I cant feel my legs, they're like jelly, speaking of jelly, I'm super hungry. I lost track of time because of the tiredness I am feeling, I could walk a hundred miles if it weren't for these bruises.
"Molly, Betty, Anastasia" I called out for them panting
"Yes, my Lady?" They answered in unison
I looked up to them and saw Molly was energetic, almost like she was happier walking than riding, and Anastasia was just Anastasia, she didn't even break a sweat, as for Betty, she looked like a total mess, her dress is even wet because of her sweat.
"Nevermind, Betty is sharing the exhaustion with me" I kept walking
"Let me help you, my Lady" Anastasia ran over my side and placed my arms on her shoulders for the assistance of my walking
"My Lady-" The Knight was about to speak but I cut him off
"You know what? If it weren't for this bruise I'd ran 30 kilometers right now"
"Your body is weak my lady, even a jog around half of the smallest castle can still break your bones" Betty argued
"Umm My Lady-"
"I'm as strong as Hercules, I'm faster than lighting"
"First of all, who's Hercules? And there's no other thing or being faster than lighting" Betty argued again, but she has a point
"My Ladies, if you'd just let me see-"
"I'm the King of the World!" I shouted
"A princess correction, and your halfway to a throne"
"Who cares? There's more of a high chance I'll be king more than Tamarao's turning white"
"You mean crows that turn white?"
We haven't even had liquor but Betty and I look like drunken street fighters
"Hakuna Matata"
"It's Potato Tomato"
"Pfft, Who cares"
"Your words weren't even used right, your highness"
Before I could even argue, the Knight shouted
"WE HAVE ARRIVED!" The Knight shouted for us to hear because we didn't pay attention to him earlier so he has no choice but to do this
"Really?" I let go my hand from Anastasia's shoulder
But I forgot my feet were still Kelly so I fell on my knees and down to the dirty hard ground
"You wouldn't mind if I take a quick nap right?"
And I knocked out as soon as I finished talking
•••
My head is throbbing, it really hurts. I slowly fluttered my eyes open to see my condition.
"My Lady has awoken" It was definitely Molly who happily announced my awakening
"I get it, Molly," I laughed as I stood up in a sitting position "So, have we arrived? Where are Anastasia and Betty"
Molly then stopped dancing and just stood there quietly, I could hear her gulp
"Molly?"
"I-" Molly was shivering
"Due to this festive happening, Molly forgot to grief, I'm so sorry your highness" Anastasia's faint voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere
Okay, this makes me nervous "Anastasia? What grief? Where the heck is Betty?" I tried to laugh the tension away
Molly then suddenly busted into crying restrain herself "I'm so sorry your highness" Molly got down on her knees bowing
"What do you mean?"
"Betty she-"
"She passed away your highness" Anastasia finished off the sentence for her
"Pfft, nice joke, I remembered arguing with her earlier"
"No you highness! She really passed away!" Anastasia shouted in anger teary-eyed "She took the blame for the both of us, it was our fault but she insisted to take the punishment for herself!"
My most hated emotions came back to me, sadness, not because I longed for love, but because I lost a loved one.
"Did she die because of walking? I should've carried her, if I just didn't faint earlier, I could've had-"
"You can't save her, your highness, it has been 4 days, you fell asleep for 4 days"
"4 days? But, why couldn't I have saved her?"
"It was not because of exhaustion and tiredness, it was because of the sin that we committed and I regretted it because we still ended up this way"
"What?"
"Betty was killed for treason, she convinced us to save you from marriage because she pitted you, if she wasn't kind like this, she should've seen you in a wedding gown"
"Treason?"
"Yes!" She was really furious "Why did Betty suddenly tell you to leave the palace after you just arrived? She even let you miss an important banquet just to leave in a hurry, and we even left without we'll train guards or even knights, and we were heading East not West! You should know that because you're a princess!"
She was right, it was my fault, my face wasn't moving but my eyes said it all.
"I'm sorry your highness" Anastasia's voice suddenly softened "If we stopped Betty from taking you away, this shouldn't have happened, I'm so sorry, you should kill me for my mistakes" Anastasia kneeled beside crying, Molly
I stood up from my bed and hugged them both, I have lived in Celestine for just a week and I already lost a person whom I value
"God, it's brutal out here"
To be continued...