Okay, so how many people hate me for taking so long to update. *All raises hands* I'm so sorry for taking so long. I have so much work to do I never have any time. I'm up to my elbows in work. To top it off all my planning for this and other stories went poof. So planning it all over again (writing it again) took some time. But I am back (for now).
So to refresh your memory we last left off with Mina hanging out with Nix at the park. Teague came and told Mina to capture Annalora and Mina obviously agreed. After spending some time with Nix, Mina leaves to go capture that ugly gnome.
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Mina's pov
You know whoever this girl is, she really must be annoying if the Prince himself gave me this order.
In person. On the human plane.
He didn't write it through the Grimoire or summon me to the Fae plane. No, he came to me personally and told me to capture her.
She has to be annoying. A real pain in the neck. This should be interesting.
Unfortunately I know nothing about her which makes it harder to capture her. All I know is that she tried to marry the Prince and now she hates him. I think it's safe to assume that the prince turned her down in a harsh way. It seems that her feeling of hatred is mutual.
Well this is one job I can't fail.
First where can I find her? The prince said she's somewhere close. That's helpful (Catch the sarcasm).
I open the Grimoire to see if it can tell me where she is.
"Can you please tell me where the rogue named Annalora can be found?" I ask.
The Grimoire glows and soon I see a picture. It's a picture of a lake in a forest. What's with these Fae and the forest? It's not the safest place you know.
I head over to the forest. It doesn't take long to get to the lake. I approach the lake carefully and as I get closer I start to see a figure. They are facing the lake.
"It took you long enough to find me. What a stupid chosen Grimm." They, no she, says.
"Excuse me?" I ask, surprised that she said that.
Did she just call me stupid?
"You heard me. It's a shame that worthless weak prince has such a stupid Grimm serving him." She responds. (A/N: *Every Teague fan there is gets ready to kill her for calling him worthless and weak.*)
I seriously don't like this girl already. Did she just call the prince "worthless" and "weak"?
"You really must be crazy and or dumb if you dared insulted the prince. Let me guess you must be the annoying Fae known as Annalora." I say.
"That is my name. What's wrong are you stupid enough to actually be offended if I insulted your precious little prince?" She says.
"That's it, I officially hate you." I reply.
"Oh Yay, the Grimm hates me. Face it, you're nothing but a dog for that pathetic excuse for a prince. He's so worthless he couldn't even come to me himself. He had to send a Grimm to me." She says.
The clouds darkens as soon as those words come out of her mouth. My blood boils hearing her insult the prince like that. Before I know it I jump at her and tackle her into the water.
We wrestle with each other as I drag her down under the water. She squirms to break from my grip but I hold on tight. She kicks me in my face and my grip loosens a little. I see a tint of red leak in to the water and that's when I realize that I am bleeding. I let go of her in a reaction.
I decide to use the lure on her as she tries to swim up for air.
'Stay.'
Her movements become slower but she still swims.
'STAY!'
Soon she stops at the second command. I swim to her and see the fear in her eyes as she is frozen in place slowly losing air. I smirk at her in a way telling her that I won.
I pull back my fist and punch her in the face as hard as I can. It feels good to see the blood come from her nose.
I look to see that the Grimoire is still in my bag and dry unlike everything else. I smile and take it out of my bag. With one flip of the page, she is sucked into the book with a bright light.
I close the book and swim up to the surface. I reach the surface and take a deep breath. I can hold my breath for a really long time but a breath of fresh air still feels nice. Especially since I'm still bleeding.
I'm suddenly pulled out of the water by a strong arm. I look up to see its the prince who pulled me out.
"Your majesty." I say surprised to see him.
"You were under there for a while Grimm, I'm surprised." He says.
"I am a siren your highness. Water is my second home. If I may ask, why are you here?" I reply.
"I was watching the entire situation with you and that annoying gnome. I must say I am proud." The prince answers.
"Thank you, it was actually my pleasure. She was a pain in my side and I only knew her for a few minutes." I say.
"Try almost marrying her." He mumbles.
I chuckle at his comment. He looks at me surprised and I try to stop. I swear I see a small smile appear on his face.
"Oh look at this, you're still bleeding and you're wet." He says lightly grabbing my face.
He waves his hand and I feel the magic. Immediately I feel the blood stop and my clothes dry.
"There that's better. Last thing I need is for a Grimm to be injured or sick. Especially one that is willing to defend my name." He says in his princely voice.
"Thank you. Besides I couldn't let her insult you like that." I reply.
He raises his eyebrow and nods his head.
"Very well then. Good job Grimm. Continue the good work. I'll see you soon for the festival. I'm sure you'll make this year better than the last. You always do." He says turning away.
I blush at his compliments.
"Yes, thank you your highness." I say.
I bow though he is not facing me and he disappears.
I sit down on the ground and open the Grimoire. I immediately go to the page that will have the picture of what just happened. Once again it's a detailed drawing. It shows me holding Annalora in the water. You can see her struggling in a way.
"I'm not so stupid am I." I say to the picture as if she could hear me.
As I am about to close the Grimoire I see another picture on the other page. It's a picture of Prince Teague hold in my face, healing me. You see a light blush on my cheeks. In the lake there's a shadow outline of a heart.
My face heats up at the picture. Why would this picture be here? Also why the heart? We don't love each other. I am his servant. He is my prince.
I close the Grimoire and head home. But the picture is still etched in my mind. I mean sure Prince Teague was nicer to me but that doesn't mean he loves me. He was just doing the proper thing. Right?
Why am I over thinking this? It's not like I like him or anything. I am his servant. I am his servant.
I am his servant.
How was that? Does it kinda make up for me not updating? Tell me what you thought of this chapter in your review please. Next chapter is the festival.
