Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 15- Clan meeting (2)

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

I followed behind Sage as we walked up the stairs to the stage. My grandfather looked happy to see us, honestly I was also happy to see him.

When we made our way upon the stage, my grandfather introduced us. After that, he called up Cena and another young girl named Kenai. I guess they are also sisters.

The girl Cena looked at Sage and I with a dirty look on her face. This stupid bitch was already showing her true colors. I know she's Na"mah's daughter, but all I had on my mind was smashing her face in. Get along? You wish grandfather, I mumbled to myself.

Na'mah came on stage handing something to grandfather. I looked at Cena and she had an evil look on her face. I reached my hand out to shake hers and she ignored me until grandfather turned back around. She stupidly showed a fake smile.

I waited for grandfather to turn around again towards Na'mah. I pulled Cena towards me. She made a expression as if she was caught her off guard.

“Fix your face bitch”, I said. She slapped my hand away. I smirked. She pushed me backwards almost causing me fall off stage.

Sage was able to catch me because of her fast reflexes. And I pushed her back and hopped on top of her.

Grandfather turned around after the commotion broke out, and pulled us apart.

“What the hell is going on?”, he asked, I could feel the anger in his voice.

Cena rolled her eyes at me and walked off the stage. I slapped grandfather's hand away wanting to go after her. Sage grabbed my arm and shook her head.

Grandfather looked very pissed, he grabbed me by the ear. He went after Cena had both of us by the ear.

“ What do you two think you're doing? He asked in a very pissed off tone.

Cena pointed at me and then at Sage.

“I can see her being our cousin,” she said pointing at me. “But how do we know if she belongs to this family?”she said, pointing at Sage.

Sage walked up and stood in front of Cena.

“I'm her sister, we are fraternal twins”, she said, while looking confident.

The room went silent and grandfather let us go and walked towards Sage.

“They are sisters”, he said. He pulled an envelope and took out some papers.

“This is their DNA test”, he said, "They are sisters, and they are my daughters' children," he stated. "I use the hair on Natalie brush that she had in her room. I never changed anything in her room ever she went missing.”, he continued on saying.

Cena looked at me and walked off.

My grandfather sighed.

“Don't worry about her, she sees you two as competitors”, he said.

I scoffed and moved closer to Sage. She gave a high five we didn't care if anyone noticed. But of course Peyton saw us and she wasn't very happy.

My grandfather went back up on the stage and try to break the tension atmosphere.

“Now that I have proof that their my granddaughters, I want everyone to stand up and welcome them”, he said in a demanding tone

Everyone in the room stood on their feet and bowed once.

We bowed back as a courtesy, of course.

“Everyone, I have some information I would like to share”, he said. “ Sage and Rosemary are also the daughters of former Crown Prince Moises Vanuatu”, he said, looking around the room.

An older man stood up, “ How could this happen, the royals are our enemies.”, he shouted.

Everyone in the room began to shout. My grandfather slammed his hand down on the podium, “ Enough”, he yelled.

“Whether you bitch or moan about it. It doesn't change the fact that they're my granddaughters”, he shouted.

The older man gritted his teeth and sat back down.

“Sage and Rosemary, as long as you two are here, you have to follow the Clans rules you will train just like the rest of the members. I'm not saying you have to become mercenaries, but as clan rule you have to train as long as you are within the territory”, he said.

Sage and I nodded our heads.

“Yeshiva since you are their bodyguard. You have to train them.”, he ordered Yeshiva.

Yeshiva stood towards and bowed, "Yes Chief", he said, in a respectful manner.

“Meeting dismissed, elders follow me to my office”, grandfather said.

The elder all got up and followed behind grandfather.

The other members started to leave as well, leaving behind only Cena, Kenai, Yeshiva, and Na'mah. Sage and I glanced at each other and started to walk out the hall.

“Hey, as long as you two are here, you better stay in your place”, Cena shouted at us.

Sage and I didn't turn back and just pointed our middle fingers at her and walked out.

(PEYTON’S P.O.V)

I knew Rosemary was a little hot-headed, but I wasn't expecting her to start a fight.”, I thought to myself as I held my head with my right hand.

"That was pretty badass, I'm impressed they handled themselves so well”, Yeshiva said standing next to me.

“ You have no clue how crazy they are”, I said, getting a major headache knowing these two are going to get themselves in alot of trouble.

“If they want to survive here, they have to be a little crazy”, he stated, “ Well let's go check on our girls”, he sad sounding excited

“Our girls?” I asked him jokingly.

“Hey I've been waiting for someone to knock Cena off her high horse, she thinks she can become the next Chief one day.”, he stated.

I made an Oh facial expression, “Is that why she is so hostile to Sage and Rosie”, I asked.

“Yeah, the more direct lineage you are to the main family, means more competition, and since Masiro only has granddaughters he would have to choose one of them or if they get married one of their husbands becomes Chief”, he stated.

I understood very well what he meant, after all I grew up in a family full of Knights, I thought to myself.

"Where is Massey?", Yeshiva asked, interrupting me.

"He's currently in the room trying to find more information on who else King Lincoln has tracking the girls", I explained to him.

He made a look filled with curiosity, " Do you know why he's after the girls?", he asked.

" My guess is because he considered them illegitimate children, you know how he treats commoners. It must be a slap in the face to him, for the crown prince of the kingdom to have children with a commoner. Its probably eating him up inside.", I said.

Yeshiva chuckled, " Yeah that man is a totally nut job, I can definitely see him trying to kill his own grandchildren for stupid reasons like that", he said.

"Hey Yeshiva, can you do me a favor ?, I asked him

Yeshiva looked at me, "Depends on what the favorite is", he said. I wanted to wipe that stupid smile off his face.

"I need you to keep an eye on the girls, while I go and see Prince Moises. Right now, it's still too dangerous to have the girls out in the open." I said , Looking at him pleading with my eyes.

"Since I'm their bodyguard I have no choice. By the time you come back, I'm going to have those girls will be killing machines.", he said with a creepy grin.

"Hey, I'll kick your ass if anything happens to them, while I'm gone", I said looking him straight in his eyes.

He backed up holding his hands up in a playful surrendering stance.

"Yes ma'am", he said, still having that stupid grin on his face.

I started to walk off to go check on the girls. An thought crossed my mind, and i looked back at Yeshiva.

I looked him up and down, sizing him up.

He looked at me confused, " What's that look for?", he asked.

"Make sure you keep your dick in your pants, they're still under age for another month." I said, glaring at him. I walked off, he continued to stand there in confusion.

(SAGE'S P.O.V)

Rosie and I took a walk in the garden, after Na'mah told us we could wander around the territory freely.

We walked through the left side of the garden, it was filled with roses bushes.

Behind it was a little green house, next to a little foundation.

Rosie and I were amazed at the sight.

The saw the door opening and an older woman who looked to be around her seventies, came walking out holding a little flower pot.

I noticed she couldn't walk well and was taking careful little steps. I walked toward where she was, it looked like she was about to lose her balance. Rosie and I rushed over to catch her as she was about to fall down.

"Oh, thank you very much," she said, grabbing on to my hand.

"I'm sorry, I can't see very well", she said, while trying to hold on to the flower pot. Rose grabbed the pot and held her hand.

" Where are you headed to miss?", she asked.

The woman smiled, " I'm going to water some herbs, she said.

"We can help you", I said to her.

She welcomed the help and we took our time helping her take small steps.

"Who are you two young ladies?", I don't think I've heard your voices before", she asked.

"I'm Sage", I replied.

"I'm Rosemary", Rosie said.

The woman looked teary eyed and she gripped our hand, "Ahh what lovely names", she said, looking a little sad, " I remembered Natalie saying, she was going give those names to her daughters if she ever had them.", she said.

Rosie and I looked at each other for a moment.

"Umm ma'am", I paused trying to find the words.

"Natalie is our mother", Rosie said.

The old woman was taken aback and lifted her hands up to Rosie and I's faces.

"You're Natalie's daughters?", she asked, almost shedding a tear.

Rosie and I said yes at the same time, and the woman engulfed us in a hug.

" I was your mother's nanny", she said.

Rosie and I hugged the woman back but was interrupted when a young man walked up to us reaching his hand out to the old woman.

"Grandmother you shouldn't be moving", he said looking at her with concern.

He looked up at us and nodded his head.

"It's good to meet you, I heard about you at the clan meeting, I'm Jemas Blairsville", he started holding his hand out.

" Hey, isn't he the one on the danger list", Rosie whispered in my ear.

I looked at Jemas while he was still to holding his hand out, I extended my hand and shook his hand, of course he gripped my hand so tight I wanted to step on his foot.

Jemas grabbed the flower pot from Rosie and held his grandmother's hand and walked away.

"Great, now we met two assholes in one day", she mumbled under her breath.

"Hey girls", we heard a voice behind us.

We turned around and saw our grandfather and a man dressed like a butler. We headed toward where he was standing.

"Do you two need anything, I can get Henry here to get everything for you", he said, looking at us with a soft expression.

"Crossbows, bows, arrows", I said immediately, I really missed my crossbows, I thought to myself.

"Miss Peyton told me your were very skilled in archery", he said, and I nodded my head.

"Get everything that involves archery", he told Henry. He wrote it down on a notepad.

"And what about you Rosemary ", grandfather said with a smile.

Rosie paused for a minute thinking to herself.

"I'm only good at any involving speed.", she said.

Grandfather put his hand on his chin and rubbed his beard and looked like he was deep in thought while he seemed to be studying us.

"Rosemary how about learning swordsmanship since you're good with speed. Sage since you are already good with archery and have good eyes. How about you learn how to shoot a gun, and learn swordsmanship as well.", he started looking us up and down. " Since the Kingdom of Vanuatu is more traditional and they focused more swordsmanship. They're not equipped to handle weapons like we mercenaries uses outside of the kingdom. We'll have the advantage when it comes to weaponry.", he said, still rubbing his beard.

“I want to learn”, I said looking up at him.

Rosie nodded and agreed.

“Grandfather had a smile on his face, “Good, I'll have Yeshiva and Jemas train you”, he said.

“I guess we're going to meet that asshole again after all”, Rosie whispered to me.

I mouthed to her to shut up.

An hour later, we decided to go the Peyton’s room. When I knocked on the door, Peyton answered, and looked at us with an amused expression.

“Wait, why are the two of you covered in grass?”, She asked us.

“While we're talking to grandfather Sage told me to shut up, and after grandfather left I tackled her." , Rosie said, looking confident like she won.

“It was a cheap shot I wasn't even looking," I said grumbling.

“Are you getting ready to leave?”, Rosie asked Peyton.

“Yeah I have to go see your father, you two will have to stay since it isn't safe for either one of you.", she said.

We nodded our heads and she placed my hands on our heads and roughed up our hair.

“I expect you two to be careful while I'm gone”, she said, “And you”, she looked at Rosie, “No flirting with Yeshiva”, she said.

I can tell Rosie fell for Yeshiva at firt sight, she stares at him every time she sees him.

Rosie shrugged her shoulders and walked across the hall to our room. I felt a little hungry, and decided to go downstairs after talking to Peyton.

“Hey Rosie, I'm going to the kitchen to see if theirs anything to eat”, I said walking towards the stairs, Rosie nodded and walked into the room.

I walked towards the stairs and took a couple of steps down. I stood on the stairs for a moment to look at portraits.

After I had enough of looking at the photos, I turned around to walk down the stairs. Suddenly, I felt my body being pushed forward and before I knew it, I was lying on the floor blackening out.