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Chapter One.
It was the middle of the night, Alexandria, the Telmarine princess with raven hair and eyes that shone bluer than the sea, lay peacefully in her bed dreaming. The handle on her door slowly creaked open. Light from the hallway made its way into the room. She sat up tensely, she didn't hear anything else. She cautiously scooted further up her bed as if that would somehow help her. She could make out a figure through the sheer fabric that surrounded her bed. General Glozelle stood there, his crossbow was raised towards the young girls bed, his eyes were alight with an evil blaze.
He eyed the canopy around the bed before signaling for the rest of his men to enter the room, and like wolves surrounding their prey, they entered the room and crept on silently.
Alexandria reached underneath her pillow trying to be as quiet as possible, her fingers wrapped around a dagger and she quietly unsheathed it. She tensed and made sure she was in a position to easily defend herself. Glozelle methodically pressed his finger on the trigger, it was about to release an arrow when footsteps sounded from the hall, they were quick as if someone was running, a boy with light brown hair appeared, he looked rugged and slightly disheveled, it was Henry, the servant boy. "Wait!" He yelled when he got to the doorway. "What is it now?!" Glozelle said fuming. "D-dont kill her. Prunaprisma has ordered for her to live." Glozelle lowered his weapon. "Well then, what are we to do with her if she is to remain alive?" "She will be imprisoned, by order of Miraz." Glozelles smug look returned. "Grab her." He said to his men as he turned on his heel and strutted into the hall.
Alexandria readied herself taking deep steady breaths. As soon as her canopy was ripped back, she leapt forward and hit the first man square in the face with her shoulder, he was dazed for a second but she got past him quickly, there were more men in the room than she had anticipated, they all came towards her so fast she had no time to react. Her arms were pinned behind her back and she was pushed to her knees as her dagger clattered onto the cold stone floor.
One of the men walked towards her menacingly, he raised his arm and hit her in the face, the cold steel of his armor cut through her lip instantly. She could taste blood in her mouth. The guard let out a chuckle "Not so tough are you princess?" He earned himself a few laughs from the other guards, she decided not to retort because she knew that wouldn't make the circumstances any better. Alexandria was forcefully pulled to her feet and thrust into the hallway. It was cold in the long stone hallway, the torches that aligned the walls gave a soft glow that was uneasy after the events that just unfolded.
Alexandria just now realized she was in her dressing gown when they started walking down the corridor, thankfully on that cold night she had chosen a white gown accompanied with a blue long robe of sorts. The robe was made with silk and reached down to the floor, there was a belt that held the midsection of the robe so Alexandria felt slightly more decent, she had also been wearing her night slippers so the cold stone wasn't completely unbearable to walk on.
They walked for a few short minutes, speedily making their way through the castle "Prunaprisma has requested to speak with the princess." Henry said breaking the silence. "Well she will have to come to the prisoners cell to speak with her." Glozelle said. Henry looked as if he was going to respond but he had a worrisome expression on his face as if he couldn't think of what to say or wasn't brave enough to say anything. "Boy go get some food for the princess, she will need to eat." Said one of the guards with a menacing look in his eye. Henry looked relieved to be able to leave the intimidating men and raced down the hall presumably towards the kitchens.
They continued on, to Alexandria's surprise they weren't walking towards the dungeon, instead they were going up a spiral of stairs that Alexandria knew to be one of the tallest towers on the castle. They eventually reached the top of the spiraling staircase and headed for a small room. Alexandria was shoved onto the floor, she reacted instantly and got on her feet to run towards the door, she had just reached the door when Glozelle slammed it on her face.
Alexandria huffed and sat down, it was no use trying to escape when the guards were right outside. She looked around the cell, well it was more of a broom cupboard than a cell. There was a small window that was bringing in the frosty night air. The window was so small only a mouse could fit through. She wrapped herself in her robe as much as she could to keep away the chills. Soon enough her eyes started to drift off.
She was awoken when she heard a knock on the door. "Miss? I-I have your food." It was Henry, he sounded nervous still so maybe that meant there were still guards outside. But hen Alexandria heard a woman's voice. "Let me take it to her Henry, go off now and see where else you can help." Alexandria recognized that voice instantly, it was Prunaprisma. The door knob slowly opened to reveal the slender woman wearing a dark purple gown. She walked towards the young girl who was sitting on the stone floor. "Here, eat." She motioned the tray of bread and water towards Alexandria. "No thanks." She replied. "Alexandria please don't do this, if it were my way you wouldn't be in here." Alexandria glared at her. "Miraz did this, and now I don't even know where my brother is! He could be dead for all I know!" She said turning away so that her aunt wouldn't see the tear that rolled down her face. "Caspian escaped, he fled the castle as soon as he could." Prunaprisma said noticing perplexed look on Alexandria's face. "Why would he leave me?" She whispered to herself.
Hello and thank you for reading! This is my first time writing a fanfic so I hope you are enjoying it :) If there are any spelling/grammar mistakes please let me know so I can fix them immediately. I will gladly accept any criticism or tips you may have, and feel free to leave a review! This story will get darker in the so for safety reasons it's rated T. Thank you so much again for taking time to read my story. I am working as fast as I can to get another chapter out.
-IlvermourningGirl
