Fire With Fire - Chapter 18

Today's quote is :                                                                                                                                                                            "A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose."                                                                                                                                                                                                                       - Tom Wilson

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ANAYA

'Avil and I? A Prince and a Princess?' I asked, closing my hanging jaw.

'I'm sorry, what now? Did I hear you right?' Avil asked.

'Yes, yes. You heard right. You both are a Prince and Princess', Victor said, looking bored.

'You must most definitely be confused', I said. 'Or you're going absolutely nuts. Him and I are the most least likely to be a Prince and Princess. For God's sake we aren't sophisticated. We keep getting into trouble and we curse like sailors.'

'I can't believe I'm saying this, but, Anaya's right', Avil said. 'We are not even meant to be Royalty. We behave as if we're from the streets. No offence.' Avil looked at the others present in the room. They looked pretty offended, if I might say.

'Do you want some proof?' Victor asked, ignoring Avil's look and giving others in the room no time to retort

'Duh', Avil and I replied together.

'Fine', Victor said and turned towards me. 'Anaya, you must know karate right?'

I nodded. 'Judo too.'

'Avil, you must know how to handle responsibilities right?' Victor asked Avil.

'Well, my mom once talked to me about it but I zoned out the entire time', Avil answered.

'Yeah, Anaya, you know karate for self-defense as a Princess gets kidnapped easily. Avil your mom talked to you about that because you need to know how to handle responsibilities as a King', Victor explained.

'What rubbish!', I shouted. 'You're giving common reasons. Most girls know karate for self- defense and responsibilities is an essential part of a person's life. I'm sure Avil knows karate and I got some responsibilities to do as well. You belong in Nimhans.'

'Oh yeah! I'll tell you the story then', Victor said.

'By all means, please do so', Avil said.

'Both of your parents are best friends. They combined their kingdoms and ruled over them together. Their right-hand men, you know, like a Beta to an Alpha are your best friends' parents', Victor started when I interrupted him.

'Shut up!', I shouted. 'Isla and Bryce's parents?! Today's full of surprises, isn't it?'

'Yes. Please don't interrupt me again. I hate being interrupted', Victor said.

'Like I care', I retorted. and at the same time, Avil scoffed, 'Like she cares.'

I glared at him. 'I can speak for myself', I said, gritting my teeth.

Avil held his hand up in surrender. 'Ok.'

'Good', I said, narrowing my eyes at him.

'Like I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted by certain two people', Victor glared at us while we just shrugged, 'they ruled peacefully. People were able to go to them for any of their problems. The people of the kingdom were given first preference. Now, all was well until their first children were born, who are you guys and your best friends. They began receiving death threats and so, they decided to stay low for a few years which turned to decades, since, the threats still haven't stopped, you know', Victor said.

'And how do you know all this?' Avil asked, looking suspicious.

'Why, because I've been sending those threats after all', Victor answered in a duh tone.

'And why, may I know?' I asked, controlling my anger.

'Your parents banished me', Victor gritted his teeth.

'So what? They must have had a good reason', Avil defended both of our parents.

'What's the reason, Victor?' I demanded.

'That doesn't matter', Victor said.

'What's the freaking reason?' I shouted.

'I was about to sell guys off', Victor mumbled.

'You almost sold us', Avil shouted. 'Do you know the pain of separation from a parent and their child? Do you? No you freaking don't? You're a f***ing psycho.'

'Who gave you the freaking right to do that, huh? Who the hell gave you?' I shouted.

'It wasn't hard considering both of your fathers and I were best friends', Victor shrugged.

'You betrayed your best friends?! You're a freaking monster', I shouted.

I looked at Avil and he understood my message. Kill Victor, or at least, seriously injure him. And that's what we did. We beat him black and blue and it was pretty easy considering no one expected us to lash out. Pretty stupid of them!

After we beat him up, Avil and I ran up the stairs to our original room and locked the door. 'We need to come up with a plan to escape', I said.

'Definitely', Avil agreed.

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'Okay, I'm officially tired', I announced slumoing on the bed.

Avil and I have been brain-storming the past few hours trying to come up with a plan to escape, but to no avail. I've got nothing on my mind except cheese burgers and chocolate milkshake. I'm just so hungry. I haven't eaten since hours.

'Me too', Avil agreed and slumped down on the bed next to me.

Seeing this little action of his, 'Get off', I shouted and pushed him off the bed.

'Ow', Avil got up from the floor rubbing his back. 'Can you not be that violent?!'

'Can't. Sorry. Take it or leave it', I said cheekily.

'I will take it', Avil replied, making himself comfortable on floor. Good choice! I reckon he knew I would push him out of the bed again if he got up here, even though the bed is huge.

'Woah, dude! Stop right there. I was just joking. You know nothing can happen after that day right?' I said.

'Yeah, yeah. I know. No need to remind me', Avil rolled his eyes.

'Good', I said.

We fell into a silent conversation after that. Neither of us could be bothered to think about an escape plan right now. I knew I was hungry, and I knew that Avil was hungry too. But, Avil and I were both too stubborn to go downstairs and look at those buffalo traitors after what they hid from us. Well, to be fair, neither of them except Victor knew about that, but still! Curse you Manu for kidnapping the wrong people!

It was not until Avil opened his mouth did we fall into a conversation. 'You know, I miss those old times when we used to hang out a lot more often.'

'Maybe, I sorta kinda do too', I might have, sort have admitted.

'Sorry, what did you just say?' Avil asked, holding out his ear, pretending to have misheard it. 'Did I hear you right?'

'There is no way you're getting me to say that again', I declared.

'We'll see', Avid said, crossing his arms. 'Remember that time when we jumped into the lake and stayed underwater fir so long that our friends taught we dead and started freaking out. Then, we came out like nothing happened and they stood gaping at us.'

'Duh', I laughed. 'Isla was about to call the police and Bryce started hitting you for scaring him.'

'Yeah, you got away easy. Isla just hugged you and thanked God you were safe', Avil grumbled. 'And then, Isla started hitting me. I still don't know why.'

'Might have been because I told Isla that it was your fault we were underwater for so', I admitted.

'What reason did you give?' Avil asked, narrowing his eyes at me.

'That you were pulling me underwater everytime I tried to reach the surface', I said sheepishly.

'Now I know why', Avil sighed. 'Should've known you'd do something like that. You were more of a prankster than me then', Avil laid stress on "then."

'What eves!', I said. 'Doesn't matter because that's not goiing to happen again. We hate each other now.'

'Why?' Avil asked. 'Why did we start hating each other?'

'You know why', I glared at him.

See, you don't just start hating a person. Either they've done something horrible to you, or you had a crush on them. I know that I've said that we've been enemies since we can remember, but, that's not true. We were friends before. All of us hung out together. We had so much fun until that day happened. I remember very clearly what happened, but I don't think I can tell it out loud. But, I have to. Today. If I need to get over it, I need to get it over with.

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Hey guys,

Here's another update. Woo-hoo! I did it. Also, anyone seeing Pretty Little Liars, comment below if you don't feel like waiting another five seasons to know who A is and then feel frustrated. Personally, I think Wren would a better A. I know I do't want to wait another five seasons to find out who the new A is.

Whew! Now, that I finished ranting, comment down what you felt about this chapter. Which characters do you ship? If you ship Anaya and Avil, I need a ship name for them, so comment down below that. Also, vote if you loved or hated or felt anything in between about this chapter. Don't forget to share it too.

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