Previously on Princess Under Protest
Oh. My. GOD! I was not expecting this! I mean I only just lost most my family two days ago, which feels like only two minutes ago to me, and now I have to become the PRINCESS! How can this be my life! I know now how that girl Vasilisa must have felt when her family died and she became the Dragomir Princess. At least I have Belle and Rick, I don't know what I would do if I was by myself.
"Yeah, I could manage that. I mean all I would have to do is fly to Pennsylvania every now and then." I said more to myself then anyone else.
"Maise? There is also … something else …" Belle told me quietly.
I looked up from my hands and looked at my little sister. "What else could there be?" I asked Belle dejected.
"Queen Tatiana also wants us to fmovetopennsylvaniaatobeclosertoherahjf …" Belle quickly mumbled.
"What?" I asked Belle confused.
Belle looked at Rick and he took over for her. "The Queen, she wants us to move closer to the Royal Court so she can look after us better."
"WHAT!" I screamed. "She can't makes us move from our home to a different country to live permanently. Why can't we just fly to Court every now and then and stay in our home!" I shouted at Rick. I knew it wasn't fair because he and Belle were facing exactly the same thing as I was.
"She says it's not healthy for kids to fly such a long distance on a regular basis." Rick grumbled.
"Where does she want us to stay then?" I asked Rick.
"I want you stay at St. Vladimir's Academy in Montana where Princess Vasilisa is currently attending, Princess Magdaleina," Tatiana said as she walked through my hospital door. Followed closely by Oakley Ashford looking extremely worried about something until he looks at me.
And here comes the drama. Sigh.
"Maisie, are you alright? What's wrong?" Oakley exclaimed rushing to my side. Um, what the hell?
"Yeah … why would anything be wrong Oakley?" I asked him confused out of my brains.
"I don't know how, but I could feel that you were stressed out and angry about something." Oakley told me perplexed.
Next to Oakley the Queen cleared her throat.
"Guardian Ashford, I believe I know how this is happening. There are only two cases like this that we know of happening in the world so far. The first case is St. Vladimir and his Guardian Anna and the second case is Princess Vasilisa and her best friend and guardian-in-training Rosemarie Hathaway. You both have a thing called a Shadow-Kissed bond. Obviously sometime during the attack on the Drozdov household Guardian Ashford has died and you Magdaleina have brought him back to life with an element called Spirit." Tatiana explained to Oakley and me. I looked at the Queen as if she has gone insane.
"Um … Your Majesty. I haven't specialised in anything. All of my teachers in Australia don't think I'll ever specialise in an element. What the hell is Spirit? I couldn't haven't brought Oakley back from the dead because 1. That isn't possible and 2. He was alive. I saw him open his eyes just before I passed out." I told her.
"Magdaleina you are a Spirit user. Moroi can specialise in 5 elements Fire, Water, Earth, Air and Spirit. Over the centuries everyone has forgotten about the element Spirit until last year when Vasilisa specialised in it. Spirit is a very dangerous and powerful element. Some things that Spirit users are able to do are sleepwalk, read auras, heal and you will have heightened compulsion. There is one major one side effect to this element. The other four elements draw there power from the things around them, for example air users draw power from the air surrounding them. But the element Spirit draws its power from your very essence and can drive its user insane." Tatiana told me. WHAT! It'll drive me INSANE! As I opened my mouth Rick beat me to the chase.
"What do you mean it will drive her insane!" Rick practically yelled.
"Now, now children I do not know the technicalities of this element but for the princess' safety and protection she will need to move St. Vladimir's Academy where she can also learn how to deal with her element and bond to Guardian Ashford. What I do know, is that because your sister is lucky enough to have a bond mate," Tatiana explained in a bored tone, she waved her hand towards Oakley, "Spirit will not effect her as much as if she didn't have one."
"What do you mean it wont affect the princess as much if she wasn't bonded," Oakley asked Tatiana. God it is my first day as a princess and it is annoying me already.
"I personally know two Spirit users, one is Princess Vasilisa and the other is my great-nephew Adrian Ivashkov. Adrian does not have a bond mate and struggles with Spirit greatly, his solution to this is to constantly drink and smoke," I saw Rick and Oakley tense, their bodies going rigid, "But because Vasilisa has a bond mate, Rosemarie, both of them struggle with the darkness that is a result of Spirit." Tatiana said growing very bored with the conversation. I couldn't help but ask,
"How do you mean they both struggle with 'darkness'?" I asked Tatiana.
"Because Guardian Ashford is now bonded to you he is able to see and experience everything you do. Another thing that happens is if Guardian Ashford looks for it he will find the darkness within you. He is then able to, willingly or unwilling, suck the darkness into his own body. This will cause him to have a shorter temper then he normally does and he could snap at anything. By going to St. Vladimir's both of you can learn how to deal with bond."
"Excuse me your Majesty, but I recall you saying earlier that the princess should move for her safety. What do you mean by this?" Oakley asked the Queen extremely politely. Something I wouldn't have been able to do while learning I could possibly go insane. Oh wait … I am facing the same thing.
"Well as the new Drozdov Princess, Magdaleina will be facing extremely tougher times ahead including possible death threats. Add that to the fact that there are only three Drozdov's left, people and Strigoi will be trying harder then ever to eliminate the Drozdov line. If anyone finds out that the Princess is also a Spirit user she will never be properly safe again." The Queen explained.
"What do you mean she will be in more danger if people find out she is a Spirit user?" Rick and Oakley said at the same time.
"Three months ago Vasilisa was kidnapped by Victor Dashkov. I'm sure you heard about it. The public story is that Victor kidnapped her because he was dying and going insane. The truth is that he knew that Vasilisa was a Spirit user, before she knew herself, and tortured her until she healed him. He was planning on using her as his personal nurse to keep his disease away. Fortunately for Vasilisa, her bond mate Rosemarie managed to discover that she was being set up to attack her mentor and lead the Guardians to where she was being held captive. So that is why I want you to move to St. Vladimir's and I knew that if you moved, your sister and brother would have to follow. So in two days you will transfer to St. Vladimir's Academy after your family's funeral." Tatiana said before she left the room.
Two Days Later
I am currently sitting in a privet jet on my way to St. Vladimir's Academy. We have with us three of the family's Guardians. The Queen instructed them to accompany us everywhere, but obviously when he get in the school then can relax a little. Belle's official guardian is Cecilia Fern, Rick's official guardian is Braxton Finnely and obviously Oakley is my guardian. I was also told that when we reached the school that we would have the headmistress, Vasilisa, Rose and several Guardians waiting for us. Oh, I forgot to mention the Queen told me that the school was to appoint another guardian to me because I am after all the Drozdov Princess. Jeez why is everyone making such a big deal about it? Also Queen Tatiana said that Belle and Rick have to learn how to fight with their elements, which are Water and Fire, while Vasilisa and I have to learn to fight physically and with Spirit. Well that's going to be simple. I mean because if I was in a fight I wouldn't be able to do any real damage with Spirit.
Ten minutes later we landed. Braxton got of the plane first to make sure everything was 'safe'. As I walked down the stairs I was afraid I was going to make a fool of myself. Luckily – whoops I though spoke too soon. As I reached the bottom step I tripped on my stupid high heels. Just as I was about to hit the ground someone caught me. When I looked up I looked into the prettiest blue eyes I've ever seen.
"Are you alright?" He asked checking to see if I was ok.
"Uh … yeah I think so … thank you …" I trailed off.
"Mason. Mason Ashford," he told me smiling. Wait … Ashford? Did I hear that right?
"Ashford? As in Oa –"I started before I was cut off.
"Princess are you alright? Are you hurt?" Oakley said rushing to my side. When he saw who was still holding onto me bridle style he said, " Thank you I'll – Mason?"
Ha, just as I thought they are related, "Uncle Oakley? Oh my god I haven't seen you in ages." Mason exclaimed.
When Mason put me down next to Rick, who had just gotten off the plane, I let out a gasp before crumpling to the ground.
"Princess!" Said Mason and Oakley at the same time as Belle and Rick said,
"Maisie!"
"Uh sorry I'm okay I think I may have sprained my ankle," I sheepishly said while looking at the ground.
"I can help you with that Princess," Vasilisa said walking out of the group. As she came closer she rested her hand on my ankle. I felt cold, then hot, then cold again. I gasped again; hey it is the first time I have been healed.
"Thank you Princess but please call me Maisie," I said as she helped me stand.
"Only if call me Lissa," she replied smiling.
With a grin on my face I replied, "Deal."
When I looked at the group of people standing on the runway I cleared my throat and said to the headmistress, "Thank you for making us welcome. My name is Maisie and this is my brother and sister, Rick and Belle, and our Guardians', Guardian Cecilia Fern, Guardian Oakley Ashford and Guardian Braxton Finnely." Wow I actually said it properly and it sounded all princessy too.
The headmistress shook our hands and replied, "It is lovely to meet you all. I am Headmistress Kirova, and this is Miss Rosemarie Hathaway, Mr Mason Ashford, Mr Christian Ozera, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, Guardian Dimitri Belikov, Guardian Alberta Petrov, our head Guardian, and Guardian Stan Alto," I have admit I winced when I heard his name, and from the corner of my eye I saw Belle and Rick wince too, "and he is your assigned Guardian, Princess." I could feel the back of my eyes tingle as tears began to fill my eyes. I hastily wiped my eyes before they ruined my make-up, hoping no one noticed. I felt a hand rest lightly on my shoulder. I lifted my head to see Oakley's worried expression. I smiled at him and went back to listening to Kirova.
"The Princess and Miss Drozdov while share a dorm room while Mr Drozdov will share a dorm room with your cousin, Mr Jesse Zeklos," Oh, poor Rick he hates Jesse just as much as Belle and me, well we are triplets plus he's a dick, "If you three will follow me I will take you to get your schedules."
10 minutes later Belle, Rick and I walked out of Kirova's office with our new schedules, I had
Before School Practice: Basic Guardian Combat Training with Guardian Alto
1st Period Spirit
2nd Period Offensive Magic - Spirit
3rd Period Japanese Stage 2A
4th Period English Stage 3A
-Lunch-
5th Period Animal Behaviour and Physiology
6th Period Advanced Calculus
7th Period Moroi Culture 4
8th Period Music
Okay I have to admit I am a bit of a nerd. While I was looking over Belle's and Rick's classes I found out that I only had 4 classes with Belle and 3 with Rick.
"Jeez how long are their school days! We only had 5 periods in Australia." Belle wined.
"Yeah but we were going by human hours in Australia Be, and plus it's a boarding school." Rick told Belle. After giving each other a hug I told them I'd see them at Lunch.
As I headed off to training with Alto, I wondered what the school was planning on teaching me, Belle and Rick to fight.
When I walked into the gym I heard someone scream out before they tackled me to the ground. I was not expecting to be tackled and I screamed as I hit my head on the floor.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry Maisie I thought you were someone else!" Rose gushed as she got off of me. As I looked her I could she black spots in my vision and Rose's voice sounded extremely far away. "Maisie are you okay? You don't look okay."
Before I could say anything the back doors to the gym burst open as Oakley ran to my side, looking extremely worried followed closely by Guardian's Belikov and Alto.
"Why have the lights gone out," I mumbled before blacking out.
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