Chapter Fourteen
I threw on the clothes I had prepared to wear for the day. A black hoodie and leggings, I didn't feel good enough to wear clothes that made me look like I cared. I'm pretty sure people will understand once people see how beaten up my face looks. I pulled my hair out of its bun and ruffled it lightly as the dark waves fell down my back. I looked like a wreck, but that is how I felt.
I opened the door to see Taehyung and Namjoon awkwardly standing there staring at me. Namjoon looked relieved, whereas Taehyung looked shocked to see me. I knew why he looked shocked, I didn't exactly look like the pretty princess everyone expected from me.
"He punched you in the face too?" Tae asked as he stepped closer to me, he gently moved my face around as he looked at it. Concern was written all over his face as he analysed mine.
"And tried to break my jaw with his grip" I responded and looked up into his eyes, as I moved his hand away from my face. He continued to look back at me. I looked over to Namjoon who I could see tensing over what he had done.
"I'm fine okay, I'm going to get better. This time next week I'll look like a new woman" I emphasised, trying to stop them from looking so sad and angry as they looked at me. Honestly the way they were looking at me made me feel pathetic.
"We should go now" Tae said and Namjoon nodded. He'd clearly changed into some skinny jeans and a white hoodie, his hair still laid on his forehead.
As we left the room, I automatically pulled my hood up in an attempt to hide myself. Normally I wouldn't be so self conscious, but honestly I couldn't help but feel somewhat ashamed of the bruises and wounds.
No one was on the stairs, or in the canteen. I guess they were all in the auditorium like Tae had said. I began to breath heavily as we closed to the auditorium, I could hear the sounds of everyone talking amongst themselves. I stopped before we got to the door. I saw Namjoon notice and walk back over to me.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine" he smiled to me and placed his hand in mine. I couldn't help but feel secure with him by my side. I smiled back at him slightly and nodded my head before walking forward again. Taehyung was watching us from the door, smiling, but it looked like a sad smile.
As he opened the door, I heard everything begin to turn more silent. As we walked in, I tried to avoid the looks of everyone as I walked in from the side. I wouldn't let go of Namjoons hand at all costs, I couldn't. I looked straight forward to see the looks of my mum and George staring at me. They smiled to me as I walked towards them.
"They want to know what is going on and why they are here. I can't explain it to them, not enough for them to understand anyway. They need you to explain to them" George leant down slightly and whispered to me. I turned my head slightly to look over to all the faces staring at me. They weren't able to see my face, not yet. I nodded and looked over to Namjoon and smiled at him before letting go over his hand. I suddenly felt the hit of drowsiness as I closed my eyes. I knew what had come, I'm glad it did.
I opened my eyes and looked to the floor, not wanting anyone to see my eyes yet. I watched the floor as I walked further forward towards the front of the stage until I reached the microphone. I shut my eyes and pulled my hood down, still facing the floor. I looked up, still with my eyes closed. I could hear the gasps as everyone saw what had happened to me while I was gone. I waited a few seconds before opening my eyes too. I looked up at all the faces looking at me, they continued to gasp even more. However I saw a lot of the faces turn into smiles as they saw my purple eyes beaming in front of them.
"Hello everyone, I'm Alexa as many of you already know. Atleast I think you do anyway" I joked slightly, I was nervous as I spoke.
"As you can see, unless my eyes have turned back green without me knowing, I'm the lost princess that Quarter moon have been looking for. You may also know that I was taken, alongside Holly and numerous girls from different groups to Quarter Moon as they thought that they would find the 'lost princess' that way. They never found out that I was her while I was there, at least I don't think so.
But that doesn't mean they don't know now. Although myself and Holly got out, it doesn't mean that everything is okay again, because it's not and it won't be for a long time.
We didn't get out by ourselves, we couldn't. You may have noticed by now that there are a couple of new faces here, one you may recognise more than others." I said and turned to look towards Namjoon, Jungkook and J-hope who were sat on chairs behind me looking up to the vampires looking at them.
"Yes, they are from Quarter Moon, one being the son of there leader. But just because they originate from there doesn't mean they possess the qualities of what you would expect. Especially Namjoon. If it wasn't for these three, all the wounds you see on my face and the ones hidden on the rest of my body would be so much worse than they already are.
They risked their lives to get me back to my family, to get me out of danger and to come home. They will be known as traitors and some, well many will want to kill them once they know they have escaped along with two of their prisoners, one being the one person they needed.
Hating them because of where they came from isn't worth it, because they are nothing like the others that come from there, even if they are blood related. Some, even relate very closely to what they have done to some of us in the past" I said and looked over to Jungkook and J-hope who were smiling kindly at me.
"Everyone, I need your help. I'm not asking you as Princess or Queen or whatever I am. But as someone who is apart of our family here. I need you to be by my side as we fight against them, because I need to get to that throne, I can't let them kill me, not without a fight." I took a deep breath.
"If I get to that throne and I become Queen, I won't let what has happened in the past happen again. I can't let people who think they have power and are superior to others treat people so badly. I don't want you to think of me as the Princess or anything more than you because I'm not, I was raised and lived amongst you all. Just because my eyes are different and so is my blood, it doesn't mean anything to me. But I can't get through to the throne by myself, so if you are willing to be by my side when I need you most, I promise to try and get things to how they used to be before everything turned upside down for us. " I finally said and moved away from the microphone, looking up at all the faces. My eyes landed on Jin, Jimin, Holly and Yoongi who were sat up at the top corner together, smiling at me. All of them immediately stood up and began to clap, causing a ripple of people to follow until everyone was up doing the same.
I couldn't help but feel unbelievably humble as I watched everyone react like that. I smiled up at everyone whose eyes were on me. I felt Taehyung wrap his arms around me.
"You don't realise how proud of you I am" he said and planted a kiss on my forehead. I winced in pain as I was squeezed in excitement.
"I think you can go to the doctor now" I heard my mum say as she walked by my side. I smiled and nodded to her. She took my arm and started to walk me out of the room. I looked behind at Namjoon watching me leave as he sat with Jungkook and J-hope. I signalled to Tae to sort them out and make sure that they are okay.
"You know she'd be proud of you" mum said quietly and smiled to me as we continued to walk down the halls before anyone else left. I looked at her confused.
"Your mother, she'll be looking down from you from up in the sky beaming at you" she smiled and beamed herself, I leant down slightly and hugged her.
"You'll always be as much my biological mother too you know" I said, I loved her as much as I would and did my own mother. I think my mother would be proud to see her daughter being raised by such a loving and amazing woman.
"I know, but I want you to know anyway that I know she'll be looking out for you. I don't know if you read the letter yet, but I know that you'd only be able to see a small fraction of what she is really like. However, I practically grew up with her, and I can see you turning into her more and more everyday" she smiled to me brightly as she began to reminisce my real mother.
"You're going to have to talk to me about her later, I think we've got other things to do right now" I said as I noticed we were stood outside of the doctors room.
We knocked on the door, and waited for a few seconds before it was opened. I was greeted by a younger doctor than my usual one. He had a light complexion like myself, with light brown hair and a slight amount of stubble, he was tall like Jin and Namjoon.
"Hello Alexa, would you like to come in?" he asked and opened the door for me to enter. I walked in alone, I suppose mum had other things to, she was a busy woman so it wouldn't surprise me. The room was large and white, it looked very modern and up to date like most of the facilities in the building. I went and sat on the chair next to the doctors desk.
"Could you please explain to me what has actually happened to you so that I can evaluate what we can do better" he asked, he looked very kind and smiled as he spoke in an attempt to make me feel more comfortable.
"I have been dragged, punched, kicked and choked" I said bluntly, it would pointless me going into every last detail of exactly what happened and I think he got the point.
"Okay, can you come closer" he asked and I moved forward slightly so that he could see me better. He looked at all the cuts and the bruises on my face and nodded slightly before writing some notes.
"Can I see the other bruises?" he asked and I nodded and stood up and walked in front of him before lifting my my hoodie and T-shirt up revealing my torso. His face saddened slightly as he walked around me looking at the marks around my body.
"Did he do anything else to you? Anything invasive?" he asked, I knew what he meant but I just shook my head.
"I just got beaten up, that's it" I stated and pulled my tops down before sitting back down on the chair.
"How's your breathing?" he asked.
"It hurts a lot, it feels like I've cracked a rib" I explained and pointed to the side where I had the most bruises.
"I suspect you have, however, it's nothing to worry about. I want you to be on bed rest for the rest of the week. Also, you should take these twice a day, when you wake up and just before you sleep it should ease the pain. Also hot baths are a good idea" he explained and smiled to me, he handed me the little pot of pills for me to take.
"Thank you" I said and stood up to leave, he walked over to the door to open it for me.
"I think you are going to be a good Queen for us all" he said quickly as I left out of the door, I looked back at him and nodded slightly before leaving.
I decided to go to the canteen considering I'd imagine that is where all the boys were and I thought I'd best tell them that I was going to have to be on bed rest for the week. As I walked down the hallway, I noticed people staring at me and smiling as I walked by them. I smiled back, but I couldn't help but feel slightly awkward, going from having no attention to a lot of attention was not something I could get used to easily.
I pulled my hoodie back over my head as I opened the doors to the canteen, not too many people were inside, but they all turned around to look at me. I noticed Holly looking at me from her table that she normally sat with her other friends. She smiled to me and I smiled back before walking over to the corner table where I always sat. I saw all the boys sat there, even Namjoon, Jungkook and J-hope. Namjoon was sat next to Taehyung on the edge, while Jungkook and J-hope sat together opposite him with Jimin next to them.
"I guess I'm sat on the end" I said as I sat on the front of the table, and smiled to them all.
"How was it?" Taehyung asked straight away as I sat down.
"I should be okay in a week, but until then I have to be on bed rest, and taking painkillers" I explained and pulled out the little pot of pills out of my hoodie pocket and placed it on the table in front of everyone.
"Aren't they really strong?" Jimin asked as he picked them up, him and Yoongi were pretty good when it came to medical things, they had to be considering their jobs.
"Well since I have got atleast one broken rib I'd hope so" I said and grabbed the pot back from him and shoved them back into my pocket.
"That was a pretty impressive speech, especially considering you looked like you weren't expecting it" Jin commented and smiled to me.
"I wasn't, I was having a bath when Tae came to say I had to leave" I scoffed and leant back on my chair and put my hands in my pocket.
"Your ribs are broken too?" Yoongi asked and leant forward to see me better. I just nodded and looked down slightly, not wanting to show how weak I seemed.
"What a bastard" He commented angrily.
"Agreed" I heard Namjoon reply, Yoongi and Namjoon looked at eachother. You could see that he still wasn't comfortable with them being there, but at least he was trying.
"So no training for a week then?" Jimin laughed and shook my hand lightly.
"Unfortunately not, although what we learnt last time actually came in handy, I'm not the only one who's side has been bashed in. I think his sides look worse with more broken ribs" I laughed lightly and held onto my side as I could feel the pain rising from the broken rib as I laughed.
"What the hell did you teach her?" Yoongi asked, shocked by the thought that he had taught me to attack.
"Only to use her speed to get behind someone about to attack and get them behind the knees to buy her time. Obviously she got him instead of running away. " he replied and they all looked at me, wanting me to explain why I hadn't run away.
"I did run afterwards, well not run, but hobble. Only to find that the door was locked. Luckily Namjoon and the others had started coming towards the door by then" I said and smiled towards them as they smiled back.
I noticed one of the canteen workers come over to us with a large tray of food. She smiled and set the tray down, passing bowls and plates to everyone individually.
"I have been given strict instructions to make sure you have human blood this week to help you heal faster and give you back your strength. Your majesty" she said as she placed a bowl in front of me, alongside a large amount of meat. I'm pretty sure I had more food than the others.
"I'm not your majesty, just Alexa. Thank you" I said and she bowed slightly before walking away. I don't think I liked being called 'majesty', but I suppose that is something I was just going to have to get used to if I was going to take the thrown and become Queen.
"I wish my eyes turned purple so I could get that too" Jin said as he looked at my food. Everyone's fangs started to appear, all apart from Jungkook, Namjoon and J-hope who Just straight away started eating without asking questions.
"Pig is surprisingly nice" I heard J-hope comment as he began to eat from the pork in front of him. I couldn't help but look at him slightly dumbfounded, and neither could Jimin, Tae, Yoongi and Jin.
"Have you never eaten or drank pig before?" Yoongi questioned, we all look at the three waiting for some form of answer.
"We only feed from humans" Jungkook answered and looked up at everyone awkwardly. I couldn't help but think back to the girl that they slaughtered almost in front of me. I thought back to all the girls who may still be locked up in the cells. I didn't know what had or was going to happen to them. I instantly drank the bowl of blood and finished eating the meat in front of me, leaving some for Jin since he always had my left overs.
"Where are you going?" Namjoon asked as I sat back up from my seat, all of them turned to me.
"I have to rest, I'm sure I'll see you later" I said and began to walk towards the doors again, noticing everyone's eyes on me as I walked.
"We'll visit you later, your majesty!" I heard Jimin shout, I rolled my eyes as I heard the words and continued to leave.
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