Prologue

I was running... running while tears are falling from my eyes.

I can't believe she did that to me. She is the only hope I have left even when we just met but... she let me down. It's all just a lie.

I stopped at a place I didn’t know where but I found a chair so I sat down immediately. I am so tired. I am tired of running and my eyes and heart are tired too.

I already know it. I know that moment I saw those stares of him, I already know but... I just want him to know how I feel. I just want him to know even if he rejects me...

"Why are you crying, dear one?" whispered a voice.

I was surprised and raised my head to look around but I didn’t see anyone. W-was that my imagination?

"Your eyes are wet darling. What happened?" that same voice asked so I was surprised and realized I didn't imagine that.

"Sino ka? I mean, who are you?" I asked while looking around just to find the speaker.

"Don't be scared my dear. I'm not here to hurt you."

"Where are you? Why can't I see you?" and still looking for him around me.

"You don't need to see me. All you need is to listen and I will also listen to you... always..."

The moment he said that, I stopped looking. His voice is so calm that I managed to calm down too.

"So what happened dear one?" he asked.

I just bowed down my head and felt the edge of crying again.

"I was rejected."

He paused. "Really?" he suddenly said. "Are you sure about that?"

I stopped and raised my head. "How did you—"

"My dear…" he interrupted. "... you didn't even say anything to him so how sure are you that he rejected you?"

I was speechless and continued to cry. "I just want to say what I feel about him," I just said.

"I see," after he said that, somehow even though I could not see him, I felt something that sent chills to my spine.

"I can help you," he suddenly proposed to my surprise. "I can make that happen."

"How?" I simply asked.

After I asked that, I feel like he is smiling back at me... or more like he's smirking.

"All you need is this certain someone..." he answered and then a picture float down to me that I don’t know where it came from so I quickly caught it.

"Just tell them to look for him... and the rest will be according to plan."

**

One day, I used to be a girl who just went to school like a normal student that I should be... but no, my life was not normal back then. I live alone and I have the power to control elements so how did that become normal? It's good to have a place like this...

Eullenuum Nation, the place where I really belong.

There are many other people out there like me who feel like they don’t belong to the place where they are so as a princess, I want to make them feel that whoever they are, there is a place for them. I want to make them feel that they belong and that is my mission.

They said that I am the only one with an ability like this. Is that true? It's already been months since I became the princess of this nation and so far, I have never met anyone like me.

I am now in the office, writing and stamping papers. It’s such a tough job. Every concern and issue about this place is given to me. It's a good thing I really thought of getting new princesses together with the princes so I'm not alone.

But the princes are not here right now because they went to get a new individual. They don’t know what element he can control but they always say that whenever they will get someone, they always have a picture with them... well thanks to our Air Prince, Turuki who is a professional photographer.

Not long enough when there was a knock on my door.

"Come in," I said.

It opened and the ice prince, Jethro, appeared. "Good morning, Princess Yani," he greeted with a smile.

I just sighed, looked at him and gave him a smile. "Good morning too Jethro. What can I do for you?" I asked formally.

"He is here," was his formal answer.

I was a little surprised. "Ah. The new guy or girl?" I asked.

"He is a guy and he is a Filipino," he replied.

"Okay. So what element does he control?"

He was silent for a moment before speaking. "We're not sure because he doesn't talk much."

"Why? Isn't it obvious how he looks?" I wonder.

He looked down and sighed.

"His hair and eyes are black and we think he's just like you," he replied.

"If that’s the case, then he might be a metal guy—"

"No, dear princess," he interrupted. "I mean just like you, he can also control all the elements."