Sele is my OC, you can find her character reference on my deviantart .com (You'll find her pretty easy there) I just wanted to give her a nice story telling her past.
I don't own magi
"Sele! Can I talk to you for a minute!"
As I walk through the hall of the palace I can hear my king calling out to me. When I turn around I see him running towards him.
"Sin? What are you in a hurry for? Weren't you going to visit the princess?" At least that was what he had said during the meeting this morning. I didn't go with him as I did not see the point in joining him. I had enough work to do.
He looks me in the eyes with a dead serious look. "That's what I want to talk with you about. Can we get to a little more private place?" I nod and walk with him to one of his chambers. Why would he want to talk with me about her?
When we find our place to be alone at, he sits down. I sit down in front of him.
"So what is it you wanted to talk about?"
"I want to know what you know about that princess."
I look at him with surprise.
"I don't know anything about her. How should I know, I've never seen her before. Don't except me to know all about someone I've only seen once."
As I say so I can hear him laugh.
"That's not funny Sin! It's the truth!" I yell at him.
When he finally stops laughing his face returns to the serious look.
"I already thought you wouldn't know anything, but I still wanted to talk about this with you."
"What's the point of it when I don't know anything?"
"I thought I had heard some rumors about the Musta'sim family so I let Ja'far look up some documents about it. At first I thought the story I knew wasn't true, but deeply hidden there was this small part which confirmed it."
I sit back in my chair and just look at him, waiting for his story to start making sense.
"The thing is…" He says, finally getting to the point. "The Musta'sim kingdom had two princesses."
"So what? Do you want to know if the second one is still alive or something? All of Musta'sim's royalty has been murdered hasn't it?"
"It's not exactly like that. I think YOU are that second princess. The documents state that the oldest of the two disappeared when she was just a few years old."
I stand up from the chair. "What are you saying Sin? I have no memory of being a princess. There is no way someone like me could be royalty!"
"I know you don't want to believe it but think about it. The two of you are pretty similar. Your hair has the same color and even your eyes are the same. The way you act and talk, it's all the same."
I look away from him. I just don't want to listen to this.
"I cannot easily believe you Sin. What you are saying doesn't make any sense to me. If you do not mind, I have a lot of work left to do. If you excuse me."
I stand up and walk towards the door. Sin stands up to and grabs my shoulder before I reach the door. His sudden action makes me feel a little bit afraid.
"I know you won't believe all of it, but I let Ja'far bring the documents to your room. I want you to read them and see if you remember anything."
After that he lets me go and I can return to my daily work. What Sinbad said to me, does not leave my mind and because of my absent mind during work, I return to my room early.
When I walk inside I see the documents Sin was talking about laying on the desk. I take of the veils covering my legs and head and throw them on the bed. After that I sit down and take a look at the documents. As Sinbad asked of me, I read every single one of them. After reading most of it I can't really see why I actually had to do this. All that's been described is: What the country looks like, how the country was governed and more stuff like that. But as my king asked me to read all of it I continue reading. Finally at the end, I find the part Sin was referring to. It's small and pretty hard to read, but I can understand what they were trying to say here.
The king and queen of the Musta'sim kingdom have been blessed with the birth of two princesses. The king announced to call the oldest one Selena and the youngest Dunya.
After that a part comes which is impossible to read. I can only read the end of the document.
After weeks princess Selena has not been found. The five year old princess disappeared while playing outside of the castle. It has been announced that the queen has died of sadness.
Underneath the page I see that someone wrote something.
The queen has killed herself. She did not want to see her only daughter's face since it would only remind her of her favorite, lost child.
I read the last sentence over and over again. This is enough reason for the twins to never be mentioned in any other document. If their queen really killed herself because her most favorite child had been assumed dead, then that would mean Dunya was seen as an unwanted child. I shake my head in order to get rid of the thought. I'm sure she wasn't really unwanted. Her mother was just sad and just felt miserable by looking at a face exactly the same as the one of her lost child. I don't even know if I can believe the words written there. Sin wanted me to read this part. I'm sure he thinks I'm this princess Selena. I have to admit our names are almost the same, mine just missing the –na, but that does not mean that girl is me.
The thoughts just can't leave my head, so I decide to make it a day and head to bed. As I can already imagine the people storming into my room asking why won't come down for dinner, I lay down. I take the bracelets of my arms and stare at the tons of scars on them. You really think I'm that princess, don't you? Sin? As I think that I close my eyes and let sleep take over.
The next moment I'm sitting in a field full of flowers. I sit there making a flower crown, laughing. All of a sudden a shadow comes over me. As I look up I see three guys behind me. They don't look like the people I'm always around.
"Look at this kid" The first one says.
"Isn't she from the royal family?" The guy next to him says.
"Really? The first one answers.
"You don't recognize her? She's one of those princess twins." Number three answers him.
"In that case…."
Before I know it, I feel strong hands holding me down. I try to struggle but I'm not able to break free.
"Don't struggle so much, you stupid brat!" He says. I don't like the way he talks to me and bite into his hand.
"You brat!" He takes his hand of me and I think I'm free. I'm not. The next moment I'm hit. I fall down between the flowers and see my vision slowly fade. The last thing I see is one of the men reaching out to me.
The next thing I see makes me immediately understand what I'm seeing. This dream … it's my past. The past I've always been cursing. I stand in the middle of a crowd. My arms are bound behind my back and I cannot run away. People are yelling. They hold money in their hands.
"How much for this young girl from Musta'sim. Rumor has it she's royalty!" The man next to me yells.
"20 gold pieces!"
"That's too low! 30 gold pieces!"
"35"
"40"
They keep screaming these numbers. I don't want to listen and turn my head away.
In the end I'm sold to an old man. A trader he calls himself. I don't care. I want to be home, but at the moment I've already forgotten what home's like. I remember flowers, but that's all.
So that was it for chapter 1. I don't know when I'll update, since I also have a Dramatical Murder fanfic to continue and school to attend to. Anyways let me know what you think of it ^-^
