I came near.

It is not fun I can’t play with them. The time came when Master Arruis notice that the forest fairies and enchanted creatures don’t want to be near me but on the contrary, those creatures they fear I spent my time with them without any problem.

One time Master Arruis is with Kenenkie and they give me an awful stare, I felt strange as I saw the Elders with them.

I take a deep breath, Kenenkie can see my energy and I can see his energy;

Kenenkie’s energy is blazing white, it’s blinding me.

They eyed me with a suspicious look, finally, they utter words

“are you roaming with the vicious creatures in the Forest once again?” The head of the Elder mockingly questioning me.

I can’t help but smirk, there is something about the Elder’s that made me question how they run the orders in the Kingdom.

The Royal family had great respect for the elders, I wonder what gives them that power.

I try not to say a word and ignore them but the head of the Elder words ring inside my ear that I cannot let it pass.

“what you do reveals what kind of energy you have”

I stare at the Elders blankly and to my twin brother, he is warning me not to answer back, shaking his head.

I walk closer to the Elders, I felt Arruis raise his guards, I stop in enough distance.

The Elder is shorter than me to meet his eye level I have to bow down,

“So what If I hang out with those scary creatures, they are more fun to be with than all of you here” I smirk

The Elder’s raised his eyebrows, “You don’t have the right to disrespect me” he yells

I walk and yawned “I don’t disrespect you. I told you the truth” I replied mockingly

“You’re close to those vicious creatures reveals who you are” The Elders continues

“Sir” Kenenkie tries to calm the Elder’s not to tell me what it is,

I tilt my head, a signal that I need an answer, I look at the Elder annoyed.

“If a twin is chosen as a Gifted, one harbors the gift and the other has the curse. One has the light energy and the one carries the dark energy which will scatter fear throughout our Kingdom and to your World. I’m certain you harbor the dark energy. You naturally gravitate vicious creature and scares enchanted one” The Elder glimpse at me with disgust.

I check Kenekie's reaction, he bows all along while the Elder’s accuse me, he didn’t even bother to defend me.

I look at my hand and the energy that flowing in my hand, I can see the darker blue radiating all over me.

I look at their energy, Master Arruis energy is lighter but Kenenkie is blazing white while the Elder is brown which not surprise me.

I rather not say a word and listen to Kenenkie’s thoughts, I look at my dark blue radiating energy which my brother can see.

“What can you say, my twin brother? Do you have any thoughts regarding what the Elder’s say?”

Kenenkie says nothing and breathes deeply, he stares at the Elder’s and bow

“I think we need to go home for a while” he suggests to me instead

The Elders fiercely gazing at me "You should take care of him" The head of the Elder's order my twin brother.

"Or else we will" The head of the Elders utter those words staring directly in my eyes; I believe it's a threat, I take it as it is.

One thing that amazes me in the Querencia Kingdom is the time frame; the time between my World, Atracia City, and the Querencia Kingdom

The 24 hours here in the Querencia Kingdom equivalent to 48 hours in Atracia City, the day and night are longer in Querencia; I can spend my day til dawn here in Atracia and goes to the Querencia Kingdom still the sun rises and the people are working.

I and Kenenkie are different, I go to Querencia to play around, enjoy the nature that Atracia never had.

It’s fun here when I specifically came in this part of the Forest where the said scary and vicious creatures vows to me.

I discover the place where ogre lives, I go there without fear; they are isolated and the Royals and Elder’s are scared of them, don’t treat them as a part of the Kingdom.

I roam around the Forbidden Forest, there is a big stream of mountain fountain that separates the Enchanted from Forbidden Forest, the other side of the mountain fountain the mermaids are lurking around the rivers.

As you trail the river and walk you will get deeper there's the ogre village, as you trail along wild vicious animals are everywhere fox, tigers, hawks and night birds.

As you go further, the scariest creature in the Forbidden Forest lives in a cold muddy swamp, it is the slimus monster, keep walking and you will see the field of purple of flowers called “cerulean flowers”, it is deadly and harmful. It smells is intoxicating and can make someone who smells its fragrance dizzy, slowly paralyzing their body, until they have no control over their system, they might die for suffocation and poison.

All those places that I travel on my own; no one in the Kingdom but me goes there; I know I will find someone who can also discover that place and that person is you.

You can roam in the Forbidden Forest freely like me, it’s natural to us. We are not scared of danger, it excites us.

My twin brother Kenenkie knows I’m going inside the Forbidden Forest look at me annoyed and mutter “I can’t believe you are going inside the Forbidden Forest like it is not a place for vicious creatures.

I stare at him not amused, my twin brother is easily controlled by the Elder’s and Royals for his love for Queen Leonor blinded him.

I open the matters that bother me, I ask him what are the reason that the Querencia Kingdom are only gaining knowledge from our Atracia City but our World wasn’t but Kenenkie never says a word, he remains quiet.

I know I hit some nerves, Kenekie’s expression change, I’m certain he knows that the Royals and Elder’s only wanted the favor for them, any other creatures that will not be beneficial to them they will cut them down and isolates them like the mermaids, ogre, dwarf. I will not include the slimus monster for the reason they are meant to live there in the darkest part of the forest.

Kenenkie is aware of it but remains silent and I know for one thing what is the reason he is willing to take all the pain, the insults of the Elder’s and Royals towards me, and eat all the belittlement towards him.

I’m used to being treated unfairly and badly by others for the reason I push them away for they can’t understand me no matter how hard I try but Kenenkie is different. He can’t take those insulting words, it makes him weak, gives him insecurities. Our parents make sure that they praise Kenenkie’s achievements for he can stay at the top of his game. Kenenkie's ego can't handle those insults from the Elders, I know inside it's killing him but he doesn't let it show.

I wonder how long he could endure for his love for Princess Leonor that he knows from the first place that is not possible; the Elder’s lived by in the tradition of the "Kingdom Prince Selection" where the Prince in the five Kingdom will fight against each other physically, battle in the mind games to prove who is the most deserving Prince that will marry the Princess, to be the next King of Querencia Kingdom.

I sense Kenenkie has no dream to be the King of Querencia Kingdom. He has no ambition in knowing the enchanting magic this World has and gain from it. It disappoints me but Kenenkie can't see what Querencia can share in Atracia if he has the same ideals as me.

I notice Kenenkie watch, the same design in the necklace I accidentally saw. Kenekie’s handcrafted piece of jewelry inside his wristwatch while I had the hint that the other pair is own by Princess Leonor, the pendant of the necklace has the same design.

The irony of seeing your twin brother madly in love with the future Queen and willing to do anything for her. I can see all that, the unfairness he has to go through.

I’m the type who doesn’t easily agree, there’s the conflict risen. I don’t want to trouble Kenenkie but there is something inside me itching to know, I know we feel the same but he keeps ignoring his sense.

I can sense they are dissatisfied people in this Kingdom, do not agree on how the Royals run the Kingdom.

I discuss with a small group of people; I heard how to repress they are, the citizen should be submissive to them and they take away their freedom to speak. 

I made them my allied and they become loyal to me. We meet in the mermaid's fortress to have secret discussions, we made our camp house in there. As time passes, we gain new members and the rumors start to escalate which angers the Elders.

 I discover the Elder's house and found out that the dwarf and ogre works for them. I discover secret potion they are only allowed to use.

I know how you have my journal in your hand for you to do the same; you and I are the same.

You wanted to know the answer and so do I, the secret that the Elder's keep hiding from your citizen and how they control the Royals.

Mia, you and I meant to walk the same path; it is painful but you have me. I will be here for you; your my destined Queen, My Princess, and my future Queen Mia.

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