Prince Aro's POV
"Got it!" I said shooting my third deer in the hunt.
The deer was a well 70 feet away.
I was the best shot with a bow and arrow in the all of men in my kingdom Volterra. No man in all off Italy could beat me.
I had decided to come hunting alone today to practice. A tournament was coming up quickly and I came to practice. I may be the best but one could never be to sure.
It was a perfect day. The sun was shning and many of the animals had come out.
As I was lining up for my next shot I heard a cry. Not a cry for help, but the cry of a baby.
I was surprised and missed the deer. I never missed. Well there is a first for everything.
`Why on earth would a child be out here in the woods'
For a minute or two I looked around the forest searching until I saw a basket under a large tree.
`How odd'
I went over to look inside the basket.
When I looked inside I saw the most beautiful baby girl. She had long black hair that reached her back, and was not chubby like most young ones but slim and graceful like a woman, and she could have not been more than the age of one. But what caught my attention and most likely captured my heart were her eyes. Her beautiful silver eyes.
Inside the basket were different items.
An old leather book that was very worn, a gold ring with diamonds scattered in it, a silver necklace with branch as the charm, a silver hand mirror, a little silver bell, and a letter.
The letter looked like it had been written a long time ago. I started reading and it said:
Dear reader,
If you are reading this you have found my daughter. Her name is Jordan. What you must know is she is special. You must keep her safe until her fifteenth birthday when she will gain her full powers. My daughter is not human. She is the Protector of the magical universe and of yours. Each of the items in the basket will help her. They each have powers that will help her till then.
The Book is a book of spells she must memorize. All of them will be useful to her in battle. The gold ring will always fit her and only her. It will protect her as long as wears it. She may get hit but will feel nothing and she will be impenetrable. The necklace will give her help when she needs it. The mirror will give her the answers she needs when she has a question, and the bell will summon her dragon Layla.
You must tell no one of this letter except Jordan when she is fifteen. Keep her powers secret. Some will be after her power and you cannot let that happen or all will die.
You must keep my daughter safe.
I kept reading and re-reading the letter over and over again. How was this possible? I looked back at the child and knew that I must keep her safe.
I took the child back to the castle and adopted her as my own.
`I must keep her safe' I thought
For my family.
For my kingdom.
And for the world.