Where am I? I feel wind blowing on my face , I hear the sound of trees and birds too *smell* that's the smell of lavender, my favourite flower, I better wake up, wait what? Am I ...alive? How ? I gasped as I woke up , I didn't feel any pains anymore? I'm on a bed... and this room doesn't look familiar at all , though, it's rather ....peasant looking but nice, I like it , it's soft on the eyes... I shifted my gaze to my side and on a pretty decent table stood a vase with lavender flowers in it , that must be where the smell came from, I smiled and touched it , it feels nice on the skin, I wonder though , was Priscilla brought alive like me and Felix , is he alive as well...
"My lady!" Suddenly a boy with the most beautiful dark purple hair I've ever seen and mesmerising lilac eyes popped up from nowhere infront of my face! Instinctively I moved back and prevented doing any harm to him since he looked about 8 years old, the boy chuckled and pulled my cheeks , for some reason that I do not know I didn't push him away , his presence felt familiar ..
"My lady~ did I scare you well huh! You looked so funny when I did" the boy grinned, my heart felt heavy as I looked at him , he reminded me so much of Priscilla, so much that it made me hurt inside, who is he anyways.
"My lady?" I looked at the boy as he stared at me with worry
"Are you okay?" He asked and put his hand on my head before pulling back and wincing , he then gave me a sheepish/guilty smile
"My lady, it seems like you're still high because of the temperature,I should not have scared you , I apologize" he then bowed curtly , who is this kid? First he's acting like Priscilla then he's acting like Felix ? Wait , I should calm down, it's probably nothing, he's staring at me, should I say something? If so what should I say ? Maybe I should start with questions, but how do I ask a 8 year old How I got here? He looks like a peasant servant so he probably wouldn't know, what happened? He probably had no idea , what of Priscilla and Felix? He wouldn't know .
"My lady, are you well, you haven't spoken since!" HUH!? how did he get so close in a matter of split seconds! That's probably his skill , I gulped , it's the same as Priscilla's skill.
"I'm fine" I managed to choke out and coughed , the boy immediately gave me a glass of water which I immediately gulped down , my throat felt really dry , it hurt as well
"Sorry my lady , there there" the boy began to Pat my back in an attempt to calm me down, after a while I went back to normal
"Feeling better?" The boy asked and I nodded making the boy grin
"That's good, I'll go call aunty!!" He exclaimed and then ran off, I sat up and hugged my knees, just then , I noticed how small my body frame is , it's like an 8 year old's body , what the heck? Don't tell me that I have reincarnated, to confirm my thoughts I climbed down the bed and stared at myself in the Large mirror by the side , as I looked before me stood a girl around 8 years old which is expected but what made me confused was that I still resemble my old me . How's this possible? I clearly remember that all my mana was depleted so how? Just then a woman who looked just like me came rushing in with a happy expression
" Lavandula!You're awake at last!" She then pulled me a tight hug , I was taken by surprise but stayed still cause this woman looked like she needed the hug desperately, it reminded me of the times that I desperately needed a hug , back then Priscilla would hug me and Pat my back , should I do the same for this woman? I mean, she seems to be my new mother if I'm not mistaken , what would Priscilla do in this situation?, this woman's my mother but I hardly know her , should I just comfort her for her sake? I hugged her back and patted her back, I even told her that everything's going to be okay, soon the woman...I should probably stop calling her that ....soon mother let go of me and pulled on my cheeks while squealing like a fan girl about how cute I was , come to think of it, that boy from earlier did the same, is he close with the original owner Lavandula? If so I should be careful, that boy seems to be a perceptive lad-
*Gruuuuummmbblle* my cheeks flushed as my stomach let out a loud growl , gosh it's embarrassing! Mother burst out laughing and patted my head
"Seems like you're hungry my sweet Lavandula , it's okay, I'll go make you your favourite meal!" She smiles and then walked towards the door before stopping mid walk and looking at me with a smile
" Oh and your two friends are outside waiting for you, though I'm sure you've seen Ethan already, help me tell them that I'll be making treats for them, understood?" She said and I nodded , then she went her merry way , Hmm, two friends huh. Ethan , that's probably the purple haired kid from earlier, ugh! Why does he have to have the same features of Priscilla!! Whatever I'll just go meet those two so called friends to avoid suspicion.
I got up and went to meet them after cleaning up by myself and wearing a comfy oversized sweater, excuse my manners but I just had a painful death and witnessed the slaughter of my best friends, I want some peace and quiet for now!! I opened the door which seemed like the entrance and was meant with the most beautiful scene of a 🪻 lavender field, there was a couple of willow tress , whoose petals were purple and so were a few sakura blossom, I almost teared up , this , looked like paradise, if only I had this in my past life , I forgot about wearing shoes and stepped onto the bare floor, I then chuckled as I felt the grass under my feet.
" My lady,Fine feeling isn't it?" That Ethan kid popped up from nowhere and put a lavender flower crown on my head ,this time I didn't flinch but I resisted the urge to punch him square in the face , so instead I settled for an unamused glare
"Ethan, you really need to stop doing that , I could hurt you" but the boy only scoffed and smirked playfully
"In your dreams!" For him to make that kind of reaction, it means that the previous owner of this body was weak , but not me. Just then I heard someone panting as if they had run a marathon race
"Ethan..*pant*you ran too fast..*pant* why didn't you wait!" Ethan turned and grinned mockingly
"Ne~ sorry but I was determined to get to my lady before you~"
"Y-*pant* big tomato sauce jerk!* The two began to bicker while I stood there frozen in my spot , that voice, could it be ..
"Priscilla?" The two stopped and the girl shoved the boy aside to meet my gaze
"Yes?"
"It really is you..." I mumbled and she seemed to have heard me cause she frowned and paused in thought before her eyes began to water and so did mine.
"*Sniffle* P-priscillia!"
"*Sniffle* my lady! Wah!!!" We both ran towards each other and hugged while crying our eyes out ....soon we both calmed down and we're all laughs and smiles, Ethan then came in with a tray of snacks and a slightly annoyed expression, mother must have made those snacks
" You know my lady, it isn't fair that Priscilla's your favourite, my own twin! Is your favourite and not me!!" Oh he must have felt left out
"Sorry Ethan " I then flashed him a big smile and he immediately looked away
"I-it's okay!" Huh? What's with that reaction?
"Anyways, Aunty said that these snacks are for us "
"Really!" Priscilla immediately reached for them ,she had always been a fan of food. Ethan rolled his eyes and sighed, why did he look so annoyed
"Anyways, it's a shame , I have to go now, my swordsmanship lessons are going to start-"
"Begone! Why are you still standing there?" Priscilla gave him a smug look , he glared at her before having a smirk of his own
"Because, I want to say goodbye to my lady properly"
"Bye Lavandula" he then kissed me on the forehead and ran off with the speed of light , .... I'm speechless, while Priscilla began shouting profanities at him .
" Hmph! Rude brat!" She exclaimed and stuffed her mouth with a macroon , I chuckled because she looked cute while doing so . We ate for a while in peaceful silence just enjoying each others presence , suddenly Priscilla gasped as if she had rembered something, she became all teary
"*Sniffle* My lady..I regret not telling you before I was killed but I ...wah!!" I instantly became became worried and patted her shoulder
" Priscilla, what's wrong, what did you not tell me?" Priscilla hung her head low and said
" Felix, wasn't murdered" at her words I felt both relief and shock , but not betrayal, I know Priscilla well, she always had a good reason for lying to me and yes it isn't the first time
"Okay but why did you lie?"
"Because I want him dead" eh? I'm confused we 3 were very close why would she-
"*Sob* my lady!!!, Felix betrayed us!!" Whhhhaaaatt? Felix did what? But
"How ?"
" *Sniffle* Right now , the current ruler of Illyria, is Felix" okay, but that isn't enough evidence, Felix ...why would he do such a thing? Moreover Priscilla continued and said with a trembling voice
" That day , when I tried to go get him..."
*Flashback*
Priscilla's pov
I have to get Felix! It's the only way! If I don't My lady will be gone forever, I can't let that happen!! I thought as I sped up my pace , I couldn't run because I wanted to avoid suspicion, we don't know who poisoned her in the first place so I have to be careful!, turning around a corner I spotted Felix's room door
"Felix!!" I burst through the room door without knocking because of how urgent the matter was , but I found that in this large room of his, he was nowhere to be found, what ? But I'm sure that this his break time
"Felix?" I called out and found myself wandering around his room, I turned to a hidden corner and my eyes widened at what I saw , various pictures of my lady and me were pinned on the wall with red markers drawn in an x symbol across our face , upon closer inspection it looked like Felix had been tracking our every move , in other words, he was planning on muderering us , I could tell just by reading a few notes which were also pinned. So Felix planned on taking the throne? The heck!!!?
"Found something?" Felix whispered in my ear and I instinctively pulled away and sharply turned
"Felix what are you-" I trailed off after seeing the murderous glint in his eyes , heh....I see how it is...he wanted to kill me , never mind, I'll just get the antidote and get out of here , I so want to kill him but I do not know how my lady will react , right now all I can do is run and trap him!!
*End of flashback*
(Back to FL's pov)
" I managed to trap him but on my way back to you , I was taken captive by the weasel called Adrien and he threw the antidote away too" do that's what happened, I can't believe Felix would do such a thing
"Priscilla, is our kingdom still upbeat?" I asked her sadly and she nodded
"Yeah, surprisingly everything's going well"
"Then there's no need to worry " I sighed and leaned my head on the tree we sat on , Priscilla looked shocked
"But my lady!!"
"It's no use , I'd prefer to live my new life peacefully, not that I don't feel hurt about it, but there's nothing I should do , can't you see ? We've been given another chance to live our lives peacefully, no wars , no politics and no assassination attempt at every hour , we get to live our lives peacefully and healthy, it's even more lucky that we get to see each other, don't you agree?" I smiled at her and wiped her tears then continued
" If we hold a grudge against him , he wouldn't even know and we'll be the ones suffering instead, so we should just let go and forget about him , Felix , is no longer our friend, therefore we shouldn't waste our time over him, understood?"
"*Sniffle* yes my lady!!" I chuckled at the way she immediately turned cheerful, I patted her head and smiled
"That's my girl "
A/n : okay this chapter is a little bit longer than I planned 😅, so tell me Whatcha think? Should I continue?