Tech stared blankly at Riven. Her mind was full of questions, doubts, and general amazement. Riven was her brother? Musa was her cousin? She shook her head. She still barely believed she was an actual princess, so how was she going to believe she actually had any family members besides her evil aunt? "I...don't believe you."
Musa's violet eyes widened and she placed her hand on Tech's shoulder. She nodded repeatedly in hopes Tech would understand that she meant it was indeed true. She was related to them.
Riven didn't know anything about his real parents except that he saw shadowy figures of them in his dreams every night. But he was absolutely one hundred percent sure that Tech was the baby in his dream and she was his sister. Tech felt all eyes on her as she continued to deny the fact.
Tech needed to run away from this. Her past life was so new to her - too new to her - that she felt like the only logical thing to do was run from it all. Or if you have a pair of wings, to fly. She always knew not to run from her problems but her mind didn't register this. Instead, she felt herself pulling out of the grasp of Musa and flying back towards where they had just came from. Her instincts told her to fly back to the only place where she would have someone to trust, someone to take her back to her old life. Of course, if she went back she would just be a despised cyborg living in Magix with an evil step mom and the only guy she'd ever loved marrying her aunt.
Her thoughts made her stop flying and put her feet on the ground.
She knew that there was no going back. Not if she wanted everyone's lives to go back to the way they were supposed to be before Electra messed it all up.
Riven walked casually up to her, deep in thought. Tech glanced over at him, and realized that his life was just as messed up as hers. She wondered what things happened to him in his childhood that gave him a sense of not belonging to anything. Somehow she felt that was what he felt. His deep purple eyes locked with hers, giving off a message. *Believe me.* Tech sighed and shook her head. "Riven...how can I believe you? I only met you three minutes ago!"
Riven took a step towards her, took her hand in his, and pleaded. "Please, Tech. You have to trust! I know you are my sister! You are the child that I saw in my dreams all these years!"
Tech sighed and buried her face in her hands. "Honestly Riven, I don't know what to believe anymore. Just four measly days ago, I thought I was nothing but an under appreciated Cyborg who had to work as a mechanic for her annoying stepmother. But after finding out that I am actually the princess of Zenith, a fairy, a target of her aunt who is the Queen of Zenith, I realized my whole life was a lie. And to make it even worse, after attending the annual Gala in Magix, Electra has been after me. And somehow, probably because of war threats, she is forcing the prince of Magix to marry her..." Tech took a deep breath. "We have to stop it." She concluded and looked down to the ground. "Oh, just so you know, I can't cry."
Riven blinked, taking in the information. "Wow. This all happened in four days? But you should know that Electra's wedding is this afternoon. That's why the fireworks are going off." He pointed to the sky where fireworks erupted, lighting up the night sky faintly from where they were standing. Tech closed her eyes and looked away.
"Well, we have to stop her. Everyone here has been affected by her and has means of revenge. But the only problem is...we lost out guide for Zenith. Helia was the one that knew the most about the place."
Riven smiled a small smile and placed his hand on Tech's shoulder. "I'll do it. I know these streets since as an orphan on the run, I needed to know the best places to go for food and homes." Tech thanked him and they both walked back to the group in silence.
"We're heading into Titania City now." Tech exclaimed when she reached the group. She noticed out of the corner of her eye that the sun was steadily rising and soon it would be morning. "And we have to hurry. We don't want people to see us!"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Brandon shouted and everyone nodded, filled with excitement.
"I was thinking we should split up." Flora said quietly, speaking in what seemed like ages. In the faint light of the sun her eyes were puffy and red from crying, but her green emerald eye were filled with determination. "We have less of a chance of being caught by one of Electra's guards if we split the group."
Musa hurriedly wrote something on the ground and stood up to let everyone see it.
*The groups should be: Riven, Tech, Flora in one group and Brandon, Stella, and I in the other. Since Riven and I know the most about the surrounding we should lead the groups.*
"Alright, we'll do that." Tech said. "But I think to not make it to obvious that we aren't from Zenith, we should go in the ship all the way until the very edge of Titania." Brandon was the only one who was truly happy by that. The others didn't want to go through the jet lag and turbulence like last time.
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"Digit, repeat that last thing again." Brandon said slowly hoping he heard wrong. They were in the ship and Digit was giving them directions to the city which was only a few feet from them. "Digit...repeat!"
Digit gave a small defeated mumble and refused to continue speaking. Tech got up and walked over to the control panel where Digit's personality chip was held. "Digit, if you don't speak I'm pulling you from the ship!"
Digit scoffed over the ships speakers. "Yeah, like I even like being a huge stupid ship!"
Brandon looked hurt and he turned to Tech. "Make her stop offending my beautiful ship!"
"Ugh, both of you are acting like children! Digit just tell us what you said before sweetheart!" Stella spoke, pushing Tech away from the panel and back to her seat. Tech sat down and waited for the response.
"Well, Zenith's barriers around Titania are especially strong. They might be for keeping you guys out."
Brandon, Tech, and Riven whipped there heads into the direction of the speaker. "What?" The three exclaimed simultaneously. Digit scoffed again. "You heard me."
Suddenly the ship stopped mid flight as if it hit something, although nothing was in front of it. "Now how do we get in?"
Tech thought back to just three days ago when she had to escape from the Gala by using her new powers. "I've got it!" She yelled and flew to the panel and pulled out Digit's chip, causing the ship to slowly start to lose power. It's lights started to flicker out and Tech flew out, chip in hand. "Are you crazy Magenta?" Brandon called after her, watching her as she came up to the barrier and placing the chip on it. She closed her eyes and concentrated her energy in the chip. "Digit...you have to...be able to do it..." she muttered as her energy drained from her, powering the chip.
Suddenly, the force-field started to appear, green and purple swirls appeared all along the now white barrier, coming from the small chip. Then, the entire barrier turned purple and fell to the ground followed by Tech. The chip fell to the ground next to her and the ship, now able to enter the city, hovered above her. Riven got out and picked up the chip and scooped up Tech in his arms carrying her to the ship.
He laid her unconscious body in the small seat and put the chip in her limp hand. Flora knelt down by her and put her hand on Tech's forehead. "She doesn't have a fever. She'll wake up soon." Brandon stood and put the chip back in the panel, giving the ship power again. He started to fly the ship into the city.
Tech opened her eyes. "Did it work?" She asked quietly. Stella pulled her up and started laughing happily. "Did it work? You're a genius! Oh course it worked! Look!" Stella pointed out of the ships front windshield to the futuristic city of Titania. Snow was falling even though it was mid summer. Newer versions of androids than in Magix flew around the city keeping the technological buildings managed and updated. The city's dwellers didn't notice the ship flying above them. They were safe.
Tech couldn't believe this was the place where she was born. Her hands were pressed up against the window as she watched the entire city fly by her in delight. She felt like she had finally found her home. The place where she belonged was here.
In the light morning sun, the faintly visible castle was seen. It was stationed on one large pillar made of multiple technology inspired bricks. The castles interior was entirely hidden by a large one way window. The people on the inside could see out but not vise-versa.
Brandon lowered the ship and stopped it on the side of the large hover filled street. Tech moved away from the window and took the chip out of the panel again. She was about to open the door to get out of the ship when Musa stopped her. She pointed to Tech's wings and shook her head. Tech nodded and de-transformed back into her jumpsuit. She stepped back and let everyone get out of the ship before she walked over to the closet in the back of the ship.
In the closet was her ball gown she had worn to the Gala just a few days before. It was in a messy and wrinkled state from being in there for so long. She searched for the hidden pocket and pulled out the small android hidden in that pocket. It was the princes android, the one she had promised to fix when she first met him.
She tucked the Android in the same pocket as Digit's chip was in her jumpsuit and started out of the ship, leaving behind the muddy mess of a dress.
The groups split up into the two groups they were told to go to. Their rendezvous point was the castle in two hours. In three hours the Queen's wedding would begin and they had to be ready.
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Timmy took a long and slow deep breath. He stood in front of the full length mirror and he had his Wedding outfit on. It was just a simple tux. Nothing special. He didn't care anyway. His life was virtually over anyways.
His royal adviser came behind him and patted his shoulder awkwardly, for the adviser didn't really know what to do.
"You can go..." Timmy said in an attempt to get the man away so he could enjoy his final moments of freedom. "Please leave."
The adviser nodded and whispered "This is for your kingdom. Your planet is at stake here. And forget about the girl you danced with at the Gala. She's probably out of this galaxy by now. She'll never be a bother again. After all, why should you even worry or care about her? She lied to you. She was a Zenithian. You cannot trust her."
Timmy didn't know what to say. He shook his head. "You're wrong about Tech! She wasn't like that!"
"It was probably an illusion! Come on! Why should you even stand up for her! She'll never do you any good!"
Timmy shook his head again. "I said for you to leave, and I expect you to follow orders." He said, angry.
The adviser bowed stiffly and walked out, not looking back.
"What would you know? You never spoke to her, heard her problems, exchanged words which led to conversations. You never met her. You never kissed her..." Timmy spoke softly, hoping Tech would hear. "You never fell in love with her."
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Tech walked quietly alongside Flora and Riven in hopes that no one would notice her eyes or think twice about her hair color. When someone began to look at her suspiciously she would duck her head or hide behind Riven. She needed to hide her true identity from anyone who could pose a threat to her.
As they came closer to the castle, Tech kept count of how long until the Wedding was scheduled to begin. They only had an hour to get into the castle as the palace tower first came into view. Flora mentioned that they'd run but Riven vetoed the idea since they would definitely be noticed if they did that. Tech was about to suggest they hitch a ride on a hover when a hand was placed on her shoulder. Tech flinched and pulled away from the touch, turning to see who did it. In front of her stood a girl, not older than sixteen, with tired emerald eyes and long auburn braids running down her back. She held a suitcase in her hand and beside her was a middle aged man with the same excited expression as the girl.
Tech's heart skipped a beat and her arms flew around the girls neck in an embrace. "Oh, Bea! I've missed you my sister!" Bea returned the hug and tears began running down her solemn face. They pulled away and Tech turned to Radius. "Thank you for reuniting my sister and I. And I'd like to give you a reunion. Just stay with us sir and you will see your daughter for the first time in years." Radius's smile faltered and then erupted into a laugh. "Darling, you know where Stella is?" Tech nodded and the newly expanded group started moving towards the castle entrance.
By the entrance the other group waited and Tech waved Stella over to them.
"Stella, this is your father and Radius this is your daughter." Both father and daughter looked at each other, confusion written all over their faces until Radius broke the silence and hugged his daughter. "Stella..." his tears stopped him from saying more.
Stella hugged him back, feeling protection in his arms. "What happened to your sunny hair?" Radius asked running a hand through her brown hair.
"I don't know what you mean. I've always had this hair."
The two continued the reunion as Riven began giving orders to the group. "Brandon, you and Stella will go through the balcony and try to find Electra. Muse and I will take the gardens and Flo and Tech will take the dungeon route. Understood? Whomever finds Electra first will have to stop her. And Tech, you know that if none of us can stop her then you will have to stop the wedding, right?"
"Yes. I know." She responded.
"Alright. The best of luck to everyone." Riven said and started off to the gardens with Musa. The rest of the group broke into the pairs and started off into the direction of the places where they were told to go.
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Next four chapters are my personal favorites!
Longest chapter I have ever written. Total words:2600 something. Not counting the Authors note.
Next: When Flora and Tech go through the dungeons they reunite with two people lost but not forgotten, and Timmy will run into a certain someone...(you know who I'm talking about.)