As I watched the smiling faces move around me, I could not help but feel
that everything was a dream. That I would wake up any moment with Mandy's
face in front of me, telling me to get ready for my sewing classes.
I walked down the steps, facing the eager citizens of the country that my mother and father chose to come to. I thought of the happy, friendly town with its oak trees and tulips lining the streets and I couldn't believe that my parents would chose a chance to rule a new and wonderful country over the chance to spend their lives with me. It hurt. I felt unloved and unwanted and I needed to leave... right at that moment.
Tears streamed down my face as I thought of this. I hid my expressions by looking towards my parents behind me as they sat on their thrones by themselves.
My mother was smiling and happy and my father was beaming with excitement. As they looked down at my face, the glow in their faces diminished and disappeared in a flash, for they knew what I was thinking. I could tell they knew.
I couldn't take it anymore. My tears were spilling out more than ever. My parents noticed this and told the orchestra to start playing so the people would dance and take their eyes off me.
Soon enough, Kyle noticed my tears and unhappiness because I just stood there. He whispered in my ear, "Let's go outside, Hailey. This ball is so boring anyway."
I nodded my head and he led me to the courtyard. My parents followed us.
I sat on the stone bench in front of the fountain. I didn't realize then, but it was the most private and beautiful place in the place and my parents gave it to me a few days later. It was called the Fountain Of Black Swans, which also referred to me. My parents called me the black swan, not red raven, for they thought I was as beautiful as a swan.
My mother sat beside me and hugged me as I wept. I couldn't stop myself, I cried out, "Why did you stay? Why didn't you love me enough to come home? Why, why, why..." My voice trailed of as I tried to catch my breath from crying.
I looked up and saw Kyle sitting on the edge of the fountain. He had picked up the single floating flower from the pool of water. As he picked it up, it glowed and suddenly burst into a silver powder on his palm. He brought it to my mother and father and they through it in the air.
I saw a bright white light coming towards me and my heart stopped. I looked around and all I saw was trees and flowers. It was beautiful.
I stood up and looked around. Where have they brought me, I wondered as I walked through the valley in front of me.
I heard a voice in the distance and turned in shock, for it was an ogre. I though for sure it would attack me, but it didn't. It didn't even look at me.
The person that the voice was coming from was an even bigger shock, it was my mother and father and a group of knights. They were young and hopeful. I was confused at first, but then I heard someone say to a young boy, "Please be quiet, Kyle." And I knew what had happened.
My parents had sent me through their memory.
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A/N: Short chapter, but I have no time to finish. Keep reading to find out why Hailey's parents did not come back to the palace and why Kyle wrote that they were trapped. GTG! BB!
I walked down the steps, facing the eager citizens of the country that my mother and father chose to come to. I thought of the happy, friendly town with its oak trees and tulips lining the streets and I couldn't believe that my parents would chose a chance to rule a new and wonderful country over the chance to spend their lives with me. It hurt. I felt unloved and unwanted and I needed to leave... right at that moment.
Tears streamed down my face as I thought of this. I hid my expressions by looking towards my parents behind me as they sat on their thrones by themselves.
My mother was smiling and happy and my father was beaming with excitement. As they looked down at my face, the glow in their faces diminished and disappeared in a flash, for they knew what I was thinking. I could tell they knew.
I couldn't take it anymore. My tears were spilling out more than ever. My parents noticed this and told the orchestra to start playing so the people would dance and take their eyes off me.
Soon enough, Kyle noticed my tears and unhappiness because I just stood there. He whispered in my ear, "Let's go outside, Hailey. This ball is so boring anyway."
I nodded my head and he led me to the courtyard. My parents followed us.
I sat on the stone bench in front of the fountain. I didn't realize then, but it was the most private and beautiful place in the place and my parents gave it to me a few days later. It was called the Fountain Of Black Swans, which also referred to me. My parents called me the black swan, not red raven, for they thought I was as beautiful as a swan.
My mother sat beside me and hugged me as I wept. I couldn't stop myself, I cried out, "Why did you stay? Why didn't you love me enough to come home? Why, why, why..." My voice trailed of as I tried to catch my breath from crying.
I looked up and saw Kyle sitting on the edge of the fountain. He had picked up the single floating flower from the pool of water. As he picked it up, it glowed and suddenly burst into a silver powder on his palm. He brought it to my mother and father and they through it in the air.
I saw a bright white light coming towards me and my heart stopped. I looked around and all I saw was trees and flowers. It was beautiful.
I stood up and looked around. Where have they brought me, I wondered as I walked through the valley in front of me.
I heard a voice in the distance and turned in shock, for it was an ogre. I though for sure it would attack me, but it didn't. It didn't even look at me.
The person that the voice was coming from was an even bigger shock, it was my mother and father and a group of knights. They were young and hopeful. I was confused at first, but then I heard someone say to a young boy, "Please be quiet, Kyle." And I knew what had happened.
My parents had sent me through their memory.
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A/N: Short chapter, but I have no time to finish. Keep reading to find out why Hailey's parents did not come back to the palace and why Kyle wrote that they were trapped. GTG! BB!
