3rd June.
"Good bye, your majesty"
"Good bye princess" prince adekunle said as he walked into the plane, his one week stay was finally over, it was a bitter sweet experience but there goes our friendship again.
"Till we meet again" I i said as I waved him, we had planes to go watch wrestling soon.
"Bye bye" adekunle said as I watched the planes door closed behind him.
"Shall we?" The royal guard who was standing by my side asked as we were also getting ready to leave the airport.
"Wait, stop the plane.... Stop the plane...." Grace my personal help said as she came running, it was too late the plane taking adekunle out of Ida was already on air.
"Princess" grace held my hands as she was out of breathe, she was trying so hard to say something.
"Princess" she called again, the sound of her voice makes me scared. What's wrong? Why is she out of breathe?
"What's going on?" Grace was acting a bit strange, what's going on?
"There are some unknown men at the boarders, the King and Queen has asked for you to come back to the palace immediately" she said as we walked back to the car, but is they wanted me back why were you shouting to get the plane's attention?
"Drive us to the palace" she instructed the driver as we hoped into the car.
"What's going on? Have they been identified? Who are these unknown men?" I was worried, what's happening? Is this an invasion? What's going on?
"Well we would have to see for ourselves" the car began to speed up to the palace, what's going on?
"Dling dling" my cellphone rang amidst all the chaos.
"Hello" I answered the phone, it was mom calling.
"Where are you? Why aren't you back from to the palace yet? Princess don't scare me" my mom said as her voice trembled, what's going on? Why is everyone scared?
"I am on my way mom, I can see the palace gate as we speak" we were already close to the palace i wonder why she is being anxious.
"Immediately you get here, come straight our throne room" mom said as she hung up the call, she sounded worried like she just saw a ghost. Hope nothing is wrong.
"Hurry up" grace yelled at the driver as if the speed he was going was not fast enough.
"We are almost there already, don't stress him" the car was already speeding, what more did she want? For us to get an accident?
"Drive us straight to the palace entrance" I instructed the driver as it would take time for me to walk from the parking lot to the throne room and mom's anxiety would increase.
"Okay ma" the driver responded to me as he drove through to the first gate of the palace.
"All the gates are opened?" I was shocked as the 5 palace gates were wide open, never in the history of Ida has this happened before, it was against all teachings I know. What's going on? Is this an emergency situation? What's happening? How many intruders are at the border that we can't handle?
"Let's go princess" grace grabbed my hands as she pulled me from the care and into the palace immediately it parked.
"Let go" grace was my personal helper, she had no business tugging me, matter of fact she has no business bossing me around.
"Shut up and move quick" grace spared no sympathy for me as she continued to drag me, moving towards the throne room.
"Wait, my crown" I felt it tilt a bit as she was rushing me, my princess gown was already something to run with talk more of trying to stabilise my crown.
"There she is" mom said as we walked into the room.
"Finally" dad said as she sat down quietly on his throne.
"Mom? Dad? Gran pa? Everyone is here? What's going on?" They all looked tensed, mom's trembling voice was no match for her trembling hands as she began to strip me right in the middle of the throne room.
"Here, here, here" she kept on passing my clothes to a maid that stood innocently.
"What's going on?" I asked as mom took out the last pin that was bounding my crown and the hair together, she passed my crown also the the maid.
"No time to explain, please just do as we say" her face filed with regrets, her eyes filled with tears as she hugged me.
"Wear this, let's go" gran ma, gave me a normal looking skirt and a top to wear.
"Let's go, don't complain" grand pa was right behind us as 5 of our royal guards followed us out of the room.
"What's going on?" Everyone was dressed down, me, gran ma, grand pa, the guards, the chefs everyone, we all looked the same, what's happening?
"Mom!" I yelled as I was dragged away from jer without my will and no one was saying anything to me.
"Be calm princess it would all be over very soon" gran ma said as we walked out of the palace hurriedly.
"Where is the car?" Gran ma asked as we got outside, "I don't want anything spoiling this for me, let's do our best to protect the Princess" princess? What's happening? Why do I need protection?
"Here" grand pa drive in with an almost beat up car, as the helps around stuffed it with food supplies and other essential things.
"Middle" gran gran said as the maids immediately but me right in-between the both of them.
"Drive to the boarders, we would meet there, remember she is your child" Fran gran gave instructions as the car began to move.
Your child? I'm not the princess? What's going on? What's happening? I need answers but no one is willing to talk to me, only grace and she is not here right now. What's happening? Why am I being transported to the boarders where the intruders are?
"Lock the gate, code blue" and announcement was played over the giant speaker of the palace as my car left the 5th gate, gran gran is not coming? We are not meeting at the borders?
"Why aren't we using a plane, it would have been faster" one of the guard besides me asked the other.
"Yes it would, but I doubt the emmeies would allow us flee so easily. Besides I heard the plane that left after the prince of Nigeria was shut down by the intruders" what? Enemies? Ida has enemies? They shut down a plane? This is all new information to me and I can't handle it. What's really going on?
"Wait what?" He had the same reaction as I did.
"Hey enikpi, I know you are worried beyond words right now. And I also don't know what to tell you or what is happening dear, but what I do know is you would be okay." The man by my right said.
"I am Joseph by name and she is Cynthia, and the guy by your far left is Johnathan" he said pointing at the lady by my left and the guy there.
"What's going on? What's happening?" Finally someone has acknowledged me after hours of being ignored.
"No one knows dear, let's all pray for the best" Cynthia said as she helps my hands tightly.
"pop" notification sound entered all 5 of our phones.
"Oh no! Calm down princess it will all be fine" Cynthia said as she tapped my shoulder, now i am more curious to see what message came in.
"What could it be? Maybe the news is finally covering this invasion" i said to myself as I pull my raised my phone up to see what message got in.
"BREAKING NEWS: Ida in panic as King, Queen and their daughter the crown princess of Ida, as video of them being beheaded in front of the palace surfaces the internet"
"Photo attachment"
Mom?
Dad?
Me? Beheaded? Me? Beheaded.