Second World: Chapter 14

Secret

I turned towards the door of the building. The voice was familiar. It hadn't been so long ago that the voice was heard. Goldheart. I was about to head towards the door when I realized, I wasn't the only one that heard his voice.

Alice and Kaine both held their hands over their ears. When they realized that it was safe, they put down their hands and then looked at each other. They whispered to each other before starting to heard towards the door themselves. I swallowed and looked back at Peter and Celeste, "The dragon is here. Would you like to come with me or do you want to stay here?"

Peter and Celeste looked at each other. Peter nodded and Celeste replied, "We'll go with you."

I nodded in response and followed right after Alice and Kaine. Outside was a mess. Some buildings had caught on fire while the citizens were running around and away from a certain area. It was where the dragon was. The five of them went in that direction.

After a moment, Alice and Kaine noticed the three of us following them. Kaine asked, "What are you doing here? It's dangerous!"

Alice looked at me again. I smiled and responded, "It may be dangerous but we need to be there."

Kaine sighed just as we all neared the dragon. Kaine and Alice stood before the dragon. The dragon looked at them and then at us and bowed  to them, "Greetings to Prince Kaine and Princess Alice. To what may I owe your appearance?"

"Prince Kaine?" Peter exclaimed. "Princess Alice?!" Celeste gasped. Alice and Kaine looked at us and nodded. Kaine looked at the dragon and said, "We came because you called, Goldheart."

Goldheart looked around. He nodded and then sighed, "My apologies. It wasn't my intention to call out to you, Your Highness. I was calling out to that human child behind you. The one who calls herself Evangeline Winters."

I curtsied as Kaine and Alice turned to look at me. Goldheart continued and demanded, "But never mind that. What is this that I hear that the Queen has gone missing?!"

Kaine looked nervous while Alice swallowed. She looked up at Goldheart and responded, "It wasn't our intention to hide this from you. In actual truth, the Queen has been missing for the past 9 years. Just after her coronation, she disappeared. Because we couldn't let the civilians know, we hid that fact from them while one of the Queen's look alikes took her place for a while."

I frowned, "The Queen is missing? Does this mean that I will not have the chance to meet her anymore?"

Everyone looked at me.


Original content posted under the pen name of Elyona Sterling at Textnovel.