Amorelli

When I woke up, all I felt was warmth and a bone-chilling breeze. I shivered. I got up and stretched for a minute or two. We didn't have that much more to go before we reached Russia. However, I don't really know where the kingdom is. It can't possibly be too far away from here, can it?

As I get up, I awaken Zinniah and she stretches. She yawns and looks at me with those big puppy eyes. Literally. Get it? Cause she's still in wolf form?

She shifts back to her human form, and that's when I realize something.

"God we are so stupid!" I scream. Zinniah look's at me worriedly. I then sigh and look at her.

"You can turn into a dragon. We could have made a god damn fire or something." I say and she just looks at me, realizing that we are the dumbest people on earth. She face palms herself and I could tell she was thinking of a dragon. Next thing I know, she is a dragon.

Wow. I underestimated their size.

I then ran off to at least gather some grass, anything we can light fire to.

But Zinniah has other plans.

She followed me, made sure there were no cattle around, and she breathed flames in a circle around the both of us, but not before I made a perimeter around us so that fire wouldn't spread too far. And if it did I can always put it out. The flames were surprisingly lasting a while. I smiled and welcomed the warmth. She shifted back into human form and sighed in relief. We stayed here for a while in the cold weather, just enjoying the feeling that the heat was giving us. I felt the hunger in my stomach intensify though, and that meant we had to get food. We looked at each other and nodded, telling me to put out the fire. I did and we stayed for another ten minutes to make sure it didn't reignite. After the ten minutes, Zinniah shifted and I got on her back as we flew away. I was immediately frozen. The breeze was chilling to the bone. I have to power through this though.

When we are out of this situation, I will try to learn how to heat water. I'm pretty sure I can do that.

"Hey Zinniah, I don't know how well your hearing is at the moment, but maybe keep an ear out for, I don't know, food?" I asked her and she made some sort of screech in return. I chuckled and then relaxed. I clung to Zinniah's feathers, trying to regain some heat from her. Unfortunately, I got nothing. Little bits of heat here and there, but not a lot of it. I clung to her back for about an hour until we reached Beljasji, Russia. Finally. We're in Russia, but still no luck with where the kingdom is. For all we know it could be all the way on the other side of Russia. Or we could be very close to it. I guess we will find out once we get to civilization.

"Hey Zinniah, I think we're close to a town, you should land and shift back." I told her and she nodded. Thankfully it wasn't too cold here, it felt like it was in the forties. Cold, but I know we will live. I just realized, my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. That means we better hurry and meet my mate, and then go to the closest salt water ocean.

We land near some trees and Zinniah shifts back.

"Jeez, you know how much it hurts when I change back? I think it's just because I've only started to change my body into other things. But really, I think I should lay off for a bit."

"That's alright, I hope you feel better Z. We're going to be getting closer to civilization, so I think you are better off staying in human form." Zinniah nodded in agreement and we started walking. We saw a river though and stopped by to drink some water. Rivers are fresh water so we don't have to boil it. We should boil it so it'll be clean, but we don't really have time for that.

We start making our way, how long we were walking for I don't know, but the sun was starting to set and we finally reached civilization. I looked around and saw we were in Katanda, Russia. I smiled as I saw an old cottage, with a swing chair on the porch, and the lights on, in what I assumed was the kitchen, living room, or dining room. Once I saw an older woman in the window, and her husband go up behind her, we raced to the front door and knocked. The woman came up to the door.

"YA mogu vam chem-nibud' pomoch'?" (Google translate, sorry if it's wrong, but it means may I help you in Russian.)

"English?" I asked and she nodded.

"Sorry, my dear. How may I help you?" She had a thick Russian accent, which I found amazing. I loved accents, especially Russian ones. Some of the guards back in India had Russian accents and I always favored them over most.

"I need to know where the kingdom is. It's of dire importance." I said in a slight rush.

"Well, why would you want to go there?" She questioned. At this point, her husband came up beside her. I then looked at their necks and saw marks.

Werewolves.

"Please. If you let us inside, I'm sure we both can explain. My name is Amorelli Agnelli, lost princess of the seas. This is my best friend, Zinniah Waters, she is the lost princess of the Amazon. We know where all of the other royals are and we need to tell the king and queen. Plus, it's prophesied that I am mated to the soon-to-be-king of Russia, Mordikai York. Please." I was begging at this point. They both had wide eyes, and they immediately moved to let us in. I thanked them and embraced the heat their home gave us. I sighed in content and rubbed my arms, Z doing the same.

"How do we know you both are not lying to us? This could all be a scam to kill us both."The man wasted no time in accusing us of something that was not true. His eyes then looked like they glazed over, however, I didn't know why. Then the glaze was gone, and I was left with the question of what he just did. I turned around and was frowning. Do they think we'd want to kill them?

"No, my god no. We have proof if you wouldn't mind us showing you." Zinniah said, walking up to them.

"Well? I don't have all damn day." The old man sounded and looked like a grouch. With a scar on his face running down his cheek. Zinniah lifted her hands to their cheeks, and I knew she was showing them where we were. Their eyes went wide and the old woman gasped, covering her mouth. She mumbled one word.

One name.

"Samara..." As Zinniah moved her hands the woman was in tears.

"You know Samara?" I questioned.

"She is my granddaughter!" The woman burst into tears and leaned into her mate, who was also crying.

"What did they do to her?" The old man questioned, trying to comfort his mate. I wonder how Mordikai will treat me.

"We were all slaves. However, she got one of the worst trades..." I left it at that, hoping they would catch on. The old woman looked at me and cried out.

"They made my granddaughter into a sex slave?" She was bawling, her husband not even struggling to hold her up.

"Sadly yes. Zinniah and I were about to be turned into them as well, but a guard helped us escape and told us everything we needed to know so that when we left, we didn't have unanswered questions." I said then Zinniah cut in.

"Wait a second." We all looked to her, the old woman still continuing to cry.

"What?" I asked her.

"If Samara is the princess of Russia, and you two are her grandparents... That means, that you two are the parent's of either the king or queen, former king and queen of Russia?" Zinniah went wide-eyed and I looked over to them, they proceeded to nod and at that moment I didn't know what to do. To be completely honest, I felt completely stupid. How did I not see it five minutes ago? I need to pay attention more.

"Yes. We were. And we are the king's parents. We taught him everything he needed to know. And then he found his queen. Oh, and Amorelli," The old man stopped talking to the both of us and focused on only me.

"Yes?" I looked him in the eye while we talked.

"If you are supposedly mated to Kai, and you're the princess of that seas... That makes you a," He paused and I sighed.

"Yes. I'm a mermaid. Or as Zinniah likes to call me, a fish." I sighed and Z giggled.

"Cause you are a fish."

"Hey, I'd rather be a fish than a weed." I retorted.

"Well at least I can turn into something pretty, you have to wait until after you meet Mordikai to go home to your family."

"Yeah? And I don't suppose where you know where your family is, unlike me." I immediately stopped talking after I said that. I covered my hands with my mouth. She looked hurt and I saw the pain in her eyes.

"Z... I'm sorry. You know I love you." I walked over to her and hugged her. That was our first fight. Hopefully, there aren't anymore. It's at this time that I'm grateful that Zinniah is very forgiving. The other slaves would tease her, yet she would continue to be so kind to her. It made her look like the better person, especially since she was. She hugged back and mumbled her forgiveness. We looked back at the older couple and they just stared at us.

"So. What now?" The woman asked.

"Well, I'd like to not consider you two as the old couple we met at this cabin, could we get your names?" I asked politely. They both chuckled and we all sat down, they had prepared hot chocolate before we came, so they offered some and we took it gladly. I've never had hot chocolate before, but damn was it good.

"I am Edith York." The woman introduces herself. I smile at her.

"I am Yuri." The man says in return and I smile at him. I was sipping on my hot chocolate, enjoying the taste when all of a sudden five men came into the house. They looked around until they saw the four of us on the couches. Edith and Yuri looked at them calmly, whereas Z and I spilled hot chocolate all over the floor.

Whoops.

"Kto oni?" One man asked. Great. More Russian I can not understand. (Means who are they in Russian. Again, sorry. Google translate.)

"Oni druz'ya. Ne prichinyayte im vreda. Oni znayut, gde Samara.." (They are friends. Do not harm them. They know where Samara is.)

"Otkuda nam eto znat'? Ona propala bez vesti vosemnadtsat' let. My znayem, chto oni mogut lgat'." (How do we know this? She has been missing for eighteen years. For all we know they could be lying.)

"Oni pokazali nam dokazatel'stva. Oni pribyli iz Samary. Otnesite ikh korolyu i koroleve, no ne dostavlyayte im nikakogo vreda." (They showed us proof. They came from where Samara is being held. Take them to the King and Queen, but make sure no harm comes to them.) The way Yuri sounded, he sounded like he had a lot of power in his voice. Like he commanded them to do something. But what?

"These guards are of the King and Queen. They are here to take you to them. I've already told them no harm comes to either of you. Just try not to annoy them and you will be fine." Yuri told us with a smile. Zinniah and I arose from our seats, thanked them for the hot chocolate, and were on our way. However, before I could take one step, Edith was out of her seat and engulfed me into a hug. I was shocked at first but hugged her back a moment later.

"You will make a great mate for my grandson." She smiled and I looked at her in surprise. I didn't expect to hear that come out of her mouth. I'm just grateful she isn't upset with me for the fact that I'm a fish.

"Thank you, Edith." I smile at her and make my way with Z and the guards. However, when we got outside, they cuffed us, put bags of our heads, and knocked us out. Before everything went dark, I heard a ground shaking growl, I believe it came out of Yuri, but I was shoved in I believe the back of a car before I could find out, and a second later I was out like a light.