I started back to the palace utterly confused. The guards to the ballroom took one look at me and opened the doors wide, letting the bright light inside blind me. I stumbled in and the music stopped. Everyone stopped to gaze. Jaden yelled and ran to me, but I pushed him off and headed to the place where the King and Queen stood agast.
"Your magesties," I said as I tripped slightly. "A man stopped me in the road and gave me a message for you."
The King nodded his head and said for me to speak.
I told him what the man said and asked them about it.
"I'm afraid we can't tell you what that was about."
"I was drug into a dark alley, threatened, pushed around, and ordered about, and you won't even tell me for what purpose this serves?" I was slightly annoyed, and I forced a few tears out of my eyes to gain their sympathy.
"My lad-"
The doors slammed open, and three armed men walked in, dragging the old lady from the town, Anya.
"Your majesty, we found the supposed witch! She tried to get into here, but we found her!"
The king nodded to me and walked out of the room with the Queen and left me there standing.