Chapter 7

Amira glared at him, "Let me go! You have nothing to say to me!" she shouted.

The boy smiled wickedly and said, "Oh, but we do. We have so much to say to you. Like how you're the worst thing that ever happened to this world. How fake, a fraud, a failure you are."

"You're so desperate for attention, that you pretend to be the so untouchable one." A girl coughed ridiculing her.

"You're a pain in the neck, a thorn in our side, a curse on our lives." A random boy with black short hair rolled his eyes. "How you'll destroy the whole kingdom."

"You'll make everything crumble, fall, and burn. You'll doom us all to the dark lord's wrath." the same boy who led the pack spoke.

The others nodded and agreed. They said similar things, and worse. They said things that made Amira's heart ache, and her eyes water, and her throat tighten. Things that made her want to scream, and cry, and run away.

But she didn't. She stood her ground and fought back. "You're wrong! You're lying! You're jealous! You don't know anything about me, and what's with the dark lord!? You're just scared, and angry, and bitter! You're just trying to make me feel bad!"

She said it with conviction, and courage, and defiance. She said it with everything she had, and everything she was.

But that didn't convince neither of them, "Yeah right." the boy smirked. 

They didn't listen. They didn't care. 

They kept on talking, and laughing, and hurting.

They kept on breaking, and crushing, and shattering her heart.

They kept on hating, and hating, and hating.

Until...

Until something changed.

Until something happened.

Until something snapped.

They all looked up and saw the sky.

The sky that was once bright, and blue, and beautiful.

The sky that was now dark, and gray, and ominous.

The sky that was now filled with clouds, and thunder, and lightning.

The sky that was now angry, and violent, and dangerous.

The sky that was now reflecting their emotions, their actions, their words.

The sky that was now warning them, scolding them, punishing them.

Amira bright eyes reflected the scene of dark clouds in her eyes. She uttered no words. Suddenly her mother called out to her name, "Amira!" griping her hand and inside the carriage. The trio entered the carriage and escaped. Together, with the two guards conducting the carriage, they left.

Without knowing or noticing that they passed Chico and Bejamin, who were trying to get inside the ceremony.

Chico and Benjamin were hiding behind a bush, waiting for the right moment to sneak into the ceremony. They had always wanted attend in a royal event, and this was their chance.

They saw a carriage leaving the ceremony, with the royal crest on it. They recognized it as the one that belonged to Princess Amira and Princess Adella, the daughters of the king and queen.

"Hey, look, it's the princesses!" Chico whispered, pointing at the carriage. "Why are they leaving so soon? The ceremony is not over yet." Benjamin wondered, looking puzzled.