Washed Away

Day 1 at the Castle

The above photo is basically what the castle gates look like except there's a bodyguard on each side. Like the setup not like the design.

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"Princess, get up!" Hans fusses.

I slowly open my eyes and am greeted by Hans' face. "Good morning, Hans..."

"Good morning, since you have been gone for so long your Princess duties have piled up! You need to get them done!"

"Like what?" I say rolling over turning away from him.

He sighs and walks around to the other side of the bed. "You have lots of paperwork to do!"

"I thought I told you to do that for me and fill me in on whatever it is that's needed then I will make the final decision."

"That's what I've done for you. All I need is for you to finalize them."

"Alright, alright, after I've had breakfast, checked up on Prince Lucas and Jason, and a few other things I might think of later," I say and plop my head back down.

"You're ignoring it," Hans says as if he's scorning me.

"I am not. I just have to do other things first. Anyway, what time is it?" I ask.

"9:08 meaning it's time to get up."

"Ughh... Fine, I'm getting up... Are the others up?"

"Everyone is still seemingly asleep," Hans says.

"Well first things first to go check on the injured," I say hopping off the bed and about to walk out the room.

"Princess!"

I whip around. "What?"

"You mustn't leave this room in your pajamas!"

"Agh! Come on, Hans!" I yell and mumble to myself. "Why should it matter what I wear..."

"Because it's inappropriate for a Princess to be seen in her pajamas."

"I know! Stupid rules." I walk into my closet and shut the door behind me and change into something 'descent'.

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I walk into the infirmary and watch as the doctor resets the recorder to play again.

"Doc? You've been up all night, go get some rest I will take over from here."

"Yes, thank you, Princess," he says tiredly with a bow and quickly leaves the room.

I look towards the two boys sleeping before me. "I'm so sorry... This is all my fault..." I lower my head and a few tears slip out. "You guys wouldn't be hurt if I never met you..."

"We wouldn't be alive if we didn't."

I look up towards the voice to now see Lucas sitting up in the bed. I sniffle. "What do you mean?"

"If we never met you than we might've died on that island."

"All but you," I say knowingly and sit beside him.

"That's not the point. If you weren't there we wouldn't have gotten the first aid kit open, or caught fish, or built a fire, or got a wonderful breakfast out of nothing, or-"

I give a small hiccup-giggle. "Okay, now you're just making me embarrassed..."

"Well it's true. We couldn't live without you," Lucas says with a smile and wipes away my tears.

I look over at Jason and lie my head on Lucas' shoulder. "I don't think he's gonna make it... I've done everything I can do. It will be a miracle if he makes it..."