CHAPTER TWO: AWOKEN FROM SLUMBER
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" - this! She looks just like her!" An unknown voice says from beside my bed.
My eyebrows twitch as I start to wake up. I scrunch my eyes but refuse to open them. I don't want to wake up if there's pain...
"Shhht!" A second voice says on the other side of the room. "I can see that you are awake." He says "Open your eyes and we can start dealing with whatever happened last night. My name is K-." He pauses after someone clears their throat. "Well my name is Alcandor and you look suspiciously like my mother." He stares at the wall and mutters "...And you'd probably look exactly like my si-" He pauses and then stares into my eyes. "Alanni, did you know her? Please tell me you know her!"
I squint open my eyes and look at the Merrow speaking. All I can see is blue as my eyes struggle to adjust to the light. "My mother's name was Alanni." As I finish mera's name, I start coughing as Alcandor comes and brings me water to drink. "My name is Alexia, though. Mera named me it because she could hazily remember people with names starting with Al." My eyes are able to focus and see the three Merrow in the room with me, Alcandor, and two others. They all look at each other and Alcandor clears his throat.
Alcandor sighs and then says, "If your mother is who I think she is, then you are my niece." He looks down to the floor and then back up at me. "Welcome to the Nevarah, Princess Alexia of the Water Courts. I am your uncle, King Alcandor. Your mother hasn't been seen in almost 16 years after she was stolen from her crib at my father's Palace. I see you have her eyes, well, eye at least. Who was your sire then, if you have his eyes."
I can't help but break out into laughter. "Heh! I'm sorry! Mera wasn't my bearer, but my third. My bearer was a dragel named Brian, and my sire was a dragel named Matt." I awkwardly twist the necklace as I look around the room that I am in. It is more of a sick room, as it has a light blue colored wall with two large windows to the outside. "I don't know much about how she disappeared, but I know Grandma Molly tried for months to contact the Merrow courts. You would have to ask her about it." I suddenly sit up and gasp out, "My birthday party! Oh no, they must be so worried!"
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The merrow next to my uncle steps next to my bed and says, "It'll be easy to contact their circle, what part of Nevarah are they in?" He looks down when Alcandor glares at him and he spits out, "My name is Alphaeus, I would be a cousin of sorts. It is nice to meet you, princess."
"Uh, we don't live in Nevarah at all! We live in Iowa." I say and bite my lip as they give me blank stares. "Iowa...uh, the midwest?" They still stare at me astonished and look at each other questioningly. "In the USA?? North America!!" I look up at the ceiling in shock. "Of course, you've never heard of the Midwest," I mumble to myself sarcastically. "Have you never heard of Earth??" Ah, that grabbed their attention very quickly.
"How did you come all the way from there to here? You shouldn't be able to without a portal!" Alphaeus says, stepping back from the bed. "You must be a traitor! No one else would be able to get into the Merrow courts without proper authority!" He turns and starts walking over to the door, but gets grabbed by the unknown third merrow before he can open the door. "Unhand me! She is a traitor and needs to be executed right away!"
Alcandor touches the necklace that I'm twisting and hisses, "She had all the authority she needed in this." He turns around and tells the two of them, "Stand down! She has Alanni's locket and it must've recalled her back here when Alexia got injured. They do that if a royal merrow is in danger." He turns back to me and says "Take Alph and have him taught some control and manners while I talk to my niece." The third merrow pulls Alphaeus out of the room and shuts the door. "Well now, why don't you catch me up with your mother as she must be worried sick that you are missing.
'Oh shit, I don't think I'm the right one to talk about this.' I stare at him and say, "Well, it all started out..."