"Yes… Raina I think I need to tell you a secret . A big girl secret, a Princess Secret . Do you think you can keep it?" Kyera asked her seriously . Raina perked up when she heard secret .
She knew the other kids kept secrets all the time . Even the grown ups kept them between each other and sometimes betrayed each other with them . Yet, Raina never had been entrusted with a secret of her own . Oh she heard things she shouldn't have and kept those secrets close to her heart, but no one ever gave her secrets .
Raina nodded, her cute little face becoming serious . "Yes, I am good at keeping secrets . " Raina replied honestly . No one knew half thing little things she did .
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"Alright . Princess Raina, the reason I must go home is because, I am a Princess too . " Kyera told her calmly . Raina's mouth fill into a awed little O shape .
"Your a Princess!" Raina asked her eyes wide . She never dreamed she would be given such a special secret about her teacher .
"Yes, but it's a secret . You see the forest had its own King and Queen, and their descendants are the Princes and Princesses of the forest . " Kyera explained with a naughty smile . Raina seemed to ponder this for a moment .
"But Grandfather is the Emperor of the forest…shouldn't he know who you are?" Raina asked realizing it wasn't a very good secret if others already knew it . Kyera shook her head slowly .
"No because we are a secret royal line . You see we are royalty that has a very secret mission . " Kyera continued, still speaking softly so no onlookers could hear . "You see the Prince and Princesses of my people dedicate themselves to protecting the law and peace . We don't own land, we own our destinies . My duty is to protect the people of this land from harm . " she explains trying to simplify the oath of the Shifter to a child . It was not the easiest thing in the world when they didn't grow up with it's principles . Yet Raina seemed to be getting it .
"Oh so your like a Princess Warrior?" Raina tried to make sense of how these two roles fit together . Yet she was fairly sure if anyone fit that type of description it was her teacher . Kyera thought for a moment and decided that was actually a good way of explaining it .
"Exactly, and it is my job to take care of you and defend the royal family because that is the only way to keep the peace . " Kyera explained, once again straightening the Princess' hair .
"Is that why you saved me from those bad men?" Raina asked curiously . Kyera froze for a moment, letting herself recall the incident .
"No . That was more out of instinct, Princess . I wanted to protect you and you were lost . You see our laws say that a child should not pay the debt of the father unwillingly . " Kyera explained but at the confusion on Raina's face she felt it best to elaborate . "In this case they wanted to punish your family because of what your Great Grandfather did to our people . "
"Oh… they were shifters?" Raina asked and, unable to hide the truth Kyera nodded . The men were dead so it didn't break shifter law . "So they wanted to kill me because my Great grandpa killed a lot of them?" she asked and Kyera shook her head .
"Most likely they would have taken you away and sold you to a slaver clan . " Kyera replied, as chilling as the truth was, she didn't want to hide it from her . Raina may be young, but there was little chance of her survival if she wasn't prepared for the harsher truths .
Raina seemed to consider this silently for a while . Her head resting lightly on Kyera's shoulder as she shifted to sit on the older woman's lap . Kyera let her sit there, gently running a hand through her hair to sooth her . "Why do the shifter's hide? I thought we made peace?" Raina asked softly looking up at Kyera . "Why do they want to hurt us?"
Chapter end
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