"Is she still sleeping?", She truly have a striking resemblance with the princess, her eyes are beautiful.
"You might wake her up, you are too loud". Isobel heard the sound of door closing, like someone just left. The murmuring of some people around her, Disturbed her peaceful sleep as she slowly blinked. It was hard trying to open her eyes,she saw the blurry image of the woman who sat beside her.
"I think she is waking up" a tiny voice said, it sounded so unfamiliar, Isobel was sure she haven't heard it before. "Excuse me I will just tell the master that you are awake" she was talking very nicely to her but Isobel was still very confused as she watched the lady leave the room.
Isobel had little energy in her, she could barely raise herself off the bed, she tried observing her surrounding but it was all unfamiliar.
It wasn't long before the girl came back with a man, his face was quite familiar, Isobel looked at him trying to remember where she saw that face. A quick memory flash through her mind as she recognize him as the man she had met last before she fainted.
"How are you feeling Isobel" the girl asked, she knows my name, Isobel thought to herself, how could she have known the name, this is their first meeting but Isobel remembered, she must have seen it in her ID card or something, Isobel wasn't so sure if she had it on her but that must be the case.
"Where am I?" Isobel finally gather up the strength to speak. The lady came to her with a smile. "My name is Andrea" Isobel called the name several times in her mind but she was sure she didn't know anyone with that name.
" No I should...I .. shouldn't be here, what kind of place is this?" Isobel struggled to stand up but Andrea grip on her was quite strong. She tried calming down Isobel, who is freaking out with the whole situation.
"Ma'am please let me go, I don't even know how I got here".
"Please don't make it any harder for me, you need to get your self calmed, we are good people, we will never hurt you". Andrea voice finally calmed her.
"Where am I" Isobel asked calmly.
" You are at the palace".
"Palace, what palace". Isobel rubbed her head as she gentle sat up on the bed, her memory was a mess, as she dig deep trying to remember all that happened. She stare around her. The so called palace was completely unfamiliar and confusing.
The strange man didn't lie when he said he would take her to a place filled with gold and Crystal. This palace was indeed beautiful, it had lots of Golden furnitures in it, they seemed to be made out of pure gold.
Isobel remembers the fragrance of the room, it scents just like the woman she had met in her dream. It was spacious and beautiful, there was even a very nice painting hung on the wall. It was very unique as Isobel never thought a palace could look this way, it looked ancient and at the same time very classic and sophisticated. It was a confusing design. But Isobel noticed something was missing in it's beauty. It took a while for her to rap her head around things to notice what it was lacking.
"Technology" though everything looked nice, it still didn't have any sort of technology, no TV, there wasn't even light. Isobel never expected that in a palace full of gold and silver, they couldn't afford electricity bills.
" This could be an undeveloped community" she thought to herself.
Some women came in to the room, Isobel stared at their weird dressing, even if they were maids, the palace could at least make them wear better clothes.
They all bowed at the sight of her, Isobel was shocked at how much respect they were giving her, she gave Andrea a surprised look. Andrea smiled back at her to show everything was alright.
"My princess, what would you like to eat".
"Uh.... anything". Isobel said in a very unsure manner.
Even after their departure, Isobel was still looking at the door, everything felt so strange. Isobel eyes met with Mark's who have been staring at her the whole time. He didn't say a word so Isobel completely forgot he was there. Her heart jumped a bit when she saw the way he was staring at her, as if he had been watching her every move. As Isobel stared at him, many thoughts ran through her mind.
"If I was to see this attire on someone else's body, I would laugh so bad as to why one in their normal sense would choose to dress like this, I mean which designer even made this but I have to admit, it made him look so royal. Oh right, the lady did mention earlier that this was a palace. What prince in the 21st century dresses like this". Isobel couldn't help but giggle at her own thoughts, so lost in thought that she forgot the fact that she has been staring at him the whole time that she didn't realize the maids where back with the different varieties of food.
"My princess, my princess" finally Isobel realized they might be calling her. She looked around her, noticing they have all been staring and they even noticed she was staring at mark the whole time. Isobel couldn't help but feel shy. But then again her mind recalled that she was been called princess, why would they call her princess, Isobel wondered to herself but she didn't want to make a big issue out of it, so she kept quiet.
The foods where laid in front of her, they were all looking yummy, Isobel was glad of one thing, no matter how strange here looked, at Least they cook good food, it consisted mostly fruit. It was a very healthy diet.
Isobel attention was focused on the food but she still noticed when mark and Andrea left the room but she thought less of it.
They had already gone few metres away from the room before they felt it was safe to talk.
"What's the problem Andrea, why did you bring me here". The worried expression of Andrea made mark more confused.
"We have a problem Mark" mark patiently waited for her to finish even if he was getting worried already. " You are late sire, the blood moon disappeared yesterday" mark eyes widened at the revelation as he didn't expect this. " Yes Mark and the priest told me the next blood moon will be coming in five years time and you Know what that means Mark".
Mark fell tiredly against the wall as he closed his eyes with his hands, his regret was overwhelming. " All this was just for nothing, I still failed in the end" mark hit the wall strongly like he could almost break it. Andrea tried to stop him from making further noise so they wouldn't be heard. " I failed you Tessa, now no one can stop Angelica from taking the throne".
"What do we do about Isobel now, we can't send her home, are we going to hide her here for five years?" Mark had no reply for that question as he kept thinking of a solution.
Andrea paced around silently as they both thought of a solution. " Mark I have an idea" Andrea said after a while of thinking. A little hope came to mark as he stood straight waiting for her response.
" Think of this Mark, Isobel looks a lot like the Princess, she is our princess reincarnation so she is our only hope to reviving our princess. The whole purpose for bringing her here is so we could use the connection between their soul to bring our princess back to life but that can't be possible anymore because the blood moon is gone and that's the only way to channel princess Tessa's soul".
Mark stared at her, still trying to figure out Andrea's point.
" We can't send Isobel back because that's not possible without the blood moon and we can't hide her because she looks like our princess".
"Do you mean we should..." Mark interrupted after getting the idea.
" Yes Mark, we will train Isobel to look, act and behave just like our princess for five years, not only are we going to stop Angelica from becoming the new queen, we can also preserve our princess throne till she is awakened".
Mark looked at her, still thinking about what she just said.
" Think about Mark, we would make Isobel THE NEW QUEEN OF ATLANTIS KINGDOM".