White Magic

*First draft*
A servant girl who keeps her magic under lock and key joins forces with an exiled and cursed prince to end the tyrannical rule of his twin.
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"Do you remember what we spoke of early today when you came to me?" She asked in a hushed tone. "We spoke of the moment and how you must always be ready. We spoke of a new world. Today is your chance, Ardis."
Ardis's fear finally overcame her and her hands began to shake. She suddenly realized what her mother was saying. She was not ever going to come back to the castle. Tonight was the night when everything would change. Her life would not be the one she always thought it would be. She was finally free and she suddenly realized exactly what it was that she was leaving behind.
"Mother, I can't-"
"Nonsense, dear. Go. Now. Leave the borders of the kingdom. Find someone you trust to take you as far from here as possible." Her mother paused as if studying her daughter's features for one final time. It was the first time Ardis ever saw her mother with tears in her eyes. "Remember that I always love you."
And with that, with one last glance at her mother's gently creased and kind face, she shut the door.
Ardis was left in the torchlight, stone hallway, with nothing but her breathing to remind her who she was.
She was no longer a scullery maid. She was a magician on the run from something she did not yet understand.