Chapter Eight Part 3/3

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Agatha was trying to walk quickly together with Emily even though she was very tired from so much walking that day. She held the frog firmly in her hands and Emily the root she had picked up in the garden. At every moment one of the girls looked toward the house.

"The witch must have already discovered the fake flowers. Let's hope she doesn't have any cards up her sleeve to trap us here", said the princess as she looked again in that direction.

This time she saw that the witch was coming towards them. She got a fright and warned Emily who saw what was going on. They both started to run. They were already near the edge of the invisible dome when suddenly Emily stopped scared and looked towards the witch with tears in her eyes. The girl looked at the root she was carrying and back at the direction of the house, and for an instant Agatha thought the girl was going back. She quickly ran to take Emily by the arm and ran, forcing her to run with her.

"What are you doing? Do you want to be stuck forever with this crazy woman?", asked the princess.

Emily pulled on her own arm and was now crying copiously as she ran and the princess could not understand why. Mirian roared following them.

After a while, Emily slowed her pace and held out her hands. Agatha did the same. Then Emily touched an invisible wall. Agatha smiled and said:

"Here we are!".

Emily looked back again at the still distant Mirian. Then she felt the princess's arm around her and they both left the invisible prison. Mirian screamed with rage at this moment. The two of them fell to the floor from exhaustion.

Emily stood up looking everywhere, turned around and touched the invisible wall. Tears streamed down the girl's face as she realized that she was outside. The princess, who was still holding the frog, hugged her and smiled. She was almost out of breath, but she could speak:

"It's over!"

Emily wiped away her tears and now smiled admiring her surroundings.

"Your mother will be here soon. She wanted to go into the prison with me, but I told her the witch would find out we were working together. I told her to turn around and we would meet near here. We'll meet her going around the edge of the prison", continue the princess.

Mirian reached the edge of her side of the invisible wall in anger. She roared and punched trying to get through it, and although the witch's hands were burning into the wall, she didn't seem to care. The princess looked ruefully at the old woman and said to Emily:

"Let's go!"

But suddenly Emily's body glowed and disappeared. The girl became a frog. The princess looked back at the witch with a serene face. The woman's white eyes were returning to normal.

"Lilian said you could try something like this. It won't do any good, because Lilian will turn her back. Both of them", said the princess and showed the old woman the frog she was holding in her hands and completed: "I hope you enjoyed your last magic".

The witch became even angrier.

"... I should have killed this filthy frog. One day I will get out of here and destroy this kingdom. I will finish what Isra started... And I will kill you like he killed your mother", shout the old woman and walked towards her house crying with rage.

The princess felt her blood boil. She remembered the story her father told her and started to walk back to the invisible prison, but the frog in her hand started croaking nonstop. Then she remembered James, Emily and Lilian who was probably already catching up with her, and the king who still thought she was in the castle without knowing anything that was happening, and she calmed down. Then she picked up the frog and the root that had fallen to the ground and left.


End of chapter eight. Six to go.

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