Siren's Song

Episode 23

Princess Lily found the secret love letters and the wooden doll. She took it out of the drawer. And then, she put the wooden doll on the table. At that time, she realized the wooden doll looked much like someone she knew. She didn't remember whom. But she decided to take it. When she put the wooden doll into the bag, she heard the stepping sound in the room. She was hiding under the table. Later, her father and the chief guard came into the room. Her father asked him about the secret trips of the queen's maid. She said, "what is he trying to do?". Then, his father took something from the shelf at the back to the table. After that, they leave. She held her breath and got off the table. And then, peek around the place to make sure they left. When their feet stepped far from the room, she took the love letters of her father. Then, he headed towards the door and put the crystal stone to unlock it. The door opened and then she saw her father accidentally. Father told her "what are you doing here?". She said, "I need to find something here to study at school". Father pat her head and said, "leave now". Then, she left him alone there. She ran up faster to her room. Afterward, she closed the door tight, untied the curtains, and shut everything. She didn't want anyone to disturb her. She lit the oil lamp and then put the things she took from her father's room. When she took a look at the letters, all the letters had the witch hazel flower inside. She said, "it's strange how it can happen". She said, "father disliked the scent of witch hazel and he also doesn't eat the witch finger grapes". She continued to say to herself "everything starts from here". She continued to say to herself "everything starts from here". Then, she realized the last name inside the letter. "It might not be her," said Princess Lily. But she couldn't be sure about her father's past.

When she was making sure by reading all the letters, she took a closer look at the wooden doll. She figured out the mark on the doll's back was the same as consort Eudora. She said, "how can it be possible?". She wanted to ask her father about it so much but she couldn't. She hid the secret of her father's past in her mind until the day came. Nanny Nora leaves from her doorstep to somewhere else at midnight. She couldn't sleep well at night so she decided to follow the nanny. And then, she found the underground prison. The prison was looking much like her nightmare. In that nightmare, she saw the demon Abil. Since that day, she has felt weak and it is hard to get enough sleep. She could only sleep in the daytime. So, her parents didn't allow her to go to school. They knew her health hadn't been fine since being born. They put the scary stones near her bed in the small cupboard. Also, her mother put the witch's fingerprints around her bed and room. However, they tried to help and protect her, which didn’t work for her. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw that cold white face of a demon. She couldn’t close her eyes at night. So, she chose the way to study to spend her time at night. She was learning new skills from books. Her time split was caused by a secret meeting with tree friend.

Nanny kept following the two maids. It was too dark in the tunnel, so only the dim light from the torches on the wall. She followed them along to reach the end. When the maids went into that room, she heard the shouting voice of the old lady. That old lady might kick the food away, so the maids shouted back “ You need to thank the queen for giving her food”. She said, “is that so, mother knows this place”. She continued to say to herself “why are they being so complex?”. At that time, Ms. Nora went closer to the room. She got the bad smell from the prison room. The other prisoner wasn’t imprisoned there. There was only a place at the end of the tunnel. She wondered what the relationship was between her mother and that old lady. But the situation there didn’t seem nice to dig the secret. So, she turned back to her room. That night, she couldn’t hold her mind to studying so she went to bed. In her dream, she was walking to the locked prison room in the basement surrounded by marble stone. The iron door she saw at the front had a very different structure. So, she went up there to have a closer look to make sure. When she went there, she took the torch from the wall upon the door. She saw the shiny iron which might be a custom-made iron product. And then, she saw the fairy-shaped figure was wearing the coat of arms of Moryan. So, she put her hand upon the rusty iron door and felt the icy cold. She was getting sure about that related to her mother. She said to herself “how can this be possible?”. Once she asked about the prison and basement tunnel. Her grandparents told her about those. They didn’t lock anyone up. Sometimes they need to lock someone in prison if they break the rules or intrude upon something else. Now, she didn’t know about her mother and the secret behind it. She thought her nightmare and the demon may also be related to her mother. So, she put her hands on the door to open it. The keyhole wasn’t the same as other doors in prison. After that, she put more light to see clearly. Then, she saw the crystal snowflake keyhole upon that. She was shocked by saying “how can it be”. Because she saw that in her mother’s room. Since that day, she has run around her mother’s room and played with her mother's stuff and toys. The mother denied her entrance to that room without permission. She couldn’t get close to her mother after that happened. Before she went in, she poked her face to make sure about herself. Her cheek felt hurt and then she realized it was not a dream. Then, what made her feel reality like this? She didn’t think about it much. And then, she put her blood cast upon the keyhole. And it’s turned to open the door. When it’s opened, she peeks through the hole from the thin layer of the door. She said, “why does this place have the exact scenery as my dream”. Inside the place, the moonlight reached the cast-iron chains. She was peeking still to see the movement. But the person who is locked up by big chains doesn’t move a bit. It’s hard to see clearly inside that place. Because it’s too dark inside. There was a tiny window above the wall.

During the time she looked there carefully, someone reached out and put a hand on her shoulder. She slowly moved her eyes to look at the sight. She saw the white skeleton's hand. And then, she turned back to the door and called Siren inside her mind over and over again. It passed the hour he didn’t show up in front of her or behind to move that thing away from her shoulder. She was getting so scared. The white skeleton's hand forced her to turn her body. But she moved her body back to the door. She tried to shrink her body to get away from him. However, she tried to escape. It was still useless. Finally, she went into the prison room and got near the tiny window. There, she bumped into something big and gross that smelled like rubbish. Suddenly, the dirty hands with uncut nails grabbed her hand tight. And then, she saw the face of the prisoner. The old lady with messy white hair, and dressed in a torn greyish black cloth. The old lady grabbed her hand still and then the sound of dragging feet followed her little by little. She didn’t know what to do suddenly. So, she cast a spell upon that lady and escaped through the window. Then, she woke up in bed. Nanny was waiting for her with a cup of chamomile tea. She said, “where am I with shaky eyes”. Nanny put the towel upon her back and said, “just go to the bathroom and wash”. She turned around and said, “ Thank god I am safe”. Nanny said, “why are you sleeping tonight on the table”. She said, “No, I am not”. Nanny said, “Yes, you are”. She didn’t know if it was true or not, but she felt so true. It was getting too scary to bump her heart out of her body. When she told it to her personal maid, Ella, Ella said, “you need to have enough sleep time and meditation, have raised up your mindpower”. Ella continued, “I remember when my grandmother taught me how to calm my mind”. Princess Lily said, “ Is that work?”. Ella said, “Yes, it was working whenever you faced a problem or trouble”. The princess said, “Is that so, Ella please teach me”. Ella said, “the easiest way to meditate on yourself is to watch the mirror or something else to make your mind stable and then focus upon it for hours”. She said, “if I do that, I will get into the sleep stage”. Ella said, “ Don’t worry, I will be there to help you”. The princess has used Ella's way since that day.

On the other hand, the queen was getting busy because the prisoner escaped from the special prison room.