Next chapter up! and the next one should be up by tonight. days off are the best! Enjoy.
Mikayla POV
I walked through the forest not really paying attention to anything. I was going to find a secluded place to practice my aim with my new crossbow. I was in a small clearing when I heard a noise off in the woods. Without thinking a fired an arrow towards the sound. I heard a girly scream and Candace came into view. I sighed as she walked over to me.
"You might want to look before you maim an innocent handbag" She said pointing to my arrow that as now sticking out of her handbag.
"Sorry" I mumbled.
"Wow girl, you don't seem very happy" she said. I sighed again.
"I just have a lot on my mind Candace" I told her. I really did come out here to try and clear my mind. I have been avoiding Brady ever since I kissed him the other night. I found any excuse to get out of the castle and stay out for as long as possible.
"Oh I heard" She said.
"Of course you did" I mumbled.
"That's why I'm here actually, to clear up some rumors" she told me.
"oh great" I said to myself.
"So word is that you said you would never date King Brady because he is too immature and as long as he is king of Kinkow he will never grow up" Candace said quickly.
"What?...i never said that" I said once I processed her words.
"So that's not how you feel?" She asked.
"I…" I honestly wasn't sure. Yeah Brady could be immature at times but he has gotten a lot better. I hadn't thought about what would happen after I kissed him, I just kind of did it then ran away.
"Hesitation! Hesitation is conformation" Candace said breaking me out of my head. Before I could answer a noise came from another part of the forest. I aimed my crossbow but didn't fire this time. I walked over and pushed a few leave off to the side. There was nothing there so I turned back to Candace.
"I said nothing like that Candace." I said going back to the old subject.
"Well then why did you run away?" She asked.
"Do you know everything?" I exclaimed
"Yes" She deadpanned and began walking back towards the castle.
"Ugh I don't know why I ran okay. I was…I was scared alright" I confessed.
"And let me guess, you haven't talked to him since" she asked or more like told me.
"I don't know what to say to him." I told her.
"How about 'Hey Brady sorry for running the other day I'm just really confused, even though I'm not confused at all just head over heels in love with you!'" Candace said in a voice I think was supposed to be me.
"I don't sound like that." I said before getting to the bigger picture. "And I'm not head over heels in love with him" Candace stopped walking and put her hands on my shoulders.
"Girl…face it…you are in deep" she said seriously.
"I know" I sighed, finally giving in. We got to the castle and Candace stopped me again.
"You need to talk to him tomorrow" she said. I nodded and she gave a girly squeal.
"I just love romance!" She squealed before running off.
"Bye Mik" She said back to me. I cringed at the nickname.
"Bye Candace" I said back. I entered the throne room and found my dad sitting there. He had been let out of the shaman's house a few days ago but he still wasn't back to perfect condition. He was still moving slowly but he was healing quickly and fully. I sat down next to him.
"What's wrong baby girl?" he asked me.
"I don't want to talk about it." I said. He looked at me curiously. "Maybe another time" I added before getting up and walking to my room.
I woke up the next morning, dreading the day. I was down in the throne room waiting for the kings to wake up. I was talking with my dad when Boomer came running down the stairs screaming.
"Bra…Brad….Brady…and…note…and Ahhhh!" he screamed.
"Boomer calm down!" I yelled at him. He stopped screaming and just stood there breathing heavily.
"Now tell us what happened" My dad said. Boomer took a few deep breathes before starting speaking.
"Brady's gone." He said simply. I didn't believe what I was hearing.
"What…what do you mean he's gone?" I asked. Boomer handed my dad a piece of paper that I was assuming was a note.
"He's gone, he left Kinkow" Boomer said.
"Mikayla, go get the elders" my dad said.
"But" I protested.
"GO!" he said raising his voice. I quickly left the castle and ran to get the elders. They walked the entire way back and it was making me anxious. When we finally got back to the castle my dad told them the situation.
"Read note please" The head elder said.
"Dear Boomer, I decided I'm not suited to be king anymore. If I want to be the man I need to be I have a lot of growing up to do and I can't do it here. This is something I need to do alone. You are the stronger king Boomer, you always have been. You're going to do great. I love you bro, Brady" My dad read the note out loud and I instantly knew it was my fault. He must have overheard part of the conversation I had with Candace. Everyone in the room began arguing about going after him as I just stood there in shock.
"I'm going after him!" I heard Boomer announce. I heard Lanny say something about a balloon and soon everyone was out in the courtyard. Boomer began climbing into the balloon but the clouds got darker and the wind picked up.
"My king you cannot go after him in this weather. You will never make it." My dad told him. Boomer was pulled back into the castle struggling. After a lot of trouble getting Boomer inside he finally gave up and stormed up into his room. I followed him up the stairs but veered off into my room. I dropped down onto my bed and felt my eyes stinging with tears. This was my fault. Brady left because of me. I heard a knock at the door and looked up to see my dad. He looked concerned as he entered my room and sat down on my bed.
"You okay?" He asked. I shook my head into my pillow.
"It's my fault." I mumbled.
"What?" he asked. I spun onto my back and looked up at him.
"It's my fault Brady left" I told him sadly.
"Now why would it be your fault?" He questioned.
"He overheard a conversation between me and Candace." I said.
"Mikayla he left for good reasons" My dad said.
"No his reasons were stupid and if he would have just come and talked to me first he would have known I don't think he is immature and that he has grown up as king so he had no reason to just leave!" I ranted. My dad looked shocked by my outburst.
"Mikayla" I buried my head in my pillow again.
"He just left and I didn't get to tell him" I mumbled. My dad patted my back before kissing the top of my head and leaving my room.
"We'll get him back." Was the last thing he said before closing the door behind him.
The next morning the storm was over and we were all outside in the courtyard assessing the damage.
"Did you check to see if anyone was in there?" Boomer asked gesturing towards the ship that was wrecked off to the side. Just as my dad answered the hatch opened and people starting filing out. A boy about Boomer's age with red hair and a crown on top came up to Boomer.
"Ah King Boomer of Kinkow! Our island was sunk after the storm and we have nowhere else to go. Would you be so kind as to let my people stay here?" He asked bowing down.
"Of course" Boomer answered. The boy stood up and ripped his robes of revealing normal clothing underneath.
"Oh thanks so much I'm king Boz" He said.
"No problem King Boz. Let me introduce you to the Makoolas. This is Mason, royal advisor and this is Mikayla, head guard" he said. I went to shake his hand but a fan went up in between us.
"I'm sorry you look like my ex-girlfriend who ripped my heart out. I don't like you" he deadpanned. I stood in shock before moving the fan. He instantly lifted his shirt up in front of his face and everyone gasped. I looked to see why and saw the King birthmark on his stomach. All chaos broke loose as the elders revealed that he was Boomer and Brady's brother and that they were actually triplets.
Boomer POV
I stood in complete shock as I stared at the guy standing before me.
"And you don't think this was something we would have liked to know!" I exclaimed, realizing it wasn't 'we' any longer.
"When he went missing your parents made a law that he wasn't to be talked about." Mason explained. I shook my head in disbelief.
"Great"
"I have a brother!" Boz exclaimed. I looked at him angrily.
"You have two brothers" I said venomously before storming into the castle. I went up to my room and took my anger out on the vase. Who does this guy think he is? Showing up just when Brady disappears. And he doesn't even care! I dropped myself onto the couch and buried my face in my hands. How could this be happening? I decided to take my mind off of everything so I got up and grabbed a pool stick. I was about halfway through my game when Mikayla walked in. She looked just as upset as I felt so I didn't tell her to leave right away.
"So…who's winning?" She asked. I knew she was trying to joke but I gave a serious answer anyway.
"I'm playing alone" I said.
"Right, right sorry…I just didn't know if uh" She looked uncomfortably at my Brady doll.
"If I was still missing a few marbles?" I asked.
"No no no…yeah so uh a lots happened these last two days huh" she asked changing the subject. I nodded.
"Yeah why would brady leave? I mean we were in this thing together. I mean he just leaves a note and takes off without talking to me? What a jerk." I vented to her.
"Well would it help if you talked to me?" She asked genuinely.
"It's not like you could tell me how he feels or why he left" I told her.
"Well actually I can." She said. I looked at her wondering what she was talking about. She continued before I could ask "I think Brady overheard Candace saying I thought he was immature that I would never date him unless he grew up. I didn't know that Brady was listening or understood words that big. And now he's gone and it's all my fault. I just wish I had a chance to talk to him" She finished talking and looked down at the floor. I knew I should comfort her but I was still too mad.
"Yeah Well get in line" I said bitterly. She didn't really reply to that instead she kind of continued where she left off.
"I crushed him. And maybe I was falling for him, I don't know maybe I was just confused…I still am confused" She said. I gave her a sympathetic look. She gave me a sad smile before leaving my room. I sat there for a while before Boz jumped in through the window. I was talking to him about apes and bananas when Lanny walked in.
"Mikayla went on a guilt trip about Brady leaving" he told me. I was confused as to why he was telling me this. I was on a guilt trip too and I didn't tell anyone.
"A guilt trip on Kinkow is when you go on an actual trip to try and get rid of your guilt" Lanny explained. I thought about it for a second before heading out the door after Mikayla. Boz followed me out into the forest to search for her. We were walking around for a while until we finally found her standing under a giant ape. I ran in front of her and started throwing rocks at the ape and yelling at him.
"Just go! Leave!" I yelled. I threw another rock at his head. "Just leave Brady!" The ape turned and walked away. I stood there staring at his retreating figure until I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Thanks Boomer" I heard Mikayla say. I looked over at her and nodded before wrapping my arm around her shoulder.
"We have to stick together yeah?" I said. She nodded and dropped her head on my shoulder.
"Yeah." She answered. Suddenly there was a loud roar. We looked up and saw the ape standing over us again.
"No!" We turned the other way and saw Boz jump in front of us. He started speaking like an ape and King Kong junior finally turned and left for good. Mikayla and I stood there staring at Boz.
"Um thanks?" I said uncertainly.
"No problem! He said. We turned and made our way back to the castle. Boz continued to talk about how he was raised by apes and I would throw in the occasional comment. We got back to the castle a few minutes later. Mason was sitting in the throne room and instantly began making a big fuss about the guilt trip.
"You had no reason for a guilt trip! It was neither of your faults that Brady left! It was stupid and foolish!" He scolded us. Mikayla just nodded and went up to her room without a word. Mason sighed and looked at Boz and I.
"She is taking this really hard" He sighed sitting back down.
"Yeah I know" I said sitting next to him.
"What can we do?" he asked.
"Hope Brady gets some sense knocked into him in Chicago and comes home" I said.
"I just don't get it. He has been working so hard. He has grown up tremendously since he first got to the island. So have you." Mason said
"I don't know. I'm gonna try and video chat Aunt Nancy tomorrow and talk to him." I said.
"Good idea maybe you can talk some sense into him." Mason said. I nodded and headed upstairs to my room with Boz.
"Woah this is your room?" he asked when we got there.
"This is our room" I said to him. He gave a huge smile and it made me feel good about my decision.
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