This is another idea I've had in my head and I really want to know what you guys think.
I only own Bellona and Kara.
"Noctis!" she called,
Bellona sighed as she searched for her twin brother, who decided to wander around into the garden. It took her a bit though, considering she was in a wheelchair. A few months ago, she woke up from a coma that she had been put in from a daemon attack. She watched as the daemon went after her brother, seeming to completely ignore her, and she ran to him and pushed him to the ground, taking the main hit of the strike. She still remembers Noctis calling her name, and flashes of white and then Dad's guards over her. She smiled when she saw her father over here just before the darkness took over.
"Noctis! Please!" she yelled tiredly, as it was easier for her too since she was still recovering. She heard some shuffling near the edge of the garden and she watched as he appeared. Sighing, she commented, "You know, dad will find out eventually if you keep sneaking out."
The boy shrugged. "He hasn't yet, has he?"
She scoffed. "Just be lucky it was me that found you and not Ignis."
The boy chuckled in response. "Yeah, you got a point there. Here." He said as he took a hold of the wheelchair's handlebars and pushed her down the hallway. "You shouldn't keep wearing yourself out, Belle."
She sighed in response. "Well, I'm tired of having everyone tending to me… and I've been worried about Luna."
Noctis didn't respond as she knew she was talking about the attack on Tenebrae when their father grabbed them and ran, leaving Luna behind.
"I'm sure she's fine; but I know how you feel." He told her truthfully,
"Your Highnesses!" a voice called and Bellona could feel her brother roll his eyes.
"Speaking of Ignis…" he mumbled, and she giggled.
The twins watched as the advisor raced up from behind them, quickly bowing. "Where have you two been?" he asked sharply,
"We went for a walk." She told him, when she could feel Noct's nervousness. "I get tired of being cooped up all day, so Noctis offered to take me on a walk." She said, looking up at him kindly but her eyes said, 'You owe me one.'
The advisor sighed, "Please at least inform someone, next time, Princess." She rolled her eyes at the title.
"Ignis, please. How many times do I have to tell you to not call me that?"
"And how many times have I told you that I won't call you that until you start acting like one?" he shot back, referring to her always defiant behavior.
She didn't respond as Noct told him that he would take me back to my room to rest. When he was out of Ignis' range, he leant down and whispered, "Debt repaid."
She just rolled her eyes before laughing slightly as he pushed her back to her room.
"I just don't get it! Why do people always complain about how I act?!" she practically screamed once they were in her room.
"Well, maybe because you don't exactly act how most princesses should." Noct commented jokingly as he helped her into bed.
"Well, most princesses' families don't have magical powers." She paused looking at Noct, eyes swarming with different emotions. "We have powers Noct to where we can help people; but we're stuck here in this castle."
"We're eight years old, Belle." He commented before sitting on the side of her bed gently. "Besides, you're still hurt." His eyes wandered to the bed and she already knew what he was thinking, finishing the sentence in his head. 'And it's because of me.'
"Noct, how many times do I have to tell you it wasn't your fault?" she said, voice strong. "I jumped in front of you to push you down."
"But that hit was meant for me!" he shot back,
Her face and eyes softened as she watched the tears forming in her brother's eyes. She put a hand on his shoulder lovingly and said. "Even if it was and even if we could go back and fix things, I wouldn't change a single thing."
Noct just stared at her for a moment before the tears started falling and Bellona pulled him into a hug.
"Bellona, please. Stop pushing yourself." Regis asked her calmly. The three had just finished dinner and Regis had pushed her back to her room. Now, he was sitting in a chair across from her to look at her.
"Dad, I'm tired of being helpless. You really think I don't see how the staff looks at me?" she paused, breathing deeply trying to stop tears from falling. "They look at me as if I'm fragile."
Regis calmly took her trembling hands in his and said. "You are not fragile. You never have been. Don't let others get to you and as much it does annoy me at times; your defiance of how normal princesses act defines who you are." There was a bit of teasing in his voice but it was truthful and solemn still.
She smiled. "Does this mean I get to practice with Noctis when I'm older?"
He smiled back, saying playfully. "I have a feeling you would find a way to practice anyways."
She beamed. "You know me too well."
4 years later…
Ignis walked down the hallways looking for the young princess; the advisor sighed when he heard the sound of blades hitting in the training room. Ignis opened the door to see the twins' sparring with the wooden swords Gladiolus, the future king's Shield who was to teach the two, gave them to practice with.
He sat down on a nearby bench, knowing that he wouldn't be able to get the two to stop now. He watched as the prince force the princess down to her knees, her grunts heard and she was breathing hard. Noct swung again, not noticing the pain his sister was in, but the advisor did he was on his feet yelling at the young boy, "Noct!"
Said prince looked at him but couldn't stop his swing in time and Bellona squinted her eyes and moved to dodge, a blue light left in her wake. Noct dropped his sword as the two boys stared at the princess, who was breathing hard. "Belle, did you just phase?" her brother couldn't hide the astonishment in his voice.
Regis has been teaching the two, Noctis more than her, how to control the family powers. Right away, the princess, prince, and king realized that she did not have as much power as her brother. Her father believes it because of the attack and how much her body had to endure. Even though the two tried to get the princess to stop trying, she wouldn't.
But, it looks like her determination has finally payed off.
"I… think I did." She said, excitement rising in her voice as she stood up. "I did! I did!" she yelled running at her brother hugging him tightly, him in return swinging her around.
The sound of the door opening filled their ears. "Whoa." Gladiolus's voice came as he entered the room. "What's going in here?" Gesturing to the twins.
Putting her back on the ground, Noct said, "You want to tell him or I?"
"Together." She replied, and the two nodded quickly before turning to the Shield.
"I/She phased!" the said together, excitement in both of their voices both overwhelming in Bellona's.
Gladio blinked. "You serious?"
"Yeah!" she giggled as Gladio looked to Ignis for conformation, and the advisor nodded.
Her excitement was cut short when her hairs stood up on the back of head. Ever since she could remember, she was always able to sense danger, but the only ones that know are her father, his Shield – who is Gladio's dad – Clarus, and her brother after the attack. Her eyes wondered to the floor, and all three boys noticed the drastic change in her attitude.
"Belle?" Noct asked worriedly,
Letting instincts take over, she dodged to the side the blue light returning as a dart landed into the wall from where the princess had been standing. Immediately, the advisor and Shield were on defensive, each summoning their weapons. Gladio stood in front of the twins, greatsword ready to defend. "Ignis! Get them out of here!"
Bellona was barely registering what was occurring as she numbly stared at the dart. That was meant for her. Someone was after her.
"Belle, come on! We have to go!" Noctis' voice echoed in her brain, pulling her out of her trance to realize she was being dragged by the hand.
Immediately she started running beside her brother, yelping as something entered the back of her right shoulder; sending her crashing to the ground from the force.
"Bellona!" Noctis yelled worriedly, she glanced up through her blurry vision, to see Ignis pulling back her struggling brother. "No! I'm not leaving her! Bellona!"
She tried to get up but it was like her body wouldn't respond, only being able to breathe and move her eyes. Her blue eyes widened as a man appeared over her, his red hair underneath his black hat. He smiled at the princess and said, "Hello. Sorry about this, my dear, but you're coming with us." He looked to the side and said, "Grab her. I'll be waiting on the ship." The man disappeared from her vision as two mechanical men entered her vision instead and she gasped slightly, breathing turning erratic.
"Princess!" a voice yelled and instantly a gush of wind flew by her right side and the soldier was gone and she watched as Cor Leonis appeared in her vision and she watched as his katana went through the other soldier; it crumpling to the ground.
As soon as it fell, Cor was kneeling over the princess, scanning her for injuries. He turned her over to see the dart still wedged in her back. Cursing quietly, he removed the dart and picked the princess up in his arms and carried her quickly to where the safe room where Noctis was hidden as Ignis informed the Marshal. He reached the room and did a rhythm of knocks to signal it was him. As soon as the door was opened, the Marshal met Clarus' face, letting him know that the King was in their also.
Moving out of the way quickly as he ushered Cor in, he said "Quickly, place her on the couch there."
If that didn't have the two royals' attention before, it sure did now. "Belle!" Noctis yelled as he ran over to his sister's side.
"What happened?" Regis' tense voice asked,
"She's been drugged." Cor told the King, straight-forward as he was, "I don't know how but when I arrived two Magitek troopers were over the princess."
The air became tense as Regis and Clarus had a silent conversation.
Bellona groaned, trying to speak. Regis broke the conversation and looked quickly to his daughter, fatherly instincts taking over. "Bellona. Don't wear yourself out. The drug will wear off eventually. You're safe now."
"N-No…" she slurred quietly.
She made her head turn to look her father straight in the eyes as her voice slurred. "M-man… s-ship… o-outside… W-Wall."
Regis' eyes widened and immediately looked up to his Shield. "Clarus."
"On it, Your Majesty. Cor, let's go." The older Amicitia said as he motioned to the Marshal, letting Bellona finally actually see the two younger Amicitias sitting in the corner. She smiled seeing one of her oldest friends, who just so happens will be her Shield. She received a smile in return from Iris as her eyes felt heavy. She fought against the drowsiness and Regis noticed his daughter's inner struggle and told her gently. "Rest now, Bellona. It'll help your body get rid of the drug and we might be here awhile."
She glanced down at her brother, who had pulled up a chair to beside the couch and gripped her hand gently. "I'm not going anywhere." He told her, and she let sleep take over.
That day still burning in her mind, she continued to practice with her brother. After some convincing, she got Iris to begin training with her. She helped her out whenever she could, but ever since she phased for the first time, Noct has been pushing her more to try to use the other powers.
No matter how hard she's tried though, she cannot even phase purposefully, and it aggravates her.
She continued to practice, although it being less and less frequent with Noct and more on her own, until before the twins knew it they were heading to high school. Her brother and herself always were more secluded off to the side as people just wanted to be friends with them because they're royalty. Noct once told here about a boy he had saw sometimes standing behind him with a camera, while Bellona never found anyone. Anyone until high school at least.
She watched as a blonde-haired boy came out of nowhere and slapped him on the back, receiving a giggle from his sister, and told them his name was Prompto. Noct looked him up and down before smirking. "Don't I know you?" She stifled the emerging laugh from the look of the blonde's face as her brother punched him playfully in the arm.
"I'll let you two hang out. Catch ya later, bro." she said as she walked off. She walked down the sidewalk, frowning as what sounded like laughter occurred.
She wouldn't have bothered with it if she hadn't have heard a pleading voice in its area.
"Please! No, it was given to me by my mother!" That was a girl's voice.
A male voice then taunted, "Aw, so you're a mommy's girl? What are you, five?" Bellona barely registered her hands balling at the building rage. She and Noctis had lost their mother at a young age, and from the sound of it so had this girl.
"No! Please! Ah! Let me go!" she yelled and the slam of books hit the princess' ears and she took off running, dropping her own books herself, and began really hating the school uniform since girls were required to wear skirts.
She rounded the corner to see four boys surrounding a blonde-haired girl about her age. They had her pinned against a wall and Bellona's eyes narrowed as the boys were bullying her.
"Hey!" she yelled fiercely, getting their attention. "Pick on someone your own size!"
One of the middle boys, clearly the leader by his smug expression, laughed. "Who, you, sweetcakes? Take a lesson from me, princess, and go home."
Her eyes narrowed. "I said, 'Pick on someone your own size.'" She retorted, clearly not leaving.
The leader growled. "Fine then, get her!"
"Hey!" Bellona's voice echoed, "Pick on someone your own size!"
Noctis turned toward the sound of her voice as Prompto thought aloud. "Huh? Wasn't that your sister?"
"Yeah, and that and from the sound of it, there's about to be trouble." He sighed, running toward the direction of her voice, Prompto following behind.
The two boys arrived to three boys jumping Bellona, and looked to see the one more boy holding a girl against the wall. Noct prepared to jump in and help his sister but the two watched instead as she blocked every single attack the boys did. Noct smiled at how well his sister was doing until one got behind her and lifted her off the ground while pinning her arms to the side.
"Let me go!" she yelled as she kicked frantically.
"Belle!" Noct called her, and the two locked eyes and her blue eyes pierced his; and he smirked as she elbowed the boy, making him release her and she flipped him over her shoulder, hair flying in her face but she ignored it.
"Look out!" Prompto yelled at her as the other two ganked her. A flash of blue light occurred from where she was standing and the two boys fell on top of the other on the ground. Noct's eyes widened at the familiar light and technique. He looked around and found his sister grabbing the leader off the girl and pushing him to the ground.
"You should've just picked on someone your own size. I see any of you around her again and you'll be sorry." She said with venom in her voice.
The two boys watched as the four ran off across the road as Bellona approached the girl, speaking friendly.
"Are you okay?"
"Now. Thank you." She said, tears in her eyes hugging her. Bellona blinked in surprise but returned the hug saying.
"I couldn't just stand there while they bullied you." She paused, pulling back and put her hand on her chest. "I'm Bellona."
"I-I know." She curtsied. "Pleasure to meet you."
The princess couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Please, you don't have to do that."
"S-Sorry, Princess." She stuttered while Bellona smiled warmly at her. "I-I'm Kara. Kara Lexus."
"Nice to meet you, Kara. Please, call me Belle. It's what my friends call me." The blonde's face beamed as Bellona pushed her hair out of her face.
"Glad to see you're okay, Kara." Noctis said politely, "I'm Noctis."
"And I'm Prompto!" the other blonde chirped,
"Well, brother." Bellona began, "Looks like we both made new friends today."
Kara squealed. "Really?! I've never really had a friend… I'm always just bullied."
Bellona frowned slightly while Noct commented, "Well now you have three." He received a huge bright smile from the other. "Thank you!" she paused, face turning thoughtful. "By the way, Belle, was what that blue light? How'd you do that?"
She cocked her head to the side. "Blue light?"
Noctis hit his hand with his forehead. "Aw, man. I almost forgot about that! Sis, you warped during that fight!"
Her jaw dropped. "Seriously?"
"Yeah." He said happily, then his phone went off and immediately groaned. "Oh, man. It's Ignis."
"Oh, no. Is it really that late?" Bellona asked looking at her own phone. "Sorry, guys but we're gonna have to cut this short before we get chewed out any wore by our advisor."
The twins quickly exchanged numbers with the two then ran off for the Citadel.
Again, I'd like to know what you guys think. Just decided I would tell you guys why I chose the names I did. I chose Bellona because it means "war-like" and clearly she's not going to be your average princess. I chose Kara because it means "pure" as in she has a pure heart and Lexus because it means "defender."
Thanks again for reading, and review please!
