The Dizzy Princess

Chapter 2

Queen Agnes has gone out with her maidens to visit her mother and was not yet back

Queen Ayesha hated quarrelling, but she loved Moo very much and hated queen Hannan for being so bossy to her.

She walked near the varanda and and shouted across to Queen Hannan.

I said what has Moo done to deserve that beating?’

Queen Hannan heard her quiet well, but ignored the question. Queen Ayesha was obliged to repeat the question. At that queen Hannan flew’ out of the house and pounced on Queen Ayesha.

Why not kill me for Moo?’ She yell at queen Ayesha ‘why not kill me for a child that is not your own?’

Queen Ayesha staggered back and then hearing queen Hannan last utterance, walked back quietly to her chamber.

Queen Hannan emitted a long hiss and went back to her chamber, she had handed her baby to her maid servent ready for a fight, but it seems there was not going to be any fight, she ordered her maid served to feed the child to stop him from crying.

Moo cried a little more and kept quiet. She soon went about her Paper cutting not heeding queen Ayesha’s warning, she was a plump, Chubby girl of seven Who has only been in elementary school for a year. She loved papers and often tore any paper she came across at that moment she was tearing a paper she got from from Avila who is her best friend and the daughter of of a neighbouring wolf pack that stays close to their kingdom.

Queen Ayesha now looked close to the outstretched figure of the ten year years old Moo as these past memories flashed through her mind. Moo was was still lying down on her mother’s bed, queen Ayesha wipes away the tears that crowded her eyes, she loved Moo and did not want her to die. In fact,queen Ayesha has felt at one with queen Agnes, after all they were both suffering from the same misfortune- the lack of children or the the lack of children that would stay alive.

Queen Agnes the kings Louis third and youngest wife, was about thirty one year old. She had married king Louis when she was eighteen and each year, for the first five years, she had a baby who died when the next baby was about to be born.

Since she’d had Moo ten years ago, she hadn’t so much as missed her menstrual period for one day.

As Moo slept quietly queen Agnes watched after her. After a while Queen Hannan left to attend to her children and tucked her baby to sleep.

As soon as Queen Hannan left, Queen Ayesha cleared her throat and laying a hand on queen Agnes’s shoulder said:

Don’t worry yourself anymore, she will be well soon, when your mother comes around, she will know what to do.’

Queen Ayesha moved towards the door, then added if you need my help anytime, please don’t hesitate to send you maids to my room to wake me up.

Thank you, Queen Agnes said as she left the room. What a kind woman; she thought,’ one that would have made a loving mother. Yet she won’t have even one child!’ And at that moment a malicious voice within her asked:

And do you have one yourself? Do you have one ?

Queen Agnes sighed, and lower the curtains, she covered Moo up with her tick duvet, then went to the bathroom to take a bath.

When she to the room she ate a little of her food her maid had brought for her and not daring to wake Moo up to eat some food, she lay beside her beloved daughter. It was a long time before she slept, with all the things that weighed heavily on her mind, how could she sleep? She prayed in her heart silently for her daughter. Gradually sleep crept on her and she slept dreamlessly.

King Louis has finished having his dinner after with his younger brother since his queens has retired to their various chambers for the night.

tomorrow is the witch-hunting ceremony prince Oliver broke the silence.

Yes said the king listlessly tomorrow we shall know who is who among us

Prince Oliver quickly finish his drink and bid the king goodnight. King Louis sat at the dining alone smoking his pipe and bemoaning his fate when prince Carson walk in and looked up at his father’s and asked

Father is there anything bothering you?’

King Louis took his pipe out of his mouth and long look at his sixteen years old son, how unlike his mother, he thought sensible, good and considerate, and he had no doubt the the will be a good king one day.

He cleared his throat, I was thinking son how unconcerned some people can be over other misfortune He said and continued smoking his pipe.

But father thought prince oliver asked about her. Said prince Carson.

Yes he did king Louis said, maybe he wanted to hear that she died.’ Prince Carson lowered his eyes to hide his tears.

Yes; continue king Louis, for many years he has always expected to hear us wailing for a dead child-my dead child! He has helped me to bury so many before, so why not now?’

Prince Carson wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

Don’t be so pessimistic, father, none of us shall die again until we are very old.’ At that moment an owls hooted in the distance and prince Carson yawned.

Well,’ sighed the king, go to bed Carson you are sleepy;

Prince Carson stood up and move towards room which his father the king has given to him since he became a teenager and as his heir, he turned around to look at his father

Father,’ he said gently, ‘you too should go to bed, it’s late.

Yes, son. King Louis stood up.’ Goodnight.’

Carson bid him good night and entered his room.

King Louis walked to his room but suddenly has the urge to go and check on queen Agnes and Moo, when he got to her chambers he gently open the door and peep, mother and daughter were sleeping peacefully. He gave a sigh of relief and closing the door gently, went back to his room.

He went back to his chambers and as soon as his back touched his king size bed he went straight off to sleep.