100So, i'm gravely sorry for the giga late update.
one of my loved ones had just passed on.
and it's really hard for me.
i'm sorry.
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"Ahhh, my dear, dear, dear brother and his little happy family." My Royal Uncle, Prince Louise strolled down the stairs and walked towards us. He stopped at the barrier of guards and smiled at a particular one that was standing directly in front of my family. This isn't going to be good.
"Move?" Apparently, manners do run in the family. The guard refused to move or even to send him a glance. Sighing, my uncle tried again. "Please move?"
When the guard refused to budge, my uncle sighed and whipped a gun out of his maroon coat swiftly before shooting the guard straight in the head. The guests gave collective screams and yells at the shock and started scurrying again. Hell; even I had to scream at this.
"Why did you do that?!" I clung onto Madison as my uncle stared down at me with contempt. The guards already had their weapons out, pointing dangerously at my uncle while he acted as if nothing had happened. Just then, the grand entrance to the garden of the palace burst open as an army of red clothed men marched in and surrounded the whole ballroom.
"Why did I do that, you asked?" My uncle strolled towards me and smiled at me in a maniacal way. "I wanted my way, he blocked it, I kill him. Simple."
My lips quivered when his calloused fingertips brushed across my chin when he tilted my head back and forth to take a good look at me. He's eyes then trailed around my face and down onto my neck. He removed his hand from my face and fingered my necklace. This is it; nobody touches my necklace without getting hurt. I pulled away from him defiantly and stared him hard in the eyes. Okay, that was probably the stupidest thing to do.
"How ironic that something so simple, is the key to unlocking something so magnificent." He mumbled, eyeing the necklaces on Madison, Abigail, Ashton and my necks. My dad moved in front of us protectively and looked at his half-brother. Yeap, they share the same dad, but different moms.
"What do you want, Louise?" My uncle chuckled at my father's question and cocked his head to the side.
"What do I want?" He looked around the grand room and placed his forefinger on his chin, tapping it in thought. "Easy. I want your kingdom."
"You know we can talk this over, Louise. There's no need for violence." I looked around at the numerous red-clothed armies and swallowed a gulp. This isn't going to end well.
"I've been waiting forever for us to talk, my dear brother. Now, I don't think so." My uncle turned to the front of the crowd and smiled. "Today's the day, you people will always remember. The day of the fall of King Jefferson. Guards!"
One word. Chaos.
People were running around like mad chickens with their heads chopped off, some figuratively, while others were simply screaming for murder. Swords and guns were drawn as the clanging and loud banging of the gunshots sounded through the destroying courtroom. I was about to run over to Abigail and help fend off one of her captors when I was stopped by a hand held firmly on my arm.
"Princess! You have got to hide! He's here for you and your siblings!" I looked at my nanny and shot her a confused look.
"For us? what does he want with us?!" Nanny Francesca stood in front of me thus blocking me from the view of her hind completely. She stared at me and took my necklace in her hand.
"He's here for the nec-"
RIPPP
The sickly sound of metal tearing at raw flesh flooded my ears as the face of the assassin from my uncle's secret army crept out from behind my nanny's wizened shoulders. He smiled evilly at me, revealing his row of stained and decayed teeth that smelt of death. My eyes widened at the shock as the old woman crumbled in front of me with her back bleeding profusely. This can't be true. This can't be true!
"Nanny?" I kneeled down beside her and shook her to keep her from slipping into unconsciousness while large, pearly tears made their way down my cheeks. Wisps of hair were falling into my eyes but I could care less for appearances now. "Nanny!"
"Pr…Princess…" I was about to take her frail and wrinkled hand when a pair of burly arms wrapped itself around my torso. I trashed around madly and screamed for hell. Okay, so that isn't a smart thing to do, but it's the first action that came to my mind!
"Let… go… of… ME!" I continued thrashing around until I felt the arms release its death grip on me. Falling onto the ground, I crawled back to my nanny and held her outstretched hand. It felt cold. My eyes scanned the crowd and whimpered at the sight of my three other siblings trying to fight their way from their captors. No matter how much I wanted to just run over and save them, I couldn't. My nanny from the day I was born is dying.
"Nan. Nan! Wake up! Don't sleep!" I shook her lightly and watched as her eyes opened slightly. "Nan! Stay with me! Don't sleep!"
"Princess… go… run away… with your… sisters and… Ashton… necklaces… keys… treasures… of… Austravenia…" More tears made their way out of my eyes as nanny Francesca took in labored breaths between words. I hushed her and looked around for any help. Bloodied bodies of innocent guests and lost guards littered the once-white marbled flooring while swords were still meeting tips in some parts of the courtroom.
"Princess… go… now… hide… I love… y-" nanny Francesca was cut off when another pair of hands wrapped around my torso. I was about to scream for murder, again, when the captor clapped his hand over my mouth, silencing my cry for help.
"Don't scream. I'm here to save you." The mysterious guy tugged me in the direction away from my nanny while I restrained from following him.
"Nanny! She's dying! Save her first!" I pulled away and attempted to run back to the old lady when the guy pulled me back into his arms and tugged me into a different direction roughly. Way to treat a lady huh.
"She's beyond cure now. Too much blood loss." I sobbed at that fact and felt my legs going jelly under me. "Now shut up and I'll save your pretty face."
"What about Maddie, Abbie and Ashton? I'm not going anywhere without the-"
"Audrey!" My head whipped around instantly at the sound of my name and smiled in relief when I saw my brother waving for my attention. He started running towards me when another evil guard dashed out of nowhere and jumped onto Ashton, knocking him onto the ground roughly. How dare he!
"Oh no you don't, you big fat troll face!" I pulled away from the 'saviour's' tight grasp and ran towards my brother at full speed before kicking the evil man who had now straightened up…
In his crotch. Hard.
And when I meant hard, it meant the mega amount of force I could ever muster from my sixteen years of living.
"Take that, you evil looking snot-eating garden slug of the century! If you so much as to touch a strand of my brother and sisters' hair ever again, I'll make damn sure you won't be able to have any slug babies!" I raised my finger at the whining assassin who is now, holding his crotch, threateningly before pulling Ashton close to me.
"You alright, Ash? Where's Abbie and Maddie?!" My heartbeat quickened when he shook his head. His eyes landed on the spot where Nanny Francesca was currently lying on and widened his eyes at the sight of the dying lady.
"Is Nanny Francesca…?" I nodded at his unfinished question and stopped him from running to her spot.
"It's too late now, Ash." I hugged him closely and felt tears on my bare shoulders. That was the first time I ever saw Ashton Julius Jefferson Williams cry. Ever.
"Alright, alright. Why not we escape first and cry later? Sounds good? I thought so." Ashton and I turned our heads towards the source of the voice and saw a masked guy in a smart suit coming towards us with a handgun look alike weapon in his hand. My eyes trailed from the familiar brown eyes to the fro and couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity rush past my mind.
Where have I seen those eyes and fro before?
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