Chapter 7 Changing Love

The next day...

"I have to get back to the fort, but I don't know if I can leave her here" Jack said.

"Your worried about her, but you have the brigade to take care of. I'm sure she'll understand that you have to leave" Ben said swinging his sword at me.

I blocked easily "Your right she'll understand. Hey, you didn't tell the rest of the men about us, did you?"

Ben blocked my blow "No, Swifty I didn't tell them"

"Good, we can tell them some other time when I feel they need to know" I said feigning a blow to the right to knock his sword out of his hand from the left.

"You two are pretty good for not being personal guards" Daniel said with Aaron nodding in approval.

"That was just a lucky move, I was distracted" Ben stated.

"Sure you were" Logan smirked walking over to us with Walter.

"Logan..." Daniel and Aaron said surprised before saluting.

"Jack, when are you leaving" Logan asked.

"I should be in Mourningwood already, but..." Jack trailed off.

"Your worried about Rena, you know she'll be fine when you leave. I suggest you tell my sister you are leaving before you just leave" Logan said.

"Dad, where are we going" I asked walking with him in the castle courtyard.

"Oh, I just wanted to say that I have work back in Millifields to take care of so I won't be back for a while" Reaver said.

"You are going to leave when we just got reunited" I asked.

"Rena I have to, Logan can send your letters to me and you can come visit sometime" he stated.

"Fine..." I sighed.

"Tatty bye" he said kissing me on my forehead before leaving.

"Bye..." I said before walking back inside of the castle.

I walked to the barracks after checking to see if Logan was in the war room which he wasn't.

I walked into the training ground to see Logan fighting with Jack.

"Logan..." I said not realizing that I was crying when everyone turned towards me.

"What's wrong" he said dropping his sword right away to hug me.

"Logan...daddy is gone" I said.

"Shhh, it's ok he needs to be in Millifields to help me with my plans" Logan said trying to stop my crying.

"Rena, I know this isn't a good time to say this, but I have to go back to the fort" Jack said guiltily.

I cried even harder into Logan's chest while he patted my back to try and comfort me.

"Geez, you guys suck at stopping a beautiful woman from crying" Ben said coming over to me and hugging me, letting me cry on his chest.

Somehow, Ben's presence comforted me and I stopped crying. I sniffled which afterwards he kissed the top of my head before letting go of me.

"Um...sorry I was acting like a total crybaby" I said shamefully.

"It's ok Rena, we all understand that people you care about are leaving. Crying over someone's departure is normal" Jack stated kissing me sweetly on the lips.

"Yeah, your right you should probably head back to the fort, the brigade needs you more than I do" I smiled.

"Yeah, let's go Ben" Jack said before leaving with Ben.

"They'll all be alright, how about we go sneak some ice cream from the kitchen and read in the library" Logan suggested.

"Ok" I said grabbing Logan's hand before running inside, the both of us laughing all the way.

A few weeks later...

"You know, the only reason I let you in the castle was to work in the kitchen, not to hold a knife to my sister and say you were going to force yourself on her" Logan stated to Elliot who was hanging in chains from the wall.

"I will always love her and you got in the way" Elliot stated.

I swung a whip at his back, "I did what was best for my baby sister and you weren't part of it"

"She hates you for getting rid of me and for making her get married to that old man" Elliot smirked.

"Shut up..."

I got interrupted by someone coming inside of the room.

"Elliot stop your lies, your just pissed that you didn't get the crown like you were promised" Rena sighed coming forward towards us.

"Rena..." Elliot breathed.

"You shouldn't be here" Logan stated.

"You shouldn't be torturing anyone" I stated with my hands on my hip.

"Yeah, listen to your baby sister Logan" Elliot smirked.

"Shut up, Elliot" we both said in unison.

"I think I know what to do with you" Logan smirked picking up a knife.

"So your going to kill me again" Elliot sighed.

"Why not" Logan smirked evily.

"Logan your not going to kill anyone, Elliot has a family and plus killing him would be meaningless" I said taking the knife out of his hand.

"Your right, guards escort Elliot out of the castle for good this time and if he tries to come back kill him" Logan ordered.

"Yessir" some new guards said walking in.

The guards unchained Elliot, but then all of the sudden they let go of him and they charged us and knocked Logan out cold while Elliot cornered me while one of the guards handed him a cloth rag.

"My little Rena...I thought you were smarter than your brother, but I've realized that you are just as stupid. You will never leave my side ever again" Elliot smirked shoving the rag on my nose and mouth, smothering me with some chemical.

I collapsed to the ground blacking out and hitting my head on the floor hard enough to make a gash.

"Carry her, we have to leave now" Elliot ordered walking out of the castle with the Princess of Albion.

A few hours later...

"Logan...your awake" Walter said.

I opened my eyes, "What happened?"

"Elliot is gone and so is Rena" Walter said solemnly.

I shot up "Send search parties out for her NOW" I ordered.

"I already did, Rena isn't anywhere. It's like she just disappeared off the face of Albion" Walter said.

I got up and practically ran to the war room and started trying to figure out where Elliot took my sister.

"Ah, looks like your finally awake sleeping beauty" a familiar voice smirked.

I lifted my head and opened my eyes to see a bleary image of a man in black.

"Who are you, where am I?" I slurred.

"She shouldn't be awake for another hour" someone said from behind the man.

"Then why is she awake" the leader questioned.

"I don't know, but a man in the army wouldn't be awake for another hour" another man said.

"Well then I'm lucky...I guess" I slurred not as much.

"She's annoying, do you want me to give her some more" one of the men asked.

"No, let her regain some mental state" he ordered.

"E..Elliot...is that you...where did you take me" I asked.

"We are...in our new home" Elliot said.

"If we are in "our" new home then why am I tyed to a chair for" I smirked.

"I didn't want you to get lost now" Elliot said slyly.

"Again where the hell am I" I asked glaring at him.

"Oh, a special little place that Logan let me keep after he kicked me out of the castle" he stated.

"But..." I trailed off.

"It was all your brother's idea. He wanted what was best for you, and also decided to let me join his personal guards which if you didn't know I easily went up in rank until I was the true leader of the guards" he smirked.

"But...Daniel is the head of the guards" I stated.

"Nope I am, he is truly my second in command, but Logan didn't want my presence to hurt you anymore than I already have. Wasn't that so sweet of him" he stated.

"Are you going to kill Daniel?"

"No don't worry love, I won't hurt him. I just want my rightful spot by your brother's side and the only way I can do that is if I prove to Logan that you are fine around me" he explained.

"So..."

"So...your going to marry me and that will prove to Logan that you are fine seeing me all of the time"

"I will not marry you, and I don't care if I see you at the castle all the time" I stated.

"Sorry love, but it has to be this way. Oh, I just got some information from your brother, he is having a party to celebrate your disappearance"

"That's not true" I yelled trying to pull free from my bindings.

"Sorry love, but it is true he doesn't want you at the castle anymore. Anyways, we have your brother's party to get to"

"I'm not going to be escorted to any party by you" I stated turning my head away from him.

"Then you leave me no choice, love"

Elliot walked over to a table that I didn't notice before and picked up a whip. "I didn't want to ruin your soft skin, but..." he ripped off my dress and lashed me on the back ten times.

I sat there dealing with the inflicted pain.

"Fine if I'm not going to get a reaction from this..." he walked back to the table and picked up the knife he held to my neck earlier. He walked back to where I was sitting and sliced my face before slicing me all over my body.

"Ok...ok...I'll go...j...just stop" I cried out bleeding from pretty much everywhere.

"I'm not finished yet..." he smirked hitting me on the back of my head with the butt of his standard issued pistol, opening up the nasty gash I already had on my head.

"Hey boss, we got her dress for the party..." one of the henchmen said.

"Man, why did you knock her out for, now we have to carry her" the other henchmen complained.

"Took you guys long enough and yes she was being difficult, but now you two get to dress her so hurry the hell up and get her to the coach, and stop wasting time, I'll be waiting" Elliot said before walking out of the room.

"Hey Freddy, we get to dress the Princess of Albion" Earl said

"Stop yah drooling, she's the boss's girl" Freddy said cleaning up all the blood all over my body before putting me into a cream and ivory silk dress with a masquerade hat and mask as accessories.

"Now open the bloody damn door so we aren't making Boss wait any longer than necessary" Freddy said picking up the princess and walking out to the waiting coach.

"Put her inside so we can get going" Elliot ordered.

"Yessir" we said in unison saluting while Elliot got inside the coach beside the princess before we started driving to the castle.

Meanwhile back at the castle...

"What do you mean that I have to host this party without my sister at my side. She's always been at my side whenever we had a party, we would always dance with each other before circulating and when we did that we were always together now matter what" Logan said freaking out.

"Logan, that's enough you need to get a hold of yourself" Walter said.

"Your right Walter, I need to stay calm" I said finally sitting down at my desk from all of the pacing I did.

"Enjoy the party maybe meet a nice girl and have some fun. The nobles still want you to marry, they say that you're um...how can I put it nicely...that you are interested in men" Hobson stated.

"I'm not GAY and I don't give a bloody damn what those idiots think of me" I said angrily.

"Jack, we should have gone to the castle more in the past because whenever we are here I see Logan as an actual person, saying he isn't gay hehehe" Ben laughed walking in with Jack.

"Shut up, Ben" Walter said.

"Fine...but this is bloody damn hilarious" Ben smirked.

"We heard a rumor that Rena is missing" Jack stated.

"Then you came to see if it is true" Logan sighed putting his head in his hand.

"Then it's true she ranaway" Ben said.

"No...she was kidnapped by Elliot" Walter informed.

"She was kidnapped and your having a party" Ben said.

"I really don't want to have this party, but the nobles are insisting that I have it" Logan sighed.

"Walter, Jack...Ben will you be by my side while my presence is announced because usually Rena is by my side..." I pleaded.

Walter and Jack looked at each other confused by all of Logan's emotions, "We'll be there" I said.

They looked at me like I was insane, but then nodded in agreement.

"Thank you...you guys have no idea how much this means to me" Logan said leading the way to the party.

"Sir, welcome back" a guard said to me as they stopped our coach.

"Thank you corporal, it's good to be back" I smirked.

"Umm, who is that" he asked.

"Oh, this is my fiancée, she is my date for the party" I answered.

I groaned and shivered, "Where are we..." I asked opening my eyes slowly.

"Sweetheart, we are at the castle" Elliot said embracing me.

"Sorry move along" the corporal said.

"Love, get out of the coach" Elliot said holding out his hand for me.

I got out and wobbly stood up.

"How long was I out for" I asked.

"Oh, a few hours now come along" Elliot said taking my arm with his to lead the way to the party.

"This is pointless, I should be searching for my sister not dancing with these snobby nobles" Logan complained.

"You haven't danced with any of these beautiful women, they are all waiting for you to choose one of them to dance with so get going" Ben stated.

"Fine..." Logan sighed.

"Dance with me" Elliot said hotly in my ear.

We started dancing, but Elliot pulled me too close for my liking without my permission.

He started groping my ass while we were dancing.

"Commander, were the hell have you been" Logan said.

"Logan...um I was working" Elliot said.

"Yeah, it totally looks like your working" some guards said sarcastically coming over and watching Elliot grope my ass.

I turned around towards them "How dare you..." I said before Elliot muffled my voice by putting his hand over my mouth.

"Rena..." Logan questioned.

"You should have stayed quiet love" he said putting a knife to my throat and held me by the waist.

"Logan, I want my job back, you need me by your side to help with the plan" Elliot said.

"Fine, welcome back Commander" Logan said.

"So all of that was true, how come you never told me Logan" I asked.

"Elliot please let go of my sister now" Logan asked.

He threw me forward which knocked my mask and hat off.

"Rena, are you alright" Logan asked crouching down to embrace me.

I pushed him away, "Your a bloody damn pig, why would you lie to me about all of this if you just wanted to get rid of me" I yelled.

"What are you talking about" Walter asked.

"Logan used Elliot to get rid of me and everything he did to me was his idea" I said.

"Rena, how can you believe the man that kidnapped you from your home, from me and he is also the man that held a knife to your neck not once, but twice" Logan stated stepping closer to me.

"I can because Elliot is the true commander of your personal guards, I can tell because the way your guards are acting in front of him. Your just trying to ruin my life" I accused.

Walter ran over to me, "Rena, I had no idea that Logan was doing this please believe me"

"I don't know who to believe" I stated.

"Logan how can you do all of this to your own sister, you really are a tyrant your mother would be ashamed of you" Walter said.

"I'm done with your bullshit Logan, you got what you wanted all along" I said walking towards the door.

"Where are you going Rena" Logan yelled.

"I'm leaving like you've always wanted. I bet the fake king got you to try and kill me like he did with mom" I said.

"I don't want you dead..."

"He told you that I would try to assassinate you didn't he" I said.

"Yes...he did, but I don't want you killed so I decided to marry you off to get you away from the castle and it became more than that because of Elliot. So I teamed up with Elliot to mess with your life to get you far away from Albion, I did it for your safety Rena" he explained.

"I'll never forgive you for what you have done" I yelled running outside with Walter.

"This way Rena" Walter said leading the way to the garden through the kitchen.

"Rena, your back" Jasper said once we walked into the kitchen.

"Jasper we need you to come with us" I said dragging him into the garden.

"Where are we going" Jasper asked.

"Albion needs nothing less than a revolution, follow me" Walter said.

"What about packing the necessities" Jasper asked.

"There isn't time Logan will come after us if we don't leave now" Walter said leading us farther into the garden until we stopped in front of the Royal Tomb.

"What are we doing here for, Walter" I asked.

"We are going to pay our respects to the dead" Walter said opening the door to where my mother is buried.

"I promised your mother that I would bring you here when you were old enough"

We walked up to the steps to where my mother's coffin stands next to my fake father. I stood in between the two coffins.

"Do you remember what you always asked me to do" Walter questioned.

"Yeah...teach me how to be a hero" I said.

"Yes, well your mother believed that you are the next hero and she made me promise to bring you here when the time has come and I believe it has" he said walking to the praying statue in front of us to press a brick into the wall.

When he did that the statue's hands moved down to reveal a round thing.

"What is it" I asked.

"I don't know, all I know is that it was your mother's and that she wanted you to have it. So take it Rena" Walter instructed.

I picked it up and looked at it when all of the sudden it made a bright light and blinded me.

When I opened my eyes I was standing facing a hooded woman.

"Where am I and who are you" I asked noticing the gray sky.

"My name is Theresa, I was your mother's guide on her quest" the hooded woman said.

"Ok..."

"To answer your other question, this is the Road to Rule. It is the road you must take to overthrow your brother. Each gate shows you how far you have come to your goal, but to get past these gates you must gain followers to help you. So far you have two followers Walter, your mentor and father figure and your loyal butler, Jasper who will follow you always" Theresa informed.

"Ok...so all I have to do is gain enough followers to get through the gates to the castle, sounds simple" I stated.

"It will not be that simple Princess you will have to overcome many obstacles to take the throne" she said.

"Ok...where do I start" I asked.

"Keep the guild seal with you always it will help you on your quest"

"Ok..."

"Now Princess Rena when you are ready to take the first step to beginning your quest open this gate and step through and claim the chest inside" Thersea said before disappearing.

I stepped forward and opened the gate and stepped inside to see a lone treasure chest in the middle of the path. I stepped forward to it and opened it to reveal a gauntlet which I immediately put on my right arm when a portal of some sort opened in front of the next gate. I stepped towards the portal and touched it to be transported back to a waiting Walter and Jasper.

"Did you find any way out" Walter asked.

"Umm...I think so" I trailed off concentrating on the gauntlet which I charged before letting it go on the seal I was standing on which opened a set of stairs that leads farther down.

"See I knew you were a hero, let's go" Walter said walking down the steps.

"I like a good opened escape route" Walter said.

"Wow, mom built this place" I said with awe.

"Let's keep moving" Walter said.

"Ahh bats, I hate bats" Jasper said freaking out.

"Calm down old friend, they're just bats" Walter said.

"They're just bats ha, they're dirty vermin" Jasper said cleaning off his jacket.

I giggled "Let's go we're almost there"

We walked down the hall to see a dead end.

"It's a dead end" Jasper said.

"No it's not" I said going to the seal and let out a wave of fire which made a bright light.

"Ow, where are we" Jasper said landing in a pile on the ground.

"I don't know" Walter said going to the middle of the room where a map table stood. "Jasper look it has your name on this book"

"That must be a coincidence" Jasper said opening the book.

"This is the book of heroes, it says that if you pick a place on the map table it should take you there" Jasper informed.

"Ok...so this is my mother's sanctuary" I said with awe.

"Well we better get going" Walter said, I nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile back at the castle...

"Your majesty we couldn't find the Princess" a guard informed.

"What do we do Logan" Elliot asked.

"Have all of your men keep an eye out for my sister in Bowerstone. She'll be back...I know it" Logan ordered staring at the map table intently while all of the guards left to their duty.

"Please be careful sister, wherever you are."

A/N: R&R Sorry it took so long I didn't know how I wanted to transition from my story to the main storyline, anyway tell me what you think of my story so far...