Palace in the desert (2009)- full story

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Chapter I

 The Middle East. Another sultry day has already begun, urging all living beings to flee wherever. In this vast desert there was a magnificent palace - a real oasis of luxury, but there was something invaluable and important for the people who lived there - Princess Anastasia, a powerful sorceress who protected their desert kingdom from the evil sorceress Mayra. Anastasia had an unusually long,ankle-lenghted hair, golden like the sun that overshadowed the vastness of the desert, brown eyes that would be coloured with a little black color, giving her pharaonic look. Her hair was tied in a ponytail and the clothes she usually worn were golden-white dress with long sleeves, a ribbon around the neck and earrings. She had two court ladies, Jasmine and Lara, wearing shorter golden-white dresses, a few bracelets on both arms, the shoes with binding and their hair were twisted in two braids.

 Silence in the palace was interupted by scream-Jasmine found Lara dead on the floor in the garden of the palace, and Mayra was beside her! Mayra: "Tell your princess to surrender and give me the kingdom, because the next time I will not hurt the court lady, but everyone in the palace!"

Jasmine (goes to Anastasia) "May, Mayra .... she killed ..." Anastasia (scared): "Who?" Jasmine: "Lara! (They walk together to the garden) She said she would kill us all, she wants you to give her the kingdom ..." Anastasia (paused): "She knows I will never do that! My family has ruled here for centuries, I am not insane to obey to her! "Jasmine:" For God's sake, princess, this is the fifth time she killed somebody! It would be better to give up and ... "Anastasia (furiously):" To betray these people? No way! Let's solve this, later we'll bring a new court lady and defeat her. "Jasmine:" All right. "

 In the royal library they found which girl was originally from the kingdom, in fact, they found the daughter of the ex-inhabit of kingdom. She was called Marie and lived in New York, USA, so they had to wait a long time for her arrival. Marie lived a completely different life and wore different clothes and she did not know what she could expect in the palace, but she nevertheless agreed to come.

She came out of the chariots that brought her from the city, can't believing the scenery in front of her. "What is this? We are in the middle of the desert and this palace is the only thing here! Where are the people, where are the shops and the traffic ...?" - Marie shouted, and the coachman answers: "It's the only building in fifty kilometers in diameter, all that's needed for life is in the castle, but once a month several of us go to town to get the rest." Marie (shocked): Come on, you must be kidding! (The man takes bags and goes in, she runs after him) Ha, this is all joke for welcome, right? Hey, will you answer me?!

 Lot of things went through her head as she walked through the long hallway. "Here she is," says the queen, but soon got disappointed when she sees a blonde-haired girl in a sleeveless shirt and a mini skirt. Marie: "Oh, if this is a joke, please stop, it's creepy. Do not tell me that the natives are dressing like this! Gold has long since come out of fashion, I think, maybe it may have been popular in the eighties, but now ... (looks at Anastasia) Madam, how can you handle at all to wear a long dress in such a heat ?! " Anastasia's father: "You defy the princess! Ask for forgiveness or you will end up in the dungeon!" Anastasia: "Let her go, Father. She has a character, I like it. She's a bit rebelious, but who knows why it's good." Marie: "You are the princess ... Oops. Now I'm ashamed. Sorry." Anastasia: "I'll show you the room where you will stay." (They walk together) You will see that here it is not so bad for life as it looks like."

CHAPTER II

 Marie settled down nicely in the room but there was a problem to persuade her to wear a dress that was sewn on for her, but she gave up arguing and did it. Together with Jasmine, she went to the tour of the palace. Jasmine: "Here is the royal kitchen (shown on one door), and right next to it is the royal dining room... "Marie:" Have you ever been in love? " Jasmine (blushing): "I haven't, there's not a lot of guys here." Marie: "In America, girls often fall in love, go to party, go shopping, have fun! You're here in prison.How you entertain yourself here where you are cut off from the world? " Jasmine: "We have a radio so we can practice dance with music. We do handmade work like sewing and some of us also do art. Fun is everywhere, but you just have to make a little effort to find it."

 Anastasia walked through the garden where the fragrances of jasmine, rose, sandalwood and other aromatic plants mixed together, when she saw a column of camels going to the palace. She called her father to come to the garden, and showed in the direction of the uninvited guests .The king ordered to let people in the palace.

 The King (to the main one among them): "With what purpose did you come here, young man?" He: "I'm George, I came to ask for proposal of Princess Anastasia." King: "Then let it be. Be our honorary guest, George." The Queen sees the ring on his hand and shivers because she already saw that ring before...

 In the evening the king and the queen talked. The King: "It's just incredible that a prince has come to this place..." Queen: "His heart lead him... Have not you seen a ring on his hand? This is my son from the first marriage! He can not be Anastasia's husband because he's her half-brother! " King: "It's gonna be hard to tell her that... she'll hate us!" Queen: "We'll wait a little, maybe everything will fix eventually ..."

 Jasmine sat next to the window and looked at Prince George. She felt something strange in her... She was afraid that she fell in love with him, knowing that he had come for the princess. She stepped out of the window, trying to push it away from her head. Marie was still getting used to her new life and Mayra was preparing a mischievous plan during that time, which supposed to destroy the kingdom.

CHAPTER III

 A big black cloud was created above the palace and a warning sign was heard. Mayra was coming. Marie had never seen her before, at least she thought she was not...

 Mayra (appears): "Oh, you already wiped Lara away?" Marie: "Who is Lara?" Anastasia (pronounced spell): "She is too strong, the magic does not work!" Marie (sees a mole similar to hers on Mayra's arm): "Princess, is Mayra's name Maribel, maybe?" Anastasia (stunned): "How do you know that?!" Marie (shaken): "Maribel is my older sister who killed our family, and the foster family took me to America and after that I did not see her. She changed her look , but the mole remained. " Jasmine: "Unbelievable!" Mayra: "Damn, I should've killed you too!" Still, it's not too late now... (goes) "

 Everyone else freaked out- how is it possible that two of them are sisters? Marie still stayed fighting on the princess's side, regardless of the turn of the event.

 Anastasia and George spent more time together and meet each other secretly while Jasmine, even though she did not try to think of him, was increasingly falling in love with George. The fights between Anastasia and Mayra became more frequent but there was always the equal battle for both of them. Mayra would always look at her sister with hate, wanting to destroy her once for all, but she could not pass through Anastasia.

 At that time, the king and the queen were sent servants to find a prince for a daughter only to prevent the brother and sister from getting closer.

 One evening the queen came out in the garden and saw them together on the bench as they spoke, and at one point they almost kissed, but the queen reacted quickly and separated them on time.

 Marie was sitting alone and crying. Jasmin asked her for why she cries and she said, "I want to go to Mayra's hideout to revenge to her for what she did." Jasmine: "Revenge is wrong, we must defend the palace, not to revenge. Have patience. "

CHAPTER IV

 One day the princess got tired that the mother was always separating her from George, so she went with him to the chapel within the palace to perform a secret wedding ceremony. The Queen and the King quickly ran into the chapel and the queen finally said, "You can not marry him, he is my son!"Anastasia:" No ... no ... How could you hide it by now? " Queen: "Forgive me."

 Anastasia ran out of the chapel, kept running and left the palace. She could not go far, the sun had quickly exhausted her and she fell to the sand without consciousness. Although the soldiers were searching around the palace they could not find her. She was laying on the sand and probably would have died that Prince Sam did not find her and took her to the palace. He came to see the princess but did not expect to save her from death.

 The king and the queen thanked the prince. Anastasia began to wake up and thought that she was in the paradise when she saw Sam because for her he looked like an angel, but she was pleasantly surprised to hear that he was her savior.

 He stayed to live with them and Jasmine could try to get George. The Queen explained to her daughter and son what happened and why George did not see his mother for years. What is important about Sam it was established that he and the princess were not related and they could get married.

 In the midst of all planning of the wedding, first of George's and Jasmine's and then of Anastasia's and Sem's, no one noticed that Marie secretly exited the palace every day and followed Mayra in order to discover her hideout and see what was going on. Seeing that Mayra was making a machine that will destroy the palace, Marie decided to get ready and defeat her sister.

CHAPTER V

 The day before Jasmine and George's wedding Marie went to spoil her sister's plan. Since she did not answer anyone they searched her in the whole court, but then Jasmine remembered that she may have gone to Mayra. Anastasia, Sam, George and Jasmine went for her, in order to prevent her from entering the battle alone.

 On the way through the desert, Marie met the old woman with head wrapped in a scarf, who asked her to give her some water. There was very little water in the bottle and Marie doubted. She thought for a moment: "I've always been a selfish- when I was a little girl I did not want to share toys, I always wanted the best things, acted arogantly to my friends, I was wearing the most beautiful clothes... Now I'm here, trying to make up for what Mayra did. "She gave bottle to woman and said: "Take it, you need it more than I do" - and she goes in the other direction. "Wait!" - shouted the woman- "You passed a test! You changed your temper since you came here, you became a better person! (removes scarf) "Marie (surprised):" Mother? "How is this possible? You are alive?" Mother: "No, but I came to tell you that you are powerful enough to defeat Maribel. Believe in yourself ..." Behind her two full-water bottles were left, so Marie took them up and headed for Mayra's shelter.

 Anastasia found the Marie's trail and along with others went in that direction.

 Mayra was just finishing her machine when Marie appeared on her doorstep. Mayra: "What do you want, to destroy me? You are much stupid than I am, I can not believe that we are related." Marie: "No, Maribel, I am not alone,spirit of our mother you killed helps me. " Mayra (furious): "I am not Maribel, I am Mayra!" Marie (repeats): "Maribel, Maribel, Maribel ...."

 Mayra pulled out a sword and ran to her but Marie managed and took another sword to refuse her attacks. At the moment when Mayra dropped the sword, and Marie had the opportunity to kill her, Marie lowered the sword and said, "I can not do this," and then she went to the door. Mayra took advantage of the situation, took the chain and tied her hands with the words: "See, you can not, but I can. That's why you will be dead and not me." She took the sword and put it on Marie's neck.

 Mayra: "Greet Mom and Dad, and tell them I'm so powerful they would be proud of me. " Anastasia (from the door): "No, you will do it (destroying the machine)." Mayra: "What ?! I worked on it for months!" George freed Marie and then all three together used the powers on Mayra. As she disappeared, Marie quietly said, "Farewell... Maribel..."

 The kingdom was finally free, so the celebration could begin. Jasmine was a beautiful bride, just like Anastasia. Jasmine became a princess by marriage, and Marie was honored with the title of the princess because of her courage. From the court lady Jasmine and Marie became Anastasia's best friends, living in the same abundance as she. And, that's it, we've come to an end, we'll leave our heroes to live their peaceful and happy life.

End (original written during the summer 2009, new version 14.02.2017 at 17:15)
Suzana Ristic Suza
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Discussion

This is a short story, written in five short chapters, no new event was added in the new version, but the dialogs were changed. This is, overall, the second story I wrote (before "Year Seasons 2"), I'm not sure precisely when I wrote it but I remember thinking about the story as I walked through the courtyard of the nearby ambulance when I was back from school in the seventh grade. I wanted to make Anastasia a better version of myself and give her the look that I liked at that moment, with that "Rapunzel style" hair, but my traits would not fit into the character, it would be a completely missed story. After a while, I went into an alternative style, the complete opposite of the Egyptian-inspired style (technical, there is an Oriental Gothic style, but I will not write about Goth types here 😉), but it did not stop me from searching for a story where I will completely put myself. The fact is that these stories are morbid, but I presume that I am such a person, but it's not time for complete darkness, first I have to finish with the period where my main characters were princesses (lol, thanks to Disney, the cult of the princess has brought to us 😂), and then there will be a more serious topics 👤