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"You've lived with us for almost four months, and you failed to mention that you're a princess of some point in time?" Jane demanded as we swam lower into the ocean. I looked eagerly at the sparkling spot in the distance.
"It never came up." I sighed, swimming eagerly forward next to our escorts. I smiled at them gently before swimming faster and faster. My heart pounded loudly as I got closer and closer to the place I called home. As I reached the glittering gates of our city, I waited impatiently for my guards and vampires to show up. My breath caught in my throat as we swam through the opening gates and through our shinning city streets. Many people came out of their homes, curious to see who was here. As they saw me, a lot of them gasped in shock and amazement. The lost princess had returned. As I looked at a few, they gave a slight bow which made me smile a bit at the familiarity. As we got closer to the palace, more guards joined us, eyeing Alec and Jane wearily. I gave them the look saying, don't question it, before turning back to the palace in front of me. I took in a deep breath before reaching out a shaky hand to push open the doors. The maids gasped and stopped what they were doing when they saw me enter, bowing to me. A mermaid with long red hair and blue eyes swam over to us quickly.
"Princess Syrena!" Mayland yelped, rushing over to me. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, Mayland." I laughed, hugging my lady-in-waiting around the waist. "It's me."
"My lady! Years! We've looked for years! Your father. Oh, goodness, your father! He must see you!" Mayland gasped, pulling me along. "He's been so worried!"
"He's here? Now? He'd always been away...when I still..." I sighed, unable to finish.
"Yes, my lady. He hasn't been out much these days." Mayland said, shaking her head. "Devoting all time to finding you."
"Oh." I breathed, allowing myself to be pulled to the familiar doors. The throne room was large and circular, chairs circling it and one right at in front of the giant window that overviewed the whole city. Sitting in that throne was a man with a muscular build, but greying hair. He seemed to be observing a map intently. Dad.
"Your Majesty. I have something for you." Mayland said happily.
"What is it Mayland?" He sighed, not looking up from the map.
"Daddy." I whispered, coming forward with tears in my eyes. He looked up with an annoyed look on his face before seeing who it was.
"Syrena?" He asked softly, tossing the map aside and rushing up to me. "Syrena? Is that you?"
"Yeah, daddy." I choked out, throwing my arms around him. I started crying into my father's shoulder, unable to hold it in anymore. "I'm sorry daddy! I didn't mean to! I should have listened!"
"It's alright, Syrena." He said, petting my hair comfortingly like he was seeing if I was real. "Your home. Your safe."
"But I'm not." I sobbed, clutching him harder. "I can't stay?"
"Why not?" He asked softly, pulling me away from him to observe me.
"I can only see you three months a year." I explained through my tears. I hiccupped softly, waiting for father to react to this.
"Who is keeping you prisoner?" He demanded after a few moments of silence. "I will crush them."
"They're to powerful, Papa." I breathed out shakily before starting to tell him the whole story. As the story went on, I got calmer and calmer. Finally father turned to my vampire escorts.
"Guards." He said calmly, and then they were grabbed by a few guards.
"Father don't!" I yelled, but it was too late. One guard was screaming on the ground, while the rest no longer had their senses. "They're too powerful."
"Syrena. We can take them." Father growled, pushing me behind him.
"No. We can't. But I will be free. Soon." I explained, pulling on his arm. "They just want to study me."
"You are not some science experiment!" He roared, swimming forward threateningly. The guard on the ground was no longer screaming in agony, but was too weak to stand up again.
"It's the only way I can get home peacefully." I said sadly. Father frowned but didn't argue. He suddenly got a broken expression on his face.
"But I just got you back." He said, looking at me with misery in his eyes. I hugged my father tightly.
"And you will have me back again. I just need to stay there for a while." I sighed, looking into my father's sea colored eyes. Suddenly I remembered who took me from my father in the first place. "But there is someone who you can crush. Roman."
"I will." He vowed, hugging me gently. We talked for hours on end, discussing the last five years. Jane and Alec stood silently in the corner, observing our reunion carefully. A servant came in, asking for my father.
"War Council meeting." The servant said, bowing quickly. My father rolled his eyes.
"Honestly, who are we going to be fighting in the near future besides some measly warlock." He grumbled, kissing the top of my head before swimming to his meeting.
"Nice family." Jane commented, coming over to float next to me. I ignored her and looked at a guard.
"Can you take us to our room?" I asked, getting a bow in response. As soon as we were settled in our rooms, we sat on the couch in my suit and looked out of the window (no glass obviously) at my shining city. "I'm going to stay for two weeks."
"Okay." Alec said gazing out onto the city with thoughtful eyes. Jane, on the other hand, wandered over and found our television.
"No way! You guys have ?" She gasped, picking up the remote.
"Kind of. I would explain it, but it involves a ton of science and magic. Basically we pick up radio waves from the human world and transfer them down here." I sighed, plopping down next to her. With a start, I realized something. I snatched the remote from Jane and started flipping through the channels with a dead serious look on my face. As I turned on WeTV, I gaped at the TV. "No!"
"What?" Alec asked, rushing over.
"They ended Burn Notice!" I moaned, burying my head in the dolphin silk couch. (No dolphins were harmed in the making of this couch.)
"Oh, Siri." Alec sighed, sitting next to me. I let out an angry huff before turning to him.
"I've been following that show forever!" I cried out, smacking his shoulder earning me a bruised hand.
"We have Netflix back at the castle." Alec laughed, shaking his head. I looked at him with a confused look on my face.
"What's net flix?" I asked curiously. After Netflix was explained to me, I was happy again. I looked around happily, feeling like everything was the same before I was kidnapped. Then my pendent started to feel like a dead weight around my throat, reminding me that nothing would ever be the same again.