Chapter 38
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Elena was told that they we're to go around the village and tell the residents to get ready, for the on coming of the war Elena watched as men and women help each other out, with even races other than humans as dwarfs we're helping people to do fitting in armors, as the elves and fauns we're getting the medical supplies ready.
"Do you think we should even stay here?" Gabe looks at Elena who was sitting on a small concrete wall, "what you mean?, it's some small little war and everything is going to turn out fine Volance is being pushed back," Elena hops down smiling "so after the end of today this peace treaty will be in the bag,"
Elena starts to walk away "are you using him...?"
"What?" Elena turns around not understanding Gabe on why he said that, "I'm not Gabe why would you think that?, you know I'm not that kind of person." Gabe shakes his head "it's not that I feel like you're getting to desperate, so you would think of anything to get him to sign."
"Are you excusing me of messing with his feelings towards me?"
"Yeah I am, I know I don't like the guy but doing that to any man, is something not even I want to place on my hated enemy, Elena do you really like this guy?" Gabe frowns "Elena you're my best friend, and as a friend doing that is going to far even for you." Gabe starts to walk away leaving Elena there "what kind of best friend say those things!?," Elena yells at Gabe now more upset Gabe stops in his tracks turning around to face Elena, "do you think I want to have these feelings?, do you think I wanted to just go home so many times for the past three months here, Gabe I'm afraid to fall in love okay..."
"...what do you mean?"
"I'm afraid to fall in love cause if I do, I don't think I can take the pain of leaving him.." Elena looks down at her feet her eyes start to water, "I am worry that I'll lose the love like that I once had with my parents..." Elena sniffs wiping her tears on her sleeve, "I feel safe with him like if I hold on to him any longer I'll fall apart..." Gabe listens to Elena's confession about Alexzander, he knows Elena is strong woman but some times she can only do so much.
"You know Elena I really hated you once..."
"What?...G-Gabe I-I don't?"
"Oh come on Elena who wouldn't like you, you're an outstanding woman and I honor you for that, and I hated you so much because you could do anything you like, an no one could judge you for that having magical powers like Mateo, makes me feel like I'm second to none Elena and if Alexzander makes you happy what's stopping you?" Gabe waited for a moment as he watched Elena, she didn't move or say anything her tears stream down her face silently. Elena sniffs then she nods slowly "okay...I'll ask.." Gabe raised an eyebrow, "ask what Elena?" Gabe said as Elena sits back on the concert wall, "I'll ask him out..."
"Well you don't have to right away Elena?" Gabe raised his hand feeling he had may have pushed her to much, "no Gabe if these feelings are real I need to see how things turn out..."
"Oh god Elena you going on a date has the world ended?" Gabe chuckles but got punched by Elena, "I can go on dates!" Elena frowns as Gabe laughs at her. He shakes his head "no you're fine but I'm helping you out though." Elena lightens up "really!, you are?" Gabe shrugs "what?, I don't want you to embarrass yourself on your first date." Elena rolls her eyes the two started to walk back to the palace, seeing that the staff was done helping the villagers will getting everything ready.
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It's been two days now and Alexzander an his friends hasn't shown up, it was getting to Elena she paced around her room going back and forth, Tulip and Skylar watched her do this.
"Princesa I think you should sit down your making us dizzy here," Skylar covered his head with his paws as Tulip was on the Vanity watching Elena. She stoped and turns to Skylar "I'm sorry it's just they should be back by now, we had gotten a message that Volance retreated back home, and that they succeeded in getting back their borders...," Elena sits down on her bed next to Skylar as she smiles petting his head.
Then large commotions could be heard, "what's going on?" Skylar looks at Elena "I don't know?" Elena stands up walking towards the door, she opens it to look out in the silver and dark wooden floor halls. She watched as members of the staff ran by, she walked out her room nearly getting trampled on more as the went pass her. Elena asked what was going on as all she could tell everyone was freaking out, even one staff was shaking like a leaf Elena helped the shivering Elf woman, the man spoke up in a shaky voice "I-It's Alexzander's Grandmother..."
"Wait? Alexzander has another relative?" Elena looks at the man not really believing him, but he shakes his head quickly in fear "a-and she's very upset.." Elena got extremely worried "where is she?" The man points towards the entrance hall before you walk out the main entrance room, Elena holds up her dress as she ran down the stairs as fast as she could, by the time she got there she could hear glass shattering and screaming.
"Where is he!, I swear that good for nothing grandson of mine has gone to far!"
Elena bust through the door to a very old woman looking in her 60s, she wore a long sleeve straight white dress her hair was in a bun, the woman hair was gray as her eyes we're dark brown she had a vase in her hand. Getting to ready to throw the vase at the cowering Elf women in the corner, holding each other in fear of getting hit this in raged Elena.
"You'll put that down this instant!" Elena yells at the woman, the older woman whirls around to see who was talking to her in such a way, seeing Elena there the older woman whole body straightens "how dare you speak to me in that way!" Elena glares at the woman "I'll speak to anyone who try's to hurts these people in any way!," the woman marched over getting ready to back hand Elena, as the woman raised her hand Elena flinched getting ready to be hit.
But nothing came...Elena opens her eyes then she widens in shock it was Alexzander, and he had the woman's hand in his grasp tightly as he could, furry was swirling inside him by the look of his eyes, "Grandmother Lada what brings you here especially when you are attacking things here I care for?," Elena blushed a little when Alexzander spoke those last words. Lada yanks her hand away now getting close to him, even though Alexzander was very tall for his age this woman could knock him down a size.
"You ungrateful Suka!" Lada back handed Alexzander hard, it echo throughout the room nobody said anything, Elena whole body burned up in anger "you will not do that to your own grandson!," Lada scoffs "please he runs around doing his own things, and not once listens to his elders why shouldn't I!" Lada glares at Alexzander she then walks away, "I'll be in the throne room Alexzander don't keep me waiting."
Alexzander turns to watch her leave as Elena gotten closer, she touched his chest to get his attention "you alright?" Elena looks at him worried, he smiles and nods "I just hope she didn't scare you or anything?"
"Pfft scared please, I was more on the getting ready to fight with an old lady" Alexzander smiles hearing those words from Elena, "Alexzander!" Lada yells out for him, he rolls his eyes an walk towards the throne room with Elena behind him, he stopped to look at her "you don't have to come, it's fine" Elena reaches out taking his large hand In her small one, "I promise you that I'll make sure you won't break on me..." Elena looks up at Alexzander who eyes widen in surprise, then his eyes softened seeing what she meant. The two walked in the throne room hands still clasped together, Lada was sitting on the silver and blue throne fuming in anger, she stands up glaring down at the two seeing their hands together she scoffs.
"When did this happened?"
Elena and Alexzander look at each other till he looked back at Lada, "it just happened..." Lada walks down the stairs "things like these don't happen child, what you two messed around and decided to make it official?" Alexzander held up his hand "it was never like that," Lada rolls her eyes circling the two "figures you would go for a village girl, what you trying to do make us the laughing stock of this land?" Lada glares at Elena who held on Alexzander's arm, "I'm Elena crown princess of Avalor an I do-"
"So a southern country royal then...Alexzander I know your father and you are a disgrace to our family name, but this you are asking to much from us what would you're Uncle think?" Lada now stands in front of the two, Elena glares at the woman "Alexzander has not done a thing to cause such a hated remark from you!"
"Elena I th-"
"What is it that's wrong about him, he stopped Volance for invading Valisia, he found Cullen's house and not even two days ago he may even found a way to fix the royal sword." Elena now was the one towering over Lada who backed away, each time Elena made her point causing the woman to fall back to the stairs. Lada with anger stands not liking that southern country royal yelled at her, "because child he was never suppose to have the throne just like his father!"
""What?..."
"His father was a bastard child Alexzander's grandfather King Richard, my husbands brother had a habit of sleeping with other women in court, so King Howard was born but because he was only a male that King Richard had made, King Howard toke the throne and so the Valisian royals are stained with the reminder that our new king, was nothing more than a whores child, now tell me miss Elena is it wrong for me to think of me in such a way?" Lada smirks seeing that she had the last laugh. Elena glare at her "so what;"
"So What!?, he's nothing but a disgrace on our family name!," Lada barks back "you Su-!"
"Enuff!"
Alexzander booming voice echo throughout the palace, time stood still Elena looks back at Alexzander her body shivers, it was the same look he had when she broke vase when first came here. Alexzander walked towards them calm an angry he stops right at Lada, "why are you here..." Lada looks at Alexzander in the eyes she then sighs, "you sighed a law in the west of Valisia forbidding any upper class to have none payable servants."
"And that law will still stand I don't take slavery kindly, so coming here was a waste" Alexzander was calm, his eyes cold from reality "now listen he-" but Lada stopped when Alexzander points towards at the door, "I will not have an ungrateful person in my home an tell me how to rule my country, now leave" Lada huffs marching away leaving them there.
"Alexzander I didn't m-" Elena stopped when he held up his hand at her, "you're fine I'm use to it but thank you for supporting me...," Elena smiles then she remembered what Gabe told her, coughing a bit Alexzander looked at her confused "would you like to...go on a date with me...," Elena wasn't looking at him as she felt like she didn't want to see his reaction. She felt his hands take hers "you're asking me now?,sure why not..., it's been ages that I went out with someone..." Elena heart warmed up.
"What time?"
"Huh?"
"What time, are you going to get me?" Alexzander smiles as he watched Elena's shocked look, "uhh...well I hadn't gotten that far..." Alexzander held his chest and gasp, "you asked me out and you haven't even considered what time or place, I thought you we're a great thinker Elena" he chuckles as Elena hit him on the arm, "I just didn't think you we're going to say yes okay it's my first time asking someone out," Elena hit him two more times " you're just being abusive now!" Elena laughs as she stopped hitting him, Alexzander pulls her closer letting their heads touch, she felt his arms rap around her in a large hug, she then lays her head down on his chest as she listened to his heartbeat, was this what her parents felt when loving each other. Shutting her eyes then putting her face on his chest, Alexzander didn't move as he could tell she was upset, "why did you let her talk to like that?"
Alexzander looks up seeing the family portrait, him hugging his mother, his father laughing as his friends stand around with happy faces, "my mother even though she hated people's attitude towards others, family should never fight as it will cause a rift in the home..." Elena looks up her chin on his chest, "so you just let her yell at you?, Alexzander some times I wonder if you even have a brain."
Alexzander chuckles "now that's just mean coming from you, here why not tomorrow we spend the day together, just you and me I'll promise that if you don't like it you get to choose the next date okay?" Elena nods agreeing that this was fair "was it true that you're father wasn't suppose to be on the throne?," Alexzander nervously looks away as he scratched his face, "wellll...King Richard kind of had feelings for another girl than the one they choose for him;"
"I don't see the problem?"
"The girl he chosen was aaa..how I put it...an Elf court woman, that was related to a lord in the court..."
"Wait your half Elf!?"
"What long blond hair didn't give it away?, ow!," Elena smacks him again "be serious here!" Alexzander rubs his arm, "look the Elves and the human sides had a huge rivalry back then, and because King Richard married an Elf it kind of left them a sour taste in their mouths," Elena oh look "so I yell at a 60 year old woman because of her old time?," Alexzander thinks for a moment then nods "mmm... yeah you yell at a 60 year old woman on my father side."
Elena shakes her head "Alexzander I swear your not making things any easier on me," Alexzander laughs "well life isn't really easy is it?"
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Authors note: ElenaLover thank you for the support, I have a question which character do you like?
Mine's Conner as I like how he's a mother goose with the group.