Dawn of Fate

2. The Sword In The Stone

"A blooming feel, a call to fate. Struggle and fight the dream you can not wake. The steady stream that goes one path, alas all things can not last. A blooming feel, you can't change fate. The pure-hearted warrior is called to wake!"

Luminous jolted awake at the sound of the familiar voice, the book she was reading slid off of her face and onto the wooden work desk below her.

"Master mouse?"

She looked around her moonlit bedroom from her messy bed to the wardrobe and bookshelf that were beyond disorganized. But saw no one, not even that tiny old mouse.

"Had I dreamed it?"

Luminous had gotten dressed in her comfy black shorts and pink buttoned up pajama shirt, meaning only to wear it for a little bit before she had to get dressed in her ball gown. While waiting for the time to pass, she, of course, had to read a chapter of her new book, then the next, then the next after that until she fell asleep right where she was.

Luminous yawned, her eyelids becoming heavy. Her small body slowly sank into the desk until she glanced up at the clock.

"I'm late!" Luminous jumped up. Papers from her desk flying everywhere. "I'm late for a very important date!"

And just like that, Luminous, ran to the ball without thinking about what she was wearing, or whether or not her waist-long blonde hair was brushed.

"Brend-bot is going to kill me!"

Luminous rushed down the red marble stairs. She was in such a rush to get to the ball; she didn't even notice that everything in the castle was eerily dark and quiet.

Her white socks thumped on the floor, running down the vast halls until she got to the wide double doors. Pushing them open, she ran into the ballroom.

"I'm sorry, I'm late." Luminous doubled over panting. "But I was stopped by a raven at a writing desk who told me that if I..." She looked up, but no one was in the ballroom. "That I.."

She slowly walked around the circular dance floor, noticing just how small she was in the spacious ballroom.

"Hello? Anyone there?" Luminous called out, surely there had to be a server bot somewhere in the castle at least. "Brenda-bot?"

But no one answered. The red banners depicting the anvil and hammer emblem of the kingdom were still. Even the piano was without one note on it.

"Maybe I could see where everyone went from the parapet."Luminous mumbled to herself. "But I'll need something to help me reach the roof ladder."

The patrol scoots always used the ladder themselves to get to the parapets, but since they were tall and the latter was a bit off the ground, it was never a problem for them to get to it, but because Luminous was so, well, short...

Luminous looked around to see if there was anything she could use to get up to the ladder. But the only thing she could move that was tall enough, was the queen's throne. Gulping, she took another glance around the room. If she so much as touched the queen's throne, Luminous knew that she would get the beating of her life. But then again, no one was around...

Adrenalin filled Luminous' Lungs as she dragged the chair across the red marvel dance floor. She got to the middle of the ballroom right under the chandler when she spotted someone moving in the hallway right outside.

"I didn't touch it!" Luminous yelled, letting go of the throne as if it burned her. "I...I mean I was brainwashed too! I mean I'm a doppelganger! This is... a dream?"

"Grr..."

A low growl sounded from the hallway. Curious Luminous stood on the red cushions of the red queen's throne, hand shading her eyes, peering into the darkness.