Today was a day just like any other. I was sitting here waiting for my punishment. Great way to start the day huh? When did I become so sarcastic? Oh, I don't know, maybe when I was made to be a guardian. Guardian: guard of creatures of the legends, their souls and their dreams. I'm the S protector, I'm their biggest threat.
When I was internally debating with myself in my thoughts, I heard someone coming in my direction, but before I looked up, I heard him ask me:
" What have you done to make them so mad at you?". What an innocent question to ask. My answer was simple:
" Just doing my job.".
"Your job? You almost killed your own mentor! Have you lost your mind, do you want to fall? Do you want to live between humans for the rest of your existence?" he shouted at me.
"It would be better than living here, and you know better than anyone, why. Don't you, Mark?" I asked, looking at his blue eyes, and then I saw something unexpected; I saw tears in his eyes, for first time in a century.
"I just saved you, my...sister. Dammit why can't you just accept this life and be happy? " he shouted furiously.
"Because I rather be dead than this...this, so called angel," I told to him, standing up and entering councils chamber.
"Just be careful, Bella," Mark said to me, walking away.
Entering, I already knew that nothing good would come from this 'talk', so I prepared for wost, and knocked on the S doors. What I saw in there was disturbing, to say the least. It was unexpected, because of the twenty council members there was just one. The one that I feared most. My father. When I stopped and looked at him I saw disappointment, and that crushed my heart.
"Dad..." I tried to apologize to him, but was silenced by his look.
"Your S will not be punished just because you are my heir, but this last time, if you will fail at this assignment, you will fall, and my hands will be tied. Sorry, no more second chances.". He spoke to me like I was just one of his soldiers, not his daughter. He stopped talking, walked to his seat, took one single paper sheath with some words on in, and made his way to me.
"This is your last chance to earn your spot on my right, so don't disappoint me. Please. We, that is all my council and I, know what you really can do, so just stop pretending that you don't feel that power. You are like me more than you know, daughter, why do you think that you are the heir to my throne?" he asked me.
"I don't know. Oh I know, because my brother is a moron right? Or is it because I'm better at my job?" I answered his question with a question, with smug smile on my face.
" No, you are heir because you are a born leader. So, one more time, please don't fail." he said, turning to leave, but then he stopped, remembering something. I was ready to ask what happened, when he turned to me with a fearful look in his eyes and said one sentence that made me feel like I was in danger. He said:
"I almost forgot, you need to talk with you mother." And then he almost run out of room with a smile on his face. From that smile, I knew that my father wasn't mad at me anymore. But still, to tell mom?
"DAD!" I shouted. I can stand against vampires, werewolves, and giants, all alone, but mom? No.