The moon was immoble above the Easthern mountains, painting their top of silver.
Its same light broke on the surface of the river, which shattered it in small pearls of light that it tried to carry away.
It flew through the flower fields that surrounded the east side of the village and then entered the wood, where its flux was made more irregular.
It slowly crossed the main road of the capital and then entered the opposite part of it, before disappearing once again through the trees.
It was right in a small space between a group of oaks, where the shore got a bit higher to unify with the normal level of the ground, that Ava was softly pulled on the dry land.
Her wet white and brown fur was welcomed by the night and the moonlight, that made it shine like a jewel.
Maybe it was the light, or maybe the warmer temperature, that woke her up.
The princess coughed many times while her lungs were expelling the water that entered inside her while she was trying to swim.
She panted, trying to orientate and understand if she was still alive or not.
All she could remember was Kayl’s jaw and then the icing water painted of black by the night.
Her head hurted badly, she had many scratches and bloated bruises on her whole body and she was freezing.
She had to lie there for a long time before being able to stand up and look around.
She was in a wood, but she couldn’t understand which one. How long has she travelled? Was the danger enough far-away?
She looked down to herself and realized to be dirty of mug, dust and blood. This scared her and made her jump back for surprise, but the pain she felt wasn’t connected to those colorful spots on her hairs: there was her ble one, but also a red one that composed the most of that mess.
A weird sharp pain at paws reminded her to have hurted someone, and she thought about this with surprise. Now she couldn't believe to have done such a thing, even now her stomach turned around in disgust.
Events slowly began organizing inside her mind.
The Mansion, Sebastian, the Petbuster, the dogs, Steel Wool, and...
Only after a few seconds she realized who was the real owner of that blood…
- WILLIAM! - screamed, in panic.
She turned back to the river, that kept its way through the kingdom like nothing could touch it. She looked at the water, begging it to make him surface right now. Where was he?!
- WILLIAM, WILLIAM!
She began running along the stream, crying. For a moment she thought to jump in and look for him, but the current would have been too strong for her and she knew it.
He wondered if his weight stopped him before her, if he got safe some miles from there.
He was injured, maybe he fainted and…
Ava screamed, pulling away this thought.
An owl observed her from a tree and asked something, worried, but she didn’t paid attention to him.
The princess lied down on the ground, crying, praying.
- Please… please, don’t leave me… not you…
It was her fault, she forced him to jump to get safe. She knew he was sick, he couldn’t make it… she was such a stupid.
- William, please… Come back!
Just like it could hear her voice, the wind changed its direction and began blowing on her snout.
Her desperate sobs filled her mouth and nose of tears, but her feline vibrissae caught that scent.
She raised her head, wondering if it was true or just a hallucination.
- Will…?
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Pocketville Lost Diamonds: VOLUME 2
Fanfiction[PG 13] [Sequel of "Puppy in my pocket: Pocketville Lost Diamonds", available on my account.] Princess Ava and the Royal Guards are travelling through the Kingdom, rebuilding her father's life, looking for the princess' secret sister, who may belong...
