Hiya blu sorry I took so long with this! Grr I hate the fact that ur the only one reading this. If u are reading this and u are not blu, WHY DIDN'T YOU READ THIS BEFORE???????oh well at least ur reading it -* ~Girlfriend of a ghost~ *-

Jester

Chapter Five

The other jester looked from Joey to Jenei repetitively. He didn't know if what he thought was going on was true. He looked at his prince, then his king. Then he looked at Joey. "I've got a really funny joke," The jester said, watching Joey. "Well, that's a start.." Joey said. The Saltan laughed. The jester smirked. "There was once a jester who wanted what he couldn't have. He wanted a princess. Not any princess, but the princess whom was to marry a great prince."Joey's face fell. "And the jester of the kingdom caught the traitor." The two saltan's were catching onto the story. The prince didn't look happy as he watched the young jester and his princesse's eyes locked in fright. "And the jester was punished. SEVERELY." The jester finished. Saltan Giokan stood in rage as he saw the young jester and the princess look at eachother. "Gaurds!!Arrest him!!" He shouted. No sooner had he said this that Jenei had jumped up from her seat, much to the prince's dismay, and run to one of the servant's secret passageway trap doors, waving for Joey to come. "Joey! Through here! Quick!" She shouted. Joey hurried through the trap door as the guards came. Jenei slammed the trapdoor shut and blocked the way from the guards. They all stopped, afraid of what the consequences of hurting the princess would be. "What are you waiting for?!!" A voice came from behind them. Prince Kogitchero walked past them up to Jenei and slapped her hard across the face. She fell out of the way in pain and the guards were able to get into the trap door. Prince Kogitchero grabbed Jenei by the arm and yanked her up so that she faced him. "How DARE you?!!!You will be MINE, and ONLY MINE, for the rest of eternity, whether you like it or not!!!!!!!! Understand me?!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled, squeezing her arm so hard that she let out a small cry in pain. She nodded to show she understood, a tear rolling down her cheek. Kogitchero threw her to the ground. "Guards!!" He called. "Yes, young master?" Three gurads said. "See to it that the jester is KILLED."He said. "NO!!" Jenei jumped up and ran to find Joey, to warn him. Jenei's father watche dhis daughter run to save the traitor whom had been the most welcomed guest in his palace for years. How could he have not noticed the bond between the two?He was ashamed that the young jester would not live to see the sun rise because of what he had done. "So the princess is my sons, then?" The other saltan asked, a broad smirk on his face. Jenei's father nodded. He didn't say anything. That was enough for the Saltan. "Jester!" He shouted to the 15 year old boy. "You have been a great help. See to it that the maids give you a good room and present you with finer clothes and food."The 15 year old jester nodded apprieciatedly. "Thank you, my master!" Joey hurried through the passageway as fast as he could. He could hear the guards behind him. He ran until there was a fork in the path. He turned right into the path that was harder to see and ran until he couldn't hear the other guards any more. He saw a light up ahead above him and ran to it. He climbed up through a hole, where he found himself in the great hallway. To his left was the door. He was almost out. He had no sooner started running when a hand landed on his shoulder. He turned around. Before he knew it he was on the ground, a huge bruise on his cheek. The blurry image of Prince Kogitchero smirked down at him. "He's here!Quickly, get over here!Before he gets away!" He called. Soon he felt strong arms yank him up from the ground, and he was dragged to some room that he didn't recognize.It was dark in this room. There were metal chains on the wall, and apparently, someone hanging from each. Joey wondered if they just happened to all be sleeping..in red clothing. Jenei's heart pounded fast in her chest. She ran into the Great Hall, and saw that most of the guards had just went down the second corridor into a room she hadn't yet been in. She ran as fast as she could to catch up with them. Joey felt a bag being tied over his head. His stomach churned as he realized where he was. His heart pounded as they forced him to his knees, and he felt his head be positioned on a piece of wood. They tied his hands behind his back. He heard the 'clink' of an ax being taken off a wall, and a door being closed.He trembled with fright. Jenei ran until she saw a wooden door being shut. She ran as fast as possible to the door and pulled it open. Joey heard the door open just as he heard the 'swish' of an ax being brought down. "Jenei,"He thought, for the last time. Jenei froze as the ax hit the floor, along with the thing it had been aiming for. Time seemed to freeze for her right then. She didn't even know when she started screaming.She fell to her knees and sobbed into her hands, looking away from what used to be .ALIVE. The guards around her carefully lifted her to her feet and brought her out of the room full of death. After all, princesse's were not made to see such a sight. Jenei choked on the tears that poured endlessly down her face. "Joey," She thought. She cried and cried for so long that she hadn't realized it when her father left her. He'd been too shocked at her tears to say goodbye..not that he had planned to in the first place. Jenei was taken to a new bedroom in her own wing that was across from Kogitchero's. The entire night she cried into her pillow, repeating the name in her head. Joey. Joey. Joey.

*sniff * ...*sniffle * ..I'm sorry, I'm not a very strong person...*sniff * ...yes. Joey is dead.at age 13...all because of one thing that you can't live without, and, in his case, with. Love.