My feeling never truly went away for Jackson, he's always been there for me. "Listen, I'm sorry, I should have asked." He says awkwardly. I lean in and kiss him on his cheek. I'm happy it's dark out so he cants see my face lighting up with joy.
"Keira! Time for bed!" I see my mother yell from the window. We both climb down and back into the window. "Good night, my queen," Jackson says bowing. "Good night Jackson, will you be going to the ball?" She asks him. I climb into bed. He looks at me."Yeah, I think I'll go." He says. My mother claps, "Yay, I'm sure Keira will be happy you're there." I groan and slam my head against my pillow.
Jackson leaves and closes the door. "Honey, you're not going to be happy." She says with a sad face. I make a concerned face. Did she find out about Madrid? "It's about the ball." Oh, thank god. "Your Father wants you to go with a suitor, you are going to be 17 next week. You have to start thinking about boys, and who you're going to marry." I groan and put my pillow on my face. "I know, there will be 7 suitors you will have to dance with, after that you're free." I groan loudly.
"I know hun," She pulls the pillow off my face and kisses my forehead. "Good night darling." She says and blows the candle out. She leaves and I think about Jackson and I's moments on the roof.
I drift off to sleep.
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The next day, Willow wakes me up, "Good morning, princess. We're doing dresses for the ball." I groan and get out of bed. "Come, come" She rushes me. I practically run after the old woman. She walks me into a room full of white gowns. "The theme is white and silver." She says excitedly, "And you get to pick your dress!" I put on a fake smile to show her I care. A tall skinny woman walks over with her glasses at the tip of her nose. "I am Miss. Clover now stands tall." She says uprightly. I stand tall, as she measures my length, width, and breast size. "Hm, well your breasts are a bit small, and you are far too short, and a little bit heavier than I thought.." I gasp at the way she talked about me.
"We will make do," she says clapping her hands. "Let's get to work!" A group of young girls runs around getting different dresses.
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About 14 dresses later, I found the one. I'm looking in the mirror, it is as long as my ankles and it has white flowers climbing up the torso, it shows off my collarbones, and my long hair.
"This, this is the one," I tell Willow. "Uhm are you sure, it's not very poofy." Ms. Clover says. I shoot her a look, and she shuts up. "Now, I have to go study." Is start taking the dress off, and change back into my nightgown. I run back to my room and get into my green dress and boots.
As I was running down the stairs, I bump into Jackson. He stares at me with wide eyes. "Hey," I say. "Heading out?" He asks. I nod, "Your dad wants to talk to me." He says looking down. Oh no, this isn't good. "Be careful with him, I have to find Madrid, be back soon. Tell me what happens." I spit out and run back down the stairs and out the back door. I run across the gardens and find the path through the wood.
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I knock on the door, and seconds later it opens. "Keira! Come in!" She says happily. She must not get many visitors.
I walk in, to see the same setup. "Today we're learning two spells. Flight, and stun. I look over and see two rats in a cage running in circles. "To stun someone, mutters Opulus musi got it? Move your hand up three times and to the right once." I stare at the mouse intensely. I move my hand that way and mutter the words. All of the sudden, the mouse stops moving. Doesn't blink, anything.
"You learn fast," she says. I nod quickly. "Now the stun will wear off. To reverse a spell, move your hand a clockwise way, and say revisio!" Once she says it the mouse comes back from being frozen.
"Now flight, to make that chair move, move your hands up 5 times, and say miski loso." She says happily. I move my hands up 5 times and say miski loso. The chair starts levitating, and she squeals in happiness, I mutter reversio. And now the chair falls to the ground. Madrid runs over and hugs me, "You will save us all."
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When I got back to the castle, I came back from the library and changed into a deep blue dress. I find Jackson, "Hey, so what happened with my dad?" I ask him holding his arm. "Well...." He says breaking character. "After I saved you, he promoted me to a knight! So now I can really protect you!" Jackson? A knight? I make a stifled laugh. "That's so good!" I say hugging him.
"Are you ready for the ball tomorrow night?" he asks walking to the hall with me. "Nah, I have to dance with ugly people," I say shaking my head. "Well, I was thinking. Since you have to dance with 'ugly' people, do you maybe want to dance with one more?" He says suggesting himself. I laugh a little bit, "Yes of course." We walk into the hall, to my father talking to a commoner.
"Ah, daughter!" He says loudly. "Come!" I walk over to him, "Oh good princess, you're here!" The commoner says. "The dead forest is surrounding us more by the day, what shall we do," I think, what should we do? "Well, we could stop making the gods mad? Maybe by killing people? I think that makes our gods mad." By god I meant the witch, maybe that's why she's mad. I look at my father who has a cold face on and is staring right at me.
"Oh, she's going to make a lovely queen, my lord." The commoner says leaving. My father grabs my wrist and starts walking away. He's pulling harshly and is walking too fast. I keep tripping over my own dress and he drags me down the cellar stairs. Once we reach the bottom she throws me down on the ground and grabs the whip off of the door.
"What did I say about embarrassing me!" He yells hitting the air. He's never been this mad. "Hold out your hands, NOW!" He yells in my face. I stand up and put my hands out. He starts smacking them hard, each time even harder. It feels like fire is hitting my hands. He kicks me in the leg making me fall to the ground, he hits my back hard with the wooden part of the whip. I cry out each time.
"Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again!" He says in between each hit, "Stop crying!" He yells. I stop, I don't have a choice. He grabs my hair and pulls me off the ground. "Do you understand?" I wince from his pulling my hair, he rips it even harder, "DO YOU?" He yells, his breath smells like beer, and I nod quickly. He smacks me across the face with the whip, making a small cut, and knees me in the stomach, making me fall to the ground. I hold my face as silent tears fall down.
"You may come back up stair when your calm. He throws the whip down. He runs up the stairs and slams the door shut. I take my hand off my face to see blood on my hand.
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A half-hour later my face stops bleeding so I decide it's safe to go back upstairs. Jackson waiting outside the door, "Hey, your bleeding!" He runs over and grabs my face. "I'm ok, honestly," I tell him, he has a concerned look on his face, and my hands are red and burning. He holds my hands close and brings me to the washroom. He grabs a towel and dabs my face with it. I look at myself in the mirror, and I see a small red cut, on the side of my cheek.
"Oh no! My beautiful face is broken, maybe you won't be the ugly one dancing!" I laugh. He rolls his eyes, "Your beautiful either way." He seems unbothered by what he just said. I tried hard for my face to not go red.
"It's getting dark, ill see you tomorrow?" I asked him.
"Of course," He said kissing my cheek. "Good night."
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Hello everyone!
I just wanted to mention the fact that I am not majoring in English class, so sorry if my grammar and spelling are bad. I tried pretty hard on this series so far, and hope it succeeds. I will be posting a chapter or more a day, Please vote and let me know what you think in the comments!
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The Princess in Forest Green
FantasyA Princess stumbles across an old cottage while hiking through the woods. She learned about an old widowed witch growing up, as her kingdom falls into doom, she must learn spells containing everything she needs, before her kingdom falls.
