100 Oneshots Challenge

By: Cx3

NOTE: Thank you so much for all the positive feedback! I personally think that the last chapter was a bit rough, so I'm going to (Hopefully) make up for it in this chapter. At first I wasn't a huge fan of Jacinter, but I'm warming up to it now. Yup! you guessed it! This chapter has just a bit of Jacinter in it. I apologize if these are too short for your liking, but they're only oneshots after all.

Enjoy!

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Jacin looked out the window. The dull color of the sky was the same, the city crowds were the same, almost everything was the same.

Except for the adorable princess pulling hard on his arm.

"Please?" Winter dragged the word out like a little kid would.

"Princess, you have to go to the trial."

"Trial-shmile. I want to have fun!"

He made sure his face was blank, as it always had to be. If it didn't he'd be smiling at her childlike innocence. Her dark eyes were wide and some of her curls were out of place from struggling to pull him out of his always-ready stance.

"You know that the queen requires you to come to them."

Winter's smile faded into a frown, her lip sticking out and her eyes glared at the wall. "I hate being at trials. They're depressing."

Jacin let a sigh out. "I know. I'll be right outside the door. Then I might play with you."

Her face lit up and she wrapped her arms around him. "Yay!"

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The trial was long. Much longer than usual. After counting the plants and statues in the long hallways three times, making guesses about the length from the door to the third and fourth nearest room, and staring at his feet for a half-hour, Jacin grew bored. So bored he even tried practicing his gift on his hand, which would technically be breaking the rules. They had to be able to be easily controlled at all times, and using a glamour strengthened his resistance to it.

The trial ended ten minutes after that, to Jacin's delight. Winter came out quickly while still maintaining a near-perfect posture. Her look was neutral, but when she looked at him it turned sad. He followed her to where they were before the trial started.

She didn't speak at all, much to Jacin's surprise. She usually talked his ear off about the trial on their way to the room. It wasn't normal for her to be mute like this.

She stopped abruptly. "Jacin!" Her expression filled with fear and she said his name much louder than she needed to.

"What's wrong?" He asked, going to her side instantly.

"The blood is feeding it! It's getting bigger! Jacin, it's going to eat me!"

She was having a hullucination. And by her frantic voice he could tell it was much worse than usual. He did the first thing he thought to do: he put his hands on her shoulders.

"Stay with me, princess. Listen to my voice. It's not real. You're fine, you're fine."

The fear on her face left after another minute of him speaking softly to her. She turned around and looked at him. "It's leaving! Thank you, Jacin!"

He withdrew his hands, realizing that he didn't remove them. Didn't want to move them.

"Of course, Princess."

It was then when he vowed to never touch her like that again.

NOTE: I like this chapter much better, but that's just my opinion. Hope it boosted and didn't kill your Jacinter side ;)

PLEASE REVIEW! I love reviews!

~Cx3