Alyssa Vernal and The Lost Treasure

Chapter 3- Alyssa realizes something

Alyssa stared from Enna's stick, then to the palace. Then the stick, then the palace once again, and looked at Enna. "Is the palace made of real gold?" 

Enna nodded. "Yes. They're made of real gold. Queen Angelica is one of the 4 forces. Her element is fire." she explained. "In short, she's the Queen of gold and fire." 

She had blonde wavy hair, a black and purple sweater, white long socks, and black boots. She looked like one of those Hollywood actresses you'd see on thetelevision.

"What about the purple stick you're holding?" Alyssa asked Enna. 

Zalina laughed. "It's not just any stick, Alyssa. It's a wand!" 

"A wand?" 

"Yes. Our wands are our weapons against our enemies. Each wand produces a power related to which element your parent has." 

Alyssa nodded, then she stared back at the Golden Palace. The front gate was big, and dark black. It was in between two golden walls. The walls beside it were lined with gold. Alyssa wanted to climb up those walls to look at the palace. She's never been to the Golden Palace before, but has always dreamed of living in a very luxurious place like it. 

"King Leonardo, King Aaron, Queen Melinda, and Queen Angelica. They're the four forces, aren't they?"  

"Uh-huh," Enna said, nodding. She had a metallic purple ribbon on her hair. Which, Alyssa hasn't seen until they got here. It was really strange because after that wand thing that ribbon appeared on her head. It was also the same color.  

"Come on." She said. "We'll explain why you're here."

They opened the gate and Alyssa saw a better view of the palace. A fountain was in the center. Flowers surrounding them and behind them was a door the same color as the gate. 

Alyssa read books about the 4 forces and this castle was in the book. But this was NOT Alyssa's imagination of the castle. In fact, the castle itself was even better than her imagination. 

Enna pushed the black door open and Alyssa blew her mind off. The palace looked even better than what it looked like outside.   

The hallway was really big. A red carpet spread across the floor and led to a big golden throne. The walls were lined with gold. A big window on each side. 

On the golden throne, there sat a lady with auburn hair, green eyes just like Alyssa's- probably just a coincidence, and a hot pink gown with yellow details on her long skirt. Her auburn hair was tied into a braid and it was up to her chest. She obviously was a queen. But she didn't have a crown on top of her head, just like how Alyssa had expected. She looked really worried. 

"Queen Angelica, what's wrong?" Enna asked the lady sitting on the throne. 

"Oh, it's just my crown is missing and-" She stared at Alyssa. "You're Alyssa Vernal, right?" 

Alyssa nodded, wondering how do these people know her name. She never even met them before, and she didn't know them. Sure, she's read about them in books, and Queen Angelica ruled over her country. Alyssa has always dreamed of meeting her, but she never got the chance. Now, out of all the people in Britain, the queen knew her name.

Alyssa stopped thinking about it and cleared her throat. "You're Queen Angelica?" she asked, trying not to sound amazed. 

The Queen nodded and smiled. "Yes. Do you know why you're here?" 

Alyssa thought about it for a while. "Um, a visitor to the kingdom?" 

Queen Angelica shook her head. "No, dear. You're not a visitor here. Any other ideas?" 

Alyssa's mind went blank. She couldn't think of anything else. "I don't know, sorry." 

The Queen frowned, then she turned to Enna and Zalina. "You haven't told her yet?"  

"Uh," Zalina replied. "Not yet. We, erm, forgot to."

Queen Angelica scowled. She turned back to Alyssa. "Well, you're here because you're a lost princess. I think you've heard of them?" 

Alyssa gasped. "A....L-Lost Princess?"

Queen Angelica was right. Alyssa has heard about them.  Legend has it that there were supposed to be four lost princesses. Two were revealed. Two were unknown. Alyssa was the third one.