Hello!
Another one of my main stories published! Woo hoo! This will be unlike some of my other stories, and instead of multiple P. , it will only have one.
I would like to say thank you to all of my reviewers and viewers, I love you all! Another thank you goes (again) to my friend Destiny, who has given me inspiration for this because of her love for Grizzlehiem. She was actually the one who introduced me!
A big thank you goes to TheDiamondWriter, who without, there wouldn't be Roxanne. Now, with your permission, I will start the story. Enjoy! :)
Believe me, I never wanted this. I never wanted the power, much less the responsibility. But now I have it.
And I plan to make sure you never suffer the same way my friends and I did. But before I
start, I should probably introduce myself. I'm Princess Roxanne Amelia of Perdu. All my
life, I've been ashamed of who I am. I've caused accidents and hurt people. But I've also saved the Spiral.
Maybe not as much as some, but I have.
This is my life. This is my story. And this is what happened.
I was going through old things in my room when I found the necklace. It was from my dad; he gave it to me on my tenth birthday. He told me to be extremely careful with it, for it has been in the family for generations. To do that, I put it in the box my dad gave it to me in, and only took it out for special occasions like Christmas.
"Hmm…" I said. "I forgot about this."
I picked it up. The chain was fairly plain, and in the center was a petite crystal. Even though I rarely wore it, it was beautiful.
"Roxy!" I heard my mother (who was the queen of Perdu, a small Monarchy in Polaris), call.
I went downstairs and headed into her 'Grand Study'. "Yes, Mother?"
"I have something to tell you…" she said while looking at a piece of paper.
"Uh, what is it?"
She looked up at me. "We have to make a treaty with Emperia. We're leaving tomorrow afternoon"
"Oh, okay." I said. "What for?"
"Emperia wants us to spare a few of our men to help in the war against Mooshu.."
"Emperia and Mooshu are at war?!" I asked, shocked.
"Yes, something about tea-stealing."
"Ok. Well, I'm excited to see Empyria for the first time!"
"Uh-huh, now if you don't mind, I must oversee the taxes for this month…" my mother informed me.
"Yes, Mother." I curtsied, and left.
The next morning, I packed my things and went outside.
Awaiting us was a beautiful chariot with white pegasi at the front.
My mother and I got in, and started the journey to Empyria.
Unfortunately, after about an hour of flight, a thunderstorm started.
"I told you we should've brought something with a roof…" I said.
"How was I supposed to know it would rain?" my mother asked.
I was about to shrug, but something happened before I could. The wind got stronger, and the chariot broke in half, with me on one side and my mom on the other.
"Mom!" I screamed, as I reached desperately for her hand.
"Roxy!" she yelled back. "Do you have your necklace?"
"What? Yes! Mother, I can't hold on for much longer!"
My mom gave me a look that told me she couldn't either. "Just… Just remember I'll always love you!"
The wind got stronger, and I fell, landing hard on the ground.
It was the bear that woke me up.
"Hmmm…" I groaned, as I sat up. The sun was shining high, and there were trees everywhere. I noticed in the distance lots of wooden huts and bears. Then I saw a white bear sitting on my lap.
"Ah!" I yelped, and jumped away from the bear.
I knew that the bear's mother could come anytime soon, and everything would be over.
"Get away, get away!" I told it.
The bear made a pouty face, and I felt bad.
"You have no mother?"
The bear nodded.
"Awww..." I said.
The bear jumped back on my lap. "Gah!" I yelled. "Okay, fine... I'll keep you as long as you promise that you're an orphan."
And yet again, the bear nodded.
"You need a name, then. Hmm..." I thought. "I'll name you Toby!"
The bear nodded excitedly. Apparently, he liked the name.
"Hmm…" I mumbled. "What should I do?"
I was in a foreign land, with a bunch of creatures in the distance that could eat me at any time. This was just great.
Well, uh, I should probably find shelter… I thought to myself.
I picked up Toby, and headed inside the forest, away from the village of bears.
I had used to watch television about survivors in the forest, and had learned enough that you had to make shelter. I would also need water and food, but I could so that searching for a bit, I found some branches cover with leaves, and organized them to look like a tent. It was probably about 4:30 P.M, and I was getting tired.
"Hmm…" I yawned. "I think I'm going to take a nap. See you in a bit, Toby…" I fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was pitch black except for the moon, which was full and bright.. "I guess food and water will have to wait until tomorrow." I sighed.
Not too far from where I was, I saw a light that resembled a bonfire, and heard voices.
Uh-oh, I thought.
All of a sudden, I heard a chorus of howls.
Unfortunately, my curiosity got the best of me, and I headed towards them.
I hid behind a tree wider than a house, and gazed at the wolves in front of me.
They didn't seem like the white wolves you occasionally saw in Polaris. These ones had intelligent looks in there eyes that seemed like they good stare into your soul. All of them had a different color fur, and the one who seemed like the leader was as black as the night sky.
I saw one who looked rather babyish, and a gray wolf who seemed like it's mother. Another wolf was blinding white and was standing on the right side of the black one.
They looked at each other like they were having a conversation.
Just when I decided I should head back, something awful happened.
The white one locked eyes with me.
Bye-bye, Roxanne, I thought. You just had to check to see what was going on…
The wolf looked back at the leader, and then at me. The howling went silent, and the leader and the white one edged towards me, one step at a time. I was paralyzed.
The black one morphed into a stern black haired man, and glared at me. "Well, well…" he said. "What do we have here?"
