Fate
By: Sweet Honey
Chapter Four: A Vicious Truth...
"Abby!" yelled a voice, and the poor Princess was shaken awake.
"Wha-where's the fire?" asked Abby, sitting up straight and disoriented. She looked at the pretty old woman sitting on her bed and laughed happily. "Nana!"
The older woman smiled and let Abby hug her. Abby's grandmother was the most famous Queen there had ever been, and the most well liked too. not to mention the most well loved person in Abby's life. Even in her old age she was pretty, with her green eyes and pure white hair. After Abby had finished her squeezing, Nana Ella put her finger to her lip and motioned for Abby to stay quiet.
Suddenly Abby had a bad feeling. "Nana, why are you here?" she asked, looking out her window. "It's nearly midnight! Is anything wrong?"
"Something is horribly wrong." replied her Nana, and she got up. "Your sister has run off with Zaden-"
"That's a BAD THING?!"
"-and they are off to find the Divine Gem." finished her Nana. "I take it you know what it is?"
Abby nodded, dumbfounded. "Nana, I hate to say this, but I really really don't care that Kel ran away with her fairy toy." she said, surpressing a smile. "I wish them all the happiness in the world-"
"Oh, shush, this is more important than your sister running away." said the older woman. "They are looking for the Divine Gem! They cannot find it!"
Abby shrugged. "Why not? I mean, I doubt if they..." but her voice trailed off as she remembered the fate of the one who had wielded the stone. As much as she disliked her sister, she didn't want her to die. "Do you think Kel may die?"
"No, I don't believe that Zaden would find much use for Kel after the Gem was discovered." said Nana Ella. "There's only one reason he brought her and consequently only one reason that I came here to tell you this; The Divine Gem cannot be taken from its resting place by anyone other than royalty."
Abby cringed, suddenly having a terrible thought. "Oh no..."
Nana Ella stood tall and pointed her finger at Abby. "Oh yes! You see we can't have those two idiots getting the stone first, now can we-"
"Oh, no Nana-"
"-so you see someone else is going to have to get to it first..."
"Nana, just don't say it, okay? Just don't-"
"And that person, the last living of the royal line, is YOU!" bellowed Nana Ella, pointing her finger at the horrified Abby. "Your father and my son, bless his heart, is dead. Your mother is no more royalty in her blood than a milkmaid. YOU must find the Divine Gem before your sister and dispose of it, or the destruction of your kingdom will come sooner than you ever thought possible."
"Kel wouldn't destroy her kingdom!" cried Abby, hoping against hope that her Nana would take back what she has said.
"Who ever said anything about Kelamarie destroying it?"
Abby's blood turned to ice as she realized what her Nana meant. "Oh..but I'm too young to go on an adventure like that! I have practically no skills! I-" she stopped she realized that she was contradicting everything she had ever said in her entire life about the usefulness of women. She flopped backwards onto her bed with a groan. She'd wanted to be a spokesperson for her cause, not a martyr.
"I'm going to die doing this, aren't I?"
Her Nana Ella rolled her eyes. "Don't be so dramatic. Many people less brave and skilled than you have gone out on adventures and come back just fine. All right, so some of them were maimed, but that shouldn't happen to you..."
"You're...not....helping."
Suddenly Abby's Nana cocked her head to one side and waved her arms about frantically. "Quickly, pack! You have to leave immediately!" she cried, but before she could speak anymore Queen Lyddia entered the room.
"Dear mother-in-law, it would seem that you are in the only place in the castle which no one is allowed to enter." said the Queen. "I would appreciate it greatly if you would leave this room immediately."
As she watched her Nana leave Abby thoroughly wished that her Nana had taken the title of Queen long ago. Then she wouldn't be treated like just another visitor in the castle that SHE owned!
After Abby's Nana had left, Queen Lyddia entered the room. "You are not, I repeat, NOT To have any visitors of any kind. I can't believe you would get your grandmother involved in this-" She knew that her Nana had come by her own free will "- and for that you will stay here, in this room, for the next two weeks."
Inside of Abby a little explosion went off, tearing apart all reason and pride. "Are you insane?!" screeched Abby, and she lunged at her mother. Thankfully (for the Queen that is) two guards grabbed her and pulled her back into the room. "That could be taken as treason," said the beautiful Queen as she adjusted her dress robes. "But considering the situation, I believe I'll just leave it alone."
After the guards left Abby crumbled to the floor. Her heart ached as she realized what she had been trying to do, how she had lunged at her mother....
"...you're vicious like your mother-"
"Stop it." Abby whispered, pulling her hands over her ears. "Stop."
"You most certainly are, and you know it."
"Leave me alone...." she cried, tears falling onto her silk dress and trailing down her cheeks. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts in the process, and clenched her fists. "My fate, my life is my own! I won't let her keep me locked up like a dog!"
Abby grabbed her traveling bag and packed only two dresses, a nightgown and some *neccessities*. With that done she happily scrubbed her face and set off....about halfway across the room before she realized that there was no way out of her room, unless she felt like taking a diving leap into the moat.
She sat on her bed with a loud thud, and her little bubble of purpose popped. She looked at the gloves on her hand and sighed. There was nothing different now than there had been when she was seven. She was still a helpless and sheltered girl, dominated by her mother and ridiculed at every turn. She sighed again, looked up and jumped nearly a foot into the air.
"Er-Erik! How'd you get in here?!" she cried. "If my mother ever finds out you were in here..."
"What? She'd nag me to death?" he asked snidely, leaning against Abby's window. "You know, your darling mother out there is a total monster. I mean, I don't like humans either, but I'd never think of locking one up in its room!"
Abby didn't really like being called an "it" but she digressed. "Erik, all day people have been breaking into my room. Mostly, they were people I wasn't very fond of. Erik, you are one of those people." she said, and sat down in a chair. "Tell me why you're here."
"Orders." he said, rolling up the sleeves on his red tunic (Abby shivered as she remembered the blood covering his other shirt). "I have been ordered by a very persuasive old lady to get you out of the castle and accompany you on a journey, Needless to say, I am not very happy about this."
"Oh, and I'm positively ecstatic."
"Well, I know you'd much rather be with your dear Zaden than have your sister with him."
"Get real!" yelled Abby. "That guy is a total creep, not to mention a sadist. I've already decided to go after him and make sure he doesn't get the Divine Gem." After a moment she really wished she hadn't added that last part.
"Ah, so you've decided to go and save your kingdom? How noble." said Erik, and he didn't look very happy about it. "I guess I'm going to have to get you out of this room then..."
"You'd better not be planning on throwing me out the window."
"Okay, I'm going to have to find a NEW way to get you out of this room." said Erik and he walked around for a bit. Suddenly he stopped and said, "Do you have everything your going to need?"
Abby held up her bag (which she's been holding for about five minutes) and rolled her eyes. "I think I'm all set."
"Good." said Erik, and he swooped up Abby and flew out the window.
"PUT-ME-DOWN-PUT-ME-DOWN-YOU-ASS!" screeched Abby, whacking Erik with her bag. "You are NOT supposed to do this to a Princess."
"True. But right now you're not a Princess. You're a fugitive."
"Great." said Abby submissively, looking up and sighing. "As if being a Princess wasn't bad enough."
By: Sweet Honey
Chapter Four: A Vicious Truth...
"Abby!" yelled a voice, and the poor Princess was shaken awake.
"Wha-where's the fire?" asked Abby, sitting up straight and disoriented. She looked at the pretty old woman sitting on her bed and laughed happily. "Nana!"
The older woman smiled and let Abby hug her. Abby's grandmother was the most famous Queen there had ever been, and the most well liked too. not to mention the most well loved person in Abby's life. Even in her old age she was pretty, with her green eyes and pure white hair. After Abby had finished her squeezing, Nana Ella put her finger to her lip and motioned for Abby to stay quiet.
Suddenly Abby had a bad feeling. "Nana, why are you here?" she asked, looking out her window. "It's nearly midnight! Is anything wrong?"
"Something is horribly wrong." replied her Nana, and she got up. "Your sister has run off with Zaden-"
"That's a BAD THING?!"
"-and they are off to find the Divine Gem." finished her Nana. "I take it you know what it is?"
Abby nodded, dumbfounded. "Nana, I hate to say this, but I really really don't care that Kel ran away with her fairy toy." she said, surpressing a smile. "I wish them all the happiness in the world-"
"Oh, shush, this is more important than your sister running away." said the older woman. "They are looking for the Divine Gem! They cannot find it!"
Abby shrugged. "Why not? I mean, I doubt if they..." but her voice trailed off as she remembered the fate of the one who had wielded the stone. As much as she disliked her sister, she didn't want her to die. "Do you think Kel may die?"
"No, I don't believe that Zaden would find much use for Kel after the Gem was discovered." said Nana Ella. "There's only one reason he brought her and consequently only one reason that I came here to tell you this; The Divine Gem cannot be taken from its resting place by anyone other than royalty."
Abby cringed, suddenly having a terrible thought. "Oh no..."
Nana Ella stood tall and pointed her finger at Abby. "Oh yes! You see we can't have those two idiots getting the stone first, now can we-"
"Oh, no Nana-"
"-so you see someone else is going to have to get to it first..."
"Nana, just don't say it, okay? Just don't-"
"And that person, the last living of the royal line, is YOU!" bellowed Nana Ella, pointing her finger at the horrified Abby. "Your father and my son, bless his heart, is dead. Your mother is no more royalty in her blood than a milkmaid. YOU must find the Divine Gem before your sister and dispose of it, or the destruction of your kingdom will come sooner than you ever thought possible."
"Kel wouldn't destroy her kingdom!" cried Abby, hoping against hope that her Nana would take back what she has said.
"Who ever said anything about Kelamarie destroying it?"
Abby's blood turned to ice as she realized what her Nana meant. "Oh..but I'm too young to go on an adventure like that! I have practically no skills! I-" she stopped she realized that she was contradicting everything she had ever said in her entire life about the usefulness of women. She flopped backwards onto her bed with a groan. She'd wanted to be a spokesperson for her cause, not a martyr.
"I'm going to die doing this, aren't I?"
Her Nana Ella rolled her eyes. "Don't be so dramatic. Many people less brave and skilled than you have gone out on adventures and come back just fine. All right, so some of them were maimed, but that shouldn't happen to you..."
"You're...not....helping."
Suddenly Abby's Nana cocked her head to one side and waved her arms about frantically. "Quickly, pack! You have to leave immediately!" she cried, but before she could speak anymore Queen Lyddia entered the room.
"Dear mother-in-law, it would seem that you are in the only place in the castle which no one is allowed to enter." said the Queen. "I would appreciate it greatly if you would leave this room immediately."
As she watched her Nana leave Abby thoroughly wished that her Nana had taken the title of Queen long ago. Then she wouldn't be treated like just another visitor in the castle that SHE owned!
After Abby's Nana had left, Queen Lyddia entered the room. "You are not, I repeat, NOT To have any visitors of any kind. I can't believe you would get your grandmother involved in this-" She knew that her Nana had come by her own free will "- and for that you will stay here, in this room, for the next two weeks."
Inside of Abby a little explosion went off, tearing apart all reason and pride. "Are you insane?!" screeched Abby, and she lunged at her mother. Thankfully (for the Queen that is) two guards grabbed her and pulled her back into the room. "That could be taken as treason," said the beautiful Queen as she adjusted her dress robes. "But considering the situation, I believe I'll just leave it alone."
After the guards left Abby crumbled to the floor. Her heart ached as she realized what she had been trying to do, how she had lunged at her mother....
"...you're vicious like your mother-"
"Stop it." Abby whispered, pulling her hands over her ears. "Stop."
"You most certainly are, and you know it."
"Leave me alone...." she cried, tears falling onto her silk dress and trailing down her cheeks. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts in the process, and clenched her fists. "My fate, my life is my own! I won't let her keep me locked up like a dog!"
Abby grabbed her traveling bag and packed only two dresses, a nightgown and some *neccessities*. With that done she happily scrubbed her face and set off....about halfway across the room before she realized that there was no way out of her room, unless she felt like taking a diving leap into the moat.
She sat on her bed with a loud thud, and her little bubble of purpose popped. She looked at the gloves on her hand and sighed. There was nothing different now than there had been when she was seven. She was still a helpless and sheltered girl, dominated by her mother and ridiculed at every turn. She sighed again, looked up and jumped nearly a foot into the air.
"Er-Erik! How'd you get in here?!" she cried. "If my mother ever finds out you were in here..."
"What? She'd nag me to death?" he asked snidely, leaning against Abby's window. "You know, your darling mother out there is a total monster. I mean, I don't like humans either, but I'd never think of locking one up in its room!"
Abby didn't really like being called an "it" but she digressed. "Erik, all day people have been breaking into my room. Mostly, they were people I wasn't very fond of. Erik, you are one of those people." she said, and sat down in a chair. "Tell me why you're here."
"Orders." he said, rolling up the sleeves on his red tunic (Abby shivered as she remembered the blood covering his other shirt). "I have been ordered by a very persuasive old lady to get you out of the castle and accompany you on a journey, Needless to say, I am not very happy about this."
"Oh, and I'm positively ecstatic."
"Well, I know you'd much rather be with your dear Zaden than have your sister with him."
"Get real!" yelled Abby. "That guy is a total creep, not to mention a sadist. I've already decided to go after him and make sure he doesn't get the Divine Gem." After a moment she really wished she hadn't added that last part.
"Ah, so you've decided to go and save your kingdom? How noble." said Erik, and he didn't look very happy about it. "I guess I'm going to have to get you out of this room then..."
"You'd better not be planning on throwing me out the window."
"Okay, I'm going to have to find a NEW way to get you out of this room." said Erik and he walked around for a bit. Suddenly he stopped and said, "Do you have everything your going to need?"
Abby held up her bag (which she's been holding for about five minutes) and rolled her eyes. "I think I'm all set."
"Good." said Erik, and he swooped up Abby and flew out the window.
"PUT-ME-DOWN-PUT-ME-DOWN-YOU-ASS!" screeched Abby, whacking Erik with her bag. "You are NOT supposed to do this to a Princess."
"True. But right now you're not a Princess. You're a fugitive."
"Great." said Abby submissively, looking up and sighing. "As if being a Princess wasn't bad enough."
