The Guardian

Victoria Vega is a fairy and she is next line for her Kingdom's throne, as soon as she gets married, but someone is trying to kill her and she's sent away with a body guard, Jadelyn West, until the hit is called off. When Tori finally returns will she be able to go through with the wedding or will someone else steal her heart?

Rated: T

Prologue-

"Jadelyn!" there was a small, childish giggle from behind a statue. A tall woman with curled brown hair paused, blue eyes searching the area before her. She spotted a tuft of pink behind the statue and grinned, "Jadelyn, where are you?" she slowly wandered away, the girl snuck out from behind the statue and started to run down the hall, squealing happily.

The woman snuck up behind her, circling her arms around the girls body, she shrieked as her feet were lifted from the ground, "Momma!" she squealed as the woman attacked her face with kisses.

"Your Highness, King Oliver is here to seek your council." A Guardian interrupted politely, "he is waiting in the chamber room."

"Of course, thank you Guardian Darren. If you wouldn't mind, could you escort Jade to her riding lesson?" he nodded as the Queen set her daughter on the ground, much to the young girl's disappointment. The Queen left the pair behind, her cloak billowing behind her.

"Come, Princess." She pouted but walked beside him, dutifully taking his hand as they walked. The action startled him momentarily, but he held her hand as they walked from the castle out to the stables where her trainer was waiting for her. The Guardian stayed with her as she rode.

As a Guardian your job was to specifically protect a member of the royal family, in Darren's case it was Princess Jade. Normal members of the royal guard were assigned to general protection and trained for battle. But once a guardian became a guardian, they remained one until death.

After her riding lesson Jade once more took the guardians hand, walking with her toward the kitchens through the servants passages. Jade bounced along beside him, chatting happily about adventures in her story book. When they made it to the kitchen she boosted herself up onto the table and told stories while the cook made her lunch.

She ate her meal while one of the cooks told her a story and then walked with Darren toward her study chambers. He stood off in the corner while she was taught, sitting in her chair with her feet swinging, her hair pulled back into a thick braid, green eyes wide as she soaked up knowledge.

By the time her lesson was over a nurse came to take her to her bath, Darren stood guard outside the room, listening closely for anything going wrong inside. When the Princess finally bounced out of the room they made their way to the dining room where Jade sat with her parents and two older people she did not know. Beside them sat a boy with dark hair and dark eyes.

She beamed at him, introducing herself with a happy smile as brown curls bounced around her head, "My names Jade, it's nice to meet you!"

"Beckett." The boy replied grouchily. She scowled at him but the look was gone quickly as she turned to her mother beside her, beaming once more, waiting to be introduced to their other guests. When she wasn't introduced she remained quiet, as was expected, and kept her eyes on her meal.

Her parents talked to the strangers, saying things Jade couldn't hope to understand, so she swung her legs under the table and told herself a tale as they ate. Jade never had any problem tuning out the world and joining her own. She liked things there, they were cheerful and happy, no rules, freedom to speak.

When she was dismissed from dinner Darren took her to her chambers where a nurse prepared her for bed. Her mother didn't come to bid her goodnight, so Darren tucked her in and told her a wonderful story that put her straight to sleep, only to be roused a few hours later.

"Come on, princess." Darren whispered, he lifted her from her bed as she tried to wake herself up. He carried her through the halls and down a secret passage into a secret room where her mother and father waited for her. She looked up at them with scared green eyes.

There was no rain on this night of tragedy as would traditionally fit, in fact it was a dark but clear starry night as a member of the royal guard carried a small bundle through the skies, wings working double time to move swiftly through the night unnoticed. The child in his arms had long ago fallen asleep, but awoke as he descended.

His boots hit the ground with a faint thud and he fell into a bow automatically, cradling the girl to his chest. A man in a magnificent coat approached him arms clasped behind his back adding the sense of power to his presence, "Guard Darren of Trace, what is your business here?" without a word the guard straightened, revealing the young girl in his arms.

"I bring the Princess of Trace, your Majesty." The king's eyes widened as the young princess looked up at him with blue eyes, so innocent, so pure, her hair black as night hung to her shoulders.

"The Monarch?" he asked Darren, eyes locked with the little Princess'.

The Guardians eyes flicked to the girls face, unhappy to see the stone-cold look seeping into her features, "they've fallen, your Highness, and transferred to her." the King nods, taking a knee himself to be at the girls level. His guards give him confused glances.

"What is your name, sweetheart?" he asks her softly.

"Jadelyn West. And I'm going to be part of the royal guard!" she boasts; he chuckles at her, rubbing her shoulder. He turned to his guards and ordered them to go to the aid of the kingdom of Trace as he stood, taking Jadelyn's hand in his own.

"Welcome to your new home, Jadelyn, I am King David. And I'd like you to meet my daughter, Princess Victoria. Maybe one day you'll grow up to protect her, as part of my royal guard." Jadelyn smiled up at him, but it did nothing to warm the coldness in her eyes. She broke away before the guard took off, throwing herself at Darren who caught her just in time.

She crushed his neck with all her strength. He hugged her back and kissed the top of her head before pushing her back toward the king. She refused to move until her eyes could no longer find him in the night sky, and then she allowed herself to be tugged along into the castle. He brought her to a bedroom with a bed as plush and large as hers.

As soon as the door opened a girl with dark brown tresses and chocolate eyes sat up in her bed, blinking her eyes to focus her vision, "Victoria, I'd like you to meet someone very important. This is Jadelyn, and she'll be staying with you for a few months."

Victoria tipped her head to the side, studying the girl in front of her, and then smiled, "it's nice to meet you Jadelyn."

"It's nice to meet you, too, Princess." Jadelyn replied. She was given a smaller bed beside Victoria's and tucked in for the rest of the day. She slept straight through until the next morning, Victoria by her side.