You know what; I do not understand how I got into this conversation.  One minute Rose and I were talking about if I would stay being a tutor and now she is trembling like a scared little rabbit.  I should say I forgot myself in the conversation and unintentionally asked about her family.

After she seemed to stop remembering about the past, she answered, "Ally, do you really want to know?"

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Rose's POV

I guess Ally's question caught me off guard, because she usually attempts to avoid asking.  I'm decently sure she knows something happened or that my guards told her to not mention it.  None of them are to blame because my life hasn't been the best, well at least until I came to the Demon Empire when I was five.

Ally seemed to think hard about how to answer, but eventually she said, "If you want to tell me, I'm not sure you're comfortable with it though."

Of course she is right about that, but since she is my first friend, I made I have always wanted to tell her.  My guards just want me to forget about what happened, but I heard about their discussions with the Demon's Emperor.  They never told me about most of the details, but when they thought I was asleep, some details would come out.

My mother also sent with me a letter for me to read when I became 10.  It explained a lot of what has happened and made my heart hurt, I haven't been able to say anything to anyone so far.  I guess I was just covering my feelings.

I decided that I would tell Ally about my past.

"Ally, you probably noticed that I don't talk about my past..."

"Yea."

"Well, I guess that is because I only vaguely remember it.  Most of my life that I remember is living here in the Demon Empire.  I would say that I don't know much, but my mom left me a letter that told me about everything and the reason why I live here."

I paused and hoped that Ally wouldn't dislike me for my past, "I'm a half-elf..."

She responded with a confused expression, "So?"

I only stared at her for a while, she might not understand, but most races disdain half-elves.  I'm the child an Elf and a human which makes them both see me as inferior.  Since this happens, usually that bias will extend to other races and since it has been around for 1000s of years, it has become accepted to look down on them.  So her lack of response just stifled me.

"You are a weird one Ally, I am glad to have you as a friend.  I guess I should tell you about the rest of my childhood before I came here."

I took a deep breath and said, "From the letter and my vague memories I was shunned by everybody in my village.  The children would ignore me and the adults looked at me with ridicule.  I can barely remember, but from what my mom wrote my dad died from an assassination attempt on me when I was 4.  My mom then decided it would be better for me to hide here and she was using her life to keep me alive."

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I started to cry.  Ally seemed to panic, but I guess it is exactly what she would do isn't it.  She then seemed to make up her mind and hugged me tightly.  I'm not sure how long it was until I stopped, but it was nice to let it all out.  I decided to continue on.

"Ally, then I was smuggled out of the Elven Empire here with my mom's three best guards.  I also met you, Kylie, Tristan, and Kade."

I did my best to smile back at her, but she just patted my head reassuredly.  She is such an oddball, I would wonder where she got it from, but her parents are also grade A oddballs.  They are the pinnacles of living in their own world, so Ally probably has no real bias against anybody.  Especially considering how overprotective her mother is.

What impresses me the most is that she doesn't understand her own charm.  She stands out because Ellie uses her like a dress up doll, but she also has a demeanor that catches people.  She most likely caught that from her mom.  That alone would get people looking at her, but she is the daughter of both the prime minister and a top figure in the world.  If that wasn't enough, her natural looks are enough to make you want to stare for a while.  She has a fairy that hangs around her, and her maid is the top graduate of this school in the last decade.  She is literally the top idol of the entire school and she doesn't even know it.  I would tell her, but I think that her not knowing is far more entertaining.

I just noticed that we were still hugging, and I didn't want out right now so I didn't make a move to leave.  I wonder if getting this off my chest is enough to help me.  

After a while she let go, but I didn't realize that she fell asleep.  She was also repeating, I'm sorry to me and had watery eyes before she collapsed.  I guess I'm going to follow her example, because I'm just about down for the count also.

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Ally's POV

I woke up and didn't realize that only hearing about her past would make me so distressed.  I knew it was bad, but she lost both of her parents.  My memories remind me how losing my parents was like, but she lost them and was blaming herself.  How does she was keeping a smiling face while going through that?

I guess she will be fine, but I don't know how to feel right now, so I may go home today.  I want to look at my hidden garden and clear my head.  Even though it was Rose saying those things, I could help, but have my feelings of the past dragged to the surface.

As I left campus, I got Ellie to take me home for the day.  She agreed and used an advanced space magic to warp to the front of the mansion.  As I got back to quickly ran to the garden.  I built a cabin down there, so it was interesting.  My sigh resounded as I looked around and attempted to relax, I guess this has become a place of relaxation to me since I have been reborn.

Only fretting about everything that has happened so far in my new life, and what happened in my old life.  Even though I do this sometimes, I just can't find a reason for why this new life exists.  I want to find out why at some point, but I feel the answer I will get at the end will be a 'just because'.  Hopefully, my wish of being the optimal candidate for whatever I'm to do will come true, but I just can't do that now.

I did start to think about ways to take control of the Elven Empire though.  I don't want to be their top ruler, but if I can control them.  If can control them, I may get them to stop discrimination against half-elves, or any other types of halves.  Truthfully I am starting to feel a drive to hurt the ones who hurt Rose though, it is making me angry thinking about it.  My life shook up when the guard died in front of my eyes.  How bad must have it been if her father's demise was in front of her eyes?