"Am sorry my Queen. How is your health now?" I asked her, and she smiled gracefully.
"Am doing great." I ran towards the door and pushed it.
"What happened Rose?" She asked.
"Someone locked me up." She pointed to a window farther away from the room. I was so surprised. There was an open window there. I ran towards the window and ran out. My team mates already started dancing, but as i rushed towards the garden, someone came behind me and blind folded me.
I was so scared. The person had put me somewhere, and was now pouring fuel everywhere around me. I pulled the blindfold off and i was shocked to see - Vivian.
"Oh My God, how dare you, Vivian? I thought you were a good friend!" I stood up yelling. She dropped the fuel bucket and started crying uncontrollably on the floor. I went towards her and helped her.
"I am to blame for all this. I shouldn't...i shouldn't have accepted the coins..." Vivian wept.
"What coins? From who?'
"Sapphira. She gave me a thousand coins to kill you."
"Isn't that more than the money you earn here?" I brought her up.
"I only earn twenty coins here. Am sorry for being greedy, but the money is really important to me. But am sorry, you'll have to die my good friend." She wiped her tears and took a candle behind her. I ran towards the three doors, but they were all locked.
She threw the candle and it caught fire immediately. I started screaming, and seeing where she was going, but it only seemed she was going underground or something. There was no escape route. The fire was everywhere. I started crying and praying, something might happen. I couldn't run around, so i just sat, saying my last wishes.
My one and only last wish is, i just wanna see the Prince before i die. I wanted to ask why such a handsome, and flawless Prince would murder my sister. Soon, i heard sounds on the ground i was standing.
What's....what's....
Soon, someone came out of the ground behind me and i was shocked. He seemed like he was standing on a stair.
The area the both of us were, was the only place that wasn't burnt. I kept on staring, and staring, staring, staring, staring, staring.
I forgot all about the fire, and i knew i was already in heaven, with the beautiful angels. Something fell, and i jumped into the ground. We rolled down the stairs, and fell down. It was an empty ground, but as i turned around, my eyes shone at the palace treasure!!!
Gold, Diamonds, Silver, Sapphires, Amethysts, Rubies, Crystals, quartz, pearls, and so many other precious materials i have never seen. Yeah, we had these in our palace, but Dad never let me see them.
I turned around to see who had saved me. Prince Ethan! Look, i don't think i know what he saved. He had saved, my whole life!
I had so many revenge business, and some idiot just planned to kill me?
I burst into tears, and threw my arms around him.
"Thank you so much!" I cried, and i could tell he wasn't uncomfortable one bit. I can confidently say, he actually hugged me back.
"You're welcome." He said, as we realized a fiery reflection, he ordered the guards to take out the treasure. The shed was all burnt.
We returned back to the garden, and my whole team was waiting for me. Kanya and Bella ran towards me and hugged me.
"So glad you're back."
"Look Rose, i want to know who did this to you. I will get the person punished severely." He told me, and my eyes went towards Vivian who was watering the flowers.
"she did it." I pointed at Vivian as everyone gasped. Vivian turned around and dropped the watering can.
"Vivian, can you explain?" Prince Ethan asked, and Vivian was still shocked, like she did nothing.
"And why are you falling for what this stupid Princess says?" Sapphira came and asked the Prince, who gazed at her with a side eye.
"Do you have anything to do with this?"
"YES! YES! She gave me one thousand gold coins and seven hundred sapphires to kill Princess Rose, set her on fire.' Vivian cried.
"Sapphira? What?" Prince Ethan was boiling right now. I held his clenched fist, but he brushed me away.
"SAPPHIRA WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? HOW DARE YOU TRY TO KILL ROSE? WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU IDIOT? You know what, you're done here." Sapphira started crying as the guards came but Prince Ethan stopped them.
"I'll kick you out myself." He grabbed her hand and took her to the palace gates. He threw her out like garbage.
"Am sorry Prince! Hear me out!" He closed the gate, and i watched her crying profusely on the ground.
"And you!" Prince Ethan took Vivian but i stopped him.
"Vivian is not the bad guy here. Its Sapphira. And now that she's out of the way, we should just go to bed and forget things." Vivian threw her arms on me and hugged me, crying like a baby. Everyone headed into the palace for bedtime, and i walked quickly to Queen Leah's bedroom.
"Thanks for earlier my Queen." I bowed.
"What happened in the palace?" She asked. She was sitting up and drinking some water. Her eyes were twinkling, and they looked almost like the stars.
"The...Princess Sapphira was...was thrown out.' I muttered some words, and she gasped.
"That's horrible! Why?" She asked.
"She almost set me ablaze.' Queen Leah rose up abruptly and started touching me all over.
"Are you alright? I hope you didn't get hurt. How did you get out?" The Queen stared at me with concerned eyes.
"Well....Prince Ethan saved me."
"He's silly. How can he jump into a dangerous fire just for a lady?' She chuckled.
"He didn't jump in. He was in the treasure room, when he heard everything." I corrected.
"So? He still risked his life. Well, am proud of him." She shrugged.
"I will take my leave now, queen. Goodnight." I bowed again, and left the room. I entered my chambers. The same maid, who had spoke to me about dancing mistresses, and her colleagues were there.
"Good evening." They didn't reply me, and as i stood in a distance, i could hear their discussion.
"I can't believe Princess Sapphira is this evil! I don't even know if she's actually from Kass as she claims." One of the maids yelled.
"i really don't think so too; that's why she's one of the biggest villains in Racalyn's history. Did you read the book?"
"Yeah, i did. Pathetic story. I need to teach some people a lesson."
"Which book?" I burst into their discussion and they ran off to my makeup table, and started 'arranging the table' and trembling.
"Girls. You don't need to be scared. What book? Is it a book read to destroy one's enemies in Racalyn?" I asked.
"It sure is. It contains Queen Eun's reign, Queen Ahyeon, and some other Queens."
"Nice." I recognized the book. It was a copy of what Vivian had given me. The other maid looked scared of me. She sat me down, untied my bun, and i changed into a red sleeping gown.