Shady Royalty

Chapter 2 - An attempt was made

▪︎▪︎▪︎ Samantha's POV ▪︎▪︎▪︎

[Writer's note: This chapter was so fun to write! Writing a chapter from the perspective of a bling person has been such a fun challenge! I will definitely be writing chapters from Samantha's perspective again.]

Samantha quickly packs up some spare clothes, some toiletries, a map and some other things. She changes out of her maid attire and puts on a simple T-Shirt and some shorts. She rushes to the kitchen and hastily makes two sandwiches for the trip. After she's done packing, she goes to the princess's room.

"Are you done packing princess?", Samantha asks.

"Yup!", she answers, "Let's get going!"

Samantha suppresses a smile after hearing the young girl's enthusiasm. The princess has always been an adventurous girl. She's never afraid of trying new things. Which is why this field trip didn't come as much of a surprise. Though it can't be a coincidence that she planned this trip to the Light kingdom right after Samantha tried begging Stephanie to take over for her for the fifth time this week. Samantha decides to just shrug it off. She won't accuse the princess of snooping into her business. She's grateful to have this opportunity to begin with.

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The two of them make their way towards the Light kingdom in silence for some time. The fresh air is filled with the sound of birds chirping and leaves rustling. There's a bit of a breeze and the sound of people talking slowly fades away the closer they get to the border. After some time, the silence is broken by the princess.

"Are we lost?", she asks.

"Of course we are. You let the blind person have the map", Samantha says calmly.

"Well don't blame me for that! You're the one that grabbed it out of my hands!", the princess says in self defense.

"You were going to tear it up while making a paper plane out of it", Samantha explains matter of fact-ly.

"Don't bring my paper planes into this! Besides, I got bored", the princess says innocently.

Samantha sighs. Why did I agree to this again? she thinks to herself. Suddenly, she senses a drop of water fall on her, followed by many others.

"Great. Now it's raining", the princess says in annoyance.

"I know. I may be blind, but I can still tell when it's raining", Samantha comments calmly.

"Go find us some shelter", she instructs the princess as she carefully places the map back into her bag.

After zipping up her bag, she feels a small hand grab her arm.

"I'm not leaving you alone. I'll guide you", the princess says firmly, leaving no room for discussion.

Samatha lets herself get dragged by the princess. The two of them walk in silence for a while, until they promptly come to a stop.

"There's a cave on the other side of this river. There's no bridge nearby, but it looks narrow enough for us to jump to the other side... Will you manage?", the princess explains hesitantly.

"Go ahead. Let me know when you've reached the other side", Samantha instructs.

"Alright", the princess responds with no further questions.

Samantha soon hearsa thud as the princess lands on the other side of the river.

"Your turn", the princess says while facing Samantha. Her voice is filled with concern. Based on how far away the princess's voice it, Samantha makes a quick estimate of how wide the river is and proceeds to jump.