Danger is My Life: Chapter 12
Crashing Special Events Is Our Specialty.
Corinne got off Cassiopeia, and looked at the palace in the distance.
"We made it." Corinne sighed, "Now let's go crash a 'special' event." Corinne walked the rest of the way, figuring that Cassiopeia deserved a break. She saw the musketeers at the doors. She was pretty sure they'd let her in, but when she went up to them, they blocked the entrance.
"No one is to go in." One of the musketeers said.
"But, I'm a..." Corinne said.
"Musketeer, but we are not supposed to let anyone in, that includes you." A dark-haired musketeer said. Corinne groaned, this will be harder than she thought.
"Who says I'm going in." Corinne started, "Maybe I'm also on guard duty."
"You weren't here when they organized who is guarding the castle." A red-haired musketeer said.
"It's not like I'm going to ambush anyone." Corinne said, the musketeers didn't look convinced, "Hey look over there." The musketeers turned around, and Corinne ran into the palace quietly without them noticing. Once inside Corinne sighed, "This is why there needs to be more girl musketeers, boys are just plain idiots sometimes."
As Corinne walked through the halls she noticed there were barely any musketeers inside. This place had to tighten up on security, no wonder Phillipe got in so easily. Nonetheless she was grateful.
"Corinne?" A voice Corinne recognized as Aramina's asked. Corinne turned around slowly to see three relieved girls.
"Hi." Corinne said with a grin on her face that you would see on a child who's been caught with their hand in cookie jar.
"Where've you been?" Renée asked. Corinne wondered if she should tell them the truth, but decided she had nothing to lose really.
"Italy." Corinne said simply.
"What?" The three girls said at the same time. Confused, scared looks on their faces.
"Yeah, long story." Corinne said, "Actually no it's not, but I was unconscious when . . . whoever those people were took me there so yeah. Don't remember much."
"How'd you get away?" Renée asked.
"I used sleeping spray." Corinne said, then remembered Phillipe and the other man, Silas. Phillipe seemed scared of him, terrified even. She looked at the floor thinking, and said, "Phillipe was there."
Aramina gasped, "He's still alive?"
"Yeah, but I think he's the least of our worries." Corinne said.
"What do you mean?" Viveca asked, there's people worse than Phillipe?
"There was another man in there, when Phillipe talked to him like he was scared of him, and he called him master. I think this Silas guy is worse than Phillipe. Then there's that princess Octavian wants Phillipe to marry, she's not a princess at all." Corinne said.
"What?" Renée asked.
"My friends told me about her, she stole a couple thousand dollars from the Italian government a couple years ago. I think . . . I think she's trying to steal Louis's inheritance along with the kingdom." Corinne explained. Aramina gasped.
"Great another lunatic." Renée said.
"How are we going to convince Louis and Treville she's evil." Viveca asked. Corinne smiled, she'd been waiting for them to ask them. She took off the bag on her shoulder, and put her hand searching for the thing she needed. It was an old newspaper from a couple years ago with Calista's picture on the front page. Thankfully Emma kept every newspaper she ever got.
"That's her." Renée said, taking the newspaper.
"We have to stop her." Viveca said. Aramina nodded.
"That's why I'm here." Corinne smiled. The other three girls caught on to the plan, and smiled back.
"How are we going to get in there though?" Renée asked.
"You three will tell them that you can take over for them, then I'll go in, and BAM! We ruin a very 'special' event, and save the kingdom. . . again." Corinne said, and put her fist in her other hand.
"Sounds like a plan." Renée said. Aramina and Viveca's eyes lit up with excitement.
"This is so exciting." Aramina said.
"Let's go." Corinne said. The others nodded, and followed Corinne. When they reached the corridor where the wedding was taking place. Renée, Aramina, and Viveca went ahead to talk to the musketeers while Corinne stayed behind, and waited.
"Max, Justin we can take it from here." Viveca said. The musketeers glanced at each other, and then looked at Viveca with confused looks on their faces.
"What, didn't Monsieur Treville tell you?" Viveca asked, "You're supposed to go to the courtyard, and we're supposed to take over, and guard the entrance." The musketeers shrugged, and left for the courtyard. Viveca sighed.
"They're so easy to fool." Viveca said.
"They're idiots, what did you expect." Renée said.
"That's a bit harsh." Aramina said.
"Aramina, you say that everytime we call someone an idiot." Viveca said.
"Oh Stop it." Corinne said, "We've got a kingdom to save . . . again. How this place survived before we became musketeers, I have no idea." Corinne said, and walked up to the door.
"I've always wanted to crash one of these." She whispered, "Wait, we must wait for the 'speak now' part." Corinne waited for the 'speak now' part, and went in.
"I object." She yelled. Louis turned to her, his eyes were filled with a mixture of relief and shock. Corinne walked down the steps. The eyes of nearly ninety people on her.
"Corinne how'd you?" Louis asked.
"Well, your highness, despite your highly defensive strategies, you've got a little security problem." Corinne said. Louis smirked.
"In other words all the other musketeers are idiots, and very easy to fool." Corinne said.
"That's why we have you." Louis said. Corinne nodded.
"Yeah, I noticed." She said. Louis seemed amused, but Calista looked absolutely furious.
"This is an outrage." Calista said.
"Of course it is, this is how we save kingdoms." Corinne said, "Anyway, Calista."
"How dare you call me in such an informal way, I am Princess of . . . ." Corinne cut her off.
"A kingdom you made up." Calista's eyes widened.
"Lies!" Calista yelled, "Louis you can't seriously believe her. She has no proof."
"Don't I." Corinne said, "How come no one can find this kingdom of yours? How come you keep trying to get rid of me?"
"My kingdom is very small, and I wasn't trying to get rid of you, just giving you some friendly advice." Calista said.
"Oh, really than how come you seem to be only interested in this kingdom's money?" Corinne asked. Musketeers started coming into the room. One grabbed her by the arm to take her to the dungeons, but Louis stopped him.
"No." He said sternly, "Let her speak." Corinne kicked the musketeer hard in the leg.
"Okay, so you need some hard evidence." She said, "How about this." She took out the newspaper. Louis took it.
"She's right." He said, "It's all here. You stole well over fifty thousand dollars from Italy's government three years ago."
"That wasn't me, that was a girl who pretended to be me, to frame me." Calista said.
"What proof do you have?" Corinne asked, using Calista's own argument.
"Well I . . ." Calista stuttered.
"You don't have much of an argument anymore." Louis said.
"I . . . ." She didn't have an argument. Corinne had outsmarted her, any direction she took Corinne would find a way to prove her wrong. What do they teach them on those farms?
"Take her away." Louis said. The musketeers nodded, and two stepped forward to take Calista away, but before they could Calista threw something at the ground which erupted, and smoke filled the room. Somewhere in the chaos, Calista ran out of the room. After a few minutes the smoke disappeared, and in the room were men dressed in black, there were a lot more of them than there were musketeers. Corinne unsheathed her sword, and stepped in front of Louis. She knew what they wanted, and she had a feeling she knew who was leading them. The room erupted into screaming, and the clashes of swords. All the guests, well most of them, got out pretty safely. Viveca, Aramina, and Renée had started fighting too. Three men started to fight with Corinne. Corinne sidestepped the first one's strike, and the second one's swipe. She knocked their swords out with a trick Madame Helene had taught her. The third one tried to stab her while she wasn't looking, but Louis kicked him. When he did, Corinne looked at him with a bit of admiration.
"What?" Louis shrugged, "You were gone for three years, I had to learn how to defend myself."
"I see, remind me not to get on your bad side anymore." Corinne said, while knocking another sword out of another man's hand, giving him a quarter, and knocking him out by punching him, with that knocking out a tooth.
"Is that a tooth?" Louis asked.
"Yeah, that's why I gave him the quarter. You know just in case the tooth fairy doesn't show up." Corinne joked.
"Look at yourself, making up jokes when we're in battle." Louis said. Corinne chuckled, knocking out another man.
"Admit it, you like it when I make up jokes in these situations."
"Never said I didn't." Louis said. Corinne laughed, then stopped.
"I must focus on destroying these people." Corinne said.
"Oh, of course." Louis said, still smiling. How she made him smile in these situations he didn't know. Half an hour later they've defeated Phillipe's men (according to Corinne).
"Well." Corinne said, "That was fun." Everyone else seemed to be too out of breath to comment on the battle.
"Fun?" Louis finally asked.
"Wasn't it?" Corinne said, pretending to think he agreed not questioned. Louis smirked. Viveca, Aramina, and Renée simply laughed, and all went over to hug Corinne. It was done. Everything. There was nothing else threatening them. Phillipe's men had all been knocked out, Calista had run away, probably not coming back, and Corinne was here and safe.
Corinne looked at Louis, his arms crossed across his chest. A smile on his face as he watched the four girls. Then she looked in the opposite direction, and there he was. Silas. He was standing in the shadows, unnoticed by all, a bow and arrow aimed at Louis. Corinne's eyes widened then went back to Louis then at Silas. Then exactly when the arrow was release, Corinne let go of the girls, and pushed Louis out of the way, screaming his name. Then fell to the floor.
The arrow had hit her.
Wow, it's been a while. Sorry, just when I got a break from school, my inspiration for this story decided it wanted to go on a vacation. Without my permission, can't believe that thing. Anyway, I come back, and update this story. I think I left off with a cliffhanger last time. And the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before that. So after what . . . one month, two months, I come back, and give you all another one. You're welcome. Anyway, review please, so I update faster.