The Land of Votumia: The Princess and The Villain

Chapter 2: The Lost Princess

          Mitch still can't believe she's now in a forest. "What just happened? Am I... dead? No no no, that mustn't be" said Mitch laughingly to herself. "But where am I?!" shouted by Mitch while walking backwards and bumped into a tree.

"Ouch! Bumped again! Is it bump-day?!" talking to herself sarcastically then a boy in armour showed up. "Princess! Where have you been? We were looking for you everywhere!" he was looking at her, panicking. "I'm sorry boy but I think you got the wrong person." answered Mitch wonderingly.

"Princess what are you saying? And why do you dress like- Wait!" said the boy shockingly. "Your highness, did you go to the erles' world?" looking at Mitch, waiting for her answer.

"You know, I'm really sorry but I don't know you and what is erles' world?" asked Mitch.

"Princess-

"Don't call me princess, I told you I don't know you" cut by Mitch.

The boy just made a loud sigh. "Erles are the people who are non-Votumian. In short, they don't do magic"

"Magic?! Seriously, where am I?!" Mitch yelled.

"Ok, just tell me which way I'll go so that I can go home" Mitch asked.

"Alright Princess, just follow me so that you can go to the palace" the boy said.

"What? Palace? I don't live there, nutcracker!" Mitch yelled.

"Your highness, you're a princess. You live in the palace with the King and Queen. And my name's not nutcracker"

"But I told you I'm not the Princess you're looking for!" Mitch yelled again. "Your highne-" Mitch ran before the boy finished what he said. "Your highness wait!" the boy shouted. "I'll find my way home, nutcracker!!!" shouted Mitch as she ran quickly.

        But as she ran, she looked back thinking if the boy missed her and she bumped again. "Oh! Sorry, I didn't mean to!" "Princess you're here!" said the lady happily. "Princess, everyone is looking for you! Come, I'll take you inside the palace!" said by the lady as she pulls Mitch inside the palace. "But I'm not the princess," Mitch cried.

     Mitch was taken into a room and was sitting in a bed. "I told you, I'm not your princess." said Mitch and cried again.

"Why is my life full of lies and surprises?" Mitch asked herself as she looked around in the gigantic room.

"Why am I living in a world where nobody understands me? Living in a vogue world without someone I could talk to"

A knock was heard from outside, "Your highness? Are you in there?" and opened the door. It was the boy who found Mitch.

"You're the nutcracker boy!" Mitch shouted as she pointed at the boy. "Princess, I am not a nutcracker. I am Arthur, your personal bodyguard" said Arthur calmly.

"Whatever, you're happy now?" said Mitch sarcastically.

"Of course your highness, you're now here" and Mitch just scoffed.

"Great! You can now throw a party! Now I have nowhere to go!" said Mitch as if she's blaming Arthur.

Mitch just sat in the bed, hugging her legs. "Princess" "Don't call me princess!" said Mitch quickly. "Stella!" a woman came to the room and hugged her tightly.

"I'm so grateful you're now here. Where have you been, dear?" asked by the woman.

"I'm sorry ma'am but I don't think I know you" said Mitch wonderingly as she took off the arms of the woman.

"Honey, I apologize for what I did last time but please stop saying nonsense"

"I am not saying nonsense ma'am. I'm sorry too because I don't know what you're saying. I am not your daughter. I was just sitting in my room and then poof! I'm now in this world!"

"Stella! We are in no mood to mess around with you right now! Will you just be serious this time!" said the man in a royal suit.

"I am also in no mood to mess around with you! I am not your daughter, okay? I am not a princess or what. I'm just a normal girl!" yelled Mitch angrily. Both man and woman just made a loud sigh.

"Maybe you're just tired or anything. We'll give you time to rest. Let's go Esther" said the man in suit.

       Now Mitch was all alone in the big room. Wondering where she could be. She loudly sighed while looking at the big majestic room. She was crying and crying until she unconsciously slept.

       Mitch was woken up by the knock on the door. "Princess? Are you in there? It's time for your dinner" said by the voice outside. "It's night time? Mom might be waiting for me in the house" said Mitch worryingly while she's still sitting on the floor, hugging her legs.

      Then someone opened the door, it was Arthur. "What do you want, nutcracker?" said Mitch annoyingly. "Your highness, it's time for dinner" said Arthur calmly. "I don't have an appetite" answered Mitch indifferently. "Well, if you might have later. I brought them" said Arthur as he brought a tray of delicious food.

"Whatever. Do what you want" said Mitch indifferently. Before Arthur left, he said to Mitch "By the way, I don't know if this will make you better but I think I believe you"

Before Arthur gets away, Mitch stops him. "Wait! Can we talk?" Mitch asked. Arthur didn't say a word instead he walked towards Mitch. "What is it, your highness?"

"Why do you believe me?" asked Mitch

"Because I can sense you are trustworthy. I could say you don't tell lies and you're different from the Princess that I know. She is not trustworthy, she always tells lies. She always says she's fine even though I could sense she's not. " Arthur explained.

"How did you know that?" said Mitch amazingly.

"What I've observed earlier is that you're really telling the truth. I could see it in your eyes. You and your eyes are begging to believe you"

"So you believe me that I'm not the Princess you're looking for?" said Mitch hopingly.

"Maybe" Arthur was not sure

"Arthur!"

"Shh!" said Arthur quickly. Mitch just glared at him.

"See, you're not the Princess that I knew. You never called me Arthur, you call me Farky" then Mitch laughed so much.

"What's so funny?"

"It's just so lame hahaha" Mitch laughs and laughs until she stops and turns serious again.

"Ok ok whatever, so you believe me now?" asked Mitch.

"I don't know"

"Seriously?" said Mitch.

"It's like this; from the first place I also don't believe you. I mean how can you forget everything so fast? You just left the palace and didn't come back for many hours then you forgot everything? That's unbelievable. Then you called me Arthur earlier and you had these villainy attitudes of yours that made think my conclusion was right"

"What conclusion?" Mitch asked.

"You see, to be in this position in the palace takes a lot of obstacles. I studied the history of different things and one of that was our land Votumia and then something came to my mind" continued Arthur.

"Stop beating around the bush and just say it"

"You might be the lost princess," said Arthur quickly.