Untold Secrets Reveled
Alice's POV
I started to feel something soft and warm underneath me. I felt my body twist and turn, but then soon I felt something else begin to touch my hair. It felt like a person's hand caressing my hair and sometimes face. I tried to get up, but I was so tried and dizzy. Every time I tried to open my eyes, my vision would still be blurred. Soon though I felt the person's hand begin to touch my shoulder and move part of my shirt down a little. That's when I began to panic now a little and forced myself to get up! With all the energy I had left, I swung my body off whatever I was on and fell to the ground. Soon I was able to wake up more and my vision became a little bit clearer.
I heard laughter from behind me, which I quickly ignored and tried to get up. I noticed I was in a dark and creepy room. There were only candles lite and the place reeked of smoke and alcohol. I had no idea where I was, but I wanted out! I quickly made my way to the door, but when I tried to get out it was locked. Suddenly the guy from earlier slammed his hand on the door making me scream and flinch. I felt him then grab my arm tightly and pushed me on to a bed. I tried to get up, but before I knew it he had me pinned down. I tried to struggle away and screamed for help, but he just continued to laugh and hold me in place.
"Shhhh, it's alright. I'm not going to hurt you." He smirked at me as I still tried to break free of his grasp.
"Then let me go!" I exclaimed, but then he leaned closer to my face as I turned away from him until he pulled me to look directly at him.
"I'm afraid I can't do that sweetheart. You're much to pretty to be let go of and besides you're too valuable for me to lose."
"W-What do you mean?" I asked sheepishly as he grinned.
"You and I both know there's something special about you and your gift. This is why I can't let you go. Once people find out about you and they will, everyone will want you just like I do."
Suddenly he leaned closer to my ear and I felt his breathe on my neck and he smelled of cigarettes and alcohol. I wanted to scream, but my voice just wouldn't let out. I was shaking in fear right now. Tears started to fall from my eyes as soon as he spoke again.
"Just relax, everything will be ok. We're just going to have a little fun." He whispered and that when I started to scream at the top of my lungs as I felt him start to touch me.
"SOMEBODY HELP!" I screamed in pain and in fear.
Shun's POV
"ALICE!" I shouted and started to bang the door over and over.
"Shun what are you doing!?" Travis exclaimed.
I complete ignored him and continued to pound on the door. Soon I backed up and began to kick the door as hard as I could. I could hear Alice's cries from behind the door. So much anger and fear built up in me that I immediately rammed into the door with all my strength and was able to break through nearly destroying the door. I looked up to see Reid on top of a crying Alice. I glared at him and immediately pulled him off her and slammed him to the wall as hard as I could. He just grinned to me and spoke.
"Well if it isn't the newbie, is there something you want because I'm a little busy here." Reid said and I slammed again to the wall and then spoke.
"You better give me a damn good reason why I shouldn't just kill you Reid!" I growled as he grinned.
"Don't I get a warning?"
"You had your warning at the mall! You knew she was with me and yet you still went after her! I should kill you for what you were about to do with her! She doesn't belong to you!" I shouted.
"She doesn't belong to you either Shun! It won't matter who she belongs to anyways, once everyone finds out about her. When that happens everyone will want her and then what will you do? You're Solitary and you have no army, unlike the other courts like the one I belong to."
"I'm not here to pick a fight against any of the courts. I'm here to take Alice back to where she belongs and away from all of this."
"Very noble of you, but you know it won't work shutting her away from this world. She plays a big part in all this and when the High Queen finds out about her well-."
"She won't and I'll make sure of it. Now get the hell out of my sights and don't ever go near her again Reid, I mean it this time!" I exclaimed letting him go as he rubbed his neck and looked toward Alice.
"Sorry sweetheart, maybe next time." He winked to her before leaving the room.
I quickly turned to see tears in Alice's eyes and her shaking in fear. I moved slowly toward her and noticed some of her part of her clothes had been messed or tampered with. I rolled my hands into a fist feeling angry that I let Reid touch her like that. It made me sick and disgusted that I couldn't protect her. I looked to my friends outside the door and they nodded to me and closed the door leaving Alice and I alone in the room. I was thankful my friends had caught my drift. My attention then turned back to Alice as she gave soft cried and was still shaking a little. I placed my hand on her hand, but then she flinched a little and pulled away until she looked at me with wide eyes. She must have been really scared.
"I'm not going to hurt Alice, I promise. You can trust me remember?" I reminded her, but then she looked away from my gaze.
We remained in silence for a little while as I assumed Alice was thinking about this whole situation in her head and was probably confused. However, to my surprise she spoke up.
"I-I want to know the truth." She spoke softly.
"And you will," I said to her causing her to finally look up at me.
"I promise, I'll tell you everything. Just now here, somewhere where it's safe ok?" I asked her politely extending my hand to her.
Alice's POV
I stared into Shun's eyes and felt myself suddenly become more relaxed. I looked at his hand and saw it extended toward me. Although I was still shaken up by what happen, I was happy Shun had saved me when he did. I knew I could trust him and his word. I slowly reached for his hand and I saw him give a small smile as he helped me out of the bed. He still held on to my hand even when we went out the door and saw two people waiting for us. I watched as Shun nodded to him and then he turned to me.
"Ok we're going to make our way out of here, so just stay close to me and make sure no one looks at you or grabs you ok?" Shun instructed and I nodded.
I felt his hand tighten on mine as we made our way through a huge crowd. I was amazed that there was a place like this. It looked like a night club, but an old abandon one. The place reeked with smoke and alcohol and there were so many people, it was hard not to be hit by them when passing by. As I looked more closely though, I noticed most of the people here had glowing eyes and bodies. There seemed to be a lot of couples too as they got real touchy touchy with each other.
"We're almost out of here," Shun said.
I could see the exit up a head. I sighed in relief, but then I started to get that strange feeling again. I looked around and noticed some people stared at me and would whisper. I quickly looked away as Shun opened the doors and we were out of there along with Shun's friends.
"Come on; let's take her back to our place." The tall dark haired guy said.
"Alex will sure be surprised to see who we brought home." The girl replied.
I looked to them closely and almost gasped, until I covered my mouth. They had glowing eyes too, I just now noticed it. I saw Shun look at my confused and then spoke.
"What's wrong?" He asked concerned and then I notice his two friends looking at me as I felt embarrassed.
"I just now noticed their eyes." I explained trying not to sound to afraid.
They looked to me quite surprised and then suddenly the girl came toward me. I was a little afraid, but she was Shun's friend and I didn't think she would hurt me. I felt her touch my shoulder and she suddenly gasped and looked to Shun surprised.
"You weren't kidding," The girl said making me confused as Shun said nothing.
She turned her attention back to me and stared at me for a while, but then slowly sighed and gave a small smile. She extended her hand to me by my surprise.
"I'm Mira and over there is Travis." She greeted as I took her hand and gave a small smile back.
"I'm Alice," I replied and she nodded to me.
"Alright let's get out of here now," Shun said.
Shun's POV
We decided to take Alice where we live. I've never taken anyone to my new house before and never mentioned who I lived with. Although I didn't every want to bring anyone here, I guess I really have no choice now. Alice is a target now and as much as I wish I don't want her to be involved, she's already more involved then every now that the Summer King has taken an interest in her. Once we made it back home, I saw Alice was surprised by the place. I saw her look at everything in wonder and blushed when I noticed her looking around.
We lived a fairly big house, but it wasn't a mansion or anything. We lived in a place that was well hidden from people, who couldn't find this place unless we wanted them to. The place was a little dark and spooky, but Alice didn't seem to mind it much as she looked at the place in amazement.
"It's like an old abandon house, but it also seems enchanting if that makes sense." Alice said to me and I gave a small laugh.
I was glad she wasn't upset or scared anymore. I can tell she's more relaxed and calm now. Soon we ran into Alex upstairs that was about to greet us, until he noticed Alice. He looked at her curiously, until Travis whispered something him and pulled him into a room.
"I'll explain things to him, while you go and explain things to her." Travis said closing the door leaving Mira, Alice, and I.
I decided to take Alice to the living room area, where there was a fireplace already lit and where there were some couches and chairs. I lead her to the couch and let go of her hand. I sat next to her as Mira sat in the other chair. No one said anything at first as we just sat in silence. I was surprised Alice didn't speak up, but then again she did just go through a dramatic experience.
"We can't sit here all day, so who's going to go first?" Mira questioned.
Alice and I looked at each other and I could see how nervous she was. I bet she had no idea where to begin with the questions. So much has happened to her lately, I guarantee she's just confused as ever. Without any other option I sighed and decided I should speak first.
"How about we just start at the beginning?" I said.
Alice's POV
Right as Shun said that I was a little surprised. I didn't think he was really open to telling me all this, since he had asked I not bring this conversation up at all. I know he didn't want to talk about this at all and I know it's hard for him. Although I really want to know, I still made a promise to Shun.
"We don't have to talk about this." I spoke up much to Shun and Mira's surprise as they stared at me.
"I mean, I know you don't want to tell me Shun. Besides I made a promise to you that we'd never have this conversation and you've been keeping up with your side of the bargain. It wouldn't be fair to you if you had to tell me." I explained.
"Alice," Shun spoke, but I continued.
"Although I don't know what's going on or how I'm involved in all this, if you don't want to tell me then its ok. I trust you Shun and I keep my promises." I replied with a warm smile.
I saw Shun stare at me in surprise and he even blinked a few times, but then he gave a small laugh and smile to me much to my surprise. He then looked back at me and spoke.
"You really are a good friend, you know that." He spoke making me blush a little as he continued.
"I respect that you'd still keep your promise to me after everything that happened to you, but under the circumstances now well . . . It's better to tell you even if I'd rather you not know. I thought I could keep you safe from all of this, but now you need to know what we're up against but before that we need to start at the beginning of what we are . . . What I am now." Shun said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
I noticed his hands in a fist and I could tell it was hard for him. Although I don't know what's going on, I can tell something was troubling Shun. Suddenly Mira stood up and walked in front of the fire place.
"You can see it right? My eyes glowing and my body?" She asked to my surprise as I nodded to her and she nodded back.
"Well as you can tell we're a little different from everyone else. We're not exactly human anymore . . ." She spoke surprise me.
"What do you mean not human?" I questioned.
"We look human still, but we're actually not truly human. You've seen Reid's true form and saw that he looked human still, but only his body radiated and his eyes glowed. He looked god like to you right?" Shun added and I nodded.
"It's true when I saw his true form I was a little surprised. I'd never seen someone like that people. Not to be weird of anything, but he looked breathe taking and beautiful I guess if I had to put it into words." I explained and Mira nodded.
Suddenly I watched as Mira started to change as well. She started to give off a radiance too and he eyes glowed. She looked so beautiful. It was like seeing pure magic. I watched as she moved from one part of the room to another at lightning speed, leaving a small trail behind her. Suddenly she stood in front of me and touched me and looked at me curiously.
"My powers really don't work on you. You really have that gift." Mira spoke.
"What gift? Everyone keeps saying that, but I haven't got a clue what it is." I replied.
"We're getting to that, but first do you have any idea what you thing I am?" Mira asked me.
In truth I had no idea what she was. A beautiful creature maybe? Whatever she was, she looked the same only she somehow made herself more desirable I guess.
"Not a clue," I replied and then she suddenly was back at her chair now and began to speak.
"We're urban creatures that roam this world without being noticed. Some people know of our existence like you, but majority don't. We look, act, and talk like you humans, which is why we fit in. However, in our true form we look like this. We are called Fay or what you people call fairies." Mira explained.
I blinked a few times, trying to process what she had just said. Fairies? Was she joking with me, or was she being serious? I almost wanted to laugh, but for some reason I felt like she was being serious.
"Don't fairies usually have wings and are you know look smaller?" I questioned.
"That's the stereotypically type of fairies, but I assure you this is our true form. However, we like to be called Fay not Fairies." Mira said and I nodded my head.
"Are you understanding us so far?" Shun asked me and I turned to look at him slowly nodding.
"I am, but it's just a lot to take in. I mean your guys are fair- fay. I mean it's a little bit of a shock for me, but with everything that I've seen so far I kind of believe it." I explained to him as he gave a small smile.
"Good, now as Fay we tend to conceal our identity from the humans to blend in more. We call that Glamour. It's a disguise for us to blend in with the humans without letting them know what we are." Mira explained and I nodded.
"So before you changed, I take it that was your disguise right?" I asked and she nodded.
"If that's true then why was I able to see your eyes glow and sometimes body? It seems to me like I'm the only one that notices it too." I spoke and I watched as Shun and Mira exchanged glances, when suddenly Travis and another guy came into the room
"That deals with your gift . . ." Travis spoke up as I turned to look at him.
"What exactly is my gift since everyone seems to know it, but me?" I said as Travis and that other guy sat down.
"Your gift consists of the Sight, Shield, and possibly Influence." Travis replied as I looked at him confused.
"What are those?"
"The Sight allows you to see Fay even with their glamour on. You saw my eyes glow and sometimes body even when I had my glamour on. With practice on your gift you could actually possibly see right past our glamour and see our true form even while we're in disguise." Mira explained.
"Ok and what about the Shield?" I asked and suddenly I felt someone grab my arm making me almost jump.
I noticed it was the guy that walked in with Travis. His eyes widen as he slowly let go and turned back to Travis in surprise.
"She really does have the Shield. I tried to use my influence on her, but it didn't work as she clearly hasn't fallen for me." The guy smirked at me as Shun frowned at him who just laughed and sat back down.
"Alex's powers didn't work on you because you have what's called a Shield. It blocks all Fay's powers when they try to use it on you." Travis explained.
"Ok and what about the last one . . . Influence?" I questioned.
"It's what Fay have as well. With one touch they can try to convince you into anything. Most often with Fay it's just used to convince people to fall in love with them or get them into bed." The guy Alex explained to me making me feel a little uncomfortable with that power.
"What Alex means is that it's a very powerful weapon. With the slightest touch they could convince you to do many things without the person even realize they are being influenced. There's certain rules though that we can't use the power of influence for like trying to convince someone to kill someone else or kill themselves. It brings up to much suspicion about our kind." Mira explained to me more.
"So I really have all those powers? I mean that's my gift? Why am I only noticing all of this now?" I questioned.
"Fay are still new to this regain, so your gift probably just started to awaken when more Fay came into this reign." Shun spoke up now.
I looked to all of them and then took a deep breath and tried to process everything that they told me. Soon they continued on about telling me about some of the courts some Fay belong to like Summer, Winter, Dark, and High Court. However, they also told me that they don't belong to a court as they either left their previous court, or never been in a court. They call themselves Solitary Fay. They don't belong into any court or choose not to be in one. As they told me all this, I felt myself becoming overwhelmed by all this. It was new and totally strange world for me now.
"Alice, are you alright?" Shun asked and I turned to him and nodded.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little overwhelmed by all this. I mean I just can't believe this is all real. It's like a Fairy Tale or something. I mean how am I involved in all this anyway? How did I even get involved?" I asked and everyone exchanged glances, but it was Shun who spoke up.
"You're what have called a Sighted One. They're very rare and there's only been a few that were ever called that. You have those gifts, or powers are what make you a Sighted One." Shun explained to me.
"There also dangerous," Travis said.
"Dangerous?" I questioned.
"Sighted One's are usually very powerful even though there human. They possess some Fay traits even though there human. Some Fay see them as a threat. They have more control on Fay then Fay do on them and if they were to become Fay with those powers then they would be even more powerful." Alex explained.
"Which is why the High Queen doesn't allow them to exist." Mira said sadly making me a little scared now.
"What do you mean not exist?" I questioned and at first no one would say anything and not even Shun.
"Shun . . . What does she mean by that?" I asked him, but he didn't answer and wouldn't look at me.
"It means she exterminates them. She sees them as a threat to her court and the rest of the Fay kind. This is why there rare, because she gets rid of them." Alex said bluntly.
I watched as Shun stood up suddenly looking upset and walked over to him and glared at him.
"You could have been a little bit subtler on your words instead of telling her that." Shun stated upset.
"What's the point in sugar coating it when you know it's true. When the courts find out about her, you know they'll want her before the High Queen takes her or if she takes her. She's powerful and with a person with her gift the courts will all want her for themselves to use her for when war comes." Alex said.
"Who is she?" I questioned, but they seemed to ignore me on that part and continued there conversation.
"Look in either case she's still my friend and I don't want her dragged into any of the courts affairs. I don't care what she has, because she's still my friend and I protect my friends. I need your help though to keep them away from her. I know we're Solitary Fay, but I need your guys help." Shun explained to everyone.
I looked around the room and saw that they were all remaining silent and not saying a word. I still was a little unclear about certain things like with her, a war, and stuff. However, if this was going to be a burden for them, that there's no way I could ask for their help especially since I don't really know them well enough.
"It's alright Shun, I'll handle whatever it is I'm going through by myself." I explained and all eyes were on me as they stared at me surprised.
"What?" Shun questioned and I avoided his gaze and stared at the ground.
"Although I don't know much about what's going on other then what you guys have told me, I can't just ask complete strangers to help me with my problem when it could be a burden to them." I replied.
"You're as good as dead if you think you can go off on your own with your gift exposed." Alex stated.
"Maybe, but what other choice do I have it's not like I can get rid of the gift." I said and the room fell silent for a while, until Shun spoke to me.
"You won't be alone Alice, because you still have me and I promise I will protect you. Part of this is my fault as I got you exposed to all this so I will protect you." Shun vowed making me blush a little.
"I think this might turn out to be interesting so I'm in as well. Let's be good friends from now on, Alice." Mira smiled as I smiled back to her.
"I'll help too," Travis grinned as I smiled wider.
"I'll help, but only because I want to see the outcome of this." Alex said and I nodded to him.
"Looks like you're not in this alone on this anymore . . . Alice . . ." Shun said, but I heard a hint of tiredness in his voice.
Suddenly he fell over and off the couch and on to the floor. I immediately got on my feet and kneeled down to him trying to wake him up. I saw Mira, Travis, and Alex kneel down next to me as I tried to shake him to wake up. I noticed he looked a lot paler and weak as I held him.
"Shun! Wake up!" I exclaimed.