The Secret Underground Queen
Chapter 1
KILL, a bright and determined girl, sits in front of her laptop, chatting with her friends, Ara, Gail, Kazel and Ezekiel, through a video call.
Alexia
𝑺𝒐, 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍.
Ara
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚? 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒕? she said with a worried look on her face.
Ezekiel
𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. He said while raising an eyebrow.
Kazel
𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔. She even bit the pillow in amazement.
Ara
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖. she said seriously.
Gail
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 "𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔" 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏. She said sarcastically and then shake her head.
Ezekiel
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍". He lift his hand and draw an imaginary rainbow using his palm.
Alexia
We laughed at what they both just said. 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. I said with confidence.
Kazel
𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆! 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. she rolled her eyes.
Gail
𝑲𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒍! she shouted in a whispered.
Ara
𝒉𝒆𝒚! she also shouted and shook her head.
They acted that way because I don't want to remember my grandma because I wanted to move on from her death.
Alexia
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚. I smiled bitterly.
Chapter 2
Alexia is at her house, she is standing outside her father's room nervously.
Alexia
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒂! I let out a loud sigh.
Alexia
I knocked on the door three times.
Arthur
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏! He shouted.
Alexia
I slowly went inside the room and let out another sigh.
Arthur
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈? Dad said while his attention are still on the news paper his reading.
Alexia
𝒖-𝒖𝒎𝒎....... I scratched the back of my neck.
Arthur
𝒈𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. He said warmly.
Alexia
𝒖𝒎𝒎........𝑰𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍? I said while playing with my fingers because of anxiousness.
Arthur
𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻! 𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒚! he put down the newspaper his holding and face me.
Alexia
𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚..... I hold his arms and made a cute face.
Arthur
𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍! 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏! he went back to reading.
Alexia
𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚. I pouted and blink my eyes several times.
Arthur
𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆! 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆. he set the timer with his watch.
Alexia
𝑾𝒉𝒂- he didn't let me finish my sentence.
Arthur
𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒂. He looked at his watch.
Alexia
𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒆. I convince him.
Arthur
Dad just stared at me blankly.
Alexia
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒅. I pouted.
Arthur
𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆! 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.
Alexia
𝒀𝒂𝒚! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚! I kissed him on the cheeks because of excitement.
Chapter 3
I was skipping through the living room while singing and my eyes close.
Alexia
𝑳𝒂 𝒍𝒂 𝒍𝒂.....𝒍𝒂- 𝑨𝑯𝑯𝑯! Someone just gave me a heart attack; I put my hands on my chest.
Alexis
𝑯𝒆𝒚! 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖? he raised both of his eyebrow.
Alexia
𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈! I clap both of my hands.
Alexier
𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻! 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀?! He shouted in shock and stood up.
Alexis
𝑯𝒐𝒘? They are both in shock.
Alexia
𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎? 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅. I respond and acted sassily.
Alexis
𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅? He asked me.
Alexia
𝑵𝒐, 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚. I shrugged both of my shoulders.
Alexier
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓. He uttered with a blank expression.
Alexis
𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. He pointed to Alexier.
Alexia
𝑨𝒘𝒘.....𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖. I wrapped my arms tightly around him.
Alexier
𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕. He couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Alexis
𝑺𝒉𝒉𝒉! 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒍. He gestured silence by touching his lips and they let out a light chuckles.
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