43 LET IT REIGN- Abigail

Previously…

"Amanda." Emilia explained. "My name is Princess Amanda Emilia-Elizabeth Hamilton."

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"Why didn't you guys tell us?"

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"I just did not want to tell you because I was not sure you were not going to tell everyone, okay? I did not want my secret out."

"Too late for that."

"What do you mean? What did you do?"

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"THE GOSSIPER: EUROPEAN PRINCESS POSES AS HIGH SCHOOLER."

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"THE GOSSIPER: EUROPEAN PRINCESS POSES AS HIGH SCHOOLER."

Seriously? What is this? TMZ?

"No" Emilia mutters under her breath as she read the headline. It's happening. The thing she feared most since coming here has happened, and the people that she weren't sure would keep her secret were the ones to spill it, and those same people jus happened to be some of her closest friends.

Abigail Hamilton has not had an easy life. You might think: How come? She's royalty.

-But no. If Hallmark movies have taught you anything, it is especially hard when you are of royal blood, since, you know, you have thousands of people carefully observing your every move.

So to put it simple, she was stressed. Her father, along with Emilia's both died in a horrible plane crash, but Abigail's situation was different. How? Because after that plane went down, Abigail's father actually made it home. Seriously injured, might I add. And even though Abigail was glad that her father made it out alive, her happiness was short lived when her father spent days fighting for his life, before eventually giving up. Emilia's father didn't make it home for thanksgiving, but at least she didn't have to watch him die, that man was axis of Abigail's Earth. Now her Earth was just spinning out of control.

Anyways. My point is. She's been through a lot. So imagine her reaction when she realizes that her biggest secret had been revealed and her world was about to spin faster than it ever did before.

Abigail noticed the panicked look on her best friend's face, so she too, pulled out her cell.

Soon enough, she begins to hyperventilate. Now was definitely not the time to have an asthma attack but hey, her world is spinning out of control after all. Abigail squeezes her chest as she feels it tighten. She shuts her eyes, taking deep, long breaths and it isn't long before the rest notices.

"Abbi? Are you okay?" Emilia was the first to ask. When she does not hear her best friend's response, that's when she knew something was really up. "Abigail! Oh nein nicht schon wieder. She's having an asthma attack! Help! Someone help!" But her cries were ignored.

[Translate German: Oh no, not again.]

"Pfft yeah right, little miss duchess, doing anything to get a little attention." Hailey scoffs, not looking a bit concerned. "I bet she doesn't even have asthma."

"Guys, this is serious, someone call 911. Abbi, Abigail, breathe, okay? Durchatmen" Emilia soothes, holding onto her best friend's shoulder and slowly breathing in and out as an example.

[Breathe]

When Emilia notices that none of her 'friends' made a move to help, she looks at them in shock for a split second for turning to Ace. "Ace, her inhaler. It's inside her bag." Emilia says, motioning towards Abigail's bag which was now on the floor.

"And?" Is all Ace asks.

"What do you mean 'and'? Go get the damn inhaler!" Emilia snaps, that's when the person she least expected, failed her.

"Do it yourself." Is all Ace says, spinning around and taking off, the rest of their friends in tow.

Emilia stares at their figures in shock as they walk away, tears in her eyes. For some reason, all their schoolmates were staring, but made no move to help.

As much s Emilia couldn't believe that her friends betrayed her, she decided to deal with in later as her best friends was kinda dying at the moment. She rushed over to where Abigail's bag was and retrieved her inhaler.

Unfortunately, when she shakes it, and brings it up to Abigail's mouth, pumping it. She finds out that it's finished.

"No. No, no, no, no. Please come on." When she realizes that it really is finished and there is nothing she could do, she decides to just call the ambulance.

"Hello. Hi. My name is Emilia Williams. I am at East High and my friend is having an asthma attack. No, her inhaler finished. Please hurry. Thank you."

"Abigail, bleib dran, okay? Hilfe ist auf dem Weg." [Abigail, hang in there, okay? Help is on the way.]

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Emilia sits in the hospital waiting chair, completely in shock by the news she just heard. The doctor's words still ringing in her ears.

"I'm sorry, ugh. Your Highness. Your cousin- the Duchess, stopped breathing before we could do anything. She's gone."

Probably the whole world now knows who Emilia and Abigail really is. After the news circulated around the school, everyone began socializing and it became the top most tweeted about.

Her best friend just died and all they could do was tweet about it. She had enough. Emilia remembered something her mother said to her when she was a little girl: "A true queen knows how to build her empire with the same stones that were used to break it down, but if you manage to build that empire, and they still don't want you to rule it. Then burn. It. Down."

Her mother was right, she missed her mother. Emilia couldn't help but take out her phone and dial her mother's number.

As soon s she hears her mother's voice, more tears immediately starts rushing down.

"Oh Mutter. Ich kann es nicht mehr ertragen. Ich möchte nach Hause kommen. Ich hätte nie gehen sollen." She cried. [Oh mother, I can not take it anymore. I want to come home, I should have never left.]

If she didn't then Abigail wouldn't have come too and therefore would be dead right now.

Her mother's audibly sniffs, as if she too had been crying. "Ach Schatz. Ich bin schon unterwegs." [Oh sweetheart. I am already on my way.]

Emilia smiles, tears still streaming down her face. "Thank you, and you were right." She says.

"About what?" Queen Isabella asks.

Emilia wipes her tears away before saying seriously. "Wenn ich mein Imperium nicht regieren kann, muss ich es vielleicht zerstören."

[If I can not rule my empire, then perhaps I must destroy it.]