A new story! This might be like Sherlock Holmes series or any other detective series. Flora may be a bit detective like.
"Helia, I'll go freshen up." Nabu said, going into the washroom. Once he was out of sight, I lied down on the bed, massaging my temples. We had arrived at our field trip destination or should I say, my palace. Weird, right? I closed my eyes and let the past memories flood my mind.
Flashback
The King of the Knightly Kingdom, my father, rummaged through his drawers in great fury.
"I'll kill myself! I'll kill myself!" Father shouted, while opening his drawers, trying to search for his gun. My mother was trying to stop him but to no avail, he simply won't budge. Standing behind the door was the small, 9 year old Helia, looking through the small creak of the door and having shock in his innocent eyes to see his father so angry.
"Marion couldn't be mine, so why should I even be alive?! I'll kill myself!" Father shouted, the intensity of his rage increasing every second.
"Saladin! Stop it! Just because some other woman left you, would you leave us? If you don't care about me, at least care about your son. Stop, please!" My mother begged, but that cruel man pushed her away. I was seeing all this happen but I really didn't get why my father was so furious. What do expect from a 9 year old kid? At last, my father found his pistol.
"I am sorry, my child." He said, patting my head and going away. He went into the small attic and locked it. I had tears in my eyes. My mother wrapped her hands around me. No sooner did we hear the gun shot, we understood what had happened in the last 2 minutes.
End of Flashback
That door was never opened again. My mother had suffered a major shock and she fainted. My nanny and I left the palace that instant. Neither did I see my mother ever again nor did I turn my head back to this palace. This place was doomed. Only my grandfather and my mother stayed back. We had settled down in the city of Magix. There hadn't been a day when I hadn't missed my family but my nanny became my mom.
My eyes suddenly opened at the noise of someone shouting. I opened my eyes to see Nabu with a really red face.
"Helia, you have been sleeping from the last one hour. I've been calling you to no avail!" Nabu said, seeing that I was finally up.
"What happened, dude?" I said, rubbing my eyes. I know that Nabu would never wake me up without any reason.
"Your girl fans are crowding up against the door. Go and meet them. They are causing a nuisance!" Nabu said with an irritated look. I groaned. Would these girls ever leave me?
"I am coming." I said with an bored voice. I went to door and opened it to see some 10 to 14 girls, grinning at me. Why are they so attracted to me?
"Good morning, Helia!" Tressa said, twirling a strand of her hair. I nodded, scratching the back of my neck.
"Girls, I am a bit tired. See you later." I said, slamming the door on their faces.
"Dude, you're so lucky. Every girl is after you. I think you should date someone." Nabu said.
"No way! I'd die but I won't date those sluts." I said, throwing myself on the couch.
"Helia, not all girls are sluts. Some of them are different. Why aren't you attracted to anyone of them?" Nabu asked. I shook my head and went to the window.
"There's a past behind it. I… You won't understand it." I said, going out of the room.
With Flora…
Flora's POV:
"Helia's so attractive! Isn't he?" Krystal asked with excitement. I just rolled my eyes.
"Krystal, don't tell me you made me wake up from my dear sleep for this?" I said, clearly annoyed, pointing towards the picture my 'dear' friend was showing.
"I am doing it for your well being. I mean like, you totally deserve this guy!" Krystal said, pulling by my shoulders. I swatted her hand away and beat her on her head, really hard.
"The only thing I am interested in here is that locked room. Aren't you curious about it?" I said with great excitement. Now it was her turn to roll eyes.
"What's so exciting about that dammit room?" She asked. I narrowed my eyes at her, warning her.
"You won't say a single word about that room. I…"
"Guys, I am here!" Someone shouted. We turned our heads. A smile spread over our faces. Nabu! He was like our big brother. We ran up to him and hugged him.
"So, how's your locked room mystery going?" He asked me.
"Not good, not bad. But a certain someone is so very uninterested in it!" I said, pointing towards Krystal.
"You know what; you could have made up a very good detective." Krystal said. I shot her a death glare
"I agree with her on that." Nabu said, making me glare at him.
"Two against one! Not fair." I said, putting my foot down childishly. I tried to keep a straight face but at last we three burst out laughing.
Author's note:
I know, it's a very short chapter but this idea just clicked to me and I couldn't control myself from uploading it.
Next chapter: Flora starts to observe Helia's possessiveness about the palace, creating suspicion.