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After one week of camping and eating dried fruit an biscuits The gang had came across a large castle covered with vines and flowers. The party trotted up to the gates and saw a young woman in her twenty's at the door playing with a red gleaming ball. She looked up and smiled at them.
"Hello" She said. Her voice was pleasant and she seemed slightly amused by the sight in from of her. But as quick as lightning a girl on a chestnut mare with skirts on that only came to her knees rode and jumped pass the Halt and Will , who where naturally at the front, giggling and laughing with no care in the world.
"Princess!" A voice called after the girl, "Your not properly dressed!" A woman ran around the corner with a blue gown in hand. The Rider dismounted and ran barefoot in the grass and she stopped ubruptivly bent bow and picked up a colorful snake. The snake coiled around the girl's arm and rested comfortably.
"Look Alex!" The girl said and ran up to the girl holding the ball. The woman shrieked and dropped the ball.
"Isn't it beautiful?" The snake girl said and held it out to Halt. Halt glanced at the snake, dismounted, and walked to the pale terrified woman.
"Your Highness?" He asked. The woman looked at him.
"Ye-ss?" She stuttered out.
"Are you the one that can restore back our proper age?" He asked. The woman looked at him coriously.
"I cannot sir. I see you have been put under a spell but I-" She started and then looked at the girl with the snake on her arm climb a apple tree and throw down apples. The girl's mare grabbed an apple and trotted up to Will and put it on his lap.
"Um thank you" Will muttered as the horse nickered and trotted back to the apple tree. The girl hopped down and the horse dropped a knife in her hand.
"Thank you hon" The girl said and sliced the apple and gave half the apple to the mare and she ate the other half. Will checked his knife holster and saw that his sax knife was missing. Horace burst out laughing at this and almost fell of his horse as the girl's mare took the knife and plopped it on Will's lap. The girl mounted and the saddle fell off the horse jumped up in her hind legs and pirouetted then ran off with the girl laughing. She threw her head back and her brown hair glimmered in the sunlight with the snake still on her arm. Alex glared as the girl rode off into the woods.
"I'm sorry for the interuption. I'm sure we can talk about this over some tea or coffee?" Alex said and called for a page to tend to the horses. Once inside they saw a fountain the courtyard and a table that the Queen and King were sitting down at. They were drinking tea and looked up at the guest.
"Hello" The queen said and stood up "would you like some tea?" She asked and called for more chairs at the long table. The group sat around the Queen, King, and Princess.
"So you've been cast under a spell?" The King said in disbelief.
"Yes your highness, and we have heard so much of your sorceress daughter we where hoping she could turn us back to normal?" Pauline asked politely.
"She would be happy to, Alex?" The Queen said. Alex looked up.
"Yes mother?"
"Where is your sister?" the queen asked. Alex looked at her ball and stroked it. A wet slopping sound caused everyone to look up and see the girl from earlier covered in mud.
"Hello Moma, Hello Dad" She said and waved.
"Shes here" Alex said and lowered her crystal ball.
"Page" The Queen said to a near by page "Please run seven baths. One for Anastasia and one for our guess"
"Moma, the apples are ripe! I bet they would make a wonderful pie!" The princess exclaimed with a smile on her face. The queen however didn't look happy.
"What happen to the dress I had laid out of you?" She asked as the Princess sat next to Alyss and took a tea cup and porder the hot liquid.
"It was hot outside, Moma" The Princess said inicently and sipped at the tea.
"Wear it to dinner please" The Queen said exasperated.
"Yes ,Moma" the Princess said and left with a page to take a bath. Rodney glanced around the room.
"Why do you have a fountain in your courtyard?" He asked.
"Anastasia talked us into it." The King said and got up, "I must attend to duties. I will see you at dinner." He said and left the room. The pages came to tell the queen that the baths where drawn and clothes had been settled for the travelers.
"Thank you" She said and motioned to the page "Madeline will show you to your rooms and baths" The Queen said as the group followed the redheaded page down a corridor.
After everyone had bathed and dressed they met for dinner. The young Princess came in with her hair in a long braid and a sky blue dress and carrying yes you guessed it a bowl of pure red bright apples. She placed them in the center of the table.
"Your late" The queen said and sat down.
"I had to get the apples" she said. The dinner consited of soup, salads, and meat. By the end of the meal everyone was exhausted.
"Good night, Mother" Princess Alex said walked to her quarters accompanied by a page.
"Anastasia will you enetertain us with-" The king asked but the girl had fallen asleep. A young boy stepped forward.
"I will take her to her quarters" he said and bowed his head letting his blond hair hide his face.
"Please do, Luke" The Queen said and with that The boy picked up the Princess and carried her to her room.
"She works hard to heal people and she's aways running around the kingdom" The king said with a sigh.
"We're sorry she fell asleep" The queen said and pushed back her brown curly hair.
"No. Its alright the Princess has lots of dutys to attend to. Of course she would be tired" Pauline said as maids came and picked up the dirty dishes.
"Thank you for understanding. We will make sure she will restore you to your proper age. Madeline dear, will you make sure out guest don't get lost." She said motioning once again for the page to come forward "Its such a big castle sometimes we forget were the armoury is" The Queen said with a laugh.
"Yes such a big castle and so beautiful" Alyss said smiling.
"Why thank you" The Queen said, "Do hope you sleep well tonight" she waved and left the room with the King and they left with Madeline.
"What person falls asleep at a meal?" Rodney said.
"A person that works hard." A voice said.
"Who said that" Rodney said and looked around.
"Me" Madeline stopped and turned to look at Sir Rodney straight in the eyes, " She cured my brother of his sickness today! Because of her our people have longer lives! Do not judge our princess with out knowing what she does for us! I should have you hit-"
"Madeline" A calm voice said from the shadows. Madeline froze and turned to look around.
"Your highness I'm-" Madeline said and curtsied.
"Madeline" The princess said entering the pale moonlight. She rested a hand on her shoulder. "They don't know what I do here. It was my fault I fell asleep. Don't worry Madeline I'll show them to there rooms." She pulled a vial out of her pocket and handed it to Madeline, "Make sure your brother takes that medicine for the rest of the week, One teaspoon after dinner before bed and make sure he gets plenty of rest." Madeline took the vial, bowed and turn to dash to home.
"And Madeline"
"Yes"
"You have the day off tomorrow so you can take care of your family"
"Thank you your highness."
"Anytime for anyone" The princess said and waved to the page as she left, "Follow me" She said and lead the to there rooms.
"Your highness I didn't mean-" Rodney started.
"You didn't know what you where talking about. You think that I am a joke. I am no joke and I can very well kill you without laying a hand on you" She said, "Here people are to think before they speak or act. I suggest you practice that before speaking to anyone. Sleep well." and with that she left down the hallway.
"Anyone eles scared enough not to sleep" Rodney asked.
"Why she was talking to you not us" Horace said and let out a laugh.
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