Another Princess ( LOVELY PRINCESS)

What will be my destiny?

Claude couldn't understand where he was. He looked at his surroundings, but didn't understand what was going on. For a second it seemed that place very familiar to him. Ruby Palace? He turned around , he could see the palace from far away, he made his way to the palace but stopped, he saw a baby around 3 years old running towards the jungle. He couldn't remember who she was, she had golden hair just like him and royal gem eyes. Claude became irritated, who in the world was she now. Claude decided to catch the child and scold her harshly, Claude silently followed the child. The child was really a dare devil. Was she playing detective? He thought , but how could a normal child around 3-4 years play in a forbidden forest around 2:00a.m.?Claude went near the child, she looked like Athanasia, did Athanasia have a child? Well, whatever.

" What is a bug doing here in this place? "

" ..........."

The child payed no attention, as if she couldn't hear Claude, it made Claude more furious. He grabbed the child by her wrist, but no! He couldn't touch her! Was it a dream? The child now started talking to her own. She might have been someone abnormal, expected from Athanasia's child. But when did that science frick wench have a child? He noticed the child carefully. She went closer to that temple, taking to someone on her own. Claude hid behind the bushes. He could hear the child saying.

" Athy has mama....and a papa... But mama died in child birth. "

" your not Athy's mama. Athy's momma has hair like Athy. "

Athy? Wasn't that a nickname of Athanasia? What the heck had went wrong. Claude wanted to cry out but couldn't let his voice. He understood that the child was abnormal.

" If Athy sells her soul to Mister devil, will papa be happy? "

" Momma will come back? What will happen to Athy? "

" It hurts.   ! I can't breath!"

Now Claude noticed a pall of darkness blocking her vision. He could hear a child crying for help, crying for his father continuously. Claude was heartless he knew, but he felt a pain in his chest, as if he was losing something precious. Claude didn't have any idea how long he had been there. After a couple of minutes, he could see through the darkness.  He could see a dead body of a child lying in the ground. Her eyes were dead fish and and eyes and mouth were wide open. He went near the Corps. Holding her on his hands. The child was no more. The corpse had a pleading in its eyes. Claude, with out any emotion stared at it. In a blink , Claude stood frozen. The corpse was turned it's head 360 degree and then again turned 360 degree. Her smile touched her ears exposing her teeths. The child stood smiling Continuously. Then looked at Claude in a mocking way. He heard a word echoing in the forest, 

" Worthless"

The child started clapping her hand and ran away towards Ruby Palace, what did he see? The child once again turned it's head before running and looked at him.

" Daddy is worthless. "

The child disappeared.

Claude opened his eyes, it was a dream! The whole thing became clear to Claude, if the dream had been true then Athanasia was a loving corpse and she made no resurrection drug, Diana came for Athanasia's sacrifice. Athanasia's over possessive love, Athanasia's psychopathy, Athanasia's Split personality all of them was because of Claude. And if it was a simple dream, then all of them were false. Claude noticed his surroundings, he let out a small sigh. He found Diana sleeping beside of her. No, He couldn't let Diana know that her daughter was a living corpse. And There was no need to be justified of himself , even if Athanasia had made a sacrifice it was something she should have done,  she took Diana away and returned her then. It was something she had to do. Why should Claude be worried, it was better for Claude to abandon Athanasia, no need to keep a corpse around. It was middle of the night. Claude looked at Diana's once again, he placed a kiss on her cheeks, even if Diana wanted Athanasia , Claude couldn't let that happen, instead he would gift her another child. Claude slowly took off Diana's dress and his,  and went under the blanket with Diana. Claude remembered a saying, The Ruby Palace had a hidden temple where concubines used to pray for their enemies death, the cursed demon would always fulfil their wish, the place being cursed was left abandoned, so no one went near that temple after 100 years Athanasia became a new sacrifice for Medusa. For his Diana.  Claude closed his eyes.