She listened carefully to every word that Huan uttered.
She had forbidden anyone from entering her room .
Her maids had been warned not to allow anyone to enter her room.
As Huan was narrating the story the maid suddenly announced from outside …"Princess The King is here to see you"
Before she could answer her maid the King strode into the room and seeing the warrior Huan in the Princess room he was livid with rage .
The Princess came forward and held her father's hand.
" Father you have to listen to his story .Do you see this chain and pendant ?"
She showed the two identical chains with the identical pendants to her father .
As they heard the story they found it unbelievable but the sincerity in the warrior's eyes made it difficult to dismiss the whole story .
Huan did not remember his childhood.He only remembered the time when he crossed over from the modern world .
"Does the Prince know all this ?" the King asked .He trusted the Prince .
"Yes .His Highness knows all this and he believes me ." Huan stated.
" I find all that you are saying a bit difficult to believe .There is no other world out there.we all know that .So how is it possible for you to come from a world where you say that people speak to each other with an instrument and that you can see pictures and images which move ." The King was always right .That was the ancient way.
" I do not know how to make you believe .I can't explain how it happens either .It is a mystery to me too.There are so many things in this world and in my world that we do not know anything about ." Huan felt the fluctuation and the vibration like something was pulling him and he could see his hand becoming transparent .
The King and the Princess looked at Huan with awe.
They finally believed him .
Huan did not want to be pulled into the modern world .The Prince was in this world .He did not want to go back to the modern world.He had not even told the Prince .He wanted to see the Prince so desperately .
And suddenly he vanished …
The King and the Princess watched the scene in a daze ...
For a longtime they stood where they were and then looked at each other ..
"Nobody should know about this …" The King stated to his daughter .
"Yes father .I agree .I think there is more to this than this disappearance .The chains …..father ….. I think he is my sister who we lost a long time ago ….i think my mother is alive too ….i have this feeling ….."
For the first time in their lives hope rose in their hearts .
Father and daughter looked at each other and they cried .They smiled as the tears flowed down their cheeks .
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Huan opened her eyes and saw that she was beside the sleeping Prince.
The Prince turned and looked at her .
He smiled .
"You will always return to me ."
" I did not return voluntarily .I was talking with the Princess and the King when I was pulled here." She complained .
"They will not believe me and will think that I ran away …" she cried .
" Don't worry .I will explain to them " he assured her .
" You have to explain to them because I told them my secret." She hesitatingly explained all that had happened .
The Prince pondered for a moment and then finally said
"Do you realise that you are the eldest Princess of that kingdom …their long lost daughter …?!!"
"Do you really think so ?" she wondered .
" Yes .i am sure of that .If you connect all the dots that is the logical conclusion .And I am sure that the eagle mark on your hip is also some sign of you belonging to that kingdom " he hugged her and caressed her head..
" That has nothing to do with the kingdom .I had done that tattoo when we were in college …I wonder if the Princess has the same tattoo on her hip .If she has that tattoo then I will agree that all these are somehow connected but we have to investigate that …."
She thought how she had got the tattoo done during her college days .
Her friends had gotten butterfly tattoos done but she had the eagle tattoo and she had wondered why that gypsy woman at the fair had done that eagle tattoo when she had wanted the butterfly tattoo..
And she also recollected something weird…. at that time the old gypsy woman had said -princess this is your sign .
She had laughed at that and her friends had teased her with the name princess.
She had not taken all that seriously and laughed it off.
Her parents had died a long time ago and she was living on her uncle's charity .When she grew older she had worked at different places to earn her living and paid the fees with her income .
Her uncle and family had treated her with indifference.Then her uncle had got transferred and they had moved away with their daughter and son .
Nobody had even asked her if she wanted to go with them.
She had felt like a orphan at the moment she watched them move away to another unknown place.
She had cried alone in her rented room ,wishing she had a family ,someone anyone to call her own .
Her friends had their own lives and they had grown apart due to the distance ..and their responsibilities
She had wished so many times someone would just hug her and say that they cared ….but she had been alone in this huge world ..just like so many others out there who survived alone