Into the Devil's Lair: Chapter 5
This one is kind of short but I promise to release longer chapters on the next updates! Enjoy!
For an evil prince, he looks so handsome and hot.
Cornelia thought as soon as she saw Phobos. She found it unusual to see him in earthly clothing- a black sweatshirt, black pants and shoes. His appearance also became younger. Yes, there was no denying it. Phobos was handsome- tall, pale, has aristocratic features that speaks that he is born a royalty. His long silver hair was now tied in a short pony tail.
She must have stared at him for a long time and she can feel her heart furiously pumping in her chest. What was happening to her? Yesterday she used to despise him but now, now she finds him handsome.
"Like what you're seeing?" His arrogant tone woke her up from her deep thoughts and she looked up to meet his gaze. His cold and ruthless eyes were now staring at her and she felt her cheeks tinge. "It seems to me that you have forgotten to speak." He said when she wasn't able to reply to his words. However she doesn't want him to see that she was almost starting to like him. She was there to spy on him not to fall for him. She was there to study his plans and observe but she was also there to marry him. But is it really possible for her to interact with him without falling?
"Nothing. I was thinking about something." She lied and straightened up her back. She was now wearing a simple blue blouse and dark jeans paired with slip-ons; she brought some Earth clothes when she finally transferred in Meridian. "Anyway, why are you dressed in earth clothes?" She asked curiously.
"Why? Am I not allowed to go out with my fiancée?" The prince replied and Cornelia felt her heart thumping even faster than before. Phobos' words seemed to have stuck in her mind and kept on repeating and repeating.
"W-what?" She asked again almost sounding like an idiot.
"I said, I'm going with you." The prince said and Cornelia winced as she felt his arms wrapped around her shoulder. What the hell is this guy doing? She asked herself and she can't help but blush at the situation. A few seconds later, a portal glowed in front of her and they found themselves standing in an alley just a few blocks near the Lin's restaurant.
"Where are we going?" She asked the Prince. She was planning to spend this day with her girlfriends and chat with them about her palace life but no, this tyrant rather destroyed her schedule. However she felt a slight tinge in her heart as he insisted to go with her.
"Anywhere you wish to go princess." Phobos replied with a smirk on his lips and Cornelia just rolled her eyes. She looked around, closed her eyes and breathed the Earth air. Oh, how she missed the feeling of walking on the streets again, glancing through boutique windows and enjoy the warm feeling of the sea on her feet. But today, since she had a different plan. She wants to go skating. It has been a while since she last hit the rink and her polished skills will soon become rusty.
"I know just the place!" She said excitingly and involuntarily grabbed Phobos' hand. She didn't see Phobos wince at the action; she was just paying attention on what was in front of her.
"So, when did the royal couple decide to visit Earth?" Cornelia stopped as she heard a painfully familiar voice. She turned to see her friends standing on the corner, their faces have shown surprise, except for Irma who currently had a playfully smile on her lips, their gazes went to the person behind her.
"If it isn't the guardians." Phobos said sarcastically.
"Prince Phobos." Will angrily muttered, she was about to get the heart of Kandrakar from her chest when Cornelia intervened.
"Stop! He is not here to fight." She said and the girls remained silent. She sighed. "We are on a date." She finally spoke and the girls gasped like they didn't believe her words. The guy behind her just crossed his arms around his chest and smirked. "If you don't have anything to say, we're leaving." She said and again grabbed Phobos' hand and dragged him to the skating center.
The four girls remained dumbfounded even when Cornelia and Phobos had been gone for a few seconds.
"We're following them right?" Will finally said after the long silence. They can't believe what they just saw. Phobos and Cornelia on earth? After all the fight they had in the past it was very unusual to see the Prince not in his usual dark ensemble. She almost laughed when she saw him wearing normal Earth clothes.
"Oh yeah." Taranee said as she adjusted her eyeglasses. After a few seconds they followed the couple's trail and found themselves in front of the skating arena. This is probably going to be a very unusual day for the four of them.
Cornelia smiled widely as she saw her fiancée follow her on the rink. She didn't think that the Prince can actually skate. And for a moment she forgot that the guy had trapped her in a difficult situation. She waved at the man and moved towards him.
"I didn't know that you can skate." She said without hesitation and the guy just plastered his favorite arrogant smirk at her. Once, she had hated his smirk but now she became used to it as she can see it every day; morning to night.
"Benefits of magic my dear." He said in a velvety tone. She blinked. So he does not really know how to skate and is using his powers to maintain balance. Boo. What a bore. She thought. She would love to somehow see him skate naturally but she knew that the Prince wouldn't want to fall down in the cold pit. Before they arrived in the rink, the Prince had used a little bit of magic to change her clothes to something warmer. Now she was dressed in a black sweatshirt, white skirt and there was a knitted black hat sitting on her golden hair.
"That's cheating." She pouted.
"Cornelia!" They both turned when they heard a voice calling her. To her surprise she saw Peter Cook, Taranee's older brother and her long time crush. She never expected to see him here! Besides she also felt embarrassed that she was with a guy right now, Peter had been trying to reach her and invite her out in the past but she often decline his invitations. And now she was with another guy.
"Oh. Hey Peter." She said embarrassed. The guy went near them and gave a questioning look at the guy beside him. Of course. Peter never saw Phobos around and she doubt if Phobos had ever set foot on Earth before. "Uhmm. Pho- Phillip, this is Peter Cook, he's Taranee's older brother and a friend of mine." She gave Phobos a warning look not to comment on her words, she also gave him a false name. The name Phobos itself was weird enough. "Peter this is Phillip he's my…." She never finished her sentence as Phobos intervened.
"I'm her boyfriend." The man said and held out his hand for Peter. Peter looked surprised but he regained his composure and took Phobos' hand. After a while he excused himself. She was once again left with Phobos and she felt that there was some kind of tension building between them. "He likes you." That wasn't a question but a statement.
"Huh? What?" She asked as she didn't hear what he was saying. Her eyes were just focused on the people skating around them.
"I don't like other men giving you malicious looks. You're mine." He hissed on her ear and his words made her skin crawl. His tone was somehow possessive. She gulped and absentmindedly nodded to what he said. "Let's go." Now it was his time to grab her hand.
"Is it just me or Cornelia and Phobos are happily skating with each other?" Irma asked as they were finally inside the center. They glance through the glass mirror and they saw Phobos and Cornelia skating around the rink. Cornelia seemed to be beaming while Phobos was in his unusual self- he was smirking.
And it was the first time the four guardians saw their enemy or rather former enemy happy. They faced him so many times and they have witnessed his temper and anger. He was a dangerous man and right now, the feeling was a little bit eerie as their friend was happily hanging out with the Prince of Evil.
"Maybe he's changed." Hay Lin said. "They looked good together." The Chinese girl said and sighed dreamily as she continued to stare at the royal couple. Well, Will couldn't help but agree at the statement. The two did really look good together, well minus the haughty attitude and arrogant behaviour they were somehow a match made in heaven.
"And it seems like our Ice Queen has been thawed." Taranee added. Ice Queen, it was the school's nickname for Cornelia Hale, the most famous girl in Sheffield. Many boys went after her but she never dated any of them. Now she knew her friend's preference. Cornelia must've a liking for bad boys. She remembers Cornelia sighing about Cedric before so she can conclude that way.
"So you didn't tell me why you started learning how to skate." Phobos asked Cornelia after they finally decided to stop skating. He never thought that the activity can be fun and the Earth guardian's company wasn't boring.
"I started when I was six, then I joined competitions." The girl answered as she looked at her cup of hot chocolate they have bought from the counter. He didn't have a problem with money because he can just conjure them with the use of magic. "I wanted to join the Olympics someday." Cornelia then added and he raised his eyebrow at the unfamiliar word. Cornelia must have noticed his action that she started to explain what Olympics is.
Satisfied with it, he rubbed his fingers on his chin and began imagining what this Olympics was but he finally stopped as he cannot bring his mind to picture the event. After having a break from his royal activities he felt satisfied and his mind felt light. It was the first time he went out of his comfort zone and it was not that bad. But he soon erased the thoughts out of his mind. He was here to seduce the girl and make her fall for him, not the other way around.
In the past few years, he had built a wall around his emotions, only showing anger and hatred. The others had been blocked off. But what will happen if the wall will slowly come down?
"Come on. Let's go home. It's getting late and I'm tired." He said in a serious tone and the girl just followed him. He opened a portal and they soon disappeared in thin air.
*Chapter based on Season 2 Episode 6: Facades
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