Chapter 10 – N

May's POV

The hallway was darkly lit and it was rather hard to see "Left up here" I mumbled to myself as I turned a corner.

I continued walking until seeing the wooden back of a bookshelf. I walked over to it and was about to push it open before I heard that stupid king "So N… how are you feeling today?" he asked.

My eyes widened when I heard N's voice "I would be a lot happier if you'd fall off a cliff… but we all don't get what we want" N said.

His voice was so familiar that I was getting a huge wave of déjà vu "What? Aren't you going to ask about Hilda?" Robert asked smugly "That's usually the first question you have when you see me" Robert said as he paced towards the bookcase.

I glanced through a small crack in the wood only to see Robert right in front of it but thankfully not facing me.

He picked up a book and looked through it before putting it back "If it makes you feel better I have her niece" Robert said making N freeze "What are you going to do?" N asked with what I guessed was a glare… I couldn't see him threw the crack but I could still hear him clearly.

Robert looked at N and laughed a little "She's got a hell of a lot more spunk than Hilda… and I can't wait to break her" Robert said as I stifled down the want to throw the bookshelf open and smash something over his head.

He laughed as he walked out the room and slammed the door closed.

I waited a few seconds before slowly opening the bookshelf.

N's POV

I watched as the asshole left the room. I sat in silence for a few seconds before something happened that really shocked me.

The bookshelf on the wall was moving outwards.

I got up and grabbed the fire poker before I backed away a little.

A young girl maybe fifteen or sixteen stepped out of it and looked around the room. When I saw her I knew exactly who she was… her facial features were similar to Hilda.

She saw me and smiled "Are you N?" she asked sweetly "Yes… how do you know my name?" I asked as I relaxed a little. She was still for a second before reaching into her pocket "Drew sent me… he said that if I showed you this you'd trust me… or something like that" she said a little nervous as she handed me something.

I looked down to see it was the necklace my mother use to always wear… it was special because her father gave it to her.

I looked back to the girl and felt like I had seen her somewhere else "Your Hilda's niece?" I asked before she nodded.

She looked at me a little intently "Natural?" she asked "How do you know that name?" I asked "You said that was your name after my aunt and I saved you" she said a little confused.

Now I remembered her, it had been years but I knew it was her. I used Natural as an alias because I was on the run from the king at the time… and look how that turned out.

I looked to see she was sweating a little "Are you okay?" I asked "Oh don't worry I'm fine" she said before turning around. My eyes widened a little when I saw a large red patch of blood forming at the back of her thigh "You're hurt" I exclaimed.

She turned to me before looking to the back of her skirt "Oh not again" she mumbled "What do you mean not again?" I asked a little worried and annoyed that she didn't tell me "I got an injury from an Alas… a bite… and as you already know they halt all of a mermaids hyper healing abilities" she said as I remembered back to when Hilda was attacked by one "Does my brother know?" I asked.

"Umm" she said as her sight drifted to the side "Why?" I asked. She looked down with a blush "I've only gotten to know him over the past month… but I know for a fact that if I had told him then he would just worry and wouldn't have let me do this" she said as the blush spread.

I looked down at her before smirking "Are you and my brother a couple?" I asked mischievously. She looked up to me and stepped back a little as her face turned red "What? No… and what's with that smirk! Is it hereditary or something?" she grumbled before heading back to the book shelf "Where are you going?" I asked while still laughing at her response "I was sent here to rescue you… so come on" she said as she waited at the entry.

I grabbed my coat and entered the hall.

May closed it behind us just before a maid walked in "N has escaped!" she yelled before a few guards entered "Well so much for keeping it quiet" May mumbled before she walked ahead of me.

The hallway itself was dark but even I could see that May was limping… she was in pain, she was just too proud to admit it.

Drew's POV

I just overheard one of the guards saying N was missing "May's sure working fast" Ash commented as we hid around a corner.

Brendan checked the hall and quickly hid when he saw that the doors we were supposed to enter had two heavily armed guards out the front "What do we do now?" Brendan asked as he looked to us.

Ash stood up "Don't worry if one of those two are who I think they are we should be fine" he said before walking out and towards the guards "Halt! State your name!" one of them demanded "My name is Ashton Lee Samuel Ketchum, second son to the Ketchum family and third in line to the country's biggest gold mine" he said as both Brendan and I just stared with our mouths so far down they could hit the ground "Is he lying or telling the truth?" Brendan asked me "I have no clue" I mumbled.

Ash never really talks about his family so we both had no idea if this was true or not.

One of the guards looked him up and down before turning to the other one and whacking them over the head knocking them out "It's been a long time Ash" he said in a rather feminine voice.

He took his helmet off to reveal short orange hair, deep red eyes and a rather girly face "Same goes to you Zoey" he said as they did some weird handshake "Wat are you doing here?" she asked "Well… uh that's a much harder question to answer than you'd think" he said a little awkwardly. I sighed before stepping out to the hall "To put it bluntly we're here to rescue the people you're holding captive" I said as Brendan followed.

She looked me up and down before laughing a little "No way! If it isn't the little weed! Still short I see" she said mocking me "Hey I am the normal height for men my age" I said a little childishly "Oh yea right" she mumbled with a laugh "Can we get over the whole childhood rivalry thing and get back to the matter at hand?" Brendan said as he stepped forward.

I looked to Zoey "I can get you guys through the building but as for getting them out I can't do that" she said as she opened the door "So you can get us in but not out?" Ash asked for conformation "yes… now hurry up before he wakes up" she said gesturing to the other guard.

We quickly followed and faced no problems… it was too god to be true. We got to the room my parents were in and I saw them both sitting on a couch facing towards the door "Drew!" my mother yelled before almost tackling me in a hug "Drew why are you here? Did the king capture you too?" my father asked as he walked up to us "No I'm here to rescue you… that sounds weird" I mumbled the last part "But Drew they have N!" my mother yelled "I know… and I have somebody very trustworthy taking care of him" I said confidentially "Oh really now?" a voice asked.

We all turned to the door to see none other than king Robert…'s brother Harley "Oh yay it's the flamboyant one" Zoey mumbled before heading for the door "Where do you think you're going?" Harley asked her as he put a hand on Zoey's shoulder "I think the king would love to know how you brought three criminals into the home of two people we're supposed to be keeping an eye on" Harley added "I don't know what you're talking about" Zoey said as she tried to walk off "Yes you do" he said "No… all that happened was that my partner and I were knocked out and after waking up I followed them" she said before walking out nonchalantly.

Harley looked back to us and pulled something out of his pocket "The girl your looking for… does this belong to her?" he asked as he pulled a lock of hair from his pocket… it was the same shade as May's hair.

I felt the anger flare up inside me before grabbing his collar and forcing him to the wall… despite he was a head and a half talker than me.

I glared at him intently "What have you done to her!" I demanded as the anger flowed from my words.

I've heard terrible things about this man, Misty was forced to help him torture people back when she still worked for the king and she said it was the most terrifying thing she had ever seen, even after seeing sirens and Alas.

Harley looked at me surprised… but then he began to laugh.

Suddenly I fell to the ground and my whole body went numb. Guards flooded the room and everyone was taken captive "What did you do to me?" I asked as my anger was only building.

He knelt down and looked at my face "She'll be so happy to have some company" he said before laughing like the maniac he is.

I am super sorry for it being a little shorter and a few days late, I've had a lot more homework than usual and... lets just say that sleeping in until two in the afternoon hasn't helped -_-' so I guess that's my fault.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you review.

P.S. little pre-warning, my school holidays writers block tends to stick around even weeks after the holidays have ended... it's extremely annoying!

Before I start writing my frustrations about this topic I'll just leave it here. Bye :)