Chapter 10: Recognition: Enchanted Forest
Remi ran through the corn fields with Chester close on her tail.
"Remi slow down" He wailed his little legs not being able to keep up. Remi laughed and continued running. She then decided to hide within the field. Chester slowed when he realised this grinning at the game afoot.
"Come on Remi, I'm a cat I can't be fooled by your tricks" Chester teased growing hesitant at the lack of a reply. He then stopped and looked around carefully his ears rotating like radars for any sudden sound. Remi sat near him in the corn silently waiting for her moment. Chester then turned away from her and she seized her opportunity.
"Boo!" She shouted jumping onto Chester. Chester's eyes widened and he tried to run.
"Remi!" He hissed clearly not amused. Remi burst into a fit of giggles at his expression.
"Oh I'm only joking Chess!" She teased. Chester then smiled and nodded.
Suddenly a thundering noise filled the air and Chester with caution jumped up onto Remi's shoulders
"What's that?!" Remi asked panicked. Chester looked around carefully.
"It sounds like horses. But a lot of them" Chester said now on edge. Remi panicked.
"Do you think they're guards?" She asked. Chester continued listening.
"It sounds too formal for guards" Chester said studying the order of the hooves. Remi nodded now starting to relax. She then ran to the end of the field and lay down hiding watching the horses pass.
"They are guards" Remi whispered. Chester hid in her cloak again not wanting to be spotted.
"It looks like a march" Chester whispered back. Remi nodded
"But what for?" She asked. Suddenly she spotted a very elegant looking black stallion and riding it was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. Her hair fell effortlessly and was chocolate brown, her eyes glittered in the pale sunlight and her lips were full and red. She wore and elegant black dress which fitted her well and a crown sat delicately upon her head. Remi gasped and Chester sighed realising that Remi knew who she was.
"Is that?" Remi stuttered. Chester nodded hiding further in Remi's cloak as The Queen passed.
"She's beautiful" Remi said breathlessly. Chester groaned to himself.
"You think she's my mother?" Remi asked. Chester peeped his head out slightly to look at Remi in the eyes.
"Can't you see it?" Chester asked gazing upon Remi's face. Remi smiled and Chester looked upon her features. She too had Glossy chocolate brown hair, her lips were full and red and she had an extremely similar bone structure. All except the eyes were the same. Chester looked into Remi's eyes. They were brown but not like the queens. Chester pondered why. He then realised that Remi was now running in the direction to the forest.
"Wait what are you doing?!" Chester shrieked. Remi was running with a grin on her face.
"That's my mother!" Remi shouted excitedly. "I'm going to tell her!" She exclaimed. Chester's eyes widened.
"You can't! I mean not that I don't want you to but I think if she knew she would have come looking for you! Its not like women can forgetting having children, If you know what I mean. You see its only men that really forget!" Chester shouted trying to plead with Remi. Remi ignored Chester and jumped over a fallen tree trunk and continued to run to the edge of the forest watching the glimpses of the horses in the queen's march. She then slid herself down the bank and spotted several people stood to the side of the road with their heads bowed.
"Bow to your queen!" A guard shouted angrily at an elderly man. Remi made her way to the side of the road.
"Remi listen to me! You can't do this" Chester said trying to be a voice of reason.
"Why not?" Remi hissed looking out for the queen. Chester sighed.
"Well she's just lost the king and besides you can't get close to her without the guards slaughtering you" Chester hissed back. Remi nodded at this and Chester breathed a sigh of relief.
"I want her to look upon me with her own eyes" Remi said.
"Perhaps then she'll know" Remi suggested. Chester couldn't disprove the theory.
"Well I'm going to go and hide in the clearing, trust me the queen does not want to see me. We aren't exactly friends" Chester said jumping off Remi's shoulder. He then scampered into the bushes. The queen was now at level with Remi and Remi smiled trying to catch the queen's attention. Remi looked in the pocket of her cloak and found a rose she had picked earlier for Merida. She then subconsciously handed it to the queen hoping for recognition.
"Thank you dear" The queen said with a wicked but elegant smile taking the rose from Remi, her hand brushed Remi's and Remi smiled at the contact although she seemed to look through Remi. Remi's smile faded at this. The queen continued to ride off, she then looked back at Remi seeming to recognise her face but unsure of why. Remi sighed as her plan failed and watched as the march left.
Chester walked around in the clearing waiting for Remi grumbling to himself. Suddenly he heard twigs breaking and this made him stand on edge.
"Remi?" He whispered. Looking around
"Well I've been looking for you" a voice said. Chester turned to see a guard walk out of a bush. Chester's eyes widened and he began to back off his tail went in-between his legs nervously.
"Your powers here as useless cat so don't try and run" The guard threatened.