Now or never

♣️Chapter 5; Wow I'm dead

I sigh and put my hands in my sweater's pockets. Jeez it's cold in here. I couldn't believe what happened yesterday. My mind was going berserk. Tiara... She's the princess. My first love. I met her at a summer camp, she had her hair in a ponytail and was being bullied by some kids. I stepped in to help her and she ran away. I followed her all the way to a clearing in the woods. She ran to a tree at the center which was almost burned to the ground. I hid behind a bush. I watched as her beautiful body burst into flame. I gasped in shock and I remember wanting to run to her, put it out but that would blow my cover and my powers away.

I realized she was creating the fire. She screamed and threw a fire ball at the tree. The fire disappeared and she fell to her knees sobing hysterically. I ran from my hiding place and engulfed her in a hug. She looked surprised and shocked but then she let me hug her, confort her.

I'd fallen inlove with Tiara since the first day I saw her. I could tell she felt something for me. She loved me but pretended she only wanted me as a friend. I was like the brother she never had... And now I'm here with her again. I now know that throughout all these years, I'd never stopped loving her.

But she's a princess... I can't compete with any of the princes in the island. I can't. I'm just a poor lad who was lucky to work for a princess. Yet she'd kissed me... And later that night told me she loved me. Ha. Yeah right. You were dreaming. A voice in my head tells me and I answer back. 'I'm sure! I could listen to her as she came in. I'm sure I wasn't asleep. Well... Only partly asleep.' Then again she can never love you. Never marry you. You're a poor stable boy. Even if she was like you once, she isn't now. What if someone saw you both last night? What if someone finds out? You'll be killed and the princess would suffer. The voice in my mind said. I didn't argue this time. I knew it was true.

I sighed and kept walking, with my head down. A tear escaped my eye, I didn't bother to wipe it off. "Ooff-" I felt someone slam into me and we droped to the floor. I looked up and saw a beet red Tiara trying to get up again.

"We've seriously got to stop meeting like this." I say laughing. She pulls me up and we're just a few centimeters away. I can feel the emty air between us and a huge wanting to close the distance between us. I blushed and looked away before I got anymore ideas. Oh but her eyes, the way they looked at me, with loving and care. Her hair in perfectly neat curls, I had a strong urge to wrap my finger around one of the strands. Her lips- Gosh Dio! Snap out of it! If someone could read my thoughts when around her... Wow. I'd be dead.

"Hey comeon! Hurry up lazzy pants." She yelled at me laughing. I stoped and held my hand up, telling her to stop. I put my hands on my knees and catched my breath. She ran back to me and tuched my back, "you okay?" She asks and kneeled down next to me. I took that as an opportunity and ran towards the little hill behind the castle and tuched the tree. "I win!!!!" I screamed and jumped, throwing my fist in the air. Then I did a victory dance and stuck my tounge out at her. She growled at me and slammed into me, sending us both laughing downhil. We fell on the small flower garden they had. We kept on laughing until our insides hurt.

"Anneliese. Shouldn't you both be ridding." A girl behind startles us. I nod, still laughing and pull Tiara away.

"I know but I have to change to ride. I can't ride on a dress, can I?" She says as we walk to her room. She needed to change. I walked and talked to her as I entered her suite.

"Yeah I know. Comeon I'll show you how to dance with a pony-" I heard a shattered breath behind me. I turned to find Tiara on her knees, gripping a piece of paper with a huge shocked expresion shoved on her face. I ran to her and kneeled next to her.She wouldn't respond. She scrunches the paper up In her fist. Her body was shacking and tears slipped down her cheeks. "Tia what's wrong? Tiara?" I pried worried. She looked at me and fear governed her face. I let go of her shoulders and grabbed her hands instead.

"What is it?" I asked and that is when she broke, throwing herself at me, clutching my shirt.

"Tiara what happened?" I ask her again, my voice as sweet as I could make it.

"He's coming after me." She whispered. What who? Suddenly I'm out of patience. I pull her away from me and looked her right in the eyes. "Tiara tell me. What happened? What are you talking about? How do you even know? Please let me help you..." I sigh. She looks at me and wipes tears of her cheeks. She hesitated but then handed me a paper. Then she wraps herself up in a ball as I read it.

Dear Anneliese,
I forbid you to take the crown away from me again. It belongs to me, For I am the rightful ruler. If you do... Well. Let's just say horrible things may happen to you. Your darling sister didn't listen to me... And now she's dead.

I'm warning you princess. When your little bodyguard isn't around. You and I will have a little chat. Show this to no one, If you do. I will know.

I scoul at the paper and pull Tiara up and run through the corridors. I enter the room where his mayesty spends most of his time. I barge in and stand right infront of him, holding a crying Tiara and handing him the paper. Not even bothering to knock. "Your mayesty. You have to see this!" I say. He looks up from his scrolls.

"What is it?" He asks confused. I look at him straight in the eye and force him to read it. He gasps and drops the paper. He looks at me fear in his eyes aswell. "I'll do everything on my will to protect her sir. I promise- no I swear I'll protect her. Do you have any idea who this person is?" I say spitting out the word person. I sound a lot more confident than I accually am. Can I really protect her? Can I kill this man? Can I help tiara? I hope I'm enough to do it... He nods, "I trust you to take care of my daughter... But as to who I don't know yet. " he looks at his crying 'daughter', probably just to do his fatherly act. Though I can see real fear in his eyes.

"I promise I'll Figuere who it is. Meanwhile don't let uh... Him! Out of your sight. I love you and I don't know what I'd do if something happens to you." He says and I completely agree with him. 100%. I won't let her out of my sight and I'll die if I have to, so that she can survive.