The story of the Princess Of Clarines
Chapter 15
Zen and I walked outside and saw Obi sitting in a tree eating an apple. We went over to the tree where Obi was sitting in. He saw us coming because he jumps down in front of us. He scared me at first so I hide behind Zen. "May I help you with something, Master?" He asked, looking at Zen.
"I have a job for you because you are sitting around and doing nothing." Zen answer, looking back at Obi. Obi put his head behind his head.
"What do you want me t do?" Obi asked with a big grin on his face.
"I want you to be Shirayuki's body guard too early in the morning until late at night." Zen answer.
"Okay, I can do that," Obi said, smiling at me. If was kind of scary smile so I hide my head be hidden Zen. Zen turn his head half way to look at me.
"It okay, he will not hurt you," Zen said, grab my hand and pull me to stand next to him. Looked at Obi and give him a bow.
"Oh Mistress, you don't have to do that with me." He said kind of shock in his voice. I looked back up at him.
"Okay, I will leave her in your hands, Obi," Zen said, walked away from us. I watch until he walked back inside the castle. I turn to look at Obi.
"What do you want to do now, Mistress?" he asked, looking down at me. I did not know what I want to do. "We can go to the greenhouse to used to go before you lost your memories." He said.
"Yes, let's go there I want to get some of my memories maybe there something in there will help me," I said with a smile. We walked over to the greenhouse that was by the forest. Obi open the door and let me go in first. When I first walked in the greenhouse I saw flowers all around the room. There was a waterfall in each section of the plant. It was very beautiful. "Walked away and looked at all the different kind of plants they have here," Obi said, standing behind me.
"Really, thank you," I said, starting to walk up the stairs to the second floor and looked at the beautiful flower and plants. Obi was standing me the door, looking up at me.
"Shirayuki it time to get back now," Obi call out to me. I walked back over to him.
"Okay, let's go," I said, walking out of the greenhouse with Obi follow behind me. We went back to the castle where Zen was waiting for us.
"It time to eat," Zen said, taking my hand in his. Zen, Obi and I all walked to the dinner-room to eat. Kiki and Mitsuhide were there already. Obi sat down next to Mitsuhide and Zen pull out my chair. I took a seat and Zen sat down next to me.
"This is really good," I said, taking a bite of a meatball.
"I hope soon. We have the servants make you your favorite food." Zen said, looking at me.
"We hoping some of your memories come back try your favorite food," Mitsuhide said, looking at me too. After a while of eating Zen and Obi walked me back to my bedroom. "Obi will stand outside of your room in case you starting screaming again," Zen said, opening my bedroom door. I walked in my bedroom.
"Okay, you have a good night, Zen," I said with a smile on my face.
"You too, good night." He said, closed my bedroom door. I walked over to my bed and laid down. I put the cover over my body and fall asleep.
(Shirayuki's dream)
I walked in the forest, I was eighteen years old. A year an ago my grandparent passed away and leaving me in this world by myself. I was learning to be a herbalist to help other people that are in need of help. I walk to find some flower to make medicine. "Yes, I find it," I said, pick a weed that is called a spellamiso. "Spellamiso, A perennial plant from the Aoshidare family. If you steam the roots and dry them, it can lower fevers and alleviate pain." I said to myself.
Ring...Ring...Ring
I heard the town ball was ringing and it was time for me to open the shop. I put the Spellamiso in my bag and I stand up. I run out of the forest and jump on some rock that was in the middle of the river so I don't get wet. I run to town and went in my little house. I turn the sign to say openly. I pull some flower on the table to work on my medicine. After a while people starting to come in.
I give a little boy his medicine to his mother before I help the other people. " Thanks, Shirayuki." said a little boy.
"Don't forget to take your medicine!" I called out to him. I watch the little boy and his mother leave.
"See you, Shirayuki." said Yoshi, putting his medicine in his bag and wave goodbye.
"Yoshi, feel better," I said, watching him walk out of my store. I walked over to a woman that was sitting in a chair by the window. "Thanks for waiting. Next is the medicine for you, Kino, right?" I asked, looking at her. I walked behind my table to a shelf going through some medicine.
"Don't worry about it," Kino said, looking at me. "I just come to let my eyes rest on your beautiful hair." Kino takes a sip of her tea.
"Thank you. but since you're here, I'll prepare some more medicine for you. I got a hold of some good medicinal herbs, so please take some with you." I said, pulling out medicine bottle and set it down on the table behind me. I grabbed a bottle and open when I heard Kino starting to cry. I turn around and looked at her.
"You are a fine herbalist. I wish your dead grandparents could see you." Kino starting cry harder. she wraps the tears away with a rag that she had in her pocket of her dress.
"Ummm...Kino-" I said but was cut off by Kino. Kino stops crying and stands up fast. She put her hands on her cheek and looked at me.
"Oh, I just remembered. I left the stove on." She said, walking over to the door and grab the handle.
"Huh," I said, pulling my hand down on the table and looking at Kino.
"Oh dear, Oh dear." She said, leaving the store and closed the door behind her. I let out a sigh and turn around and looked at my medicine.
"I guess I can just bring it to her later," I said to myself. I start to put some of the medicine away that was on my table. When I heard the door open. "Did you forget someth-" I cut myself off when It was not Kino. I saw a tall me standing in front of my doorway.
"Are you Shirayuki?" asked the man. I walked up to him.
"Yes, I am," I answer looking at me. After a while why he comes here. "Prince Raj...A concubine?" I asked, looking so confused.
"Yes, in another word, a mistress." The man said, looking at me.
"That's absurd. I can't believe he'd want a town girl like me because of the color of my hair. I'll be an embarrassment to the prince." I said, looking at the man.
"That Prince Raj has taken a liking to you." He walked closer to me and I walked backward and hit my table. "Anyway, you must formally present yourself to the castle tomorrow morning." He said, grab his sword that was around his hips. he was not messing around. "Dress yourself up tonight while you can." He said, walking out of the store. I fall to the floor.
Later that night...
I was sitting in a chair by a window, hearing the town ball ringing. I did not what to become someone concubine. Just then I made up my mind. I have to leave this country. I stand up and make some medicine for some people family before I left.
"For Kino, something to relieve the pain in her back and stop the inflammation of her respiratory tract," I said to myself, make a medicine for Kino. "At Yuri's place, the father and the baby were coming down with a cold." I put the medicine in an envelope and put it by with the others. "Okay, all that's left is-" I said not finishing what I was going to said next.
After a while, I was finished and I was ready to leave. When I looked in the window. I grab scissors and cut my long red hair. I grab my bag and walked out of the store. I looked back one more time before I close the wooden door. I walked down the street. I saw a man was going to leave the country on a business trip. I asked if I can come to the other country with him and he can drop me off when we get to that country. I sat on a wagon with a pile of hay behind me.
After a while, we finally come to a stop. I got off the wagon and told him thanks and walked off into the forest. It was getting dark so. I saw a house and knock on it three times but no answer. I set my bag down on the ground and sat down next to it. I laid down and used my bag as a pillow. I close my eyes and fall asleep.
The next morning I heard the birds were chirping. I open my eyes and saw it was morning. I sat up and let out a yawn. Then I heard voices on the other side of the wall that was beside me. "Mitsuhide, Kiki! I'm going on ahead!" Yelled a man.
"Jeez, you're going from a place like that again?" asked other man voice. I looked up at saw a man jump over the wall. My eyes got wide how beautiful the man was. The man and I make eyes contacts and the man messes up on his landing a fall to the ground a hurt his arms.
"Ow." the man said it pain. A woman with blonde hair and a man with green hair run up to Zen.
"Are you all right, Zen?" Asked the green haired man, looking at his friend. "Are you injured? Did you hit your head?" he asked question after question. "Tell me what 2+2?" He asked.
"Purple," Zen said with a smart-ass comment. "Huh? who are you again?" the man said, pretending that he can't remember his friend.
"It's me, Mitsuhide." He yelled, pointing at himself.
"Oh, was that your name?" The blonde hair girl said playing along with the white hair man.
"Kiki! You, too?" He yelled, looking at her. The white hair man starting to laugh. I trying to crawl away before I was caught.
"Well?" The white haired man asked, looking back at me. I stop and looked at him. "Who are you?" The man asked standing up and looked down at me. "What are you doing, so deep in the woods?" He asked, grabbing his sword that was laying on the ground.
"Oh, I just followed a road with out many people in the middle of running away and-" I was cut off by his sword. He used his sword to knock off my hoodie.
"You have strange hair color." He said, looking at my red hair.
"Yeah, people often tell me that," I said, looking at his hurt arm. "You right arm...It's hurt?" I asked.
"What about it?" He asked, looking at his right arm. I went through my bag and grab my medicine bottle.
"I'm an herbalist. I have a poultice you can use if you'd like?" I asked.
"I don't want it." He answers, points his sword at me. "It could be poison or something. How can I use it if someone gives it to me all of a sudden? It's not like I'm a dwarf or something. I'm not going to trust someone so easily. " He said, looking at me. "In other words, I've no business with you."
"Right," I said, looking up at him.
"If you understand, then get going," he said. Well, what he said was true. I guess there are arrogant people everywhere. I grab his sword.
"Huh? wha-" he said was surprised with my action. I slam his sword down and hit my right arm. "Wh...what are you?" He asked still shock what I did. I grab my medicine and put it on my hurt arms.
"Unfortunately, I don't make it a habit to carry poison around with me," I said, saw the man eyes got wide. He drops his sword on the ground. The green hair man starting to laugh at his friend.
"She got you, Zen," The green hair man said, cross his hand over his chest. Zen fall to the ground and laughing.
"Sorry about that. My name is Zen." Zen said, looking at me.
"I'm Shirayuki," I said, looking back at him.
(End of Shirayuki's dream)
I woke up and I remember Zen and the other my memories were slowly coming back. I stand up from my bed and change my clothes. I walked out of my room and saw Obi was sound a sleep in the hallway. It stays up all night to watch me. I went back to my room and grab a blanket for him. I cover him up with the blanket and walked down the hallway.
I saw Zen talking to Amanda about something because he did not look very happy. I hide behind a tree and watch them, then suddenly Amanda pull him into a kiss and kissing his lips. My eyes got wide. After Amanda left I walked out behind the tree where I was hiding. I feel a tear running down my cheek. Zen turn around and saw me standing there. His eyes got wide. "Shirayuki it's not what it looks like." He said, walking up to me. I take a step back and run away from him. "Shirayuki, wait!" He yelled, chasing after me.
See you next time...