HAUNTED PRINCE by DENIS DANIEL (children's ebooks free online txt) 📕

“Look, I don’t know if you know this Steven, you have lots of powers within you, if you don’t know how to control them you are nothing but a time bomb which can explode at any time. So, you can’t learn anything else before you know how to sync yourself with your powers. And this is how you do it.”

She had a point I didn’t need proof to believe she was right because I already knew I wasn’t exactly normal. So, I sat down facing her, sitting the same she did. But I wasn’t a big fan of meditation so I had no idea how it was going to work.

“Close your eyes and relax and don’t think of anything, let your mind be completely open then let the emotions wash over you don’t resist them.” She instructed.

I did as she told me. I closed my eyes and relaxed but not to think was kind of hard because I didn’t know how to live without thinking.

It took me two long minutes until I flipped because it was ridiculous. The more I tried not to think the more I found more things to think about; Ashley, mom, Alex, my powers or if what Rebecca told me was true or not.

“I can’t do this.” I said at the end, finally I couldn’t keep pretending anymore.

“But you have to.” Rebecca complained,

“Why? Because there is a monster I don’t know I have to fight?”

“Yes partly, but if you won’t learn to control yourself, your powers you’ll do more harm than good. So it’s time to suck it up and make it work.” She scolded,

“May be I can help.” Alex said after quiet sometime of being silent.

She sat down where Rebecca was sitting and took my hand then she started to chant or instruct, but it felt like a chant to me. She told me to take deep breaths in and out slowly. Fill my lungs with air and then let out slowly.

There was no way I could resist her soft touch and sweet voice, so somehow I found myself falling into a void. At first it didn’t seem very dangerous until I started seeing stuffs and have this intense feeling like my body was being filled with charge or something. Then the visions increased but they were moving too fast I couldn’t pick any or understand what any of it meant.

‘Remain calm’ I heard an echo at the back of my head, and I started to calm down while I didn’t even know I was panicking. Then the visions slowed down and I could see places and figures of people and some weren’t very people like, more like monsters Rebecca was talking about.

What really freaked me out was when I got a closer look of one of those monsters and I panicked. Quickly I opened my eyes in utter terror ready to bolt then I found myself sitting down on grass. Alex was holding my hands firmly with her adorable eyes looking concerned.

“What happened?” she asked.

“You didn’t tell me the monsters were literal.” I said looking at Rebecca.

“What do you mean?” she asked confused.

“When you said there was a monster coming after me I thought it was a metaphor, not actual monster.”

“What did you see in there?” she asked curiously,

“Huge creatures like horses with muscular legs and long ears with unusual faces.”

“You could see them?”

“Actually, I could see very clearly.”

“Steven, that’s our home planet. I can’t believe you could see it. I guess I underestimated your powers. I never thought anyone can do that.”

“Is that a bad or a good thing?” Alex asked,

“That is amazing. His body has the ability to tether with another world. And that require lots of energy, but it also means he has a whole lot of work to do if he an access such powers so easily because he can cause a disaster so easily as well.”

“Okay, I haven’t caused anything yet, so I can go home now because I think Ashley must be waiting for me. And she hates waiting.”

“OK, but make sure you don’t expose your powers, he is got eyes everywhere.”

“Who?” I asked worried,

“You don’t need to know him now. Go home.”

“Okay,” I said a little weird out.”

“Come let’s go.” Alex told me and we started heading for the road,

“It will take you forever to get there.” Rebecca warned, “Let me take you there.”

I had no reason to argue with her especially since I didn’t have my car with me. So, we both agree and she zapped us back to school and instantly we were at the parking lot. As usual I needed some time catch my breath because that transport always made my stomach turn.

“See you tomorrow.” And before I could say anything she disappeared leaving Alex and I standing at the edge of the parking lot leading to the street nearby.

Alex was unusually quiet today and just standing there since we were in the woods,

“Are you okay? You are quiet.” I asked her. I hardly remember Alex was that quiet around me.

“Because I don’t know what to say.” She paused and she had a perplexed face, “Steven you are from another planet. What am I supposed to say to that?”

“Come here,” I pulled her towards me and I kissed her hoping she would understand me that I wasn’t going anywhere, “I am as freaked out as you are.” But on that moment an idea crossed my mind, “I will understand if you won’t want to get involved in this mess. I wouldn’t such thing to anyone, besides this is my baggage I need to carry it on my own.”

“There you go again trying to solve everything by yourself. I am not going anywhere, you are stuck with me.” She took both my hands and held them with hers, “even though I have to admit I didn’t this coming. I’m going to need some time to wrap my head around this whole thing. That you have super powers and you a person from another planet.”

“I’m trying to do the same thing. I guess we are in this together,” that sounded really weird as soon as it got out of my mouth.

I never thought a day would come that I would say such words to another person other than Ashley. Talking about Ashley I was pretty she was really pissed beyond furious. Instinctively I pulled my phone from my jeans pocket and I found twenty missed calls. That wasn’t a good thing.

“Look, I need to go Ashley is waiting for me.” I gave her a speck on her lips, “see you tomorrow,” I turned to leave but she pulled me back.

“You are such a tease sometimes, come here.” She gave me a deep long kiss before letting me go.

I couldn’t help the big grin that covered my face and on that moment I knew I wouldn’t want to lose this girl. She smiled and shooed me to go face furious Ashley.

When I found my car she was already in and from the look on her face she was exactly as I feared she would be.

“Where have you been? I’ve been waiting here forever and why wouldn’t you answer your phone.” Now she was more worried than angry.

“I’m sorry. Alex took somewhere and it took longer than I thought it would.”

“That’s not all of it, there is something you are not telling me. You know what, don’t bother, I’m glad you are okay. Let’s just go home.”

“So, you are not angry with me.” I was surprised,

“Oh, I am thinking of a proper way to get back at you. You can’t get off the hook that easily.”

“Ow, seriously! Don’t think of something too painful.”

“I’ll put it into consideration.”

“I don’t think I like how that sounds.”

“Next time you’ll think twice before going out to god knows where with your girlfriend without me.”

“She is not exactly my girlfriend yet.”

“Whatever she is then.”

When I started training with Rebecca I thought the meditation was hard but that was nothing compare to physical training. Before we started physical training one day I told her I could take her down with my telekinetic, because aside from sensing people’s energy I also had telekinesis. That day she kicked me good, when I went home every bone in my body was sore.

So, we put a hold on that for a while until I managed to control my telekinesis and senses till I could see a person ten feet away even before I could see them with my eyes. Till I could be able to identify them according to their body energy. Rebecca was the easiest to detect since it was too different from everyone else.

It took me about a week to be able to get a handle on my powers and also I found out I had abilities to heal pretty fast. I just didn’t know I could do the same to other people even though Rebecca tried to convince me that I could, because it was in my gene. It seemed that one of my parents originated from a group of healers in our planet and that was the alien part of my parents.

Our home planet was a collection of planets called Keplex a colony world which had been colonized for a long time. That’s why some of the people ran away but most die due to the different environment from their home.

Rebecca and I can live comfortably here because we are only half Keplexin and half human. Most were affected with the air after sometime and the strong gravity made them weak as well so most never have a long life span on earth.

She also told me that one of my parents was royalty that’s why my eyes were grayish blue as many of the royalties in our world. And that’s how she knew I was a prince since there weren’t many left.

All this info was too much for me. I didn’t know what to do, whether to ignore it all and live my life the way I used to or what. But then again that was impossible because all these powers weren’t going anywhere. And what I found out was that, what I already knew I could never unknown. The hardest part which kind of ate my mind was whether I should tell mom and Ashley or not. Considering my situation the easiest option was to act like everything was as exactly as it was because I was a hundred percent sure Ashley was going to freak out.

At least Ashley would consider the possibilities since I was adopted and all. But mom on the other hand was going to send me to the asylum right away because the whole thing sounded really crazy. If I didn’t see myself doing the things I did I wouldn’t have believed it either.

I was glad that Alex was always by my side trying to help me see the positive side of all the madness. Since Rebecca was always nagging me about running out of time that I had to master my powers before I became eighteen. It was couple weeks away I had time but I didn’t know why she was so scared. And that made me curious about this thing.

Every day she pressed me harder and harder some days I felt