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We walked in the road. The pain I felt in stomach was dreadful. He did this to me. I was barley able to hold onto being Clarissa. What happens of I slip into Anna. Just thinking of that name made my stomach do flips. Drake and Jake walked behind me. I could hear them whispering but didn't feel like tuning in on what. My heart ached. I loved Jake. I couldn't deny that but he cursed me. I feel like I need to punch him and scream at him but for some reason I can't bring myself to do that. "Hey An-" I heard someone yell. I clamped my hands over my ears. Don't give in. I can't give in. "Anna?" Jake asked running up to me. My hands were still clamped over my ears. "Dont call me that!" I screamed and ran up ahead. I got into view of the village. My blond hair blowed. It was in turmoil. It was chaotic. I walked into the village and saw people being taken out of there homes and children becoming slaves. I looked around me. Terror. That's all I felt. "Whoa" I hear Jake say as he comes up behind me. "This is all my fault" I saw hanging my head. "This is not your fault!" He yelled at me. He grabbed my hands and forced me to look at him. "This is not in anyway your fault". I nod not out of understanding but because he was wrong. "This is my fault if I hadn't left none if this would have happened" I gesture towards the village. Jake didn't say anything. We walked into the village. We got weird looks. People were obviously questioning why anyone would travel here. We find our way to the castle and I suck in a breath. It was so familiar but at the same time different. Was I because I no longer call this home or is it because Drandrew took over it? "State your purpose" a guard by the gate said. "Umm I would like to talk to Princess Sophie" I say. "Name?" He asks. "Clarissa, Queen Clarissa" I say. He laughed. He laughed at me. I was shocked. "If your the Queen then I'm the King" he says. I gasp. "How dare you! You are talking to your Queen!" I yell in his face. He remains the same. "Just leave". I scowl. "Umm why don't I try" I hear Jake say from behind me. I huff but agree, anything it get me in. "In Ryan Losting. My wife she a little....." He motions to his head and hits it while making a clicking noise. I look at him. If looks could kill he would be dead. "The third?" The guard asked. "Our son". I roll my eyes. "You may enter". To carry on the act Jake takes my arm and leads me in. Once we are in the courtyard I turn and look at him. I put my hands on my hips. "Wife!? I'm only 16!" I yell in his face. He shrugs. Then it hits me. I have no idea what his age is. "How old are you anyways?" I ask letting all my muscles relax. "18". "18?! You look like you 20!" I yell. "Clary!" I hear someone yell from behind me. I turn around and see Sophie in a bright red dress and no shoes on running towards me. She is probably learning how to wear heels now and probably hates them just as much as me. I crouch and hug her. Feeling her and smelling the rose that she bathes in reminds me of home. "Milady" I hear to voices say from behind Sophie. I stand up and see two new faces. "These are your new maids" Sophie indicates to the two women. One looks to be in her 40's and the other is probably a little bit younger then me. "Your other ones got fired because people seem to think they helped you run away. Anyways this is Marlee and Anna". I cover my ears fast but not fast enough. Slowly I loose Clarissa and become Anna. I giggle. "Clary?" I hear a little girl say. I look at her and giggle again. " No silly I'm Anna". She looks up at me confused and looks behind at Jake and Drake with a raised eyebrow. "This is boyfriend Jake and a friend Drake" I say and giggle again. "Okay? Well the least we can do is clean you all up. There are a few lords and ladies the came for the wedding so I would like to invite you and your friends for dinner" The little princess says. I clap. "Oh we would love to!" I say. I practically skip into the castle. A dinner with lords. "Let us get you ready Mil-" she stopped mid sentence. I shrug it off. We walk into a room with a canopy bed and mahongany dresser and a chipped white vanity. It looked fit to be a maids. I crinkle my noise. "This is filthy" I say. The maids turn around shock written all over there face. "Oh umm this was the Queens room. We are sure she wouldnt mind if you borrowed a dress". They act as though I didn't say anything. I shrug "ok". Anna walks over to the dresser and pulls out a navy blue dress with sparkles exploding from the hip. I had never worn anything so beautiful. I clap my hands together. "It's beautiful" I say my breath was taken away. "If you think this is beautiful wait until you see the one she wore to her coronation" the maid named Marlee says. "Her old maids made it all by themselves. Nobody saw it till that day. Oh she looked gorgeous". "Come one lets go get you bathed". They lead me to a bathroom and fill up a tub. I smell lavender and immediately gag. "Oh sorry. Clarissa loved it so we had to keep it. Would you like roses?" Marlee asked. I nod. Anna runs from the room and soon returns with rose petals. She sprinkles it into the bath and both of them leave to give me privacy. I take off my clothes and step into the tub. The petals float around me and I lay my head back and close my eyes. The warmth is so welcoming. I hear Anna and Marlee come in and put something on the counter. I open my eyes and look at what the out down. I saw shampoo. The really expensive type that no one could afford. I sigh and admire it. The maids laugh. "Ok Anna ready to wash your hair?" I nod. Something was weird. It was like loosing consciousness. I feel hands in my hair and put the thought to the side. Soon I feel water being splashed onto my head to help get the soap out. I cringe when it touches me but giggle. "Ok Anna let's get out and get you ready to go" I hear Anna say. I nod and they leave. I stand up and wrap the towel that they set out for me around my body and walk out. The dress is laying on the bed. "Alrighty then let's get to it". They lift up the dress and I step into holding the towel up. I turn around when it's past my butt and let the towel drop. The dress slides up my body and sits in place. I put my arms into the sleeves and the maids do it up. The corset killed me. "How.... Does... She.. Live in... This?" I ask gasping. "I guess she was just used to it" Anna responded. I nod. Finally the dress is done up and they lead me over to the vanity. I sit down and immediately their practiced hands pin up my hair. I'm couldn't keep up with what they were doing. It felt like no time had pasted before the makeup was caked on and my hair was all up in a nice curly side bun except for two strands hanging down by my eyes. I admire myself in the mirror. "Oh you look like a princess" Anna says. I smile. "Here are you shoes" Marlee says laying stilettos I front of me. I look at them. "I have never worn heels before". Anna and Marlee glance at each other and probably thought that I didn't notice. "I think you will be fine" Anna say picking up one of my feet and putting it into one of the shoes. The shoes are a navy blue velvet just like the bodice of the dress. Slowly I gain my balance on one foot and put on the other shoes. I sigh. These aren't to bad. I walk around a little bit to get used to the feeling. "See your a natural" Marlee says. I look at her and smile. "I am!" We walk to the door and open it. There stood Jake in a handsome suit. I giggle. "Hello Anna. How are you?" He say bowing and kissing my hands. I giggle again "Splendid thank you" I say and curtsy. Only instead of rising I fall forwards into him. "Whoa there girl wouldn't want you breaking anything. Do you have any flats?" He asks the maids. The shake there heads no. "It's the only shoes that we have that go with that dress. It was after all made for someone who has been walking in heels since they were nine" they explain. We nod. "Of course" Jake says. I grin and grab his arm. "How long till dinner?" I ask. "About 10 minutes". "What!?" "Relax. It just Lords and Ladies not kings or Queens". I sigh. "But they are going to think I'm the Queen like everyone else". "Hey you are my Queen". I smile. Not having to stand on my tip toes like I always do with him because of the heels I kiss him. "Let's go. Which way?" I say standing in the middle of the hallway. "I think this way" Jake says pointing down a hallway that lots of chatter was coming down. I nod in agreement and we make our way to the room. We made it there after a few wrong turns and turning around but we made it. "Sorry we are late" I say before sitting down. Jake pulls out the chair and I sit. Jake takes the seat next to mine. Everyone was staring at me. "umm hello? I'm Anna" I say confused. An older man turned to the princess and asked "isn't that the Queen?"
Throughout dinner I heard that being thrown around. It wasn't very enjoyable. "Jake I'm bored" I said almost every five minutes and every time I got a "me too" back. "Ugh Jake it's all diplomacy haven't these people ever had a bit of fun" I say. "I seriously doubt it" Jake responded. I sigh "ugh" I this terrible. I start to smooth out my dress causing people to look at me. "Sorry just a little bit bored" I say rather rudely. "If your so bored why did you come?" An old lord asked. "Because I was invited" I say and storm out of the room. When I'm turning a corner in one of the many hallways I bump into someone. "Hey!" I yell. "Oh I'm so sorry" I hear the person say. I look up into his eyes and see none other then the person they all fear.

Prince Drandrew.