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Chapter Five! My favorite parts are in this chapter!
Chapter Five
Edmund and Peter continued to walk down the hallway where they bumped in to none other but Orest. Orest looked worried.
"H-hello your majesties," Orest stammered and said again, "How have you been doing on the investigation?"
Edmund answered, "We've found out a lot. We're asking everyone what they did the night of the murder and we'd like to ask the same to you."
"But you know I didn't do it, right?" Orest asked, turning pale.
Edmund replied, "It's just a matter of procedure. Nothing to be worried about."
"All right," Orest answered, "That night---after dinner---I talked with Hylus and then I went to my mother's room and I argued with her about some private matter and--and I told her that I wished that she were dead. But after that, I swear, I left for my cabin and I never did anything else the rest of the night. I promise." He was looking frantic now.
"What did you talk about with Hylus?" Edmund asked.
"I asked her about her family," said Orest, "They were sent away, you know. They were really poor and Nestra was the one responsible for sending them to work on a farm. Hylus is very bitter about it, a lot more than she lets on. Something bad happened that included Nestra, they were framed for a crime or some other reason I'm not sure what exactly, and Nestra got my father to send them away."
"Can you also tell us what the fight between you and Lady Nestra was about? It could help us in the case," Peter said.
"I don't know if I should..." Orest said, biting his lip.
"It's better to tell us," Edmund said.
"She killed him," Orest said slowly, his expression turning to great sadness, "Nestra poisoned my father. She wanted to divorce him and marry Megaera's father, but he wouldn't allow it and so she poisoned him with hemlock. I found my father afterwards..." His voice trailed off and he closed his eyes as if remembering, "I found him right by the lake that was in the back of our house. I knew that she did it, though it was made to look as if he had had an accident on his boat." Orest opened his eyes, "The night when Nestra was murdered when I was talking to Hylus, she told me that she had seen Nestra put the hemlock in my father's drink. My worst fears were confirmed and I got angry and had an argument with Nestra about it. And then Nestra was killed hours after and also found like she had drowned... It's almost the exact same death as my father..."
Orest spoke quietly but it looked like he was about to throw up, "Good day, gentlemen, I'm afraid I must retire." And then he ran to his room.
Peter and Edmund looked after him.
"What should we do now, Ed?" asked Peter.
"I think it's about time we went to look at the body," Edmund said, "We need to look for evidence for the murderer's identity. I'll need you to stand guard by the door where the body is so that I won't be disturbed."
"Okay," said Peter and they walked through the castle. The body was kept in a room somewhat near Orest and Meg's so that they could visit whenever they wished to mourn. The Archenlander's were planning to leave as soon as they could to bury the body in their country, but had to wait because the Tisiphone needed to restock its supplies. Edmund left Peter at the entrance of the room and told him that he would see him soon as he could.
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Peter had been on guard for what seemed like hours but was really thirty minutes. He had paced back and forth in front of the door for a long time, but still Edmund didn't come out. He debated with himself about whether he should go to Edmund, but he convinced himself not to. Suddenly from behind him, he heard a horrifying scream.
"What's the matter?" he yelled back and ran towards the scream.
The scream screamed again and it sounded like it came from Orest's room. Peter rushed inside.
Meg was standing, very pale, pointing at Orest's trunk in the corner that lay open. On a clean shirt, a bloody knife glimmered. It was like a bad dream. Orest, who was standing right beside his trunk, seemed paralyzed. Meg was screaming and kept screaming and then fainted. Peter helped her up into a chair. It wasn't long before a lot of people in the castle came to see what was the matter. Peter turned to Orest,
"What's the meaning of this!" Peter almost yelled.
Orest stood there, white, shaky, and trembling, "I-I don't know. I've never had it. Someone must have put it there."
Peter calmed down. He could see that Orest was frightened, terribly frightened.
"Sir Orest," Peter said, "I'm sorry to do it, but I must put you in jail. You understand that, right?"
Orest was struck dumb. All he could do was nod his head sadly as guards came and took him away to the dungeon. As the crowd was began to leave, Edmund burst through.
"Peter, what's going on?" he said wildly.
"I think we've found our murderer," said Peter triumphantly, "We found this," he pointed to the knife, "In Orest's luggage."
"A bloody knife?" Edmund asked and cried, "But that's impossible! Lady Nestra wasn't stabbed! She was poisoned!"
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Muwahahahahahahahaha! How was the chapter? I've been looking forward to writing this for a long time. It was fun tricking you all, but it's time you knew the way Nestra was really killed so that you might be able to figure out who was the murderer. Explanation in thenext chapter.PLEASE REVIEW! Just click the little button down below here and tell me what you think!
