'The battle had been going on all morning. And I know that they'll be breaking into the palace within an hour or two.' Mandarin thought, staring out the window.

Sighing, Mandarin walked past the kitchen and into his room, where he picked up off his bed a set of his spare cloths that were neatly folded.

Silently, he walked with his cloths to the queens room.

When he entered, he saw his sister staring out the window at the people who once called her their queen.

Placing his cloths on her bed, he went over to her wardrobe and pulled out a dress that he had bought for her.

Placing the dress onto the bed, he picked up his cloths and walked to his sister.

He gently placed a cloak over her shoulders, causing her to turn and look at him with a confused look.

Smiling, he pulled her into a hug.

"Please, listen sister, borrow my cloths. Wear them and escape quickly. It'll be alright, we are twin after all. No one will ever know that you are gone." He said, then kissed her forehead.

Scared and confused, Nova did what she was told and put on Mandarin's cloths.

After stuffing the rest into the wardrobe, Mandarin pulled out the ribbon that held his pony-tail.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps running down the hall.

"Take this and please, no matter where you are, smile if only for me." Mandarin said, giving her his pocket watch then pushing her into the wardrobe.

Nova watched as the blue-haired prince and the red knight burst though the doors and captured Mandarin, thinking he was the queen.

She wanted so badly to jump out of the wardrobe and tell them that she was the real queen. But her fear of what would happen kept her from doing that.

After she heard the cheers of the people out side, she knew that they left the palace.

She quietly stepped out of the wardrobe and quickly left the palace.

Once she left the palace, she immediately hid in an ally way.

After a while, the crowds in the streets had dissipated and Nova had come out of the ally.

As she slowly walked down the almost empty streets, she could hear the citizens talking.

"I heard that the queen is to be executed today. But I have no idea when." I man with brown hair said.

"I was told that it was three o'clock. Right when the church bells start to ring." Another brown-haired man said.

Looking up at the clock tower, she saw that it was 2:50. She had ten minutes to reach the guillotine by the church before her brother was killed in her place.

'This is all my fault. I was to selfish to see what was happening around me. Now Mandarin's going to die because of it.' She thought as she caught sight of the guillotine.

Pushing through the crowds, she saw Mandarin walking up the steps still wearing her dress.

As she was about to reach him, she heard the bells start to ring, and saw the red knight raised his hand, signaling the executioner to cut the rope that would drop the blade.

"NO!" She yelled, reaching out her hand, but was drowned out by the crowd and the sound the blade made as it was cut.

Frozen, she started to cry as she heard the people start cheering. Slowly making her way out of the crowd, she decided that there was only one place for her to go. The small village that her brother had lived in when their father took him away.