"Wow," Lilith said and Cosmo heard, she was about to walk away, but Lilith grabbed onto her hand and Vivian frowned.
'I am sorry your highness" Cosmo said,
"Cosmo it is fine, I am kind of glad that you actually stood up for yourself, " she replied and the girl sat back down.
'Seems like I have a lot to learn about you Cosmo" she said,
'Yes you do and you will the girl replied with a cute smile and the princess's eyes sparkled.
'Soon aura she has, I will find out what you are hiding from me though" the princess said to herself as she ate her food.
When they finished, the prince paid the waiter and they left. '
While they were going the princess noticed a shadow following them and she grabbed on to her sword and noticed that Ash was sitting outside, she pushed her head out of the window.
"Ash" she called out and he looked at her,
"Everything okay?" he asked,
"Can you please come in here?" she asked,
"Sure, " he responded as she pulled back and he climbed in through the window, upon coming in he bumped heads with the prince and they left staring at each other, after seeing that Cosmo folded her cuffs then turned away.
"Sorry, " he said as he sat near her,
"It's fine, " she replied as she looked to see if the shadow was still there but she saw nothing and suddenly the carriage stopped and her heart started racing as Cosmo's eyes started to glow.
They all came out of the carriage in the middle of the road that passed through a forest and then they saw a few guys standing in front of the carriage.
"Lilith stay behind me," Ash said as he took out his sword.
"Who are you?" Jack asked the guys in a black hood.
"We are the messengers and we are here for the pink phoenix" they responded and Cosmo grabbed onto the princess's hand.
"I am sorry, but you have got the wrong carriage" Ash replied.
The guys then pulled out their swords which were black in color and Lilith swallowed deeply as Cosmo pulled the princess sword.
"Don't be afraid, I think they can sense fear, stay behind, you are not the phoenix make sure they do not sense that" she said,
"Okay," the princess replied.
"We would like to make sure and if you do not want to die then I suggest you do as we say" the guy with the silver and black blade said as he walked forward.
He then sniffed everyone except Cosmo and the princess.
The guy then came to Cosmo and sniffed her and she growled quietly at him, then he moved off, and finally, it was the princess's turn.
He looked at the princess and she stared at him, but could not see a face only darkness and that scared her, but she kept control on herself as he leaned in and sniffed her hair, then looked at her in the eyes as she squeezed onto the side of her dress so that he will not sense that she is the phoenix.
The guy then took his sword and passed it on her body and she got angry then pushed him away.
He laughed "you are brave, " he said as Cosmo came and stood in front of her then pointed the sword at him.
"You have already checked now I suggest you get lost," she said,
"Princess you will see us again, if I were you I won't sleep too tight" he replied then disappeared.
The princess exhaled deeply as Sam came to her.
"You are the pink phoenix aren't you?" he asked and she frowned,
'Sorry, my parents didn't, I was not supposed to let anyone find out, " she responded and he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"It's fine, you do not need to explain, I thought they were all looking for the red dragon too," Sam said as they all got back into the carriage and rode off.
Lilith was wondering why the guy looked at Cosmo that way as she grabbed a bottle of water.
"Cosmo we need to talk very soon, " she said sternly and the girl swallowed deeply,
"Sure, " she replied.
"Why are your parents keeping your powers a secret and why the hell is everyone hunting some mythical dragon?" Vivian asked,
"I do not think that the dragon is mythical anymore, those shadows are looking for it too, which mean it is more real than ever" the princess responded and Cosmo looked at her nervously.
"I wonder if she has figured out it is me?" Cosmo asked herself,
"They are after two of the rarest creatures on the earth, the red dragon and the pink phoenix," she said to herself as she held on to the sword tightly.
The princess saw how nervous Cosmo looked and that was when she became sure that the girl was hiding something and if it is one thing the princess hated, it was secrets, especially if it puts her friend's life in danger, but she also thought that even if the girl is hiding something, maybe it is for everyone's own good and maybe she has no choice like she did, whatever it was the princess didn't plan on going hard on her.
About a few hours later it was about lunchtime, so they decided to stop by a stream to relax and have lunch.
The princess came out and sat down by the stream, then placed her feet in the water and then Cosmo came and sat with her.
"Your highness, I know you know that I am hiding something, but I assure you that it is best if it stays that way, you hid yours from your friends because you had no choice, well think of mine as a similar situation," she said and Lilith sighed,
'I am not going to force you to tell me, I understand and you can take your time, tell me when the time is the right deal? " The princess asked,
Cosmo smiled, then shook her hand "deal my lady, " she said.