CHAPTER 11-MY LUNA

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I rose up but they push me back to my seat again, literally so hard, parang may galit talaga "No, If the king finds out that your gone, We'll be dead meat. And also it's not good for a woman roaming around the town in the middle of the night, it's not safe!"

They scolded me, lectured me like a helpless child. But they still have a point though. Back in my era women are not safe, especially at night. We don't know if there's any bystander watching us from a distance and those big arms, leaden body are strong enough to dragged a weak body and we don't know what will happen next.

But this is not my era, I'm a princess here. Highly secured inside the tall walls, surrounded with guards. And under the rules of monarchy

But aside from that. No one dares to disturbed a princess in her slumber at night, Something clicked on my mind, which gives me an idea, What if we flee and go back home before the dawn comes out. Then everything goes back to normal, like none of those ever happen diba? "Nah, balik lang tayo agad"

"Your highness we can't pass those guards, they're on patrol every night"-said pearl and look outside the balcony, right to left and turn her gaze back at us "It's impossible your highness. The main Gate is highly secured. The scouts are all over the town. What if they finds out your out there..!" She gives a sign of slits on the neck

"Nah, stop worrying to much. I need to think some tactics so we safely glide pass the gate without disturbing those guards. But my brain is not cooperating!" Gagi kung tutuosin napakasecured ng palasyo na ito lalo na sa gabi eh pano kami makakalusot nito. Saan paba merong daanan. Saan?! "I'm stress!"

Pearl bowed at me and paddled over the door "I'm gonna bring you, your tea your highness.."

"Wait, that's it?!" I shouted. Kailangan namin ng food. What about a dessert serves as a decoy

"What's it?" they all asked and pearl stop while holding the doorknob and came back to listen

"You have any sleeping tablet or any sleeping pills"

"You mean you're gonna put them to sleep?"

Ay hinde para magising sila buong gabi ganern. Buti hindi ko napairal tong pagiging pilosopo, ko ewan ko nalang. We rushed to the kitchen and it's a good thing the chef didn't mind my ladies-in-waiting making a dessert. And of course to avoid any attention. I'm waiting together with Carnelian and Emerald.

An hour later...

They have arrived with different types of delicious dessert and Emerald almost take one of those but Amethyst slapped her hand away from the tray "You want to have an upset tummy?!"

"Uh no!" she replied hastily and wipe her hand on her skirt "Geez that's not what her highnesses orders"

"A change of plans"

"Why?"

I confronted her "You mean that's not a sleeping pills?" Tanong ko at umiling sila

"We can't put them to sleep your highness. The king will have their heads if he finds out they're sleeping while on their duty. This was Amethyst idea, she mixed them carefully and put some flavor to remove the odor. But don't worry the castle has the antidote for this"

Sabagay no. Ambubu ko naman.

I tied up my hair and use a light dress so I can run faster than wearing my gown. Those corset is a big X!  It's a cute dress, below knees skirt, vintage style clothes and I tucked it in and it matches perfectly. Syempre maganda naman kase ang prinsesa e. Ako na Yun.

They dressed themselves as the cooker. Those guards won't suspect anything from them because they are chef of the castle. Amethyst will do the job. So they won't be suspicious. Pangit man kung lahat kami sama sama edi mabisto tayo.

We aren't on the main gate but rather on the east side of the palace, A garden place near the towns bridge. As we arrived we stop as we saw their bascinet. We counted them and they're ten in counting..

"The dessert is 20 in counting"

"Well it's okay the more the merrier"

We heard a metal clang and we hid on the bushes. Peeping silently. One guard march to those ten and take the position of the other one as a proxy. Kinulbit ako ni Sapphire at nilingon ko siya. May tinuro siya sa malayo at may nakikita akong ibang guard na kinukuha ang kanilang mga sandata at handa nang umalis. Sa kalayuan napansin ko Ang mga pinagkainan nila.

"Good job sapphire!" Dahil sa tuwa niyakap ko siya. Amethyst rushed away carrying the food with her. We began panicking as she rushed away without even telling us. Were just watching her doing a stunt, and she's good at hiding. They didn't notice her. As they began moving away, carrying their weapon. She slipped inside and put them on the table and came back to us with smiling. " Success" She said, head high.

We shook our heads, Astonished by her. Like a hero in style and we go back peeping from behind the bushes again. The first one had his first bite and some five guards coming and rushed as they seen the food set on the table.

We close both of our palm to apologized to God. After a minutes of waiting some of them rush while holding their buttocks. Hanggang sunod sunod na silang at sabay sabay nang nagsialisan.

We came out from our hiding and rushed to the gate. We jumped back to the bushed as we saw one guard remain standing doing his duty to guard the gate even we heard his tummy belching. I saw his hands trembling while holding his spear. And he couldn't hold it and jump to the bushes. We too toeing and we I almost burst into laugh when a loud fart exploded. Tuloy tuloy na, parang Armalite rifle   Naririnig ko ang pag iiri niya.

We rushed to the towns bridge and went to the small route than going to a wide space. We can't just simply run free, because the scouts are everywhere. We peeped out from near the corner street wall and the scouts are marching in the centre of the town. Never leaving their post.

"Dun tayo sa kabila" Sabi ni Amethyst at sumabay na kami. Medyo nakakaliwag ng pakiramdam. There are few streets that has lesser scouts. And that moment we heard a clattering sounds from the roof and my ladies were on guard, they began surrounding me until they put me on the center.  "You guys, I can't fight" i said and tries to loose their squeezing me.

"Pearl, Sapphire lead us and you emerald be the tail"

"Aye!" said emerald with a cute salute

We followed the shadow jumping on every roof until it stop on someone's roof. On blink of an eyes. The person behind me desappeared.

"Ladies the person is..." Until I notice that I'm the only one left standing.

I was lost in oblivion as they arrived and ties the person on a chair. We are on someone's barn and the farmer is asleep. I didn't mind the smell inside but my attention is on the person whose hiding behind those dark cloak, hood and a piece of cloth covering his face. I tried to remove his mask but he just bit me.

"Ow!!" Sigaw ko at hinipan ang kamay ko na kinagat niya. Tumawa siya ng mahinahon. Isang lalake pala to. The person flinched as Pearl place the knife on his neck.

"Benzylliette working with a human. A mark of a traitor on your neck, is a mark of betrayal of your kind."

"We didn't betrayed our people nor planning to allied forces with the human kingdom.."

"Well did you? Then explain those contracts and these, you help an incompetent soul to hunt me. That's highly obvious, you're a traitor of our people!"

"Hey don't say that!" I raised my voice to he shut me off

"A mouse trying to set trap on a cat" he mumbled

"Rude! She's not just any human, she's a princess!" Shouted pearl on him

"Oh?" that piqued his interest and narrowed his eyes on me and his hood slip, showing his bare face and I mouth dropped. Dang whatta pretty boy. "You'll be perfect for our Empress main dish" His lips parted. His threatening me! I grimaced as those words escaped his mouth "I'm going to report this back to Zendalia. You five, enjoy your last moment.."

I slightly pushed his seat. It made him flinched "If I let go then I'll be happy to leave you lying while tied up on this chair! and the farmer will alarm the guards and no one can save you, you'll die alone.."

He just chuckles "Is that a threat?"

"Yes, And you should've thank me because I was your only chance"

"I'll be happy to die rather than expecting help from an incompetent human girl. An idiot whose afraid enough to give orders and always depending on his father.."

I boiled in anger but i hold those anger inside me, I shouldn't be offended because I'm not that princess anymore, because I am the author whose leading this story. "Oh really? then try me. Those eyes are pretty yet deadly at the same time" I said, being a bit flirtatious. But he didn't replied back and stubbornly looked away but I pull his chin to my direction. My ladies are securing the place and it's a long night. We caught ourselves Luna, a stubborn one. "I offer you a job"

"Just kill me" Couldn't imagined he look so good than what I had in mind. My own imagination sucks. I brush my fingers on his long hair down to his chin, pushing it to look at me again. His eyes are deep, turned up nose and cute plush lips. "Kill me.." he said for the last time, with a husky voice and it's just way flirty than mine. Lakas ng charisma puta.

Napansin ko na parang maluwang ang kabilang kamay niya. Parang makawala na ito. Inaakit niya lang ako para di ko mapansin iyon. I fumbled on my pocket to reach my knife to counter attack him. And for the final blow our weapons met with a loud clang. I was nicked on the left side on cheek but I save my whole face. His dagger were slipping if I couldn't blocked those force, then my flesh will torn out. Amethyst hold his arm and the dagger fell beside him.

I had no choice, his so calm, his just staring at me. Like his casting something on my consciousness. But I shook that away and face him and amethyst shrieks, cause she didn't expected it to happen. She pressed her eyes closed. I put my lips on the bridge of his nose and slowly deliver a series of soft kisses. The gentle pressure of the kisses and delicate warmth of my breath will ease his tension and relax him in no time. I devour his upper lips it was something like I want to taste again. I saw how shocked he was, as I was enjoying sipping it. He has that luscious lips, it's soft like he hasn't kiss someone before. I released my lips from him and a small chuckles slips my mouth to see him mouth dropped, an expression of a person that just experience a first kiss..

I saw a light glowed on his wrist, A mark appeared. I put my lips behind his ears and it had him flinched "Your mine" A wide eyes from his a signed of regret and death was written on his face. I cut him loose and as he even tries to ran away he can't. A chain wrapped around his wrist and it connect to my wrist. And we're bound to be together as long as I don't declared his freedom. I need him for my mission.