castle of orano

I walked out of my room walking through the long long hall, I came out to a garden . ”wow! this is beautiful! I exclaimed looking round!

” you love it? the queen asked smiling

” yes! my queen! I love flowers I love nature I said bowing to her.

”bless you! she replied.

well, the kings first wife Queen Mitchell and I equally with the king grew this garden we looked after it every day!.

really? is that so? thats lovely! I will have to see the king soon! I said not knowing why I said that! I really did not take note of everyone on that day I was taken as a wife for the queen. I only know I was sad and not ready for any responsibility.

”you will get to meet the king very soon! ”

”when will that be? I asked curiously.

” a party will be hold for all the princesses and prince wives! she said.

”prince wives? I asked unintentionally.

” what do you expect my dear!

the royal kings always have more than one wife! that is the tradition! so,let your heart not be bothered! you will get used to it all.

I don know why but I felt a bit sad and jealous as well hearing prince wives. my friends have said I will have to leave in a big castle attended to by many maids of which is true.but why does the prince have to marry more than one wife? I asked myself Wondering what will happen. isn that polygamy? I felt a line of jealousy running through my heart I never wanted to share my husband with anyone neither do I ever wanted to live in the castle. I only hoped for a free life but destiny gave me this and always added sorrow to it!.

”is anything the matter? the queen asked.

” no!.. I answered in a dry voice

I was just wondering why I have to come here if there are other princesses already here! at least the prince will be okay with them. I said not knowing if it did make any sense.

”its alright my dear you will find out very soon why its important you are here!

”alright! but can I ask for a favor?

” anything for you! she answered

” if my queen permits I want to meet the mother of my prince as well as see the prince! I said trembling.

the queen looked at me without saying anything for a while and them said.

”you will meet the prince mother soon but as for the prince, I do not know.if destiny allows you then you will surely Meet your prince.

but then prepare for the party i spoke about! she said standing to leave.

”take care! if you need anything? don hesitate to ask.

” the queen is really a nice woman! Nina said.

is that so? I asked looking at the queens direction of course she is nice!

”where is the prince? I asked Nina.

”I do not know my lady! she said hiding her face away from me.

”if destiny permits then I will see the prince? ” whats that? I thought to myself Wondering what the queen meant by this! and mother! yes! mother said..

”do not forget the purpose you are getting married to the prince! ”.

Im I forgetting something important? I asked myself trying to remember every single word everyone has said regarding the royal family back home.

Nina! can you tak me round the castle?

”I will be delighted to my lady! I will tell you everything about the orano castle.

”really? I was glad to hear that.

when did you start working here?

”since I was six! she answered smiling.

” is that so? is any body here your relative? I asked closely.

”no my lady! I was saved by the late Princess Nina in a war that happened since then I was happy working in the royal home as here has become a home to me. she said and I looked sadly at her but she wasn concerned she was just smiling.

”if the queen daughter took you then why ain you among the princesses.

she looked at me and sighed! . its not that easy my lady!

”tell me! I want to hear it! I said to her sitting down.

the princess was Queen Linas first child and daughter during the war she was to visit her finance before the war broke out. I really can remember but my parents were killed and our village got burnt so, the Queens daughter took me and brought me safely to orano castle.

she declared me her daughter not until her finance died due to an illness no one knew the cause but the third queen said

”it was because the princess adopted a daughter thats the badluck that killed the princess finance ”.

no one believed her though it was making Sense but the princess didn believe at all! after a long time she was asked to throw me out of the palace

but she refused giving me her very own name Nina she wrote me into the royal family and signed the decree in her very own name! but then when the princess died. a seer came claiming that I killed the princess and I should be thrown away into the Forest.

”what happened then? I asked seeing that she paused.

”the queen mother didn agree to that.

” why didn she?

” she said princess Nina asked her never to.that Im already a part of the royal family. the third queen succeeded in reducing me to a maid seeing that the trace of the late Princess decree couldn be found.

”Im really sorry! Nina! so what did the queen mother do?

”she couldn do much she only obliged to this one condition provided there should be peace.

I looked at her in a helpless situation wasn it better to die than to face all this life challenging test? I asked myself considering what she might have gone through all these years.

”shall we begin! my lady? allow me to show you round the castle.

alright! I said and we stood up.

now! there is a stream flowing from behind the castle to this very garden pond! it was dug by the late Princess Nina.

really? I asked as I ran to see the water.

it was as shiny as Crystal no dirt,so refreshing and appealing to the eye.

”it looks strange! I asked and she smiled

” you Know, the princess believed its medicinal but they termed it that she was mad! because she lost her husband to be? she has ran mad!. no one knew how or where this water flows from and where it ends.that is why it has been locked banned from everyone!

”but do you think the princess might be right? I asked looking at the water.

”I do not know my lady! but the guards that dug this with her didn survive it either they died seeing that they didn eat anything from the month they started digging it.

”this is strange! I exclaimed. Nina! I called and she turned to me.

”do you know where they started digging this water from?

” no my lady! she answered.

” hmm! I thought for a while alright lets continue.

we walked half an hour and stood at an old building it looked very old and shabby.

”this is grandking study! its a library! for ages I haven seen anyone come here.

”it should be very dusty! I said and she nodded.

we walked out again standing on a hill.

my lady! we need to leave now! she said

why? I haven seen all of this!

”well this is the spot we get notified whenever there is a war.but for long now we haven been to any war! she said smiling.the king have captured all the villages and made them empires.

”I looked in wide eyes.

” where is this place? I pointed.

” its the warriors quarters! she answered

” we are two hours away from the palace ”. she said looking worried.

so? where is the king quarters? I asked

”back there in the palace she pointed. ”

”wait here I will go get someone to take us back to the palace.

”no need! we will walk back!

” Im sorry my lady but I do not want a scold from her queen. we need to get back on time befor dinner.

she said and left immediately.

in a flash a gentle man in his thirties drove out with a horse. he looks calm and sweet.

”greetings my lady! grant me this honour to ride you to the palace he said meekly

”I looked at Nina who smiled widely at me while looking at the young man at once I climbed on the horse.

and we rode in a smooth ride till we got to the princess quarters.