Time

I returned to the hall where I saw a maid came out or more of fell out with a knife stabbed on her.

"What happened!!?" I shouted before kneeling down to help her up.

"The...The.." she was not able to speak correctly and right after that another maid came in.

"Go get some help from our soldiers."

Shr ran away and found Draco.

"Princess... requires you. The royal family has been taken away by The king of Zeriya because King Lucas denied princess's marriage with his son."

He didn't say anything and ran towards the hall. The maid told me that my family was taken away and the reason behind it.

I didn't notice an assasin right behind me ready to attack. Draco came and stopped that person and that is when I noticed.

"Princess run away. Get out now and I will follow you in a second."

I took his advice and ran out. This is when Andy saw me running. He and Luke tried to save my family but took a long time to follow me and hence didn't find Draco near me.

Draco and I ran into the forest and it was Draco's idea to burn something else and prove that it was me. Everyone believed that anyways.

We now went more inside the forest to find the cave that I and Alexa chose to sleep the other night. My family was in danger and so I learned a bit of combat from Draco.

Then one night some primitive men attacked us and Draco tried to save me but was stabbed in the process.

"Draco!!!! No!!!" I cried.

Draco very weakly said "That night....I didn't....call you... to tell that....I Love you and....nothing can....change...that....That day...I saw your shadow..... disappear from my eyes...I should....never...have allowed that. I have....and will... always ....love you." That was the last thing he said before he passed away and I had to run away from those men.    

I was still not a very good fighter and so was easily defeated and almost died when Granny Cora arrived.

My dream was over and I opened my eyes slightly and I was very week. I jumped and ended up in the arms of person sitting beside me which was Andy.

My head had sweat and I was feeling come and weakly said "Draco....Draco."   

Andy kept holding me tight but he knew what was going on but he didn't care much.

The doctor said that after a night's sleep I will be fine.

Next day sun shine on my eyes woke me up. This time I sat up and looked around me to find palace room. That room was really big and curtains were opened to let that sunshine on my eyes.

I felt a little tired with headache like I had lots of drink the last night. I looked at my dress which was also beautiful yellow color top till knee and leggings below it.

I saw Granny Cora sitting on my dressing table. She didn't notice I woke up. I put my leg down on the ground and wore my slippers to walk towards her.

"Granny Cora?"

She turned towards me "Dear? You are up." She was happy, very happy.

We hugged each other and she said "I can't always keep calling you Dear, right? What is your name?"

I let out a smile with my eyes filled with tears and I said "I am Ashley, Granny Cora."

She let out a smile and then took me to sit on the bed while she called everyone. Dad came and sit next to me.

"Dad, I remember."

"I know, what about Draco then?"

"He died saving me."

"We will give him a proper departure."

Andy came in to my room now and kept looking at me. I was sitting in the bed confused because I always liked Andy and now with my newfound memories there was a feeling which was unexplainable or more of it was just a weird feeling.

I was up and well in a few days. I was still getting used to everything after my memories came back. It was getting better with each passing day.

Alexa wasn't around for some reason and she would be coming back soon. Luna said that she had gone to do something she was required to do and it was about family so I didn't ask much.

The memorial for Draco was held and Dad told me that he was very proud of me and Blake said that he wants me to sit the throne.

I was a little confused but with push from Dad, Blake, Granny Cora, my friends and villagers as whole...I had to say yes.

I was ready to get crowned now and walked towards the hall when Alexa came running and said "I have to tell you something."

"What?"

"Andy's my brother."

"Wait what!!?"

"I did a DNA test because I had doubt the first time I saw him fight because his technique was exactly like my dad."

"OMG how are you going to break it to him?"

"It is a good news, what do mean by that question?"

"Alexa...." I took a pause and expected she would understand on her own but she didn't "He never knew about you all and now suddenly you say are his family that is difficult."

"I don't have any other way to say this."

"Wait then let me think." I thought for few minutes but it was a fact that there is no better way of saying this.

I sighed because I didn't know what to do but telling him this was the right thing to do he had the right to know. So we decided to tell him directly.

Alexa approaches him in his room where he was also ready for the ceremony. Everything was perfect now between us. We talked in the memorial and decided that I have and always will be his Ash.

"Andy?" Alexa called.

"Alexa, Ash!!! Tell me how I look." He showed us his beautiful dress he was wearing.

He looked like prince and his face shining bright with happiness of getting me back.

"Good." I stayed but my look still remained same because I wasn't sure as to how will he react.

Andy understood something was wrong "did you girls come here for some other thing that I won't like?"

"Andy I know you have never seen your family but would you like if you know they are alive and searching for you, how will you feel?" Alexa asked.

Andy was confused and that was clear from his expressions. He calmed himself and said "I am and assasin with my emotion fixed so I don't think that this news will do something to me. I would like to meet them anyways. Wait but why are you guys asking me these hypothetical questions? I mean my parents are dead or even if they are not they don't want me. I remember myself waking up at a forest near a tree. It seemed they had left me there. I was very young to even remember if I had parents so I don't care anymore. I am who I am."

There was silence for a while and the Andy spoke again "But.... why are you girls asking all these hypothetical questions to me now?"

Alexa said "what if it is not hypothetical and I am your blood sister with DNA test as a prove to it?"

Andy eyes bulged out the moment she said that and his breathing started to move faster. He started sweating, this news was way too much but he was trained to be calm so he calmed himself in some seconds. He then said "we will talk about this later first let's do the work we are here for."

He was walking past me where I held his hand to stop him. I asked Alexa to go and then sat down with him "are you okay?"

"Yes, I am."

"Not because you are trained to be that?"

He said nothing and instead kept looking at the blank. His answer was clear to me.

"You found your family so how can you not accept them."

"It is not about accepting. I am an assasin and I doubt anyone of my family will like me."

"Alexa does. She has always been your sister even when you didn't know and she has always looked up to you."

"I know." He waited a little and then turned towards me to hold my hand and say "Today is about you, not me." He walked with me to the hall where I was declared the queen.

FEW DAYS LATER....

It took some time for Alexa's family to accept him as son and vice versa but they were now a complete family.

Alexa has taken over to become a commander of our soldiers.

Luke and Luna were married and Luke was my bodyguard and Luna was my special minister.

Lucifer and Erica left the palace and decided to live happily as villagers. They were happy like that.

Blake was made the minister and my Dad and Mom went away to take a tour of the world.

Granny Cora and other villagers were happy for me and were in the village itself leading the life they were earlier.

I and Andy were married too and with him beside me I was running the kingdom into a flourishing future with as everyone said "Kind Heart Fierce Mind Brave spirit" that I had.

THE END....