Brightest star

Farewell

Wait!Wait!! I have a few words to say to you Princess before I leave, I know if I go now I will never be able to see you again. Shut up!! Maids take her Alvida exclaimed angrily. Wait Alvida let her speak,thank you Princess. You saved my life two years ago when my Grandma died and I had to no hope to live on you gave me hope to continue, I had made up my mind that I will always be by your side forever, until you tell me to leave you. Even if you told me to leave you I will still leave you with a smile,all our memories are my most valued treasure. To be sincere, I was also shocked about Prince Jacob, he did not tell me he was a Prince so I never knew. Now that the whole truth has been exposed, anything I say will not help. I wanted to tell you I really wanted to tell you but this past few days you have been busy, so I kept it to myself. I am so disappointed in you Princess, you always say we are best friends but you believed everything without even asking for my explanation, I have nothing to say and neither do I owe you an apology. Get out!! Take her away!! Adrianna screamed, those eyes were murderous and cruel so this is the reality of human beings.

Beat her!! harder!! Listen up everyone this is what will happen to anyone who upsets the Princess. Lady Alvida, we are done! You are sure you gave her 100 flogging? yes my lady okay add 50 more, but my lady she may die if she is beaten more. Okay take her outside to kneel for 1 day, no food or water for her. It was raining heavily,kneel upright b***h!!! Yes, you always oppressed us!!! You take yourself higher than us all now you are even lower than a dog!!! All the maid were jeering and laughing. I looked up shook my head in digust and I decided to tell them what was on my mind since I will die soon. You all are ungrateful, I have helped you all either directly or indirectly,some of you would have been dead by now. Sister Eunice was right the people in the palace are all selfish and wicked.Grandma I am sorry I don't think I will be able to fulfil your wishes, I am coming to meet you soon. Let go inside,there is lightning outside yeah yeah come on girls let go in and leave this poor wretch.

*****Prince Jacob room************

Jacob!!! Wake up!! Let me sleep Charles!! Jake said waving his hands.Joan is gonna die!! What?! Are you joking with me right now!! Jake exclaimed, I was shocked to when I heard the news If only you'd listen to me and not go to see her none of this would had happened. Charles narrated everything that happened to Joan in details. What!! Is she stupid or something, she really disgust me!! Where is Joan now? She is outside kneeling and it is raining heavily, the Princess commanded that no one is to help her. Screw the princess!! Wait Jake we are not in the headquarters that you can do anything you like Jake!! I don't care Joan is out there suffering all because of me and what do I do? Just watch her die? Never!!! Let's go Charles.

*****At Princess Adrianna's room*****

Joan!!Joan!!!No!! Please don't go am sorry!!!! Princess you are having a bad dream. Deli get me an umbrella, is Joan still outside!! Yes Princess. Let's go!! Princess Adrianna wait!!! You seriously want to go and help her? You made her kneel and now you want yo help her? There is no going back Adrianna!! How dare you stop me Alvida!! I am the Princess and I'll do whatever I like. But Princess if you go to save her now, the maids and servant will gossip and will have no respect for you!! You want to risk losing your prestige as a Princess for a girl who stole your belove? Thinking of it now, I think you are right.

Your Highness please stop!! Anyone who stops me will face punishment!! Alvida what's all the noise outside? Princess I told you she has seduced the Prince, now he is out there going to save her!! What Let's go stop him now!. Move out of my way Princess! Now! Or you are going to regret it! Prince Jacob this is my palace and my affairs, I can treat any of my subordinate how I want to, don't interfere in the matters not concerning you. You are really a cold-hearted person, I despise your kind!!

So is this the end, I feel dizzy and my head hurts. Joan!! Joan!! Stay with me Prince Jacob screamed. Someone is calling my name is it Grandma am coming Grandma!! Come on Jake take her inside she is already unconscious. Guards send for the best doctors now!! Yes sir!!

The birds were chripping,the weather was calm. I slowly opened my eyes, where am I? Someone was holding my hand.I saw Jake he was sleeping by my side, I thought I was dead. Maybe Jake helped me I need to thank him!! But he is a shameless liar. Joan you are awake! You have been asleep for 3 days and I was scared. Jake who are you? Joan,am sorry for keeping you in the dark actually I am Prince Jake from the headquarters. What!!!! You lied to me and decieved me? Because of you I lost my only friend, she hates me now, I have never seen her get that angry. Clean your tears Joan, shut up don't touch me, I don't want to see your face.

Joan I saved your life, is this how you will repay me? I know I did not tell you my real identity am sorry for that, I did not know that Adrianna was the friend you were talking about. But Joan there is one thing am certain of, I really like you so much since the first day I met you, you were charismatic, gentle and it really captured my heart, I don't know if you feel the same way about me and take your time you don't have to answer me now, I have never liked Adrianna,if I knew what that sache she gave me meant I would never have collected it, I caused you so much trouble by my action and I am ready to repay you back by spending the rest of my life with you.

Jake! Sorry Prince Jacob am just a lowly, useless maid I think I am not worthy to accept your love,there are other girls more beautiful and charismatic than me

you don't have to waste your love on someone like me I don't deserve it. Thank you for taking care of me am all better now so I will return to my work post. News of what happened between Prince Jacob,Princess Adrianna and Joan spread throughout the palace, it was really a breaking news everyone was taking about it and everyone was blaming the evil maid for seducing her master's beloved. Oooh Goodness am sick of this stares I said to myself. Hi, I am Joan reporting for duty. Oooh you are that evil maid, your post is ready change into these clothes and start work. Yes ma'am thank you. Working in the new post was not easy, no one wanted to talk to me, but am already used yo it growing up I did not have much friends so this is not something new. My lord this is not a place for royals to go. Get out of my way! What's all that noise outside, maybe some maids are fighting. Come with me Jake said grabbing my hands, no no what are you doing here? You are a Prince you are not allowed to be in here. So this is the work you do everyday? Leave with me back to the headquarters! No am not going I have to repay my debt and I don't go with people that tell lies, who knows maybe this is another lie or scheme you have devised, I do not trust you so leave me alone! Okay if you don't walk out of here with me there are other ways to leave with you. Prince Jacob then carried her into his arms, Jake!Jake!! Please put me down! Now!! Please!!! People are watching you!! Well you refused to come with me initially, so even if people are watching what wrong? You are the only one in my heart. Hmph sweet talker!!!

Lady Alvida the the the Prince is in the lower dungeon the maid said stammering. What?doing what there? Royals are not allowed to enter there! Princess Adrianna I told you right! She was just a green snake in a green grass now she shows her true colours, you have to do something quickly or else you will loose Prince Jacob forever to that girl!! Princess Adrianna took a deep breath Alvida let go to the hallway. Prince Jake please stop it put me down! Right this instant!! Please stop this!!! Prince Jake are you even listening!!! Charles please help me!!! Joan! Charles began taking a deep breath, you know I can't change his mind he is so stubborn, just stay calm and relax. What Charles are you for real!!Jake please put me down I promise I will come with you. Good girl I thought you would not agree, but if I put you down you would holds hands with me? Yeah,yeah whatever. Prince Jacob!! Stop!!! I saw Adrianna, memories of what happened flooded in my head, I could not bring myself to hate her, I saw Alvida by her side I was disgusted. What!!they are even holding hands? Alvida is write if I do not act now everything I ever loved will be taken away from me. Prince Jacob this is the palace of Benner and not the headquarters you can't just go around doing as you please, the reputation of the overlord will be stained because his son is going after a measly maid. This is my palace and my rules, I have the final say in this palace, so I will kindly ask you to return one of my maids, she has caused a lot of trouble around here for us all and she will certainly be punished. I know your Highness she must have seduced you or something, but don't be blinded by her. Thank you for the lecture, but why do I have to listen to you? You are a Princess and I am a Prince from the headquarters, we control everything, how dare a lowlife Princess from Benner tell me what to do, I can have all your family members killed and dethroned by just a word. Jake please stop it I said holding his shirt. Charles let's go! How dare he!! Princess, he just threatened you we need to take action immediately, what am I supposed to do Alvida? What?! Princess you can go to your Grandfather the King of Benner and ask him for a favor, tell him he should ask the Overlord for permission to engage you to Prince Jacob. The Overlord will agree to this because you are a Princess, he will never allow his favorite son to marry a lowly maid. Good idea Alvida, just you wait Joan!! We will see who has the last laugh.

****At the headquarters ********

What is wrong with him?The Overlord shouted angrily, tell him to return to The Headquarters as soon as possible, My lord! News from the Palace of Benner, King Seth asks you for permission to engage his Granddaughter Princess Adrianna to your son Prince Jacob and since they are of the same age it will be best, he says that Prince Jacob collected a sache from Princess Adrianna which means he likes her but because of that evil maid who seduced Prince Jacob he changed his mind,he says that tge Prince is under a kind of spell by the evil maid and he will see to it that the maid is executed as soon as possible to stop the rumors. Nicely said, tell King Seth I agree to the engagement pass my order!! Prince Jacob of the Headquarters is formally engaged to Princess Adrianna from the Kingdom of Benner and the evil maid Joan shall be executed for the crime of seducing the Royal family.My lord, Prince Nathan is here to see you! Let him come in at once. My lord the search for the starholder is almost complete and we have successfully captured a member from the Star rebels,he is very hard to deal with he refuses to talk but with time we will get something out. Yes! Yes!! Finally, I hear some good news continue to torture him until he speaks, different rebels groups have emerged in the past but we stopped them as quickly as possible. But this rebel group, the Star rebels are really a problem if we do not stop them now. This new reign which I established will come to an end, Nathan I am entrusting everything to yout hand don't disappoint me. Yes Father!!!

******In the Palace of Benner********

Jake!!Jake!!!! Big news!! Shhh, Joan just fell asleep she has not yet recovered yet she went to work. Let's go out and talk, what is the matter? You have been formally engaged to Princess Adrianna and Joan is sentenced to death for seducing a royal. What!! She didn't seduce me rather I fell for her. Jake who would listen to your story now, everyone is on Princess Adrianna side and people are all saying that Justice should be gotten for Princess Adrianna, since Joan is her maid that seduced her masters Beloved after everything she has done for the maid, people really twisted the story. What oh no!! I can't marry a person like Adrianna, she is such a jealous person and Jake your father requested that you go back to the Headquarters. Get me a projectory token Charles I have a message I will like to send to my father. Charles am leaving this Kingdom and taking Joan with me hopefully we may survive, I got her into all this mess and I will leave with her. Jake am coming with you!! No Charles you have a bright future ahead of you, if you work harder you can become the Commander of the Clover Knight, you always told me that was your dream, I can't take away your dream, we are all allowedtotake different path in life and whatever the result is we lived life to the fullest. But Jake Charles said crying bitterly, don't cry Charles real men don't cry am leaving the palace to night, take care of yourself from now on, I won't be there to protect you. Send this projectory token to my dad.

Princess Adrianna I told you it would work out just fine, now the little seductress is getting what she deserves and you are going to get married to Prince Jacob. Yes Alvida, you are really the best!!! Now how do you like that Joan, now I have power, even if it is just a little, I will make you suffer and pay for everything you did to me!! Alvida said entering her room. Aaah!!! you scared me Deli, what are you doing here don't tell me you like me. Alvida, do not hurt the Princess, if I ever find out you cause her pain due to your selfish actions, I will make sure you pay dearly. I don't know what you said to her about Joan,I raised her so I know her well and I doubt she will ever do the things you accused her of, maybe you and Joan are not friends, but I can tell you that the part which you are taking you will not end up well.

*****At the Headquarters ********

My lord a soldier is here with a message from Prince Jacob. Bring him in!! Your Majesty!!! My name is Charles the personal guard of the Prince, I woke up this morning and saw that he was gone. But he left this projectory token. Open it!! Yes my Lord. Father hi, it's Jake I know you are very disappointed in me now, I ran away from home because I want to save Joan. Really father I have not met anyone like her and I will not marry Adrianna she is an awful person. Within the walls of the Headquarters, I was locked up and not able to travel the world myself, father I have a dream, I want to travel the world and find magical artifacts, you always did your best to provide what I need but I know that there are some hidden artifacts waiting for me to discovered them. I promise to be back in 2 years or so depending on how long the journey takes. This is my last message to you father farewell. This boy is just a nuisance, guards!!! Send your best men to search the gates of Benner, I know he had not gone far by now, close every exit out of the city and arrest any suspicious looking person, any one who find him shall be the next Commander of the Clover Knights.