I was awoken by the loud voice, that was loud enough to wake the dead beyond the grave.
"Celesta, Celesta wake up!!"I furrowed my eyebrows and opened my eyes coming face to face with none other than the human loudspeaker, Jude."Finally, you are awake. You know I am trying to wake you up for more than ten minutes now. If I didn't know any better I would have assumed you were dead." Jude said as he got up from his knees and dusted his pants off.'Being dead would have been far better than waking up and seeing his face' , I thought as I sat up on the seat keeping my feet on the ground.As I looked out of the window, my eyes caught the sight of a dingy hotel.'The only thing I could imagine after going inside that place was buying some drugs, hiring a hooker and then getting stabbed in the back. I mean that was the vibe this place gave.'" Celesta are you planning to come out or what? I am quite tired here " his whines caught my attention. So, I bent down and picked my sneakers from under the car seat.After that, I exited the car gracefully by which I meant that I tripped out of the car with a Nachos wrapper stuck to my feet.I would have fallen face-first on the ground if he wouldn't have caught me." Why are you so clumsy?!" He asked with an amused expression plastered on his face.My face caught fire as I hurriedly tried to move away from him only to slip again.'Dammit, you nachos empty shell.', I cursed as I fell again but he caught me this time faster than before. His reflexes were on point, 'maybe he was not lying when he said he was not human but if that was true where were my reflexes? Taking a relaxing walk on a beach.'He held me by the waist against his body. My face was against his chest and my hands hanged loosely beside my body.I looked up slowly and came face to face with him. His blue eyes met mine and his white hair felt softer than the feather, as it grazed against my face. He looked ethereal at the moment.'If he wasn't as creepy as he was, I would have just kissed him, right now.' I thought. As I continued to stare at him.My trance was broken by Jude chuckles"Omg, you should see your face. It's so red you will make a tomato shy with that redness." He laughed as he said that.I came to my senses and realised what I was thinking about doing and I started to blush even more." Omg, you just got even redder, If that was even possible."I wanted to facepalm myself but I didn't want to fall again. So, without taking any risk I slowly let Jude put me back on my feet and let his release me from his grip after that I removed the cursed wrapper stuck to my feet.My pride was deeply hurt and I had no idea how to piece it back together.I just accepted my fate and decided to ignore him. I sat on the edge of the seat and started putting my sneakers back on my feet. While His laughs slowly died down.When I was finally done putting my sneakers back on. I stood back on my feet gathering my hurt pride only for Jude to shatter it again." Wow, you could do that?" I glared at him with annoyance written all over my face but he just smirked at me in return." Come on, Jude let's go inside the trash hole you must be tired of all the hard work you did. I am telling you kidnappers are underrated."He rolled his eyes and replied with a hint of annoyance." For the last time, I didn't kidnap you." He lightly pushed me before grabbing the snack bag and closing the door rather loudly."And it's not a shit hole, It's the safest place in this country."Now it was my turn to laugh, the safest place in the whole of America." Yes of course, should we expect the president as our next-door neighbour? Do you think I have dressed appropriately I don't want to give a bad impression to the president after all?" As I spoke those words I burst out laughing again.He glared at me before started making his way towards the dingy entrance. I followed behind him as slowly my laugh died down.When I looked around us I realised how deserted the area was there was no building in sight and not even a vehicle in view. How this place supposes to be safe is beyond my understanding.We finally reached the entrance. There was a stained glass door with a dirty sign signalling to push. Jude pushed the door open and entered inside. I hurriedly followed behind him not wanting to touch that thing myself in case the door decided to close by itself.The reception area was quite small. It was a little dusty but also seemed very cosy at the same time.The room was filled with the aroma of coffee beans. There was a set of brown lounge chairs in the centre of the room and a coffee table in between them. It looked like a set-up from Friends show. There also hanged an old grandfather clock on the corner of a cream coloured wall which looked like it was not painted for a while.In the front of the reception area, there was a counter behind which sat an old lady by herself holding her cellphone in her hands. Jude made his way towards the counter when the lady looked up and gave him a warm smile before she shifted her gaze towards me and passed a smile to me. Her smile was so gentle that it melted all my worries away.I was compelled to smile back at her before Jude broke the silence as he greeted the old lady, " Hello Samantha, how have you been?"She turned her attention towards him again before she replied in a motherly voice, " Great as always, dear. look at you how much have you grown. No more little kid asking for cookies. "Jude smiled warmly at Samantha and nodded. As she continued while giving him a cheeky smile." It's been a while since you have visited me. You also brought a beautiful girl with you this time, Now introduce me to your new girlfriend."Both of our faces caught fire as he hurriedly denied the claims, " No, No she is not. I mean she is not just any girl.""Of course, Jude she is not just a girl. I mean a girl who made you fall in love can't just be any girl. She is very special." Samantha said with an amused look on her face.The situation was so awkward that I decided the best course of action was to keep my mouth shut and let Jude handle the situation.Jude struggled to come with words. When he finally started to speak, " Samantha, she is not my girlfriend. You misread the situation."Then give her a more serious look and continued, "Samantha, but when I said she is special I meant it. She is just not an ordinary person. She is Her who was forsaken by the orders of none other than all-mighty himself."I was lost in my thoughts trying to comprehend everything that had been said when Samantha's delicate voice brought my attention back to her, " Pri..., I mean Celesta it's been a while since I have seen you. You have grown so much. I always thought that you kind of looked like your mother but now that you are aIl grown up I can proudly say that I was right. Haha, same hair, same eyes, same nose. Complete Replica."She said as she pointed at me like she was encircling my features and matching them from her memory. I couldn't help but follow her finger with my eyes. She noticed that and proceeded to boop me on the nose and than chucked lightly and moved back giving me some space. "Miss Samantha, How do you know my mother and what I looked like in my childhood?" I couldn't help and asked Samantha, I was curious to know about my past and about my parents. She gave me a sorrowful smile and said, "I am in no place to answer your questions about your parents and there is no time for us to d
"Aaaahhh, Aaaahhh, Aaaaah..." I shouted at top of my lungs as I closed my eyes and held on to Jude for my dear life. We kept falling in swirling motion for what felt like hours but in actuality, it must be just some minutes when we finally hit the ground not so gracefully. I tumbled to the ground on something soft, "Oh my God!! You are not so light after all." Jude said, from underneath me. I didn't have any energy left to reply or even to open my eyes. So I just groaned in response and rolled from over him to the ground next to him and let out another painful groan. My eyes finally when the purple and pink sky filled with stars and moons came into my view. It was an ethereal view and I could have stared at it for hours. When suddenly I noticed something,' Wait! Moons, not the moon.'I abruptly sat up which just increased my headache. I looked around at my surrounding trying to figure out where I was but all I can make out was tall exotic trees all around me and gleaming moonlight pa
I decided to change the topic and asked, " By the way why did you learn swordsmanship and not guns wouldn't it have been more functional? The amount of time it will take for you to take your sword out the opponent would have already shot you."" No, maybe it's true for humans but that's not how things work here, most people use swords, wand, bow and arrow and war hammer these types of weapons. They don't even know about guns and doubt that even if they used them they will barely affect anyone here." Jude said as he leaned back on his hands." And where is here and exactly where are we?", I asked with a sense of urgency." Oh yeah, you don't know about anything. So let me enlighten you, my lady." Jude said as sat up straight somewhat excitedly as he motioned to bow down. " You are on the planet Pitoniara, the homeland of pricers and right now we are in the silent forest." He said as he said gesturing around us."So you are saying we are on a different planet that explains why there is
"Celesta I am not supposed to tell you this now but you should stop expecting to meet your parents, It will only lead you to be disappointed," Jude mumbled with a sad look on his face."Why would you say that? Please tell me." I grabbed jude's hand as I looked up and pleaded with Jude." Celesta I... don't think this is the right moment to tell you about them." Jude guiltily looked away and distanced himself from me and my hands fell next to me.When suddenly horse galloping noises were heard. I looked up in the direction from where the sound was coming from when I came face to face with an unbelievable sight. Two pegasuses came flying towards our direction while drawing a carriage behind them.I couldn't help but gape at the sight in front of me as I slowly backed away on my feet. " Finally, Celesta here is our ride." Jude straightened himself after leaving with a sigh of relief." I, I can see, Is that pegasuses ?" I asked more to myself than to Jude." Oh, yes. Indeed they are pega
I nodded and rested my head on the glass window as I looked outside, we passed through the clouds lit by the moonlight in the night sky. I continued to stare at the scenery and didn't notice when somewhere my eyelids grew heavy and fluttered shut. I felt a hand on my shoulder but I was too tired to react and succumbed myself to slumber.I was awoken by a musky fragrance as I laid my head on something warm and comfortable but firm as it moved slightly. I just leaned more toward the warmth and left a sigh. I stayed there for some time until my senses started kicking back and I realised my situation and sat back up with a sense of urgency. I looked beside me to find Jude sleeping as he laid back in the seat. For once he didn't look like an unnatural being but a really tired man and finally was getting some rest. His hair was all messed up and his shirt buttons were open, I couldn't help but blush and turn my head towards the window as the sun slightly peeked from behind the clouds and
"Coronation ceremony? What coronation ceremony and why I am not supposed to be seen by people before it?"" Celesta shut up, will you? We have more urgent things in our hands right now. " Jude gestured at the door as he replied.I was about to voice my opinion about his rude tone but I was interrupted by a deep commanding voice, " I on behalf of Main City governance command whoever is inside to step outside this instant or I would have no option but to force my way inside."Jude gave me a quick warning look as he straightened his back. He then opened the door of the carriage and stepped outside. Sunlight came through the door as he proceeded to block my view and stepped outside. I slightly bent forward to see outside but before I was able to see anything, he closed the door behind him. I leaned back in my seat with an unsatisfied look on my face because of not able to see what was happening outside." Grand Prince!! " came a surprised voice from outside the chariot. My ears perked as
" I... I missed you, Celesta. I missed you a lot but you don't even remember me. Of course, it's no fault of yours but it still hurts. " Jude confessed with a quivering voice.I was unable to understand what he was saying, many questions came to my mind like have I met Jude before? Were we friends? How Did I lose my memory? But I ignored them and just tried comforting him, I could ask him questions any other time. After all, nowadays it seems like all I do is ask questions." Jude it doesn't matter now what happened in past. I am here now with you and that's all that matters." He just nodded and smiled like a toddler. I couldn't help but smile back at him. In our exchange, we never noticed when the carriage came to the stop. A loud knock on the door finally brought us back to the world. " We are going to cross the second gate, Grand Prince I mean lord. How silly of me, You told me to only refer to as lord in front of milady. It completely slipped from my mind. " the voice was of none
Jude finally sat down on the seat but behind the table and I followed his suit and shifted towards the window side. So I could have easy access to the table.There were two black lunch craters on the box table with some tissues and spoons. Jude carefully kept food craters one by one in front of us both and then passed me a spoon. I was so hungry that as soon as he kept it in front of me instantly removed the lid. It was extremely hot like it was made and was just served on our table. Its aroma wafted into my nostrils and just increased my appetite. I was just about to dove my spoon into the delectable cheese potato layers when I noticed Jude's food crater wasn't even touched.Was he not hungry? How can he not after so much travelling? I looked at him to find him with his eyes closed and hands together chanting prayers to Goddess Sagaria. I couldn't help but stare at him and my hand automatically rose up and I graced my fingers on the amulet he gave to me last night. I remembered what