Misled

The Past

It was a typical day, I was called by my father and mother, and the crown prince, Ciel Shione was still on his afternoon lecture at that time, I went to the main hall dressed properly, just like how a princess would.

I greet them like I always would, but their expressions told me that something was off, my father asks me, "Is everything fine Celine?" I replied with a smile, "Everything's fine, just..." Without me finishing my sentence my mother interrupted, "No man or woman in our family should say that she isn't fine." I was taken aback, "Y-yes" I was scared, but what's the use of fear? It'll just eat me whole, I want to know what's going on.

My peaceful days are probably over, I was ordered to train myself, be strong, strong enough to protect and serve my brother in the future. In terms of martial arts, my brother is more talented than me, but that wouldn't be sufficient to rule. The most important thing to be a ruler is to have the domination to dominate the officials and the people.

I understood what father and mother meant. They want me to become stronger to aid my brother so I won't bring him down along with me, I trained day and night, rain or shine, and my brother was always there for me. He came to me every day, he told me to rest, after all, it should be too much for my body.

He's the kindest soul in the world, I always wake up in his lap, I would stare at his pretty face, the sight of him gives me the courage to go on, it's because he works so hard, when I'm close to him, I can always see those dark circles and tiredness underneath him. No matter how hard he tries to hide it, I know it better than he does himself.

I worked hard, strived to be the best, and burned out myself just so I can be the best. I did everything in my power to break out of the hell I was in, only a little light can seep through the place I was in.

It disgusts me, I feel nauseous but I have to get out of here. I must and I should, my brother is still waiting for me outside. Corpses after corpses, I pierced their chest with my sharp claws, I crushed their heads with my mighty palms, and I scattered blood everywhere, just to have the scene of a SCARLET BATTLEFIELD.

Blood dried up in all corners of that pit, the smell is getting worse and worse, it's annoying. But blood covered my hands too, I have to get used to it, just so I wouldn't be disgusted when I eliminate people for my brother. People that he doesn't need anymore. People that betray him.

I crawled out of hell and what was it that I first saw? My brother's overly worried expression. He called my name a lot of times but my throat was too dry to answer him, though I was covered in blood he didn't care that it soiled his favorite clothes.

I grew up with Ciel, he is the best older brother. When I did something wrong, he would always be there for me to tell our parents that it was his mistake not looking after his younger sister well. Respect grew and began to root inside of me, it's like it was just a seed at first and now it grew into a long big tree. Just like the trees that we planted when we were young.

He was the best, I don't believe that there is someone who's 10 times better than him, he's like the most perfect being to be described by me.

I woke up in my room, a wet sensation on my forehead, there was a wet towel there, I slowly picked it up and got up, I watched my surroundings, I suddenly had to see the sight of the unbearable scarlet battlefield made on that pit.

My brother's voice woke me up to reality, "Celine! Lay down!" He's mad when I don't rest well. He's mad for my own sake, I feel thankful. Very thankful. It's so nice to have someone care for you.

After a few days of rest and being forced to drink medicine and supplements by my brother, I am back to my normal state, I can even fight against 20 of our tribe's elite fighters.

I know my brother was just worried about me and made me drink all those medicines and supplements, it didn't mean that he looked down upon me? Ugh, forget it, Celine. Don't let this kind of thought into your head again. Your brother loves you and cares for you because you are his only sister.

The more I pleased myself by saying that my brother cherished me the most, the more the thoughts grew wilder, is it because of my murderous aura? I decided to train my mind, I asked for help from my Teacher, Lily.

I was lucky to be under her care for a few years, she thought me the ropes on how can I reorganize my thoughts and calm my mind, eventually it did work and I began to stop thinking about the distracting thought of my brother ever again.

Is this what freedom is like? I breathed in the fresh cold air from the summit of the snow mountain. It was so fresh that my stomach suddenly grumbled, that's when I see my brother again, "It's been 5 days. My little sister, how are you?" Five days? I can't believe that I lost track of time during meditation, it seemed that my soul was lost out in the universe full of stars and time was passing by slowly.

"Sorry brother, I didn't know time could pass by so quickly. But your birthday isn't over yet, right? I'll be so upset if I don't get to attend it!" I threw a tantrum in front of Miss Lily and my brother, they laughed at my behavior and teased me, I miscalculated the date and his birthday is still a few days away.

It made me happy that I didn't have to miss it. If I miss it, I would really cry a whole sea of tears and the whole tribe will be in white for my own funeral.

I was taking my thought too far, but when I and my brother went down the mountain of snow, we encountered wild wolves. At that time, the arrogance got a hold of me, I thought I could fight them myself, but who'd have known that it wasn't just a normal wild wolf, it was the blood gang, the one that comes in packs and hunts other wolves for their blood.

They're the cruelest wolves, but they are also strong, I got injured, it was my brother who protected me. I hate it, I hate it that I'm weak. I woke up and got scolded by our parents. It was because of that, that I trained in seclusion on the forbidden mountain. A life or death training.

I didn't have the courage to face my brother and thus I left without seeing him, not even knowing if I can get out of that hell. I took my favorite weapon, the moon sword. We the wolves are strong depending on the moon.

When it's full, we're at our strongest, but when it's a waning moon, we're also weak. This is the bottleneck that I want to pass, I want to be strong whether there is a moon or not.

-Future chapters would be about the past, rewinding the time to the past and see what happened in between Celine Shione, Ciel Shione and Stella Shione.