The Kingdom of Etherna: Return of the Prophesied Queen

Chapter 3- Unwanted Visitor

She used Draco in her training that day and it made her day extra special.

Training with her own sword made her body more relaxed and contented.

When she’s done training, she immediately went to her private pool, her own hand made pool near the waterfalls. She stripped herself, nothing was left from her body, her soft brown hair cascading her back was the only thing that covers herself.

She’s careless about anything, she knew that it is her hiding place and her only haven that is why she’s confident on stripping herself.
She immersed herself in the hot water, relaxing her body from the day of training. All her body pain and ache was washed away, she feels all the energy drained from her training is coming back to her. She’s devouring herself in her hot bath until she heard something.

An unwanted visitor.

She cannot identify the sound yet since it is very far but she thinks those are sound of running horses, her hearing ability really amazed her in times like this. She immediately got up, took all her things, dressed in her clothing and hide inside her training ground inside the cave. After about 10 minutes, she was still inside the cave, still analyzing the things she had heard earlier. Then, someone’s voice echoed inside the forest.

“My King, I found something!” someone voiced out.

“King?” she murmurs to herself.

“What is it? A loud domineering manly voice replied.

“O my God, what should I do?” she talks to herself.

“The king is here, the beast is here, I have to get out of here before they found me”, she is shaking, thinking that she could be caught and dragged to the prison.

She really doesn’t want to face the King, they said that seeing just the back of the King can murder a person. The people are afraid of him, that’s what she heard inside the capital.

“Think Khaliana, it is not the time to panic”, she scold herself.

“I will not be caught, never will I be caught.” Then she remembered something,

“This cave has lots of nature curved pool inside it, no, no, no, I cannot do that”, she thinks to herself.

She never liked the idea of making those pool her sanctuary, those pools where dangerous, it is hotter than usual since it is inside the cave, but those pools where connected to the river where animals quench their thirst. She has no other choice, if they found her, then it will be the end of her, training herself without the kingdom’s consent is a big crime, it is like revolting against the Palace.

“Here my King, a handmade pool”, the man said. It made her back to reality.

She silently went deeper inside the cave, she doesn’t have any other option but to choose the pool.

“Someone was here a while ago, find that person”, the king announced in a firm voice.

“How did he know that someone was there?” she asked herself, still walking carefully inside the deep part of the cave.

“Yes, My King!” the men automatically search the place upon hearing his command.

“Search every inch of this place, that person cannot go far, follow the droplets of water from here” then she knew it, the droplets she made while she’s on the hide, made the king knew her presence.

She didn’t waste even a single second, when she found the pool she is looking, she immediately swam deep into it, she can feel the hot water poking her skin like a needle, but she didn’t bother to made a fuss about it, she continue to swim deeper and deeper, she’s praying that her instinct on finding the right path will be with her while guessing every tunnel like corner of the underground cave.