Siren's Song

Episode 22

After going back to the palace, from the magical trip via the back garden. Based upon the secrets which show up little by little. That's the reason why Princess Lily changed from her parents. Because she knew many hidden secrets about their past. In the village of a burning house, she wanted to know about something behind her father's secret love story. She was finding the match of the crown print necklace in her family's treasure room. The free space seemed like a necklace. That necklace is related to her great-grandmother. So, she realized the hidden love story of her father existed there. She didn't know what happened to her father's secret girlfriend and why that house burned. She knew her friend Maya who lived there, could tell her everything. She was getting wrong. Maya didn't take her to the village leader. Then, she went back to find more clues which led her to the owner of that house and the story of her father. She knew the owner of that house might be the girl. When she went down the ground floor carefully, she saw something in the sunlight. The sun came onto the ground floor and directed light onto the burning table. On the table, she found something strange. She said, "why isn't this cloth burning down into ashes". She wanted to know what was under the magenta cloth. She moved forward to the table little by little because the condition of the house wasn't in stable condition. At the same time, she heard the voice of footsteps which came near. She hurried to take the thing from the table and put it into her bag. And then, she found the dark magic book behind the thing she took. She said, "what is it?". At that time, the footsteps came closer to her. So, she didn't have a choice but to escape. She decided to face someone who came closer to her. She hurried to get the book into her bag and then climbed upstairs. Then, she saw the lady in a green dress in front of the stairs. She asked, "who are you". The lady in a green dress answered, "Hello there, I am the village leader, Casandra".

She said, "I am sorry Miss, but I need to find the owner of this house". Casandra told her "if you want to know, I can tell you about her". Casandra said, "are you a friend of Maya". She said, " Do you know her?". Casandra said, " Of course, I know her". Casandra smiled and said, " She's my child". She said, " Oh, I am sorry Mrs. for not recognizing you". The village leader said, " It's okay child, I am seeing you all the time at school and your friend tells me everything about you too". She said, "about me". Casandra told her "tell me what you want to know". She said, "about the girl who lives here and why this house burned up". Casandra said, " If I tell you, don't tell this to your father, okay". She said, "why". Casandra said, "your father was being the dangerous ruler of his people, so he wasn't being the same person as you see". She said, " Okay, then tell me". Casandra said, "my ancestors took the tasks and duties of the village as leaders over the years".

One day, everything changed because of the strange arrival of a little girl. The girl who wore the brown dress and muddy feet came to this village by king's order. The former king of Evalon took this girl from somewhere else. My parents have taken care of her all the time since that day. They took extra care of her rather than caring for me. The strange girl had been keeping silent for years. My mother often ordered me to go and talk with her. Sometimes, my father tells me to play with her. But I felt unwell when she looked at me with her green eyes. Once I heard from elders, the witch with green eyes has more extraordinary power than other witches. We were witches and wizards. But we didn't have that power just like her. I was scared to play and talk to her. Most of the time, she joined my playmate zone. The other friends wanted to let her in but I refused. When she became an adult, my parents prepared a separate home for her near our home. My parents knew I didn't like her at all. As I think, she attracted many young boys, including the princes. As you saw, our village was getting near to the castle of Evalon only divided by the forest. Sometimes I followed her around when she got into the forest. But I lost my way over and over again. Since those days, I have given up following her. The others told the rumors about her and the prince. So, we could get into the forest to go near the palace to meet the prince. One day, I saw she was digging up the tree and throwing it away. A month later, she went into the forest again and planted the tree back in front of her home. Most of the time, I didn't understand what she was doing. Watching all her steps all the time was causing me trouble because of knowing her hidden story. I found out she had a baby with the prince. When she went to tell him, he was getting married to the princess of Moryan. That's the reason why she does things like that. And then, I remembered the day she took out the small plant by extracting it with a cloth. She went into the forest and came back home hours later. Afterward, we heard about the queen of abortion. Luckily, the queen survived. At that time, my parents asked me about everything I saw. I told them everything and then they burned her home like this, including the tree. After that day, she left our village without taking anything from her burning home. But she left the things at home.

When Casandra finished telling the story, she asked her "why did you tell me about those". Casandra told her "you are the child who gets back to life like a rebirth". She said, "is that so what happened to her child". Casandra said, "she lost her child after she heard the marriage statement of the palace on our village board". Casandra continued "I heard she placed her dead baby under the tree's root right over there". Casandra was pointing to the tree which existed in front of the house. She said, "No, it can't be possible why he was being selfish and cruel to her". Casandra said, "betrayal of men is the same as a child and you will face things in the oncoming future". She said, "what do you mean by that". Casandra said, "not only the royal men, but also all the royals have many rumors and hidden stories behind them". Casandra said, "they don't want to show those off in front of the people". She said, "my fiancé also might have something hidden like my father". Casandra said, " Trust me, we all have those hidden secrets". Before she left, Casandra gave her a recipe to get away from someone. She asked what for. Casandra said, " Trust me, you will need it in the future". Then, she went back to the castle without anyone noticing. And then, she went upstairs and headed to her room. There, someone was waiting for her. She opened the door slowly and peeked inside. She saw her nanny and personal maid, Ella was talking about something inside the basement. She went back out and headed to the secret father's room down in the basement. The stairs only appeared to the real bloodlines of Evalon. So, Lily's mother didn't find that secret staircase right beside her room. When she was a child, her father took her there to give her his precious books. The books there related to the ancestors of Evalon. They didn't want to share with the stranger who got in there by marriage. Only the Evalon bloodline could use the spell on the picture of the parrot and talk. And then, the secret staircase opened. Whenever they wanted to open the door from inside, they used their crystal necklaces upon the slots. She had the cyan crystal snowflake necklace from her father. Her father gave her that specific necklace for using all the secret staircases and tunnels.

She decided to open her father's library room and then stand in front of the painting. At that time, the painting talks with her and opens. She went downstairs and then opened the door. She saw the messy place with open books and some potions on the left side of the table. She wanted to know what her father was trying to do. But she kept herself from touching his things. Father didn't like someone touching the things on his table and moving it back to their place. He never let the servants and maids clean his room, especially his workroom. She went up to the chair and opened the secret drawer under the chair using her necklace. It's opened and she can't believe her eyes.