The Missing Princess

Alexandra's POV I stand at the front of my school looking at it for the very last time. This is the last day of my sophomore year here at Highland Preparatory Academy, or Highland Prep as we liked to call it, in Melbourne, Australia. As I walk into school, I am greeted by almost all the students passing by until I get to my locker. There I see my best friend Abby and her boy toy Lucas. She greets me with the biggest hug I've ever received from her. "I cant believe you're leaving in a week" she says as she squeezes me even tighter. "C-can't B-reathe" I gasp out, trying to wiggle out of her grasp desperate for air. "Oh, sorry." She giggles as she releases me. " It's just that I'm going to miss you a lot when you leave and in truth, I don't want you to go." "I know, but I don't really have a choice since my father took that new job in America. Besides I'll come back and visit as often as I can once I get out on my own." I said. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. As if that will ever happen. You'll get over there and forget all about me." she whines as she is faking tears. "That's not true at all and you know it, we have been friends since before I can remember. No distance can keep us apart no matter what!" I said as we shared another hug. "Ladies, if I can interject. We are going to be late for class if we don't leave right now." Lucas said, trying to pry the two of us apart. "Aright, fine. Lets get to class Mr. Punctual..." Abby huffs, looking at me one last time before turning to walk away with Lucas. I turned getting into my locker before heading to class myself. Once I take a seat at my desk, I look around for the guy I've had a crush on for the past few years. Unfortunately, he is nowhere to be found and that saddens me deeply as I wanted to talk to him one last time before I never get to see his beautiful face again. The teacher walks in and class begins like normal. About halfway through the lecture I start to feel very light-headed and dizzy. Since I know what is about to happen, I ask if I can be excused so I can go and see the school nurse. My teacher excuses me and I dash out of class as fast as I can. Luckily I have just enough time to make it out of the school and into the near-by woods before I shift into my snow white wolf. I cant remember the first time I actually shifted but my parents said I was ten years old. That was the day that changed my life. ~Flashback~ Alexandra at ten years old My birthday is tomorrow and I'm super excited for all my friends to come over and celebrate with me. Mom and dad planned a huge party with all kinds of different games and activities for my friends and I to enjoy. My favorite is the bouncy castle. As we are setting up for my party, I start to feel a little sick. "Mommy, my tummy hurts and I don't know why." I whined as I ran up to my mother crying. "Oh, honey let me take your temperature and see if we need to take you to the Dr." my mom tells me. "There is no need for that, Margaret." my father says. "We both know the time has come for Alex to discover who she truly is." "I was really hoping it wouldn't happen this soon though. You know everything we have done to hide her from them." My mother says, making me look back and forth between my parents in confusion. Just as my father was about to say something else, I felt a sharp pain run up my spine, causing me to fall to the ground. "Dammit, she is starting to shift now." "What do we do, Jason?" "We need to get her to the woods where she can connect to the earth and nature." He said as he picked me up and started walking toward the woods just behind our house. When we were far enough into the woods, my father laid me down on the ground and sat beside me gently stroking my hair trying to help ease the pain I was in. Suddenly, the pain I was experiencing grew more intense and I started feeling my bones breaking and reforming themselves. All the bones in my body were breaking at the same time and the pain was almost unbearable, but throughout the entire time I didn't scream at all. After about an hour of having my bone repeatedly broken, I finally fully shifted into my wolf form. My father was still beside me and just staring at me in awe. "Alex? If you can understand me, I want you to shake your head for me." He said slowly to make sure that I could fully understand him. So I shook my head. "Good, now what I need you to do is think about being a little girl again and focus as much energy as you have into that thought." he says. I do as he tells me and I focus on what I look like, as if I was looking at myself in a mirror. After about five minutes I start to feel that pain again, but this time it is not anywhere close to the same intensity as the first time. Once I have finally shifted back into my human form, my father gives me a big hug and tells me how much he loves me. It scares me a little at first because he has never really been this affectionate towards me before. Don't get me wrong, I know my father loves me but he doesn't outwardly show it. When he finally releases me from the hug, I ask him what just happened and why it happened. "We will sit down with your mother when we get back to the house and talk about it. There are things we need to tell you about who you are." he says to me. "Okay, Daddy". I say as we start making our way back to the house to find my mother. The walk back to the house took about 15 minutes. "Mommy, daddy wants all of us to sit down and talk." I said the minute we entered the big dining room. "Alright, let me finish hanging this last streamer and we can talk." she says. ~end of Flashback~ One week later Today is the day we leave for the United States of America. All our close friends have come to the house to wish us a safe trip before we have to board our plane. Abby and her parents are here and I haven't stopped crying for the last 20 minutes. I don't want to leave my best friend, but I know I have to as this move will also help me discover more about who I am. When I am finally able to compose myself, I pull out a small brown box and hand it to Abby. "Alex, this is beautiful!" She exclaims as she pulls the crescent moon necklace out of the box. "It's just a little something to remember me by. Turn it over." I tell her. She flips the necklace over and the words 'never alone' are inscribed on the back. "I LOVE IT!!" She squeals as she is jumping up and down. "I thought you might" I said as I give her one last hug before my parents and I get in our car and drive to the airport.