I layed there on my bed staring up at the ceiling, my mind as empty as a desert, like most days. Most of my days were spent like this. My parents do all the work to rule the empire and in their words I just have to stand there and look pretty. I have been trapped inside this cage called a palace all my life. I had longed for even a moment outside, but my parents have always turned down the idea. If only they didn't think I would shatter the moment I step outside, it's a shame. My head suddenly snapped up as I heard someone knock on the door.

"My prince, the king and queen wish to speak with you," the servant announced. Good lord, what do they want now? This day is boring enough as it is.

"Coming," I muttered while slowly getting off my bed. Before I set off I took one look in the mirror to make sure I didn't look like a wild animal. My black hair was messy, bangs in my face and there were clearly bags under my eyes. "Eh, good enough," I signed. I made my way down the halls wandering under dozens of sparkling chandeliers. I didn't understand why we needed all these expensive things. You'll go blind if you ever look at the treasury with all its fancy gems and gold, at this point it's excessive. I think you could feed all the poor people in the human empire if we sold even one of the gems.

Before I knew it, I was in front of the door leading into the throne room. All I needed to do was open the door and not mess this up. I might have done that if my body would let me, I had turned to stone refusing to move even an inch.

"Come on Ace, you've done this before," I snapped to myself, "what is so different about doing it now?" Still, my body refuses to even shift from its place. My chest began to tighten as breath caught in my throat. The world around me seemed to stop as I could feel everything happen around me. My itchy clothes on my skin, the servants walking around the palace, the carpet underneath my shoes, and my hands starting to shake ever so slightly. You've got to be kidding me. All because of ONE STUPID MEETING! I yelled in my head. This seemed to somehow stop the sensory overload as I was finally able to calm down and open the door.

Immediately, I was met with a piercing glare coming from my mother and father. Oh great, they're already mad at me. It can only go downhill from here. I panicked to myself. I reflexively bowed my head as is custom when greeting the king and queen.

"Now, there is no need for that, we've called you here to discuss good news," my mother remarked, I had never seen her with such a wide smile, it was odd.

"What is it you wish to discuss?" I questioned staring at her with confusion.

"We know you have been wanting to leave the place for quite some time now. We think it would be good for you to socialize with other people your age." Wait, is this really happening? Are they actually going to let me leave? As my mother rambled my excitement grew more and more as I waited for her to say those magical words.

"We have decided to enroll in the Fairies School for Magic." My mind went blank as I couldn't process the words that just came out of my mother's mouth. Magic? Since when have I ever shown interest in magic?

My dumbfounded face must have told my mother that I was not fond of this news because her face went up in surprise.

"Um, excuse me mother? I mean no ill intent when I say this but I meant going out as in going to the nearby village. I mean, I am very grateful for this opportunity, but don't you think we should start a little slower? You know moving from always being inside the palace to going to a school in a different empire is a big change," I stammered hoping that my fear didn't show through in my shaking voice.

"Ace, you spend all day in that room doing God knows what. It's about time you start socializing," My father affirmed. He usually let mother do all the talking. I was shocked to see him speak up. "Also, magic is an important skill for you to learn. You will learn to defend yourself and it will make life easier for you. It will also be valuable when you become king of the elves."

"I don't want to leave here and go to another empire, I want to go and explore our own empire!"

"Ace, you are attending this school whether you like it or not! You have to learn these important skills and you need socialization skills!"

"The only thing I need is for you to listen to me when I say I'm not going!"

"Ace Everin, that is enough out of you! You will go to your room and pack for your classes tomorrow. That is the end of this discussion." My mother's words pierced through the air, the silence becoming loud in its wake. You could hear a pin drop in that room, the lack of sound wrapped its hand around my throat constricting my air flow. My thoughts began filling in the silence, and my emotions bubbled to the surface. My ears twitched in aggravation as I stormed out of the room and stomped down the halls. I can't believe them! When have I ever wanted to do magic! Magic is just a harder way to do simple things! Me and my thoughts were both fuming as I packed my things into a suitcase, I packed all my important things and then got ready for bed. My thoughts were just as loud and rowdy as before, but I somehow managed to drift off into a restless sleep.

"My prince you need to wake up, the carriage is prepared with your things. You must get ready."

That was the sound I woke up to, it sounded foreign to my ears, not that my ears were doing well anyways. I slept on my left ear wrong and now it feels like someone is hitting it with a hammer. I reluctantly hobbled out of bed and put on the uniform that the servants left in my closet. It was just as bland as the rest of my royal clothing. At least it was a fun magenta color this time. I fixed my hair so it looked presentable and I made my way to the carriage. It was still early in the morning since the trip to the school takes a few hours.

I did bother to see my parents when I left. It was their fault that I had to leave, there is no need to say goodbye. I don't remember much about the ride, only that I caught up on lost sleep. The carriage suddenly stopped and it stole my precious sleep away from me. I stepped out of the carriage only to be met with a school that towered over me. It was surrounded by mystical plants that let over little pieces of glowing pollen. The school seemed to have an aura around it with students of all kinds walking and flying in. Right in front of me was the entrance with a massive tinted glass window. I have never seen such things before. The palace alway felt so bland and lifeless, but here it was different. All the colors and the shapes of the buildings made it a marvelous sight.

"Why, hello there!" a voice exclaimed out of nowhere. The voice belonged to a girl with obnoxiously long white hair that went down to her elbows and light purple wings fluttering behind her. Her blue eyes had stars in them. They also seemed to be glowing? No, sparkling? Whatever they were doing it was letting off light.

"Ahh! Geez, hi," I squeaked out. Now was not the time for an unwanted conversation.

"Whoa look at those ears! Do they ever get heavy? If they do that it must be annoying. I think I would die if I had to carry around such heavy ears. Why don't you have don't wings? It's kinda odd to be in the kingdom of fairies and not have any wings of your own. It must be a hassle because our transportation is mainly by flight. I'm guessing by your lack of wings and pointy ears that you must be an elf. That is so cool! I have never seen elves around here before. I'm sorry that I am talking so much. I just have never seen an elf before and I got really excited. Oh my gosh, I haven't even introduced myself yet. I should do that. Hi, my name is Stella Rin. What's your name?"

I couldn't even begin to comprehend the information that was just thrown at me. This girl just ran up to me and started going on and on about God knows what. And now she thinks she can demand my name! Who does she think she is!

"Um, it's Ace," I sneered, this was the worst way to start my first day.

"Ace, that's a weird name. Anyway we better get going. We're getting dorms in a few minutes. Anyone would be lucky to be your roommate. Well, bye Ace! see you around!" Stella yelled as she strutted towards the entrance. Wait, dorms? OH WAIT DORMS! I completely forgot about that. I grabbed all my stuff and started sprinting to the entrance. As I did this, I silently prayed that she wouldn't be my roommate. I can barely stand her after a minute of talking. Well, it was just her talking to me, but my point still stands. I would rather be dropped in a pit of needles than have to live with her for months. My thoughts are already thinking about the worst of course. I made my way inside to see some of the staff passing out sheets of paper with our dorm number and schedule on them.

"Ah yes, Ace Everin here is your dorm," a staff member announced. I took the sheet of paper and found that my dorm number was 908. Of course my room is on the top floor. I can never have just one thing be convenient. I managed to lug my stuff up the seemingly never ending staircase. I finally opened the door to my dorm. To my horror, I saw Stella decorating her part of the room. No way. The worst person to room with is MY ROOMMATE! I CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH ONE CONVERSATION WITH HER! I must have somehow angered fate for me to be this unlucky.

"Oh my god, ACE! I can't believe that we actually got the same dorm. We're going to have so much fun here!" Stella squealed with stars in her eyes

"Yeah, whatever. Just stick to your side of the room, m'kay?" I hissed. I could already tell this year was going to be torture.

"Oh, ok," Stella murmured. Her expression seemed to dim as she went back to decorating. I started to unpack and put away my clothes when Stella spoke up again.

"So, how is life in the elf empire? It's gotta be interesting-"

"It's boring," I interjected, "Look, can you just be quiet while we get settled in?" Stella gave a silent nod in response and we both went back to unpacking. It wasn't till after we both finished that I heard Stella's voice again.

"You know, we'll be going to our first class soon. I could show you around the school! I know it like the back of my hand." You know what? Screw it. Let's entertain her

"Sure," I shrugged. Stella squealed at my answer. She then proceeded to grab my wrist and dragged me out the door. I'm regretting this already. I thought as Stella started to go on and on about the history of the school. After what felt like forever, Stella finally showed me where my first class was.

"-and by luck we have the first class together!" Stella rejoiced as she walked into the classroom. Did I piss off Xinotho when I stepped foot on this school? Why in the world has my luck just been getting worse and worse? Classes for the rest of the day were the most aggravating thing ever! Being forced to introduce myself and have everyone stare at me like I'm some prize to be one. Hazing everyone trying to kiss up to me, since I'm a prince. As well as me knowing that once they didn't need anymore favors from me they would forget I even exist. It filled me to the brim with pure hatred. They looked at me as if I was an object! Something that they can throw away when it is no longer needed. It was the end of the day and I dragged my feet into my dorm. Stella was already in her bed and frankly I tried my best to ignore her.

"Ace! How was your first day? It's got to be interesting sense your one of the only el-"

"DO YOU EVER SHUT UP!?" I interrupted, I had had it with her. This day had been awful as it is, but now there no way I would put myself through the torture of listening to her talk. "This has been one of, if not the worst day ever! But hearing you talk has made it 50 times worse! Your voice is the worst kind of torture I have every subjected my ears to! I have somehow had the most bad luck I have ever had around you. I feel sorry for everyone who has had to deal with you!" I shouted letting out my emotions. It felt good to release all the feelings I had been bottling up for the last few days. I turned on my heel and got in bed. I didn't care to see what Stella did after that; it didn't mean anything to me. Who cares what she's doing? She deserved to hear everything we said.

But did she really?

What? Yes of course she did, she's insufferable.

But she's not the reason for all our anger. She didn't deserve to take all of it, it wasn't all her fault.

Why should we care! If she can't take a little anger from us then that's on her!

We insulted her and said awful things to her. We hate it when mother and father do this, so why should we do it to her?

Just stop it, you don't know what you're talking about.

I don't think you know what you're talking about! This is wrong, we should have never said those things to her! I sat up in bed and turned to apologize to Stella, but she was gone. I looked around the room but she was nowhere to be seen. I looked to her side of the room to find where she could have gone. I realized that she had a ton of books on her side of the room. Maybe she's at the library! I raced out of the room just barely avoiding the nighttime guards and made it to the library. I looked at the tables and saw Stella sitting at a table.

"Ace? What are you doing here-"

"Stella, I'm sorry!" I blurted out, "I shouldn't have blown up on you like that. I was angry about something else and I let that out on you," I explained, "I will understand if you are still mad at me. I would be too."

"Ace, I think anyone with eyes could have seen that you didn't like me very much. Everyone around here basically knows me at this point. They say I'm loud and Obnoxious and they ignore me most of the time. But you tolerated me even if it was just for a little bit. If it's ok for me to ask what were you angry at?"

The question startled me as I stumbled over my words trying to find the right thing to say. Should I tell her the truth? Well, she didn't say she hated us but she didn't say that she does not hate us. It's 50/50 we got nothing to lose by telling her. " I-I was mad at my parents for forcing me to attend this school."

"Oh, well that's understandable, I would be mad too. I hope we can start over, with you not being so mad and me trying to hold my tongue."

"Yeah, that sounds great!"

"Alright, hi my name is Stella!

"Hey, I'm Ace."  

Jeez that was long but anyways I hope you enjoyed it.  Constructive criticism and grammar corrections are welcome :)