Chapter 1: Her First Request

Princess Athena bored sitting at her room. Her chin is scooped with her both hands. Princess Athena is thin but beautiful and has a dark and wavy hair. She has a bright green eyes that is so beautiful. She has a pale skin and she's look like her mother except the hair. She's also born to have a high IQ. Princess Athena is a very energetic person and always like a challenge but right now she seems so bored. She always wish with her whole heart to learn martial arts. She always see that it's unfair that the boys always the one who has an advantage in everything specially in power. She wanted to prove to everyone that girls can also do what the boys can do. She heard a knocked on the door and that's allow her to destruct from her thoughts. She immediately get a book and pretend she's reading and their comes another knock again.

"Come in that's open." Princess Athena called out. She see her father come inside her room using only her peripheral vision. She feel that her father sat next her side but she ignore it although she is shock. She thought that the one who is knocking is just a servant or butler Ian. It's so out of the blue for her father to visit her because her father doesn't pay any attention to her. The King only pay attention at her brother. The one who's watching and taking care of her is butler Ian. For Athena, butler Ian is like a father for her. "Your still reading even in this late at night?" The King said coldly. Starting she gain an knowledge she always see her father cold face. No matter what she do his face never change a bit and he's always focus at his work. She just listen to her father and never look up.

"Tsk." She heard her father said. He place something at her daughter's table. Princess Athena look at it and see that it's a heart pendant necklace. She look back to her book.

"What's that?" Athena said coldly.

"Your mother's last breath wish."

"So...??" Athena said while trying to hide the intrigued in her eyes. Ever since the Queen's death the King prohibited everyone to talk about her so, Athena doesn't know anything about her mother.

"She wanted me to give that to you. Well, I need to go now I have many work to do for tomorrow I need to sleep early." The King said and turn his back. Athena decided to ask something that always lingering in her mind. She shrugged.

"Uhhmm. Dad?" She said. There's a fear in her eyes. She's terrified of what this conversation might be an outcome but quickly recovered it with her whole confident. On that time her dad is near to the door and hear his daughter call him. He stop and turn to see his daughter face which keep him remembered all his memory with his wife, the happy times even the hard times and lastly the death of her whom revived all the pain inside of him. It feels like it just happen yesterday. That's also the reason why he doesn't have a gut to look at her.

After his wife's death, his been drown in total grief. In day, he focused himself in work and when it's night, he always let himself be drown in alcohol. He also bring some woman in his mansion in where he lives - if you can still call it mansion because it's too much big and grand you can even now call it a palace - which Athena hates to the maximum. He always did it so he can forget all the pain cause by his wife's death.

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He come back to the reality when he hear his daughter voice, the voice of Elizabeth. Yes, Athena get her voice from her mother. It is too angelic and innocent.

"Dad, can I learn martial art?" Athena ask. She might look like she's brave and confident but deep inside she almost die in freight because of what she did and it worsen when his father answered.

"NO" The King replied in a very very cold voice. His aura get dark also. That shooked Athena at her father reaction that made her gulp. In her whole life, Athena only taught an proper etiquette and house chores and nothing else. She didn't experience being able to play that a child normally do. She's been treated abnormally that's why sometimes she sneak out at her lesson. Her lesson is too boring for her, she sometimes sleep at her class. The reason why Athena want to have a lesson about martial arts is because for her it's her play time. The reason of the reaction of the King is about what happen a year ago.

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Athena and Zeus is playing outside the palace with butler Ian while the King is watching from afar. There's already rumors spreading that the twin might not the King or Queen daughter or not even a part of royal blood. Athena hair is black but both her parent hair color is blonde. All the royalties has blonde hair. That's why Athena hair color is a big mystery to everyone and not even the best scientists can explain while in Zeus part he is such cry baby. No one also know whom he get that because his father is always known as a person whose always serious, strict and doesn't know how to smile while thier mother is gentle but strong, no one can see her cry.

Zeus is running but eventually his foot caught on a rock that made him fall. Zues sit and see that there's a wound at his knee and he started to cry. Athena see it and come to her brother to calm it. The King see a sudden change at athena eye color because it became red like blood but in a blink of an eye it's back to bright green. The King decided that it's just an illusion because he still didn't eat a lunch.

Later on there's a Priest whose passing and it look at Athena whose still trying to calm her brother. After that, the Priest go to the King's direction.

"Are you the father of that little girl there?" The Priest asked.

"Yes I am, why?" The King replied in dangerous tone.

"She is a Demon."

"What do you think your doing? Insulting a royal child?"

"But that's the truth. As you can see she has a pale skin, dark hair and red eyes that indicates that she is a demon."

"MY DAUGHTER IS NOT A DEMON AND INSULTING A ROYAL IS A TREASON. PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON IS DEATH AND BESIDES HER EYE COLOR IS GREEN." The King shout angrily. The Priest get stopped by this for a moment and obserb Athena. This where he realise that the King is right maybe she's not a demon and it's just a coincidence but he can fell it, the demonic aura. Luckily the King is far from the children that's why they didn't hear him but butler Ian hear the King's shout and told Athena that he just going to somewhere for a moment. Butler Ian follow the voice.

"Well, if that's what you wanted to believe. But a warning, when she grow up she will crave to see a weapon and how to use it and later on she will started to kill everyone for fun." After what the Priest said he leave. That's only the time butler Ian see the location of the King. Butler Ian bow first.

"What happen your majesty?" Butler Ian asked.

"I will tell you later." The King said. As what the King promised, he told everything to butler Ian.

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"Look dad, I promise l will not slack off again just please, allow me to learn martial arts." Athena begged. The King was shocked at what Athena did but he didn't let it show to her. Athena never begged anyone before because she never let anyone to see that she is weak and it is her first time to beg someone. The King decided to give what her daughter requested besides it's birthday tomorrow, October 30 her birthday and the Queen's death. It's also Athena first request, but as the King decided to allow Athena request his conversation a year ago with the Priest flash back at his mind. The King decided to ignore it and allow Athena to learn martial arts as her birthday gift even though Athena forgotten it's her birthday. The King sighed.

"Fine, I'm allowing you." The King said. Athena maintain her straight face but you can see at her eyes her joy and excitement.

"But...." The King said and glare at Athena. Athena look at her with a big question mark at her head.

"You will attend all your class and never sleep at you class. If heard that your slacking off I will not allowed you to take a lesson in martial arts ever again. Understand?" The King said.

"Okay" Athena said. This time she can't contain her excitement any longer and it started to show at her big smile. The King sighed and leave. After the King leave, Athena started to jump around and celebrate. She did that until she get tired and decided to sleep. Sleep smilingly.

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