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Chapter 6: The Explanation
The next morning I found Marie in the Amphitheater. I don't know how I knew she would be there I just knew. And as I walked in I looked at the seats and found her reading a book near the front row. I walked up to her and she looked at me and put her book down and said "what is it Nico?" she said it quite calmly but there was something in her eyes that said something was worrying her
"what are you hiding from me Marie?" she looked at me with pure astonishment.
"Nothing."
"Don't lie to me Marie"
she got mad "I'm NOT lying about ANYTHING"
"yes you are" I said calmly. She started shouting. "You don't know anything about me Nico di Angelo!"
"You and I both know that's not true Marie" I replied to her shouting.
"What do you think you know about me son of Hades!" she was shouting even louder now.
"That your not who you claim to be are you? Πριγκίπισσα του Σκότους"
Fear.
That was the only thing that appeared in her face pure fear. "No... You can't-"
"but I do" I said to her again and she looked into my eyes.
"You weren't supposed to remember none of you were."
I looked at her confused "by 'you' you mean?"
She replied calmly "you, Luke, and Will." She took a deep breath "do you want the full story?"
I nodded "that would be nice." She took a deep breath and began
"You know of good and evil and how evil has tried to take over the world many times right?" I nodded "well there are people who call 'Dark' evil-" she laughed here "but that is not the truth. The truth is that the dark isn't in itself evil. Though there are those of the dark who are evil there are some… like you and me… who are of the dark who fight for the balance of good and evil… there is a place that is called 'the Palace of the Guardians' and that place has long since been locked up… for the protection of the world." From there I was able to hear the story as not only a story but a piece of history.
Once a long time ago in 'the Palace of the Guardians' there were three princesses, immortal daughters of Aphrodite, all too different fathers. The eldest was a daughter of Apollo, the Middle child was a daughter of Ares, and the youngest was a daughter of Hermes. These three sisters were guardians, protectors of the Balance. The Balance is what is both dark and light combined together. It is what keeps the world of men stable. What allows for the world we live in to thrive… it is what evil wants to destroy. The daughter of Apollo was the guardian of the Light. She protected those who were part of the Light was. The daughter of Ares was the guardian of the Dark. She also protected those under her element, though she fought many of those who betrayed the Balance. But it was the daughter of Hermes who helped keep those few who belonged to the Balance. Being one of the Balance was rare but common for girls mostly. Then these three princesses fell in love with people who were guards of the Palace. The eldest fell for the head guard of the Light as the middle daughter fell for the head guard of the Dark. The youngest fell for a boy who she had claimed was one of her few chosen followers. The first boy follower of the Balance as well, but the boy learned how to become a warrior and became one of the greatest in the Palace. But just when they were all happy, a war broke out between the evil side of the dark and the Balance. When this happened the three men who had become close to the princesses went off to battle and all died. The princesses went off to battle themselves and the princesses of the Light and Dark fell. But the princess of the Balance made it so that the Palace would be locked until all those of the Palace Circle could go back and take their rightful place in the Palace. But after she cast this she also fell in battle.
"so all those of the Circle have come back it seems but two have passed on already… but because of that I will have to find the girl who is the Princess of Balance and awaken her before my position as the Princess of Dark comes back to me." I nodded slowly. I understood why. The world is full of opposites to keep it balanced.
"Because the Princess of Light, your sister Rose, died as did her guard, who was Luke?" I had to make sure.
"Yes" She said without emotion.
"Do you know where we should begin looking?" She looked at me sharply and opened her mouth when I put a finger to her lips "If you think I'm going to let you go by yourself you've got another thing coming." I said simply and I made my tone final. She looked at me and sighed
"England is where I... WE... need to begin looking. I know that for sure." I looked at her strangely and she smiled "About five years ago when I was eight years old I met a strange man with White hair and a hawk nose, but I knew who he was because he had visited the Palace many times, I had my full memory back when I was 7, and the name he goes by these days is 'Merriman Lyon' though I still remember him as Merlin the wizard."
At this my eyes went wide open and she giggled again "Yes Nico he did exist"
"Did?"
"More on that later, although I had my memories back I had not awoken to my role as the princess. But Merlin knew who I was and understood almost instantly what had happened. He told me that should it ever be necessary I could find the boy who you and I know as 'Will, the guard of the Balance' in England although he is known as Will Stanton these days." I must have still looked confused because she said "where Will is we will probably find the Princess of the Balance."
I asked suddenly "Her name was Sarah in her past life right?" she nodded and I smirked and said "her name now is Sarah Alexander."
She looked shocked "how-"
"Dream" I cut her off "Now, what you mean he did exist?"
"Well about 4 years ago there was a battle between the Light and the Dark. Merlin was one of those of the Light who call themselves Old One's and when the battle was won almost all the Old One's left the earth to rest in peace. Merlin among them."
"But you said that there was no-"
Marie cut me off "When Sarah sealed the Palace with her spell the evil became forces of the Dark. Until those of the Palace go back to their proper place it will be known as that. Until I take my place as the Princess of the Dark. And after this, once all of those from the Palace Circle have gathered again, we will be able to find a way to leave the fates of men in the hands of men as the Old One's have done."
I nodded understanding "when should we leave to find Sarah?"
She looked at me with a quick grin. "I was thinking in a week or two i don't know how long we'll be there though."
I looked at her and asked "what about school?"
she grinned "Me disappearing for weeks or months at a time is not unusual for my school to expect from me. And I have never been kicked out of school for it either because I always get in homework on time no matter where I am."
I shrugged and said "Okay then so we leave in two weeks a the latest?"
"It's a date" she said smirking and then we heard the conch horn signaling that it was the beginning of activities and just as we both got up to leave she put her hand on my cheek and kissed me on the lips. It was short but I felt a jolt of electricity go though me and as she broke the kiss she said "see you at the camp fire tonight Nico" and she ran off leaving me standing there like an idiot for a few minutes.
Πριγκίπισσα του Σκότους: Princess of Darkenss
so has anybody figured out what this series is going to be crossing over with?
hopefully i will finish my one shot of Luke and Rose soon so if you want to check that out i can give it to you soon. by tomorrow at the latest. I'll probably be done in a few hours. hehe! hope you all like this chapter and i know my grammar sucks but I'm going to try to make it better but i'm to exited to wait and use beta reader
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