THE WARRIOR PRINCESS

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Aurelia:

     The test came to an end the following week; Bethany had told me the plans of the empire. They felt I was just being rebellious and should give me some time. Guards were placed all-round the empire to watch for when I would come back. I still had two months to go before my first year would be over, Bethany had made them forget about the Academy so no one suspected I was here which was so good.

     We gathered by the notice board to see our results for our first test, I saw my name,

Aurelia Montez

Martial arts: 89%

Sword fighting: 89%

History: 90%

Archery: 99%

Wow, I did a great job for a first timer, I noticed everyone looking at me

‘you’re the Aurelia right?’ a girl said

‘yeah, I am’

‘congrats, you’re the highest in the form. I’m Mary, to be duchess of York’

‘nice to meet you, I am Aurelia’ she laughed

‘I know that already. I noticed you during archery test, you beat me with 10 points, I got 89 in archery’

‘that’s awesome’

‘fau…Aurelia, guess what’ liz said shaking me

‘what happened this time?’

‘she was the highest in swords fighting, hi Mary’ Claudia replied, I smiled

‘I told you archery wasn’t your thing’

‘but you did so well in archery, you’re so famous on campus now, you’ve broken your…I mean the queen’s record’ Louise said. I broke my Mother’s record, if only she knew. I met Bethany by the stables with a white horse, the horse bowed to me, I couldn’t miss that and the star on its head, it was Majesty, my horse, the last of the royal horses to exist. She was born the same day I was born so she became mine, I patted her mane, I missed her so much

‘how did you get Majesty out of the palace’

‘I made a deal with her, she comes with me and she sees you. She missed you fauna’

‘I missed her too’ Majesty horses were the most powerful horses according to history, my mother fought on a majesty horse. They were really fast, loyal and high jumpers, I’ve experienced that one before. Her colorful mane glistened in the afternoon sun ‘can I mount her’

‘she is yours, of course you can’ I smiled and mounted her, riding into the woods, the cool afternoon breeze touched my face making my hair fly in my face, I missed this, it was like I was home, riding the woods in the castle, I missed majesty so much. (while reading this, play touch the sky from brave)

    Later that evening, in the year one common room, Stephanie and I sat by the book shelf reading about history

‘her highnesses horse is beautiful, too bad she abandoned it all to rebel’ Patricia said

‘I will give anything to have a horse like hers’ Katrine, princess of Sweden said

‘it’s a royal horse your highness’

‘I know, I am royal, so I deserve it. I heard it’s the last of its kind. Queen Merida rode the mother during the war against the Asian empire’

‘it’s beautiful, I wonder if we’ll be allowed to ride it’

‘the horse belongs to her highness; princess fauna, and princess Bethany brought it to the Academy, I doubt we’ll be allowed, but I will give anything to ride it’ I scoffed hearing that, Majesty would never let any other person ride her except I and Mother