“Everyone knows the legend of baby Cassandra. How after such a long time of trying for a baby, they finally had one, only for her to be taken away from them. We all know this legend”,he pauses.

“But do any of you know the legend of the Crown of Fate? “

Jacob timidly raises his hand but Kendrick doesn’t see him.Anna tries catching Jacob’s eyes but he doesn’t see her. Or maybe he’s avoiding her. She feels a tinge of sadness but pushes it away. Whatever treatment she got from him, she deserved it.

“Sir Kendrick? “

“Yes Anna? “

“Jacob raised his hand,you didn’t see him”

“Which one,there are three”

“The only one capable of doing such a thing “There are a few chuckles behind her. Sir Kendrick smiles from the corner of his lips and the other Jacobs look offended.

“But you know the legend. Why would you throw it upon another person to do the honours? “

“Because she doesn’t know it! “,comes a shout from behind her. She doesn’t have to look to know it’s Cain. Taryn’s twin.What was it with those siblings?

“And you Cain?Do you know it? “

“Oh! “,some of her classmates yell. She couldn’t help but smile

“Alright,settle down. Anna I want to hear it from you”

She felt like she could kick herself. Why couldn’t she just keep her mouth shut when she so needed to? She scanned her classmates helplessly.The one day she decided to tune out Miss Mishka,she gets this!

“There were three kingdoms. They I’m… They… “

What was it they did again? They formed a square. Square???No. Three kingdoms. A triangle. But then this was Kendrick. It was probably a right angled triangle for all she knew .

“They formed a triangle. One day…. “

“The rulers of the three kingdoms got into an argument as to which kingdom the Crown truly belonged to. This led to the Tri-war which took about a decade.And it took even longer for the population to recover. The Crown disappeared during the midst of all that was going on. Legend says that if the Crownis not found and worn by the rightful person, the world as we know it will be destroyed “

Everyone sits in silence,looking at him. He looks down, suddenly self-conscious and starts fidgeting with his fingers.

“Did he say we’ll die?”,Bellamy whispers.

“Alright then “,Sir Kendrick says,clasping his hands together.

“You may all pair up”She lifts a sword from the stand and Dumisani, her nemesis is staring right at her. She sighs in annoyance.

“Let’s get this over and done with “

In the beginning of the year, Sir Kendrick decided to pair them up immediately he sensed the animosity between the two. It didnt work.

She sits down and opens the book. ‘List of Legends in Elfahame ‘,it says. She reads through the index then flicks to the page she’s looking for.

‘The Crown of Fate is not just any crown. It holds the secrets from thousands of years ago. Nobody knows how it came about, only that it was always been there, since the beginning of time.It belonged to the kingdoms Elfahame, Land of Fire and Aqualand,staying in each land for four months of the year. However, Land of Fire decided it wanted the Crown for itself. So king Alec betrayed the other kingdoms. Elfahame and Aqualand feeling the sting if betrayal, joined forces. However greed got the better of them. The Tri- war was born.The Crown of Fate is not just any Crown. It can create and destroy. Heal and infect. Bloom and wilt. This is where it’s name comes form, the fate of everything…. ‘

She slaps the book close. “What the heck do you..”

“Jacob “,she rubs the tip of her nose.

“What are you doing here? “,he asks.

“Just… Reading “His fingers brush against hers as he checks the book out. She takes her hands off the desk self-consciously.

“I’m sorry.Did I hurt you? “

“No”.She nods. She doesn’t know how it happened. Like how the heck did it happen that the only boy she’d ever truly liked was allergic to her. How?!! “Thank you ,for today.At Kendrick’s lesson”.She laughs.

“I should have kept my mouth shut.”

“Yes, you talk a lot. It used to drive me crazy “,he bites his lower lip.

“But I liked it “They stay silent for a while.

“Ready to do now?”

He happens to be her neighbor,right there next door. They hold hands, Jacob with a glove of cause. Anna feels like kicking herself