?Journey To The
Beauty Land?
(Once upon a kingdom…)
CHAPTER 13
By: Tofunmi Nikky
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The Beauty Land****
On seat are elders and councils, in their midst are both old and young. Their faces spelt seriousness and impatience, and on the small throne beside the big one is a young lady
“I have been on this throne for years now and there hasn’t be a sign our King, my husband, will come back to our world to take his position as a king. How long more do I have to wait, elders….”The young lady was the first to state out.
“We shouldn’t have allowed him to go to the world back then, cause now, he does not seem ready to come back…..”said an old woman who should be in her late sixties
“My daughter has been ruling this land for many years now without her husband by her side,,, is it until she grows old and not able to have a successor the king will come back??”another woman laid down her worry, her eyes on her daughter
“We can’t force him to come back, my people. He must come willingly cause we don’t have it in us the right to force him back here,,,it mustn’t be done.”this was said to them by an old man, his early seventies he should be
“Mother, there’s a lady on earth he’s getting closer and more closer to and I don’t like that. On earth, they are trying to steal away the possessor of my heart,,,”the young lady on the throne lamented
Her mother nodded her to be calm,”Don’t you worry my dear Roselia,,,cause even at the end, he will be all yours and never the girl’s.”
a-ssuring her this,,,her mother faced the elders
“More and more people have been visiting our land for Beauty,,is that how much ugly they are on earth?…..Our puppets are even thrice beautiful than them all visiting.”One of the woman exclaimed
And they all burst into laughter
Queen Roselia included,,,
“Can’t you see how they are all running to us to come to their aid,,,the whooping sacrifice they give us in exchange for the beauty is quite a lot.”A young man spoke this time
“No one wants to die ugly. If my cat sees one of them and how ugly they looks, bet, it will take to its heel to a faraway mole underground. There was a day I puked on seeing the ugliest person to visit here,”Queen Roselia said
“Yours is manageable Queen,,,mine came haunting me in my dream like am the one who made her the ugly monster she is.”A young man named Blake,,, recognized as the queen’s childhood friend shared with them his own experience
And there is it again,,, laughter filled the hall
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The Royal Palace****
A maid walked into Luciano’s room to clean it up,almost closed the door behind her when she saw the prince laying on the cold floor
“W-whatt!??”A loud gasp of shock came out of her mouth
Immediately, she flew the door opened and ran out to call for help
Queen Kimberly, Luciano’s mother was just coming from the king’s chamber and was on her way to her room
She saw one of the maid running to take the stairs,,she found her behaviour strange
“Lily!”she called her name
The maid stopped on her track and faced the direction where the voice had came from
Seeing it’s the queen,,she ran speedily to her
“Where are you running to Lily?,”she was now before the queen, gasping for air
“It’s…. It’s—, the-“she raised her head and wanted to speak but shuttered instead
“Speak up Lily, why the stammering??”the queen was now agitated, curiousness devouring her
“P-rince Luciano,,, he’s unconscious in his room….”
“What?,,are you serious?!”the queen panicked
“Yes ma’am,,”with that reply, they both ran to his room as quick as possible
They got to his room and the queen ran in with her,, squ-atted and tried to pull her son up
“Call the doctor!,”she instructed Lily, looking back at her with urgency
“Yes Queen,”Lily ran out of the room
The Queen then faced her son
“Please Luce,,, wake up son. How were you able lose consciousness?….Is it that you haven’t eaten. Okay, get up now son and I will take you to the dinning,,,”traces of tears was evident in her eyes
As she tried to carry him up from the floor
“Gosh, he’s so cold”she touched his cheeks and gasped
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Next day……
Sabrina entered the cla-ssroom and took her usual seat, she brou-ght out her things from her backpack and dropped it on her desk.
It was at that time someone occupied the seat beside her
“Hey little Rina,”
And here comes her long time bully
“Ronald, what are you doing here?”she was taken aback that she shifted back a little from him
“This is also my clas-sgirl, and last time I did a check, I can seat wherever pleases me”he replied rudely causing her to roll her eyes
She knew he can’t change, not in this life
“You don’t you will so much effect on me like you’ve been doing before,,,it’s all over now”she replied nonchalantly
The teacher, Mr Rogers entered the clas-scausing Ronald not to give her a reply instantly
“Let’s see after this damn cla-ss,,”he leans closer to her and tells her in a whisper
She looked at him but he had already looked away, his eyes on the board like he is even concentrating
She shook her head and just faced front.
After the clas-sis over, she wasn’t surprised at not finding Ronald beside her
She packed the necessary materials for the next clas-sthat’s due in the next ten minutes and walked out of the cla-ss
Not even a step more was she allowed to take when Ronald dragged her away to a corner
At the palace*****
“He’s awake,”Queen Kimberly alerted the doctor who was having his back turned at her, getting an injection
“Really?”he put the injection side and ran to her
And it’s really true, he has opened his eyes
“Son,”the queen cooed softly
Luciano seems to hear the silent calling of his name and so he turned his head to her
The door opened and the King entered,,,
“How is he now doctor?”he asked, as one of the guards closed the door behind him
“He’s awake, darling.”the queen ran to meet him
“Thank Goodness,”the king’s face gleamed
The queen clung onto his arm and starts pulling him gently to Luciano’s side of the bed
Luciano tried to sit upright on the bed only for the pains to sting him,,
“Help me up mom, dad…..”he requested, pains evident in his eyes
“Sorry Myles,”the queen told him, and with the help of the doctor alongside, they were able to sit him up on the bed
“I am happy nothing happened to you, son,,”the king said spreading his arms out for him
“Father,”he hug-ged him back
But suddenly pulled out with screams
“I said am not coming back yet!”he roared, his eyes turning red
The doctor flinched back
His parents shared a confusing look…..
CHAPTER 14
“Yes?, What do you want from me this time boy?”Sabrina inquired from him, jerking her hand out of his hold as soon as they are at the corner
“You’ve been running away from me pretty much ever since you resumed school,,,are you afraid of me hurting you again?”he asked her, a smirk on his face
“Even if I don’t avoid you, I can’t remember having any business with you before.”she answered
Hearing her reply, he ran his hand throu-ghhis hair in frustration.
“Why are you always being a b**tch?”he choosed to ask this instead
“What do you have to say to me?, Am busy and have got no time to waste arguing here with you.”
He so knew she was pissed off already so he decided to finally speak up,,,
“It’s about Anita though, isn’t it obvious she is not someone you can mess with?. You shouldn’t try to ride on her now that you’re…..”he stopped at some point
“…. Beautiful and such. There’s something coming your way Sabrina. I think it will be better if you just stay off her lane now that you can.”he told her
“Am beautiful, really Ronald?”she asked him, raising her brow as she smiled
“Gosh Sabrina, of all I’ve just said, is that the word you were able to hear??”he couldn’t believe her
“Maybe,,”she sent him a pretty wink
“Whatever, if you like heed to my warning or the other way round. Am out of here,”he rolled his eyes and starts to walk away
Seeing him gone, she placed her hands by her hips as she became serious
“Anita? What’s she planning to do with me??”she stared blankly before her.
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The palace****
Luciano paced about his room after his parents and the doctor have gone out, his hair was ruffled and it was evident he has been running his hands throu-ghit many times today
He was now feeling okay, no more pains
He remembered how his parents and the doctor stared weirdly at him when he shouted for them to get out of his head and let him be
They must be thinking he’s going nut but no!…only him knows what’s going on with him
He sat down on his bed tiredly
And buried his face in his palms as he sighed
“I’m not okay…yes, I know. And I can’t be okay as long as they keep disturbing me to come over.”he mumbled to himself in restlessness
He quickly shut closed his eyes when he felt his head starts to spin
Who is he going to explain himself to?
“Cut off that thinking Luce, they will just say it to your face that ‘you are insane’ cause there’s no way on earth anyone will believe that…”he shut down his thinking as fast as it came
Maybe he would have gone further though if not for the snapping knock that came on his door
“Come in.”he urged whoever was outside
The door opened and was closed a few seconds after
“Hello Luciano,”he heard Seth’s voice
He lifted his head up,,,
“Uhm good afternoon,”he responded, making his face blank of any expression
One that Seth won’t see throu-gheven if he tries
“I know you are mad at me brother…yes, I know. I failed to take us out to the club like I promised that day,,am so sorry.”as Seth sat down on the chair across him, he said
“It’s fine, I was also busy that same day. I might not even follow you that day,,”he let him know
“Really? Thanks for letting it go then,”Seth smiled lightly
He nodded affirmatively at him
“That girl, the one I told you I want to meet. You remember when I told you to tell her I want to see her, right?”Seth asked
“Yes, I do remember.”he replied
“She did came a day or two after, sorry…I lost count. I met her on the way to my room and geez?, She’s just so charming and beautiful, such that she glitters in my eyes.”Seth told him, filling him in on that day’s event.
His eyes turned dark at that moment…
“Was it that he met him on the day she slept here?”he asked his mind like it has some answer
“I think am starting to like her Luce, oh what am I saying??….I f*vking like her. I don’t know how to get her close to myself though, where she’s living and all, I don’t know. Some informations that can get me to her is missing, I need to be seeing her everyday and not just once in a blue moon when she comes here to visit you.”Seth furthered, his eyes states seriousness
And he knew Seth meant her, he knew he wasn’t joking about wanting her, he knew he likes her like he said but heck!, Why does it hurt?
Cause inwardly, he feels hurt by Seth’s confession of his feelings
“So?…what now..??”he wanted to know of where Seth is heading to with his words
“Help me, Luciano Myles Garrett…”Seth called him by his full name
“By doing what? Am confused”he asked
He knew what he wants to say but act confused, wanting it to come from his mouth
“You should know already Luciano,,”Seth scratched the back of his neck shyly
“No,,”he simply shook his head
“Uhm, it’s quite simple on your side since it seems like you guys are familiar with each other. Well….what I want is for to help me make a move on her. More like you should tell her about me,,”
“Whatt??!”he was stunned, his jaw dropping
“Or help me bring her here and trust me, I can do the work by myself. I just have to let her know about my feelings towards her,”Seth said
“Seth!!”Rowen called for him from downstairs
Seth stood up from the chair
“I have to go now,,please do this for me”
Seth patted his back encouragingly before walking out…
“What the heck…he likes her?? But I won’t be so foolish Seth to let her be with you,,,,no way on earth you are setting your eyes on her again.”he said out loud in dismay
He was frozen to the spot for as long as he remembered before a text came up on his phone,,
He checked it and instantly, stormed out of his room in fury.
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