Tangled-It was just a dream CHAPTER 4

Note: Hi again! I am so lucky to have friends of mine who are also writers! We went over some stuff at lunch, and I have some great things to put in the story! I did a very rough draft of this in my journal at school, so now basically I'm going in and editing that out. I just passed my EOG's-I got a 4 in reading! EEEEEE! Expect more later-I'm working as hard and fast as possible as I can! Oh, and if you want to submit art or songs that go along with the story, that would be a huge help to me. Thanks! Love, Liz

It's a bright, sunny day as Marissa and I are studying in the courtyard. We're going over ways to solve for x when three of the Palace Guards ride up to us. One of them is on Max, and he doesn't look happy.

"Is there a problem?" I ask the guards, standing up.

"Princes….you see, with all the action in the war….we haven't been able to keep up with all of our men…" one of the guards says, almost as if he's trying not to make his point.

"Yes, I've learned about that. But please tell me what's wrong." I give them a stone-cold glare.

"Princess…It's Eugene. He's been missing-in-action for three days now." My stomach feels like it's just dropped a million feet. My heart stops for a second.

"What do you mean, he's been missing-in-action?" I ask, folding my arms. Eugene's a smart guy. He doesn't just go "missing".

"Well, we were counting heads for the King three days ago, and Eugene wasn't with us. We can't count him dead until we're sure, but he's as sure as heck missing." I clench my fists, my eyes darkening.

"Well we have to go look for him, right?" I ask, stepping forward. The guards don't flinch.

"Princess, here's the thing. If he's missing, then there's a good chance he's either been captured and held hostage, or he's dead." The guard says, plain and simple, as if it doesn't even matter.

"But we're still going to try, right?" I ask, getting a little of my composure back. I can't lose it here.

"Sorry, Princess, but we have bigger problems." The main guard turns and gallops away on Max, who looked pretty angry throughout the entire thing. My heart feels as if I've just entered a dream.

And it's most certainly not the good kind.