Day Four of nanowrimo

"You are a flatterer.""No. Not at all. I'm sorry.""It's quite all right. A little flattery never hurt any body."I looked at the king and queen as we were dancing. They eyes were affixed onto the two of us. I wondered if they suspected anything about me. I shouldn't dance with him. It's putting me in the spot light. This is silly. I have no business even being here."Is everything all right?" Thesarius asked."The king and queen is staying at us."He looked over his shoulder and then back at me. "Oh Father and Mother. They watching me like a hawk and besides you're the first person I've danced with. Since I'm dancing with you that makes you future queen material in their eyes.""Oh dear," I whispered."Don't worry. No pressure." He smiled. A minute later the music ended and we both bowed to each other. "Thank you for the dance." He took my hand and pressed his lips to it. "It was a pleasure.""I'd like to see you again," he said, following me off of the dance floor.I didn't say anything. Impossible, I thought. I can't possibly see him again. "I don't know," I said, softly."Why? Is it something I said. I'm very sorry if I did or said anything wrong." "Oh no. It's nothing like that. It's just…""What?" He lifted my chin up with his hand. "I know I don't know you. I don't know anything about you and that is precisesly why I want to see you again. You seem like someone I'd like to get to know.""I thought you had to find the person you were going to marry tonight.""Yeah. Well. It's not what I want.""Well sometimes we have to do things that we don't want to do. People control our lives and we have no say." "Exactly. So you know how I feel?""Well I suppose.""Well I won't stand for it. I want to get to know the person before I marry her." He took both of my hands into his. "Please let me see you again.""There's thousands of women here who would love to dance with you and marry you. You should go get to know them." "They only want to be with me because of my political standing." He sighed. "I may be next in line for king, but I'm still human. I have feelings. I still yearn for love. Real love. That's something my parents know nothing about. They didn't even meet each other until they were standing at the altar together. Do you think that's what I want?"I shook my head."It's not what I want. Not at all.""Well I certainly can understand that." We walked hand in hand outside to a balcony overlooking a magnicifent garden. There were mazes of bushes. Statues were placed throughout the beautiful flowers. Some of the statues spouted off water. Every bush was dusted with lights. I had never seen such a beautiful arrangement. It was breath taking. "I can't imagine having to live with someone who wasn't my best friend or someone I wasn't in love with." Thesarius stood up and stuck out his hand. "Let's go for a walk."I took his hand. "Where will we walk to?""Just around the garden. It's beautiful isn't it?"I looked out over the garden. "It's breath taking.""Yes you are," he whispered. I looked over at him and looked into his deep green eyes. What kind eyes he had. Thesarius was quite handsome. I won't lie about that. I had seen him before and I have always thought that he was attractive. He had wavy brown hair that had flecks of gold in it. He was tall and when I looked at him I had to look up. He was also quite skinny. His green eyes were large and he had beautiful paintbrush eye lashes. We gazed at each other for a minute or two and he shook himself out of it. "I'm sorry," he said. "I shouldn't have said that."I said nothing and he took my hand and led me to steps that weaved their way down to the garden below. While we were walking he said, "So tell me something about yourself. I'd like to get to know you more."I didn't know what to say. I did not want to reveal too much about myself. I felt a little uncomfortable being with him. Of course I enjoyed his company but I was not really allowing myself to enjoy it. I kept thinking about Morgana and what mischief she was getting into. We're gonna get caught, I kept thinking. We're gonna get caught. I felt a terrible pain in my stomach from worrying. I shouldn't have come."Snow? Are you sure you're all right. You seem a little out of it." "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm just not feeling very well.""Oh well let's sit down." He led me over to a beautiful concrete bench that had an intricate design of cherubs on the legs of the bench. We sat down. "Is that better?"I shook my head yes. "Thank you.""It's quite all right." He rubbed my shoulder. "I would still like to know more about you. Where do you live?""I live in Farthing." That was a kingdom just to the north of the enchanted forest where my mother lived. I had been to that kingdom several times to see some giants. I was very good friends with quite a few of the Farthing Giants. I also knew a few Gnomes that lived in Farthing. It was a beautiful kingdom. Small but beatiful and the king and queen had over a dozen daughters. There was know way that Thesarius would know all of them. I couldn't keep up with them all."Oh so your one of King Balthfasar's daughters?""Yes," I lied."Then you've got a large amount of sisters haven't you?""Oh yes I've got so many I've lost count of them all."He laughed. His smile and laugh were rather charming. "So what are some of your specialties? Art? Literature? Dancing?""Oh well I love to sketch and I do love literature.""Well I will have to see some of your drawings.""Yes. That would be lovely.""Your highness! There you are!" A short and rather chubby man was running towards us. "We've been looking for you everywhere!""What's wrong, Thelonius?" Thesarius went over to him. "Calm down and tell me what's the matter." "Some one has broken into the hall of secrets and the magic shields are on the blink. A worlock guard said that a strand of magic looked as if it had been bitten into." The man threw up his arms. "How on earth can magic me bitten?"I put my hand over my mouth in shock. "Morgana," I whispered.Thesarius turned around. "What did you say, Snow?""Oh. I said, Oh dear.""I must tend to this problem at once. Please calm down and escort Miss Snow to my private meeting quarters." He turned to me. "Please wait there. I'd like to finish our chat once everything settles down." "But…" I called to him, but he had already began rushing towards the palace.What on earth did Morgana do? I thought. Only a magical creature can bite into magic. Since they can't perform magic they can disable it by chewing on it and only magical creatures and those that can perform magic can see the magic.I knew she was going to get us into trouble. I should have known."Please miss," the man said. "Come with me. I must get you to the prince's quarters at once." I followed him and as we were walking I felt something leap onto my shoulders. "Owe," I moaned. It was Morgana. Her claws had dug into my skin."What's the matter Miss?""Oh nothing. Just a pain in my shoulder.""Well please hurry. I must attend to the problem at hand."When the man had put us in the room I said, "Morgana what have you done?""I shut down all of the magic shields.""Why would you do that?""So that I could get into the hall of secrets.""Why on earth you want to get in there?" I shouted. "Do you know what you have done? They're liable to burn me at the stake!" "Oh Snow my dear don't be so over reactive.""Over reactive! You've committed a serious crime. What did you take in the hall of secrets?" "The one thing that King Winsor has been using against the magical creatures of the kingdom.""And what pray tell is that?""The spell he has his worlocks use. I've been planning this mission with Tessy and the other dragons for months. I knew I couldn't tell you or you wouldn't go.""Morgana! I can't believe that you used me! I thought you were my friend." She hissed at me. "I'm doing this for your own good and for the good of the other magical creatures. We can not and should not be controlled.""But to do it this way.""Look. The magic shields are down. I've got the spell. Get us out of here!""I can't just disappear. Prince Thesarius will look for me. He said to stay here." "Oh posh. Unless you gave away your identity he'll never find you.""But…""Don't tell me you like him." "Of course not.""Well okay then. Unless you want us to get caught, get us out of here.""I just can't believe you!" I said the transportation spell and seconds later we were just outside of where my mother's house had shifted to. I removed the invisibility spell from Morgana and she took off to my little shack. "Follow me!" she called. When we had gotten into the shack she said, "Hurry write this down." She began to recite the spell and I wrote it down as she spoke.