The doll story-2

Polly was very confused and she was tired. She just wanted to go home. She wanted to see her grandpa. He must be so worried.
"Prescilla, lets go. There is lot more to discuss. "
Polly walked slowly with the lady.She did not have a choice. They walked down the hill. The palace looked majestic. There were several guards surrounding the fort. Most of the guards shook their head in recognition of the lady Tensila. She must have known them. Some of them looked at her,she must be so out of the place. But no one asked anything.
As they entered the palace there were few ladies. They were dressed uniformally so Polly assumed that they should be working in the palace. Tensila called out to one of the maids.
"Christine, I want you to be the Governess and caretaker of Lady Prescilla. Take the help of few helps if you need them."
"Lady Prescilla!!! Oh my God. This is a pleasure. We have been so amiss without you princess. I hope you will solve all our problems. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Christine, head of staff and housekeeping. My great grandmother was the caretaker of her highness the queen when she was a child. I mean your grandmother.Lady Tensila , I must say this is a pleasure."
"Christine, I know you will be the best for the child. But for now get the princess ready as soon as possible. I need to discuss a lot with the princess.And watch out for the guards."
"Yes, lady." said Christine.
"What about the guards?" asked Polly
"Many of the guards are loyal towards the kingdom. But there are a few who work for the sorcerer. We need to be careful."
Polly followed the governess to the room. It was a big room,three times the size of the house where she and her grandpa lived. There was a huge mirror, a bed enough to accommodate the whole of Julie's family and lot many things which Polly was not able to identify what they were. There were also two more maids who held their head down and had a tray in each of their hand.
"Princess, this is your room. If it seems smaller we can change the room."
"No, no this is absolutely fine."
"Ok Princess. These two, Carline and Stepane will help you take bath.They are your personal help. I will oversee if everything is alright."
Ohhh so this is the maid's maid,Polly understood.
Polly kindly excused them from helping her take bath. She can do this much herself.
She was given a white dress with a lot of fittings. It was a beautiful dress with lot of designs and patterns which she had never seen. The maids helped her with her dress, then braided her hair and then did a little of coloring to her eyes and then cheek.Finally she was ready.
She went to the main hall.The lady was waiting there. She seemed a little restless.
"Sit down Prescilla. It must have been quite a shock for you. But things are as such haphazard here."
"Lady Tensila, tell me why did I come here or rather why was I brought here?"
"The story starts during the time when your grandmother was the queen. The king was a person with no respect for anyone. He was very arrogant and cruel. He had an affair with the chamber maid and she was conceived. The queen found about this and took the chambermaid under her custody. The maid bore a male child and she passed away. The child was named Thomas .The queen brought him up like her own child. After several years the queen had a child of her own, your father, Prince Promfer. The queen still liked Thomas. She considered him as her own son.
After few years the king passed away. And the question came to who will be the next king. The queen considered making Thomas as the king but he rejected it right away saying he never can earn the trust of the people and his brother Promfer is the ideal choice for the crown. But Promfer was still a minor so the queen decided that Promfer will become a king when he will turn 18 years old and till then Thomas will rule in the name of Promfer. It was this time Thomas met a lady and fell in love. The lady was not of royal blood but she was kind hearted and they both married. Within a year of their marriage she bore a child, Mathew. She also like Thomas birth mother passed away after giving birth to the child. Thomas was very heart broken. But he loved the child. Mathew was an extraordinary child. He showed all signs of royal blood. Unlike his father he was able to command and there was an attitude in him which made people fear. When Mathew was nine years, Promfer was crowed the king. There was a sudden change in the attitude of Mathew. The queen called the child and talked to him. She was quite upset when the talk ended. The queen called me and confided in me that Mathew's heart is quite dark. She told me as I remember. "He is quite vicious for his age. I did not except this from Thomas's son. He terrifies me. I am not quite sure of what I should do with him. Tensila, tell me can you do something about him?"
I told the queen that changing the past is something like going against the Gods which I will not be able to do. But I promised her that should something happen I will see that the future does not favour Mathew.
Then the next day the most terrible thing happened.

to be contd...