THE WARRIOR PRINCESS

Chapter 7

Chapter 7:

Aurelia

As prince Zachary left, I walked back into the woods picking up my arrows I had shot, I came across a lake, it reminded me of home. My family was worried; the entire empire was going to pronounce a search for me in like three days’ time

You can’t go back fauna, it is for your future

The voice in my head echoed, yes it was for my future and I was doing good here, I was happy here but my home wasn’t, my people were sad. I sighed and sat by the lake

‘fauna’ I heard my name and I froze, the only people that truly knew were Louisa, Claudia, liz and Stephanie, I didn’t reply ‘fauna I am talking to you, yes I know you are fauna’ that voice, it was Bethany, my sister, I turned around slowly tears fell from her eyes as I turned

‘Bethany’ I whispered, my throat became dry, how did she find out. I expected her to yell at me but she didn’t, she knelt beside me and hugged me ‘Bethany…’

‘what have you done fauna’ she whispered in my hair

‘I am so sorry Bethany’ she looked at me touching my purple hair, she laughed

‘what have you done to your hair’

‘I had to cut it so I won’t be noticed, how did you know, who told you?’

‘fauna, I am your sister, I know you no matter how you try to hide yourself, how have you been, why did you come here?’

‘I had to Bethany, it was the only way, I couldn’t continue to sit back and watch my future be dictated, how did you know it was me Bethany, it can’t just be that’

‘you did a good job being under cover but not too good, I know someone who enjoys riding Majesty to the river side, and you really outdid yourself with your archery, I’m so proud, who else do I know can do that except my sister fauna, you are the perfect combination of a princess and a warrior fauna and I am proud of you, you remind me of Mother’

‘I’ll leave the Academy tomorrow’

‘no you won’t, you are going to take your place here and be the warrior you were born to be, I’ll take care of the rest’ I hugged her again

‘thank you Bethany, thank you so much’

‘all I will tell you sister, be brave and be gallant, you can do this okay. I will be leaving for Scotland tomorrow and be back before the test, I will see you then’ my sister said getting up, I got up too, giving her a brief curtsy, she hugged me again before leaving.

I had to find the girls.

I entered the first year common room to meet the girls on the floor by the window, I walked over to them, they were surprised to see me

‘fauna, her majesty, I think she knows something’ liz said with a look of fear

‘yeah, she came here looking for you, you have to avoid her’ Louise said, I smiled at them

‘thanks guys, yeah Bethany knows something, she knows who I am and she met me by the lake’

‘oh no, does that mean you’re leaving the Academy?’ Claudia said

‘nope, she agreed to hide me’

‘wow, but what about the meeting with the empire, it’s about you, you know that right’

‘your father has called on the help of the empire, so all royalty of our empire is required at home, we should have gone but his grace wouldn’t let us’