The Land of Votumia: The Princess and The Villain

Chapter 5: The Unknown

"I told you that I am not the princess you are looking for!" Mitch shouted to everyone. After their conversation at Max's house, Stella decided to find the truth behind her sister's death. She decided to switch with Mitch so that they could immediately find what they were looking for. But Mitch didn't agree to their plan because of her indifference to their situation. Until the guards of the palace shockingly came to Max's house and mistakenly got Mitch instead of Stella.

"Stella!" The woman came again to the room and hugged Mitch, thinking she's her daughter. There were lots of people in the room; guards, maids and even Arthur. They all wear worried faces while looking at Mitch.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but I am really not your daughter. Your daughter was there—

Mitch didn't finish her sentence because a thought came into her mind.

"Mitch, if you won't cooperate with us, I won't let you go home. In fact, you can't go home without magic because it's beyond the capability of an erles. So, will you agree to our plan or will you stay here forever? Take your pick." Stella seriously explained.

"I mean, I'm sorry." Mitch said. She has no choice. She wants to go home immediately. She's been gone for a day and her parents are probably worried sick because of her.

"Can I just rest?" Mitch said. The woman just hugged her and told her she could. Everyone left including Arthur. Mitch lay down in bed and thought of what happened to her.

"You better hurry up Stella, or I'm gonna tell everyone that you have two faces." Mitch said while staring at the ceiling. Because of her confused mind and different thoughts that she couldn't stop thinking of; Mitch decided to look around in Stella's room. She turned on the light and saw a big portrait. It was her face but she knew it wasn't her. Then she picked up the small picture below the big portrait; it was Stella's picture again. But someone suddenly opened the door which shocked Mitch leading her to drop and break the picture.

On the other hand, Stella and Max decided to look for some information that Max had in his library. They looked into every history book and found some helpful information.

"Look Stella, it says here that your sister has been kidnapped by the midwife of your Mother." Max said while holding the book.

"But it also says here that my sister was in the hand of Rigor hours after we were born. Maybe..." Stella said as she thought.

"Maybe, the midwife of Queen Esther was one of the servants of Rigor and she just acted like she was true" Max concluded.

"How?" Stella confusedly asked.

"Look, I've found another piece of information. It says here 'On 15th of December 2003, her Majesty Royal Queen Estheralda gave birth to the beautiful twins' and on the next paragraph, it says here that on 16th of December 2003, The Royal King and Queen has lost their beautiful child who was named Princess Mona Brejate Sceo." Max added.

"But how was that possible? I'm sure that my parents would have evaluated the midwife before she came for my mother." Stella said

"These things aren't enough to testify to our assumptions; I know one book that has lots of theories about your family." Max said and went to his bookshelf.

After a minute, Max got back to the living room but Stella was not there.

      At the palace, Mitch got nervous about what happened, and then she saw the woman who hugged her earlier. The woman was Stella's mother; the Royal Queen of Votumia. Mitch became more nervous as she remembered that it was the Queen who was in front of her.

"Dear, are you alright?" the shocked Queen asked Mitch as she saw the broken frame.

"Arthur! May you call the maids to clean these" the queen said. Arthur quickly went away after he nodded his head and bowed to the queen.

"Stella dear, are you alright? You look awful." The worried queen said.

"I'm okay Mom, I mean Mother. Can we talk?" Mitch asked.

"Definitely" the Queen said quickly.

"I hope to be with you in private." Mitch requested as she saw the maids cleaning the broken frame.

"Please leave us alone" the Queen ordered the maids and they left.

"What is it, dear?" the Queen asked.

"May I ask what happened to my sister?" Mitch said.

"What about it?" the queen asked again.

"Where was she buried?" Mitch asked.

"You really want to know?" the Queen said. Mitch didn't say anything because of confusion but she nodded her head.

"The truth is, she was never buried because... We never saw her body" The Queen answered. Mitch was shocked and didn't know what to say.

"So, what were you telling me last time that my sister's dead?" Mitch asked confusingly.

"It was all lies; we might have come to the cemetery during your birthdays but... there's nothing but a fake body in there. I'm sorry Stella" the Queen hugged Mitch again and cried.

         Meanwhile, the true Stella was in the middle of the cemetery where her sister was buried, said by her Mother. She's remembering all the details of how to get to her sister's tomb. When she got there, she saw her sister's name on it; Her Royal Highness Mona Brejate Sceo.

       Stella was still sitting at the edge of the tomb, when she noticed something. She pulled it out, leading it to open the tomb like a door. She was shocked by what she saw; the word was written vertically on the coffin. The word was Unknown, as she was shocked, someone was behind her, before she even looked at the person, she was immediately covered.