"Queen Christina, King Stewart, Princess Seraphina, she's gone. She's not in her room or anywhere in the castle" a royal guard ran into the throne room late at night.
"Thank you. Send all the royal guards around the kingdom…She's leaving the country." The queen cried.
"Captain, send your men in to the forest." Stewart ordered.
"Yes your majesty" and ran out the room.
"This is your fault! If you hadn't arranged a marriage she may still be here!" the queen shouted at her husband.
"I'm so sorry Christina, your right, she's a free spirit. Where ever she is I hope she's safe," Stewart said shaking his head full of curly dark brown hair. His dark blue eyes full of remorse and guilt. "I know I'm sorry I snapped at you" her green eyes full of tears, her light sandy brown hair pulled back in to a bun. "But they will find her and bring her home."
"Halt in the name of the king" the distant shouts from the guards were muffled by the ponding of their feet hitting the forests floor. The young girl's dress was tattered and splattered with mud.
"If the king wants me to stay in the castle, he should have locked me up." The girl's blonde hair flying behind her as she ran as fast as she could from the soldiers who wanted to arrest her for the disappearance of the princess.
"Men, after her, do you want to tell the king and queen, she got away." The captain ordered his me. The girl picked up speed and ran straight to the docks.
"Please, Please just leave me alone" she whispered. "I haven't done anything to deserve this" she was close to the port now just a few metres away.
"Where is this boat heading?" she asked.
"France. Paris. Should arrive there tomorrow if the weather is good." The dock keeper relied.
"I need to get away from here, if you let me leave on the boat, I will pay you" she handed him five gold coins and jumped on to the boat. By the time the soldiers had caught up the boat was far way out to sea.
"Where is that girl going?" the captain demanded.
The dock keeper just laughed and said "Far, Far away from here. She paid and left, so why would I tell you?"
"Do you have any idea who that girl was? She was connected to the king and queen, now that's she's gone we may never see the princess again" the captain explained. "Men. Throw him in the dungeon, for compromising a mission" the man was dragged away as the captain looked into the distance. What I'm I going to tell King Stewart and Queen Christina, I'm so sorry your majesties but she got away and we don't know where she's going the captain thought sadly.
Back at the castle, the king was trying to figure out a way to tell his loving wife that the girl got away and the princess wasn't found. He took a deep breath and opened their bedroom door. Christina who had been sitting, waiting on the bed jumped up and ran to her husband. But she saw the sadness in his eyes and knew the answer before she asked. But she needed to know if her precious daughter was safe."Did you find her Stewart?" she ran to him in an unqueenly fashion and placed her hands on his chest.
"I'm afraid not. I hope she's safe, Christina. She's only a little girl. I know she can speak 26 languages, but not many people have heard of our country. The very little that know are the worlds royal families who buy our valuable gems"
"Where ever she is I'm sure she's safe. Because i know you taught her how to use a sword don't go denying it Stewart, you have no son so you decided to teach the princess how to fight. But then you came to your senses. Which is bad she loved duelling with you. And you stopped teaching her then the guards taught her."
"How did you know?"
"Mothers know everything" she laughed and went to do her duties. But the laugh was forced, she didn't feel like laughing and she didn't feel like doing anything queenly, all she wanted was her daughter, safe in her arms. By now the whole of Jewelina knew the princess was missing. "Your highness?" the captain approached. "The dock keeper has told us where the boat was headin'. Paris"
"Thank you, captain you may take the day off"
Paris. Why would she go to the one place that reminded her of her marriage? King Louis will be notified, of his fiancé disappearance. He must keep an eye out for the girl, but of course she's smart, she'll make her way in Paris. I just hope she doesn't meet those female musketeers or there will be trouble. The queen thought as she wrote the letter to the king of france.
