Rise of the Malactric Heir

"I don't think I can go back to being who I was back then, I have got many things on my shoulder now that's hard to balance, I didn't have these things back then," Adora said as she opened the seal on her chest then jumped overboard with her eyes glowing red.

"This feels good," Adora murmured as she leaned back on the water to balance her body.

"You don't usually unlock me when you are swimming, Adora, what's the matter?" It inquired, and she smiled before opening her eyes and gazing up at the night sky.

"I don't want to be alone out here right now," she said.

"Well, good thing I'm here, relax, I can be your bodyguard," it stated.

"Uh, bodyguard? You are the demon I have been harboring inside me since I was a child, but you don't act like one, you're strange, how old are you exactly?" she asked as a whale passed beneath her and she smiled.

"I am more than a hundred years old, you never asked that before, but I look younger than my age," it replied.

"I know you don't look like an old man, I've seen you before, don't forget that," she said, to which he scoffed.

"I will never forget that I let a child command me," he replied, and she chuckled.

"You could have asked me to release you a long time ago, and I would have done it," she explained.

"I know, but I have no problem being here; I also want to help you; I owe you Adora," he said as Alix approached the ship's deck and noticed her mask on the floor.

"Your highness," he said, and her eyes widened as she drew her hair in front of her face and he peered into the water.

"Are you a water puppy, swimming this late?" he asked, and she smirked.

"Did you need something?" she asked.

"Would you like ice cream when you get back?" he questioned.

"I will have it in my room, is there anything else?" she asked.

"Get out of the water, little puppy or you will get sick," he responded.

"Huh? little puppy? Who are you speaking with?" she asked and he grinned.

"Who else is in the water right now besides you?" he asked, and she looked around before pouting.

"I will kill you, just wait," she said, and he chuckled.

"I would like to see you try, little puppy," he said and her eyes started glowing.

"Just wait, Alix," she said, "I will make you regret calling me a little water puppy."

"How are you going to do that little puppy?" he asked, and she smirked.

"I will kill you," she said, rising up in the water.

"Be careful or I will see your face," he warned, as she sighed.

"He's got you good, water puppy," said the one within her.

"I see you are siding with him, good night sweetheart," she replied and it laughed then she immediately closed the seal.

"What are you saying?" Alix inquired.

"Be quiet and rejoin the others; leave me alone," she replied.

"Sure, just be careful not to get eaten by a whale," he said, and she scoffed.

"Alix, when I finish here, I will make you regret tormenting me," she replied, and he smiled.

"See you later," he said as he walked away, and she smiled as she dove into the water.

"Adora," someone called out, and her eyes widened as she looked around in the water but saw no one.

'Whose voice is that?' She wondered as she sensed darkness surrounding her and her mother's death flashed before her eyes, causing her hands to tremble.

'I- I don't want to hear or see this,' she thought and her body began to glow bright red, so red that the water lit up reflecting on the ship and Alix saw the red light through the glasses as he was returning to the others in the living area.

"What the hell is that?" he exclaimed as he ran back out onto the deck.

"What the hell is she doing?" he wondered as he gazed at the water.

"Your highness," he called out and she looked up at the ship as her body began to get cold.

'I don't know if you're the one doing it, but if you are back, I swear I'll find you and put an end to you, even if it means losing my life,' Adora thought as she disappeared and reappeared above the ship.

'I don't know if you're the one doing it, but if you are back, I swear I'll find you and put an end to you, even if it means losing my life,' Adora thought as she disappeared and reappeared above the ship.

"Oh crap, I didn't aim for the deck, I will hit hard," Adora said then smiled upon looking at Alix while falling.

"Alix," she called out, and his eyes widened as she was about to fall onto the deck, and he closed his eyes to sense her for he knew she was not wearing her mask and caught her.

"I apologize for getting you wet," she said while tightening her grip on his shirt and he sighed.

"Couldn't you just reappear on the ship? Why is it above?" he asked, and she smiled before her body stopped glowing.

"Am I feeling right, or are you freezing?" he asked.

"You are feeling right," she said as he bowed down and she climbed out of his arms.

"Can I open my eyes?" he asked then she grabbed her mask and placed it back on.

"You can," she said, and he opened her eyes to see her panting.

"Did you leap out of the water or was it me?" because you appear to be fleeing something with the way you are right now," he said, and she looked at him.

'It's certainly cold,' she replied.

"I know, did something happen? Did you see a shark or something?" he questioned and she scoffed.

"It was no shark that's for sure, I sensed something I didn't want to, something bad," she replied and his eyes narrowed while staring at her.