??????? , eren jaeger

ch. 1

"No.. no, I can't."

"You can," your mother reassures as she pulls you closer, wrapping her arms around you.

"But what about Ren.. and Isis? They're just children, mother— they don't even know how to use magic or sorcery," your eyes began to overflow with warm tears and you silently sobbed at the thought of your younger siblings. "They did nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong. Mother, why can't they just listen or try to understand! Father was a doctor, he helped the royal family!"

"Y/n," your mother grits her teeth, maintaining her own tears within her eyes. "The world has associated negativity to the word witches. We are nothing but evil to them. It was better for us to live in silence and under fake identities.. you must understand that now because of whats about to happen."

You can feel the ground shake with the heavy steps of angered people, shouting and searching for you and your mother. You can hear the distant sound of your younger siblings cries and pleas for your mother, and your heart ached at the sight of their smiles just hours ago. You all were just happy this morning.

Your mother walks towards a tower of drawers, pushing one out to retrieve a gold rusted key. "Take this, the key to your father's old workshop. They will burn and destroy this place, so there will be no trace of our home anymore. Everything you need to know will be there at the workshop."

"Mother— why can't you just come with me!?"

"Because it's the only way to protect you," your mother's grip against your shoulder tightens before her head jerks towards the window of the room. "They're here. Go, you must go!"

Your mother drags you out of the room and towards the back door of the home. You try to stop once again, but your mother's strength was stronger than you anticipated. She opens the door, gently but firmly pushing you out.

"Run!" she says, and at that moment, enraged civilians are breaking through your front door. "I love you, Y/n. Please.. live on for us."

Before you could even utter anything, your mother slams the door shut. "Mother!" you cry for her once again, but you see through the door's window that she's barricading the entrance. You could hear the loud voices of the civilians and their torches illuminating in your home.

"Witch!" you heard them shout.

This was when you ran fast, clutching the amulet while clearing your tears away with your sleeves. You hid among the dark forest, behind the large trees and thick bushes. Maybe, you thought you could save them.

But you couldn't as you watched them being sent to their horrific deaths.

The entire ordeal was two years ago, and you've kept your mother's words of using the amulet with wise care against nature and others— at least for now. You gradually grew into a mature person, but with an empty heart and deep hatred against the royal family of this country.

After many months of mourning and watching others praise the royal family for the execution of your family, you sought revenge and began planning against them. You gathered information from rumors about the royal family while trying to personalize a fake noble identity to infiltrate the royal court.

And that day was today.

Y/n Velmora, the first princess to a distant and unknown kingdom beyond the sea.

Today a ball will be hosted within the royal court at the palace, and it is where you will reveal yourself as a graceful and mature fake princess. You created fake letter seals, fake artifacts, different customs and an unknown language to gain popularity among the royal court.