The Alpha Prince's Witch Bride

Chapter 5

*THIRD PERSON's POV*

As the two leaders of each race faced each other, Queen Wazanea maintained her cold expression towards Alpha Demino who was standing in front of her with a playful smile on his lips.

"Your Majesty, it is almost eleven-fifty-nine," one of the high ranking priests from the Majiro Kingdom silently approached the witch Queen and spoke behind her with a low voice.

Tsk! Touching this piece of garbage is way too disgusting. Queen Wazanea thought to herself as she closed her fists tightly.

Nonetheless, I will still do this ceremony since this is a part of the master's commands. The witch Queen once again thought to herself as she looked at the Alpha King in front of her, then to the moonflower at her left.

"Let's get on with this ceremony and finish it quickly," Queen Wazanea spoke in an icy cold voice.

"Hmm," Alpha Demino said with a single nod, and both leaders of each race approached the moonflower, one at each side of the moonflower. Then, a she-wolf approached the Alpha King and handed him a small knife.

"Thank you, Sam," Alpha Demino thanked his sister, Lady Sam, as he took the knife from her hands. After that, he raised the knife and placed it over his right palm, then he made a small cut on his palm, just enough for the blood to flow out of the wound. Then, Alpha Demino looked at Queen Wazanea and reached out his bleeding right hand, as if asking for a handshake, and since Queen Wazanea's right hand is already wounded and bleeding when she first cut her hand with her own knife, she simply raised her right hand and took the Alpha's stretched out hand.

"Que este sangue seja o símbolo do nosso juramento ao Dragão da Natureza," (Let this blood be the symbol of our oath to the Nature Dragon) both Queen Wazanea and Alpha Demino spoke in unison as their pure and red blood from their own race combined and little by little dropped on the unbloomed moonflower's white petals. As the two leaders continue with the ceremony, the other members of each race remained standing around them while watching and listening to every word that their leaders are uttering. Every one of them is focused on the ceremony, except for the personal knights and guards that each race assigned to protect the Heart of Draco.

Meanwhile, as the ceremony proceeded, Princess Firea silently sneaked her way out of the crowd and walked away from her siblings who are both astounded and curiously staring at their mother and the man who was holding their mother's hand. With her small appearance, Princess Firea was able to get away from the place where the adults are all preoccupied with the ceremony. It was also easy for her to sneak away from the guards that are scattered in pairs around the Heart of Draco. 

Princess Firea went straight to the lake without looking behind her, and as soon as she arrived at the lake, her eyes immediately sparkled as she saw the beautiful reflection of the full moon on the lake's water. 

Pretty. The young Princess thought to herself, and just like the time when she first saw the lake, she could not hold back her excitement to touch the cold and clear water that is streaming calmly in the lake, so she quickly removed her footwear and left it behind on the grassy area near the lake. And when she had confirmed that her shoes will not roll down to the lake, Princess Firea run towards the shallow lake and submerged her porcelain white-skinned feet under the cold water.

As the Princess felt the coldness of the water, she held her mouth with both hands to suppress herself from squealing with joy as she started playing in the water, splashing water droplets into her face and dress. The Princess kept playing in the water while making sure that she will not make any loud noises that will catch the attention of the knights and her family. And after a while of playing alone in the water, she started to feel tired, so she decided to rest first and looked around the lake. Then, she saw a rock with a flat shape that is perfect to be her chair, and so, Princess Firea walked her way towards the rock and sat on it.

"Haah, this should be fun if brother Falco is here," Princess Firea whispered as she looked up in the sky, and as she stared at the moon, she asked herself a question.

"Should I invite sister Felecity too?" the Princess muttered again, but she quickly found the answer to her own question as she aggressively shook her head as a no.

"No! No! No! Sister Felecity is mean and scary," Princess Firea uttered and pouted. Then, the Princess pulled her knees closer to her body and wrapped her hands around it.

"Or maybe mommy would like to join me here," with a small and low voice, Princess Firea uttered once more as she placed her chin over her knees. And as she stared at the reflection of the moon in the water, she recalled a memory where she saw her sister Felecity use certain magic that allowed her to control the water.

Flashback

"Try again!" Queen Wazanea commanded in a loud voice as she stood behind her daughter named Felecity, the first Princess of the Majiro Kingdom. 

"Yes, mother!" Princess Felecity answered and raised her both hands in front of her and closed her eyes. Then, she began to speak some words that are only understandable in their own race.

"Vattens ande, jag befaller dig att lyda mig och resa dig från marken," (Spirit of water, I command you to obey me and rise from the ground) Princess Felecity spoke out loud and waited for her magic to work, but the water inside the bucket did not even move an inch from its place.

"Concentrate Felecity! Imagine the flow of your power inside your body flowing towards the palm of your hands, and released it into the water," Queen Wazanea taught her daughter as she observed behind her, while her other daughter, Princess Firea, simply sat on a chair placed at the corner of the room so she will not get hit by any uncontrolled power as Princess Felecity practiced controlling the element of water.

"Yes, mother!" Princess Felecity responded and raised her hands once again. Then, she took a deep breath as she closed her eyes again.

Please work. Princess Felecity thought to herself as she began to imagine the flow of her own magic power flowing inside her body, together with her own blood, and after a few seconds, she opened her eyes and uttered the same chant from before with full conviction, and in a split second, the water from the bucket was already floating in the air in a round shape. 

Queen Wazanea smiled as she saw her daughter's progress, while Princess Felecity remained speechless as she stared at the ball of water in front of her.

"Wow," Princess Firea uttered as she saw how her sister controlled her power for the first time.

"At the age of fifteen you are now able to use the element of water, that is quite impressive. You should keep practising everyday in order to have full control of this power. After that, you can proceed with the element of air," the Witch Queen spoke to the first Princess.

"R-Really?" Princess Felecity asked and her mother simply nodded at her.

"I-I will, mother! I'll keep practising!" Princess Felecity excitedly replied to her mother who gave her a smile and a nod, and once again, she tried doing the same chant to the water.

End of Flashback

That was the first time that Firea saw her sister Felecity used her power and also the first time she saw Princess Firea smile with pure happiness. 

"Alright, I'll give it a try," Princess Firea said with determined eyes. Then, she stood up from her seat and walked towards the side of the lake. Princess Firea stared at the water and saw her own reflection. And after a few seconds, she nodded her head, and raised both of her arms forward.

"Raise your hand....and close your eyes," Princess Firea muttered as she closed both of her eyes. Then, she waited for a minute before opening her eyes again, but she did not see any ball of water in front of her.

"Eh? Why is it not working?" Princess Firea asked.

"Ah! Yes, I forgot the chant," the Princess spoke in a hushed tone and once again raised her hand and closed her eyes. 

"Uhm...b-ball...water ball come...please," Princess Firea said as she could not remember the exact words that her sister, Princess Felecity, spoke before. Then, she opened her eyes, but she still did not see anything.

"Aww," the young Princess sadly uttered as she stared at the lake.

"What are you doing?" Suddenly, someone asked behind Princess Firea, which startled her and so she quickly turned around, but with the sudden movement, she lost her balance and she fell into the shallow lake.

"Wah!" Princess Firea yelped as the cold water wet her dress and most parts of her body.

"Oh, I am sorry for startling you," the boy who asked the Princess a question apologized and approached her, then offered her a hand to stand up from the lake. Princess Firea stared at the hand stretched out in front of her then to the young boy who was offering his hand, and the boy suddenly smiled at the Princess.

"Oh, you're that boy," Princess Firea said as she took his hand and stood up from the lake, which made the boy curious.

"What boy?" the boy asked with a huge question mark plastered on his face.

"The boy that was standing beside the man who was holding mommy's hand," Princess Firea answered and smiled at the boy.

"Oh, that boy," the boy said while nodding his head.

"My name is Dustan Klyn Frostbane, and you are?" the boy named Dustan asked.

"I'm Firea Lucienne Blackwood," Princess Firea introduced herself as well and both children shook each other's hands. Then, as they both let go of each other's hands, Princess Firea took a step forward but she accidentally slipped again and was about to fall into the water again, so she grabbed the closest one to her and that was the boy whom she just met.

"Waah!!!" the two children yelled out loud as they both fell into the water, making their clothes wet and them as well. The two were speechless for a moment as they realized what just happened, and after that, Princess Firea looked at the boy beside her who is also soaking wet beside her.

"C-C-Cold," Dustan said while shivering in which Princess Firea found so funny.

"Hahaha! It's not that cold," the Princess said to the boy beside her who tried to stand up from the water, but he also slipped and fell in the water again, which made Princess Firea laugh even more.

"Hahaha! What are you doing? Hahaha!" Princess Firea asked while laughing.

"Hey, stop laughing," Dustan complained to the young lady, but the latter did not listen to him, so he thought of a mischievous plan. He cupped some water in his hand and threw it at the Princess.

"Haha~ack! Hey!" Princess Firea yelled and glared at the boy who just threw water at her, but the boy just smirked at her which made her more furious, so as her own revenge, she also started splashing him with water and the two began to splash each other with water as they both laughed at each other. The two children enjoyed themselves as they kept playing in the shallow lake.

On the other hand, the adults, specifically Queen Wazanea and Alpha Demino just finished with the ceremony, and as they both pulled their hands away from each other, Queen Wazanea immediately ordered a bowl of water for washing her hand.

"Hurry, I must wash this disgusting stench off of my hand," the Witch Queen spoke a bit louder, making the werewolves who heard her furious, but before they could even attack the Witch Queen, Alpha Demino immediately stopped his pack members and told them through telepathy to just let it pass since he is not that offended by her provocations.

" Let's go," Queen Wazanea announced to the other witches and wizards. Then, she took a few steps towards her children, but she stopped midway as she realized something.

"W-Where is Firea? Where is your youngest sister?" Queen Wazanea asked Prince Falco and Princess Felecity.

"Huh?" Prince Falco asked and turned around him, but he still could not find Princess Firea.

"Oh, no! Where did Firea go!?" Prince Falco asked as he also looked around the area.

"She's not here," Prince Falco said and looked up to her mother.

"Mom, what should we do?" Prince Falco asked as he waited for his mother's answer.

"I-I don't know," Queen Wazanea answered as she looked around the area. Then, they also heard Alpha Demino's voice.

"Where is he!?" Alpha Demino asked while looking at the knights that he assigned to the Prince which made the knights tremble in fear. 

"F-Forgive us, Y-Your Majesty, b-but w-we did n-not see anyone who left the forest," one of the knights answered while trembling in fear.

"Alpha, please calm down. You're starting to scare every member of our pack," Lady Sam, the younger sister of the Alpha King, tried to make her brother calm down.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you search near the lake," Doctor Matt suggested which caught the Alpha's attention.

"Why the lake?" the Alpha questioned, and the Doctor simply smiled at him.

"It's just a guess of mine, Your Majesty, since I have seen the Prince looking at the lake's direction," Doctor Matt answered and so the Alpha King immediately gave his command to rescue the first Prince and his companions if there are any of those people.

"Very well. Let's proceed to the shallow lake," the Alpha King said and began to walk towards the direction of the lake.

"We should search for my daughter!" a loud voice came from the Witch Queen as she looked around the area. 

"Yes, Your Majesty," the knights replied and that the Royal family brought for protection were split into two, one of these is to protect the Blackwood family, and the other party is to search for Princess Firea. Then, when Queen Wazanea and the other members of the Royal Family have left to search for Princess Firea, together with their own knights, they also noticed that Alpha Demino also looks like he was searching for something.

After a few minutes of walking towards the lake, the group of Queen Wazanea and Alpha Demino arrived at the shallow lake where they saw two children happily and enjoyably playing with each other. As Queen Wazanea saw her youngest daughter, she quickly called her attention.

"Firea!!!" the witch Queen called out loud which startled her own daughter who quickly turned around.

Oh no. It's mother. Princess Firea thought to herself and began thinking for an excuse for leaving the place of the ceremony.

"What are you doing here?" Queen Wazanea asked the young Princess as she walked closer to where the Princess is standing.

"I-I'm sorry Mommy," Princess Firea apologized and after that, she walked her way to her mother who immediately grabbed her right hand and started walking away from the lake. But before the Witches and Wizards left the shallow lake, Queen Wazanea spoke once more with a louder voice.

"Never associate yourself with some dogs, Firea. It's disgusting," Queen Wazanea said but her cold eyes are looking straight towards the young boy who also has wet clothes.

"Let's go home," Queen Wazanea added and started walking out of the area, but before they could step inside the forest again, Firea looked behind her and secretly waved her left hand at the new friend that she met in the Night of Prayers. The young boy saw Firea waving her hand so he waved back at her.

"Young pup," Alpha Demino suddenly called the attention of Dustan, so the boy quickly shifted his focus towards his father.

"Yes, Dad?" the boy asked and so the Alpha looked at him but did not say anything. Instead, Alpha Demino simply took a deep breath and looked at his son again.

"Dustan, do not forget that you are a Prince and the only heir to the throne of the Eatocastle Kingdom, and I'm pretty sure your professors have taught you already about our treaty with the Witches and Wizards, right?" the Alpha asked his son who simply nodded his head at his father.

"And having any relations, either friendships or relationships, with them is not allowed in our pack, so don't forget about that, alright?" Alpha Demino talked to his son again.

"But she's a nice friend, Dad," Prince Dustan replied.

"Is she?" the Alpha asked with a smile on his lips, and Prince Dustan immediately nodded his head as an answer.

"I see. Then, is it alright to allow you to befriend her? Hmm?" Alpha Demino asked and acted as if he was thinking in front of his child.

"Of course, it's alright, Dad," the young Prince answered his father's question with seriousness, and the Alpha saw his expression which made his father chuckle.

"Haha, alright then, I will allow it," the Alpha said.

"Your Majesty!?" Lady Sam tried to contradict the Alpha's decision, but with just a single cold stare from Alpha Demino, all of the werewolves in the area bowed their heads at their Alpha and to his heir.

"Dad?" Prince Dustan called his father's attention who quickly looked at him with a smile once again.

"Dustan, remember this. Don't you ever try to cross the lake, alright?" Alpha Demino spoke to his son which made the young Prince confused and curious.

"Why can't I cross the lake Dad? I mean it's not deep at all," the innocent young Prince answered which made the Alpha smile a little.

"Ahh, never mind that," the Alpha said and messed the wet hair of his son.

"Let's go home?" Alpha Demino asked and Prince Dustan nodded his head with a smile plastered on his lips. Then, the Alpha held his son's right hand and they went back to their own territory, together with the other members of their pack who also accompanied them for the Night of Prayers.