'Sophia? ' a boy walked over to them, he was tall and muscular, his face showed coldness and aloofness
'What are you doing here? Mother has been looking for you for ages.."
"um…who are you?' Sofia made a weird face
'what new tricks are you playing? Did you teach her this… how many time have I told you to stay away from my sister' the boy looked at Alexia with disgust
'...…..' Alexia looked at the boy with puzzled face
'so now you chose to stay silent?' the boy huffed and held the hand of Sofia and dragged her behind him
'leave me alone. Who do you think you are to drag me along with yourself?' Sofia had made a sour expression at the boy and tried to loosen the grip of the boy, Alexia saw the scene unfold and couldn't bare looking at her new friend being bullied so she stepped in and held the boy's hand and forcefully separated his hand, Sofia hid behind her as if the boy was some kind of a monster
'stop it now…" Alexia said with a loud voice
'........' the boy stood with a dumbfounded expression as he looked at both the ladies in front of him
'Alex lets leave here this guy seem a bit creepy to me..' Sophia whispered to Alexia in her ear
'Creepy? You called your own brother creepy?...' the boy was now red with anger
'brother? I don't have one" Sophia looked at him with a plain face
'you taught her this right? ' HE again accused Alexia for god knows what
"what are you talking about….. I taught her what? You are the one trying to persist a girl who doesn't want to go with you"
"you dare a commoner like you dare to argue with the future Duke like this"
CROOK,CROOK Alexia and Sofia stared at the overly heated pot of rice, and then they looked at each other
'I think we should leave him here.." (sofia)
'nice move.." Alexia nodded and they turned around and walked away from that boiling person
"Guards…guards..' the boy shouted behind him which made them stop for a while, and with in a few seconds a bunch of armed men arrived out of the blue
'Guards assort the Lady back to the castle and send miss May back to her home'
Hearing the word May made Alexia pause for a bit, she knew the name but couldn't quite remember from where , the guards forcefully took Sofia with them and Alexia couldn't do anything as they were out numbered, some of the guard came to her with most respect and directed her in a specific direction, she didn't resist much and walked with them, a few yards away there was a carriage waiting for her to arrive
'Fancy isn't it…' Alexia clicked her tongue at the sight of the overly decorated Carriage, a guard opened up the door for her and soon she was seated in the pumpkin like carriage the seats were comfy and the interior was decorated beautifully, just as when she was admiring the beauty of the wagon it started moving.
About half an hour later the carriage stopped and the door of the carriage was opened up by a guard, he with great respect spoke to Alexia
'miss May you have arrived..' Alexia was still confused for why she was called May but now it was not the time to think about that, Alexia got up and walked two steps towards the door where the guard stood he extended his hand to help her but she smile politely at him and refused it.
The carriage was now out of sight and Alex stood alone in the cold night, but she didn't seem to be effected by it, Alex inspected the surrounding and found a nothing but some rundown buildings and broken houses, the house she stood before was supposed to be hers and it was a bit better then the others in the neighborhood , she walked the pavement that lead to the front door, she stood before the door and tried to figure out how to open it, the first thing she did was to kick the door but she failed after numerous failed attempts Alex sat on the door mat outside the door and started thinking of a way to break into her own house
"what's this?' she felt something hard under her hand, she traced her finger over it and confirmed it was not an insect so slowly she uncovered the thing lying under the door mat and luckily it was a key
'what a genius place to hide a key..' Alexia unlocked the door and was just about to step inside the house when she heard rustling in the bushes behind her, her heart skipped its beat as she got scared of the sudden commotion..
'Who..who's there? I am ..telling you to come out peacefully..i know how to fight..okay..' Alex took her stance and was about to jump at the intruder when from the bushes came out a small kid about 3 years old
'what..... so it was just you"
Alex got down the steps and walked over to the kid who looked terrified and as she approached he retreated
'its okay… I won't hurt you..' she extended her hands to catch the cute kid but he looked at her with a stupid face, after a long time the kid finally agreed to come inside with Alex..
Inside the house Alex finally found a way to turn on the lantern, she turned on every single one she could find in the house and finally when the place was lit enough , she sat on the couch besides the kid who was asleep now, Many things had happened to Alex in past few hours and everything was unbelievable for her, just by thinking of the things she witnessed was enough to make her think of all this as a dream.
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'Mom I want a note book and a pen' Alexia was still on her hospital bed
'love what do you want that for?'
'I want to write a story, I can't have friends so I will make some for myself"
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(sound of paper flipping)
'you look happy today Alex..'
'Mom I just made a new friend…her name is Sofia, I saved her life and now she loves me…" Alexia smiled as she held the notebook and pen in her hand , she was writing a story
'that's so great….how did you save her?
"Wanna know?...I used magic.."
"Wow that's so great ...can I meet her?'
'yes I will call you when I write about her again in the story, you can meet her there" her mother smiled at her again and Alex was more then happy because of her imaginary new friend.
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