Nadia POV

Hollis, Jayson and I visited the Koneko Tribe Cat village. Jayson went inside Mrs. Yasei's house leaving Hollis and I alone outside. The villagers of the cheered on Hollis and marked his forehead with red paint.

"The chief son's home!" they smiled.

"Chief?!" I became frightened staring him.

He smiled nervously as they danced around him. I smirked shaking my head.

"Prince" I smiled bowing before him.

"Please don't call me that" he sighed.

"Aren't you one?" I chuckled.

"Well.....yeah, but I just don't like the word" he mumbled.

"So why you didn't tell me?" I smiled evilly.

"Well I'm royalty here....but remember Koneko Tribe is in slavery" he smiled nervously.

Before I could reply I saw the villagers running to the factory.

"You pests" a man with a whip said angrily.

He looked at Hollis and walked to us, "Why are you doing here miss with this animal?" he said in a serious tone.

"Treat him with respect sir" I glared at him.

"You are even calling it a him" he raised his eyebrow.

Hollis became depressed not looking at me. The man grabbed his hand violently.

"Stop that!" I screamed.

"Nadia, I'm fine" Hollis spoke softly.

"Hey Prince, do you want to be praised by me?" the man said in a annoying voice.

Hollis didn't answer.

"Answer me pest! Last time I checked, you are not younger than 7 years old" the man said angrily.

Water drops surrounded us as Hollis eyes shun.

"What.....the-"

He grabbed the man's hand and threw him in a carriage with horses. The man ran to him and used his whip on him. I pushed the man away.

"Hollis!" I shook Hollis unconscious body.

"That should teach him a lesson" the man laughed leaving on his horse.

I cried looking at Hollis' scars.

This is what these poor people have to go through.....

Jayson came breathing heavily and looked at the man leaving on his horse angrily, "My dad sent him, I know it" he said clenching his fist.

"Jayson, what should we do?" I asked wiping my tears.

"My family caused this, I need to stop this" he sighed, "my dad knows I'm friends with Hollis and I found out Hollis is the chief son's.....so he said he's sending some 'disciplinarians' here to hurt the Koneko Tribe Cat village citizens and kill Hollis in front of his people" he said in a shaky tone.

"We need to make sure Hollis is somewhere safe" I hugged Hollis.

"If we do that then his mother will be threatened instead" Jayson sighed.

I looked at the villagers working constantly and Hollis mom carrying some wheat.

"Mrs. Yasei!" I ran with Hollis in my arms to her.

She dropped the wheat and cried looking at him, "My baby" she wiped his face.

"He's okay, but...." I slowly showed scars on his back.

"This is going too far" she sighed.

He opened his eyes and smiled weakly at her, "Mom, I'm okay" he said.

He stood on his feet and rubbed his back. His face looked emotionless as he turned off the machines in the factory.

"Hollis" she said looking at him worriedly.

He smirked standing on a pile of wheat, "This is now over, we are going to stand up to them!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah!" the male villagers smiled.

The women and children cheered on. Mrs. Yasei and I dragged him down.

"Are you crazy Hollis? You want to die!" she said shaking him.

"Mom, this what dad would want for his people" he laughed.

"Did the whip reach your brain?" I sighed.

"You should be supporting me on this.....I thought you guys love me" he said angrily while his eyes shun.

"Hollis.....something is wrong with you" I smiled nervously.

"Holly, she's right....your eyes don't usually shine this long" she said rubbing his hair.

"I'm going" he glared at us.

I realized while he left his teeth were sharp and his hair seemed a little longer.

"It's happening!" she became frightened.

"What?" I said blinking many times.

"It's his Shishia!" she screamed hugging herself.

"Huh?"

"It's like puberty," she smiled nervously, "since his birthday is in two days he's growing up" she smiled proudly.

"So why is he different?" I laughed nervously.

"It happens to every Koneko Tribe teenager, I was like that too" she sighed.

"So when it stops?" I asked folding my arms.

"After his birthday, we were supposed to do the ritual to remove any bad spirits in him" she smiled softly.

This world is like earth in the 1600's and before!

"I see....." I said scratching behind my head.

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I cut Hollis' rapid growing hair with a pair of scissors. He growled looking at some slave owners.

"Hollis, calm down" I sighed.

"Shh....you are sounding annoying" he said looking really pissed off.

So weird hearing that innocent Hollis....

He smirked crawling into a closet then took out a sword out of it, "Perfect" he chuckled.

I glared at him and took away the sword from him. "Your mother said I must keep away all your father's weapons from you" I said in a serious tone.

"Come on!" he wined sounding like a kitten.

Maybe this Hollis isn't that bad....

His hair grew again reaching his waist.

Never mind....

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