2 A girl with red hair . (2/2)

”Yes let's proceed .” He is stopped as one of the courts men approach the guard and whisper something in his ear . ”The red haired princess is missing we gotta find her ”

”What did you say ? ” The guard couldn't believe it .

”I have something to attend to Your Highness . I'll be back . I apologise for the inconvenience ”

”No problem . ” Zen overhears their conversation and climbs his horse to look for himself . He rides out of the palace gates as Neil shouts behind him running but I'm vain .

”Prince Zen ... huh... why does he always do this ?” Zen keeps moving and as he goes a little away from the palace premises he finds someone laughing and giggling with a little boy holding a little lamb . It was white .. white as snow and his eats were black . That person seemed like a girl he could only see her through sideways as she wore a hoodie .

”He is so cute . Does he always live with you ? ”

”Yes . Do you like him ?”

”Ofcourse I do . ”

”Hey you are really pretty I haven't seen you around are you new to this place ”

”Umm.. not really but I don't come out often . I came today to see how things were outside . ” She says sitting on the flat small wall which surrounded the tree .

”You know I want to show you something . A garden with many flowers would you like to see it ?”

”Yes sure . ” They walk through the fields as they reach the garden filled with different colours of roses and tulips . No words could express it's beauty .

” Wonderful .. I haven't seen this sight before . Lovely !” Her eyes shine bright and watches the flowers to her Hearts content .

”I can give some if you like it so much ”

”Really that's so sweet of you .”

”This belongs to my Uncle so I'm sure he wouldn't mind . Here take them ” He hands her a handful of roses bound by a smooth ribbon as his Aunt looks on .

”Why don't you join us for some tea dear ?”

”Oh that's really nice of you Ma'am but I need to go I'm running late. May be next time for sure ”

”Well no problem go home safe dear ”

”I will . Thanks for these ...see you soon ” She waves goodbye and walks ahead . Zen is curious to see her and follows her without being noticed . She goes here and there has roasted corn .. plays games with the boys helps old people waking around .

”Wait is she the girl everyone are searching for ? But I'm sure I heard they said red hair princess but I can't see her face or her hair . She is covered completely and is weird I don't know what about her is princess like . S he is definitely not the one . He decides to go back to the palace but stays to see what she does . Roaming around she decides to rest in one of the playgrounds it's almost twilight . One of the boys begin to cry as his kite got stuck on a tree and this lady goes to help him out by climbing it all over the top and reaches the kite . As she looks down she throws the kite and begins to lose grip as everything begins to swirl in front of her .Though she looks confident boyish and brave one could never figure out that she was afraid of heights . She falls down from the tree and Zen catches her like a typical prince would right on time .

”Hey ! Are you okay ? ” The fall let's her hoodie loose and he is able to see her crimson red hair quite an unusual color for hair which astonishes him . He covers it back to avoid attention from the people around . He takes her with him on his way to the palace and meets Neil and the others .

”We can't thank you enough Prince Zen . We are truly grateful .”

”It's really no big deal . I just did what I was supposed to but ...”

”But ..?”

”Oh it's nothing . While guess I should be leaving now . It's time for me to go ”

”Sure then . We will be waiting for you to visit again . ” Alisha's parents and members of the royal court bid him farewell as she rests in her room .

”It's too early for you people to be thanking me . I'll make you thank me by giving me what I want . It seems coming here wasn't a waste of my time after all. This trip was sure interesting and surprising . ” Zen says to himself in mind as Neil observes a contemplative gleam on his face . They arrive back to Isla and Alisha was scolded given lectures by everyone at home for doing such a thing but she tried to maintain her calm since her sneak out wasn't that bad at all . She got to witness so many new things that she wished the day never ended . She wished the time to stop and enjoy her love to shop.

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”I'm back Your Majesty! ”

”Glad you are safe and sound so how did it go son ?”

”Better than what I expected . I found something valuable something very precious ”

”I see. What is it ?”

”Something that would belong only to me . You will see for yourself Father ” A smirk escapes his lips . What were his true intentions? nobody knew what he desired he was a mystery to everyone else .