2 days after… Lily woke up before the alarm clock could make a buzz. Taking a bath and putting on a light-coloured dress, she walked inside the kitchen prepared some Pancakes and scrambled egg, a platter of fruits and with apple juice and orange juice for breakfast.
She went to her brother’s room and knocked it, when it was opened, she saw him all dressed up to go school. He was shocked to see her awake earlier, he smiled at her.
“Good morning, Sister, did you sleep well? I was about to make breakfast for us and wake you up” he said and she smiled at him pinching his cheek.
“I made breakfast for us already, and I can see you are ready to go already” she said and he nodded happily. They both walked to their dining hall and sat down to eat.
“Mmmmmm yum yum yummy. It’s been long I had your yummy pancakes sister” he said engrossed in eating the breakfast.
“I’m sorry, I couldn’t prepare for you for a long time” she said with a sad face recalling how her relationship with Robert ruined her beautiful times with her brother.
He noticed her sad face and patted her to comfort her,
“It’s ok sister. There’s nothing to be sad, you have always given your love for me and that’s enough for me” he said and she sighed patting his hand.
“Ah, forgot to ask. Are you headed somewhere? You seem to be dressed for going out” he said and she nodded her head.
“where else other than the museum “ she said and before she could complete her sentence he cut her off with a frown.
“What? No, sister I told you to quit the job. Please listen to me and quit the job” he said with full of worries on his face, she smiled and said,
“yea, I’m going to the museum to quit the job properly “ she said and he sighed in relief.
After the breakfast, they parted their ways to go. On the way to the museum, she kept on talking to herself boosting herself to face the devil she once thought of as an angel.
She reached the museum as early as possible not to encounter with her bullies mainly Robert, she wanted to leave the resignation letter on his desk and leave the place quietly.
She saw none arrived and wondered whether she came to the museum in holidays. The entire place looked like it was deserted.
She walked to Steve’s place and found his desk also empty with no trace of him arrived. She started wandering around and soon her eyes fell on the statue region.
Her mind suddenly hinted the new sculpture and she started walking fast to look at it. She herself found it strange for the sudden interest arose in her.
When she reached, she saw a cat dangerously walking towards the sculpture and about to cause the sculpture to fall down in destroying it.
She ran towards it and in a swift motion, she caught the statue and with the great effort she pushed it back to its place.
Placing her left hand on the statue and placing her right hand over her forehead she breathed heavily. She searched for the cat that caused the accident in fury, and found that was nowhere found in that hall.
‘Thank you'
She heard a voice suddenly and looked around to see who it was and found none.
“huh? That’s strange. I thought I heard someone thanking me” she said to herself aloud and shrugged her shoulders.
‘Did.. Did you hear me’ came again a voice.
“Who.. who is there. Stop playing hide and seek and come out” she yelled at the blank area where only her and the statues were.
‘you did heard me right. How is that possible?’
“Guys, please I’m sick about playing this. Whoever it is stop it and come forward “ she yelled frustrated thinking her bullies are trying to scare her.
‘mmm lady, there is no one except you and me. And I’m standing right Infront of you’ the voice said again and she turned to search for the person.
“whe.. where are you?” she asked little trembling.
‘well Infront of you.. as a statue’ the voice said and she gasped loudly closing her mouth with both of her hands.
“No. No. No no, how can a statue talk. Unless it’s possessed or I’m going insane” she talked in panic.
And she didn’t hear any more of the voice and she laughed nervously.
“See guys, ha ha. I’m not falling for your tricks. Can you please come out” she said tucking her hair behind her ears nervously.
Still, she didn’t hear anything or anyone come out of any places, she thought for seconds will there be a speaker kept on the statue and through that people are trying to fool her?
So, she tiptoed on her foot, holding the statue she inspected the statue for speakers.
‘you can only hear me, when you touch me’ the voice said suddenly and she jerked almost falling down.
Bending down, she patted her chest where her heart beats frantically. After calming herself she stood up and saw the statue in horror.
She touched the hands of the statue and spoke,
“umm.. is.. is it really you “ she asked looking at the statue.
‘yes it’s really me’ the voice said and she looked at it baffled.
“how.. how.. ahhh. Are you a ghost” she asked in horror backing away little. Since she heard nothing afterwards, she moved forward a little and touched the hand remembering the voice words earlier.
‘I.. I’m not a ghost. Believe me’ the voice said little frustrated.
“Wow.. but how.. how could you talk. Who are you and what are you? Is it magic or like in stories that you have been cursed to become a statue “ she asked in excitement, the voice didn’t talk back for sometime.
Waiting for the response for a long time she checked whether she is holding the statue properly and tightened her hold on the statue even more.
“umm.. sorry, did I say something wrong” she asked worriedly.
‘yes, I am a normal being like you but was cursed’ the voice said sadly and she gasped loudly.
“Oh my God, is there something real like curse and magic in this world” she asked out of curiosity.
‘well, it’s there. I’m actually Curious how you are able to hear me’ the voice said and she shrugged her shoulders.
“how will I know. Wait, does that mean no one could hear you and no one heard you till now?” she asked surprised.
‘yes, no one heard me’ the voice said with overwhelming sadness.
“Hey, are you ok? don’t be sad” she said concerning.‘hmm.’ The voice hummed and she turned towards the statue with a wide eye filled with curiousness.“Is there something to break your curse.” She asked expectantly.‘I don’t know'“Huh? How could you not know. Hmm… Well, most of the fairy tales got a kiss as the spell breaker. AHH, don’t tell me you should also be kissed to break your curse” she exclaimed in shock and the voice chuckled.“Wow your laugh is attractive “ she smiled thinking how attractive he must be in person.‘Ahem, lady I don’t think kiss will break my curse. But we can try, do you want to help me?’ the voice asked playfully and she blushed.“Ahh.. Hello Mr. Sculpture, are you kidding me. I don’t kiss anyone and certainly not a sculpture” she said trying to cover her blush. The voice laughed again and her lips smiled unknowingly.‘Oh.. What about that jerk, have you not kissed him?’ the voice said with some jealousy surging even it wondered why and she looked at the
‘Why would Robert wants to destroy it? what to do now? How to save Mr. Sculpture’ She thought for some time and rose from the sofa and walked inside her room. Steve looked at her, frowned not knowing what is going on in her mind.After 15mins she came out and found Steve slept soundly on the sofa. She walked near him without making noise, she slowly put her hands inside his pant pocket and found the keys. Without alerting him, she ran out of her house with the keys, took his jeep and drove towards the museum.She drove faster and throughout the ride she was worried about the statue, when she reached the museum, it was almost 11.30 in the night. The security, who has to guard the place was in deep sleep in his security room.She slowly got out opened the gate, and drove inside towards the museum’s store room. She wondered whether the security took any pills for not waking up to the engine’s sound but thanked the God’s help in not waking him up.The store room was at the back of museum,
They both together brought the statue out of the jeep and for each and every movement of theirs, Lily screamed making them to pause on their steps as she is worried of not hurting the statue. They brought it and placed it inside her room.Though she opposed that, they placed it inside for her to get scared in the night as a punishment. Since they both know how much a scaredy cat she is for darkness and a statue in a dark will be more fun to tease her.“Now tell me, why did you go all the way at night to bring this statue” Steve asked curiously. Lily who was checking the statue for any scratches turned at Steve.“Ahh.. I.. I.. I felt if this statue was not destroyed as per Robert’s instruction, you will land in trouble and so I decided to rescue this statue” she said nervously and the voice echoed in her head with a scoff.“So, you went and risked yourself? Seriously? did you think I will buy this?” He asked narrowing his eyes at her with his hands on the pocket. She smiled sheepishly
She looked at him with her eyes wide open and with annoyance she hit his shoulder and groaned in pain,“ouch.. ouch..” she wrung her hands in air to relieve her pain.‘Oh, dear lady, have you gone mad to hit a statue?’ he said in a worried tone, hearing that she looked at him and gave a beautiful smile, His heart melted seeing that.‘Be careful my knight, in shining see-through dress’ he said again playfully and she gasped trying to cover herself. After a few seconds she realised he is just messing with her and she is not wearing any see-through dress, turning to him she glared at him. He just giggled seeing her anger which he felt was cute and wanted to see more.She went to the restroom to finish her morning routine, when she was wiping her face with a towel she stopped on tracks and looked at her birthmark behind her ear.She was surprised to see the birthmark which was usually in black looked different with the shade of red. She was always fascinated by her birthmark which was unu
Chapter 11 Flashback… At the palace, After knocking and waited for several minutes the old lady walked inside the royal bedroom where queen Esther was getting ready for her hunt. “Your majesty, the king ordered me to bring you, your energy drink for your day to start” “Oh, was it already time for my drink?” The queen adjusting her clothes over her hidden armour asked the maid. She gestured for the maid to come near her and the old lady with her trembling foot walked closer to her. The queen saw the juice in the tray and took it from the old maid. She starred at the juice for some time, and looked at the maid whose hand was tightening on the tray. Queen’s mind wavered for a minute but she shrugged it off the feeling that indicated her of something amiss. Taking another glance at the juice, she drank it fully and placed the tray with a frown on her face. “Mira, today’s drink is different from the previous one.” She said and the old lady gave her a confused look. “Never mind, yo
Chapter 12 The head warrior remembered the potion made by the queen and he quickly checked his bag and found it, taking the potion he ran near the door. Closing his eyes and focusing, he recited the spell his queen taught him and he break opened the bottle and poured it in his hands to blew them. The door was opened immediately and all the warriors headed inside to see the prince and the witch were having a serious fight, seeing his warriors enter the place, prince smirked at the evil witch to let her know she is going to be defeated. But suddenly there was a smoke in violet colour surrounded them and everyone started coughing and the evil witch let out her evil laugh and the warriors and the prince’s steps are faltered. The smoke dispersed but the people were frozen on the spot, prince tried to break her spell and almost succeeded. But he felt something hit his head and when he tried to check that, his body starting from his foot felt numb causing him not to move and, in a blink
Chapter 13 The prince knowing what she must be thinking with a heavy heart replied to her, ‘I actually don’t know why.. umm.. I already... *ahem* found my soulmate long back’ he said and her face fell, she quickly gulped down her saliva and released the hug, putting on a fake smile she looked at him. Though he is now a statue and unable to feel the touch, he felt sad that she broke her embrace. He cursed himself for letting her know that he has a soulmate. Somewhere deep inside his heart, he expects her to embrace him despite all the reasons. “Wow, that’s great. She can hear you right, well did she see you in this condition. She must be heartbroken. Umm.. umm.. is she pretty” she said, though she tried to cover up her disappointment, which was clearly seen by him. And even he felt like his heart is torn a little, which he felt odd. ‘Yes, she is pretty, and no she didn’t see me’ he said and thought about that day. Weirdly he felt a negative feeling from that. Though he said that to
Chapter 14 He shook her again and again but she seems gone into a deep sleep. With teary eyes he took her in his arms, got up from the floor and laid her on the bed. He then with his left hand holding her hand and right hand placed above her chest, he closed his eyes and recited some spells. When he finished reciting it, he felt unusual feeling and he immediately opened his eyes and saw nothing happened. He then again closed his eyes and started chanting the spells again and no results were met. He repeated that numerous times and fell on the floor dejectedly. “no, no, no. Why are my powers not workin? Why? Lily stay, stay with me please. Don’t leave me, nothing should happen to you, stay alive Lily. I’ll find help..” his words were cut off when suddenly a white smoke arose from the floor. He turned to see and from the smoke a figure hurried out near him. “your highness....” “Crysta... Come here, do something. She shouldn’t die, help me Crysta, pleaseee...” saying he cried, Cry