Cassandra

I wander the almost empty halls of the castle, completely lost. My only source of company seems to be the Sentinels, but they hardly bat an eyebrow at me, much less guide me to where I'm suppose to go. So, I end up wandering the halls like an idiot until I hear a voice.

"You seem lost." I turn to see the Prince, Maven. I raise an eyebrow at him and shrug.

"Well, I can't seem to help it, your Highness." I reply and continue wandering around aimlessly, with absolutely no sense of where the hell I'm suppose to go.

"Do you need help onto where you're suppose to go?" Maven continues as I shrug it away.

"Not really," I respond. "I mean, sure I just got here, but I'm sure I'll know where to go. Of coooourse I will." I wrinkle my nose at my sarcasm as Maven stares at me, as if seriously wondering if I'm serious or not.

"I'm lost." I finally say before shrugging. "Scratch that. I'm not lost, because in order to be lost, you have to know where you're going in the first place."

"And where are you going?" Maven asked me as I roll my eyes at the Prince, not even thinking twice about my actions. He's nothing but a boy, so why should I treat him any more than one?

"That's the entire problem." I respond when I hear a voice.

"Cassandra!" It shouts as me and Maven look towards the direction of the voice, who's hidden within the shadows of the home. When he pops out, I recongize that this is supposedly my 'father'. When he notices Maven, he almost looks disgusted, but he easily masks it. Maven doesn't do as good as a job however.

"My Prince." Julian states as Maven quickly responds.

"Lord Jacos."

"I'll take my daughter from here." Julian continues as Maven nods and quickly rushes away, as if he couldn't wait to get the hell away from me. How nice.

Julian quickly took my hand and started practically dragging me back to the library, despite my complaints. When we finally got into the room, he took in a deep, shaky breath and stared at me.

"What in the world was that?" He asked as I wrinkled my nose at him.

"Which part are you talking about? My blood casually turning silver, me being your daughter, the King talking and dragging me away, or me walking with the younger Prince?" I ask him before crossing my arms and raising an eyebrow. Julian shakes his head at me, as if he's wondering about how stupid I am.

"The King." He whispered as I stare at him before shaking my head.

"That was nothing. He just..." I look around at the room, at all the books that crowd the walls. Did he read all of these? "He just thought I was someone else." Then, Julian gave me that sort of look a parent gives their kid, a signal to keep talking. "He thought I was someone named Coriane."

The very second the name makes it way off of my tongue, Julian almost sags into his seat before nodding. "I understand." He whispered as I run my fingers through my hair before looking back at him.

"Ca-Can you teach me?" I whisper as he stared at me.

"What?"

"To sing." I continue as he shakes his head.

"Cassandra, your ability can take years to perfect. I can't just show you how to sing and suddenly your a master at it."

"Please. Just the basics." I continue and exhale. "Please?" I'm desperate, I want to learn. More importantly, I want to protect myself from other Silvers.

"I'm sorry, Cassandra. Maybe another day, but not right now, its late." He continues and right when our eyes connect and I hold his eye contact and continue speaking.

"Teach me. Now." I say, but this time, my voice is different. It's beautiful, more beautiful than I've ever imagined it to be. Its as silky smooth as melted chocolate with a lovely stroke of melody to it all. Julian's pupils almost dilute as he starts automatically.

"Keep your eye contact with your opponent. Once we master the ability, we'll be able to generate it at your will, but for now, it has to be in touch with your emotions." He states as I slightly nod at him before realizing that I broke eye contact with him. When he's off of my spell, he jumps back into a book shelf, making a few books fall down.

"Thanks for the lesson, Julian!" I state with a smile as he quickly composes himself.

"It looks like your a natural, Cassandra." He says before tilting his head at me. "Or at least a quick learner, I've never seen anyone who could do that so quickly."

"Are you telling the truth?" I ask, my voice once again in a song before Julian nods his head. I smile and break eye contact as Julian laughs at me, yet he won't hold eye contact with me anymore.

"Like I said, Cassandra. A natural."

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I KNOW ITS SHORT, but I seriously wanted to upload something other than nothing, since I feel like I haven't uploaded this fanfiction in forever.

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