The Evil Plan
The Queen took opened the curtain and saw the guards had line up the horses and carriages for the eleven princesses to take them to Cascadonia Kingdom. Her eyes were describing anger and desperation to ruin their happiness. She closed the curtain slowly. Her room was dark and gloomy, she deliberately not letting any sunlight coming through it that day. Everything had to be done in incognito so that nobody would notice, that was the instruction she said to her daughters, Ayu and Britney.
Queen Jessica approached a small table in front of her where lay a small bottle contained a purple liquid. She reached it slowly and raised it in front of her face. It seemed that the bottle was part of her plan and she intended to drink it. The Queen closed her eyes and drank the potion in one go. Suddenly a blurry smoke emerged from her body, she was shocked to see her body and her face slowly transformed into something else. A face unrecognizable to her.
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“Where’s Pati?’ asked Aka to one of her sisters currently busying themselves in front of the mirror. At last they could stay in their own room and used their own dresses.
“She’s already went downstairs collecting something? I’ve no idea what.” Zaza replied.
“OK, I think I’m going to go after her, it seems that she’s looking for this brooch and I’ve found it. But, Zaza, if she comes back here before I meet her just tell her that I’ve found her brooch ok?”
“Sure.”
Aka left the room and tried to find Pati on her way she accidentally bumped into Maki. “Good Morning.” Aka greeted, but Maki did not reply it she looked the other way to avoid her face.
“Fine, have it your way.” Aka mumbled to herself as she saw her walked away from her and headed towards her mother’s room.
“What are you doing here wandering aimlessly?” Sakamoto hugged her from behind.
“God! You really surprise me.” Aka shivered for a second and turned around to face him. “I’m just going to give this to Pati.” She showed him the brooch. “Did you see her?”
“Yes, I think she went to the garden with Okada because she had dropped something last night. So, it was this brooch?”
“Uh huh.” Aka replied “ I better go after her.”
“Wait.” Sakamoto kissed her on the forehead. “Don’t talk to any stranger.” He warned jokingly.
“I won’t!” Aka waved at him and headed to the left to look for Pati.
The garden was empty. She could see nobody but herself. But Aka continued to call for Pati until she could hear any sign from her.
“Pati!! Are you there?!” She called her name. Still there was nothing, no reply from her sister. “Dear sis, I’ve found the brooch!” she added the call. Again there was no reply and she could only hear her voice echoing in the garden.
After the third call, she heard something. A voice calling out her name. It sounded very familiar and gradually getting closer to her ear. However, the voice sounded somewhat hauntingly calling her. “Aka..Aa..kkaa..”
“Mother?” Aka stopped for a while. She could not believe that she heard her own mother was calling her. But she had passed away a long time ago. Was it her ghost visiting her just to congratulate her for the wedding tomorrow?
The voice was calling her again and that time Aka tried to find where it came from. She came so close to find it. It lured her to a small glass house full of roses and dandelions. Aka sneezed as she was a little bit allergic to pollen especially dandelions. At last the voice was so close to her. It was no doubt, her mother’s voice and she also heard spinning woven and remembered that her mother always like to make scarf out of it. “Aka…Aka..”
“Mother, I’m coming.” She ran toward the spinning mill and saw her woman wearing a black cloak sitting in front of it making a woven out of a light blue thread.
The woman turned around to see her. Aka cried and smiled happily. She saw her mother again even though it was only her ghost form. “Mother, I miss you so much.” She kneeled before her. Her mother did not seem to say a word but only a smile and looked at Aka straight to the eyes. As if being hypnotized, Aka stared into space. The needle of the spinning mill was shinning so brightly and she got intrigued to touch it. Without thinking her hand was getting closer to the needles, and her finger got prick. At that moment, she felt heavy on her head and her surrounding suddenly spin like a merry-go-round. The woman took the cloak off suddenly, Aka saw a glimpse of a figure, it was Ayu. She did not recognized, wearing a perfect disguise like that but it was all too late to do something, she fell down to the floor sleeping silently.
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“Are you alright madam?” asked Pati who accidentally bumped into an old lady carrying a basket full of ribbons, brooch and other trinkets.
“I’m alright.” She looked at Pati and touched her hand. “Oh, you have a very beautiful skin young lady.”
“Thank you.” Pati smiled.
“I wish I could be young again. Carrying this small basket is really torturing me.” She complained with her gentle old voice.
“Let me help you, with those.” Pati offered her help and carried the basket for her. “Why are you wandering around in front of the gate of this palace?”
“Well, I’ve heard that the princesses are going to marry the handsome princes from Cascadonia, so I thought I would like to give them some humble gifts from me.”
“You mean this basket?” Pati started to pay attention of what inside in the basket.
“Yes.”
“Oh, how lovely!” She picked a brooch from the basket. “Can I try this on? Apparently I lost my brooch and this one seems to be a bit similar to the one that I’ve lost. “
“So, you’re one of the princesses?” the old lady bowed slightly but Pati held her arms to cut the formality.
“No, please don’t do that. Rise please.” Pati smiled.
“Oh, you will look so gorgeous with that brooch, let me help you put it on.” Said the old lady offered her a help.
“Thank you.” Pati leaned forward to her so that she could reach her blouse.
“There..aw..I knew it. It looks so beautiful with your gorgeous off white dress. Is it also your wedding dress?”
“No, this is just for the engagement dress for tonight.” She replied.
All of sudden Pati felt very dizzy. She smelt some fuming smell coming out from the brooch. The old lady sneered at her and asked. “Are you alright darhhllingg?”
As soon as she heard that particular remark, Pati remembered, only the Queen would come out with such. Pati was pointing at her trying to say something but she no longer had the strength to do so. Slowly she fainted and fell down to the ground. The Queen smiled with victory. Her plan had work and all she had to do was to ask her castle and the kingdom back to her.
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Just when the princess and the rest of the princesses were about to go, they realized that there were two other missing. Aka and Pati. Sakamoto and Okada were the one who looked very worried after hours of searching in the palace, none of the guards nor their brothers and nor even Aka’s sisters could find their whereabout. Until they saw two guards running toward them waving two envelopes. They bowed before Sakamoto and Okada.
“My lord, we’ve found this near the gate and in the garden.” One of them handed the note to Okada and Sakamoto.
Slowly their face changed, The Queen had got them and they demanded the castle and the kingdom to be surrendered to her or else. After reading it, Sakamoto and Okada crumpled the notes and threw it to the ground.
“THEY REALLY ASK FOR IT!!” Okada shouted.
The Queen took opened the curtain and saw the guards had line up the horses and carriages for the eleven princesses to take them to Cascadonia Kingdom. Her eyes were describing anger and desperation to ruin their happiness. She closed the curtain slowly. Her room was dark and gloomy, she deliberately not letting any sunlight coming through it that day. Everything had to be done in incognito so that nobody would notice, that was the instruction she said to her daughters, Ayu and Britney.
Queen Jessica approached a small table in front of her where lay a small bottle contained a purple liquid. She reached it slowly and raised it in front of her face. It seemed that the bottle was part of her plan and she intended to drink it. The Queen closed her eyes and drank the potion in one go. Suddenly a blurry smoke emerged from her body, she was shocked to see her body and her face slowly transformed into something else. A face unrecognizable to her.
----
“Where’s Pati?’ asked Aka to one of her sisters currently busying themselves in front of the mirror. At last they could stay in their own room and used their own dresses.
“She’s already went downstairs collecting something? I’ve no idea what.” Zaza replied.
“OK, I think I’m going to go after her, it seems that she’s looking for this brooch and I’ve found it. But, Zaza, if she comes back here before I meet her just tell her that I’ve found her brooch ok?”
“Sure.”
Aka left the room and tried to find Pati on her way she accidentally bumped into Maki. “Good Morning.” Aka greeted, but Maki did not reply it she looked the other way to avoid her face.
“Fine, have it your way.” Aka mumbled to herself as she saw her walked away from her and headed towards her mother’s room.
“What are you doing here wandering aimlessly?” Sakamoto hugged her from behind.
“God! You really surprise me.” Aka shivered for a second and turned around to face him. “I’m just going to give this to Pati.” She showed him the brooch. “Did you see her?”
“Yes, I think she went to the garden with Okada because she had dropped something last night. So, it was this brooch?”
“Uh huh.” Aka replied “ I better go after her.”
“Wait.” Sakamoto kissed her on the forehead. “Don’t talk to any stranger.” He warned jokingly.
“I won’t!” Aka waved at him and headed to the left to look for Pati.
The garden was empty. She could see nobody but herself. But Aka continued to call for Pati until she could hear any sign from her.
“Pati!! Are you there?!” She called her name. Still there was nothing, no reply from her sister. “Dear sis, I’ve found the brooch!” she added the call. Again there was no reply and she could only hear her voice echoing in the garden.
After the third call, she heard something. A voice calling out her name. It sounded very familiar and gradually getting closer to her ear. However, the voice sounded somewhat hauntingly calling her. “Aka..Aa..kkaa..”
“Mother?” Aka stopped for a while. She could not believe that she heard her own mother was calling her. But she had passed away a long time ago. Was it her ghost visiting her just to congratulate her for the wedding tomorrow?
The voice was calling her again and that time Aka tried to find where it came from. She came so close to find it. It lured her to a small glass house full of roses and dandelions. Aka sneezed as she was a little bit allergic to pollen especially dandelions. At last the voice was so close to her. It was no doubt, her mother’s voice and she also heard spinning woven and remembered that her mother always like to make scarf out of it. “Aka…Aka..”
“Mother, I’m coming.” She ran toward the spinning mill and saw her woman wearing a black cloak sitting in front of it making a woven out of a light blue thread.
The woman turned around to see her. Aka cried and smiled happily. She saw her mother again even though it was only her ghost form. “Mother, I miss you so much.” She kneeled before her. Her mother did not seem to say a word but only a smile and looked at Aka straight to the eyes. As if being hypnotized, Aka stared into space. The needle of the spinning mill was shinning so brightly and she got intrigued to touch it. Without thinking her hand was getting closer to the needles, and her finger got prick. At that moment, she felt heavy on her head and her surrounding suddenly spin like a merry-go-round. The woman took the cloak off suddenly, Aka saw a glimpse of a figure, it was Ayu. She did not recognized, wearing a perfect disguise like that but it was all too late to do something, she fell down to the floor sleeping silently.
---
“Are you alright madam?” asked Pati who accidentally bumped into an old lady carrying a basket full of ribbons, brooch and other trinkets.
“I’m alright.” She looked at Pati and touched her hand. “Oh, you have a very beautiful skin young lady.”
“Thank you.” Pati smiled.
“I wish I could be young again. Carrying this small basket is really torturing me.” She complained with her gentle old voice.
“Let me help you, with those.” Pati offered her help and carried the basket for her. “Why are you wandering around in front of the gate of this palace?”
“Well, I’ve heard that the princesses are going to marry the handsome princes from Cascadonia, so I thought I would like to give them some humble gifts from me.”
“You mean this basket?” Pati started to pay attention of what inside in the basket.
“Yes.”
“Oh, how lovely!” She picked a brooch from the basket. “Can I try this on? Apparently I lost my brooch and this one seems to be a bit similar to the one that I’ve lost. “
“So, you’re one of the princesses?” the old lady bowed slightly but Pati held her arms to cut the formality.
“No, please don’t do that. Rise please.” Pati smiled.
“Oh, you will look so gorgeous with that brooch, let me help you put it on.” Said the old lady offered her a help.
“Thank you.” Pati leaned forward to her so that she could reach her blouse.
“There..aw..I knew it. It looks so beautiful with your gorgeous off white dress. Is it also your wedding dress?”
“No, this is just for the engagement dress for tonight.” She replied.
All of sudden Pati felt very dizzy. She smelt some fuming smell coming out from the brooch. The old lady sneered at her and asked. “Are you alright darhhllingg?”
As soon as she heard that particular remark, Pati remembered, only the Queen would come out with such. Pati was pointing at her trying to say something but she no longer had the strength to do so. Slowly she fainted and fell down to the ground. The Queen smiled with victory. Her plan had work and all she had to do was to ask her castle and the kingdom back to her.
---
Just when the princess and the rest of the princesses were about to go, they realized that there were two other missing. Aka and Pati. Sakamoto and Okada were the one who looked very worried after hours of searching in the palace, none of the guards nor their brothers and nor even Aka’s sisters could find their whereabout. Until they saw two guards running toward them waving two envelopes. They bowed before Sakamoto and Okada.
“My lord, we’ve found this near the gate and in the garden.” One of them handed the note to Okada and Sakamoto.
Slowly their face changed, The Queen had got them and they demanded the castle and the kingdom to be surrendered to her or else. After reading it, Sakamoto and Okada crumpled the notes and threw it to the ground.
“THEY REALLY ASK FOR IT!!” Okada shouted.
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