The Last Dragoness (On Hold)

12|Rosalie & Niles

Apparently Princey had a sister that was my size because I found a dress that fit me in the servant corridors in a laundry cart. I set out towards the village outside castle gates. I needed supplies. I had no clue how I would get them considering I had no money, but I would have to figure something out. Once I got into town I worried about my dress a little. It had short sleeves that revealed my mark. I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea. So I maneuvered my hair to my shoulder, hoping it would hang over my arm.

As I walked I caught stares, I wasn't even in to the main part of the village yet. I kept my head down, wishing that I had taken a maid's dress instead of the one I had on. A maid's dress would have been more inconspicuous. Soon, I was in town. People were bustling about, greeting each other, running errands. Young apprentices ran around fetching things for their masters. My arm began to itch a tiny bit. I walked around, looking at the shops for a seamstress. I needed a new dress. Finally I saw a tiny dress shop right next to a bakery. My stomach rumbled, reminding me that the last time I ate was at my home. But I didn't know how long I was asleep after my fall, or in the dungeon. My arm began to sting. I pushed my way through the crowd of people, trying not to be noticed. Accidentally, I bumped into an old woman wearing a hooded cloak. I made to apologize but she was staring at me in horror. I frowned. She was looking at my arm. I realized it was glowing a soft red. My eyes widened in alarm. It had never glowed red before. Someone saw it! I tried to run but the woman began to scream.

"Witch!! A witch!" People in the square turned to look. "Get her! Someone get her! She is evil, make her pay!"

My arm began to glow a brighter red confirming the woman's thoughts despite that they weren't true. People gathered around me; men came towards me, blocking me in. Palace guards that roamed the city ran forward to help the other men. Hands grabbed me, minding my mark. I struggled, protested and screamed, trying to get them to let go. All the while they dragged me along somewhere. It seemed like forever before they finally threw me to the ground. A circle had been formed around me once again. People were holding stones. No! I thought. I desperately tried to hide myself, but there wasn't anything around me to protect myself with. Then someone yelled out. The stones came flying. They all hit me. Each one. My back, arms, legs, side, hands. I curled in on myself, protecting my head. I screamed with every stone that hit my body. I sobbed. I wanted to die at that point. Death had to be better than the pain I felt then. Slowly I started to fade away, but they still didn't stop throwing the stones. They kept coming. They kept coming until one hit the back of my head, hard. Hard enough to make me lose all consciousness. And even then the stones still rained down.

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Niles:

Rosalie had disappeared. Again. Stormed right out of my office and left. She didn't come back. When I went to Father's office, he was talking to himself. He really was going mad. I stood at the door, which was slightly ajar. Father never left his door open.

"I lost her. I lost my baby girl, not unlike I lost my beloved." Father muttered, flipping through parchments. "Where are those damn papers?"

I chose that moment to step into my father's office. He didn't look up, but I knew he heard me enter. He continued rummaging through all the papers on his desk.

"Father, what papers?" I asked.

"The ones with the marriage agreement on it." He grumbled.

My eyes widened. "Marriage agreement? For whom?" I prayed to God it wasn't me.

"Rosalie." He said staring me straight in the eyes.

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687 words in the actual chapter.