The Reincarnated Royalty

Chapter - 29

Days passed and it was finally the biggest day in Claire and Sky's life. Both the kingdoms were celebrating this special occasion with full enthusiasm. "I'm nervous." Claire said to Jasmine who was helping her to get ready. "Don't worry, Claire. It all will be fine." She gave a gentle squeeze to her shoulders and smiled at her gently. Melanie also entered inside the room with a tray of tea and snacks.

"You guys must be hungry, here eat something." She said and gave that tray to them. They both nodded at her and began eating. "Your hair are looking gorgeous!" She complimented Claire. "Thank you." Claire said to her. They all were talking when they heard the loud drums beating. "They have arrived!" Jasmine said excitedly and went downstairs and Melanie also followed her.

Claire's heartbeat also increased with the increasing sound of those drums. "I cannot believe that this is finally happening, I am going to marry Prince Sky!" She held her mouth while screaming and jumping in excitement just like a little girl. "I am so happy!" She began swinging around totally loosing herself.

"You seem very happy." She heard a voice behind her and flinched. She turned around and saw Sky coming inside from the window. He was wearing his royal wedding suit which was glimmering in shine along with his face. He was looking as if he was straight out of a novel. On the other hand, his jaw dropped on seeing Claire. Her face, her hair, her hands, her dress, her eyes, her lips, her smile, everything was driving him crazy. 

"You look stunning." He said and came near her. "W-what are you doing here?" She asked him. "I couldn't wait to see you. So I sneaked inside." He said and winked at her. "But how?" She again asked him. "I have experience." He said while giving her a teasing smile. "You are shining just like a shimmering star." He said to her and pulled her closer to himself. "You just need one more thing." He said and took out a hair ornament from the back of his coat pocket.

"A hair ornament?" Claire looked at it. "Yes, I made this myself for you." He said and put that in her hair. It was perfectly matching with her dress. She smiled widely and looked at herself in the mirror. He forwarded his hand to hold hers and gave a gentle kiss on the back of her hand. "I'll be waiting for you." He said and went back from the same window.

One by one all the guests were gathering inside. "Prince Ray!" Melanie ran to him and hugged him tightly. "Woah, calm down princess. Looks like you missed me a lot." He said to her. "Yes, I did!" She said and hugged him even more tightly. "Looks like we have to prepare for another wedding soon." Lucy teased them and they both blushed hard.

"Don't forget to invite me." Julia also came to greet them. Surprisingly Kevin was also present there and he was looking calm. He was glancing at Lucy from time-to-time. "What is happening with me?" He asked himself but just shrugged his thoughts away.

He saw Sky fulfilling all the pre wedding rituals and something inside him triggered. He did not know if it was hate, jealousy or the pain of his ego being crushed. The only thought in his mind was to stop all the things which were happening. 

Julia spotted Jake and she went to him. "Good evening, Mr. Jake!" She greeted him and he turned around. He quickly bowed down to her. "Good evening, Princess Julia of Sinsila." He said and she chuckled. "No need to call me by such a huge name, just Julia will do." She said to him and he nodded. They both were talking when they saw Princess Melanie and Jasmine going inside Claire's room.

"Why is princess Melanie and Princess Jasmine going there?" Jake was about to follow them but Julia stopped him. "They were helping Claire to get ready, they must be going there to check upon her." Julia said to him and nodded understanding the situation. "Are you going to stand here the whole day?" Julia asked him. "No, I was about to come inside but suddenly you came here." He said to her and they both headed inside.

"When will Rose and King Theo reach here?" Lucy asked Jasmine. "Just a few more minutes, I think." Jasmine replied to her and they both looked to the front where the priest was done with all the pre wedding rituals. "Call the princess." He said and Jasmine nodded. "Wait for us!" Lucy and Melanie followed her from behind.

They all entered inside Claire's room but it was all empty. She was not in her room. "Claire?! Where are you?!" Lucy asked but she did not find her anywhere. They all began to panic and started searching here and there. They all searched the whole floor but did not find her. "Did she r-ran away?" Melanie asked them. "This is not possible! Claire will never do such a thing!" Lucy said to her and they began thinking of a way to deal with this situation.

"What is taking you all so long?" Julia also came there but seeing their tensed faces she got confused. "Did something happen?" She asked them. "Claire....is not in her room." Jasmine said to her. "What?!" She got very shocked. This news of Claire being missing spread around and soon everyone got to know about it.

Sky was shocked and well as angry. He knew that Claire could have never done that and she is in danger for sure. "Where is my daughter?!" Claire's father stepped forward asking all the guards who seemed to not know anything about it. "What were you all doing?!" He yelled at them. "It is not the time for this, we must find her!" The king of Sophiesia said to him and he nodded.

"Scatter in all directions and find her no matter what!" He gave his orders and all the guards began spreading all around the kingdom. "I am going with them." Sky took out his sword and got on his horse. "Me too." Ray also followed him. They both went to the border area to inspect.

Theo and Rose's carriage was just about to enter Andria's borders when they saw all the commotion happening there. "What is going on?" Theo asked one of guards who just came back after taking a look at that whole situation. "Princess Claire has gone missing." He said making both Theo and Rose shocked. "What?!" Rose said and she got very tensed. Theo looked at her and held her hand. "Don't worry, Rose. We will find her." Theo said to her and motioned to take the carriage forward.

"Your majesty, it might be dangerous if we enter the borders at this time." The charioteer said and Theo agreed looking at the situation. He got off the carriage and took one of the horses. "Take queen back to Philaria safely." He ordered the guards and they all nodded at him. "Theo" Rose called him, fear clearly visible in her eyes. "Don't worry, it all will be fine, take care of yourself and reach back safely." He said to her and went from there. The charioteer also turned around and began going back to Philaria. "Please be safe, Claire." Rose prayed and went from there with a heavy heart.

The whole evening passed and it was the night time. Nobody was able to find out Princess Claire's whereabouts. Everyone was getting more and more tensed with each passing second. "Where are you, Claire?" Sky was on the verge of breaking down when he was not able to find her anywhere. 

"Prince Sky, we must head back now." Some of the guards told him as the night was growing more and more dark. "I am not going anywhere until I find her!" He said to them. "Please listen to them." He turned around and saw Theo standing there. "But--" "It will be the best for you too, it is dangerous to stay in the forest at this hour. I promise you that Claire will be fine and we will bring her back safe and sound." He said to her and Sky agreed to him half heartedly.

Ray was also brought back by the other guards. He was very stubborn but they all managed to bring him back somehow. Kevin was present inside the castle the whole time. Ray went there and grabbed his collar. "What have you done to her?!" He asked him with pure rage. "Me? I did not do anything." Kevin said being completely unbothered.

"Don't lie!" Ray yelled at his face. "I'm not lying. I did not do anything to her." Kevin said to him. Sky kept his hand on Ray's shoulder to calm him down. "Calm down, Prince Ray. If he was actually guilty then he would not be standing here right in front of us. There is someone else who did this." He said to him.

"We must find Princess Claire as soon as possible."