Chapter 3: To kill or not to kill
Jumping she turned around and spotted a young man standing there. "Thank you" she said uncertainly. Who was this guy and why was he here. No one was allowed to be here unless the queen approved them first. And she had never seen this guy. As Sam was thinking about this new problem she was unaware of her stepmother watching her.
"Samantha you lazy girl get back to work!" yelled the queen. Turning back to tell the guy to go away she was surprised to see that he wasn't there. Looking around she spotted a blood red rose on the ground. Bending she picked it up, looking around one more time and went inside to finish her chores.
"I want you to take Samantha into the woods outside the palace grounds and kill her" the queen was furious. How dare that little brat become more then me? I am the fairest in the land not her. "I'm so sick of her!" "But my queen the garud asked with sarcasm why you are so sick of her?" How he hated this woman. He wished he could get rid of her; instead he was being forced to serve her.
She rounded on him. "Don't be coy with me guardsmen! You know why". She was furious how this idiot dare question her. She would have to reinforce the spell on him and the others soon. "I'll tell you again kill her". "No!" with that scream he fell to his knees in pain. It felt like something was chocking him. His vision was going dark he couldn't breath! "I'm going to die he thought. Suddenly he could breath again. He stayed on his knees breathing deeply trying to get his breath back. A shadow covered him and he looked up. She stood there looking down on him with a cruel twist to her lips and hate in her eyes. Finally she spoke "Youwill kill her".
That Afternoon
She was so happy. She was finally out of the place. She did wonder why the guard insisted that he take her out here today, but put it out of her mind. Samantha had known this guard since she was a little girl. He had also been the personal guard of the king her father before he died. Lost in her thoughts Sam hadn't noticed that he had stopped until she ran into his back. "Sorry" she muttered then the gasped as she caught sight of the field. Tons and tons of flowers! She was in love.
As Samantha was picking flowers a shadow suddenly fell over her. Turing around quickly she tried to scream as she spotted the guard standing over her with a knife. Ashe raised it to stab her she thought of the strange man earlier this morning. "I never even learned his name" she thoughts. She was brought out of her thoughts by the guard speaking. "I can't do it" he said shaking the knife. "D-Do what" Sam asked stuttering slightly. Had he just tried to-?
"Kill you" he said apologetically. "But... But why"? She was shocked. He was going to kill her but decided not to? What was going on? "The queen. She has become jealous of you, so she has ordered me to kill you!" he looked at Sam pleadingly. "I swear I didn't want to kill you but the queen, she has put a spell on me and the other guard's. If we do not obey her and her finds out she can cause us tremendous pain" explained the guard. He watched as Sam went form shocked to terrified to anger. "Wow he thought" anger is not a good look for her". Sam wasn't angry she was furious. How dare that queen wanna be, try to have her killed? "I knew it! She hates me and she wants me dead". Sam rounded a little more then finally calmed down a little bite.
"What should I do?" She asked the guard. "Run" so Samantha ran till it was dark and she couldn't run anymore. Exhausted and tried Sam finally let herself cry. Sam decided she had cried enough and continued on to walk. As she walked she thought of the young man she had met earlier. "Where's my prince when I need him" Pouted Samantha. Spotting a house with its lights on Samantha squealed happily. Walking over to the house Sam began to wonder who lived here. Knocking on the door she waited for someone to answer. No one did. Deciding she really didn't want to stay out here Sam walked inside.
The house was so clean that there was not a single speck of dust. "Whoever lives her must be very neat" Samantha said running her finger over the counter and seeing it come back clean. An hour went by and Samantha was getting tried. She went upstairs to see if there was a bedroom. Finding one she saw four beds. "Levi, Arthur and Chad. Those must be the people who live here". She said with a yawn. Looking at the beds and deciding they looked very caunfy she layed down and was instantly asleep.
Looking around Sam knew she was dreaming. "Samantha" called a familiar voice. Turing around she saw the man from this morning. "I never got your name" Sam asked. Its Darren he paused Prince Darren" he said as he stepped toward her and took her in his arms. Sam held her breath as he lend toward her." My first kiss" she thought happily when she suddenly heard new voices.
"Who's that"? asked a voice. "Shhh she's waking up" said another. About time" grumbled another. That was followed by a "thwap" and the grumbledly voice yelling "Ow!!" Sam's eyes shot open.
A/N: Who are the voices read on and find out. Please REVIWE I may not get another chapter up for a while but I will try.