chapter - 1
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MORNING SCENE
The room awakened with the gentle glow of morning light spilling through the window, painting golden patterns across the walls . the morning breeze carried the fresh scent of blooming flowers from outside. birds sang faintly beyond the window.
"Wake up , it's already late , dear," the words slipped into her half dream tugging her slowly back to the world.
She was Elena's mother her name was Isabel ....a gentle...caring... soft hearted housewife.
A lazy voice come from Elena's lips .
"mom....I am coming...j-just five minutes more .
Her mother sighed under her Breath.
"what I am going to do with this girl...???"
She called again.... this time worry edging her voice. "wake up....!! you are already late ...if you are late again this time... don't come telling me about it." behind her tone was a familiar mix of frustration and care. annoyed by her daughter laziness.
Elena finally pushed herself out of bed and walked to the bathroom still half-asleep. the cold splash of water on her face woke her a little making her stare at her own tried eyes. she brushed her teeth lazily her thoughts already drifting elsewhere not to the day ahead but to the novel she had been reading the night.
By the time she was ready and combed her hair....she was smiling faintly..... imagining the novel's characters speaking as if they were real. it was always like this, even on the most ordinary morning.... her mind lived in another world where she imagined herself as part of the story.
AUTHOR POV
Elena was a 20 year old college student the kind who would rather spend her hours buried in the novels ... always lost in thoughts of the characters she loved.
A voice broke through her thoughts.
" Elena..!! breakfast is getting cold..!!" her mother isabel called from the kitchen.
" I am coming...mom ." she replied with sigh...slung her beg over her shoulder and headed for the dining table.
" Good morning, mom." she said with a smile on her face.
Her mother Isabel returned a faint smile through her voice was still tinged with frustration.
" Morning, dear .... but why can't you ever get up on time..???
All night...she had been reading the novel , she admitted to herself through she didn't dare say it out loud. it was about a prince and the princess he loved she really liked it but she couldn't help feeling bad for the second female lead she was written like a villain but all she want was the prince's love.
She shook the thought away when her mother's eyes narrowed at her
" Nothing, Mom ... just... study...you know...with a bitter laugh she quickly replied...her voice sweet and innocent, pretending she hadn't just spent the night in reading another novel.
Her mother sighed, giving up the scolding for now.
"alright... just finish your breakfast and head to college," she said.
Elena nodded.....ate quickly and left the house with her beg slung over her shoulder out on the road...the morning was alive with noise.... but her mind wasn't in the present it was still lost in the novel she had read in the night.
She thought of the prince , of his beloved princess and of the second female lead.... who longed for love but was branded a villain and died in the end. her steps carried her forward...but her head was far away in that story.
Then...a sharp blare of a horn . the screech of tires...but before she could react...a car rushed towards her...and .."bloom". a blinding golden light burst her eyes.... and then her eyes closed.
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"Princess.... Princess...."
A voice called softly, growing more urgent as someone shook her shoulder.
" Wake up .... Princess.."
It was Mia....the young maid leaning over her with worried eyes.. but Elena only groaned and pulled the blanket tighter.
"Mom.... just five minutes more... please.." she mumbled.
Mia blinked in confusion.
" Mom...?? Princess...what are u talking about..?? are u feeling unwell...?? her voice trembled with concern as she tried again more gently this time " princess... please wake up...it's too late."
Elena slowly opened her eyes...blinking against the unfamiliar light. the room around her was grand and strange... nothing like her own velvet curtains... carved furniture and golden trim her breath caught.
This isn't my room...she set up halfway eye darting around . it's like....a dream.
Trying to steady herself she muttered, "I must still be dreaming...huh..!! with that... she lay back down... pulling the blanket over her face.
But the voice returned firmer this time.
" princess...it's not a dream.. please wake up now...!!"
Elena set up sunddly heart racing... not a dream...?? her gaze landed on the gril at her bedside. " Who....who are you...??she asked cautiously.
The girl bowed lightly her expression full of concern. " princess I am your personal maid...Mia ." she replied and shook head with a soft sigh as if worried the princess had truly lost her senses.
" Personal maid....?? mia...??
Elena repeated still in disbelief Then...who am in supposed to be...??"
Mia's eyes widened slightly but she answered without hesitation. " You are the princess of Eldoria...the princess Ciora vexly.
Mia lowered her voice.... as if reminding her if something she should already know. "A small but proud kingdom known accross the land for it's loyalty and its willingness to aid other in times of need."
Elena stared blankly the word washing over her " Eldoria...?? princess...?? none of it made sense she had only just been eating breakfast with her mother and just waking to college.... and now she was sitting in a gilded bed... being called royalty in a place.
Princess ciora vexly... Eldoria....
Elena repeated the nemes in her head... her brown furrowing why do they sound so familiar...?? where have I heard them before...???
She set frozen turning the words over and over until after what felt like then long minutes the answer struck her like lightning.
The novel...." THE PRINCE'S BELOVED PRINCESS....!!!!"
Her breath caught in her throat..." No...no that's impossible.. that means..i am Ciora vexly...the princess of Eldoria.
Her hands trembled as the memory of the story unraveled in her mind . Ciora the second female lead... scorned by readers... painted as jealous... desperate...and destined to die in the end.
Elena's throat went dry . " i am going to die...???
Somewhere deep inside her own voice rose in defiance. i will survive. no matter what the story says.... I'll find a way to live.
Mia titled her hand frowning as she watched the princess mutter under her breath...her face shifting from confusion to shock.
" Princess... what's the matter...?? is something wrong...??? " Mia asked softly her voice full of concern.
Elena who is now princess Ciora she blinked realizing she had been speaking her throughs aloud....she forced a weak smile.. shaking her head quickly.
"No..no it's nothing." she said through her heart was still pounding. i can't tell her .. how could I explain that I am not really her princess...that I already know a about the story ends...??
Elena forced a small smile. " I am fine...Mia ...no need to worry about me ..I am just little tired. "
Mia's Brown's drew together, doubt flickering in her eyes but... she gave a respectful nod. if you say so ... princess but remember...I am your maid , you can tell me anything you wish ...so please don't hesitate to share.
Elena nodded at her word..her smile still in a place." alright, I'll remember."
But inside...her heart was racing " god ...how could I ever tell her the truth...?? i am not the princess at all that I came from another world.
Elena walked slowly towards the mirror..... her steps unsteady when her eyes fall in the reflection staring back ...she frozen .
The girl in the glass was breathtaking. with long golden blond hair spilled down her back in soft curls... catching the light strands of sunlight. her skin was bright and beautiful her nose small and elegant her lips a delicate rose red and those eyes clear and Blue as the sea itself seemed almost too vivid to belong to a real person.
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