I know it's been awhile I didn't mean to let it go for four days but well I was tired and on the second and third day my Wi-Fi wasn't working and… I feel like I am just making excuses so yeah… JUST GO READ ALREADY NOBODY READS THE AUTHOR'S NOTES ANYWAY!
"Well that was a fun day of training!" Ur says to us sarcastically as we go into our home. "Annalise was able to create a healing shield and fly, and we all made a new enemy and everyone made it back alive. No offense kids but tomorrow we are going shopping in a small town so no stripping, magic, or talking back to me got it?" She examines each of her pupils thoroughly before setting her gaze on Gray's hand holding mine. She raises an eyebrow before deciding to just leave it alone. "Lyon do you need any help with dinner because I think Annalise needs to learn to cook and well now's as good of a time as any. Gray come with me." The door shuts behind Ur and Gray before Lyon even has a chance to reply.
"Annalise I guess you can help, I'm just going to make a simple stew. Do you know how to cut vegetables?" I look at the ground without the courage to answer that I never stepped foot in a kitchen. "It's alright I didn't even know how to boil water when I came to train with Ur." He smiles that contagious smile at me making it impossible to not smile back.
Lyon gets out ingredients like carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, some kind of meat and several types of beans. He then gets out a large pot to mix all of the ingredients and hands me a knife that looks strange and that would be useless against someone.
"This is a peeler, you know to peel the potatoes?" At my blank look he sighs gazes at the door longingly then turns back to me whispering under his breath, "This is going to take a while."
Half an hour later
Lyon and I had gotten over our discomfort and prepared a stew that according to Ur was the best Lyon had ever made. Lyon had brought out some bread to also eat. We were eating at a dining table or at least what passed as a dining table in this house. I was smiling into my bowl at my new family when Ur asked the question I had been dreading all this time.
"Annalise why did that shadow attack you specifically?" I look at Gray I explained to him part of my story but now I think I will have to reveal it all at dinner. I stir my food around a little longer before answering.
"That was the shadow of my father, he can control it. It attacked me because I was smart enough to escape without anyone noticing on my birthday. I have a confession to make to all of you, please don't hate me for lying to you. My first name is Annalise and I did leave the old place I lived because it wasn't a home, but I left out the fact that my last name is Night and my old residence was at the castle." I am to full of shame to look into any of their eyes. I hear a spoon dropping and hitting a bowl but refuse to look at them still. When I do look up they are all staring at me in shock Lyon is the first to recover.
"You're the princess? You're the daughter of Eren Night who is third in line to the throne!" I nod at him. "So the maybe future king of Fiore can control shadows and would beat his own daughter up for using her magic?" At another nod from me he looks at Ur judging her expression. She is the one who dropped the spoon and still has her hand in the air as though eating from an invisible spoon. She calmly picks her spoon back up and starts eating again. After two spoonfuls and her chewing slowly she looks back to us.
"This only changes the fact that we shouldn't go to Crocas for a while, Annalise ran away to us to learn to control her magic which is why we have been taking care of her. She is an apprentice to me, Ur Milkovich, so I have taken her in to enhance her abilities. It's as simple as that." Ur says this staring me in the eyes. I start to tear up.
"My father's shadow said he would hurt anyone I love… I don't want anyone hurt are you sure you still want me around?" Ur rises out of her chair next to Lyon and walks around the table to me. Wordlessly she wraps her arms around me as I shake from the relief I feel, Lyon and Gray follow her example until we are on the floor in a group hug.
"We love you too and we don't abandon those we love. We fight for them, we protect them and we comfort them when they need it." Ur says to her pupils holding back tears of her own to appear strong.
"Annalise? I want you to summon Aries again, I would like to have a conversation with her." I nod unable to speak through my tears. Ur is the first to stand, then Lyon leaving a hand on my shoulder, finally Gray stands taking my hands and pulling me up alongside him.
"When?" Gray asks speaking for the first time.
"I would like to do it as soon as possible but first we need to finish our probably cold dinner." Ur replies with a smile on her stoic face.
"I don't feel like eating, can we do it now?" I would like to get this over as soon as possible. Ur raises an eyebrow at me, sticks a finger into the soup closest to her then earing a scowl from Gray then looks at Lyon.
"We can reheat this right?" At his sigh and nod she looks at me. "Okay do you need anything special Celestial Wizards can usually only call upon a spirit with their designated key?"
"I honestly don't know but last time all I did was imagine her. If everyone can be quiet I think I can do it." I move over to a corner away from everybody and kneel down on the floor closing my eyes.
I start to picture her again… her nervous behavior, kind wide brown eyes, bright pink hair that curled at her shoulders, short and copper horns on her head, I even picture her dress that appeared to be made of actual cotton. She had said that it was even softer than the pillow I was holding, that pillow was made of silk. I think of that conversation she had asked about a key, why?
"Usually I can only be summoned by a Celestial Wizard who holds my zodiac key, for this to happen once is a misunderstanding but twice… it has never happened before."
My eyes open to see the same women in my room roughly five years ago. There is a collective gasp from my new family as they all see a bright yellow magic circle appear in front of Annalise then a woman materialize in front of her in a protective stance with her head over her shoulder taking to Annalise.
I am going to post the next chapter like right now to make up for my laziness! ;D