Duty and Freedom???
By Beckylove
Chapter 24
~born to rule~
Shirley is so angry.
She couldn’t believe she had to bow down to Cheryl. That’s not suppose to be. She is suppose to lead while Shirley follows.
Cheryl sm-irks. She can imagine how Shirley felt.
‘I’m not just born to play. I can do so many other things. So what if my beauty fade? Xander will still love me anyway’
She recalled a moment when they were Younger.
*”my princess, you can’t play around like this. Your father is receiving some royal visitor”, Cambria told her.
Shirley was pas-sing and heard.
“Let her have fun”, she said and scolded Cambria.
They are only ten years old then.
Shirley walked to her.
” Cheryl, just play as much as you want”, she said, smiling.
Then she lowered her voice.
“That’s what you’re born to do. You’re in this world just to make me look good. You have no significance”,
Cheryl ti-ghtened her fist.
” I know. I will have fun”, she had replied.
And she did play around.
Her father was on a walk with the king of Poufe who came to visit.
The king of Poufe saw her raising her skirt, running around.
Her father was angry.
“Cheryl go and wait for me in the throne room”, he said.
” Too playful a princess. Is she not learning her etiquette? How did she have time to be playing around like this”, the king of Poufe said.
Cheryl was very embarras-sed.
Her father even punished her and put her in house arrest for weeks.
Shirley had mocked her.
“I’m the best child, Cheryl. Why don’t you just take that and just stay in your room all day. Just play around. I’m the queen of hu-gh anyways”
Cheryl had dislike her starting that day. She usually put up wit Shirley_after all, they are siblings.
Shirley decided to embarras-s Cheryl. After dinner Shirley suggested.
“Highest queen, why don’t you play violin for us? I’m not ordering you around but I just want to learn more from you. You can choose to not play if you’re not good enough. I am just wondering how skillful a high queen could be”
If it is someone else that said that, the person will be in trouble but because it is Shirley_Cheryl sister, king of Erite didn’t know what to say so as not to offend anyone.
Cheryl smiled.
“I’m getting bored too. I will just play it. I may not play it up to expectation though”, she said.
Shirley smi-rked.
‘Still so stupid. I will watch her embarras-s her self’
Her smug smile was erased the moment Cheryl started playing. She was actually playing a very difficult song. And she was playing it so well.
“Queen Cheryl, you’re really too humble. You’re so good at this”, Prince Nathan, Shirley’s husband said
Cheryl smiled and gave her husband a wink.
When she sat down beside him again, he said, ” you’re not allowed to play violin for anyone else again except me”,
Cheryl smiled and whispered back.
“Okay Xander”
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Later in the evening, Shirley suggested that they go to the fields and watch her own Archery skill.
“I’m quite good at archery. I can entertain you by showing you my skill”
“Let’s go then”, king Alexander said.
When they all got to the place, king Alexander said.
” There is no much fun in you hitting the target. Let my queen join you. I want to see the best in archery among you too”
Shirley was amused. She was looking for a way to drag Cheryl into this and embarras-s her but the king of Shelagh just made it easier for her.
“Say, queen Cheryl”,she asked.
Cheryl collected a bow from the servant around.
” let’s do it”, she said.
“You don’t even know arrows and bows, queen Cheryl”, she said.
” Who said I don’t. Maybe I don’t ”
She took an arrow and fired…. It hits the target.
Princess Shirley fired an arrow too and it hits the target too.
Queen Cheryl fired another arrow and it hits the target.
Shirley lost focus. If the first time is a luck what about the second time? When did this idiot learn archery? She fired the second arrow and it missed.
Queen Cheryl fired another arrow and it hits the target.
Shirley was fuming with anger. How can she be so good. Trembling with anger she fired the other shot. It didn’t even go far.
“I thought I’ve seen it all. Queen Cheryl you’re good”, King Of Erite said.
Cheryl smiled. She knew king Alexander wanted to see how good she is now. He had been training her himself.
She moved to Shirley.
“I’m not born only to play around. I’m born to rule and lead”, She smiled and walked away majestically.
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On their way back to Shelagh, they decided to greet king Lance.
Mistress Karen ran to hu-g Queen Cheryl.
Cheryl whispered to her when they were still hu-gging.
” you’re happy to see me now that I am a queen but I’ve you forgotten how you used to curse me? I’ve forgiven you though and I’m forgetting it this moment”
Duty and Freedom???
By Beckylove
Chapter 25
~a child from a lovely woman~
“You mean Owen impregnated Kayla?”, King Alexander asked Cheryl.
Cheryl had hesitated before telling him but she knew that he will know eventually.
” yes”.
“You know the rules Cheryl”, he told her.
” But it can be changed”, she told him.
“Cheryl, this is a rule that have been in place for hundreds of years”
“People made rules, people can also change rules. You’re a king and you rule right now. We shouldn’t live in the past”
“What do you suggest?”, he asked her.
Cheryl did not even think before she said, ” grant Owen and Kayla freedom and let them go on their own way”, she said.
“Is it because you don’t want Kayla to get hurt. Things is not as easy as it is”, he told her.
” Why should orphans be slaves? As if the pain of loosing once parents early is not enough, they were even made to serve people”
King Alexander had thought about that too.
Queen Cheryl went on her knees.
“My king”, she called. ” Please abolished the law of orphans becoming slaves. Instead, let’s build a place for young orphans to live. They will work ha-rd. They won’t be lazy. My king, you have to make changes that will be remembered forever during your reign”
King Alexander sigh.
“Stand up, Cheryl. I will do something”, he told her.
” Thank you, your majesty”
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Cheryl received a letter from her mother. She to-re it open and started reading. Complicated expressions were seen on her face…
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Shirley couldn’t believe the contents of this letter. How could this happen. She didn’t expect this. Her father had told her she is the heir. How come he still did this.
King Lance got a secret mistress and she just gave birth to a baby boy. A prince.
Shirley couldn’t live with this. She is damned if that boy lived. In this letter, her mom had lamented. After years of as-surance that Shirley will rule hu-gh, who knows that King Lance had a separate plan. If She had known she wouldn’t have gotten married to this good for nothing prince. How can she be a princess throu-ghout her life. She nee-ded to be queen. She can’t stand this. How can king Lance do this to her. Who knows he could give birth to a boy. That damn king.
If her husband and the royals of Erite knows, she will not be respected any longer and she is very sure prince Nathan will mistreat her. He would probably be more angry than she is. He is been thinking of how to rule Erite. Shirley was frustrated. How can a dream shatter just like that. How can the situation change so easily? How can this happen to her. All what she had worked ha-rd for has been snatched away just like that.
And Cheryl even got to be Queen. Not just a queen but the queen of Shelagh. The highest queen of the east.
“Arrhhh”, she screamed.
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Cheryl Almost fell down when Kayla jumped on her.
” Thank you, my queen”, she said.
Cheryl just smiled.
She even have more good news.
Her husband had decided not to take mistresses.
“Let’s work ha-rder on bed so that you can give Shelagh heirs. You’re enough for me. I don’t nee-d mistresses”, he had said.
” My queen, you missed your period for two moons straight my queen”, Jade told her.
“Does this mean that her majesty is with Child?”, Kayla asked.
” A child”, queen Cheryl asked and ru-b her flat stomach.
“Get the royal doctor”, she ordered.
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Queen Aimee and King Alexander is in her room.
” You should do less work now. You should tire yourself out”, Queen Aimee was saying.
“Yes, mother”, Cheryl said.
” I just got a letter that Amelia too is pregnant. This is double news. It calls for celeBr@tion”, queen Aimee was happy.
“Yes, let’s celeBr@te”, King Alexander said.
” We should send letters to Cheryl’s parent informing them of the pregnancy. Send gifts along too”, She told her son.
“Okay, mother”, he said.
King Alexander was happy. He is going to be a father soon and the woman he loved is the mother of the child.
Cheryl felt accomplished
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Duty and Freedom???
By Beckylove
Chapter 26
~The end~
He took her to a large garden.
“Why are we here?”, she asked.
” To show you how much I want freedom too”, he told her.
“Really?”, she asked him.
” Yeah. Let’s see the best among us when it comes to having fun”, king Alexander said.
Cheryl sm-irks.
“Why go for it. I am the master of playing around, singing and dancing”, she told him.
” Bring it on”he told her.
(King Alex:?. Queen Cheryl:?)
?let the commoners envy us as we envy their freedom. We can be free once in a while. Free from…
?maid, guards, court ladies and my hindering garmet
?Even my royal crown
?oh how much royalty su-cks
?even though royalty su-cks
We can as well make it fun
Even if it is just once in a while
Oh oh duty against freedom
?but once in a while, we can be free, we can have fun, we can be free
?When alone in this garden
Where no one can see
?even in the safety of our chambers when no one can peep.
?free from
??guards, maids, court ladies
Free from royal etiquette
Oh duty against freedom
The king hu-gged queen Cheryl.
He was very satisfied with his life right now.
“King Alex, i don’t know you love playing too. Hahaha”.
He smiled.
” Duty is the reason I’m running away from fun. Imagine if my subject saw me just now, they will think I’ve gone bananas. Also I nee-d to laugh and smile always so that I won’t turn ugly. I’m sure our baby will not want a ugly old father”, he said.
“Xander, I’m really happy that I met you. If I haven’t met you, I wonder how my life will be right now. I guess I nee-d to thank Shirley. After all, I met you during her wedding.”
“We would have met anyway”, he told her.
” When will you tell me the content of the letter you got from hu-gh”, he asked.
Cheryl gasped.
“How did you know?”, she asked
” It must be Kayla or Owen. Those crazy couples. Always spying on me.”, Cheryl pouted.
“I will stop spying on you. So tell me what is in the letter?”, he asked.
” It’s not important. My Father got himself an heir. My mother was heartbroken and reported to him. I did not know what to do”, she said.
“Just ignore it”, he told her.
She nods.
” A boar!”, King Alex shouted and start running. Queen Cheryl raised her skirt and run after him. He stopped suddenly and she bumped into him.
“So scared, huh? I’m only joking”.
She hit his che-st.
” Don’t joke with such things”, she told him.
He hu-gged her and sniffed in her scent.
“Let’s come here once in a while”, he told her.
” Okay. Let’s come with our kids too”she added “and live happily”
“Ever after”, King Alexander of Shelagh said and ki-ssed Queen Cheryl of Shelagh.
That woman became his weakness at last
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The end.
Written by: Ayanboye Ifeoluwa Rebecca (Beckylove)
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