Love In The Underworld
Chapter 1 - Dreams
It was a cold and windy night.
Inside the bedroom, on the bed sleeping.
Unknown
I will come for you.
I felt a cold chill above me and suddenly something cold slightly brush across my lips.
Every night as I sleep I hear a strange voice calling to me.
But no one is ever there.
Inessa
Must've been a dream.
Tessa
He came to the temple.
Tessa
Get up and get ready.
Got up and got ready in 30 mins.
Then when to meet the prince.
Tessa
Good morning, father.
Inessa
Good morning, father.
Pope
I see you two are in a hurry.
Tessa
We heard that the Prince was coming, so we wanted to see him.
Pope
But the Prince isn't coming alone.
Tessa
Who's he coming with?
Pope
I think it's someone from our neighboring kingdom.
Unknown
The Prince is here.
Prince Alexei
Hello, father.
Pope
Greetings, your highness.
Prince Alexei
This is Prince Wells.
Prince Alexei
He's our guest.
Pope
Welcome to Runa temple.
Tessa
Greetings, your highness.
Inessa
Greetings, your highness.
Prince Alexei
Hello, girls.
Prince Alexei
Prince Wells, this is Tessa and Inessa.
Prince Alexei
They grew up here in the temple and are candidates for becoming saintess.
Prince Wells
Pleasure to meet you.
Pope
How about I give you a tour of the temple and it's history?
Prince Wells
I would like that.
Pope
Girls go to your training with the others.
Tessa and I went for training, while father showed Prince Wells around.
Prince Wells
How are they chosen as candidates?
Pope
Well, some of them are from family's who are in need of capital, while some are from family's who want their daughters to be chosen as the saintess.
Pope
We treat them all fairly here.
Pope
It was a degree from the king to help his citizens.
Prince Wells
So what about the two girls earlier?
Prince Wells
What's their situation?
Prince Alexei
Tessa's family needs the capital and Inessa lost her parents when she was young.
Pope
She doesn't remember them or what happened.
Pope
And we don't know her last name, which would help us find any other relatives.
Prince Wells
Her parents died and she can't remember?
Prince Wells
How unfortunate.
Pope
But she's a wonderful girl.
Prince Wells
I bet she is.
After the tour they met with the other candidates.
Pope
Here are our other candidates.
Tessa
Where are you going?
Inessa
I'm going to get some water.
Prince Wells
Um... is it alright if I be excused?
Prince Wells
I'd like to use the bathroom.
As Inessa left, Prince Wells followed her.
Inessa
Lalala... lalala...
She was humming a melody while getting water from the well.
Prince Wells
That sounds beautiful.
She was shocked by Prince Wells sudden appearance.
Inessa
Your highness, what are you doing out here?
Prince Wells
I was just passing by, when I heard you humming.
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Chapter 2 - Lies
Prince Wells
So, what are you doing?
Inessa
I'm getting some water from the well.
Prince Wells
Would you like some help?
Inessa
That won't be necessary.
Inessa
Beside this is a job that we do.
He stood there starting at me as I get the water.
Inessa
Is there something on my face?
Prince Wells
Huh? Oh... no.
Prince Wells
It's just... when I first saw you, your beauty captivated me.
Prince Wells
I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you.
Prince Wells
Prince Alexei and the Runa temple are so lucky to have someone like you.
I turned to get the bucket out of the well, when I felt something brushed across my face making me flinch.
It was Prince Wells hands.
Inessa
Wh... What are you doing?
Prince Wells
I want to get to know you more.
He started to get closer and more touchy. He started to touch more than my face making my whole body shiver and I dropped the bucket.
Inessa
What are you doing?
Prince Wells
I won't hurt you.
Inessa
We can't be seen like this.
Prince Wells
I'll be quick.
I suddenly felt his hand on my lower back and I let out a strange sound as tries began to flow out my eyes.
Prince Wells
Your voice is as beautiful as you.
Unknown
How dare you touch what's mine?
Prince Wells
I... I can't breathe...
Prince Wells
Wh... what's happening?...
He stopped, then I looked up to see that he was struggling to breathe.
Prince Wells
Help... Help me...
Prince Wells
Something's choking me.
Unknown
I should kill you for wanting what does not belong to you.
Prince Wells
In... Inessa... please...
Unknown
Don't you dare say her name.
Prince Wells looked as if his life was being sucked out of him.
I got on my kneels and started to pray.
Inessa
Forgive him for what he's done and let him go.
Prince Alexei
Prince Wells!
Unknown
I'll let you go for now.
Unknown
But I won't be so merciful next time.
A moment later Prince Wells fell to the ground and began to breathe again.
The voice then disappeared.
Prince Alexei
Prince Wells!
Prince Alexei
What happened here?
Prince Alexei
Prince Wells, are you alright?
Prince Wells
Something just tried to kill me.
Prince Alexei
That's absurd.
Prince Alexei
This is holy grounds.
Prince Alexei
There's no way something or someone would try to kill or harm anyone.
Prince Wells
I know what I felt.
Prince Alexei
Is this true, Inessa?
Inessa
Um... well... I don't really know what happened, but he couldn't breathe for a few moments.
Prince Alexei
So you didn't see anything?
Prince Wells
I'm not crazy.
Prince Alexei
No one said you were.
Prince Alexei
What are the two of you doing out here by the way?
Prince Alexei
Didn't you go to the restroom?
Prince Wells
I... I got lost.
Prince Wells
I was just asking Inessa for directions.
Prince Alexei
Is that true?
As he turned to me to confirm what Prince Wells said, I was hesitant to speak.
The Prince Wells looked at me fiercely, as if he wanted me to go along with his story.
Prince Alexei
I'll take Prince Wells back to the Palace.
They both headed back to the Palace.
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Chapter 3 - Spring
Tessa
Why did his highness and Prince Wells leave?
Pope
Something happened to Prince Wells and they needed to return to the palace.
Tessa
What happened to him?
Pope
I'm afraid I don't know.
Tessa
I hope he's alright.
Pope
Get back to work everyone.
As I was about to leave the pope called me.
Pope
Would you come with me and have a talk.
I followed him into a room.
Inessa
What would you like to talk about, father?
Pope
What really happened to Prince Wells?
Pope
You won't be in trouble, child.
Pope
Prince Alexei said when he found Prince Wells, you were also there.
Pope
And he said something tried to kill him.
Pope
What really happened?
I told the father everything that had happened earlier and he was speechless for a moment.
Pope
How could he do such things?
Inessa
Will he get in trouble?
Inessa
I didn't mean to cause any for him.
Pope
You did nothing wrong child.
Pope
I will speak with his highness about the matter.
Pope
You won't get in trouble.
Pope
As for what happened, I'm afaird it's just Prince Wells words.
Pope
You can return to your room.
Inessa
What are you doing here?
Tessa
We're going to the springs to take a bath.
Inessa
Are we allowed too?
Tess and I then head to the springs to join the others for a bath.
We all wore our undergarments and went into the spring.
When we got in, the others gathered in one spot and began talking.
Inessa
What are they talking about?
Tessa
Probably about his highness, Prince Alexei.
Tessa
Everyone here has a crush on him.
Inessa
Do you have a crush on him too?
Tessa
He's dreaming, handsome and charming.
Tessa
Do you like him too?
Inessa
Well he's the Prince and future ruler of our kingdom. He visits us very often and bring us gifts. And he's very kind to all his subjects.
Inessa
I can't help but admire him.
Tessa
Are you sure that's all?
Inessa
I like him as a person.
Inessa
Nothing more, nothing less.
Tessa
I'll join the others.
Inessa
I'll be over there.
Tess went toward the others, while I went in a corner of the spring.
I sat down in the water and layed back to relax myself. The spring was so relaxing and calm that I began to feel sleepy.
I couldn't help but close my eyes.
I fell asleep right away.
While I was asleep, I started to hear the voice again.
Unknown
We'll soon be together.
Unknown
I'll come for you when the time arise.
Something cold then pressed against my lips.
Inessa
It's that voice again.
Inessa
And something touched my lips.
We all headed back to the temple.
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