Chapter 35 - Power Lust

"Stop messing around" I stared my sister hard in the eyes.  "I know you really hate Jay but we don't need to push this too far.  She's right where I want her." 

I stepped closer to the bookshelves, examining the contents closely.  What I wanted had to be here somewhere...

"I love toying with her emotions" I heard Raven say from somewhere in front of  me.  "She has so many it's ridiculous. "

I heard a pause but I knew she was going to continue.

"Like I care who she's dating, it doesn't matter anyways, you know we all have arranged marriages planned."

"Except  for me" I said, smiling. I couldn't help that I already held so much power over my parents. Weak. They were all weak.

"And what do you and Brittany have planned?" Raven asked, opening a book titled "History of Our Royal Ancestors."
I closed my eyes to imagine everything I had planned.  I would reveal it soon enough... as soon as Jay was out of the way.

"We," I said now turning to my sister, "have something planned that is beyond any of us. "
"And I get a cut of the pie?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"If you follow through with the instructions I gave you" I said, running my hand down the spine of an old pink book.

"I know, I know" she sighed, moving around a table.  "I have to get her to feel as everything that is happening to her is a direct cause of our unruly parents"

I opened the book to the title page, "That is exactly it".

"Is there anything else you want, your highness?"
I smiled at the last word. "Get rid of the boy you saw in the library. I can handle Brenton Myself."
"As you wish" She said with a sarcastic courtesy, and walked off.

I flipped through the pink book a couple of pages.  It had everything I needed. 

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A death in the family. A death that lead my mother to tears, many tears.

My grandmother died and no one knew the cause.

Her death left grief and sadness, and it took a hold of my family by the hand and dragged us to the ground. It wasn't the only thing she left - 

The royal castle, and everything with it.

 We silently moved in and grasped sudden change of environment.

It was so big, and it made me feel so small.

With its grand corridors and courtyard I easily felt lost.

But this wasn't the worst of it.

The fear of what happened to my grandmother grew bigger as my mom took her first step into the courtyard.

"Family meeting in an hour" She pronounced slowly, stepping toward the pond. "Meet in the study"

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I was the last one to walk in. The turning halls and endless stairways caused me to take the long way around. I was greeted, of course, by a death stare from my sister.

I sat down next to Ryan who had been awfully quiet since we moved into the castle. He acknowledged me with a nod and a half smile.

The room shifted its attention to my mother.

"As you know your Grandmothers recent death has effected this family greatly.  The unknown cause of her death makes this more of a problem.  How could she pass away when she was the healthiest she could have been?  I believe someone is behind this. I believe it was murder."

She paused to closer her eyes, no doubt trying to hold back the tears.

"I admit that is scares me," She continued, "as I feel someone is trying to target our family once again."

Unsure how I felt, I looked at my brothers and sister. Ryan looked scared, his eye wide in anticipation for my mother to continue, and for her reassurance that everything in the end would be all right.

I glanced at Raven who was examining her nails in a bored manner. It struck me odd that she had no care into what my mother was saying... but then again it was Raven.

I chanced a glance at Remus. To my surprise my eyes met his like he was watching me the whole time, a smirk spread across his face.

 My mother gave us more than enough time to soak in everything we had just heard, and she continued on, and my eyes traveled back onto her; my mind swimming.

"Me and your father feel that if there is someone out against us, their next target will be us" She looked at my father and he nodded - an approval to continue.

"For extra safety there will be more guards, and enchantments to protect the castle. You will also be home schooled for now on and can only leave with security."
I was expecting an outburst cry from Raven to proclaim how unfair this was and how unlikely that someone would want to kill us, but there wasn't one.

That's when Remus spoke up.

"Why should I have to be worried?" He asked, his voice bored. "Yes I am of royal blood but I haven't been passed down the royal bond, am I correct?"

I honestly had no idea what he was talking about.

He continued on, "If I'm not mistaken, there was a time in our childhood where you said  you would explain more of our royalty to us when we were older. We're older now, mother."

His face was cold and hard.

"Not now, Remus" My mother hardly whispered. "Not now"

"But please, I insist!" He shouted, now standing up. "Please tell me why you were letting us live a normal life when we aren't, when we can't! This is the perfect time! A perfect time to get your act together, to show Ulaysia we can do better. Show them I can do better."

He tossed an old pink book at my mother, she caught it with shaky hands.

My mother looked down at the book, tears filling her eyes. " I just wanted what was best for you".

My brother looked at Raven, then Ryan, and finally to me.

"What you're about to hear might be a shock on you, Jay. So please, be a big girl until mommy is finished reading".

He nodded at our mother, who now had tears gliding down her face.  She opened the pink book to a mark page as a tear streamed down the tip of her nose and landed softly on the book.

She began to read...

"Royal families are often broken up due to the common misunderstanding on heirs and heiresses to the throne.  In many families the eldest will inherit everything left by their mother/father. This is different in Manicorn society.

                With royal manicorn blood, a special bond will be made with the parents of the heir/heiress who will inquire the throne.  This special bond is normally very hard to detect. To avoid this situation families of Royal blood opt to have one child instead of many.

                Families with multiple children have found ways around this bond.  In the earliest centuries battles were held for the children who were of age (17), who fought to the death. The winner of this battle inherited the bond from their dead brother/sister and became heir/heiress  (Notable figures of these types of battles were Alexana Manicorn, Priv  Manicorn, and Shellus Manicorn) . As time went on more civil and practical ways have came around for this 'bond problem'. These parents of Royal blood found that the bonds could easily be broken by sending off their children to other worlds. Doing so had perks. In case of a dead line in Royal blood the children can be called back to assume the throne of their fallen brother/sister(Notable figures of these happenings were Sarah Manicorn and Man Manicorn).  Although this is the safest bet, it doesn't grant full power even when the throne is already inherited.

                The last and least common way is the 'sharing of the bond'. In this we assume that the eldest will want full inheritance of the throne. With mutual agreement from all the children this can be used.

All children below the eldest must marry another kind of royal blood. These marriages will ensure that the bond will travel to the eldest child.  The eldest child is then ensured with the throne when comes time."

She finished reading and looked up at Remus.

"That's what I want" He said sitting back down. " I want to be ensured with the throne."

I was horror struck. I looked at everyone else and to my amazement I realized that I was the only one who had just heard about this.

"Why d-didn't anyone tell m-me" I stammered, not trying to hide the fact I was totally shocked.  Brenton was running through my mind the whole time. I could never be anything with him because of Remus.

"No one told you because mom told us not to." Raven drawled from where she sat. " 'Jay would be so heartbroken if she found out, she really likes Brenton so much,' exact words from our mother." She snickered.

Remus walked to the dooway. "I have places to be, so I'm calling this to a close." He looked back at my mother. "You might want to start calling up those Royal Families I mentioned to you the other day seeing that graduation is just around the corner. "

him

My mom went around toward my new twin brothers. She picked up Ross and held him tightly in her arms. I followed behind and picked up Regan.

"What about them?" I questioned, fearing for my little brothers.
"They're too young for magic, the bond won't work on them."

I silently prayed that it was true.

Chapter 34 - Crazy Little Thing Called Hate

           I knew if I wanted to get information about anyone; all I had to do was turn to Brinson. Within a few minutes of her hands flying across her phone she had just what I needed.

"SHE TOTALLY CHEATED ON HIM!" She screamed, her phone flying at me full speed.

"BRINSON" I hissed, throwing a pillow at her. "Raven's in the other room she can hear us!" It was risky business digging up dirt on my sister, especially how she could enter the room at any given moment.

      The other night at Maguire's , Lavar couldn't help but flirt his way into getting Brinson's phone number.  This was the only time we've found him useful.

I read the text to make sure I was totally clear on this information.

"They dated for a while last year" it read. "They kept it kind of quiet because they didn't want Remus to get all big brother on Brenton". Understandable. "But she cheated on him with some guy in college.  When Brenton found out, he freaked  and dumped her.  She went nuts about it!"

           This seemed like something Raven would do . She can get pretty psycho when things don't go her way. But her saying that Brenton was off limits was ridiculous ! We aren't dating, but when the time comes, who is he going to chose ?

I guess there was only one way to find out. 

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I was walking down the hall way during study hall when Lyle came out of one of the science rooms.  We looked at each other for a moment before he registered who I was.

"Oh hey!" He said, stopping in his tracks. "What are you doing out of class?"

"I have a flex period right now" I replied.  A flex period is basically a study hall where people are supposed to do their homework and study, but most kids leave campus to make out or well illegal activities.

"What about you. Ditching I suppose?" I said with a laugh, knowing all too well that he was not the kind to ditch.

"Heading to the library to catch up on some biology study time" he laughed. "You can call me a nerd now."

I smiled and told him that I was off to do the same thing.

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"What am I going to do with her" I said out loud to particularly no one . I paced the bathroom thinking of ways that my little princess sister could get what she deserved, which was anything possibly horrible.

"Maybe you could try to get Brenton back" Rita replied to my question that still hung in the air. "He would go for you, you're like so much prettier than Jay. She's too much of a goodie goodie."
I smiled at Rita to let her know I acknowledged her idea. But it wouldn't do. I didn't want Brenton, or need him for that matter. I could do without him.  I just didn't like seeing other girls with Ulasyia High's most wanted guy. Especially my sister, after he dumped me.

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"So you don't like gardening?" He questioned me. "I can tell you don't" He laughed.

"No, I don't . And how can you tell that ?" We were helping each other study for a big biology test and the more comfortable we got with each other, the more Lyle came out of his shell.
"I just can't see you getting on your knees working with your hands" He said, studying a chart on punctuated equilibrium.

I don't think I've ever laughed that hard. Not only did that sound completely dirty, but he was oblivious to it.

He looked up at me, about to question my sudden burst of laughter when it hit him, and he joined in too.

" I didn't mean it like that, I swear!" He said covering up his mouth to try to muffle the sound.  The librarian was now starting to give us glances under her thick rimmed glasses.

"You're really funny, you know that?" I said packing my notes back into my folder.

He blushed a red that could match perfectly with his hair. "You're the only one that seems to think so.

"What do you mean?" I asked. But before  I could answer, my ever-loving sister walked by giving me the most stuck up snare she could possibly muster.

I stared hard right back.  With a flick of her hair she was on her way just as she came, continuing a conversation with her gang of friends.

"What was that about?" Lyle asked, his face now returned to its normal shade.

"Just sisterly love" I replied, packing my things up to leave. Lyle was silent, as he did not know what to say. But what was there to say?

"Thanks for helping me study" I said , getting ready to leave.

"It's nothing," he said. "Maybe we can do this again sometime? You know to better our chances on getting an A?"

"Of course!" I replied. I took out a piece of paper and tore off an edge. "Here's my number," I said writing down my seven digits. "Text me and we can figure out a time."

He smiled and took the ripped paper from my hand. "Sounds like a plan."

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I Stopped the girls right when we left the library. 

"That poor Lyle,  such a sweet kid that's falling for the wrong girl. Doesn't he know she's pretty much taken?" I turned my head for a dramatic effect.

"He is really nice. Kind of a nerd though if you think about it," Brittney replied, picking at her split ends.

I looked through the windows of the library doors at them. Jay was giving her number to Lyle.

Now if I could just get the word to Brenton that Jay was getting feelings for little Lyle. How devastated would he be to find that Jay was just like her loving older sister..

Chapter 33 - Someone Like You

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Chapter 33 - Someone Like You

I still wasn't sure why Brenton was off limits. What she said bugged me, but I couldn't  gather the courage to confront her about it. I had an idea, and I'm pretty sure I was right.

I've been roaming around 

Always looking down at all I see,

I was walking in the park  for some fresh air to clear my confusion before I called Brenton. I wanted to ask him if he had anything in the past with my sister. I rehearsed in my mind what I was going to say, how I would ask it, and prepared for the worst.

Painted faces, fill the places I can't reach 

 About to pull out my phone, I noticed someone standing not too far away.  He looked a little confused and a little familiar.
I looked at him a little harder trying to remember why he looked sooo familiar. I was so caught up in my jumbled mind that I didn't notice how I was just standing there, staring at him completely. What makes this worse is that he was staring back now, probably confused on why I was starting at him.
You know that I could use somebody, 

You know that I could use somebody 

"Hi.." I said awkwardly, phone still in hand.
He shifted his weight to his other leg and ran his fingers through is red hair. "Do you need something..or ...?"
I was so uncomfortable by this point. What the heck was I supposed to say? Oh Hey! I'm Jay, and I'm staring at you because you look familiar?

Someone like you, And all you know, And how you speak 

I stood there as we watched me waiting for a reply, and  I said exactly what came to my mind.
"Sorry, you just looked familiar for a second and I was just trying to remember..."
He gave a short laugh that cut me off. I was greatfull for that because I had no idea where my mouth was taking me.
"We've went to the same school since fourth grade."
I remembered him now.

Countless lovers under cover of the street 
 































"I feel really stupid now" I said. I couldn't possibly hide the fact that my brain did a  total black out on who we was when we were bio partners the other month. Somehow I always make myself out to be a complete idiot.
"It's fine" he said looking around, and then past me.  "Well I'll see you around".
He walked off making me wonder about him, when I felt  someone coming up behind me.
You know that I could use somebody 
You know that I could use somebody 

"Hello, gorgeous,"  a minty voice whispered from behind me. "What are you doing here all by yourself?"

Someone like you 

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Seeing Jay at the park took a stab at my confidence level a little bit. How could she seriously not know me if I've passed her in the halls a million times.

Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat 

 I was walking home from the park and couldn't believe what had just happened. I swear I've talked to her a million times. It kinda hurt knowing that one of the most amazing girls you could ever know could be so struck on some dumb jock.
It's funny what society can do to you  .

I hope it's gonna make you notice ,
I hope it's gonna make you notice
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"Oh!" I jumped away, but I couldn't help but to laugh. "You kinda scared me there!" I said playfully shoving him.
"Relax, " he said coolly. "I was just on a walk and noticed you with that kid. I thought I would come and say hi, but it looks like I scared him off."

"You didn't scare him off" I replied.  Lyle was such a sweet kid, now that I remembered him. I wished we had talked more when we ran into each other.
"Oh I didn't?" Brenton pulled his arms out wide to stretch his back. "Then  why didn't he stay?" He said slyly, as if he was trying to prove some point.
I was getting annoyed how Brenton thought everyone worshiped him. Alright, it was kinda true, but it was still getting on my nerves. "I don't know, Brenton. Why don't you go ask him" I snapped back.

He laughed and pulled me into a hug. I have to admit that these butterflies in my stomach were reaching maximum capacity  and I couldn't help but to laugh too. I wasn't sure why I was laughing or why he was laughing either.

"Sorry, Jay" He apologized giving me one last squeeze.  " I didn't mean to offend your little friend or whoever that is."

"What are you doing here anyways?" He asked.
The whole thing with my sister came back to me real fast.
"I was going to call you"  I said quietly, regretting telling him that. "But it's nothing."
"I'm not dumb" he said looking me hard in the eye.
I couldn't help thinking that that was a total lie, I've seen his test scores.
"I was wondering if there was anything between you and my sister" I blurted out.


Someone like me ,Someone like me

He looked mad. And annoyed . And nervous.
I wanted to book it out of there, just start running like I never asked that question. But the damage was done and his eyes were fire.
"We were." He said, fixing his gaze on a tree behind me. He didn't want to look me in the eye and I felt it.
"Oh.." I didn't know what to say, so I asked the most obvious question. "Well what happened?"
He gave me a look of disgust. "If you really want to know, ask her. She'll be thrilled to tell you."
And with that he walked away.
I've been roaming around, Always looking down at all I see..