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Chapter 12

      5 years later, Robert and his family, continue to help me and protect me, but as time pass by they saw that I am not growing old, my face is still the same while Robert and Margaret grew old. "Alisha, look, what is happening? Your face? It is not growing old, why?" Margaret asked. "I also don't know, but I assure you I am not a witch." Then, Robert said, "Don't worry, we will protect you and keep you safe with our life." At first, when I was living at the palace, I thought I am just the same because of the food and clothes, while the King and his three wives are different. But, now, I know I am the different one. After my conversation with Robert and Margaret, a loud noise surprised everyone. 

     "What is happening?" I look outside and there is fire everywhere. There are bombing outside, then Theodore the youngest son came, "Father, the Britrain soldiers are here. They are continuing to colonize the villages and be their people." Robert and Margaret grew old, so I need to go out now and help them run. "Theodore, don't worry I will protect your parents, just help other people to run and do defense position. I will try to save many people as much as I could go." Theodore nodded and do what I ask. In the last five years, I tried helping people protect themselves through the help of Robert's family. I teach them what I know and give them a strategic plan just in case a war happened again. "Alisha, we need to go out now. You need to protect yourself." Robert said. "Don't worry about me, I will survive. I never die, remember. Go to our revenue point, I will meet you there." I smiled. Then as they leave, I continue to tell people about the revenue point. I also get a sword and bow and arrow to fight the soldiers.

      But then, something happened, the Britrain soldiers outnumbered us. I try to kill some of them, but they are too many. So, I try to find Robert's three sons, I find them fighting together. "Theodore, Lucas, Stepan, save yourself, I will try to handle them. Go!" "But, Alisha, we cannot leave you here, you will die." Lucas said, "Don't worry, my time is over already, just Go!" Then, as the boys leave with some of the other commoners, I stop the soldiers one by one and kill most of them, but in the end, they cornered me.

      I kneel down alone because the other people beside me die already, then, someone walk towards me, "Well, Well, Well, we have a survivor." A big man with mustache talks in front of me. "Where are your people? Tell us!" he said, "I don't know, they must be running somewhere else." The big man did not like my answer he grabs me by my neck and choke me, "I don't like playing games with you, where are they?" He chokes me very hard and I cannot breathe. Then, someone pokes him and whisper in his ears, after what the soldier whispered to the big man, he looked at me and stop choking me so that I fall to the ground. He sits down and grabs my face, "You? Who are you? Are you related to the late Queen of Bretramia?" he asks, but I have to lie. 

      "Who are you talking about?" "The Queen, Sham Bretram. I heard she was beautiful, but someone told me here that you look like her, are you... her daughter?" "No, I am not, my parents died a long time ago and I'm just a soldier doing my job." Then, the big man laughs that his soldier laughs as well. "You? A soldier? A woman cannot be a soldier." "Who told you that?" I said, then I continues, "The late queen did. And she is much stronger than you think." The big man seems to be irritated and said, "Well, she did become a soldier but she died anyways. And you are going to follow her." He wields his sword to my neck and my head was chopped in my body, everything went black and I don't know what happened next.

       When I woke up, I saw myself breathing heavily and crying on the bed. As I look into the painting, my painful past revisits me again. After wiping the tears from my eyes and calming myself, I change my clothes and went outside. The hotel clerk asks where I am going and I said, "Well, I am going to visit the places here again, would you like to join me?" "Well, I would love to, but I still have time in my shift." "Alright then, see you later, if I came back early," I said smiling, and left. Outside the hotel, I ride a taxi and ask him to bring me to the landmark of the palace. While we are on our way the driver then looks at me through the mirror and said, "Excuse me madam, but you seem to be familiar have we met before?" "Uhm, I don't think so, but is there a problem?" I asked. 

      "No madam, it's just you seem so familiar. Are you somehow connected to the Royal family?" I smiled and said, "Sorry but I am not." Then as I look outside, I was told that we are there and he said, "Right, here you go ma'am." Then, when I got out of the cab, he suddenly looks at me and said, "Well, I apologize for asking you some random question madam, but if you were somehow connected to the Royal family, I think you will make the country proud." I smiled at him and said, "Well, thank you, sir. That is something to say to someone you only just met. But I appreciate your words. Good luck with your work." Then he smiled and left. Looking at the driver, I found myself smiling, he looked like Robert, and still, he has the same attitude as before. I hope that he would never change because he is a very kind person.

      After the talk between me and the driver, I walk around and saw the royal guards marching to their post, people are walking aside as the guards do not mind if they hit people. Then, while they are walking and some riding on their horse a guard suddenly stop in front of us and said, "An honor to the Late Queen." All of the soldiers look in our direction and bow down shouting, "Honor to the late Queen." Then all the people around me kneel down and bow. So, I followed them and look wherever the Late Queen is. But then, one of the guards walk towards us and said, "No need to kneel before us, your Highness." 

      I look around and find people looking at me, then I look at the royal guard looking at me. "Wait, I apologize for my rudeness but are you talking to me, kind sire?" He seems confused but he said, "Yes, your Highness." Then he gives me his hand to help me stand up, but I ignore it and the people gasp at what I did. "I am sorry, but I am not royalty, you must be mistaken I think I should probably go." I walk 3 steps backward and run. People are looking at me and I need to lay low. I don't know why I run but I did nothing wrong, and it is a mistake to ignore the rules about royalties but I don't care. Well, I don't know it's just... nobody should know about me. They might look for me as somehow related to the Queen of Bretramia but yes, of course, that is me, but I cannot let them know who I am that is why I run.