The Gentle Jaguar and her Lion

Chapter 1

Oohh!! I am excited. I have finally come up with a plan to make our people live better. I princess Alicea Rouhani am finally being able to help my kingdom and not just protecting it from enemies. I am going to show my dear scribe. My boyfriend. I am currently on my way to the royal library where my boyfriend is currently occupying. When I got there I entered the library. While walking in the royal library to my boyfriend to show my work I suddenly hear his voice and another woman's voice intimately laughing. I quickly hide behind a nearest bookshelf. As I hid behind the bookshelf I spy to see what was happening. To my horror Dolion was caressing the woman intimately hugging. "What about her highness?" the woman whispered. "There's no need. She is too naivé to know about this," Dolion answered. Tears began to drip down on my cheeks from the sight I'm witnessing. Then they started to get so intimate that I had to turn away. Dolion betrayed me. Is that the real you?! You sweet and gentle scum! After calming down a bit I hurriedly sneaked out of the royal library. My heart was throbbing but I had to stay professional so I with my best ability put my feelings aside. Then I continued to my study to further make sure that my plans were in order.

After a while I finally arrived at my study. When I entered the study my two pet jaguars came to greet me. That comforted me. I walk to my work desk. As I was working I suddenly heard a call of a war trumpet inside the castle. And then I hear the shouting of soldiers. An ambush! Oh no no no No No no!! Then the doors burst open and foreign soldiers start to flood my study. My jaguars start attacking the soldiers. Since I am also a warrior I started to defend myself with my war scythe that I kept in my study just in case. Then I hurriedly hopped on one of my jaguars attempting to escape. The castle was full of chaos. Soldiers fighting, servants fleeing. "Get her!" a soldier shouted from afar. Immediately an army of soldiers started chasing me and my jaguars. We fled and fled soldiers coming from all sides. My head was a mess but my warrior instincts moved my body. I severely injured many soldiers with my scythe. But then I hear a great cry behind me. "Nebula!" I cried. One of the soldiers shot an arrow at my jaguar. Then after that we were surrendered by many soldiers. "Drop your weapon and we won't hurt you!" a commander ordered. I dropped my scythe. I got off my jaguar the soldiers grabbed me and put me in chains then I followed them. The soldiers threw me into a carriage and locked it's door. My bloody body then fell asleep due to sheer shock.

After a while I woke up feeling terrible. I've been bottling up my feelings not having the right time to release them. Tears started to flood down but immediatly the carriage door is opened. Two guards were at the door seeing them I quickly brush my tears away. But there was something different from the others. Upon seeing me their gaze was full of kindness. I was confused. "We won't harm you your highness. We saw you co-operating without struggle so we won't be harsh on you," the guard on the right assured me. "But-," I rasped. "We know you didn't mean to hurt us. You were just frighthened otherwise you would judging by your reputation have killed them instead," the one on the left interrupted me. I fell silent my body shivering unable to move. "Please don't be scared your highness we promise ," the guard on the left told me awkwardly smiling. I slightly calmed down. Next I try to get up, my legs wobbling I approached them carefully. When I was near enough the two guards helped me get down from the carriage.

While the two kind guards led me to somewhere there were other nobles in chains heading to the same direction. Oh why!? Oh why is this happening to me?! Have I gone against someone? Then I somehow bump into one of the nobles. "Why is this happening to us?" I ask the noble. "The kingdom has been in debt to this kingdom for ten years and we haven't been able to pay back our debt," the noble answered. "Ten years?! How come?" I asked astonished. "You know how your father is," the noble answered.

How come I didn't know about this? Eventually we were somewhere. I looked around my surroundings, I was so distaught over what had happened that I didn't bother to pay attention to my surroundings. I was in front of greatly decorated doors. My eyes widen in awe to the beauty of the door's decorations- "Hey as a heads up that we are about to enter the throne room," the guard that smiled awkwardly to me in an attemp to comfort me at the carriage whispered from behind me. I sobered up from the heads up. The other guard was in front of me leading me by the chain leash. So to explain a little I'm bound by a collar that's connected by a chain to my handcuffs and from the handcuffs a leash made of chains. I suppose from my warrior reputation they have taken extra measures since with the others they just manage with only handcuffs.

Then the doors to the throne room open up. We entered to the throne room. The throne room was magnificent : colourful fabrics draping down from many pillars of the throne room then the great throne up high where the king is sitting. I prepared mentaly myself to face the king. The whole court in the throne room whisperd to each other in an excited tone. "Silence please!" a voice echoed. Everyone went silent. Then the nobles were dragged in front of the king. The nobles were rebelling they refused to kneel down to the king so they were forced to kneel down."My king these are the indebted kingdom's nobles!" one of the soldiers announced to the king."Where is your king?" the king asked the nobles with a voice full of authority. "..." the nobles stayed silent. So one noble was whipped. "Answer the king!" the soldier who whipped one of the nobles shouted. "We do not know," the whipped noble answ- "Curse you! We are innocent! How come are we chained?!" another chained noble shoted rudely. Then he was punched in cheek by another soldier. "How dare you you filthy dog insult the king!" the soldier who punched the noble snarled enraged. "Enough !" the king commanded. "We won't waste time with them in here. Throw them to the dungeon for further investigation," the king ordered. Then the nobles were dragged away. "Is there anyone else or is this it?" the king asked his assistant. "No sire there's one more. The princess your majesty," the assistant answered. Then the two kind guards that were in charge of me brought me forth to the king.

When the court saw me they gasped in astonishment. I do not know, maybe it's because of my bloody complexion. Upon being in front of the king I immediatly bowed down my glasses hitting the cold floor. Then I heard the two guards kneeling down "The princess my king" the guard who was in front of me declared. Then I heard the two guards stood back up. "You may also lift your head my dear," the king with a sudden change of tone of voice. His voice was tender. I lifted my head from the floor to face the king. The king wore a tender and confident smile. The whole court was somehow marvelled by me. "What a beautiful one my king unlike any one of her kind" a commander I think said to the king. "I also think the same. " another man from the court chirped. The king didn't answer them. Instead he asked me: "What is your name?". "My name is Alicea Rouhani your majesty," I answered with utmost respect my gaze facing the floor. "How are the subjects!?" I accidently blurted out. After I realised what has happened I was in horror. " Have peace. No civillian was harmed," the king answered his voice tender."Amazing truly amazing! A humble one full of dignity like a real one of royal descent!" someone from the court whispered out loud, loud enough for almost everyone to hear.

But like really though. Isn't this how someone like me behave since I'm also in the wrong. "Do you know Alicea why you are here?" the king asked me. " Well I kind of knew in better detail just before entering your great throne room your majesty," I answered as my ears start to have warmth. "What about beforehand?" the king asked more. "I only knew that we were in debt but not to what extent," I answered not even daring to keep my head up anymore for my shame weighed my head.

What a failure I am as a princess not knowing what was happening these past years... "My king please look at this marvelous one. This one actually acts like a true princess," some man from the court voiced out. "Yes my king! She might be the one for you. A fit wife or concubine," another one from the court suggested. Upon hearing the word concubine my eyes were flashed with images from my father's concubines their bruised and or scarred bodies. Their screams and moans of pain echoed in my ears. "Oh! Your majesty! Please for I am simply just not worthy to be your wife or concubine for how we have sinned against you!" I pleaded as I try to shrug off the painful memory. This seemed to shock everyone. "Then what would you like to be?"the king asked. "If I have found favor in the king's sight: I am no more worth than a slave. So please if have found favor in your majesty's sight let me be just a mere slave doing hard physical labour for I am able in that area. For we have sinned greatly against your majesty by not payng back for ten years," I answered him. "We will see about that, you may go now," the king ordered. After that the two kind guards escorted me out of the throne room. Before we were fully out of there a servant ran to us and whispered something to the guard who was holding my leash. After that we continued our way.....