PhantasyDreamer: Hey I'm back. I'm sooo sorry for not updating. I'm so crazy sometimes, I thought I updated this story last month and when I checked the date I didn't. Forgive me, my mistake. Thank you all for the reviews I really appreciate them. Well, here is a long chapter to make up for my mistake. I hope you guys like it and don't forget to review. Oh, yeah before I forget, I don't own Sailor Moon only my characters. Besides I wonder if they would be able to handle me. Anyway, don't mind me on with the story. Enjoy!
The Forgotten Princess
Chapter 11: A dangerous Choice
Last time: On The Forgotten Princess
"You're right mother," she got off of the cream bed sheet, "I have to do what's right for my nation and kingdom, even if it means forgetting about my love for William." Her mother almost choked when she heard the name William. She didn't like that guy at all but she forced a smiled regardless. Trista gave her mother a hug and then left the room smiling vibrantly. Although she still wasn't happy with the idea of marrying the prince she felt a lot better about it. Queen Olivia let out a slight laugh when her daughter had finished exiting the room. She smiled, now things would go just the way she wanted it to. She gazed out of the window chuckling softly to herself. "Now that things are going according to plan, I think it's time to initiate phase one." She whispered cackling a little while holding a small bottle in her hand that read poison.
The story continues...
Selena smiled a little at how clean the room was. She had just finished cleaning Prince Darien's room and was getting ready to leave for the stables. After she had introduced Amy to Lita she went on to doing her chores. She headed to the prince's private bathroom to clean it when he entered in. She slowly closed the door leaving it slightly open so she could peer through it to see what he was doing. She held her breath a bit as she heard him mumbling loudly about something.
Prince Darien walked to his bed grumbling incoherently. He sat on the bed holding a frustrated look on his face.
"How could I be so stupid?" he asked himself aloud, "Mina is right, I can't give this locket to Trista. I don't know how I could be so thoughtless?"
He looked at the locket and set it down on the bed. Rubbing his temples he sighed. It was as if he was trying to drain out the stress he was getting. He wondered what could have possessed him to even consider giving away something that was so loyal and valuable to him. He dropped down on his bed with his arms stretched out while looking up at the ceiling.
'How can I ever forgive myself?' he thought sadly.
At the same time Selena peered through the bathroom door looking at Darien who was still on his bed. She heard what he said upon entering the room but she was a bit confused. What was he talking about? And why did it involve the locket she had become so intrigued with? She was about to come out of the room when her feet slipped on the tiles making her fall face first to the floor. The impact of the collision caused a loud shriek to echo throughout the room. She quickly sat up rubbing her face and nose that hurt so badly, luckily there were no bruises and she was injure free. Before she was able to get off of the floor, she looked up to see Prince Darien staring at her curiously.
'Just what I need, the prince seeing me being clumsy.' she thought frowning.
"Selena, are you alright?" he asked looking at her strangely.
"I'm fine." she laughed nervously as she got up.
Their eyes locked for a moment as he waited for her to get up. She blushed quickly, walking out of the bathroom. Moving closer to his bed, she sighed. She stood by it as he stared at her curiously. She sighed once again, feeling frustration starting to dawn on her.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, I'm sure." she squeaked clearing her throat with a quick cough, "Um…your highness, I'm finished with your room now and I'll be in the stables if you need me."
"Wait!" he yelled startling her.
He sat on his bed once again while Selena just stood still watching him. He frowned placing his hands on his face. It was as if he was thinking deep on something and wanted Selena to be there to witness it. He stopped meditating and turned his attention back to her. Selena put her hand to her mouth. She could see in his eyes that he was confused about something. But what shocked her most was that she remembered seeing this look on his face before. It was weird and she shook her head violently trying to erase the image.
"Selena…" he started looking at her seriously, "Would you ever consider giving away something that was of great value to you? I mean especially if a friend gave it to you?"
She smirked at him.
'Could he mean the locket?'
"NO, if it is of great value, then no." she smiled staring at his deep blue eyes, "And if that friend is so dear to me, then I wouldn't have to think twice of letting it out of my sight."
He sighed, how right she was.
"I hope my friend can forgive me," he replied confusing her a bit while getting up, "for almost making a terrible mistake."
Selena just smirked at his statement and started to move towards the door. The prince saw this and thought that now would be a great opportunity to find out if he was meant to marry Trista. After all, since the incident this morning he couldn't help but wonder if he was making the right decision.
"Selena, could you tell me what really happened this morning at the picnic?" he asked curiously with a smirk while standing in front of her.
"I don't know what you mean." she rolled her eyes hoping he couldn't read the expression she held on her face.
"What happened when you were bringing the refreshments for us?"
She frowned a bit.
'I hope he doesn't figure it out.'
She took a deep breath before speaking.
"Well, I…I w-was so embarrassed seeing both of you…well you know and then the tray just slipped…I…" she started instantly turning red, "I'm so sorry I didn't mean too and I was so nervous…that…"
She trailed off.
"It's okay," he replied while touching her shoulders, "I just hope you weren't jealous because that would really mean something, wouldn't it?"
"J-Jealous? Your highness, she's your fiancée and I'm a servant." she stated looking up at him while feeling a bit nervous, "My only duty is to serve you. I was surprised that's all."
He let out a deep sigh. He looked at her once again. He kept wondering why she had to look so much like Serena but that was beside the point. He didn't understand what she was saying. It was so much different from the way she reacted earlier this morning. Earlier this morning her eyes held hurt and confusion and yet she was saying something different. Could she be jealous and try to hide it? But want plagued him more was how he had ended up getting into this conversation with his servant, questioning her about her feelings for him. Was he having second thoughts about his marriage to Princess Trista? Or was he starting to have feelings for his servant, Selena?
"I understand." he said sternly while smirking, "Anyway, thanks for the advice. You give good advice, Selena."
He grinned giving her a quick peck on the cheek and then walking out of the room feeling much happier about his decision. Selena stood still while looking at the door with her hand still touching the cheek where the prince had just kissed her. A deep red blush instantly formed there as her knees buckled and she fell to the floor.
'He kissed me.' she thought dreamily hanging onto his bed post, 'He kissed me.'
IN THE GARDEN
Amy sat in the rose garden quietly pulling out some weeds and flowers in the grassy ground. She had become very fond of flowers from the time she was little. She had always loved her favorite flowers, daisies. She remembered the days when she could play in the fields while her parents had to work for the king and queen. She was too young to know the responsibility she would have to obtain when she got older.
'I wish I can be free one day.' she smiled to herself as she held the daisies close to her mouth and blew on it.
It sprinkled into the atmosphere being cared away by the sweet mist of the air. A gently breeze flew across her short blue hair as the small daisies tickled her nose. She giggled a little and then frowned. Although she liked working for Princess Mina it was tiring at times and she wondered if there wasn't more to her life than being a servant. Sighing she continued to pick some more flowers and placed them in the small basket she had brought with her. She gasped as she saw a shadow hover over her.
"You know you don't have to do that," the voice said sarcastically, "there are gardeners that do that."
Amy turned around immediately to see a young purplish raven hair girl standing in front of her in servants' attire. She smiled a little as she got up to face the young girl who was around her age.
"Hi, I'm Amy, Princess Mina's maid." she sighed offering her hand.
The young girl took it quickly.
"I'm Raye, Queen Adena's maid." Raye smiled brightly as she shook her hand, "I was telling you that the gardeners are the one's that get rid of the weeds so you don't have to do that."
"Oh, I just love to pick flowers that's all." she smirked, brushing off some dirt from her uniform.
"Just be careful, Queen Adena doesn't like the flowers to be picked." the raven hair girl smiled, "I have to get back to my chores now. We can talk later when your chores are done."
"Okay,"
Amy stood still as another slight breeze blew across her body, this time giving her body a shivering sensation. She slowly picked up the basket with flowers in it when she heard a slight noise. She stopped abruptly searching to see where it came from; it was coming from the bushes. She walked further into the garden turning to her left, a few yards from where Darien and Trista had their picnic. Slowly peering into the bush she saw a man kneeling down looking at her suspiciously. Before she could say anything he threw a small envelope in her direction.
"Um…" Amy looked at him searching for words as she picked up the envelope.
"Deliver this message to Princess Trista, immediately." he whispered sternly while getting up out of his kneeling position, "It is very important!"
"I will." she nodded obediently, "But who are you?"
"I am just a messenger," he smirked placing his brown hat on his head while covering his long blond hair, "and if anyone asks, we have never spoken."
He tipped his hat to her and in an instant disappeared down the hill. Amy walked over to the area he had just disappeared. The same view that Prince Darien and Mina were looking from, she looked to see him tumble down it. She looked confused at the envelope in her hand. What could this possibly mean? She decided she should just do as she was told and give the letter to Trista. Besides she still had more work to do herself. She sighed deeply as she headed back into the palace.
'This is the story of my life.' she smiled clutching the envelope tightly.
IN THE STABLES
Selena walked slowly towards the stables. She had finished all of her chores so far and decided to do some work in the stables. Mainly because she wanted to visit Sugar, the horse she had grown to like so much. Just something about that horse made her feel attached to it and besides that she just wanted to spend some time by herself to contemplate on what was going on. After she had just finished clearing out the hay she went towards the horse.
"Sugar," she moved towards the steel cage door while whistling a bit as the horse came towards her, "I hear you like to eat sugar."
It neighed loudly at her, quickly grabbing the sugar from her hands and rubbing its head against her hand. She sighed looking at the creature. She wondered why she felt a sudden pull to it. Its brown skin was so soft that she could almost mistake it for fur.
"Would you like to go riding?" she laughed a little at the thought of talking to a horse.
Surprisingly, the horse neighed loudly trying to break the chain off of the steel door. She patted its head and tried to find something to pick the lock. Ignoring the note on the cage she figured that horse just needed some freedom. Fortunately for her, she found a large rock and used it to break the lock off. When it was finally off, she got an old saddle, strapped it onto its back, jumped onto the horse and then she left the palace grounds.
'I hope I don't get in trouble, but I just need some time alone.' she thought gripping the bridle tightly.
The horse galloped further into the woods leaving the palace behind as a past memory. When she thought she was far enough from the palace she got off the horse and sat down by a nearby tree. From the route she had taken into the forest she could see the town square from a far distance towards the eastern side. It was not the same route Prince Darien had taken on his journey to town. She yawn a bit as she stretched out her legs on the grassy ground while Sugar knelt down right next to her.
"You know Sugar, this place is so beautiful you should get out more," she smiled while patting its head, "I wonder why Prince Darien have you locked up so much. Are you that violent that you can't have your own freedom like the other horses?"
The horse neighed once again as if answering her question. She laughed a little as she rested her head on a large tree bark.
"Some day things will change Sugar, some day."
Slowly closing her eyes she drifted into a deep sleep.
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It was early in the morning and Queen Serenity and Serena decided to take a little walk in the garden. The queen wanted to spend some time with her daughter since she had been so busy at times. They walked through the garden behind the palace in silence. Large trees cascaded above them leaving a pathway for them to walk through. It was the day after her birthday and she seemed okay for now.
Queen Serenity wore a cream satin dress that stretched out a little below her knees. The sleeve had a long slit between it along with cream flat shoes.
"So Serena, I heard Darien gave you a special gift last night for your birthday." her mother smiled looking down at her child.
"Yes, he did," she smiled giving her mother the locket she had received from Darien, "but how did you know?"
"Your father told me. He saw you two last night after he heard you scream." she replied examining the pink locket while using her finger to outline the design on top of it, "You scared your father real bad."
Serena looked at her mother in shock. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"He was spying on me?" she asked acting as if she was a teenager while placing her hands on her hips, "You know, sometimes Dad can be so mean." she frowned.
"And you can be so spoil sometimes." her mother stated sternly giving her a hard glare.
She sighed and bowed her head in shame.
"I'm sorry Mom," she sighed as her mother gave her back the locket, "I guess you also heard that Darien and I don't want to get married when we get older?"
She asked her mother who nodded in her response. The princess frowned folding her little arms across her chest. Her mother looked at her seriously with her light blue eyes.
"I don't understand why," she sighed as she stopped walking while looking up at the sky, "I've always dreamed of that day Serena, the day when you would get married. I don't want you to get married to just anybody, that's why I choose Darien."
Serena gave her mother a huge smile as she hugged her slim figure by the knees. Serenity then knelt down and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't worry mother, who knows we might change our minds." she winked at her mother causing her to smile widely.
"Come on let's go, I have something to show you." Serenity replied holding her daughter's hand.
They walked further into another region of the garden where another small lake stood. This lake was a lot bigger than the one Serena liked to stand by in the night time. As they came closer towards it Serena smiled at the bridge that was built across it. Its wooden frame stretched out elegantly across the lake along with golden rails attached on top of it. Serena smiled vibrantly at it.
"Your father decided to build it for us," she smiled as they both walked up onto it, "so we could come here and spend time with you when we're not too busy."
"I really like it." she smiled leaning on the rail to look at the water below.
"I knew you would."
The two spoke for a few minutes more until they saw Queen Adena and Darien coming in their direction. They walked slowly onto the bridge gazing at the sight as well. Darien came to the edge of the rail with Serena while his mother and the Serenity began to talk.
"Adena, what brings you two out here so early?" Serenity asked skeptically.
"There's something I want to discuss with you." she had a small smirk on her face as she looked at her friend.
The two kids looked at their mothers in amazement. What could that possible be about? Was it about the discussion they had last night?
"Um…Serena could you and Darien go play for a while." Queen Serenity gave her a smirk ushering for the two to leave.
"Okay,"
"And Darien…be nice, remember what we talked about." his mother replied sternly, tapping him on the head.
Darien chuckled at her statement and walked off the bridge with Serena. Serena remained silent wondering what the discussion could be about. Her silence caused Darien to be very curious. He turned around in front of her smiling vibrantly. She looked at him skeptically wondering why he had blocked her way. She rolled her eyes and then frowned at him.
"Serena, you look…you look very pretty today." he replied coolly brushing back his hair.
She looked up at him, a small smile creasing her lips.
"Really Darien?" she asked a little shocked, "Oh thank you, that's so sweet!"
She couldn't stop smiling as she brushed down her light green dress that reached her knees. It had a white collar with yellow embodied design along the edges. She also had two small green ribbons attached around her buns (meatballs as Darien would say).
"That's very nice of you to say." she blushed some more staring him curiously.
"Actually, my…my mother told me to say that," he smirked slightly tapping her shoulder in a mocking way, "to me you actually look hideous today."
She frowned immediately as she rushed after him, "Why you evil prince!"
"Oh Serena!" he yelled sarcastically as he quickly ran away.
He ran as fast as he could making sure Serena could not catch him and since he was a few inches taller than her he was making good progress. Serena continued to run after him trying to catch him, he was so fast and the more she tried to catch him the more tired she felt. She decided that there was only one way she could catch Darien and that would be to use her secret weapon.
"Uh…ow!" she yelled loudly stumbling to the floor.
Darien stopped running and turned around to see Serena lying face down in the grass. His eyes widen in fear wondering if she had been hurt.
"Serena!" he rushed over to her, "Serena, are you alright?"
He asked as he helped her off of the grassy ground allowing her to sit up in a kneeling position. She had a sly smirk on her face which kind of shocked him. Her blond bangs were hanging down over her eyes so he did not know what to think of her actions. Slowly he began to back away from her when he realized what she had just done.
"Serena, I didn't mean it, I was just joking!" he smiled crawling backwards with a sheepish look on his face, "See, ha ha ha, just a joke."
She let out a sly laugh as she lunged after him. She tickled him hard as he rolled over in the grass laughing loudly while clutching his sides.
"S-Serena…please…please, I won't tease you again!" he yelled tears streaming down his face, "Ha, ha, p-please s-stop!"
She smiled again as she finally stopped tickling him allowing him to catch his breath. He opened his eyes that were shut and looked at her still trying to hold in his laugh.
"That's what you get for teasing me Darien Shields!" she yelled slumping down on the ground right next to him.
He smiled as he looked at her, still clutching his sides and sitting up now, "You can be so violent when you get angry."
"I blame all my anger on you." she smirked laughing a bit as she playfully pushed him on the shoulder.
He frowned and became silent as he looked at her. He wiped away the tears that seeped through his eyes and folded his arms around his chest creasing his orange t-shirt. Serena looked at him confused by his actions. He let out a deep sigh as if trying to calm down.
'What's going on?' she thought staring at her best friend, 'He looks so serious now.'
"Serena, I have to tell you something," he stared, an uneasiness look dwelling on his face, "I'm leaving for school next month."
"Huh? Why?" she gasped in shock.
"My parents have decided to send me to a boarding school for a while. So I won't be visiting you as much but I would come back on vacations." he replied sadly bowing his head.
"Oh, then I guess its goodbye then," she sighed feeling tears threatening to fall down her cheeks, "I know you'll make new friends and have so much fun. And soon I'm sure you'll just forget about me."
"No of course not. We'll still be friends and I won't forget about you at all." he replied getting off of the ground and then pulling Serena up onto her feet.
She looked at him sadly while wiping away a tear that ran down her left cheek. She felt so sad that her best friend would be leaving her at a time like this. Darien himself felt bad but he couldn't control what his parents had requested and he had to obey regardless of his feelings. He gave her his handsome smile once again as he embraced her in a hug.
"Don't you ever forget me, Darien Shields." she cried into his shirt, "Don't you ever."
Slowly the two began to walk back to the bridge on which their mothers stood. As they arrived Queen Serenity was shocked to see Serena sniffing back some tears. She was just about to question her daughter about her strange behavior but when she saw Darien holding her hand, she realized that he had just told her that he was leaving for school.
"Cheer up you two," Adena smiled tapping Serena's shoulder, "Come on, why don't you two take a picture?"
"That's a great idea." Serenity smiled getting out a very small camera.
She instructed the children to sit on top of the ledge of the bridge rail, making sure that they had perfect balance while leaning on the rail. The children smiled as they sat next to each other and gave them their biggest smile.
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Selena yawned as she took her head off of the tree bark. She was surprised that she had slept so long. Looking around she saw that the sun was slowly setting on the horizon. She patted Sugar's head slightly waking the horse up. She held a huge smirk as she remembered her dream. It wasn't as bad as the one she had the last time when she collapsed on her bedroom floor. Instead this one was more calm and comforting. Although she could barely remember much about that dream, she was happy she could remember this one.
'Oh, no it must be supper time already,' she thought getting up while brushing a few weeds off of her uniform. Her thoughts still went back to her dream, 'Queen Serenity, she seems like such a nice mother figure, and Serena, I feel as if I'm learning more about her everyday. But why does this all feel so familiar?"
She moved to get the saddle back onto Sugar when she heard a rustling noise coming from the bushes. She stood still frightened of what could be lurking out there. Erasing her horrible thought of a beast, she went back to strapping the saddle on. She was almost through when Sugar started to grunt and neigh loudly.
"What's the matter boy?" Serena asked patting him and wondering what had spooked the horse.
She turned around almost immediately to see a man with a sword in his hand only a few feet away. It was big and he held it over her shoulder, holding an evil smirk on his face.
"What do you-?"
"I've come to get rid of you." he replied sternly, his voice as deep as a bass guitar.
Without waiting for a response he ran towards her with the sword in hand. Charging after her like a bull.
"What?" she gasped stepping back a little as her horse came closer towards her.
Sugar grunted loudly as he turned around and fired a kick at the man. The impact of the kick sent him flying back into a pile of thorns in the grass. Luckily for him the horse had hit the palette of his wide sword instead of him otherwise he would have been in great pain or worse be killed. He yelled in pain as he got up taking some of the thorns out of his arms and legs. He glared at Selena with hateful eyes as he whistled for his friend to come to him.
Selena turned her attention to her left to see the same guy who cut the prince a few weeks ago on the arm. He smirked as he whipped his black ponytail behind him while standing next to the brunette guy.
"It's…you!" she gasped pointing at him.
"Of course it is," he smirked pulling out a pocket knife, "your prince got away but I'm afraid you won't be so lucky."
The two men looked at each other as if they were signaling something. With a quick motion, Selena looked at the brunette man who picked up a large stick and lit it. He then chased her horse with it leaving her open for an attack.
"Why…Why are you doing this?" she asked picking up a stick as well, she decided she should at least try and protect herself, "Who…are you?"
"Just think of me as the silencer." the ponytail guy replied taking out a medium size sword from his bag.
He clutched it tightly and ran straight towards her. Selena was angry and frustrated so she decided to run. She ran still holding the stick as she made it to a tree. When she turned around he was right in front of her glaring at her. She swung her stick three times but missed and he immediately with ease knocked it out of her hand. She gasped looking at the stick on the floor, her only hope.
'Oh no, how could this have happen to me?' she questioned herself looking at him while he walked with striding steps towards her, 'What am I going to do?'
She walked backwards not knowing where to go or what to do. She soon bumped into a large tree bark that was behind her. She turned around to the tree and then back to the stranger and realized that she was now trapped and there was no way out. What was she suppose to do? She had no weapon to protect herself and she was all alone.
"Say goodbye, SELENA!" he yelled raising his hand in the air getting ready to hit her.
'How did he know my name?' she looked at him, her blue eyes widen in fear.
Almost immediately his hand lowered with the sword, she closed her eyes and raised her hand and an attempt to protect her self.
"No!" she yelled as she waited for the impact.
LIVING ROOM
Queen Adena sat silently in her chair contemplating on the events that took place just earlier today. She was angry by the news she had just received but was trying to not to get frustrated. What was she to do? How was she to do it? And who could she trust? She stood up to look out of the large window that showed the palace gates.
'How can I keep this from Darien?' she frowned sipping a glass of water, 'I just hope this thing blows off.'
She continued to stay deep in thought when she heard something behind of her. Looking around she saw Queen Olivia staring at her curiously. She gave her a sly smirk as she looked at the queen whom seemed to be hiding something. Queen Adena wore a dark purple short sleeve dress that extended to her ankles. The dress was simple and wrapped loosely around her body.
"What brings you here now?" Adena asked looking at her.
"Oh, I was looking for Trista and I saw you looking so depressed…" she started twigging her dark brown hair, "I thought that maybe we could talk. You know, we could be friends since our children are getting married soon."
Queen Adena nodded in response allowing her to enter into the room. She stared at her astonished but ignored the terrible vibe she was getting from this queen. She could see that her eyes held hidden secrets, secrets that were carefully buried away, far away from what the normal eyes could see. But somehow she decided to ignore the feeling, after all she was feeling depressed and wanted to know how she would be able to overcome this situation.
Queen Olivia sat in a chair that Queen Adena instructed her to sit in; she then came to sit in the opposite direction of her. They sat for a while in utter silence both not knowing what to say to the other.
"So…" Queen Adena broke the silence almost softly.
"Well…"
"I was wondering." Queen Adena replied uneasy by what she was thinking, "How do you think those two are getting along?"
"I think they're getting along great," she smiled clasping her hands, "I heard that the picnic went quite well and Darien and Trista are beginning to like each other a lot."
'Even though his stupid maid is getting in the way,' Olivia thought slyly.
Queen Adena got up from the chair and looked outside to see that the sun was setting on the horizon. She frowned, it was dinner time and she still didn't know what to do about the threat. The king was out somewhere with his advisor and had not returned back. She sighed, she knew she had to get ready whether she liked it or not. She turned around to see Queen Olivia looking at her with a confused look but clearly not wanting to bother her with the details.
"It's dinner time. I guess we should head to the dinning room now." she smiled feeling a bit guilty by her actions.
"Okay."
When they both arrived there Trista and Darien were sitting by the table talking away enjoying themselves. They were so deep into their conversation that they did not realize that their mothers' had entered the room.
"Darien, have you seen your father?" Queen Adena asked searching for him.
"No mother but I believe he's outside speaking with Mina." he smiled turning his attention back to Trista who was giggling at a statement he had just made.
"Oh, okay."
A few minutes passed by and King Rudolph and Princess Mina entered the room. The dinner was taking longer than expected and they were getting impatient by the minute. Finally the food arrived and the maids placed the food in front of each recipient. For the first time in the night, Darien realized that someone was missing.
'Where's Selena?' he asked himself, looking at Amy who placed Mina's food in front of her.
She then left the room with the other maids. He frowned for a minute. Something was just not right. But he figured that she might be with her other friends in the servants' quarters. They all began to devour their meal, each speaking to one another about events that took place and other interests that came about.
The king's new butler for six months, Gregory was the only one standing next to him as he ate. He looked at the glass of wine sitting inches away from his hand. He stared at it immensely wondering if he was doing the right thing. Slowly King Rudolph's hand reached for the glass and Gregory's thoughts went back to the discussion he had a few days earlier.
FLASHBACK
Gregory was dusting the furniture in the study room when Queen Olivia walked into the room. She walked in slyly behind him trying not to make her presence known, but being as attentive to his surroundings as he was, he recognized her presence. Turning around he looked at her with his semi-greenish eyes.
"I have a proposition for you." she spoke in a deep voice looking at him with her evil eyes.
"What is it?" he asked arrogantly putting down his dust brush.
"I want to get rid of the king." she whispered staring at him as she walked closer towards him.
An uneasy feeling crept around him as she circled him. He was a tall brunette man in his late forty's. His short hair was creased down with gel and parted in a section of it. He had known Queen Olivia for quite a while, since he had worked in her palace before leaving town. He came to this town for a better life, but was even more surprised when Queen Olivia showed up. This lady had brought misery to his life with her selfish ambitions and greed and he for one was afraid as always to be around her.
"I don't know what you're getting at," he started trying to calm himself, "but I won't do anything to jeopardize my job."
"Is that so?" she asked touching his black tux while playing with his tie, "Well, I hope you don't mind King Rudolph discovering that you were once a thief and you stole countless times from me."
"Your highness, that is not TRUE!" he raised his voice feeling his rage take over.
"It doesn't matter, because you know as well as I do that they will believe anything I say."
He frowned at her. He felt like he could knock her down for trying to blackmail him into doing this horrible thing.
"So…do we have a deal?"
"Yes, I'll do whatever you want." he replied sadly bowing his head in shame.
"Great, here's the plan…" she smiled deviously.
END OF FLASHBACK
He let out a heavy sigh. What was he doing? Did he really want to kill the king after he had been so nice to him? Did he really want to throw his life away? He closed his eyes as if trying to block what was about to take place. He opened it again still glaring at the glass not knowing whether to move or to just look on.
He frowned as King Rudolph's hand reached slowly towards the glass, picking it up and getting ready to drink it.
'I hope they can forgive me.'
That's it. Took me longer than I thought to finish this but at last it's finished. Well, tell me what you think in your review and I'll try and get the next chapter out as soon as possible. I know I shouldn't apologize for the long chapter but I will. I just didn't want to put all this information in the next chapter. And now it's 15 pages. Wow! A new record. I've never written this long before. Anyway, tell me what you think, Chao!
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