"Mom!!" Achlys shouted hugging her mother in a tight grasp.
Daniel was surprised at her sudden enthusiasm.
"How are you doing?" Lauren smiled at her daughter.
"Fine"
"Who is he?" her mother wispered to her.
"Prince Daniel this is my mom and mom this is Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Canny's brother".
Her mother's smile dropped as soon as she heard it .
"So mom what are you doing here?" Achlys asked.
"To see the festival, they say a lot of people come here from different regions, I was thinking about getting some tea leaves and other things"
"So where are you gonna stay?"
"I'll be staying at-" Mom was interrupted by someone in between.
"Mrs. Williams, why don't you stay at the palace with your daughter, we have plenty of space for the parents of our students".
Achlys and her mother turned around to find the director aka the Emperor.
Lauren glared at him while he smirked.
"I will be back"
With that she turned to the director.
"Sure, why not? It will be an honour to stay there"
They went away and Achlys stood there, confused.
She was brought out of her thoughts by Daniel
"Achlys, your break is over".
She would have never guessed that just till the evening only she will be so tired.
This fest is going to be a long one she sighed and got lost into her thoughts.
She was brought out of her mind when someone tucked at the hem of her t-shirt.
She looked down and saw a cute little girl standing there.
Achlys smiled at her "What do you want cutie?"
Then a lady came and bowed to her "Sorry, to disturb you".
She started scolding her daughter about not running off by herself.
"Can you play a piece for me?"
Laura chuckled "Sure".
She reached for the string of her guitar and played the sweet melody that seemed to be like honey to ears.
After the music was over the lady went off with her daughter to a man which she assumed is the girl's father.
The day went by quickly.
"Excited" Rose yelled.
"For what?" Achlys asked.
"For enjoying the fest" Scarlet explained.
"What about the Ice tea?" she asked.
"Somebody else will take care of them , by the way we will be enjoing the fest tommorow" Canny said.
Achlys' mother was to take care of their tea place tommorow .
"Is there something wrong Achlys? Why does your mom always glare at us like we have committed a crime" at the mention of her mom the Princes all said in unison.
Achlys sighed.
"Well, mom is not much fond on royalties".
There was just an oh from everyone.
"What are those?" Manny pointed to the glasses filled with a reddish pink coloured liquid.
They didn't knew when he entered their tea place.
"It's future tea that I made for you"
They all looked shocked.
"How can that be true? you use magic?"
"No, they are made of magical leaves found in the Dark forest" Achlys lied through her teeth.
Manny and Rose started jumping up and down.
"They are for us so we can have them right" Rose said while handing a glass to everyone.
"So how does this work?" Ceasar asked.
"When you finish it you will find a magic paper" Achlys said picking up her glass and drinking it.
Callan drank his in one go and opened the paper.
"Well, here it goes.
Arriving storms, change everything"
The others looked at him and than to Achlys who was clutching her paper in her hands.
"It means something is not right" Achlys said as she threw the paper and left.
Daniel picked up the paper.
"It says the same thing as Callan's".
Everyone else opened there papers and same thing was written there on them too except Canny's which was the most shocking.
'Many men die, when you are selfish'.
Nobody knew what was awaiting for them in the future or if these sneek peaks were true.
The next day was really fun with roller coasters, ferris wheels, sweets, cakes, shopping (Every one else enjoyed shopping except Laura ), Haunted house and so on.
The most amazing part was when Callan screamed his lungs out in fear when a skeleton popped behind him out of nowhere.
Achlys enjoyed every different street foods and stuffs.
Canny was always runninh after Ceasar as he teased her very often and then got in trouble.
Same goes for that jerk Callan, he didn't stop calling Achlys tomato and got smacked on his head every time he said it.
Rose and Manny were joking all the way making the others laugh and as always Steven and Scarlet were silent most of the time.
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"Well, saved by the daughter this time" said the director mocked Achlys mother at the end of the fest.
She really did a good job, money for charity, they now have a lot of it.
"You will never succeed in your plans" Lauren scoffed at him.
"Do you still love him" the director changed the topic.
"Ha.ha.ha."
Lauren laughed
"I broke all the ties with him the day when said those useless things, now what I have for him is just hatred, pure hatred and I will do anything to keep him away from Achlys and you keep those princes away from her"
"Don't be so angry, what the destiny will chose will happen and your husband I mean the great..." the director smirked.
Lauren cut him
"Don't even dare say his name, you know now I hate you even more than him because you are trying to make him win this game but listen to me and keep this thing in your mind, that.I.will.not.and. never.lose.to.such.a.jerk.like.you".She stomped away from him.
"Well, Mrs Williams, you don't know what destiny has kept for you but I will do every single thing to save this land from disaster even if it is taking your daughter away from you" He yelled.
"Give it a try, you will lose everytime " Lauren yelled back at him.
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A/n: So, what do you think? what is going on there? why Lauren left her husband? why does the director wants Achlys and her mom to go back to live with her father? and how can it save the land?
If any guesses, comment them.
You will find it out later.😉😉
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THE DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
FantasyAchlys, She is just a normal girl who along with her mother lives a contented life at the edge of the CREEPY DARK FOREST. She has magic but who doesn't have it in The Enchanted Islands. But there is something she doesn't know. She has to keep her...
