I was completely confused after today. The princess was in the town? When I looked at her it was as though something was pulling me to her. I couldn't look away. Emmaline was asking me about it the whole walk home. " I don't know!" I said for the umpteenth time. I walked in the door straight to my mother. The nurse was still there tending to her.
"Oh hello Zachary, Emmaline." She nodded at me as I crept through the door to my "room". If you could call it that. I slept in a hay pile and my dresser was a collection of wooden boards I had collected over time. I grabbed my guitar and headed out to the garden. I traveled far enough in and came to the palace courtyard. No one knew our little shack connected to the royal garden, but I came to play frequently. When I played in the town, I sang of whimsical stories and old tales and hymns. When I came to the garden, I sang what I needed to get out. It was my safe haven. Only Joseph Solomon knew I came back here.
I began to sing of my forbidden love. I looked across the yards and suddenly saw that a palace window was open. Movement caught my eye and I was positive it was the princess. Instead of stopping, I played louder. I wasn't backing down now. I had nothing to lose. Her head came to the window and I ducked down behind an old storage shack. I opened the doors and crept inside. I sat on the floor and my hand met a stack of papers. I probably should have left them alone... I couldn't help it. I pulled one of them out and held it up to the moonlight. I barely made out the words 'invited' and 'masquerade'. It was the invitations to the masquerade ball... It was now or never. It was a chance to possibly meet the princess. I DO have nothing to lose... I took a letter addressed to "Lord William Foster and stuffed it in my pocket. I left the garden and ran home through the hole in the wall.
"Zachary?" a little voice called. I smiled and walked up to Emmaline. "Where were you?" she asked. I picked her up and laid down on the hay with her.
"No where," I reply kissing her forehead.
She sighed tiredly and I picked up my guitar and started to play.
"Sing, Zachary! Sing!" She cheered. I smiled and shook my head.
"Lay down, and close thy eyes...
Brighten the stars, and darken the skies...
Let all thy troubles pass, for tomorrow brings new light...
Just lay down thy head to sleep this night..."
By the end of the song, she was sound asleep. I put down the guitar and wrapped my arms around her.
Tonight I was myself, but in a weeks time I would be Lord William
AN: Sorry its kind of rushed but it will (hopefully) get more interesting soon. Ill try to update daily, but I may not be able to. Thank you to all of my readers right now! I have about 10 chapters already written but they are all very sad and un-betad so im going through and proofing them, these past chapters do not have much that I could fix, so yeah its kind of bad! But either way, thank you and my heart goes out to all of you in a monster storm sandy danger zone! Stay safe and i hope the damge is not too bad! God bless you!
P. yeah and I kind of make up Zach's songs as I go, spur of the moment type thing! So sorry if its kinda weird!
~outlookforever
