Living with a dozen Vampire Princes

9

Two days later:

Prince Holland had  dragged prince Joshua,Brian and Lance to god knows where right after the  breakfast and prince Jack was busy tending to some documents and  gaining as much information as he could from the guards.

Princess Amelia sat in  her room overthinking everything. She grew even more frustrated by the  second as she couldn't understand what on earth the dream meant. After  one final try she gave up with a frustrated sigh and stood up to stretch  before walking out of the room.

Prince Levi had  mentioned something about a library and she knew that's where she needed  to be in order to battle her boredom with wisdom.

The only issue with that  plan was that she had no idea where the library was! She heaved another  sigh before walking over to the balcony. The warm wind brushed against  her skin with a feathery touch and ran through her hair like fingers  would.

She took a deep breath  and stared at the sky. The thing that she found weird was the lack of  animals and their offset routine. Instead of humming and singing during  the day the birds sang at night and instead of croaking in the night the  insects croaked during the day.

But she guessed that was  just the way things were in this part of the planet. Deciding not to  let her brain overwork itself she leaned on the railing . The woods  before her swayed with the wind, the sun making the leaves glimmer.

The land of Phoenix was known for so many things, amongst them were:

It's past.

The all year round orange and red leaves

No flowers

The crystalline water

And the poisoned lake

She wondered where the poisoned lake was, it was known for being hidden and the way it earned the name was memorial.

The  then king of the land of Phoenix was a cruel and close minded leader.  In his reign it was kill or be killed, use or be used and be a slave or  buy a slave. At that time all the other kingdoms had charged against  this land. It was considered cursed as every new born to ever breath  here was taken away to be risen and sold as the king pleased.

No  one had a life of their own and no one had the freedom to think or  speak. Those who dared to defy him were brutally murdered in public,  there was so much blood shed that the hidden Phoenix. The reason for the  lands name had shown itself.

One  day the king was out on a voyage to buy himself some new slaves when  his carriage was attacked. The horses and the horsemen vanished, the  guards disappeared and the kings carriage lay on the ground. It had  happened so fast that he didn't even register it until he realized that  they weren't moving anymore.

Growing  furious by this he stepped out of his carriage to give the horsemen a  piece of his mind but he found himself alone in the middle of the woods.  With no where to go and nowhere to hide.

He  was trapped there in search of water for days till he came across the  poisoned lake where a small beautifully sculptured light approached him.  It floated in the air as if it weighed nothings and it's form was that  of a small bird. The king immediately thought of all fame he could get  if he could get the bird back home with himself so with that thought in  mind he cooed at the creature until it came forward.

His  hand immediately snatched the creature form the air and held it close  to examine it. It's once bright light began to fade and it took the king  a little too long to realize that he was hurting the creature.

A  shadow filled the sky and as he turned around his eyes nearly fell out  of their sockets, a bigger and more clearer version of the creature in  his hand was flying above him. The fire in its eyes directed at the  monster holding its vulnerable baby, the mother of the creature let out a  deafening cry. One that had never been heard before and frightened the  king enough to let the creature go. The creature let out a wail as it  slipped from the kings hand and fell in the lake.

The  mother let out another shriek as the king quickly swept down to search  for the creature. His hand found it with its lights dimmed and it's  weight more than it had been before. As a peace offering the king had  risen the creature towards the sky and the mother who later became known  as Phoenix vanished with her baby in hand.

Sighing  in relief the king cursed the creature and bent down to drink the  water. It tasted awfully sweet but he needed it to live on so ignoring  all logic he continued taking deeper and bigger sips of the Crystal  water.

After  he finished drinking to his hearts content he sat back against the tree  and shut his eyes unknown to him, which were to remain shut for the  rest of eternity.

The  princess came back to reality as her eyes spotted the fence placed in  the middle of the forest. It clearly meant that the mansion spread till  that far away, she felt an over whelming urge to explore that area but  considered it best to settle down for a while.

Her  eyes continued to sweep the orange trees and red bushes beneath her  until they landed on a weird box shaped cabin. It was in the same land  as the mansion so she knew exploring it won't mean breaking any rules.  Giving in to her desire she exited her room, mentally reminding herself  of the location of the cabin over and over again.

She  found the main door to the mansion and pulling it open with great  difficulty she exited. The sun was up but the temperature was still low,  the breeze was now warm with a slight tint of cold. How such a drastic  change in her surroundings occurred the princess had no idea but she  wasn't one to ponder over things only to hit a dead end so she let it  go.

She  avoided the guards whenever one of them came into view and quickly but  carefully made her way towards the back of the mansion. She made sure  she was in the right path by turning around in search of her room and  when she found it her mission was set straight.

All  she had to do was walk in one direction and then check the weird box  shaped cabin like structure out. As she walked forward several chirping  insects showed themselves. The grasshoppers and fireflies would  occasionally unknown to the princess turn around and glance at her  before spreading the message of her presence.

However,  before their message could reach their leader the princess had already  reached the cabin. The only problem was a wall stood between them. With  ease the princess lifted herself onto the wall and jumped down landing  on the brown grass with grace due to all the practice she had whenever  she escaped the castle.

She  had failed to notice the presence of the raven haired prince that sat  under the wall with earphones dug into his ears so no other sound could  reach him. The princess nearly screamed when she turned around and  spotted him.

"Prince Claud?"

She called out but when no reply came she grew worried.

"Your highness."

Every  passing moment of silence made her regret coming there, what if she had  just stumbled upon the princes dead body? She would be the one that  everyone would doubt.

She  hesitated before moving towards him with a reluctant hitch in her step  she placed her hand on his shoulder his eyes immediately shooting open  as she pulled back in shock. Seeing that he was alive and normal she  released a sigh.

The prince narrowed his eyes at the princess before him but soon found them going back to normal as she stared at him confused.

"Are you Alright your highness?"

"Yes."

He  kept it short and simple not wanting to speak more than necessary.  Though he couldn't help but wonder how the princess had found this  place. It was there fourth day here and she had already stumbled upon  the place he was going to name as his personnel sanctuary and he never  liked his personal space being interrupted.

From  the looks of it the princess just come here for the cabin as she had  turned towards the overgrown greenhouse with fascination.

"They're green."

She finally spoke up making him nod.

"But all the other plants on this land are orange."

"They  were grown specially to see why the plants turned orange, most link it  to the past but no one is sure. As you can see some parts of them are  already starting to turn orange meaning that either it's something in  the soil or some form of witchcraft."

The  princess turned around gazing at the prince with curiosity before  glancing at the empty spot beside him. Getting the message the prince  tapped the place beside himself allowing the princess to sit down.

"How do you know that much about it?"

Because I can talk to animals.

"It's something I acquired from my friends."

Animal friends

Thinking  of them just made him realize that they hadn't reported her presence.  Right on cue, a buzz was heard by them and he knew what the insect  sitting on the orange plant beside him had said.

"It's amazing though isn't it?"

She questioned making the prince nod and with reluctance, he paused the music he was listening too.

"I wish I could talk to them."

"Who?"

He questioned curiously.

"The animals, I want to know why they have changed their routine to this one."

The  prince stared at her astonished. The coincidence was real, here she was  wishing to be able to talk to animals while right beside her sat the  guy who could actually communicate with them.

"I- and you would like that?"

"Absolutely,  animals are beautiful, every single one of them in their own way. They  have been created to perfection to look the same but be really different  from one another. Sometimes I just wonder what they would say to me if  they heard any of my rambles. I'm pretty sure the royal dog would laugh  his head off."

The prince found himself chuckling at the princesses words and was shocked to find himself liking her presence.