Her Devotion As A Knight ✔

Chapter 7

My eyes open slightly at a loud booming sound. Where am I? I look around in confusion to find myself standing inside the palace. Oh no. Not this dream again. The large rocker still sits in the corner in front of the window. I slowly approach it and look inside. As expected, two, small baby girls are in it. Of course, one has reddish, black hair with dark brown eyes while the other has light brown hair with emerald, green eyes. Why do I feel like I've seen those green eyes before?! This bugging me so much.

"Hana! Wait!" A strong male voice yells. I soon hear the sound of footsteps coming from the hallway and the queen comes rushing into the room. Her light brown hair and emerald, green eyes show signs of fear and worry as she rushes towards me and the rocker. Well, I'm just going to stand here because no doubt she will go right through me. Sure enough, the queen runs right through me. Yup, just like the last time and the time before that and the time before that. Well, one thing is for certain is that I'm not a ghost. Praise the lord. The queen picks up the two girls in her arms and cradles them. Soon the king hurries into the room. He rushes towards the queen. I stand in his way again and he also goes right through me. To be honest, this is kind of fun being able to go through people.

"Your majesties, we must hurry and get you two to safety," a maid says in panic as she tries to rush the king and queen along. 

"What about my daughters?!" The queen asks in fear as she glances down at her two crying babies in her arms.

"Hana, we have to go now!" The king insists as he pulls the queen along. The queen sighs as she holds her babies close to her. As she goes to follow the maid, she is pulled back by someone coming in through the window. She shrieks in panic as she tries to keep hold of her babies. "How dare you come in here! Guards!" 

"No! Please! Don't take my babies!" The queen exclaims with tears forming in her eyes. It's the masked figure again. I haven't and I feel like I shouldn't, but it's kind of bugging me that I'm not able to do anything but watch. "Please! Take me instead! Just don't take my babies!" 

"We don't want you," the guy in the mask responds coldly. With one solid pull, the guy in the mask pulls one of the babies out of the queen's arms.

"No!" The queen yells in protest as she tries to reach out to the stolen baby, but the guy in the mask simply holds the baby close to him and then jumps out of the window. I glance down to see him land gracefully and perfectly on the ground. I can hear the loud crying of the baby that he stole. The queen is crying while holding her other baby. "NO! She's gone! He took her!" 

"Hana, there's nothing we can do," the king replies. I'm still confused about this, but why didn't they go after her? "At least he didn't take Rin as well." I peer out the window to see, in the distance, the guy in a mask with the other baby in his arms. Well, I still haven't figured out who that other baby is.

Biting my lip, I race down the stairs and to the front of the palace. I sprint into the woods where I saw the masked figure go and glance around. Where could he have gone? I shrug as I follow the trail of footprints on the ground. The footprints lead me to a town, my town to be exact. Where the hell is this guy going? Reluctantly, I continue to follow the masked figure into town.

Nobody seems to notice me and I go through everyone. This is nice not having to push people out of the way. I run behind him until he finally stops and turns into a space between two houses. I raise my eyebrow at this. I follow him into the crevasse of the two houses. There, he's stopped and he's talking to someone. Two people actually. Looks like a couple. Their faces are blurred. What the hell is happening? I slowly approach them. I can barely make out what they are saying and who they are.