Where am I? At school? What..?
"Aella! Look! A new chapter came out! Let's read it together!" A voice giggled in the distance, I looked at the girl's face, she smiled so brightly from ear to ear, that I found myself smiling too. "Alright! Let's see what happens to Elisa! I hope she ends up with Sebastian!" I nodded but then found myself remembering what happened, "WAIT! What am I..?"
"I knew you didn't belong here anymore. I missed you and waited for this opportunity for years. I wanted to see you...one last time Aella." The girl said through sobs, My eyes widened in shock. I looked down at my hands and touched my hair, it was the color brown and I had a school uniform on. I frowned and looked back at the girl in front of me, she was my best friend in high school and in college.
I gave her a worried look and her expression was unstable and sad, "You, you were the only friend I was able to make when we were in high school. Y-you were the only one who ever even looked my way, we coincidentally shared the same interests, for someone as beautiful as you and as talented as yourself you shouldn't have ever been my friend. But you were, and I have come to thank you, Aella."
"We went through so many happy moments together…" she chuckled, her dimples were sad and as if her cheeks were playing a tug of war, neither side could win and a frown appeared on her face. She had long brown hair and green eyes like grass, it had its own unique beauty like I once told her.
"Stop! Don't make fun of her! I like her eyes! They're pretty! Stop being a brat and leave!" I'd yell and Calista would cower in fear, trembling in a corner like a lost puppy, I smiled and helped her up. "Let's be friends!" I extended my hand helping her up, her eyes sparkled with joy, she jumped up from her spot and said, "Thank you! I look forward to being your friend too!" she smiled brightly her dimples aligned on each side, her smile was so wide her ears probably popped up too.
I chuckled and as of then, she and I had become great friends. We had similar interests, but I couldn't ever let her go. She was the only one I could trust in the lonely world I was in, this farewell made me feel a huge stab in the heart, it pained me so much I couldn't possibly leave her on her own! She's my best friend!
"Calista! Wait!"
"I have one final gift for you, the person who saved me from my own despair, Allea. We will see each other someday, again." She said smiling sadly but brightly, it was painful tears that started to run down my cheeks.
[I don't want to leave. But, Sebastian and Khaled are waiting for me and so are anna and peter and all the other servants in the tower.] Just picturing their smiling faces and their warm and kind demeanor, it made me long for it. I had one friend who could give it all to me.
But I left her again.
"Calista. I'm sorry… You will forever be my best friend, you were like a sister to me. Thank You for everything." I replied, I smiled one last time, forcefully tugging at the ends of my lips, and looked down sadly as the school started to disappear and I no longer had brown hair and brown eyes.
My white hair started to fade in and so did my red ruby eyes and my body grew bigger, Calista's eyes were swollen and her eyes looked empty and sad but she still smiled, I reached out to console her but I started to fall and grabbed onto a desk in the school. I yelled for help. A dress covered my body. It was light blue with golden hems around it and had an opening on my back letting it breathe.
"Goodbye, Allea..." There was a moment of silence until, "Or should I say, Charlotte?" She smiled sadly, her eyebrows creased in the middle of her forehead, she looked down and tears seemed to slip through my cheeks. She held my hand for a while and then let me go, letting me fall deep into the abyss.
"NOOOO!!! Calista!!!" I was desperate, I woke up and found myself sweating I looked around for Calista and remembered her last words-- "I have one final gift for you, the person who saved me from my own despair, Allea. We will see each other someday, again." [What did she mean by that? Have we seen each other in this world?]
I looked down and felt a warm breath on my hand, I flinched and found Khaled's face on my hand he was gripping onto it tightly. I smiled and looked at him kindly while caressing his hair, he seemed tired and exhausted, he probably wasn't able to sleep because of the poison I digested. [Ugh, that's why my mom told me to always look at drinks before drinking them. My bad~ Sorry mom~]
"Ah! Lady Charlotte! You're awake! Would you like some water?"
"No, Anna, Can I go for a walk?"
"Huh? Are you sure Lady Charlotte? You just woke up! Master said that if you woke up we should just help you rest as much as possible." She asked worriedly, I sighed and nodded, "it's fine Anna. besides, I'm sure Khaled will know where to find us if need." I reassured her, I used a spell to raise his hand from mine even though it did take a bit of effort but I managed to remove his hand from mine and changed into a simple gown just green and plain. I walked over to Anna and she took me out during the night a guard came along, [I really don't know why a knight has to come guard and help us. I really don't.]
"So, Anna, how long have I been asleep for?"
"You've been asleep for 4 months Lady Charlotte,"
"Okay I see-- Wait WHAT?! HOW LONG?!"
"4 Months M'lady."
[Just what poison was I given?! I don't understand. Who would go this far to get rid of a mere maid and apprentice like me..?]
"Then what happened during the Banquet?"
"Oh that. Well, The Master destroyed the duke's Mansion with a flick of his hand and killed the people that tried to assassinate you. He was being kind when he did that."
"Kind? He destroyed an entire Mansion just because I got poisoned?! Wouldn't that ruin the reputation of the Tower's Archmage?!" I exclaimed, Anna thought for a while and looked at the guard, Peter, He also looked at her worriedly and sighed, "Well, it wouldn't affect him much since, he is the Master of the Magic Tower and has almost complete power over the people here who weren't able to be controlled by the emperor himself back then." She said and then started to wave her hands in the air denyingly. I really didn't know what to do with these crazy characters in the novel, they're nothing like what the novel described them. Except for Sebastian at least he's the only normal person here.
"Your Majesty! Please spare me! I beg that you have mercy on me!"
"Kill Him." The blue-hued man replied, he sat all high and mighty on the throne and looked down at the duke, the knights nodded and snatched his life away within seconds, the chubby duke had died at his hands as the counts did.
He smiled leaning on his hand placing his ceramic and perfectly poreless face on his left hand glaring at the dead body, "Drag the body to a grave, make sure it doesn't stink up the place." He continued, "And Rowan, Please make adjustments to my schedule I'm planning to meet someone very important very soon." He stated, he got up from the throne and started to walk away towards his room, the same room where he slept on gentle nights hearing Charlotte sing until he fell asleep when she caressed his face was when he loved it the most.
[The time is up, I heard that she's been taken in as an apprentice, I've been searching for so long only to find out she was nearby. I can't wait to see her soon. She'll be mine when she returns no matter what.] He smiled from ear to ear brightly and blushed awaiting her speedy return as she promised.