CHAPTER 12: Where Are You Hiding Her!

"Where are you hiding her!" shouted Prince Regent. 

"Calm down Prince Regent."

"Miss Rosie is not here," said Sebastian.

"Rosie?"

"Yes. That's the woman's name. She's the one you been looking for, isn't it?"

Prince Regent frowned at him. "How do you know I am looking for her?"

Sebastian chuckled. "Prince Regent everyone knows you been searching for a woman."

Prince Regent walked up to him. "You're smart and you're correct. I am looking for her."

"I knew it. The moment your eyes spark when you saw her. I was pretty sure she's the one you been searching for."

"So, where did she go?"

"Miss Rosie have left already." 

"What!" exclaimed Prince Regent.

"She came out and you were gone."

"I thought I told her that I want the performers to entertain my people tonight."

"Yes. You will get the performers as promise."

"How? When she's missing."

"Well, the performers are us."

"What?"

"She's not part of our performance."

"What do you mean?"

"She was traveling alone and ran out of money. So, she asked to take a ride with us. She earned us quite a bit of money along the way. So, we split some profits with her. Feeling pity to let her go alone, we let her stay with us on our way out of the capital."

Prince Regent clenched his fists tightly. "Which way did she go?"

"She went down that road." Sebastian pointed down the long windy road.

"Find her," said Prince Regent, looking at Commander Wang.

"Yes, Prince Regent," said Commander Wang. "Spread out."

Prince Regent couldn't believe he had lost her again.

That night they searched for her from top to bottom.

"Prince Regent, we cannot find her," said Commander Wang.

Prince Regent frowned.

"Humph. Why are you looking for her?" asked Princess Peach.

Prince Regent ignored her.

"Prince Regent?" asked Princess Peach, again.

Prince Regent turned away from Princess Peach and walked towards the road. "If I were her, where would I go?" thought Prince Regent. He walked further down the path. "I would go home. Home. But where is home?" Prince Regent looked up towards the mountain. He then gasped.

Commander Wang looked at Prince Regent as his face seems to lit up.

"Afar vision," said Prince Regent. His magic spell allows him to see anyone in far distance. As he was scanning the mountain, he saw someone moving in the trees. His vision focuses on it. Then he saw her. He saw her white and blue dress. He gasped as he was able to locate her high up in the mountains.

Rosie, feeling someone's eyes on her, looked down the mountain. Then she saw him. His brown eyes staring at her.

Prince Regent smiled. "I found you."

Rosie, feeling his eyes on her, felt as if it was burning through her.

"What is it?" asked Commander Wang.

Prince Regent chuckled. "How dare you run." He looked at her position without blinking.

Rosie became worried. She gasped as she felt her heart thumping loudly in her chest.

"Oh, he found her," said Commander Wang.

"Who?" asked Princess Peach.

"The phoenix he can't forget."

"What?"

"I'm not letting you get away," whispered Prince Regent. He summoned his golden dragon. "I summon thee, golden dragon." His golden dragon appear right before him.

It was a big and large shiny dragon. Every part of him was covered in gold.

Prince Regent stepped onto his golden dragon's head.

"Prince Regent! Prince Regent, take me with you. You can't leave me here!" exclaimed Princess Peach.

Commander Wang stopped her. "You cannot get on with his highness."

Princess Peach stomped her feet angrily.

"Go," said Prince Regent.

Rosie's eyes widened as she heard him. She turned around and started to walk away. Her breathing quickened. She wasn't sure if he was coming for her or not, but she felt that his words were towards her. Her feet started to quicken it's pace and then she started to run. She had to keep her distance from this man as he saw her phoenix's form.

Prince Regent smiled and said, "Follow that woman."

Rosie gasped when he saw that Prince Regent was coming after her.

"I won't let you run," thought Prince Regent.

"Yuni!" shouted Rosie.

Her white wolf appeared before her. "What is it, Princess?"

"Hurry, run. We got to outrun the Prince Regent."

Yuni looked up into the sky and saw a golden dragon. "Outrun a dragon? From the sky?"

"Yes, please. Anything will do. Once we pass this mountain, I will go into the mountain to hide. He won't be able to follow us from there."

Yuni looked up into the sky. "I think we still got a little while before they can catch us. But it will be close," said Yuni.

"Alright, let's go."

Yuni nodded.

Rosie lifted up her dress so she could climb on top of her back. They took off running towards the mountain's core.

Prince Regent noticed that she was trying to run into the mountain's core. She was trying to use that to hide her trail so he couldn't follow her. "What a smart woman," he thought.

"Yuni wait until we're close than you can speed up," said Rosie.

Yuni nodded.

Prince Regent said to his golden dragon, "Don't let her get away."

"Prince Alex, I cannot fly that low," said his golden dragon.

"Don't worry, get me close enough and I will take it from there."

His golden dragon nodded.

"Hurry, Yuni," said Rosie.

Yuni speed up her pace and ran faster.

"Oh no, she's planning to make a run for it," thought Prince Regent. "Hurry!" He shouted to his golden dragon.

His golden dragon roars and it also speed up it's pace.

"Yuni!" shouted Rosie.

"I got it Princess," said Yuni. Yuni tried to pick up her pace even more.

"Prince, they're picking up their speed," said the golden dragon.

"Don't let her make it to the mountain's core," said Prince Regent.

The golden dragon flew lower to Rosie and Yuni.

"Miss Rosie!" shouted Prince Regent.

Rosie hearing him calling out her named turned to look at him.

Prince Regent smiled as that truly was her name. "Stop."

Rosie was afraid of him and didn't slow down. She wasn't sure what's his true intention was since he'd been looking for her throughout the city. Since the day after the war her pictures started showing up all over the place. She had to hide her true form and travel in disguise. She knew that she could not run long if she was still in the city as he was constantly on the lookout for her. But because of her grandfather's ashes she had to return to the city.

"Here we go, Princess," said Yuni.

"Get down lower," said Prince Regent.

His golden dragon lowered down.

Prince Regent was reaching his hand out to Rosie.

Rosie saw his hand as he was reaching for her.

"Rosie, come," said Prince Regent.

Rosie looked at him. Her red eyes looked at him with curiosity.

Prince Regent gasped at her beautiful red eyes. "Come to me." His hand was fully reached out to her.

Yuni seeing the Prince Regent's hand frowned. She was afraid the prince was going to use the princess for evil intent as she had the phoenix's power. "Princess, go!" shouted Yuni.

Rosie nodded. She made jump and disappeared into the mountain's core.

"NOOOOOO!" shouted Prince Regent.

"Crap!" exclaimed the golden dragon. He was going to hit the mountain and shifted his body to run up the mountain.

"Damn it!"

"Prince Regent, she's gone!"

Prince Regent jumped off of his dragon. He landed on top of the mountain. He was so angry that she got away again. He smashed the tree and it split in half. "Go. Find out where she went. I want every details every single moment."

"Yes, Prince Regent," said the golden dragon. He disappeared into thin air.