The Fairy Isles

Chapter 4: Angry distruction

As soon as I get home from the library, I see that both of my parents are sitting at the table eating breakfast. Mom notices me first and says "Hey honey, your up early!" And when Dad looks over he says "What's wrong? You look upset." Which causes me to scoff and say "Did you know that my real parents were best friends with the Queen and King?" They just stare at me for a few beats so I yell "DID YOU KNOW?" I start getting so worked up that it causes my magic to rise inside my body. Magic always reacts to all emotions which makes me difficult when upset. Mom gives me a look and says "Well of course we knew but that's not important information for you to have. They never wanted you to know about that for your safety." And Dad follows up with "They loved you so much and wanted to keep you safe from royal world, it's a dangerous place to be involved with." It's obvious that they are still hiding something and it may take some time but I'm going to figure it out. With or without my parents help. Mom's been trying to calm me down but I've been tuning her out when I hear her say "You just need to calm down and not think about your birth parents right now. There's nothing that we can do about this right now so we might as well keep living our lives." This response makes me so angry and I cannot believe that they are going to act like this isn't important information for me to know. I'm so upset that I just turn around and storm out of the house.

So much is going through my mind that I can't even remember arriving in the forest behind the village. Not many fairies come out here so I take advantage of the solitude and begin blasting the trees with my magic while simultaneously repairing any damage I do to the forest. I've always loved nature but I have a difficult time not destroying things when I get upset and my magic is acting up. I taught myself to repair my surroundings while my magic acts up like this because it used to hurt knowing I was being so destructive. I continue letting out my anger for a while, I always lose time when I am this upset so I just let it all out in the hopes that it helps me to calm down and think reasonably. As soon as I have no more anger left in me, I just lay down in the dirt while taking nice and deep breaths to prevent myself from crying. I hear a branch snap nearby and shoot up into a sitting position to check my surroundings. I don't see anyone in front of me and as I start turning to look behind me I see Kingsguard Conroy right as he begins speaking to me "Your magic is so strong and you have amazing control. Who have you trained with? You should have been entered into an Academy with that kind of magic." I'm shocked to have a Kingsguard comment on the strength of my magic so I don't respond right away while staring and he continues on "What is your name?" I find my voice to respond and say "My name is Aurora Potts and I was trained by my parents and also trained myself using the books at our library so I don't have a sponser to enter me into an Academy." He's shocked by my response but recovers quickly and says "Well it looks like you will be going to Bryxton Academy then. I will be your sponsor and take over your training. I just sent the information to your home and notified your parents through my magic. We leave for Dravenswood Isle tomorrow morning, I'll be at your house by 7 am to pick you up and we will travel together. Make sure to be ready, I do not accept being unprepared and late. Now off you go to pack and say goodbye to your friends and family." He just turns around and strolls away without another word. I watch him until he's out of my view and sigh. How has my life changed so much in such a short time? I'm very excited for the Academy but this isn't what I expected and there's so many thoughts running through my mind that it's tough to process.I have to go find Lucy and talk to her, she will know what to say to make me feel better.

Lucy's parents aren't home so I rush over to her room and slam the door open without knocking. Lucy falls off her bed and the book she was reading goes flying into the air from suprise. I use my magic to cushion Lucy's fall and to catch the book so it can be set it down on the bed gently. I immediately start venting "I just had the craziest thing happen to me in the woods! I was so mad at my parents after going to the library and learning about a connection between my real parents and the crown. So I was confronting them about my real parents and got really frustrated then I went to let off some magic when Kinsguard Conroy saw me and said he's sponsoring me and I'm going to Bryxton Academy on Dravenswood Isle tomorrow!" Lucy just stares at me in shock while trying to ptocess everything I just spewed out at her with no warning. Once she gets past the shock she says "Start from the top and tell me everything!" I beging by telling her about all the weird things that happened yesterday. I also tell her about going to the library, the book I found and the confrontation with my parents then I finish with meeting the Kinsguard in the woods during my explosion of magic. As soon as I finish explaining everything a packet appears on Lucy's bed. She grabs it and immediately opens it then screams in excitement. "I've been accepted! Let's see what this says then we can go to your house and get you packed up! I've been packed and ready for weeks just in case." I laugh and say "Of course you already be packed and prepared!" Lucy pauses as she reads her packet so I say "What is it? What's wrong?" And she looks up at me and says "I've been accepted into Bryxton Academy as well, this isn't for Berkton like I thought it would be. We are going to school together on Dravenswood Isle!" We both scream then get up to hug and dance around in excitement. Once we have calmed down a bit we decide it's time to go to my house so I can pack up my things and see what my parents have to say about all of this. I'm sure Lucy's parents are over there too so we can give them the news together. I have no clue how my parents are going to respond to this information, especially after this morning and finding out that my real parents wanted to keep me out of the Royal world. I doubt going to school on Dravenswood Isle will get me too close to the Royal life but there is always the chance it will happen since I will be so close to them. I honestly never thought something like this would happen to me and my head is still spinning from everything that has gone on today. It's crazy to think that it is still morning with everything that has happened to me so far. I'm so excited for this new chapter to happen but I'm very nervous about how my parents will react anf with the thought of being so far away from them.