The Heirs

    The world may collapse in on itself and I would still end up standing in the rubble. The queen in her kingdom, even if that kingdom is in ashes. I was born for one sole purpose. To make alliances. But I will no longer be a pawn in  someone else game of power, nor help them gain that power. I am the descendent of the kings and queens before me. unlike the fakes that bought their way to power I was born with it. I am surrounded by old money family's, constantly sucking up to me for my fathers benefit.      Week after week I smile and pretend that I am an elegant god, higher than everyone else's problems and worries. But I am not, I am just as lost, just as broken and scarred. My aim is not to end the monarchy but to create a better one. To expose the liars that bathe in the attention. No one is ready for the cruelty to come.     "Aeleria!" I am met with a icy cold stare from my mother. "Are you listening to a single word I am speaking" before thinking I respond.     "No, not really." She looks back at me in utter shock, infuriated she stands, picking up her floor length dress and stomping out of my sight. Hushed voices whisper within the room.      I am currently attending a "small" get together within the elite class of ladies and gentleman. Men in suits and Women in gowns strut throughout the room drinking, dancing, and laughing forcefully.      I catch a glimpse of a group of boys sneaking away, their chuckles travel through the room and they stumble over their own shoes. Clearly have had a drink or two. Their smirks are addicting, and their demeanor is so unpredictable its alluring. I follow a ways behind as they exit, the moment their legs hit the ground outside the room they start in a sprint. Now laughing loudly and grabbing onto one another's jackets, dragging each other forward.     "Boys!" A guard roars and they all fall into a halt. "What are you doing?! Get back inside!" I watch in awe as the situation unravels. They give each other side glances, and an understanding is formed between them. Within a second they are flying down the hallway like their life depends on it. "HEY!" behind them the guard chases and cries out for them to stop, but they don't.     Without a second though I run through a shortcut that will let me meet the boys on the other side of the hallway. As I turn the corner all 4 of them come to a screeching halt in front of me. I feel their eyes burning into my skin, they're waiting for an explanation.     "Stop staring and follow me" I order them before continuing down the hallway. "Are you coming or not?" immediately they let out a snicker and follow. What was once an outsiders view on their adventure, has now become an insiders thrill. I lead them down the hallway turning to a dead end. They look down at me curiously. a quick movement I knock on the corner of the wall reveling a handle, in which I open the "door" and motion for them to enter the pitch black room.      "f**k yeah" one of them exclaims before cheerfully entering, the others follow inside. I quickly shut the door moments before the guard would have walked past.      Flicking on the lights I turn to face the boys, whom have clearly made themselves comfortable. The small room was originally made for secret meetings, but its no longer 1750 so its used as a hiding space for hide and seek. Art hangs on the walls around us and 2 couches have taken up most of the space in the room, and the boys that were just running down the hall now lounge on the couches.     "Thanks." the same boy that was the first to enter nods towards me.      "Well you all seemed to be in a situation and I felt obligated to help" I began.     "Hey, Hey, Hey, we were doing perfectly fine before you showed up." a blonde haired boy chimes in, clearly annoyed at my presence.      "Really now, because to me it looked as though that guard could've called five more to come and help him find you guys. Without me you might as well already be kicked out." the blonde hair boy doesn't respond to that.      "I'm Aeleria by the way." with that they all go silent and stare at me, s**t. "I know my name is so cool, but I didn't think it would leave all of you speechless" I tease them and thankfully they let out a few chuckles.      "Nice to meet you Aeleria, I'm Jackson" the boy who entered first starts, he pushes his dirty blonde hair back out of his face and smirks. He gets up to stand next to me, and that's when I am aware of just how tall Jackson is. I snap out of it realizing I was staring, but his eyes tells me he already noticed. "That's Noah." Jackson points to the blonde that still looks annoyed at me. "That one over there that's Chase" Chase gives me a small nod of acknowledgment, he smiles at me, and I'm not going to lie Chase is hot as f**k. His brown hair falls loosely over his face and he has bright blue eyes. "and him, his name is Theo." I look over at the last boy, his face doesn't move an inch and his forest green eyes bore into me, trailing them over my body making me squirm. His hair is a lot like Chases except for the fact it is 10 times darker, closer to the color black. "Don't worry, I promise he's not that scary" Jackson jokes noticing my uneasiness.  "Well now that Jackson has introduced us, why don't we go and escape this s**t hole of a party, and find a real one?" Chase declared. "Chase, we literally just sat down, don't torture this poor girl with your impulsiveness" Noah seems very bored with Chase, but I'm intrigued. He stands up from his seat and grabs my hand giving me a smile. "If you liked the first little adventure you saved us from, your going to love this."     Chase pulls me out the door and through the halls, with the rest of them behind us a laugh escape my lips. Air rushes past my face and blows my hair back. I am filled with a bliss that I cant explain. Before I know it Chase is stopping suddenly.  "Shhh" He whispers loudly to all of us. His hands are now on my waist dragging us behind a door way. He pulls me close to him while we all huddle into a corner. his breath echoes in my ear and I look down at my feet to hide the red slipping onto my cheeks. I am suddenly extremely conscious of the unreasonably short dress I am wearing. Seeing this he smirks at me and tightens his grip on my waist and pushing us farther back into the corner.      Voices travel around the hallway and I notice a group of people walk right past us, their shoes clicking against the ground, and so is their elegant laughter as they fake their sobriety. I watch as they continue down the hall. To someone else you would think they looked genuinely happy, but to me I can see the pain and jealously laced in each word they speak.      "Okay lets go." I am yanked back out into the open and we run. We run all the way to the front doors of my estate. I can visibly see the boys tense up when a guard steps in front of us. They go silent.  "Excuse me, I'm going to have to ask you to head back to the party, if you would like to leave I will need to see your invitation or your parents. I cannot have the youth running around the front lawn causing a scene." god these guards are starting to get on my nerves. Jackson is about to start arguing with the guard before I cut him off.  "Well excuse you, I am Aeleria Black and in case you didn't know I live in this house. I am the daughter of the King, you will let me and my friends through. Now." The now flustered guard steps aside, practically punching himself for his actions. The moment we pass him Jackson wraps his arms around me and looks at me with a grin the size of his face. "I already love you." he admits.  "That wasn't to bad.... for a princess" Noah speaks nudging me in the side causing me to laugh.      This was nice, although I knew I would eventually have to go back to my dreadful life I felt as though I was okay, for now. Chase brings us to his all blacked out car, I'm not a huge car person so I'm not sure what it was but it was nice as f**k. It didn't have a top and there weren't any doors to the backseats so I had to jump over the side. I ended up stuck between Jackson and Theo with Chase driving and Noah in the passenger seat.     Before long we were speeding down the highway blaring music into the pitch black abysses of night. My mind was warning me to make up an excuse to go back, but my head was also the one telling me that if I went back I would never leave again. Instead I followed the pounding beat in my ears that matched the thumps of my heart. To think that 20 minutes ago I was sitting on a fancy silver couch listening to my mother go over her plans for summer, and now I'm in a car that belongs to somebody I only just met. I lean my head back and close my eyes, praying for this to never end.      "You having fun there, love?" I am met with a intense gaze when I open my eyes, and a smile creeping onto  Theos mouth. I lean forward and whisper into his ear.     "The time of my life" My hair snaps in the wind and clouds my view. I am about to move it out of the way when Theo reaches around me a holds it like a ponytail.      "You got a hair tie?" I gape at him and nod.      "Mhmm." lifting my wrist to meet his gaze I pull the hair tie of my arm and hand it to him. He takes it and wraps it in my hair with ease before leaning back in his seat. What the f**k just happened?     "I still don't know where were going" I explained. Noah looks back at me and than at Chase.     "Do you want to tell the princess or should I?" He suggests to Chase.      "Lets wait just a little longer before we scare you off" Chase decides. "Princess."     The rest of the ride was peaceful, nothing except the sound of music beating against my ears and the wind flying past my skin. There was a odd understanding between these boys, as if they could tell what the others intentions were before they even moved. In unison they would start moving to the rhythm, and every once in a while they would give each other a look of confusion or humor. Even I couldn't decipher their secrets.      The drive was long, but it was long in a way that made me want to stay in the car for eternity. We pulled into the driveway of an house that stood tall and wide. It was huge, though not as big as mine still big. Cars had parked everywhere, the driveway, the road, the grass. To many people to count moved into and out of the house, holding drinks and stumbling through the yard. From here I could hear the blaring music and teenagers screaming out of joy.      I was mesmerized by the sight before Jackson pulled me out of the car.      "You ready?" Chase calls out to me, walking backward towards the house. I run up into his arms and he lifts me,     "distract me" I mutter into him.