C H A P T E R 4: ARRIVAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you all enjoy this chapter because I certainly enjoyed making this and yes! Darien is finally going to introduce himself to us! FINALLY!!! Don't forget to Review and tell me what you think and I love you all and thank you for reading my story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serenity locked the door and combed her bangs through her fingers. "What should I do?" She whispered. What that man told her about Lita seemed true.
"Serenity" Lita said while knocking the door. "Why?" She asked sadly.
"Lita, please just go away." Serenity said softly. "I don't trust you anymore. Please go away."
"What is it, Serenity? Please..." Lita sobbed. "Don't make me go away. You can't even tell me the reason why this is happening."
"Just go away!" Serenity screamed harshly and cried silently.
"Fine! I guess if you want to ruin our friendship so easily then this is it! It's over and the next time you'll see me...", Lita paused and breathed. "Don't expect me to greet you because I'll see you as a stranger!" , she screamed.
Serenity listened to Lita's angry footsteps climbing down the staircase. "This is the right thing." Serenity whispered over and over again, trying to ease the pain in her heart.
She stood up with shaking limbs and ran towards her bed, then buried her face in the pillows. "I'm sorry, Lita but I don't know if I ought to trust you."
"Serenity! Serenity! Wake up!" Someone said closely to her ears while shaking her from her slumber.
She opened her eyes and blinked. "Danny. You're here." She said groggily.
Danny smiled sweetly. "Yes, Serenity. By the way, Where's Lita?" He asked.
Serenity closed her eyes again and said, "I told her to go away. I don't trust her. I don't know who I should trust?" She sighed.
"Don't you trust me?" Danny asked quietly. Serenity stared at his gorgeous chiseled face. He looked so thoughtful and sincere that is why Serenity suddenly smiled.
"Of course I trust you." Serenity chuckled.
"That's good." Danny grinned while touching her face. "Well then, I'll see you later at dinner. There's a guest I want you to meet."
Serenity watched him leave and wondered. It suddenly occurred to her that Danny didn't ask much about Lita. "I thought he's in love with Lita but why doesn't he care that I told her to go away." She asked herself.
During dinner...
Serenity peeped through the staircase wanting to have a chance to take a good look at the guest Danny invited.
She squinted and saw a short old man with dark mustaches, who was wearing a uniform that marked him as a sort of an admiral general.
"Serenity! What are you doing there?!", squeaked Mdm. Dolanda. This woman has been Serenity's personal maid since she was married to Prince Darien Endymion Albert the 4th or shortly known as Prince Darien.
"Oh forgive me, Mdm! I was just trying to have a look at the surprise guest." Serenity stuttered while dusting her petticoat.
"That man my dear Serenity is a very important man. He is here to pass the title to Danny." Mdm. Dolanda said affirmatively.
"Pardon me. I didn't hear it quiet right." Serenity asked with heavy heart.
Mdm. Dolanda looked at her and sighed. "I'm afraid Prince Darien is dead. The throne is given to Danny now."
"Then what does it have to do with me?" Serenity asked with a frown.
"That I do not know, Princess." The woman said and left.
Serenity went downstairs and was introduced to the man named, Mr. Collins. They had dinner and Serenity ate silently.
"Serenity. Why are you so quiet?" Danny asked her.
"I'm sorry, I don't feel well. Can I be excused?" Serenity asked wiping the napkin to her mouth.
Mr. Collins coughed and suddenly said, "There are some things that we have to discuss first, Princess Serenity."
"But Sir, I feel very dizzy! I want to go to my room now!" Serenity demanded angrily.
"Sit down!" Danny shouted.
Serenity sat down and closed her mouth. She took a peek at Danny and Mr. Collins. Danny was frowning and Mr. Collins kept on wiping the napkin to his mouth.
"Mr. Collins. Please do continue." Danny said dryly.
Mr. Collins looked at Serenity and opened a small black leather notebook. "Miss Serenity, Danny have offered that you marry him so that you will not be a widow and your title still remains.", he said.
Serenity's head began to spin. She didn't know what this discussion was heading. She never expected Danny to offer for her. She had no whatsoever intention of ever marrying him because all she ever felt for Danny was brotherly love and her heart belongs to Darien.
"How dare you?" Serenity bursted at Danny. "You have the honor of letting another man propose to me for you! You don't even know how I feel? Are you not ashamed of marrying your brother's wife?!"
Danny stood up and slapped Serenity hard on the face.
Serenity gasped opening her mouth to speak but she was speechless.
"Excuse me princess but ever since my brother introduced me to you. You always loved fairytales and when you were a princess. You loved the title and all the leisure that comes with it. I thought you would be relieved with this proposal." Danny drawled sarcastically.
Serenity's eyes watered and she clenched her hands tightly. "I'm sorry if I was so shallow then but I have news for you Mr. Danny! I'm not now and I don't care if I become a widow because at least I still have the memories of my beloved husband all my life!" She cried and ran towards her room.
It was midnight and Serenity couldn't sleep. She was still depressed and sad. "Was I really so shallow then?" She asked herself.
Then she grabbed her sweater and headed towards the kitchen to get herself a cup of warm tea but somewhere in her way there she heard two distinct voices. One was female and the other was male.
"Why you conniving scoundrel! You bastard! How could you do this to me?" The female voice cried.
"I didn't do anything! I never promised to marry you or have any relationship." The male voice replied icily.
"I hate you!" The female voice cried brokenly. "You tricked me into doing all of that for nothing. Do you know how much my friendship with her means to me? It means everything but I was willing to break it because of you!"
"I don't think your much worthy of a friend anyway to let your friendship be broken just because of a guy." The male voice said.
"Please. Please stop. Just stop. I won't come here ever again. I just hope that she would forget about what the stranger said to her about me." The female voice cried again.
"I don't think so. That guy was very convincing. I didn't pay him 5 pounds of pure silver for nothing." The male voice laughed menacingly.
"I really hate you!" The female voice screamed and ran away.
Serenity slowly moved her head towards the kitchen and saw Lita ran towards the door and Danny sitting at a chair. She covered her mouth which was breathing heavily.
Her heart was beating wildly and she finally realized that everything was wrong. Lita was still her true friend and she never did bad things that stranger told her and that Danny was a pure scoundrel.
Tears sprang through her eyes and she managed to wipe them away. She slowly stood up and went towards her room. Once she was in her room, she took a big bag and filled it with her clothes and savings.
She was not going to stay in this castle anymore. She didn't feel safe anymore. She felt like she was trapped in a cage with a tiger. She grabbed a black hood and covered her entire body and waited for an hour to pass by.
After waiting, she slowly escaped the castle using abilities she didn't know she had to avoid the guards.
Once she was already outside the castle. She roamed around and found a little bench. She sat down daintily but within a few minutes, she was already asleep.
Morning...
"Miss, are you all right?"
Serenity opened her eyes and stared at an old woman who was wearing an old brown dress and who was looking at her with eyes full of concern.
"Actually I feel a little bit sick." Serenity replied with a yawn.
"Are you lost my dear? Do you need any help?" The woman asked again.
Serenity didn't reply because she suddenly remembered her circumstance right now and all the events that happened to her. She looked at her folded hands and sighed.
"Where are your parents? Relatives perhaps?" Persisted the old woman.
"I have no one and no place madam." Serenity answered truthfully and began to stand up but the old woman interrupted her.
"Gracious! You cannot be left alone with no one there for you. I insist you live with me. My master doesn't mind if I bring along relatives in his house so I'll just tell him your my niece is that all right?" The old woman said loudly and began to touch her forehead and her neck to see if she had a fever.
"Oh no! That would be a lie because I'm not your niece." Serenity said while shaking her head.
"Don't argue with me child! I'm giving you an opportunity to live safely but your shaking that pretty head of yours so you can give all those bad perverts to do something to you while you sleep on a bench each night?" The old lady nagged slapping Serenity by the shoulder as if she was a naughty child.
"Okay! I'm sorry." Serenity sighed.
The old woman smiled and said, "By the way, you can stop calling me Madam. My name is Miss Robins and yes I've never been married in my life but I was a nun then. How about you?" The old woman asked Serenity with a kind smile.
"I'm Sereni...Serena!" Serenity squeaked. She was about to say her real name and that would be very bad because she would eventually be recognized.
"Serena is a lovely name! It suits your lovely face and your sweet character." Miss Robins complimented. "Serena, I should tell you that once we arrived in my master's house. You start calling me Aunt Robins, okay?"
Serenity smiled happily and hugged the old lady. "I'll call you whatever you'd like me to call you Aunt Robins and I thank you forever!"
"You know you remind me of someone." Miss Robins said after their embrace.
"Who?" Serenity asked happilly.
"Princess Serenity. You look exactly like her but I'm not sure because I've seen her only once and that was A year ago when she was going to marry the Prince." Miss Robins said with a dreamy voice.
Serenity's smile fell but she quickly hid it. "Why thank you, Miss Robins! I'm deeply flattered but I'm sure the princess is a thousand more times prettier than myself." She laughed.
"Well I don't know about that but maybe the princess has a twin and maybe it's you." Miss Robins said and laughed together with Serenity.
Once they have arrived in the house of Miss Robin's master. Miss Robins quickly made Serenity a hot bath and after let her eat a big bowl of pork stew and bread. Once she was full and was glowing with health. Miss Robins was now sure that she could introduce Serena to her master.
"Serena, don't forget to call me Aunt Robins and always smile and be polite." Miss Robins instructed her.
"Okey Aunt Robins." Serenity chirped wearing a big grin on her face.
"Master Harrison." Miss Robins called.
Behind a big wooden chair. A tall man with broad shoulder turned his head making his shiny jet black bangs tumble to his dark blue eyes. "What is it, Miss Robins?" He asked calmly.
"I have to introduce to you my niece sir for she would be living here from now on to keep me company." Miss Robins said firmly yet friendly.
"Ah! What is your name?" The handsome guy asked Serenity.
Serenity was unable to stop neither her mouth from opening nor her eyes from widening for what she saw was unbelievable. It was Darien. Prince Darien!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next chapter is "Nostalgia". Stay tune and once again I'm reminding you to please review. It's like medicine to a writer you know. Well that's all for now and love you all and God bless and don't forget to drink tea. Hahahaha! Out of topic, neh?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you all enjoy this chapter because I certainly enjoyed making this and yes! Darien is finally going to introduce himself to us! FINALLY!!! Don't forget to Review and tell me what you think and I love you all and thank you for reading my story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serenity locked the door and combed her bangs through her fingers. "What should I do?" She whispered. What that man told her about Lita seemed true.
"Serenity" Lita said while knocking the door. "Why?" She asked sadly.
"Lita, please just go away." Serenity said softly. "I don't trust you anymore. Please go away."
"What is it, Serenity? Please..." Lita sobbed. "Don't make me go away. You can't even tell me the reason why this is happening."
"Just go away!" Serenity screamed harshly and cried silently.
"Fine! I guess if you want to ruin our friendship so easily then this is it! It's over and the next time you'll see me...", Lita paused and breathed. "Don't expect me to greet you because I'll see you as a stranger!" , she screamed.
Serenity listened to Lita's angry footsteps climbing down the staircase. "This is the right thing." Serenity whispered over and over again, trying to ease the pain in her heart.
She stood up with shaking limbs and ran towards her bed, then buried her face in the pillows. "I'm sorry, Lita but I don't know if I ought to trust you."
"Serenity! Serenity! Wake up!" Someone said closely to her ears while shaking her from her slumber.
She opened her eyes and blinked. "Danny. You're here." She said groggily.
Danny smiled sweetly. "Yes, Serenity. By the way, Where's Lita?" He asked.
Serenity closed her eyes again and said, "I told her to go away. I don't trust her. I don't know who I should trust?" She sighed.
"Don't you trust me?" Danny asked quietly. Serenity stared at his gorgeous chiseled face. He looked so thoughtful and sincere that is why Serenity suddenly smiled.
"Of course I trust you." Serenity chuckled.
"That's good." Danny grinned while touching her face. "Well then, I'll see you later at dinner. There's a guest I want you to meet."
Serenity watched him leave and wondered. It suddenly occurred to her that Danny didn't ask much about Lita. "I thought he's in love with Lita but why doesn't he care that I told her to go away." She asked herself.
During dinner...
Serenity peeped through the staircase wanting to have a chance to take a good look at the guest Danny invited.
She squinted and saw a short old man with dark mustaches, who was wearing a uniform that marked him as a sort of an admiral general.
"Serenity! What are you doing there?!", squeaked Mdm. Dolanda. This woman has been Serenity's personal maid since she was married to Prince Darien Endymion Albert the 4th or shortly known as Prince Darien.
"Oh forgive me, Mdm! I was just trying to have a look at the surprise guest." Serenity stuttered while dusting her petticoat.
"That man my dear Serenity is a very important man. He is here to pass the title to Danny." Mdm. Dolanda said affirmatively.
"Pardon me. I didn't hear it quiet right." Serenity asked with heavy heart.
Mdm. Dolanda looked at her and sighed. "I'm afraid Prince Darien is dead. The throne is given to Danny now."
"Then what does it have to do with me?" Serenity asked with a frown.
"That I do not know, Princess." The woman said and left.
Serenity went downstairs and was introduced to the man named, Mr. Collins. They had dinner and Serenity ate silently.
"Serenity. Why are you so quiet?" Danny asked her.
"I'm sorry, I don't feel well. Can I be excused?" Serenity asked wiping the napkin to her mouth.
Mr. Collins coughed and suddenly said, "There are some things that we have to discuss first, Princess Serenity."
"But Sir, I feel very dizzy! I want to go to my room now!" Serenity demanded angrily.
"Sit down!" Danny shouted.
Serenity sat down and closed her mouth. She took a peek at Danny and Mr. Collins. Danny was frowning and Mr. Collins kept on wiping the napkin to his mouth.
"Mr. Collins. Please do continue." Danny said dryly.
Mr. Collins looked at Serenity and opened a small black leather notebook. "Miss Serenity, Danny have offered that you marry him so that you will not be a widow and your title still remains.", he said.
Serenity's head began to spin. She didn't know what this discussion was heading. She never expected Danny to offer for her. She had no whatsoever intention of ever marrying him because all she ever felt for Danny was brotherly love and her heart belongs to Darien.
"How dare you?" Serenity bursted at Danny. "You have the honor of letting another man propose to me for you! You don't even know how I feel? Are you not ashamed of marrying your brother's wife?!"
Danny stood up and slapped Serenity hard on the face.
Serenity gasped opening her mouth to speak but she was speechless.
"Excuse me princess but ever since my brother introduced me to you. You always loved fairytales and when you were a princess. You loved the title and all the leisure that comes with it. I thought you would be relieved with this proposal." Danny drawled sarcastically.
Serenity's eyes watered and she clenched her hands tightly. "I'm sorry if I was so shallow then but I have news for you Mr. Danny! I'm not now and I don't care if I become a widow because at least I still have the memories of my beloved husband all my life!" She cried and ran towards her room.
It was midnight and Serenity couldn't sleep. She was still depressed and sad. "Was I really so shallow then?" She asked herself.
Then she grabbed her sweater and headed towards the kitchen to get herself a cup of warm tea but somewhere in her way there she heard two distinct voices. One was female and the other was male.
"Why you conniving scoundrel! You bastard! How could you do this to me?" The female voice cried.
"I didn't do anything! I never promised to marry you or have any relationship." The male voice replied icily.
"I hate you!" The female voice cried brokenly. "You tricked me into doing all of that for nothing. Do you know how much my friendship with her means to me? It means everything but I was willing to break it because of you!"
"I don't think your much worthy of a friend anyway to let your friendship be broken just because of a guy." The male voice said.
"Please. Please stop. Just stop. I won't come here ever again. I just hope that she would forget about what the stranger said to her about me." The female voice cried again.
"I don't think so. That guy was very convincing. I didn't pay him 5 pounds of pure silver for nothing." The male voice laughed menacingly.
"I really hate you!" The female voice screamed and ran away.
Serenity slowly moved her head towards the kitchen and saw Lita ran towards the door and Danny sitting at a chair. She covered her mouth which was breathing heavily.
Her heart was beating wildly and she finally realized that everything was wrong. Lita was still her true friend and she never did bad things that stranger told her and that Danny was a pure scoundrel.
Tears sprang through her eyes and she managed to wipe them away. She slowly stood up and went towards her room. Once she was in her room, she took a big bag and filled it with her clothes and savings.
She was not going to stay in this castle anymore. She didn't feel safe anymore. She felt like she was trapped in a cage with a tiger. She grabbed a black hood and covered her entire body and waited for an hour to pass by.
After waiting, she slowly escaped the castle using abilities she didn't know she had to avoid the guards.
Once she was already outside the castle. She roamed around and found a little bench. She sat down daintily but within a few minutes, she was already asleep.
Morning...
"Miss, are you all right?"
Serenity opened her eyes and stared at an old woman who was wearing an old brown dress and who was looking at her with eyes full of concern.
"Actually I feel a little bit sick." Serenity replied with a yawn.
"Are you lost my dear? Do you need any help?" The woman asked again.
Serenity didn't reply because she suddenly remembered her circumstance right now and all the events that happened to her. She looked at her folded hands and sighed.
"Where are your parents? Relatives perhaps?" Persisted the old woman.
"I have no one and no place madam." Serenity answered truthfully and began to stand up but the old woman interrupted her.
"Gracious! You cannot be left alone with no one there for you. I insist you live with me. My master doesn't mind if I bring along relatives in his house so I'll just tell him your my niece is that all right?" The old woman said loudly and began to touch her forehead and her neck to see if she had a fever.
"Oh no! That would be a lie because I'm not your niece." Serenity said while shaking her head.
"Don't argue with me child! I'm giving you an opportunity to live safely but your shaking that pretty head of yours so you can give all those bad perverts to do something to you while you sleep on a bench each night?" The old lady nagged slapping Serenity by the shoulder as if she was a naughty child.
"Okay! I'm sorry." Serenity sighed.
The old woman smiled and said, "By the way, you can stop calling me Madam. My name is Miss Robins and yes I've never been married in my life but I was a nun then. How about you?" The old woman asked Serenity with a kind smile.
"I'm Sereni...Serena!" Serenity squeaked. She was about to say her real name and that would be very bad because she would eventually be recognized.
"Serena is a lovely name! It suits your lovely face and your sweet character." Miss Robins complimented. "Serena, I should tell you that once we arrived in my master's house. You start calling me Aunt Robins, okay?"
Serenity smiled happily and hugged the old lady. "I'll call you whatever you'd like me to call you Aunt Robins and I thank you forever!"
"You know you remind me of someone." Miss Robins said after their embrace.
"Who?" Serenity asked happilly.
"Princess Serenity. You look exactly like her but I'm not sure because I've seen her only once and that was A year ago when she was going to marry the Prince." Miss Robins said with a dreamy voice.
Serenity's smile fell but she quickly hid it. "Why thank you, Miss Robins! I'm deeply flattered but I'm sure the princess is a thousand more times prettier than myself." She laughed.
"Well I don't know about that but maybe the princess has a twin and maybe it's you." Miss Robins said and laughed together with Serenity.
Once they have arrived in the house of Miss Robin's master. Miss Robins quickly made Serenity a hot bath and after let her eat a big bowl of pork stew and bread. Once she was full and was glowing with health. Miss Robins was now sure that she could introduce Serena to her master.
"Serena, don't forget to call me Aunt Robins and always smile and be polite." Miss Robins instructed her.
"Okey Aunt Robins." Serenity chirped wearing a big grin on her face.
"Master Harrison." Miss Robins called.
Behind a big wooden chair. A tall man with broad shoulder turned his head making his shiny jet black bangs tumble to his dark blue eyes. "What is it, Miss Robins?" He asked calmly.
"I have to introduce to you my niece sir for she would be living here from now on to keep me company." Miss Robins said firmly yet friendly.
"Ah! What is your name?" The handsome guy asked Serenity.
Serenity was unable to stop neither her mouth from opening nor her eyes from widening for what she saw was unbelievable. It was Darien. Prince Darien!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next chapter is "Nostalgia". Stay tune and once again I'm reminding you to please review. It's like medicine to a writer you know. Well that's all for now and love you all and God bless and don't forget to drink tea. Hahahaha! Out of topic, neh?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~