Chapter 2, A Funeral?
Alice stared blankly at the ceiling, something that she often did when it was the night time, or when she couldn't sleep, like most people, she pondered or wondered about things when she couldn't sleep. But this evening, she did something she hadn't done for a long time, she remembered.
She remembered her mother and how her flaming red hair, so similar too hers, flowed in the wind and how her smile always brought smiles too everyone's faces. She remembered how she always used too brighten up when her Brother, who now shall remain unnamed, returned from his travels.
Alice sighed and turned her head so, she was now looking at the green rimmed book, the one that her mother gave her the moment before she died. For some strange reason she couldn't actually remember how her mother died. Alice knew she was there, but whenever she tried too remember that moment her mind whent blank. So, she just gave up trying remembering things, it was a useless task anyway. The past is the past, there was no changing that.
"U-Umm…Milady? Could you please get out of your chambers? I am about too clean it." An all-too familiar voice came from behind her, Alice calmly looked over too see a boy, around her age, and fiery orange hair too rival her own. "Of course Renton, but may I ask why your cleaning my chamber for the fourth time today?" Alice asked as she slowly got up from her previous resting place. "But it's too dirt Milady! Can't you see all this dust?" Renton motioned somewhere in the air. Alice nodded, and then started off in the direction of the palace library. The residents here where very… Unusual, too say the least.
Ace walked past the large chamber that, he learned belonged to Alice. The girl whom he had too befriend too pass the test. But there was more to it wasn't there? Release her emotions with the thing that is closest to her or something? How was he supposed to do that? It wasn't like the answer would just show itself to him, or anything. "Excuse me Sir… Can you bring this to Lady Alice? This book is very important to her…" The redheaded boy motioned to the thick musty old book that Ace saw her always carrying.
"Umm… Sure...Whatever…" Ace shrugged stepped in the room and grabbing the thick green book. "B-be careful not too get the room too dirty! I'm almost done cleaning the room!" shouted the boy, Ace nodded absently and walked out the door, looking at the must old book, his eyebrows furrowed. "What is this? A diary?" Ace snickered at the image of Alice writing her secrets in the thick book. Ace shrugged, first looked around in case Alice was around, then timidly opened the book and skimmed the first page, but found there wasn't any words in it but drawings.
Ace stared in awe at the first drawing, it seemed so lifelike. It was an older woman who looked strangely like Alice with a boy with blonde hair, with a little baby cradled in his arms. Ace blinked, no…It wasn't possible. It was almost if the pictures were moving….
Five cloaked people stood around the funeral coffin. One would think that it was a funeral, with the people cloaked in black and the dimly lit room and such. Unfortunatly for the person in the coffin, it wasn't. If one would look carefully enough, they would see it was moving, slightly but still moving, also, if they listened well enough, one could hear a muffled voice coming from it. Something along the lines of; 'Let me go!' or 'I don't know about any Carvidal royal family, now please take this accursed lid off of this coffin like box!' Then, one of the cloaked people spoke, her voice loud yet somewhat calm at the same time. "We believe that you are the Prince of Carvidal, Methodios."
The muffled voice replied something like that sounded similar as, 'that's absurd! Why, on earth would you think that?!'. The tallest one laughed, his laugh sounding as melodic as a robin's song, if there was any robins in this world, which unfortunatly, wasn't. "You are a fool Methodios, for letting your cover blown so easily. Your distinct blonde hair and blue eyes, one would at least think our, oh-so-wonderful Prince would disguise himself!"
There was more banging from inside the coffin, then an eerie silence quickly spread throughout the cave.
How did you like it? I'm going too try and post more soon. If anyone has any sejustions for chapter 3, you could post it up.