And we start chapter two. But before I do I want to thank Fire and Flames and Heywassuphelloo for reviewing. I love reviews. I'm glad you both look forward to my story. And to answer Heywassuphelloo's question, yes they will be.
Mina Pov (I'm pretty sure that the rest of this story will be in Mina's perspective)
Uggh school.
I wish I didn't have to go to school. It's just a hassle.
It's not like I have friends there. I can't really associate with humans that are not Grimms. It's a pretty big rule that every Grimm follows. Only interact and have contact with a human if need be. Avoid them if possible.
I never knew why that was a rule but it is.
I pick up the Grimoire looking at it. So this is the book that my father always had. I remember seeing it with him everyday but I never saw him look in the book. He always just kept it to the side.
I wonder if he would've used it would he still be alive.
Would it have saved him from whatever killed him? I never knew how he died, but I'm not necessarily dying to find out. Sure it would be nice to now but I don't know how I would handle it. I don't even think my mom knows how he died. It was all sudden and no evidence was found.
When we asked the King and Queen, they claimed they didn't know how he died either. And it's not like we can say they're lying. We are their servants. We serve them for all eternity.
Damn curse. My life is basically gone because of it.
No Fae would ever befriend a Grimm, simply for the fact that they are human and they serve the royal family. The pets of the royals. We are the ones that get sent out to do the work.
When someone breaks a rule, we get them. We're the ones that bring the to the palace to be punished. No one likes us because we mean trouble. When there is a problem in the smaller areas of the Fae plane, we go solve it. For someone my brother's age, he runs errands basically. He has to get anything they ask for. When festivals happen, I entertain the crowd along with my brother.
But that's only on the Fae plane.
On the Human plane, we Grimms barely exist. Because we cannot have too much contact with humans, because of God knows why, we don't talk to people. We have no friends. And this is every Grimm, not just my immediate family. People see us as weird. We're loners who seem so mysterious.
I'm not a loner. I'm just cursed.
A stupid curse that happened all because of my so many great grandfather and his brother which I just happen to be named after one of them. They decided to go to the Fae plane asking the Royals for who knows what. When the Royals refused a deal was made. The two brothers had to complete a series of quests. If they don't the entire Grimm family line serves the Royals forever.
It's quite clear what was the outcome.
I find it so unfair that I have to deal with curse for my entire life because of what my ancestors did. Especially since my family in particular are the main ones who deal with the royals. My family is the family where the chosen Grimm is picked from. We take direct orders whereas any distant relative I have follows the normal, pretty minor rules.
And you know I truly believe that the Royals cheated and made sure the brothers lost. But if I ever say that, they'll have my head on a silver platter. No doubt the prince would punish me. I've seen his punishments. That can seriously give nightmares.
And to think, I serve directly under him now. Every order comes from him. I wonder if that's because I'm the chosen Grimm now or he has other reasons. The first seems more safer in a way.
I remember how once I got home, I basically had to beg my mother not to do anything. She's so worried that I might end up like dad, since he was the last chosen Grimm. As much as it may be true I don't want to think about my death. I promised her I would be fine.
Let's hope I can keep my promise.
I put the Grimoire in my bag. Right before it goes in it changes it shape. It went from a leather bound classic looking book to a spiral notebook. I must admit it's quite cool what Fae magic can do.
I walk downstairs and say goodbye to my mom and brother. My mom home schools my brother and works from home. They are so lucky they don't have to leave the house.
I grab my bike and stroll it out the gate of the Grimm manor. I'm not in a rush. I'm late for class like every other day of school. Being late gives less opportunities for interaction with people. And I must say majority of the kids in my school are annoying. I'm glad I can avoid them to a certain degree.
When I get to school I am about fifteen minutes late for class.
I walk into class and my teacher gives me his famous irritated look.
"Wilhelmina Grime you are late again for my class." He says.
"It's Mina." I mumble.
I walk straight to my seat in the back of the class.
"Well as I was saying class I am giving you a writing project. I will assign your partners. The both of you will have to pick a topic and write information on it along with drawing pictures to go with it. Now here are your partners." He says.
I blank out halfway when he starts to say the names. But I snap back when I hear my partner.
"Wilhelmina Grime and Brody Carmichael." He reads aloud.
The entire class gasps. I would roll my eyes at their over dramatic reaction if I wasn't so caught up in my thoughts.
I got paired with the most popular boy in school. What did I do to anger the Fates for this punishment. Not only do I have to work with him, which means more to me with a human, he's probably going to make me do all the work. Popular people never do their work on their own.
The teacher instructs us all to move and talk to our partner for the very few remaining minutes we have left. Brody surprisingly comes over to me.
"It seems like we're working together Wilhelmina." He says to me.
"The name's Mina, I prefer to be called Mina." I reply.
He looks surprised that I even talked.
"Oh sorry Mina, I just always hear teachers call you your full name and I've never talked to you before." He says with a smile.
"It's cool." I shrug.
"So what do you want to do for the project?" He asks.
I try to think of something I know about like the back of my hand. Something I can do quickly so this can be over with sooner. Then it hits me.
"Fairy tales." I answer.
He raises his eyebrow almost in what seems to be confusion.
"We can focus on the real version of the stories and the changes that were made to them. We can go into how and why the Grimm brothers wrote them. I mean it's different than what everybody else is doing." I say.
"Not a bad idea. Your house or my house?" He says.
Wait I thought we would do it at school. Or that he would make me do it. I don't want to hang after school with him. But we can't go to my house for a million reason. So I guess we have to do it as his house.
"Uhh your house is fine." I reply.
"Okay cool. I'll meet you by your locker and we can go to my house later to get started." He says.
Just then the bell rings. He gets ready to leave.
"Hey wait how do you know where my locker is?" I ask.
"I've seen you more than you know. Besides everyone knows which locker is yours. A lot of people try to avoid it." He says rubbing his neck like he's embarrassed.
Nice to know people avoid what's mine. *Sarcasm*
I nod and he gives me a smile. He walks out the class. Of course I can't leave because my teacher holds me after.
"Miss Grime you are always late to my class. I have asked all of your other teachers and you are never late. It is unacceptable that you come fifteen minutes late for my class." He says.
"Trust me I have nothing against your class. Let's just say a lot goes on in my house that I'm surprised I even make it to first period." I reply.
I'm not technically lying. It's true that a lot goes on in my house and the rule of little contact is what makes me make sure I'm late.
He looks surprised at my answer and his facial expression softens a little.
"Well try if you can to come on time or at least a little bit earlier than your normal time." He says.
"I'll try." I reply.
He gives me a pass to my next class and I leave. Luckily for me my next class is an elective. Now I can think about what I am going to do about this project. Especially since I'm stuck with Brody.
Uggh school.
And so ends chapter two. Did you like it? Well if you did review please. And if you didn't… I'll send the Grimm on you, no the reaper, no the Grimm reaper….
Just kidding. Please review and tell me what you thought. It would be greatly valued.