As I opened my eyes after I heard the loud sound of the impact, I realized that there's a warm liquid trinckling down my forehead. I tried checking with my right hand and I realized that it was blood. My hands trembled at the sight of that, I then realize my hands were seemingly smaller than normal. It hurt so much that I wanted to cry but that should wait.
I gazed onto my surrounding to see 5 children looking at me with scorns and grins on their faces, I assume their age were around 7-10. They are wearing old fashioned clothes that you would normally wear in drama class. I noticed that one of those children is holding a piece of rock in his hand.
"Serves you right! Someone like you who does not even have an inkling of talent on both swords and magic should just die as quickly as possible!" The kid holding the rock shouted.
"You even dared to sit on the same table as the prince! The audacity!" One of the children chimed.
"Calm down now Mateo, your brother might have not known the proper procedures to follow before walking into the palace garden like this." The one sitting on the table while sipping something on a teacup added, I've seen that grin before, it is the same kind that people use to ridicule other people. It is filled with so much malice it makes me puke.
I realized something, we're not at the train station. My surroundings were filled with outmoded architechture and luxurious garden. It was far from the more minimalist design of the modern world. My heart started beating so fast as I trembled in fear.
"Ha! he's scared!" A kid chuckled as he laughed at my trembling.
'No, I am not scared of you.' Is what I want to say but I could not be bothered. In truth, I am more afraid of comprehending what just happened after my attempt to end my life. I should be dead.
I grabbed the cotton cloth on one my pocket and I used it to stop the bleeding on my forehead. I then opened my mouth.
"Who are yo-" I spoke but a girl with a platinum blonde hair suddenly shouted.
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"STOP! Jared, and the rest of you." Her sound reverberated in the garden.
"Sister... Sophia..." The one they referred to as 'prince' said. While the rest bowed and greeted her. "Your Highness" they said in chorus. 'So she's a princess ah' I thought to myself.
"Philip, take Basil to one of the room in the palace, we can't allow him to go home with untreated wounds. Lady Elie informed me that she'll be here soon." The girl spoke with confidence and grace.
"Si... Sister Elie will come to the palace?" Mateo chimed.
"Yes, she has already been informed about what happened. The four of you and you Marquis Teller's son who threw the rock. Prepare to explain everything that happened to her." The princess spoke.
"I... it's not our fault sister!" The prince shouted.
While that happened I felt my consciousness fade away as my vision blurred and blacked out.
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I woke up as I saw the ceiling above me. There's a girl holding my hand with the same hair as that Mateo guy. I tried to raise my body but it suddenly woke up the sleeping maiden beside me.
"Basil..." She teared up as she says an unfamiliar name while looking at me. She hugged me tightly and spoke with a soft voice. "I am sorry I couldn't protect you! Father refused to allow me to go with you earlier. He should not have forced you to go to this accursed place with that stupid Mateo!" She added.
"Ummm.... Who are you?" I asked with a confused tone. I felt her hand that was holding my right hand trembling. She then tightened her grip. The look on her face was full of emotions, such as, anger, shock, sadness, and confusion.
"What...? I am your sister! Elie! Did they hit your eyes too?! I should've crushed that Teller kid's face when I had the chance!" She said with anger in her eyes.
"I am certain my eyes are working perfectly fine but... I am pretty sure this is my first time meeting you... In addition, who is this Basil you speak of?" I asked again. I saw her eyes widened in shock.
"CALL THE DOCTOR!" She shouted onto the servants.
After a while a doctor came to the room and examined me again. He then concluded that I might have experienced amnesia. The room went silent as he announced that.
"Tell the Princess we are going home. Also make sure that Mateo do not ride at the same carriage as us. He can ride with bandits for all I care." Elie said in a low voice.
I realized as I stood up and tried to walk that my body felt different. My legs does not feel right. As I looked at the mirror my body trembled as my face, height, EVERYTHING is different. The girl named Elie who I met just earlier, noticed my trembling and held my hand. "Everything will be fine" she said. As we walked outside the huge palace, we saw the five children who I met before, one of them had tattered clothes. Beside them, the princess who helped me ealier. As we rode the carriage I felt a surge of anxiety in me.
'Where the fuck am I? And what the hell is happening?' I questioned in my mind.