I stayed on my bed for a while as my crying slowly got down. I was left alone sobbing while looking at the ceiling. My eyes were very tired and puffy from crying and I did try to sleep but to no avail. The moon was already high up and I haven''t had dinner yet but I did not feel any kind of hunger. I rolled to my side and got out of the bed. Walking to my closet, I grabbed my sports wear as I changed into it for as fast as I can. I don''t care what time it is but I need to go and practice with all that I can. If I continue to weep then I probably won''t gain anything by the time the day of the clash starts. I walked out of my room and into the hallway. It was already quiet which means that it was already deep in the night.

    I have thought about going to Apollo as I really needed someone to talk to but I didn''t want to bother him or the others as they too may also are busy practicing. I continued walking peacefully until I felt that someone was behind me. I started to walk faster but then someone grabbed my arm and turned me around immediately. My eyes widened from shock as I tried to get away from the grasp.. When I saw the person that grabbed my arm, my panic dissipated as the person that had his hands on me was none other than the greatest devil there is to face. Hade Morningstar.

    "What do you want." I said agitated as I stared at him with a glare. He looked at me with a bored face to which made me even more pissed.

    "Let me go, I''ve got things to do-"

    "Why did you cry?" I was taken aback by the question as I was left to stare at him with a confused look. Did he just asked me that? Really? He should know the answer to that by now I think but I guess he wants the answer to come out of my mouth. His grasp was strong but gentle at the same time that he wasn''t essentially hurting me but I can''t escape him at the same time. I sighed and looked at him once more.

    "That''s none of your business Prince Hade." I saw something flicker on his eyes when I said those words but they disappeared immediately but I know that it definitely happened. His grasp on my arm started to loosen and when he did release me, I backed away from him immediately. We stood there looking at each other in silence before I turned my back at him. I continued to walk not minding the person that was behind me.

    "How are you going to compete with us. Alexander?" I stopped on my tracks as soon as I heard his voice despite saying such words in a normal tone. I closed my eyes before turning around to face him.

    "I''m not going to." I said briefly before going back to my tracks. I continued to walk and I could still feel his gaze on me up until I turned into a corner. Fortunately, he didn''t follow me so I was able to walk peacefully again. After a few moments of walking, I got to the secret training grounds. I looked around to make sure that no one was following me before I placed my hand on the wall and a door appeared. I looked around once more before I entered the room and immediately closed the door.

    It was very quiet once I got inside. The lights went on automatically creating a faint noise. I walked towards a table where weapons and devices were sprawled out and picked a spear. I looked for a vest that can carry weapons and once I did find one, I wore it immediately. I stuck the spear into a part of the vest that has a spot for it. I then went on to find a bow and an arrow to which I found at the center of the table. All of which had an engraving on it that was the seal of the kingdom.

    I touched it with my hands before I backed down from the table and started to walk towards the middle of the room.

    "Intense training mode-"

    "Hold on soldier." I jumped on the spot as I screamed while grabbing the bow and arrow and pointed it immediately to where the voice came from. I sighed as my hands immediately went to my chest as I sat on the floor while breathing heavily. Jean laughed lightly as he walked towards me. He offered me a hand to which I gladly took.

    "Don''t you ever do that again because I this arrow right here might plunge through your chest next time." I said while still struggling to breathe. Well now I feel like I''m over reacting but I really did get startled by his sudden show of presence and I was not joking about him not trying it again. I might really kill him and he''d be the first which is scary just to think about it.

    "Noted your majesty. I do apologize for coming in unannounced. Nate told me that you wanted to practice and I also met Captain Elevi on the way." I only nodded at him as I do not want to comment to anything that is connected to the asshole. Jean seemed to have noticed the distasteful expression on my face so he immediately tried to change the topic.

    "I must say your majesty, the way you held that arrow is top notch. Where did you learn it from?" He asked. I smiled at him as I remembered the person who taught me to use this.

    "It was someone who now I couldn''t remember but he taught me how to use this when we were still very small. I can''t remember anything about it that much but the things he taught me is engraved on my head." I said as I looked back at the past.

    "So you don''t remember the person who taught you how to use this but remembers what he taught you?"

    I laughed at him before I looked back at the weapon.

    It was when I was still very young, when mother was still alive. A mother and his child visited me and mom and I could remember it being a secret. Mother told me that it was a secret meeting and that father could never know of such. I remember feeling like I was an agent with a very important secret. My mother brought me to a place where she said that we''d go on vacation. It was very nice and the place was indeed very pretty. Mother told me that a friend would like to meet me and I remember being so excited about it. So when the moment did came, I met a black haired boy who slightly taller than me.

    I knew that he was older than me by a few years as he looked like so. I was shy seeing him at first and I could remember him making the first move to talk to me. I was a stuttering mess back then and I could remember how he would laugh whenever I said gibberish things that only I could understand. We stayed in that place for I don''t know how long as it felt very short but needless to say, I did enjoy that time. I remember that boy teaching me how to use a toy arrow. We would stay outside and train everyday. Sometimes he''d get mad at me for not being able to keep up with him and his lectures and then I would start crying. He would eventually be the one to ask for forgiveness even if I was in the wrong. I could remember that one day I asked him if he had someone that he liked. He would look at me and say that it hasn''t occurred to him yet but I kept on bugging him for days.

    When the day came that we had to go home, I remember crying so hard as I clung to the boy who had his arms in around me too. I was wailing begging my mom not to go. I remember how the boy was trying to hold back his tears as well as he held my hands while I begged both our mothers to not leave yet but that didn''t happen as mother said that father was already asking for us to come home. I said my sad good bye to the dark haired boy who also did the same.

    One of the things I do treasure at that time was when I felt the very first butterflies in my stomach. It was when he said that he knew the person who treasured. I was so happy for him at that time but I also did said that I was sad because I wanted to be that very important person in his life as he was already the one for me. He laughed at that and said "you are the important of the person, Alexander." He said and then kissed me on the cheek

    "Let''s meet again someday and we''ll marry each other!" I exclaimed as we started to walk into separate ways.

    "I''m not sure if it works that way but otay! You just wait over at your house and I will come see you soon with a ring!" I remember him saying those back.

    "Otay! I wove you my important of the person!" I said.

    "I love you to Alexander!"