Rise of the Malactric Heir

"Adora," he called out as he looked at her open balcony door, and she stepped out onto the balcony, a slight smile on her face.

"I don't like fake smiles," he said, to which she scoffed.

"Are you going to sleep?" she inquired.

"I don't feel like sleeping right now, but I will in a few minutes," he responded.

"I'm not sleepy," she replied.

"You should sleep, Adora, you seem to need it," he said, and she sighed.

"You might be right, Alix, do you want to join the others in doing this?" He tilted his head to the right when she asked.

"Yeah, I don't have anything else to do, it's worth it," he replied.

"Well, okay, if that's what you really think," she said.

"How often do you get scared, Adora?" he inquired.

"Not often, I have a goal that I am pursuing as well, and do you want me to open another gate?" she inquired.

"No, Adora, you used up enough of your powers for one day, get some rest, I might be the captain of this team, but you are the leader, don't forget that, that's important too," he replied, and she left staring at him before exhaling deeply and looking up at the sparkling stars in the sky.

"The time when you will discover who and what you are is approaching, Alix; I hope you are able to break your chains; also, know that if you ever need my help to do something, as long as it is not evil, I will help you or try my best to," she said as he looked at her.

"Adora, you are being nice once more, be careful. Why do you want to help me? What if I turn out to be evil? What will you do then?" he inquired.

"Because I want to help you regain what you've lost, and I also believe you won't turn evil; even if you do, I won't regret it," she explained, and he smiled slightly while lowering his head and clenching his fists.

'I'm not used to this, it feels strange, but I'm not the type to be in denial, so,' Alix thought.

"Thank you," he said, and her eyes sparkled before she smiled.

"You don't need to thank me Alix, it's what I want to do, so I am but you are most welcome, Alix," she replied, and he smiled at her.

"You are weird, I am not the only weird one here after all," Alix said and Adora chuckled when a sudden frown appeared on her face and he sighed.

"What are you thinking?" If it's about what happened today, setbacks are to be expected; there's nothing we can do but try our hardest, princess," he said, and she looked at him.

"You've gotten wiser, I like how you're growing Alix, you notice things faster than me, you're good at observing, and you're right, setbacks do happen, not everything will go your way," she replied, and he nodded.

"It's getting late, Alix; you should go to bed," she advised.

"I am used to talking to Ifrit when I can't sleep at night; I shouldn't have gotten used to that, but it appears that even that needs to change, I wonder how much more will change after this, not that there is anything that I can do about it though," Adora mumbled before entering her room and locking the balcony door. She then turned on her TV, sat on the couch, and started watching a movie while scrolling through her phone.

While scrolling through her phone, Adora heard something hitting against her balcony door and her brows furrowed as she sighed then looked at the door.

"What the hell?" she uttered as she got off her couch and pulled the curtains by the door, but saw nothing there. Before she could return to her seat, she noticed a small brown bag on the balcony and sighed before opening the door and looking at the bag with her eyes glowing.

"Sorry girl, but could you please double-check this for me? Smell it, "Adora said, and the tiger appeared before her then looked at the bag with her eyes glowing blue while approaching it then she sniffed the bag.

"Seems normal, your highness," the tiger said then she smiled and patted her on the head.

"Thank you, you can go now," she replied before the tiger bowed her head and vanished, leaving Adora to pick up the bag and open it, only to find two large yellow envelopes inside.

"What the hell is this?" she asked as she took the envelopes out and went back inside her room, locking the balcony door and drawing the curtains, before sitting back down on the couch and opening one of the envelopes.

"Documents, I am starting to get on my nerves," Adora mumbled as she turned over the first blank paper and saw a map with a location marked off, one that she hasn't seen before or so she thought.

Adora then opened the next envelope and saw a marking along with her father's name below it and her mothers and the nation's name Alix came from and she scoffed when she saw another message from the person who delivered her the envelopes.

"This will show you the way to the red crystal, you have one chance, you better take it, your father knows about the red crystal and will be able to help, this is all I have to offer, after all, the show is just getting started," it said.

"I see, then I'll talk to my father in the morning," she said as the papers and envelops vanished, and Adora turned off the TV and went to her bed, where she yawned.

'It's so difficult to sleep,' she thought as she closed her eyes, and the moment she did, her mother's death flashed before her eyes, and she sighed before opening them.

'I hate this,' she thought as she grabbed her headphone from her bedside and began listening to music to help her sleep and after a while, she fell asleep with the headphone on.