Chapter 23
confession
Alysia: Prince Kelly, with all due respect, you and I just met, I mean, we know nothing about each other so this can't be love but simply lust
Prince Kelly: No. It's not lust. We have known each other for a long time. I have always told you I love you, though not directly
Alysia: Uh? I don't, in any way understand what you are saying
Prince Kelly: We always tease each other, I watched you grow and we became best of friends, well actually the only friend you have
Alysia: Postinur?!?
Prince Kelly: It's me Aly
Alysia: How are you Kelly?
Prince Kelly: I possessed him
Alysia: You what?!
Postinur: I just want to dance with you and seize this opportunity to tell you how I feel, please listen to me! (Alysia becomes quiet, they stop dancing) Can we go to that corner please? (They go to the corner)
Aly, I love you, even from birth. At first when you were born, you were so cute and special that I vowed to take care of you forever till I fulfill my mission and cross to the beyond. I thought I was just doing my duty faithfully and respectfully but later I got to know that it's love, real love Aly, not play love or sibling love or platonic love, I mean Love. I love you please just let me show my love towards before I cross to the beyond, I just want to show how much I love you
Alysia: (Dumbfounded) I am shocked. I just, I...mean, wow..
Postinur: You can take your time to think about it, you don't really need to reply to me now
Alysia: No. I just love you as a friend, I have always thought of you as a best friend, almost like a brother, I just don't feel anything intimate with you.
Postinur: You don't?
Alysia: I don't, I'm sorry
Postinur: Thanks for being honest Aly. (Smiles sadly)
Oh and I should recommend this Kelly of a guy for a right hand man, I have been inside him enough to know that he is a good guy
Alysia: Are you okay?
Postinur: (smiles and leaves)
Alysia: Postinur?
Prince Kelly: Postinur? Who's Postinur? How am I here
Alysia: Oh, Prince Kelly. You came here with me, remember? Well, seems like you kinda forgot. Anyways, it's nice dancing with you, it was lovely (bows and leaves)
Prince Kelly: (confused) I don't get it at all. I'm quite confused. Well, it's okay, at least I danced with her, that will give me some admiration from the other princess (smiles proudly and leaves)
Alysia walks to Lydia, who had finished dancing with the prince
Alysia: Hey
Lydia: Sisi, How was your dance
Alysia: It was fine
Lydia: You sure? Because you don't look fine
Alysia: Postinur possessed Prince Kelly to tell me he loves me
Lydia: And what did you say?
Alysia: I turned him down because I don't love him
Lydia: What? you are crazy! Don't you know you love him?
Alysia: I don't!
Lydia: You do. Deep down you do. I know I can see it. You even feel hurt for turning him down, don't you?
Alysia: He's a ghost, Lydia!
Lydia: So? You just want an excuse, Sisi, Nothing else. It's that Duren that is still in your mind. Someone that will lead you to destruction. He doesn't even Love you, his love is just shallow!
Alysia: Don't you dare talk about Duren. It's my love story, my choice!
Lydia: Whatever Sisi. Suit yourself and make stupid decisions since that's what you always do! (Walks away in anger)
Alysia: I don't understand why she's so worked up about it. How does it affect her? This is prying in my love life, not caring! (Hisses)
Announcer: Can I get everyone's attention please? (Everywhere becomes silent)
It is now time for our marvelous princess to choose her right hand man who is to protect her and always be by her side before she becomes of marriage age. (Claps and cheers everywhere) our princess, Alysia
Alysia: (climbs the auditorium and curtsies) I am honored, announcer, thank you. (Announcer bows and leaves) People of Oberon, it is with great honor I stand here to tell you all that I am opportuned to be your princess, and to be your future queen who is to serve you well. And I will serve you just to please you because you are people of great hearts. I salute you all (bows)
Man: We are honored, your majesty, to have such a great royal family who love us and meet up our needs. We are the lucky and opportuned ones, your majesty, for the almighty blessed us with such lovely and loving royals. (Bows) (crowd claps in approval) (queen odessy and king Klein are so proud and happy)
Alysia: Thank you all. Even if it's the first time to see me since I was born, you all show me this great love and approve of me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart (crowd claps)
Boy: We love you, princess (claps and cheers everywhere)
Alysia: And now, (silence replied her) with great joy, I will do what our custom demands of me to do right now. I will choose who I want to be by my side always till I become sixteen and ready to marry my king who will be by my side and help me with the King affairs. (All curious)
I would like to call on….. prince Kelly (claps from the people greeted the decision) (prince Kelly enters) prince Kelly, with great pleasure, I will want you to be my right hand man and my personal guard, please will you be my right hand man?
Prince Kelly: with great joy, I will love to be your right hand man. (Claps everywhere)
Swords man comes in
Swords man:hold the sword and repeat after me, prince Kelly. I swear this time to be princess Alysia's right hand man now till she's ready to get married. To protect her and guide her with all my strength and heart and with my life
Prince Kelly: I swear this time to be princess Alysia's right hand man now till she's ready to get married. To protect and guide her with all my strength and heart, and with my life
The swordsman takes the sword and cuts a line in Prince Kelly's little finger then drops his blood on the edge of the sword which he tells Alysia to hold and the seal is made. Everyone clapped happily and the music plays for everyone to dance till they're satisfied.
Alysia walks out of the ballroom and goes to the garden in order to have fresh air and sees someone she least expects
Duren: Hi, Princess
Alysia: Duren?
Duren: Congratulations on your coming of age. You look radiant.
Alysia: Thank you for coming
Duren: I just came to tell you that I'm married. I'm sorry.
I got married to Cynthia and we are now having a child together.
I love you but I don't think I love you the way I do love her. I feel the bond strong with her
Alysia: No Duren! You are under a spell!
Duren: I was under a spell, not anymore. I love her willingly and wholeheartedly
Alysia: But she's a…
Duren: Goddess, I know. But love doesn't care, right? So I don't care. I love her.
Alysia: Duren, this is wrong. She's evil and..
Duren: She's not, please don't talk about Cynthia this way. She's lovely.
Alysia: Duren, You are making a wrong decision
Duren: I will be on my way. (Tries to leave)
Alysia: (holds his hand) Please, Duren. I love you, I love you with all my heart, please don't do me like this!
Duren: I'm sorry Alysia, I just can't return the love. I just want to focus on my wife and unborn child now. Please take care of yourself. (Leaves)
Alysia: Noooo! (Runs upstairs fast and goes to her room to cry)