The Emperor turned to Samantha and said, "What are you still doing there? Return to your home."
Samantha, still pretending to be innocent, bow quietly. She gently said, "Yes, Emperor." She turned to walk away. Biting her lower lip, she couldn't believe that her plan didn't work. It didn't go accordingly to how she wanted it. She looked at Ruby. Irritated that the ugly fat girl ruined her planned. Her well thought scheme would have worked if it wasn't because of her. Ruby ruined it all! She worked too hard to get close to Prince Eric and she's not going to him go. She couldn't let all of her hard work go to waste. She couldn't miss this last opportunity. Trying to think of a way to turn this event around she frowned. Thinking of something sinister, she faked her cry and spun around. Running to the Emperor she said, "Please, hear me out. Don't hurt him. Not, Prince Eric.""What?" question the Emperor looking at Samantha with curiosity. "Please. He's innocent.""He's my own son. I wouldn't do anything to harm him."Samantha looked at him, and then to his sons and soldiers behind him.As if he understood, he told everyone to leave. Ruby was also getting ready to leave. As soon as she turned, she saw a smile from Samantha. She saw the evil look of that woman staring at her. Shocked, she pretended not to see Samantha, hoping she didn't notice her. She knew that Samantha was up to no good, and even now it seems she had already come up with another plan. Ruby must find out what she's planning so she can counter her wicked plans. Slowly, she purposely fell behind. As soon as she went unnoticed, she stepped back and vanished. Following the same path, she hid behind the trees. She was leaning out of the tree to listen to their conversation. There were rustling noises and Samantha saw Ruby was hiding behind the trees."This stupid girl, really did sneak back," thought Samantha. Smiling as another evil plan was submerging in her head. "Today I'm going crush your heart and soul. And break that naive heart of yours." "Go ahead, Miss Wild," said the Emperor impatiently. "Prince Eric, summons me here to talk about our secret affair.""Secret affair?""Yes, our liking for each other.""Oh.""He says he couldn't bear to be without me anymore.""He did?" questioned the Emperor. "Yes. He said that with Ruby following him around-" Samantha purposely paused. Then she started to fidget her fingers around to look innocent."Go on, she's not here. Nothing to be afraid of.""So, in order to avoid her, we have to hide here in the bushes."Throbbing pain hit Ruby in her heart. In silence she thought, "He lied to me." She couldn't believe that Prince Eric lied to her. He told her that he was going into seclusion not because he was avoiding her, but to practice his magic and spiritual powers. A tear streamed down her face, and she wiped it away quickly."Oh.""When we got here, he confesses his love to me.""Really?"That is true. Ruby heard it loud and clear as they moaned out their heart's deepest desire when they're embraced in each other's arms. "He couldn't hide his feelings anymore." "So, you say.""He told me how he was forced into marrying Ruby." Ruby was shocked. She couldn't help but have a heart ached. Tears was slowly dripping down her face. This was a secret only the royal family knows. For Prince Eric was indeed forced to marry her. But for Samantha to know, Prince Eric must have told her. Her heart felt like it was being scorched by fire. Ruby thought, "How could he have spilled the beans about our arranged marriage? About me. About us. How could he make me look so bad. Make me so... so desperate? How could he make it look like he WAS the victim to this marriage? When he agtreed as well. Didn't he like me at least one bit? For him to tell her the secret he must fully trust her. And not just anyone he told, but his lover." Ruby clenched her fist tightly against her chest. The sky started to thunder above her.Covering her face, she was trying to stop the tears that wouldn't stop coming. Her heart ached painfully.
"He also said that I am his true love," said Samantha shyly. Ruby's heart pounded rapidly."Did he really say that?""Yes, he said he would marry no one but me. So, if he claims me, then you won't force him to marry Ruby Scarlet."Ruby was trembling as she remembered Prince Eric and Samantha's mouth going at each other and their tongues slurping at each other. Uncontrollable pain was stabbing her heart. No matter how much she wipes away her tears, it won't stop falling. "Don't worry about today's event, I will talk to your grandfather."Samantha got into her carriage. As the carriage was moving, she stared out the window. She said to herself, "I will make you pay for ruining my chance of getting married into the royalties. My fame, wealth, and being the princess consort is all ruined because of you! For today's humiliation I will make you pay! I will make that prince fall in love with me even more. Making him head over heels for me that he won't care about you. When his love for me becomes undying, I will make sure he never looks at you! You will die by my hands Ruby Scarlet!"Ruby got into her carriage and also got ready to leave. While all the carriages made their way to the city, her carriage took a sharp turn into another path. A dark and hidden path. A course that no one dares to take. Further and further the carriage headed away from society. Towards the Forbidden Mountain the carriage went. The carriage came to a stop in front of two boulders. At a certain angle the boulders look like dragons, but to everyone else it looks just like rubble of rocks. "We've arrived," said the coachmen. He didn't even bother to help Ruby off the carriage.Ruby said thanks to him.The coachmen huffed and turned on his heels and walked away. Even he was disgusted with her hideous look. Slowly the carriage disappeared from her sight. Sighing Ruby look at the cold, dark, and mysterious mountain.Some say that evil spirits haunts the mountain. Rumors of strange monsters roaming the hilltop. Horrendous creatures prowl through the nighttime, waiting to devour the virgins.
"Grandmother Willow, don't cry. I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you worry. I will get Prince Eric to love me, you'll see."Grandmother Willow looked at her innocent granddaughter and smiled. She replied after kissing her on the forehead, "Yes my dear child. Let's keep trying." Ruby hugged her Grandmother Willow's spirit.After a while Ruby calmed down and lay on her Grandmother's lap. Curiously she asked, "Grandmother Willow will you tell me the story behind this ugly spell?" "Alright child, I will tell you." "One thousand years ago, there was a creature that descended from the heavenly world to the human world. She was the most powerful of them all, the Phoenix Goddess. Her powers were so great that creatures of all kinds and sizes would bow down to her. With her great power she was able to unify the world together in peace. Once the world was able to live peacefully and prosperously, she had to return to the immortal realm. However, she was poisoned by her lover and lost all her d
"Alright. I am heading to the palace. Wait for me, I will be right back." Grandmother Willow nodded.Ruby went inside her house and grabbed a small bottle of ointment. She opened up a portal and she stepped inside to enter the palace. Ruby knocked on Prince Eric's door. There was no reply, it was silent."Prince Eric. It's me, Ruby. I came to see you," said Ruby. The door opened to her surprise. She was happy. For the first time ever, he opened up the door for her. He was willing to see her after all the issues that had happened that afternoon. She imagined his handsome face looking at her and apologizing for breaking his promise. However, she was disappointed. His face was cold, and his eyes were staring at her with anger. Like always he never greets her with warmth the same way he looks at Samantha."What do you want?" asked Eric. "Um, um, I wanted to give you some ointment for your face." He smiled wickedly at her, then suddenly she felt his hand on her wrist. With force he pu
The aching pain in her heart made the restless tears drip down her face once again. Wiping it away, she stumbles to get up from the ground. Walking past him she puts down the ointment on his dresser. "Please use whatever is left of it to treat your wounds." With those words she walked out of his room. As soon as the door closes, Eric sighs in relief. He was glad to finally get rid of Ruby. He knew that if he didn't open the door, she wouldn't leave him alone. It was best to have her come into his room and be done with it. How he wish she would just disappear. Eric thought to himself that it be best for him to go to the frontline for the next few years. He needed to avoid the growing problem. Especially her. Through the next few years, it will give him enough time to cool off.During those times he will grow stronger and more powerful. When he comes back with victory in hand, then the Emperor won't be able to hold onto him anymore. He will be known as the Prince Regent. He has too. O
"Oh, Emperor, I do have a matter to discuss with you," said Duke Henry."Yes, what is it?" asked the Emperor."As you are well aware of the scandalous that happened this afternoon, I want an explanation.""What is that you want?""I want Prince Eric to be responsible for what he have done to my granddaughter.""Why do you say that?""It takes two to make an affair work. Don't you think so?""What makes you think they were both in it together?""As far as I was told, Prince Eric has claimed to marry my daughter after he lay hands on her. And I was also told it was very hot as well, since they were found with clothes half undone."Ruby recalls Eric and Samantha's little rendezvous. Even if the thunder lashes out her eyes the images of them in the bushes won't wipe away her memories of them embracing each other.The Emperor didn't say anything.With no response, Duke Wild tenses and continues to say, "You are well aware that with this issues, it will stain her reputation. It will ruin my
"Damn, they have been at it for hours," said one of the soldiers patrolling. "Hey, she's a hot babe," replied one of the other soldiers.Covering her face with tears flooding down her cheeks, she ran out of the palace. The next following day Prince Eric woke up with Samantha in his arms. Pushing aside his hungover, he looked at the woman beside him. She was beautiful in his eyes. Then suddenly disappointment hit him as he realized that in a few hours he would be leaving for the frontline. He thought to himself that in the next few years, the person he loved most would be the one whom he misses the most. How Samantha will be in his thoughts all the time. This woman is dear to him, his childhood friend, and his first love. Then in the moment of his thoughts Ruby's face came into mind, but only for a split second and he shook his head that he must be crazy to even imagine her while holding his love in his arms. He looked back at Samantha's sleeping face and gave her a kiss on her foreh
Even though he denied not seeing Ruby, his eyes was searching for her. He wonders why he would do that, especially when he hated the ugly fat girl. A weird feeling overcame him, as he thought of the promise. He doesn't like that hideous girl, so he wouldn't care whether he kept or broke the promise. Broken promise. Ping! An ache came to his heart. He gasped at the sharp pain that suddenly came to him. Shaking off the feeling, he ignored it. As he left the capital that day, an overwhelming feeling of guilt washed over him. As they got further away from the palace and towards the countryside, Eric saw the Forbidden Mountain. He frowns as he wanted to avoid it at all costs."Kevin, make haste towards the west," said Eric."West?" asked Kevin."Yes.""Alright."Oddly enough they walked the whole day and still ended up coming back to the Forbidden Mountain. "What?" asked some of the soldiers."Kevin!" shouted Eric."Yes," replied Kevin in a nervous tone. "What is the meaning of this?""
"What? You mean FAT! Or even better, SCAR! What happened to your face? It used to just be pimples, then it became scars!" He jabbed his index finger at her head and with a push she fell backward. She fell and scrapped her hands on the ground as she was trying to brace for her fall. Her hands were bleeding and she felt like crying."For her, you will push me, call me names, humiliate me, and make me bleed." Eric saw what he did to her, and he brushed his hand through his hair. He looked at her hands and saw that they were really bleeding. Without sympathy he said with annoyance, "Get out." "What if I don't want to. What if I want to spend the night here with you?" asked Ruby hugging herself on the floor."What?""You heard me.""If you don't get out of here, I will personally drag you out myself.""Why won't you be with me tonight, the same as you spent last night with her.""How-how did you know?" asked Eric, shocked and surprised."Rumors tend to spread very quick.""I guess it did