The Broken Prince

"So, what are your plans now your majesty?" We were sitting on the floor as I have just finished trying my powers out. Despite the happiness, I was also deep in my thoughts wondering on whether I should tell everyone that I already have my powers or stick with the plan and act like I don't have them yet and that I am totally vulnerable. I thought about on which option should I choose and ended up with pretending to be powerless. I looked at Jean who had his still intense gaze at me.

"I'm going to fake it. Let's stay on this track. I'm going to pretend that I don't have them yet and then take them by surprise at the arena. It'll be the best decoy." I said with a serious tone. A flicker of mischief flickered on both our eyes as we stared at each other before smirking.

"Well what a plan I must say. What about the others, you are going to meet with them by tomorrow?" Jean asked..

"Same thing. We tell them nothing." I stood up and picked up my bow.

"So aside from this, I know that you have something else."

"I'm going to stay weak within the first stage of the game. I'm going to act like I'm struggling with everything. To cut it short, I'm going to try and defeat a group or two without using my powers. My colleagues may have theirs. I will give them instructions and tell them to utilize their powers on my command."

"So you're going to stage a play?"

"A puppet play. And I will be the puppet master. One thing they knew was I was frail and weak but the last thing they see before they pass out is their defeat in my hands." I laughed as I aimed my arrow at an apple and shot it with ease.

"Bullseye." Jean commented.

I turned around and faced him before I spoke.

"You do know that this is a top secret and by this moment I declare as a royal credited secret. It's not that I do not trust you Jean but betrayal and leaking of such information shared between us now will result to banishment or death. Now, kneel before me as I am to honor you as my trusted ally and trainer." I looked at Jean who was stunned for moment but then went on to kneel in front of me. I got my spear as there was no sword here, and used the sharp end to create a cut on both of his shoulder.

"I, Prince Alexander Felix Archemidius by the supreme loyal decree, hereby acknowledge and declare, Jean Aslivaldi as a trusted royal ally. Now, arise trusted ally and may the sea flow with you."

Jean arose with a serious stare. He looked at me once more before he bowed his head and placed his hand on his left side of the chest before looking and standing straight to say;

"I shall fulfill my duty with honor and pride. Long live the prince!" He said with dignity gleaming over him. I smiled and said that I knew that he wouldn't let me down. We then went on and discussed over certain things about how am I going to play my little act out. We probably stayed up the whole night and only went of the room that I destroyed by the time that the stars started to disappear and the moon started to set. We waved goodbye to each other as he went outside the academia as their quarters are not the same us ours. Once I turned my head to the front, my face fell down and I looked very much so depressed.

We have planned this that I should look sad and very problematic every time that I am in public to convince not just Hade but also my competitors around me. I knew that Apollo, Kaval and Dianne won't hurt me that bad but they also want their kingdom to win. They did not give me a full assurance of surviving when I face them there, they just said that they are not going to hurt me which is fine but now that I am on another page of my book, it's a different story.

I got back to my room quietly which means that I did not encounter that Hade which is the bad thing for me. Come to think of it, even if I have my powers now, I cannot guarantee that I am going to beat him because he is far more trained with his ability than I am which is why I also need to work and practice with mine if I want it to be effective in battle because it kind of doesn't matter if I already have them. If I do not know how to use them then how can I deal proper damage to my opponents.

As I showered in the shower and stripped naked, I thought of how am I going to confront my colleagues with this tomorrow. I always have thought that if I ever did get my powers which did happen fortunately, I won't have to tell them that I don't have powers anymore but now that I have, I chose to lie and act like I don't have them. The only difference is that saying so won't make me feel horrible as much because I know that I have a plan and I can use my power by the end and take the enemies by surprise which takes away the burden.

Jean and I has also discussed a devised plan when my powers are revealed. It is when we plan to make our powers the strongest and use it to the most proficient level so that we can take fully advantage of them. When I do meet them later on today, me and Jean will know what powers they have and we can plan even further with that new intel.

I got out of the shower and dried myself with a towel. I walked into my room naked as I am pretty sure I locked the door so no one can enter without knocking. I looked at my wardrobe and picked my night ware and slipped into them. I jumped to my bed as my eyes were starting to get very heavy. Sleep was now visiting me which I am thankful for as many things happened today. I get to fight with Elevi and Nate, I think. Then I get to cry and practice. Then I get to have my powers and then use the hundred capacity of my brain to do the planning with Jean which I think I threatened. I smiled while my eyes were closed at the thought.

I sank even deeper into my bed and this time with a smile and relief. I figured that I needed to rest as I am not a machine. I might have my powers now but I still need to rest as using them continuously takes a lot of stamina and with me being relatively new to using my powers, it did took a toll on me on the first day. I yawned as I snuggled even deeper into my soft pillow before drifting into sleep.

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"I wonder where Alex is? Do you think that he already came back from the ocean or did he swam home?" I asked Dianne who was busy eating her food but when I mentioned Alex, her face fell and was replaced with worry.

"I honestly do not know. I don't see Nate here and him too. He should be having breakfast with us now. Maybe he's tired from all of that swimming you know? Slept in maybe?" She said before sipping on her apple juice. I only sighed even more and slumped back on my chair as I chewed a piece of an apple that I bit.

"His colleagues said that they are going to have a meeting this afternoon so maybe he's already here and just decided to rest. It's actually good that he's talking a day off because the past few days has been so very stressful for him. Imagine us in his situation? Could we handle it like he does? I think not." Apollo spoke as he gulped down the food that he was eating.

I mean Apollo is right though. What Alex does is very hard. You go on to attend a school about powers and magic without having one and having to prove yourself at the upcoming clash without your power and also having to confront not only his teammate but his whole kingdom that he has no powers yet because they will eventually know whether he tells them or not because they are going to see it televised, him not using his powers. I just hope that he's okay. We just hope that he's okay. We may not give him the victory but we are willing to take it easy on him. That's the least we can do for him because we also have our priorities to our kingdom.