God Save The Queen

Chapter 1: Dominoes

*ding dong ding!* I flung open the door to reveal my best friend behind the door just as i was starting to think she wouldn't come at all. "Amara! I'm sorry I'm late but i promise i had a good reason-" She started, but I cut her off so I wouldn't be standing with the door open for 5 minutes.

Niera was just so energetic sometimes that I didn't know what to do, and we have been friends for 6 years, ever since i moved to Newfield. "So are you ready for some food? I'm starving!" I asked her. "Oh alright, but you and I both know that you are always hungry," She replied as she rolled her eyes. I laughed as we headed for my favorite restaurant, Stella's.

Little did either of us know that our lives would change forever the moment we stepped into the restaurant.

*** 

"Hey sweeties, what can i get you two today?" asked Rosetta, our favorite waitress at Stella's. "The usual please Rosie." I told her sweetly. She was one of the reasons I loved coming here, she was so nice and not because of what happened when I was younger, everyone else seems to be like that.

"Amara! Look!" Niera was pointing at the t.v's playing the news and watching with a serious expression on her face. I turned to watch and almost couldn't believe what they were saying.

"Hello Newfield, welcome to News Central, I'm Catharine and i have some shocking news for you on this fine Friday afternoon. Today sources have informed us that the killings of the royal family have come to a halt as the assassins have now killed all living descendants in England. Many think that they have gathered to find out who is next on their list. The English government is taking this time to discover the next descendent who will become their next ruler and as we know they must be protected at all costs. Over to you Brian."

 "Hello Catharine, it is most shocking, however i have recieved something a little more intriguing for the citizens of Canada. We have just gotten notice that the royal service is flying out to Canada as we speak, word is that they have found the heir and they live right here in Canada." 

 Inside I was freaking out, if the next heir is here in Canada, we could all be in danger. Over the last year a group of assassins has been killing the entire royal family and all of their descendants almost as if they are trying to destroy England entirely. In the process they have killed thousands of civilians and have put the entire country into chaos.

If the english goverment were coming to Canada, then surely the assassins would too, and Canadians would get killed!

Before i even had a chance to panic a dozen men in suits burst in through the doors of the restaurant and everyone started squealing and running around, surely frightened by the news and the strange looking men.

"Everybody calm down and stay seated! We are not here to hurt you, we are from the royal embassy and have come to find the princess!" said one of the men. Everyone stopped immediately and gawked at them, meanwhile I was freaking out. If the princess was in this room then we could all die in a matter of days if the assassins found out! But I stayed quiet as the men began to turn the corner over to our area.

"There she is!" said another man in the group and he pointed straight at me. Niera just stared at me with wide eyes and refused to say anything. I was so freaked out that i couldn't even run away from the men in suits, i was paralyzed.

I couldn't possibly be the princess could I? ME? Amara? The girl who lost her mom at the age of 10? The girl who thought she amounted to nothing? It was impossible...

"Miss King, I think you should come with us," said the first man.

"Why?" I gulped and stared up at him. how did he know my name?

He simply replied with, "Because you are the princess."

***

The very thing i was dreading not even 5 minutes before has just been confirmed.. The worst part was that I didn't even have enough time to process the information before i was being pulled away and surrounded by tall men in suits.

 It was so foreign to me that i felt as if i was in some sort of daydream. Or maybe I'm just crazy. Yeah, I think I'm crazy. It's just a hallucination. I repeated that in my head for what seemed like forever, and then they brought me and Niera to a black sudan. 

"Okay now that's just too cliche for me." said Niera while choking on her laughter. "Yeah, there is no chance in hell you are getting me into that thing." I said shaking my head before backing away.

"I'm sorry Miss but you have to come with us for your own safety" he said as he grabbed my arm and gently pulled me forward. 

By now I had gotten over the fear of being killed, it was unavoidable, so I focused on the fact that I'm being taken away by strange men I have never met before. 

"Sorry boys but I dont take rides from strangers," I said as i yanked my arm out of his hand and bolted with Niera close behind me.

I ran as fast as I could, and through a series of shortcuts we managed to get away from the men as they stood there with their jaws to the ground as if they were wondering how I had the guts to do that.

We sat for a moment taking in the new information and trying to form an idea of what do next. Unfortunately we didn't get far as more men showed up but this time led by a short, pudgy man with brown hair and cold, hard hazel eyes.

We both knew that this time, we were'nt going to get away so easily.

"Hi there Ladies, but this time your going to have to come with us, that is unless, you truly have a death wish? Besides, I'm sure your wondering how you are the new princess, am I right?" said the short man.

"By the way I'm Alexander Forester and I am your guide to everything royal, well, rule wise i suppose."

This is how i ended up sitting in their private building being told the lineage of my family.

***

"So you're telling me that somewhere way back in my father's family there was a royal?" I said in complete confusion.

"Yes exactly." Forester responded in a bored tone.

"Okayy... so why can't my dad be the king?" I asked

"Because he is too old and has already had children, it is unsuitable. The citizens of England would want someone younger or there could be an uproar." He replied somewhat pleased now that I was beginning to understand.

"Great. So now I'm going to have assassins come after me? Wow, I'm overjoyed to be your princess." I replied with all the sarcasm i could muster.

"Drop that tone, it is improper for a royal." Said Forester in a stern voice.

"I haven't been a princess for more than an hour!" I responded with incredulity.

"Someone get me a tea and some medication, my head is going to be aching for the next 20 years at this rate" He told the servants surrounding us as I tried to leave the room... without much success.

"Oh and one more thing your Highness, you must be removed from your current school as it is a safety hazard." He said watching me calmly as I finally began to crumble.