Episode 4 The princesses and the unborn prince

Margaret went home soon, a boy named John stood there looking at her, with one hand in his pocket and the other holding an Oaks loop, as soon as he saw her he smiled.

"Grandma!" He ran to help her with a sack in her hands, and she reluctantly gave him "John!" She called and the boy smiled "yes gland ma" she sat on the wooden chair and John sat on the stone near her.

Margaret thought of how she was going to talk to John without awoken suspension, she like the boy but sometimes she thinks he was a bad boy, "glandma may be strong, but she need your help with her work Materials for the next two weeks, I will pay, I don't think I may go out soon, I want to make a lot of baskets for business," she explained, John looked her in the eye "does gland man needs John's help?" He asked with a smile, but it made Margate's heart bit fast. She controlled herself not quite understanding why the boy's eyes looked scary, but she still nodded.

"Then John will help grandma and in return John will Marry Faith when he grows up" he said smiling, this boy never stopped smiling, sometimes things he used to say were strange.

"No my dear John, I can never force Faith to marry anyone she doesn't like, if she chooses you in the future, she will be yours,":she said seriously.

"Don't worry grandma, I will do everything in my power to win her over. By that time I will work in the palace and have a lot of money" he boasted.

Margaret was in dip thought,'i need to find a way to chase him out of our lives' she thought.

At the palace Things were in chaos, almost everyone was busy.

Anita and Natalia looked with amusement on there little faces, "do you think because glandpa has money everyone pays more attention to him?" Natalia asks with a confused face. But Anita just smiled "I heard gland pa is a vicious person, so it is rumored that because of that everyone is afraid of him so I am sure these people are doing this because they're afraid not because they miss him." Anita said with a scared face.

Natalia was confused 'can gland pa be that bad? Even if he is! Can he even hate his grandchildren?' At the thought of that she looked at her sister with trembling lips "can the old rule return?" She asked her sister, and the two held each other, in freight.

The queen was coming from the room then she saw the scared two little girls, she had what they were talking about.

Sitting next to them, "what are you two afraid of? Don't worry grandpa won't hate you, but you must be good, or he will punish you" she cox and the girls smiled at her they always felt safe with her.

"Are there rumors true, you have lived long am sure you have seen him" Natalia couldn't help but ask.

"How about we confirm when he comes?" her hand.

Before they could ask anything else, the Horn outside the palace sounded " pooooooo...pooooo..." another started as soon as the other horn was about to die down, and followed many more.

The king and his first wife stood at the palace compound to welcome his father, behind him were his two wives and each with their children behind. The third wife was feeling unhappy, so she was going to look for an excuse to leave this place, that old man will be back? She was scared.

Her three kids with her, the first born was a girl named Sarah, she was the quiet girl, you can barely see her nor hear her talk, second was Lucy she was smart and like to associate with the second house twins but her mother likes to keep her invisible too, the third sister was just two years so no one paid attention to her, namely Martha, even her mother ignored her, she only loved her son in her belly, or is it another sister? Nobody knew because she told everyone that the baby's gender would be a surprise, the king didn't care at all after all his first wife was going to have a son.

The king's family always has a way to stand In , the first wife always stood with the king in public, always on the right hand side, while the second wife stood behind him to the right hand side where the first wife's back was facing , but she stood at a distance. The third wife stood opposite to the second wife standing to the left hand side of the king, pregnant and her three children.

The savants stood in front of the king's family with flowers in there hand, five stood at the side of the road while the other five stood to the other side and the maids faced each other, the two guards stood at the entrance had bow and arrows on there back and dressed in blue unequal uniforms, the other guards wearing red had spears in their hands.

The Horn's that had been played alated the villagers. And soon they stood near the road, every time they heard a hon like this, it means the neighboring villages have visited, invited by king chikwas m, nobody could enter or exit this village without approval of the king.

Some villagers went on hiding, especially, when they found out that the old king was the one coming back , but some people were curious as to who he was, they just wanted to see the man behind the rumors.

Margaret on the other hand, wasn't Happy ,John promised to help her, and he called his friends over to help the woman, but that was not why she was angry.

Ten years ago people where being ruled by General Peterson, in short he was called General P.

The man had six wives who disappeared mysteriously and nobody ever talked about that, he can kill at will, he can Simon anyone and nobody refused him.

When the king's first wife died people gave up six vagins in the village to satisfy him, the ladies where pitiful, but fill days later he gave a rule "A king is allowed to marry anyone, any woman, it doesn't matter she was taken if he chooses, the woman should be brought to the palace immediately." This rule scared the people but they had no choice but to do as told.

A year later he chose his only son to marry and ascend the throne, after making sure everything was fine he disappeared cramming to be saving the village, beyond the peoples reach,he was rumored to be sick and now he was back? Some people were scared of this pervert who doesn't let a woman's dress pass him by. And killing offenders what's also his Hoby.

That year he killed all people who had a heart shaped mark on their body, what they did nobody ask about it, announcing that they bring problems, such as shortage of food, drut and more.

"How can someone be a jinx just by having a birthmark?" Mama Margaret thought, looking at the baby sleeping, "you are a blessing to me, ever since I had you that day, my two years of life has been good, you a blessing in disguise, I don't want people to know your age, it's risky" she said smiling as she open her mark, she admired the beautiful heart on her neck, with a heavy heart she applied a white substance on he, and soon the mark disappeared " this is just to keep you for seventeen years, when you grow up this medication will not work and your mark will return. "She said putting a black soft cloth on her neck and the necklace on her looked beautiful , but this was a traditional from Margaret's mother side of the family, they used to put black cloth surrounding a neck, looking like it was a beautiful necklace, covering most part of the neck, with a spire design from Ivory, the bigger she grow the soft and comfortable someone can be it was of all size of people. It was perfect to cover the mark. She was taking precautions, all she wanted was to hide it until she couldn't anymore. "I will protect you" she said, and to her surprise the kid smiled while looking at her.

The gates of the palace soon opened revealing men in blue compats bows and arrows on a small back at the back, ten were on the horses and the rest were walking behind.

A very black man was in the middle, his face black and thick, he had no single heart on his head, he was Putting in all black.

As the horses approached the palace, people on the way were sleeping on the ground, forced by the old king's people. A lot of people were scared, they had no idea what would happen next and just hoped things wouldn't go worse.

As the people near the palace slept on the ground the old king suddenly stopped after his elder.

He looked around scanning the sleeping people, and ordered "only men can sleep on the ground, as for women,I just want the neall on the ground bowing their hands," as soon as he said so, his bodyguards went and did as told to the people.

Looking at the ladies the old king smiled, he pointed at two girls who had just put down there firewood kneeling to him. "Get them with us!" He commanded with a Scary tone, making the two girls start crying, but nobody paid attention to them because nobody dared say anything.

The get opened and the current king's mouth twitched as he pretended to be happy seeing his father, and when he saw two girls being treated as slaves, his face "game over" he said in his heart but maintaining his composure and went to help his father down.

Looking at his son's family, he looked at them one after another but every person he looked at he could see fear, he was amused by his princess, they were scared, he smiled in his heart 'ladies' he thought.

When his eyes mate with the queen, his heart bit a little, the little brat in the Belly was not afraid at all, the pregnant third wife nil down as everyone else but she was so scared that she sat on the ground. But this queen did not only stand by her husband side, but also smiled at him brightly.