Yin and Yang

The flower that flowed down the river

Who?

Elaine was sitting on the grass, the sun shining through her face, like a perfect scenery. She couldn't forget her encounter with the prince...she tried to grasp onto every single memory she had of him. Elaine held a tulip she had found in the forest, she said under her breath

"I...think I have found the one"

Elaine giggled at her words, thinking about how clumsy she was to be thinking of such things. It was impossible and would count as a betrayal to her people. Elaine's only goal is to rule over Astria as one and make peace with the people. But of course with one good thing comes with a bad thing.

"This place.." she smiled "Will be ruled by me, I will make this world a better place...no matter what"

The lady stood up and walked down the hill to the river. She looked at her reflection seeing herself but...it wasn't her. Elaine could not bear to see it as she threw the tulip down the water in worry.

"My lady, perhaps you might be seeing visions already...I would be delighted if you told me what you had seen?"

Elaine heard the voice of an old woman as she turned around to see a healthy old lady holding a flower basket. She was dressed differently, the woman had a scarf wrapped around her head and a saggy dress but enough to fool someone that it is of high quality.

"It's easy to throw away a plant young lady...but do take note that it is not so easy to throw a body in the river. So treat the flower like a human being."

Elaine quickly ran to the water to find the tulip, once she did she got out soaking wet only to see a basket full of tulips with the old lady nowhere to be found. She looked around gasping for air thinking who could she be? Her servant had quickly found her and escorted her out the river back to the palace whilst Elaine held the basket the old lady was holding earlier. Once out the shower, Elaine had got dressed into more comfortable clothes and carefully picked up the flowers placing it in a glass vase.

"Tch...leaving a burden to make me take care of plants."

Elaine chuckled at the thought the old woman was a ghost. She sighed deeply and looked out the window, the river in view as she watched how it flowed down the stream. A guard went inside the princesses room and told her to go to the main hall to meet her new personal servant. Elaine had walked downstairs with the security of the guards beside her. Upon arriving her father was sitting down with two people across the table from him

"Lady Villareal, I would like you to meet Mr. Shor, your new personal servant."