Half Fairy and Her Two Mates

Alyssa

Aria's POV

“I want to meet my mom.” I said with a strong voice. I was going to do whatever it took to see her. Amare nodded in agreement with me.

“First you need to learn how to shift into a fairy and back to human with control. It should be easier for you to change to human because you are half-human. Should be hard for whoever it is with you at school to keep their identity a secret. They’ve probably noticed that something's wrong too, let’s just hope they haven’t figured out who is the cause of it yet.” Ekon says and makes a hand motion for us to follow him to the Livingroom.

“It first happened at school right, sweetie? The shift?” Amare asks me and holds onto me while we followed Ekon who had his big back facing us. I remembered that the headache did start when I was at school so I nodded. “Do you know who it might be? There must be someone new in class if it’s happening now or it would’ve happened a long time ago.” She continued, looking at me with warm and supportive eyes and obviously a little worried.

“Alyssa is new, she also said she was a transfer student. Maybe it’s her!” Kylie said and was then walking beside me, Liam was still behind me. I also wanted to hold his hand for some reason, he just seemed too far away.

“Oh yeah, Alyssa. I remember you did get a headache that day.” Liam suddenly says as we sat down on the sofa. Amare went to help Ekon who was searching for something on the bookshelves. I then realized that the headache started when Alyssa introduced herself in class for the first time and then it came back when she was helping me in chemistry class. It makes sense but…I don’t know for sure.

“Watch out for Alyssa, she cannot know that you are a fairy. Stay away from her just in case if it’s her. If she reports you to the royal family then bad things will happen.” Amare said still focusing on finding whatever she was trying to find. Liam looked at me distressed. I took his hand and gave him a weak smile.

“Can’t she just stay at home?” He asked worriedly. Aw Liam. I smiled a bit at his worry for me. When he saw it I looked away. What was this feeling in my stomach? Can't be butterflies. This is Liam! My best friend! Ugh, there’s too much going on.

“She needs to figure out who that fairy is so we know who to stay away from, we cannot just take her from school and let this fairy problem ruin her life as a human. Let’s try and see what we can do, but right now one step at a time. First, learning how to shift back and forth.” Ekon said, turning around with a thick book in his hands. He smiles down at it as if he has fun memories attached to it.

“The guidebook your mother gave us to help you shift, in case she wouldn’t be here.” He continued while putting the book down in front of us and opening it. Dust flew all over the floor.

Alyssa’s POV

I didn’t understand why my fairy side constantly threatened to show itself at school. I was getting more and more anxious about showing up. It was impossible for there to be another fairy unless there was one without my parents’ permission. But breaking that rule would have serious consequences, no one my age would be stupid enough to break that rule. Was I just getting weak or something? That doesn’t make sense either. Why would I be getting weak?

I sat on the grass near the lake in my kingdom. My light pink see-through wings shining in the sunlight. I listened to the lake pass by while deep in thought. Small butterflies in all color flew around me and I let myself lay down. I breathe deeply, inhaling every flower scent there was around me. Roses, lavender, tree leaves, and more forest smells filled my senses. I rolled onto my stomach and looked down at the lake, saw my reflection and my eyes glowed pinker because of the sun. I touched the water with my fingertips as I saw few small fish swim fast by. I sighed and rolled back onto my back.

Another mystery for me to solve was that at the human school I felt calmer for some reason, even though I had no close friends because that’s forbidden. I felt as if there was this presence there that I couldn’t find that helped me relax. I wondered why that was.

I was on my way back home, through the town to the big castle that stood gracefully in the other end. I wanted to tell my parents about my problem with holding my fairy in.

“Mom look! It’s Alyssa princess!” I heard a small girl’s voice say to her mother on the other side of the sidewalk as they were about to pass me. I smiled sweetly and waved at her.

“Hello!” I said and she jumped up in happiness and waved. She then looked at her mom and she nodded, so came the little girl running towards me with her arms wide open. I hugged her as she came and then she smiled shyly before running back to her mother. She bowed her head to me and I just smiled. I kept on walking, I was in no rush going home. Especially when the weather was so warm and sunny. I wasn’t allowed to be outside the castle grounds after 5 pm and it was already 4:30. Fun fact: The time in the fairy realm and the human realm are really similar, except the fairy realm is about a day earlier than earth. 

Anyways, my mother would always be really mad whenever I came home late. My father was almost never around because of other more important matters he needed to attend to.

I was finally back into the castle. I saw John, one of our butlers and I asked him where mother was. He pointed out to the garden and I thanked him. I flew out and saw her. Ariel, my mother was smelling the roses in our garden.

“Mother!” I called and she turned to face me for a second and then back at the roses as if I weren’t there. My mother’s marigold-colored wings thrived in the sunlight, as did her eyes.

“What is it you want?” She asked me not a bit interested. As usual, she thought I only came with problems. They hated when I ran around to have fun instead of standing still and being a lady. I just wanted to have a bit of fun when I was younger, but apparently, my parents have seen me as a wild card since then and they’ve never liked that. I’ve been trying to prove myself lately as I’ve become older but it seems as if they’re stuck with the old idea of me. I really hope someday they will be proud of something I do. After all, I am a princess and will be queen as soon as I find my mate. I know my parents have given up on me but they trust that the moon goddess has chosen a great mate for me. He will be king and they just trust in that. But I want to be good enough too. They are really eager to find my mate, they’ve held parties and invited so many male fairies but none of them have made my wings or eyes glow. They haven’t yet checked all the other fairy kingdoms so there’s still a chance to find him. But it’s weird because I’m already 18 years old and when you turn 18 you are supposed to feel the magnetic pull towards your mate. I don’t feel a pull. That’s why I need to be ready to become a queen without a king if I have to.

“Something is happening at school. I can feel myself struggling to hide my identity.” I said following her as she walked towards the little wooden bridge that stood over a small lake running through our garden. She turned to look at me with wide eyes.

“Do not tell me-” She began but I interrupted her.

“No mother, no one knows who I am. I’m just saying that it’s a little difficult. Did you and father assign another fairy at the same human school as me?” I asked, hoping to get some help from her or at least a bit of information out of her. She looked away again.

“No dear, no one else but you is in that school.”

“But I swear something is off.” I told her desperately.

“If you’re too weak to handle it then just tell me and you can come back. But don’t think that your father and I will be happy about that.” She said to me still looking away with no reaction to what I had just told her.

I flew away irritated and up onto the balcony of my bedroom.

Ugh, I’ll find the fairy that’s making things hard for me myself and prove to my parents that there is someone breaking the rules.

I made a list of all kids that could possibly be the problem. Now I just needed to test them. First on the list. Aria. I’m getting the feeling that she might be a fairy because of her beauty and the fact that in all the classes I have with her I struggle the most. If she is the problem, I’ll get us both to the principal’s office where my parents have to come to talk to the teacher and her parents. They have stronger fairy senses than me because they are more experienced, so they should be able to spot the fairy in no time.

Not that I dislike Aria. I don’t want to make her life difficult. But I have to do this in order to prove to my parents that I will be a good queen, make sure that every fairy follows their rules, and for them to be proud of me.