Once upon a time I wasn't the happy ray of sunshine I currently am.
Deal with it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present to you the book's biggest cinnamon roll, Deidre (you'll see...). I actually feel sorry for what I have done to her...

-Choco<3

~Deidre~

I don't think I should be doing this yet, considering the fact that most of you probably hate me, but none of this is my fault. I mean that.

First off, I didn't kill Andromeda and Mallory Blink. My orders were specific: "No one is going to die. Don't attack or hurt anyone.". It was my lieutenant that did it.

Amon Brandon was giving me a hard time lately, especially since William Crate showed up at my city from another world.

And just so we're clear, I didn't kill him either. I have never hurt anyone except the man I love, and it was not intentionally.

So back to Amon, who completely misinterpreted my orders and killed two innocent people and whom I could hardly look in the eye, let alone trust anymore. Not that I trusted him in the past, but anyway.

I was in my room in the palace, thinking of the good old days when I was home, with my family.

And then the bad ones, when I had to leave.

I hated myself for being a coward and not accepting what had happened. I really did.

And I hated myself even more for not going right back and being myself again.

There was a knock on my door.

«Come in.» I sighed. Amon came inside.

«You again? I told you I didn't want to see you after what happened. Even though you got to what I needed, you still failed to listen to me and--»

«Sorry for interrupting, your highness, but I have located them.»

«No, Amon! I am not hunting them! I just want to help them before anyone else gets hurt, and as I have repeatedly explained to you, your actions back at the Blink farm made things even harder for me. They are just children and you have nearly killed them at least one time that I know of. I don't even recognize you anymore. What happened to you?» I ranted, then I took a deep breath. «Where are they? Maybe I should just go talk to them...» I sighed. The whole situation gave me headaches.

«No offense, your highness, but the girls are elementalists. You could be in danger if they take you as a threat.»

«And whose fault would that be? Besides, I am an elementalist too. You should be more concerned about yourself, so tell me where they are and leave.» I ordered and pointed at the door.

«At a village southeast the forest behind the Blink farm.» he replied, bowed and left.

Amon Brandon was the least of my worries at the time, or so I thought.

Looking back, I should have had him executed the moment I met him. But I don't execute people, that's Echo's job.

Being royalty is both boring and the busiest job of all. I definitely don't recommend it; not at all. If someone walks up to you and asks: «Hey, wanna be king/queen?», say "no" and run away quickly.

Not that that's how it happened to me.

Now that I think about it, I don't even know how it happened.

It was after the fall of Imyrth's King and I had just arrived. A lot of powerful people were arguing about the leadership, and when I found out, I thought it would help me get over my family problems.

I got in the room they were conversing and told them I was interested. They just laughed and tried to kick me out.

And then the earth started shaking. Things started falling and breaking. I don't know what had come over me and I got so aggressive about something I didn't really care about. My powers were supposed to be secret. Elementalists were pretty rare, and earth ones were the rarest.

But the deed was done. They were already afraid of me, but at least they respected me too. I swear, if I didn't have all these responsibilities I would have returned right after William Crate died. Tge death of an unknown man would cover up my disappearance, at least a bit. The guilt though? The guilt of leaving a whole world to crumble? Going home wasn't that important. Going home would be selfish.

I opened my wardrobe and chose an outfit that would help me hide in plain sight. I got out of my room and went downstairs, where I found one of the maids.

«Stacy, I am going out. I might be gone for a couple days. Tell the others we are having a ball in two weeks, everyone is invited. Send Damon to announce it.» I told her.

«Who's Damon?» she asked surprised. Dammit.

«Oh! Uh- Nobody, my mistake. I meant Amon.» I cursed under my breath and left Stacy with surprise and curiosity evident on her face.

I got out off the palace and squinted at the sun. Being a queen I rarely got the chance to go out without someone by my side to "protect" me. I doubt people even knew what I look like, which turned out to be an advantage when I found the village a day later.

When I arrived it was late night. I would look for them in the morning, so I checked in in a small hotel.

«Another one?!» the lady at the reception asked surprised.

«What do you mean?»

«Well, last night a man checked in and last week four kids came here! They even asked for a job! This is a small village, these are the most customers I have had in three months!» she laughed. I nodded and started thinking. The four kids must have been the ones that were hiding. The man though... I didn't like the idea I was having.

«What did the man look like?» I questioned.

«Oh, he has dark hair and very light green eyes. He is around forty or so...» she answered.

«Amon...» I whispered. «He's still here?»

«Oh, yes, but he doesn't stay around a lot. He leaves early in the morning and comes back really late.»

«Will you please not tell him I am here?»

«Sure, dear! Whatever you want. Here's your key, have a good night!» That was weird.

I went upstairs and fell asleep immediately.

I think you might be suspecting who I am by now, so let me explain.

My true name isn't "Deidre". That was my mom's name. My true name is Ariadne Drane and William Crate was my uncle. I lived my whole life with him, as my mom died giving birth to me and my dad died soon after, when he was driving home drunk.

I liked living at my uncle's, the house was big and I was a hyperactive child. I was home-schooled and my best friend was the butler's son, Damon Rowney (who you probably know by now).

When I was fifteen I realised I was in love with him and after we got together (a year later) we tried to keep it a secret, because I knew my uncle wouldn't approve. But one day he caught us kissing in the attic. He said that if he caught us like this again, he would fire Damon's dad, so they would both be left on the street. We kept a lower profile after that. We went to Imyrth a couple times, and returned by night. Yeah, you ask, how the hell were we able to do that, when Echo and Oliver were stuck for more than a week without any energy? The necklaces are magic, so they need magic to recharge. They didn't know that.

But a year later my uncle caught us again. There was a lot of yelling and he told Damon to go pack his bags and wake his dad.

Then I took matters in my hands. I told him that I would leave instead, so Damon and his father would stay. My uncle was so mad that he actually accepted the deal, so I packed my stuff and left for Imyrth that night.

The look on Damon's face still haunts me at night.

For five years it was quiet, but then my uncle showed up at Imyrth and started talking about Earth. That meant trouble, because people weren't supposed to know about that.

I sent a few soldiers to get him and when he saw me he begged me to go back home. I was actually considering it, but then the whole Damon thing blew up in my face again. We started arguing again and before I knew it my uncle had a heart attack. He died on the spot.

And along with him, so did my chances of going home.

After he died I took his body back to his bed at Earth. Just as I left him there, there was a knock at the door and Damon came in. We both froze for a second, and just I pressed the necklace and disappeared again, I heard him whisper «Ari?».

And then, a couple of weeks later Echo and Oliver, who are actually distant cousins of mine, pop up out of nowhere. I sent the soldiers to get them in the palace so I could hep them go home, I never meant to hurt them. I guess the soldiers going after them and Amon hunting them down gave them a bad impression and scared them away.

But I swear, I never hurt anyone other than Damon, and I never meant to either.

The next morning I walked out on the room's balcony and took a good look of the neighborhood.

It looked nothing like the view from the palace; it was better. All I could see from the palace was hundreds of houses and then the forest surrounding everything. I could see no people and hear no children laughing and everything was monotonous.

Here I could see all the people walking on the side of the street, little to no cars and I could smell the food from the restaurant downstairs, which reminded me a lot of Shelby's cookies.

Gosh, Shelby's cookies...

I went to the bathroom to get ready. This day was going to be hard, and it had to start by finding the kids before Amon. I didn't like the idea of his threatening them or trying to kill them. How was I supposed to make them trust me, if they thought I was hunting them to hurt them?

How messed up can someone's life be?

(And I don't mean that as a challenge, life!)

I am tired of having to fix everyone else's mistakes. My uncle with his stuck-up ideas, Amon with his thirst for blood and power.

But I am the worst of all, with my trouble of leaving something be, even when it is beyond fixing.

A/N: Bello peeps! How do you like Ariadne? IS SHE TOO PRECIOUS FOR THIS WORLD?

Sorry, I am going through a Supernatural obsession at the moment... I just watched the whole series :) (well, no, I am not really sorry...)

The only thing I might be sorry about is ruining the cinnamon roll's life. Sorry Ari...

(wow, I actually wrote this chapter in two hours, it usually takes me two days at least )

Also, what do you think about Amon (don't forget him, he will play a huge part in the second book)? Should I kill him with fire? XD

Sorry... (not really).

Adios peeps.

-Choco<3