Concealed Love

Chapter-6 Who she is

 Ella's POV

             Its been six days after the wedding announcement and i haven't met Al since that day, Minerva sent her maid to tell me that she will continue teach me only after her marriage as she's busy with the preparations. 

            Once, after the day of their marriage announcement Al came to look for me but i could not bring myself in front of him and hid from him, since then i tried my best to continue my days as usual and helping out the wedding preparation, in order to keep my emotions under control i worked till my body can no longer keep up and cried myself to sleep the first three nights. 

              The wedding is tomorrow noon when the sun stands in the middle of the sky, almost all the preparations are finished, the festive people celebrated every night waiting for the glorious day, and tonight everyone seems as excited enough for them to have a restless night waiting for the big day tomorrow. As the people celebrate in restless anticipation i, feeling suffocated ran away from them and engulf myself in the darkness around me. I didn't realise that morning had already dawned on me and that the new year wedding day had arrived.

                   The people arrived, the king gave his commands and the ritual began, Al and Minerva started walking down the aisle and i saw how they fit each other so well. I was prepared to smile through the day, to give them my best wishes and be happy for them but when the moment truly came i could not even manage a straight face, i no longer had the courage to stand smiling in front of them but no matter how sad i was, i tried my best to conceal my emotions. 

                   Suddenly the palace got fire, there were people in black hoods attacking the guards and the people ran in fear as the Al and his armies along with the king fought back. I stood there frozen and when a person in hood came up to me i tried to run but he called out to me, in all the chaos his voice sounded so loving and familiar and the moment i look back, the me who had never seen a demon knew that he was one. His hands covered in flames, eyes red like blood and body fairer than a normal human, he covered us in wall of flames and reached for my hands as i flinched and step back and the next words that came out of his mouth drained all the remaining senses that was left in me. 

                   "When i heard rumours that a girl who don't age is living in the castle with no past memories i wished and knew it was you Asfet, you are a demon like us, our princess and i am your brother Edward, we came to avenge our people and parents who were slaughtered by the humans who erased your memories and took you away.You have a power stronger than anyone and because of it they are deceiving you to use you later on so come back to us now " as he said those words and called me in that familiar name i stared at him and something in me knew that he was speaking the truth.

                    Just as he finish those words Al broke through the fire wall. The words of the man, a demon, who calls himself my brother broke the last thread of emotion in me, the realisation that i was not the person i thought i was my whole life made me lose control of my body, my emotions that i was trying to hide overflowed, jealousy, envy, sorrow, anger and the love that had no where to go creeped onto me and i saw myself covered in flames, my eyesight blurred, i could not hear nor feel anything and something overtook my consciousness. 

                    I could see everything but couldn't move my body, i could feel myself screaming and crying but my senses were numb and the fire that was coming out from me burn everything in the way and continue to grow. 

                     I saw my brother kill the king, i watched as the innocent people and the palace burn in my flames, Minerva who was on the verge of dying as she tried to protect the people and heal the wounded with all her powers, the queen who died beside her king in the hands of her attendant who betrayed her.

                     Al defeated my brother and came to stop me by trying to break the barrier of flames around me, i can see his power weakening with every passing minute and when he finally break the barrier and brought me back to my senses he was completely drained. I held him in my chest and cried saying ' Iam sorry' over and over again as he lied in the floor covered in blood, everything around me was burning and the people who was dear to me and who cared for me were now lying cold and lifeless around me.

                    Al with his remaining strength reached out his hand, gently wiping my tears and said "Don't cry, it's not your fault. This was bound to happen" and with a faint smile he uttered his last word "live", I grab onto his hand and called out to him time and again but he could no longer reply. My brother with his dying breath gave out a dry laugh, holding out a small hourglass and cite the words " When all sand falls tragedy shall fall and fate will repeat".

                    The guard posted outside the castle returned and the remaining demons fled, the survivors starred at me in terror calling me a monster and I knew I could no longer stay, I ran away taking the hourglass and leaving everything behind me. 

                   The guards chased me as I kept running with no means to defend myself, I had never held a weapon in my life let alone the ability to fight and as I reached the edge of a cliff I was shot by an arrow and feel off the cliff. 

                 When I opened my eyes I was lying in a rock covered in blood however I had no wounds on my body, there was no sign of an arrow being shot through me except for the blood stained ripped dress I was wearing, the hourglass stood there unharmed, I picked it up and shook it but it kept going in the same pace even when I placed it upside down its flow remained, at that time I didn't know what was happening and what was going on with anything. 

                   As soon as I regained my senses I stood up and ran away far into the woods in fear of the being haunted again both by humans and demons, with no one to trust and no one by my side I had no place to return to. 

                   The people I loved were all gone, and the demon place where I was suppose to be at was far from the feeling of home, everything about them was unknown to me and I still could not wrap myself around the fact that I was a demon let alone consider myself their princess. 

                    Not understanding anything and recalling the deaths of all my loved ones in my own hands, I no longer had the will to live but as I thought of ending my own life Al's words for me to "live" ran through my mind and remembered my brothers words. 

                   I decided, if it was true and even by one in a million chance everything was to repeat than I will live on, next time I'll protect the people I killed and if by chance I could meet Al again than at that time I will gladly give my life away leaving no regrets.

                As days goes by I realised the differences in me, I could live on without food, even when I got hurt it healed almost instantly if the injury was not severe and my body turn back to normal, as years went by I came across bigger differences, I had stopped aging physically and no matter what I do I didn't die.

               The humans as well as the demons continued searching for me and throughout the years I taught myself some self defence skills and tried to control the power that was burning within me. With no knowledge of the effects it could have i just tried my best to bring out the flame and use it to my advantage but more than frequent I hurt myself and as much as I hurt myself I was getting used to the pain. 

                Ever once or twice a in month I went into the towns and walk around the markets gathering information, most of the times I fought with wild animals to gather experience from fighting with others. I lived a century alone without getting into contact with anyone and some few years after a century I started getting in touch with some humans and blending in with them as human. It was not hard to blend in as the people who knew of me had died out and not many knew of the past tales anymore, however I had to move from one place to another to avoid people getting suspicious of my identity,I could not rest in one place for more than 20 years. I got better at controlling my powers and fending myself from the demons who searched for me, they tried to take me back with them most of the time by force, I don't know or care what kind of power I have I just know that if I go with them I'll turn into something I'm not. Just like that million of years went by, the rulers and kingdoms that once flourished has now become history, the tales of the poor became dust along with their remains. People grew rapidly the past few centuries and has brought many changes in the world both good and bad, however the people themselves didn't change much, they are weak and short lived but their dreams and aims stronger than ever and it continues to grow bigger.