Her & Him - liliana941 (read e book txt) 📗

She pointed at me. " Penelope, thats ridicules!" the king sputtered. " Uncle Royce, she's Natalie's daught-" " Penelope, hush." The king was on his feet now. His face was turning red with anger. " Oh, Uncle, Daniel already knows about Natalie!" The King jerked his head toward Daniel's direction so fast that his crown fell down to his eyes. He lifted his crown so it was back to its original place. Above his thick eyebrows. " You do?" Daniel glared at his dad. " Yes. How could you keep that a secret from me?" " Daniel, you don-" " Fine, I'll take care of this on my own!" the girl said but no one listened. I watched as she went the soldier with the gun and whispered something in his ear. He looked at her with hesitant eyes. She gave him a sharp look and he handed her his gun. She met my eyes and smiled wickedly. " Ready to die?" The men were to busy arguing to hear her. She pointed the gun at me. I gasped and ran toward the house. My intention wasn't to go to the house though. I looked back and saw her chasing me. My girls, I thought suddenly. I ran toward the stage. They're somewhere here, I knew. I was right. Ahead there was an Army truck filled with people. I spotted my girls instantly. I stopped as a soldier stepped in my way. " How can I help you, my princess?" " Uhhh, c-can I see those three, uh, rats. The prince and I want to have them personally tortured." " Oh, okay." He slowly went to the back of the car. I turned around and saw the girl was nowhere to be found. " Could you hurry up!"He jumped and ordered the girls to come near him. " Could you take off their chains?" He turned to me. " Are you sure? They might leash ou-" " I'm sure." He nodded and took out a key. He began unlocking Sally's feet first. I kept looking back and gripped my flute. The girl was gone. " Here you go, Princess." Sally, Haley, and Clare were free. " Thank you! Come on...rats!" He smiled and went back to his position. The girls and I quickly ran to the front of the palace. There I told the girls to turn right and find a hiding place. I stayed there for a while to stare at Daniel. He was shaking his head. His short, golden hair gleaming in the light. I bit my bottom lip and forced myself to turn around. BOOM! Something flew past me. I gasped. The girl stood near the front door. She screamed and shot the gun at me again. I ran to my left. She followed behind me and shot again. There was yelling going on behind us. I didn't dare turn around. BOOM! It flew by only inches away. I screamed and ran faster. I ended up losing the girl. I stopped and caught my breath. I needed to find my girls so I walked through the village hiding from people. I knew when I reached the other side because of the rocks. You see, if you go to the right from the palace you'll find rocks and cliffs. I walked around the edges and didn't see the girls. I put my flute to my mouth and played one of Haley's favorite songs. A high pitch scream echoed in my ear. " Christal!" It was Haley. She appeared out of nowhere. She wrapped her skinny arms around me and pressed her face into my back. I turned around and gave her a hug. I felt Sally's arms around me suddenly, then Clare's. We stood there hugging for the longest moment. Finally, Clare showed me where they were hiding. She took me to a huge rock. At first I thought we were going to climb it but Clare went to the side of the rock. I thought she fell down the cliff but as I leaned over I saw she was clinging onto the rock. She squeezed her body against the rock and walked farther away from me. I looked at what little space she had to walk on. About six inches. If she made a silly mistake she would fall down about eighteen feet and either land in a small river or on some really sharp rocks. I swallowed. " Guys, this is too dangerous," I told them. The small girls shook there heads and followed Clare. I watched terrorized. Clare slipped into a small hole on the wall. " It's a cave?" " Yep," Haley answered, cocking her head slightly to see my face. " Careful," I warned. She nodded and slipped into the hole. " Come on, Christal!" Clare stuck her head out the wall. I took a deep breath and held my flute in my mouth. I gripped the wall and tried to flatten my body against it but the dress made it difficult. I took my steps carefully. I couldn't see my feet. The dress' fault. When I reached the hole I had a problem getting in. The girls help pull me in. I took the flute out my mouth and steadied my breath. The girls surrounded me. " What?" I asked when my breathing was controlled. Sally stared with big eyes. " What happened to you? I thought you didn't like the prince? Are you married to him now? Where's Boa? Are we living here now? Wha- "Whoa! Calm down. I'll answer your answers but slow down." They laughed and asked questions. I responded but didn't give them much details. " Do you love the Prince?" Haley asked. " Uhh, I....don't but I do, uh, like him." Sally grabbed the flute. " Who gave you this?" " The Prince." " Awwwww!" the girls started to tease me. I shook my head. " You guys need to go to sleep." The twins groaned and laid down on the cold floor. Clare and I ripped some cloth off my dress and put it on the girls. I turned to Clare when the small girls started to snore. " What did the people do to you guys?" She looked at the ground. " They treated us like....rats. They gave us a little portion of food and they whipped us if we were bad." I grabbed her hands. " They're going to pay and I'll make sure they do, okay?" She nodded. After a moment of silence she picked up my flute. " I missed hearing you play. Could you play me a song?" I took the flute from her hands and put it against my lips. The flute was cold. I looked at Clare's face. It was covered with dirt and her eyes were watery. I closed my eyes and played. I played the song over and over. Clare eventually fell asleep and snored lightly. I played louder."No need to worryeverything will be alrightjust close your eyesand you'll see sun light.The dark is goneso don't you crydon't you cryI swear if you do, I might die.Don't you worrywe have it allmaybe not moneybut each other, sweet Christal,"someone sung from somewhere far, far away. I got lost in the song and could hear the voice get louder. It was getting closer. I opened my eye and saw a bright light flash through the cave. The voice stopped and all was silent. I closed my eyes, knowing she won't be back.....not tonight. I fell asleep and dreamed of my good friend, Annelie.No need to worryeverything will be alrightjust close your eyesand you'll see sun light.The dark is goneso don't you crydon't you cryI swear if you do, I might die.Don't you worrywe have it allmaybe not moneybut each other, sweet ChristalNo need to worryeverything will be alrightjust close your eyesand you'll see sun light.The dark is goneso don't you crydon't you cryI swear if you do, I might die.Don't you worry we have it all maybe not moneybut each other, sweet Christal.....To be continued. Imprint

Publication Date: 09-10-2011

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Dedication:
I dedicate this book to my little sister, Natalie.