Chapter 2

At least what I could admit was the fact and I don't that I can hide it anymore..... The Princess was actually very sweet and kind, Well mostly to me , and No matter how I try , I think that am actually starting to like the princess a lot and I can't help it , At least she was there for me..... Maybe my fate was not bad after all...

But there was something odd about the princess, and I have been should I say"Studying" her for quite a while now, Every night she would vanish and would only come back again at dawn , and I can't help but to think that there's something really going on , and when she was back, l had always tried asking her where she used to go to , but anytime I asked she would become all nervous and change the topic and sometimes when I ask she would literally become all pissed off , So I decided to leave the matter like that in order not to break the relationship I share with her , All I could do was to pray she was alright and that she comes back home safely in one piece or else I would be "Dead meat" literally in the hands of the king if anything happens to his daughter, Sometimes I would wonder how she use to escape from the palace without anyone seeing her or without getting caught...l just hope nothing goes wrong , But I really can't help but to be curious about where she use to go to,

but I guess I would have to keep my mouth shut ,it was none of my business and I didn't want to get into trouble and especially not becoming in the bad side of the princess

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It was another night, With another boring ball as usual , infact I don't think that the king would ever get tired of throwing magnificent balls and I can't deny the fact that I simply hate them all , Thank goodness today's ball was finally over ..... l was in the room , Princess Stephanie was sitting on the bed , She was busy talking and talking as usual and all I had to do was to reply when I was told to, l still hadn't figure out where she used to go but I think I would just give up on ever finding out cause even the princess wasn't ready on telling me, but I can't not seem to understand why I cannot stop stressing myself about it , maybe it because I didn't wanted anything to happen to the princess , Yes that should be it right? .... l was suddenly brought out of my thoughts by the princess constant blabbering

"Oh am so exhausted", Princess Stephanie said, Exhausted really? Oh I wish she was in my shoes then she would know what it feels like to be exhausted but I was not obviously going to tell her that

"At least the Ball was great right...." l said ,When I didn't know what else to say , even though I completely hated it

"Yeah sure ,I guess"...She said feeling unsure... "And also Prince James was there too ,he is cute right?

"No he is isn't , I hate is pride and ego " l said quickly ,and I really don't like the so called " Prince James" and I don't I can like anybody because I actually like no, l actually love someone else and his name is Jack and he is a palace guard and I know that this may sound dramatic but he is the love of my life and I so much love him .....He alone understands me completely and he loves me too , We secretly use to meet at midnight to talk and do "Stuffs" , l think you know what that means.... Well I guess Nights was the time when things in the day are not done huh? ...Like the princess off wherever she use to go to and me with my love Jack....

l looked at the princess and she looked worried ,She was also cold and distant towards me, Wait was it because I said I don't like James? wait I don't get it, maybe I shouldn't have said anything , l think I tends to forget my place, I think l.....

"Alexa I need to tell you something and I really need you to support me , she said standing up and going to get something

All I did was to stand still looking , thinking of every possible thing that she would want to say...She finally came back with something in her hand , it was a old looking stick that looks like a wand or something... I could feel the princess gaze on me which made me feel so uncomfortable so I tried to breakout of this uncomfortable situation....

"Are...Are you alright? I said with a unsure voice myself

"Am good , Alexa this is a big thing ....and I got to say something sooner or later....she said fiddling with her hands

"Look Alexa , l have been a princess all my life, l need a break at some point, you understand ..... She said still fixing her gaze on me and I saying nothing still feeling uncomfortable

"Okay fine I would get to the point , There's a play that I really so badly want to see , it a romantic play actually and it's at town, She said and my eyes widen ,So that's where she always goes to ,I finally found out...

"This wand was my mother's"... She said raising the wand ...

"It magical , My dad doesn't know about it, it the only thing I have that was my mother's,....

It has the power to transform things like for instance it can make you to look exactly like me and l to look exactly like you , Amazing right?..My mum use to sneak out using this wand "

Wait what the heck was she saying , Magical wand, Look alike, wait I don't understand , Is this a dream? What going on.....

"Please Alexa I need a favor, please l need you to switch roles with me so that I can see my favorite play..... Please, it only for this night

"I ... I don't know what to say" l said still confused about the whole thing

"Now am not asking you as a princess but as a friend, Wouldn't you make my wish come true"

"But how will you sneak out and not get caught" l asked

" Look don't worry about me , Have done this many times before I can do this ...."

"What about the king? I asked still afraid "What if he recognize me if am transformed to look like you..."l said still afraid

"Impossible, he would never find out , Are you going to help me or not ..... She said getting pissed off

"Okay fine " I said even I I don't feel good about this whole thing

"Great,Thank you so much I promise that I would be back before dawn, Okay? She said beaming

"Just have faith in me" She said and all I did was watch as she let out the wand and POOF! like that I became her look alike , I couldn't even believe it, I looked exactly like her ,Oh my God This is Creepy....

"Surprised right? You see it works , Okay I got to go now or else I might just even miss my play...She said with a smile on her face while I stand there looking anxious

"I have to go, I would be back before you can even start to get worried ....And also I would take care of myself, Okay? So just chill and enjoy yourself, Okay? Bye ....."

"And with that she left , I had a mixture of two feelings : I was worried about the princess and secondly OMG I was literally the princess ,well her look like but who's going to know , I can't even recognize myself, so who is....

I went to the mirror and looked at myself , I was dreaming really ,this was a dream and I think princess Stephanie was right , I better enjoy myself while it last... Finally I was a princess ....I went to Princess Stephanie closet trying on different clothes and I look amazing....It was like a dream come true and I feel on top of the world....

I went out of the room , Bossing every maid I saw, Finally I felt superior, I went to the humongous dinner table eating so many fancy foods ....l knew i may have raised suspicion cause the princess don't get that much but I didn't care , This was a blessing that would only last for one night....

After all that, I laid in the princess bed with a smile on my face, Before I knew it my eyes became heavy and I didn't know the time I slept off....I would have waited till midnight to tell Jack but I was so caught up with everything happening and I was so tired....

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I woke up as early as 6:00 in the morning the next day with a smile on my face as last night incidence flashed into my brain.....

l ran to the mirror and looked at myself, I was still the "Princess" and I looked amazing...Oh! but I guess this couldn't last forever...And I couldn't deny that I was still anxious about everything but I guess it was better, Me being myself not the princess clone ....

I wanted all this glorified things that the princess had but not in her body but in mine, I wanted everyone to call me princess "Alexa" not "Stephanie"...So this is not what I truly wanted, I guess? , But I would forever be grateful to princess Stephanie for giving me the opportunity to live like a princess...

l waited patiently for the princess to come ,But no one showed up and it brought shivers down my spine, I could feel my heart beating, I hope the princess was alright or else I would be Dead, l paced back and front in the room and l locked the door shut in order for anyone not to come in... What if they recognize me as me , What if am been caught, Nobody may have recognized me in the night but this is broad daylight...I am done been princess Stephanie , I want to be transformed back to me again...

7 ,8 ,9 ,10 passed by , Still no sign of her ....Now I was losing it , Some one was sure to come in any time to ask about the whereabouts why the"princess" has not come downstairs.... l needed water or I was going to pass out anytime from now...I went to the side table beside princess Stephanie bed to take water when my eyes caught something, it was a paper like a note , I took it out under the pillows, it was like some kind of letter , it was princess Stephanie writing too , and it says.....

"Dear Alexa, if you are reading this letter it means that I haven't returned back and I know that you must be worried but I just want you to relax and read ,That why I wrote this letter , The truth is I am never coming back again.....I have eloped with the love of my life and we are going to start our lives together...This might sound as a shocker to to but that's the truth and that's the reason y always go out every night, So that I can be with him , l love him so much and I am pregnant with his child , I realized and I know that my father , the king would never accept my choice of suitor cause he is just a mere lad , So I needed to elope before anything bad happens .....I wanted to tell you about all this ,I really do but I was unsure about the way you will react so I lied and luckily you believed, Please don't tell anyone about this especially my dad cause he would be heartbroken and vow to bring me back and kill my love...And I don't think I can live without him, Alexa if you have ever been my friend or ever been faithful to me , Then please carry on with this act , pretending to be the princess so all would be right .... Please ,if not because of me then do it for my unborn child or else Gus father would be killed , Please Alexa , I know I can trust you , Hope you know that if you don't pretend to be me, You would as well die because my dad would not also spear you too , So think about it and also I have took the wand with me so you can never change back ... Your choice , Either play along been the princess or be killed by my father if he finds out and that only if you tell him.... Your choice...

Yours sincerely

Stephanie

I couldn't believe it.... I felt my hands shaking and the letter falling on the floor, I couldn't believe this , I could feel tears slowly gathering in my eyes, is this all I am worth, How could she do this to me ...My head kept on spinning and I felt like dying , How could she have used me like that .... Don't I have feelings and emotion or it is because I was a maid that she could do this to me, Am I some kind of puppet....l lamented as tears freely fell , I was a tool she used in order to run away with her lover , She never did really cared about me , it was all a lie , A painful heartbreaking lie , She acted as if she did care so that I could trust her and when I did, she ruined my life....No I can't do this ,this can't be happening , I said breaking down crying , I stood up to search maybe she didn't actually took the wand but I couldn't find it....I broke down crying, What am I going to do now , my life is over and even if I tell the king the truth I would be Dead and what about her child, if the king kills her lover ....No I can't let the child go through the same pain for not having a father like I went through without having a mother , No I would have to do this , I said consoling myself.....

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and my heart skipped, who could that be.....