The Warmonger's Runaway Princess

Chapter 5 **How do I get out of Here!?**

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"It's ok, Madeline. We'll talk to the Head Mistress and get you another job, no one has liked working for Lady Venus since she has arrived!"

Oh, Ok!

I nodded and once again accepted that I had become this 'Madeline'.

It wasn't like I was happy though, as too much has happened in so little time and I honestly did not think I'd lose a friend today.

"Just sleep on your usual bed then, don't sit there and act all pitiful!"

If it had been a normal day, I would have gotten angry at the maid, but today, I let one of the other maids take me to a bed and tuck me in...

I liked her...

"Geez, don't go wasting your time on her Cleo, she'll expect it all the time!"

I didn't like that maid though...

Putting my head in the pillow, I brought my legs up to my chest and tried to go to sleep.

It had been a while now that I felt insecure, that my life was not in my hands. Even as the Crowned Princess, I seemed to have accepted it and maybe even gotten a bit used to it...But now, I felt like there was no tomorrow and that it was dark and gloomy...

I didn't know what would happen tomorrow, I didn't know where I stood, and I realized...That I no longer had protection...

My thoughts were many, but I was still able to fall asleep, perhaps because I was drained or because I stopped questioning things that I couldn't answer right now...

I only vaguely felt like I was dreaming yet continued to do what I was doing.

Walking around the garden, I heard Diane continue to nag me to return back as I'd been out in the sun long enough.

"Ah, don't worry so much!"

"Princess..."

There it was, that defeated tone. I turned to her and gave her a flower, "Here, this Princess is giving you a flower, so you should feel special!"

"Princess! I can't possibly..."

I smiled to the hands of Diane going up and waving in a sign of disapproval to my actions, then interrupted her, "You don't want it?"

I turned around and started walking then, still holding the flower. I was waiting...Waiting for Diane to race up to me and start nagging again or try to appease me and state that she was wrong...But...

Stopping in my tracks, I didn't hear anything...Nothing at all!

Turning around, I saw that I was now in front of the maid quarter closet, seeing buckets, mops, clothes and other things and frowned...

After a strange moment of wondering what was going on, I turned around, looking for Diane...

"Diane!?"

...But she was gone...

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Life as a maid was different, I was up early, but I had to work almost straight away!

Strangely enough, we all changed our clothes due to the death of...Me. Usually the maid's uniform was a light color, never to stand out against those of noble class. But now we were mostly in white or baby green.

Actually, it was really freaky how many people changed to mourning attire for me...Even the King had changed clothes and even looked heartbroken!

I never knew hey...I had no idea that so many would go to this extent...But, come to think of it...I was known as a Crowned Princess, so most of them probably had to do it whether they wanted to or not...