The Legend Of The Five Queens : Arabella's tale

Chapter 8: Betrayal

Lady Arabella sets off back to her kingdom to tell Severus about the plan. She smiles devilishly as she rides away from the old town. The next step would be to figure out when the assassination was going to happen. It has to happen at night, that way the knights won't know who killed her mom right away. finally, after that, she will become Queen and go from there.

The stone in my chest sends a wave of heat through my body while erasing and cold on my body as well. It feels nice to her for she does not feel the wind press against her body. The fire stone begins to show images to the princess. She sees a big mountain covered in a blanket of snow.

Inside the mountain, there is a blue stone that looks identical to the one Arabella has on her chest. The stone is covered in a layer of thick ice. Its face is glowing a bright blue.

The vision ends and the princess is thrown back into reality, her body is pushed back. She quickly regains her balance on Equidor. Arabella takes a huge breath of air and shakes her head a little. What was that? she thinks to herself, Why is this stone showing me such a vision? Is this stone possibly connected to the other ones? This stone keeps revealing things about itself slowly over time.

Maybe after I become Queen I should hunt down the other stones, She thinks to herself. If she were to get the other stones how much more powerful would she become? How deadly could she become when she has all that power? It could make ruling the world easier for her. Once again that's something she can't focus on right now.

She takes a deep breath and clears her mind as she continues her journey back home. It's going to feel nice being back home. She won't have to hide her identity and since her mother is away from the kingdom she will be able to do whatever she wants to do. It will give her the feel of ruling her kingdom without her mother's interference. Not only would Severus bow down to her but her whole kingdom would bow down to her as well. Soon the whole world will bow down to her and she will make sure of it.

The urge to get the other stones rushes through her body and she holds herself back. No, not yet, I can't worry about that yet, She tells herself. The stone must be making her want to track down the other stones. Arabella knows that hunting down the other stones would take too long given the fact that she has no idea where they are. Although it's possible that the magic stone she posses could lead her to the other stones. Once again she shakes her head at the idea of hunting the stones down.

Nightfall approaches, The Princess and Equidor find a place to rest in the forest near the dirt road. Just like the night before Arabella makes herself a fire and lays against Equidor's body.

The sun begins the rise over the horizon and the sunlight touches the very land. As soon as the sunlight touches the red stone the stone converts the sunlight into energy and wakes up the princess. Her eyes open and she shields her face from the incoming sunlight. She yawns and gets up slowly so that she doesn't wake her beloved horse up. Arabella takes a deep breath and looks around her taking in the environment. It is quiet out today, a little too quiet. The only noise that can be heard other than the rustle of the trees is the sound of birds chirping all around them. It seems strange the world seems so quiet with the fear of war breaking out across the 5 kingdoms. She needs to become Queen before the world goes to war before all Hell breaks loose.

Turning around quickly she looks at Equidor and smiles at him. He's such a great horse, he takes her where she needs to go, and doesn't see any sign of resistance. It's not that he would resist obeying her for Equidor loves Arabella as much as she loves him. She first got Equidor when she was 10 years old at this farm in a small village. The owner of the farm was going broke and couldn't afford to care for some of his horses so he sold the ones he wasn't able to take care of. Arabella was visiting the town with her uncle Earl the two of them had spent that weekend together it was the most fun she's had in a while before that weekend. Her uncle lives far away from here and she doesn't get to spend much time with him due to her mother being strict. When she does get to see him though she has so much fun.

The town they visited is located near the Gallant Mountains the highest mountains in the world. People from all around the world come to the mountains to climb them. The man who owned Equidor also owned a small farm that was in the town.

When Arabella and her uncle reached the farm Arabella spotted Equidor almost immediately. Something about him drew her to him, it was a strange connection that she couldn't figure out. It was as if he was calling to her. As if he was telling her to take him from his old master. Could Equidor know that she has the royalty and the money to properly care for him?

"Uncle I want that horse!" The young princess said excitedly as she points to Equidor. Her Uncle rubs his chin as he takes a good look at the horse.

"Good choice Arabella," her Uncle replies. Excitement exploded through Arabella's body and she jumped with joy. Finally, she could get a horse that she could bond with.
The owner of the farm heard the princess and walked from the front of the farm to where they are at.
"I heard someone say they wanted a horse," the man says as he approaches the two.
"Yes, I would like to know how much you want for this horse?" Arabella's grandfather asked. The owner goes up to the two and takes a good to calculate. ing look at Equidor. He strokes his short beard and takes a moment to make his decision.
"Hmm, this one is worth 40 gold coins," he tells her Grandfather. Her Grandfather takes out a small pouch of coins and hands the man 40 coins. Since Arabella's family is Royal her father did not mind handing the man 40 gold coins.
"Thank you, sir, I'll bring him out the front of the farm where I will hand him over to you," the man says before he commands Equidor to follow him. Arabella jumps up and down excitedly and starts to run to the front of the farm. The man laughs at Arabella's excitement as she comes closer and closer to the man and his horse. The man hands over Equidor and says "I should probably let you know that he is only 5 years old and is one of a kind. I hope he doesn't give you any trouble,"
"I doubt he will give us trouble," her Grandfather replies. Arabella hops onto Equidors' back. The two of them go off into the distance with Arabella's Grandfather.
The young princess snaps back into reality and notices that Equidor is rubbing his head against her arm. She smiles and pets his head.
"We are going to take over the world Equidor. Every kingdom will bow to me and then I will use my powers to hunt down the other stones. No one will be able to stop me," she says softly to him. she looks up at the sky and watches the sun slowly rises higher and higher in the sky. It seems as though the sun does not affect her eyes. She gathers her stuff together and hops on top of Equidors back and says loud and proud "Let us be off Equidor we have lots of work to do!" With that, they ride down the dirt path and travel back to her kingdom.