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Chapter Two

'Castle Mystery'

I sniffed and yawned. My arms stretching up in the air. I felt so tired. I slowly opened my eyes. It felt as if rocks were on top of my eye lids. I shook my head and opened my eyes. I saw a blurry figure over me.

"Glad you're awake, Milli." Nathaniel's voice echoed around the room.

I winced my eyes until I could see clearly. Nathaniel's face was now clearer than before. I got my vision back.

"Are you hungry? Mademoiselle Eli, left you honey and warm milk. Some, biscuits as well." Nathan pointed to the tray of warm food.

"Iz zhe awake? You better have zot voke her up." Mademoiselle Eli had stomped up the stairs.

I finally realized that I was in my room. No wonder I felt so comfortable.

"She's awake, Eli." Nathaniel reassured Eli.

"Are zou hungry? Why, I have biscuits. It zust came out ze oven." Eli brought the tray over.

I shook my head. "I don't think I even have the will power to chew." I muttered.

"Oh. Zen I leave zou two alone. I have to check on ze turkey." Eli bowed and slowly walked down the wooden stairs.

"You know, Nathaniel. I had the weirdest dream…just a couple of minutes ago, you know." I began.

"Oh, really? What was it about exactly, Milli?" Nathaniel asked.

"It's quite silly if you ask me. Hear me, it was about you and me. We were going to get a gooseberry pie when…this short man came out of this fancy carriage. I suppose it was made of gold or some sort of metal. He said…that you were…a prince. A bit exaggerated, don't you think?" I laughed.

Nathaniel wasn't laughing. He looked straight into my green eyes and nodded.

"Blimey! You're…you're really a prince!" I almost jumped off my bed. Instead, I backed up next to the headboard.

Nathaniel stared at the wooden planks of my room. My eyes followed his onto the straw mat that Eli made for me.

"Why haven't you told me before? I've been friends with you for…ten bloody years!" My eyes widened. I was filled with surprise and hatred. Why would he lie to me that both his parents died? That…his sister fell into a snake pit and his brother got his head cut off by a woodsman!?

"Aren't you going to say anything? Spill it out, Nathan!" I urged him to go on. I never felt so angry and happy in my whole life.

"Yes…I'm a prince. So, what? I'm not going back." Nathan whispered. "The Kingdom is running fine. I'm sure…Simon or Edgar, Theodore, maybe, Dale would be fine kings. I'm just better off as a poor boy from off the streets. My brothers…are the real ones with all the talent. The possess everything a king needs,…looks, swords, posture, they even have the education. If I went to the castle…I wouldn't even be greeted by Esmeralda…," Nathan was playing with his thumbs.

"C'mon. That's not Nathan talking! What happened to…Super Chicken Man? He could do anything. I'm sure you can too. If you just believe in your-….Esme who?" I had to stop. When the name, Esmeralda came into the picture…I just had to stop and ask who that is.

Nathan jumped. "No…No one. Why would you ask that? Are you sure you don't want a biscuit?" Nathan grabbed a warm biscuit covered in honey.

I gave Nathan the Look. It was when I made a serious face and my eye just does something that makes him tell me. Nathan always tells the truth when I do this.

"It's…It's not like she's some princess who I've been crushing ever since I left the castle. Psh." Nathan tried to avoid the Look. "Okay! Okay! Maybe….maybe…she is."

I smiled in triumphed. The Look wins again! This never gets old. "Oh. So, you left to leave your girlie behind? That's a sign." I sneered.

Nathan stood. "We'll…talk later, Milli. Okay?" He said quickly. He rushed down the stairs leaving me in horror.

He left? Nathaniel…left. He never did that unless we were saying good bye. Why would he lie to me like that? He's running from his problems. I felt like banging my head against this wall. Maybe, he needs some time. I clucked my tongue and grabbed my blanket and put it over me.

"Hope you're okay, Nathan." I whispered as I blew out the candle. My eyes closed immediately.

I sniffed and opened my eyes. The sun hit my bed perfectly. I jumped out of bed. My eyes widened.

I wasn't in my room. I gasped. I was in a glamorous room. With gold and pink designs. I was speechless. The bed I was in was twenty times bigger than me. The bed possessed pink and gold sheets with the light gold veil at the white columns which were attached to the bed. The room was even more gorgeous. Angels and babies were plastered on the wall. Mirrors were gold frames were pasted on the wall. The walls were entirely pink with gold designs and white flowers were engraved onto the white tile floor. There was a giant white closet on the left that was almost fifth teen feet wide. Two white doors were at the end of the room. I was guessing one was the bathroom door and the other was the exit.

How did I get here? Was the question. Was this a dream? Or possibly, this was real. I was in a rich house and my dad was trying to surprise me.

One of the doors opened. A head popped out of it. It was a plump woman wearing a long green dress past her ankles. She had long brown hair and wore some gold earrings or watch. I wasn't quite sure.

"Glad you are awake. The prince is waiting for you. You are going to be five minutes late if you don't get washed and use the soap inside there. You have ten minutes." the woman began walking towards me.

I was shocked. I was in the castle? A prince was expecting me?! Was this some joke? Or village prank? It seemed real enough once the woman grabbed my ear and dragged me into the bathroom.

A/N: Thanks for the two reviews. That means I post chapter two and three. The more reviews the better but, then. I want to post this story out there. I hope you liked this one. You'll have to wait 3 days until the third chapter is out. Thanks, again.

-Edn