[DISCLAIMER!-Do no read unless you want a few spoilers to "The One". Speaking of which, this fanfic takes place sometimes before it narrows down the Elite to Kriss and America, and continues on after "The One" ended, before "The Heir" though. P. S. This is just a fanfic. The original author/owner of this series is Kiera Cass! <3]

    I stood in front of the mirror, letting my maids dress me, still shocked about the phone call from last night, trying to piece together the missing parts of the puzzle. It didn't make sense. Shaking my head, I began to think about the core of how all this trouble started.
    "No, no no!" Gavril shouted as he began to storm off stage to safety. The Report had just been about to start, when an alarm sounded throughout the palace, an all to familiar one. Confused for a moment before remembering this, I looked at the other girls for help. Kriss immediately hitched up her dress and bolted for the door, followed by Celeste and the others. Finally I began to catch on. The rebels. Here. In. The. Palace.
    Quicker than I could ever remember myself moving before, I ran to follow the other Elite. Quite unladylike, but I made progress to the exit. I elbowed my way past the bystanders trying to leave as well. Sylvia would not be pleased to hear about this. Nonetheless, I continued on until I reached the hallway. All was strangely quiet as I traveled to the safe room.
    Up ahead, I spotted three maids climbing into a passage that lead to safety. I called out too them, but alas they didn't hear me over the crash that overpowered everything else in the castle. Turning my head, I swept the area around me until I spotted what I had fear most. Two rebels had breached into the second floor, leaving shattered glass in their wake. Judging by the weapons they carried, a knife and what looked to resemble a spear, stained red with blood, I guessed these to be Southern rebels. I shuddered at the thought.
    I peeked back over my shoulder, but the maids had disappeared into the walls. The rebels were facing the opposite way at the moment, so I broke out of my stupor and made a break for it. Very unwisely, I had forgotten to slip off the death-machines I had been wearing. My heels caused me to trip and the thud of my fall aroused the attention of the oncoming rebels, and they began to run towards me.
    I threw off my heels, aiming at them, but missed. I picked myself off the ground and huffed a breath of exasperation. I felt a tug on my arm, and if it weren't for my newly manicured nails scratching the hand away, I would have been fresh-meat to these men. My heart began to race as I rounded the corner, running smack into big-armed... Man? Shadow? I didn't know where to start to describe the person in front of me.
    He wore a black mask with odd shapes on it covering his face, and a dark overcoat. A star sat next to the strange symbols on the mask. He looked like the type of guy you wouldn't want to pick a fight with, not weak in the slightest, but-
    I chill went through me as I recognized the design on his mask. Stars, but more specifically, Northern Stars.
I remember my father's riddle for me about how he was a Northern rebel. I was a little disappointed that he didn't tell me sooner, but I understood why secrecy was vital.
    The odd thing was, there were red skulls covering his shoulders. Not knowing what the intricate designs could mean, I snapped out of my head, and tried to run past the man, but he grabbed me by the arm and whisked me away down the hall. I tried to scream but no sound left my mouth. I was to petrified. Frightened, I began kicking and punching and any method of getting loose that I could. It was no use.
Finally, we came to a halt and the man shoved me around a corner and into a dead end hallway. He let go of me me surprisingly gently, and he took of his hood partway to speak.
    "I know I probably made a bad first impression, but we have talk about your father before it's too late."
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