A story of a young princess separated from her kingdom at birth and born with special powers to conquer anything. It was the only way she could be saved from the dangers of hunting the royals of Xiomara. As instructed by her mother 'Akisha' the queen of Xiomara, Sapphire is expected to live without th
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Five decades ago...
Snowflakes fall silently from the sky unbothered about the riot happening in the middle of the day on a cold Tuesday. The cold slits the whole kingdom sending harsh winds against survivors who are trying to take refuge through the thick snowy forest.
*pheeeeeew BOOM!*
"TAKE COVER IN THE WOODS! TAKE COVER IN THE WOODS!" A random person from the scattered crowd shouts to all the survivors. He doesn't want them running to their deaths in fear. "TAKE COVER! TAK-"
*phhheeeeew BOOOM!'
A huge explosion rocks the path he warned the survivors not to go, some who didn't listen end up splitting from the explosions while those who survived avoided that path. The remaining survivors immediately start to follow the man and he leads them safely outside the kingdom walls into a vacant cave many miles from the disaster they once called home.
A few lucky people already occupied the cave when they arrived. The man tells them to make camp and rest for a while then he will think about how to free them permanently from the kingdom territory. They all thanked him with praises for thinking of saving them even when they all ran into danger. The man didn't take all the praises because he was only doing his job, but showed gratitude to them.
When he was sure everyone was safe and the caves were guarded up he reveals himself to the people, the reactions he got was expected. He wasn't anything anyone imagined, he wasn't a man as they thought, it was a woman holding something covered in cloth and when she reveals it people were shocked.
"I thought you were a man!" A male survivor exclaimed in anger.
"Me too!" Another survivor exclaims.
"You tricked us!" Two women rose their voices to share their anger.
"I didn't trick you." She replies calmly.
"Then why did you respond when we called you a man?" Another challenged.
"Is it wrong that I saved you from the outside world?" She ask but they didn't remember her good deeds other than their anger.
"You call this saving? We are all hiding, waiting if they will find us to slaughter!"
"You just sold us out!" Someone exclaims from the crowd.
"We won't be slaughtered as long as we remain in the caves. I will figure out a way for us to leave just be patient."
"Be patient? How do we become patient if we do not know what are you hiding inside that cloth?" A woman confronts her and the others agree.
Instead of answering she lets them see for themselves, to know she isn't pulling them to a trap. And behold when they all gather to see they saw a beautiful baby girl asleep in the woman's hands. It turns out she was trying to save the baby's life by risking her own life for the child and everyone.
"A baby?" They all exclaim
"Why do you have a baby? Is she yours?" A man asks.
"If she wasn't mine won't I have looked for the mother already?" She ask and they were all silent except for a few who didn't respect her deeds and tries taunting her.
"She lies, why will she come here and how does she know there is a cave outside the forest?"
"She helped us so far why can't we have faith in her? If she wanted us dead to save herself we won't be here talking." A reasonable person finally speaks from the angry mob.
"She is right." One person soon agrees.
"We agree." A few more people agrees.
"Let's not let this become a bloody riot. I want us to make peace with our choices." The woman who agrees suggests.
"Let's hear it."
"If you want to live and get out of here alive, you will have to listen to her, and please if you cannot cope exit the caves, go find another shelter because we won't entertain hate while we are together." This unknown lady interprets from the savior.
The savior then identifies herself as Rosy Dell and she will help them get out of the caves if they all corporate. Rosy wrap her baby in a made-up carrier and leads the cooperative people with her while the others go the other way leading out of the caves.
Unfortunately at the end of the cave, two people began to attack one another giving out their whereabouts to the terrorist. Rosy could not save them because she had a mission to look after, the baby in her arms. Reluctantly she leaves them behind hearing the screams of death inflicted by the terrorist and...
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Rosalind jolts up from the bed feeling sick from the nightmare that recently haunts her. She worries about why they occurred recently and nothing has happened since then. Rosalind thinks she might need to see AX for answers if this keeps on happening. For the safety and protection of the light of Null she will have to endure this world.
"Mommy?"
Rosalind was startled by her daughter calling for her, she looks at the doorway seeing little Diana in her fairy night gown. She refuses to sleep alone in her bedroom most nights and walks into Rosa's room for comfort.
"What is it baby?" Rosalind stretches her hand for Diana to take which she gladly accepts and hops on the bed.
"I can't sleep." Diana confesses.
"Why baby, don't you like your new room?"
"I do, but I want to sleep beside you and daddy." Diana insists, just like every other night since her third birthday
Rosa sighs but can't refuse the young girl's request.
"Okay, you can stay here with us tonight, alright?"
"Yay!" Diana squealed and jumped noisily on the bed waking her father.
"What-- what-- what's going on? It's two in the morning." Her father yawns tiredly beside them.
"Diana can't sleep." Rosalind fills in for their daughter.
"Really? Baby girl why can't you sleep?" He asked trying to stay awake.
"I am scared." Diana admits and he sighs.
"Why are you scared?"
"I don't know."
Rosalind watches both father and daughter converse, she hoped her husband is able to make Diana feel better because she acted like this all the time and it worries her a lot.
"Big girls aren't scared of anything, aren't you my side kick?" He hails.
"Yes I am." Diana replies cheerfully.
"Then I don't want you to be scared anymore. I am your hero and as your hero I won't let anything happen to you, okay?" He promised.
"Yes. Can I stay here?"
"I am your hero, of course you can." Diana hugs her mother and her father wraps his long thick arms around them and they all fell into a peaceful sleep.
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"Hey, hey slowdown, park beside that girl.” Rex told Jones, Jones did not need to be told twice he did as he was told and parked beside Cherry. Rex lowered the car window watching the morning breeze carry her auburn hair. Mesmerized he watched Cherry longer than he wanted but regained control afterward. "You're going somewhere?”He asked her hoping for a normal conversation. This wasn't like him, parking by the roadside to talk with an ordinary girl, but Cherry doesn't feel ordinary to him she was extraordinary. Cherry looked confused thinking he was talking to someone else, she innocently looked behind her to see if there was another person behind her and she did not notice it. "I am talking to you girl, there is no one behind you.” Rex spoke sounding offended she looked behind instead of answering. "Me?” Cherry asked looking very confused. She did not expect to catch the attention of anybody and a hot handsome rich man like Rex wasn't on her list. "Yes, you get in.”He ordered not having the sweet boy tone he used seconds ago. Cherry felt her skin crawl in uncomfortable ways because of the tone he used, it brought back memories that had been buried for years. Cherry absent-mindedly stepped back looking at him with unsure eyes. Rex noticed the change in her mood but tried making her feel easy with him. "I can't. I don't know you.”Cherry spoke as if in a trance, she mentally and physically got herself ready to sprint in case he reached to attack her. "You are going to G stark enterprise isn't it.”He asked. Cherry was astonished contemplating if she should answer or not. "No.”She flatly denied it not wanting to continue this conversion anymore. I am not kidnapping you if that is what you're thinking, just consider it a favor. Now hurry into the car, you don't want to be late on your first day.” He said which shocked Cherry. How did he know about her job and where she worked. She felt uncertain to enter the car but an unknown force controlled her into listening to him. She was already falling for the handsome without his persuasions. "Okay.”She replied, angry he got through her. Cherry carefully stepped into the car, using the door Rex left open. Rex gave Cherry some room so she could slip in fully and helped her close the door while his hand accidentally brushed against her hand. Rex saw her visibly tense but thought of a quick way to make her relaxed with him. "You got to relax. I am not a kidnapper I promise.”He told her. Cherry jumped from her seat not expecting him to say a word but continued to sit that way, her muscles stiff and unmoving.“What is your name?" He asked her. "Sorry I can't tell you.”She replied politely still looking out the window. She held the door for dear life, if she wasn't careful enough the door will open and send her flying out but luckily for her it was locked from the driver seat. "You are in my car and you got to answer me or do you expect me to call you that girl.”He asked cocking his head to the side. Rex fought the urge to look Cherry up and down with his sinful eyes, it will only make matters worse. And why was he interested in her he could not explain. Just as she suspected, he was up to something this was no free ride. “I'd prefer none.” She said sternly. "As you wish.”Rex replied having no other means to communicate with Cherry since she only showed more hostility than friendship towards him. They didn't say anything to each other till the car came to a halt. Cherry quickly grabbed her purse and exit the car, she did not however forget to thank him for the ride. **** "You, what are you doing here?”She snapped at him feeling exposed and embarrassed he watched her dance. Rex became vexed by what she said. "Look little girl I might be friendly but I tolerate nothing from anyone so know your place.”He warned her. "Little? I know my place it is you who doesn't. Watching someone dance is creepy.”She blurts out. "Oh I'm sorry, I can't help it when I am stuck with a stripper shaking her buttocks for my entertainment.”Cherry slapped him on the cheek glaring hard at him. "How dare you son of a bitch!" She yelled in his face.
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