𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐚 {𝐇.𝐒}

October 23, 2021

Aurelia's Diary- October 23, 2021

I wasn't in the palace where I was supposed to be. I should have been sitting peacefully on my bed where I wrote the events of my day in my diary, the spring breeze whirling into the room while the maids remained deep into their slumber. Yet, I was somewhere deep into the wilderness with Harry by my side, venturing through to discover the secrets of my past. The secrets that could either complete or ruin my life but I was willing to take that risk.

With the small fire projecting a yellowish glow, burning the wood that Harry rummaged for, I stare down onto the pages of my diary. The forest blooms with night life with the trees swaying slightly to the wind, casting shadows that looked like monsters and owls and bats calling into the darkness. The flames of the fire sway and I try my hardest to absorb the heat onto my skin, however, with the wind, it's hopeless. My skin remains like ice. Harry remains deep in his slumber, soft snores flying through the air and just staring at the man in front of me, makes me realise that he's like any other person. He wasn't terrifying, yet, a human who did the things that any other would do. 

The day of adventure began this morning when the sun began to slowly rise. My eyes opened to see the rays of sunlight seeping through the window and onto my skin. I pulled the blanket off me and began to fix myself for the upcoming adventures that laid ahead. Luckily, I packed a hiking bag the night before so I was able to grab it and rush out without getting caught. My legs dashed down to the garden where I was to meet Harry. My eyes captured a tall figure, standing by the fence and I walked to him. I still couldn't believe I was to spend the days ahead with the one man that made my life living hell and why he even offered to come along on this adventure.

"You're late, " he said, scoffing and he stared me in the eyes. His hand ran through his hair, pushing back the remains of his forehead and his other hand clutched the hiking bag that was sprung over his shoulder. As my eyes scanned his body, I saw him wearing jet black shorts with a loose t-shirt, alongside his black runner shoes. For a prince, I wouldn't of thought he could wear such a thing but he was always the kind to have surprises. 

"The sun just came up. I'm not late, you're just early," I said as I rolled my eyes. "And to think I wouldn't of thought that you would ever wear something this casual," I continued. I knew this wasn't something he would of liked to wear and I shouldn't be rubbing it in his face but I had to.

"Don't get ahead of yourself, maid,"  he said as he rolled his eyes and I lightly laughed. "Now are we going to wait here to get caught or are we going to go?" he questioned and I nodded. I clutched my bag that was sprung over my shoulder tightly and we began to walk through the garden until we were no longer on the palaces' grounds. It felt so free to be away from such a hostile place where the royals weren't your friends and your only family was the maids. Surprisingly, I wouldn't of thought I'll be interacting, yet, hiking together with a royal. Life really had twists and turns that always brought along surprises.

As I pushed myself to walk up the hill, I looked around my surroundings. Everything seemed surreal and looked like it came straight from an old painted canvas. The world was quite astonishing, when I clawed my way out of the mire of dysfunction. When I first peeked over the horizon and saw nature without the haze of discontent. With the naked eye and the opened- minded brain, I finally absorbed the beauty of reality. The amazement flooded in when I saw the rays of run seeping over the large mountains. It was the amazement of the baby when they first met a dog, or saw a leaf move in the wind and when I saw those simple things, when I could fall in love with the small, everything became so much better. The larger things became almost overwhelming, the sense of love so much stronger. Maybe the banishment wasn't so bad if I got to live in the wilderness.

"You act like you never witnessed something like this before," Harry voiced. I looked over and realised the beauty of Harry himself. He may be an idiot but I couldn't lie about his looks. 

"I mean I really haven't. I've been within the palace grounds for all my life," I said and his eyebrows raised slightly. "Your parents found me at their doorstep when I was a baby and from there, I became the maid. Nothing that interesting," I said as we kept walking down the hill. 

"Makes sense, but what do you hope to accomplish going to this kingdom? What if it's just a dead end?" He asked and I dreaded that question. I always clung to hope even though a small part of me feared what I could possibly face. I clung to hope, hoping I didn't fall.

"At least I tried, right?" I said as I kept my answer brief and short. "Why did even you even come?" I asked Harry and he ran his hand through his hair, brushing it off his forehead.

"If you had an opportunity to find your parents, why would I stop that? And someone had to protect you. I couldn't be responsible for your death," he said as he looked over to me. To think that I actually thought he cared for me when he was trying to cover for himself. I rolled my eyes.

"You really think I'm that weak, don't you? Fight me," I said as I stopped in my tracks. He stopped and looked over to me, raising an eyebrow and a smirk plastered itself against his lips. "I'll show you how weak I am," I said sarcastically, mocking his previous words.

"So you really want to fight a prince to prove yourself," he said and I nodded. I pulled up my sleeves and threw my hiking bag onto the grass. "Suit yourself, maid," he continued as he threw his own bag beside mine onto the grass and prepared himself with his fighting stance.

I used my hands to block my face, staring at him above my fists and hopped around him on my toes. I hoped to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee like Muhammad Ali always said. "You look ridiculous," he said, laughing lightly and I rolled my eyes. I hopped towards him, throwing my fist left and right fist onto his face but he pushed them aside. However, that wasn't the end of my combination as I slammed my left fist onto his side ribs. I smiled as he stumbled back slightly. "Clearly I underestimated you, maid," he said as he got into his stance once again. I circled him again as I eyed him like a deer but this time he took the advantage and swung his fist to my face. Blocking his fist with my arm, I used the advantage to attack him with my right fist, slamming it right onto his nose. Harry stumbled back, grabbing his nose, "F*ck that hurt," he said and waited a few moments before attacking me. I landed on my back, Harry's body on me and I felt the wind knocked out of my lungs. "You really thought you could get away with it," he whispered as he smirked and I raised my eyebrows slightly. Our nose were inches apart, breaths mingling together and I felt my heart pounding through my ears. "How do you even know how to fight?" he asked and I smirked. Now he wanted to know.

"We, maids, don't just clean and be your servants. We have activities and this just happened to be one of them," I smiled and pushed him off me. No matter how much I craved to kiss him, I didn't want to ruin or succumb to his ways. I needed to resist him. "Now get up, the night is about to come and we need to set up camp," I said and he jumped up.

As I sit on the grass, I remember every detail of our fight. I remember when we fell upon each other and how I felt to be so close to him. I felt alive and free but I had other things to deal with. As I the day is near once again, I cling to hope of what I could possibly find.

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