Once Upon A War (EV)

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Elobre's POV

I was gone, like that, without letting me pronounce something or breath. After all, maybe this was the best for the two of us. Anyway, we should stop the communication between us 'cause the war will begin soon. But, deep in myself, I doubted that it won't be the last time that our paths will meet again. I felt like if our destinies were attached, I don't with which force. I got suddenly out of my thoughts with my door which get opened, showing Alix carrying a filled basin of clean clothes difficultly. I went to help her and putted it on my bed.

"Thank you princess Elbore, but you didn't had to!"

"Shut up then and let me have a normal life! Can I help you with my dresses?"

"It isn't a job for a princess!"

"I don't care! I am recorded till noonday anyway, so I don't have anything to do with my fingers!"

My governess sighed, defeated, and I helped her by putting my clothes in my wardrobe. It was nearly filled and I noticed that the sun was really up in the sky now. So this really took my morning and my punishment is already finished. I smiled, while hearing the life getting active outside. It made me feel good hearing he people living happily and profiting of our brief existence! I envied them to not know anything about our enemies!

After few minutes of trance, a shot was heard against the door and Alix left her couture to answer. It was my teacher of geography who was asking for me.

"Good morning  Princess, how was your punition? Did you find some apologies?"

"It passed very well and I didn't thought about taking back my words."

"You're doing like a little plague! Fortunately, your mother the queen, in her big goodness, has forgiven you because she doesn't want to have a fight in this difficult time."

"Good, Madame is SO nice." I sarcastically said.

My teacher didn't heard me and did a reverence with saying:

"Her Highness is waiting for you in the dinner room."

I nodded my head and get down the stairs as slowly as possible. Arriving in the big room, I saw Mother sitting in the principal chair. She asked me to sit next to her and I obeyed. While we was savoring a delicious dish of lamb stuffed with cranberries, the conversation started:

"My girl, do you see that it is an honor of forgiving your insults against the crown?"

"Yes, Madame."

"Will you do It again?"

"No, Madame."

"Good. We want to tell you that one of our squads went on the land  of our enemies and didn't came back. We thinks that he was massacred."

"This is bad."

"And we have an idea."

"What is it ?"

"AS you are accustomed of the forest now, and that the consequences with our enemies wasn't tragic, we think about sending you there for a processed."

"Are you crazy mother? With all my respect, this creatures will not hesitate to kill me!"

Especially with the episode of Harry, I thought inside of me.

"We will see, but it seems that it is necessary, so we will send you."

For now I just dropped my head and accepted my destiny, nothing to say.

"I also wanted to tell you about something else. Early this morning, a band of peasant children was found died and empty of their blood  in a field."