Chapter 2

"You see, I can't stay here any longer." The sentence swirled around Nikki's head and confused her. "What do you mean?" she asked. "I'm gonna run away, escape, leave. I can't take it any more. He's just ..." Jamina sighed and sat on her bed, shaking the image of her father away. "So, are you gonna help me, or what?" Nikki looked at Jamina in shock. "Is this the princess asking me this? I have to be dreaming. A princess wouldn't thing like this, or would they?" I don't think I can help you, Princess Jamina..." Jamina looked at the servant, face emotionless. "And why not?" asked Jamina. "I don't think it's right for a princess to be thinking like the way you are right now. It's unbelievable that you're talking like this, the princess of Solar that you are..." Jamina was outraged by this. "You will help me and that is an ORDER!" Beaten and unable to refuse, Nikki took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes, princess..." Jamina thought, "I don't wanna be mean, but I need to get outta here and she's my ticket. I'll do whatever I can to get out, and that's what I'll have to do." Jamina looked around, "Ok, I have a plan, but ...it needs something good..." Nikki looked at the princess. "This is totally different then how I thought she was like. What is coming to nowaday princesses, anyway?" she thought. Jamina paced the room, quickly and quietly, shaking her head. "Are you thinking?" she asked Nikki, who had been staring at her for the last ten minutes. "Umm...oh, yeah..." "Well?" "I...uhh..." she thought hurriedly. "Well, ...where do you want to go?" Jamina's face lit up. "Oh, perfect thinking! It didn't even come to my mind..." she said as she went to her closet, and dug out a map of the Solar System. She scanned the map, "Now, let's see..." She put the map down, frustrated. "I don't know any of these planets. I've never left this one before." Nikki suddenly came alive. "Well, I do know a little about this planet..." She pointed to the planet labeled Earth. "What do you know about it?" "Well, there are creatures called humans that live on it," she began, "they're very nice, well, most are anyway. This planet is mostly made of water and it has seasons. There are cities, crime rate, disasters, monsters..." she continued on as Jamina listened to every word as if it were a fairy tale. She almost said "What happens next?" but she caught herself in time. As she explained, Nikki saw the joy growing on Jamina's face. "And I don't think you wanna go there." She ended. Jamina snapped out of her child like thoughts, "Why not? It sounds perfect! Maybe, I'll even get to use my powers..." "NO!" Nikki's reply was so quick and intentence, that Jamina jumped. "You are forbidden to use your powers and you know that! Everyone knows that you can't use your powers until you are twenty years old. That is the rule of Solar!" explained Nikki. "I know the rules and I don't care! I wanna be able to do good in some world and I've already realized it's too late to help this one. Dad's wrecked it and there's no saving it. Plus, no one around here complains about him anyway. Am I the only one who sees him doing unfair stuff here, or what?" said Jamina. Nikki looked at Jamina, "Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? You are leaving your only family and your friends..." she stopped at the reaction of Jamina's face. "My only family is my dad and he's the reason I'm leaving! My friends..." she thought for a minute, "They are not my friends. They're just girls that my dad wants me to be like. When I get to Earth, I'll make some real friends. Ones who like me all the time and not just when others are watching." Jamina took a deep breath as she heard her name being called by her father, "Jamina! Come here, I want you to witness a trial by me!" Jamina clenched her teeth. "I'm leaving tonight!" She took one final glace at Nikki before leaving the room.