Forbidden Love

Escape Plan Failed

Anica eyes widened, "Leo are you alright?! Are you sick or something?!" She exclaimed. "I'm fine sis, it's nothing." Answered Leo with a smile. Anica stared at her sister for quite some time, "If you say so." She whispered, "Anyways, I'll go now, just tell me if you need something okay?" Anica added. Her sister nodded immediately and she soon exited the room.

Walking around the castle was boring for Anica. She couldn't stay in most of her favorite places because her sisters are there. She wanted to explore another forest but she was sure she wouldn't succeed, mostly that there were already knights guarding her and her sisters, she knew that they would never let her out of the castle without her dad's permission, and if ever she would go through the window in her room, she also had a feeling those two knights would catch her in no time, but, they probably won't either. "Why don't I give it a try again, I'm sure they're in their lounge so they won't be able to catch me." Said Anica to herself as she paced quickly down the wide hallway. She covered her smile of excitement and turned to the fork of the hallway, only to bump into one of the knights. "Oh, I'm so sorry my lady, I didn't see you there." Said the knight, as he lent her his hand. Anica looked up to the knight and accepted his hand and got up. It was Aether, the friendlier knight who seemed a little clumsy earlier, he smiled at her and asked, "I hope I don't sound too nosy my lady but, you seem in a rush, may I know where you're going?" Anica stared at him for a few seconds and became double-minded if she would tell him the truth or lie. He seemed so polite and she really barely wanted to lie to him but if she would and something would happen to her, he would also be the one at fault for not doing his job properly. "Is everything alright my lady? You look like you're thinking about something deeply, do you need my assistance or something?" He asked again. "N-no, not really, I'm good," Answered Anica, "Oh uhmm, I'm gonna go now, I remembered I'm going to me up with my uhh sister Annette, goodbye!" She stuttered but managed to finish her words and spun her heel and quickly walked away, leaving Aether confused with her reaction. "Ughh, I feel so bad for lying to him, he was concerned and nice and polite and everything but I lied to him, I'm an idiot." Thought Anica as she opened the door of her room where she hops on the bed and covers her face with her pillow. "This sucks." She muttered.

"That was weird, did something happen to her?" Whispered Aether while walking silently down the staircase. He stared at the beautiful antique paintings hanging on the walls including the flower designs and the large red stained glass on some corners of the palace.

"You seem bothered what's up?"

  Aether stopped on his tracks and turned around and found Blake walking down the stairs toward him.
"Oh, hey dude." Said Aether and he continued to walk down the stairs as soon as Blake caught up with him. "What's up with you? You look a little down." Asked Blake. "Oh it's nothing, it's just that I think Princess Anica has a problem." Answered Aether with a faint smile. Blake paused for a little bit, but soon nodded and parted ways with Aether when they reached the bottom of the staircase. "She's probably planning something again."

  Anica quickly tied a long rope to her bed and tied the other end to her waist and opened the window. "Let's go!" She said and she carefully got out of the window and slowly started climbing down the castle. "Almost there!" She said. Anica climbed down the castle for some time already, but she started to notice that she kept climbing down for about 30 minutes already and she still doesn't seem to get closer to the ground.

"You finally noticed my lady?"

  Anica heard a voice near her and she immediately jerked her head towards the direction she heard the voice from. Her surroundings suddenly started becoming like glass cracking and then her entire surroundings obliterated and she saw herself holding onto a pillar in her room with her feet touching the floor. Her body was in a position that looked like she was climbing down something which is exactly what she thought she was doing but all the while she was just holding a pillar and felt like she was climbing down the castle. Anica was startled and spun her heel, only to find one of the knights, Blake, leaning on the side of the window of her room. Anica huffed and folded her arms, "So it was just you, I even thought I was kidnapped or something." She said. Blake snickered softly as he approached the princess who was a few meters away from him. "Then I'm sorry for scaring you my lady. I was just doing my job." He answered as his small grin faded away. "How did you do that?" Asked Anica as she walked towards her bed and sat on it. "Do what my lady?" Replied Blake while raising a brow. "That thing you did earlier. The one that made me feel I was in another world and doing something else but I was just holding onto and pillar." She explained. "Oh the illusion," answered Blake, "It's my magic, I'm a magic knight anyway. I have two more magic spells but illusions are my specialty, it's the magic I was born with."  Anica nodded in response while mumbling a long, "Ohhhhh." "Permission to ask my lady?" Said Blake. Anica raised a brow and answered, "Uhmm, sure?" Blake bowed slightly and asked, "What's your magic my lady?" "Why did you have to ask permission? Its not necessary." Replied Anica. "I'm supposed to ask permission whenever it's a question related to your personal life my lady." Said Blake, "So what is your magic?" Anica slowly lowered her head and lied down on her bed and was followed by a short sigh. Anica kept quiet for some time, but she soon answered Blake,

"None."