the poor princess (p,2)

the poor princess

part (2). 

The private secretary)_ Your highness the results came from the lab and.... .    

 Queen Olivia)_ Well tell me                            

The private secretary)_ The girl was telling the truth ma’am . She is princess Sofia

Countess Abigail,nervously)_what ? Sofia is alive . how could that happen 

 Queen Olivia)_ Are you sure of those results. 

The private secretary)_ yes your highness i made them test it several times to be sure. 

 Queen Olivia)_ Fine call for that girl to come tomorrow . i want to know everything about her before we take another step and make sure that no one knows about her yet.

The private secretary)_sure 

Amira at the meantime was very worried and asking herself 

what if i am not Sofia and i was mistaken ?

what would the queen do to me ?

then the phone rang . she picked up the phone .

Amira )_yes 

The private secretary)_ is this Amira ?

Amira )_yes who is this

The private secretary)_ I am the private secretary of queen Olivia. I was told to inform you that the queen wants to see you tomorrow morning.

Amira)_why? did the result of the  DNA analysis ....

the private secretary interrupt her saying)_ma’am my job just to inform you not to receive questions . the car will drive you to the palace at 7 o’clock at sharp do not be late.

Amira)_ yes 

tomorrow came and Amira was very worried .She did not sleep a bit cause she was thinking all night what would happen in that meeting.Then the time has come and she left to the royal palace.when she arrived the private secretary was there to guide her to meet the queen 

Amira with a shaking voice)_good morning 

Queen Olivia)_ good morning sit down dear

the result came to me yesterday .

Amira)_ well ??

Queen Olivia)_ well the results are positive you are my granddaughter .

Amira)_ i can feel that there is a but . 

Queen Olivia)_you are right my dear 

as you can see . i ordered for making some researches on you as well . the but is that you are Muslim 

do not get me wrong but we are catholic royal family  also we have lots of alliances with other catholic royals. not to mention the nation .

Amira)_ well i hope you are not asking me to convert of my religion because it is impossible and i wont allow it .

Queen Olivia)_no of course not 

i just want you to understand the situation here.

Amira)_ so you wont declare me as your granddaughter 

Queen Olivia)_ if i declare you as my grand daughter i will be like putting a target on your back but it is a risk i am willing to take if you are .

i am willing to take that risk if you promise me that you will make the people love you and respect you .

i am not saying that it will be easy ,also i will be always with you to make sure that everything is going well. and you will have so much to learn about being royalty.

i don’t know what to say . thank you your highness thank you (said Amira happily)

Queen Olivia)_ and one more thing your name from now on is princess Sofia daughter of prince Henry and princess lianna.

Amira)_can i ask for you one thing ,please

Queen Olivia)_of course my dear anything 

Amira)_can i use my name one last time because i want to go back to Egypt to say goodbye to my family and my friends there

Queen Olivia)_ of course you can but when you come back you wont be Amira 

after that Amira thanked the queen a lot and she headed to Egypt for a week to say her goodbyes at the meantime. prince Henry was so surprised from the decision that his mother made 

Prince Henry )_ dad how could mom make such decision ? doesn’t she know that this might end her reign?

Prince peter )_she is the queen . she can make her own decisions also i encouraged her for doing that because it is the right thing to do .

aren’t you suppose to be happy that your child is alive and returning home home

Prince Henry )_father i am happy but...

Prince peter )_okay enough then 

don’t you have a son (David) to tell him that his sister is alive also tell him to tell his wife (Sara)

Prince Henry )_i already told them father . they said they will end their tour tomorrow to come to welcome her upon her return.

Prince Peter )_ good

the week is over and the princess has returned home. she found her family and the people of the kingdom waiting for her . everybody was so excited to see that princess who came back from the dead unlike what was expected because of her different religion. she has learned the royal etiquette very fast also she started to get close to the people . but one day the royal family was having dinner together .

Princess Sofia)_ i can not believe that yet 

Prince David )_what aren’t you able to believe?

Princess Sofia)_i always admired the idea of royalty . i was following your news and i was so desperate to see the royal palace and now i am part of all of that.

Countess Abigail)_so Sofia i heard you studied at the Faculty of fine arts . was it good ?

Countess Sara)_ oh i did not know which department ?

Princess Sofia)_ it was nice. i was in graphic department.

Countess Abigail to her husband )_that is nice isn’t honey

Prince Henry )_yes of course 

they started eating the dinner and Sofia felt something strange with her food and the maid who served it to her. she wasn’t the same maid who serves her usually . then suddenly she screamed from the pain in her stomach and everyone panicked. 

Queen Olivia)_my child what is wrong with you . David find the royal doctor now.

the royal doctor came and examined the poor girl and he looked so worried . when he got out of her room he asked to transport her to the hospital immediately because she was poisoned !!!!  

the queen demanded to capture whoever done this to her granddaughter

after that Sofia woke up and found herself at the hospital. 

Princess Sofia)_ what happened?

Prince Henry )_don’t worry my dear everything is all right now . the maid who poisoned you has been captured and she confessed of that.

Princess Sofia )_but how could that happen inside of the royal palace.

queen Olivia enters the room

Queen Olivia )_believe me i asked myself the same question . but no worries now . you’ll be better soon .

the princess recovered from that poison and returned to the royal palace .

Prince David )_welcome back sis grandma has a surprise for you .

Queen Olivia )_stop David let me tell her .i have arranged for you a tour around the kingdom . you will go with your brother and his wife all around the kingdom to know more about our history and it will be a chance for the people to see you more in public.

Princess Sofia)_ that is if they wont kill me first.

Queen Olivia)_ don’t say that they just don’t know you well yet .

and they started the arrangements for them to go on their tour . Sofia loved being with her brother and his wife . they started their tour by visiting the royal palaces and castles and they had a great time .until they received the news that prince Peter is dying . they ended their tour early and came back to the royal palace to see their grandfather . 

Prince David)_ dad what happened ?

Prince Henry )_the doctors said it might be his last day.

Prince Peter)_ come closer my Sofia let me tell you something.

Princess Sofia)_ yes grandpa 

Prince Peter )_i see in you a great woman and i know that you will make a great difference here so be ready cause you are already started and my child never give up.

Princess Sofia sadly)_ i wont grandpa you will be beside me ,wont you?

Prince Peter)_ i am afraid not my dear 

after that the prince asked to speak with the queen alone . and after a while the queen came out of the chamber saying

He is died 

everyone was sad for the loss of prince peter but most of all was Sofia because she was getting closer to him .the prince used to tell her stories about the kingdom and her mother princess Lianna and how she was such a great person and telling her how she looks so much like her mother.But the days went on and everyone returned to their work . and Sofia did not forget her grandfather’s words . so she started to do her job as a princess .after two years, it started to be harder on the queen to role the kingdom in such old age also without the support of her  husband . so she asked her advisor to come to her and she started telling him what she thinks.

Queen Olivia)_ i am afraid that i am getting old and i need an heir .

the advisor)_your highness but it is too soon to think about that .

Queen Olivia)_i don’t thinks so . now i want to know your opinion about my son Henry to be my heir.

the advisor)_well your highness i don’t think so . do not get me wrong put prince Henry is too ambitious and that might be a problem in his way to be a king .

Queen Olivia)_ i know he has always been so ambitious . and i also thought about David . he is young and his wife is going to give birth soon so he also will have an heir.

the advisor)_ i think he will be a better choice your highness . he will renew the spirit of youth after you did . i think he is the right heir  especially that his sister Sofia has another religion and it will be nearly impossible to be an heir one day

Queen Olivia)_ i know . okay then lets keep it between us and you start secretly preparing the documents. 

one of the maids were in the room  and she heard everything.and she went to the kitchen and she started talking to the other maids that is when the maid Nerissa heard them she was the maid of countess Abigail prince Henry’s wife and she told the countess everything she heard.

the nation of the kingdom loved Sofia because she reminded them of her mother in her beauty and her kind heart that wants to help everyone.

 But the grief has found his way to the royal family again . it was a cold winter . prince David and his pregnant wife were in a tour together in Sweden . while they are going back to their hotel the driver lost control on the car because of the snow and the four of them died .

it was a shock to all the family members especially on the queen because she was about to announce him an heir on the kingdom.and for Sofia she was so sad but tried to console her dad who lost his son .one month later everything was quite in the palace . queen Olivia and Sofia eating their breakfast quietly .then Sofia said

Sofia)_i will go to see if dad is coming 

Queen Olivia)_OK

Sofia went to find her dad and his wife in their room that is when she heard them talking in the throne room 

Countess Abigail)_i did that to your own good , you are the one who told me to take care of everything.

Prince Peter)_ i did tell you to take care of everything but that did not include killing my own son 

Countess Abigail)_ what is the difference you came to me before and you told me that you love me but you married Lianna and when you couldn’t live with her anymore we planed together to kill her and your daughter in that car accident. 

Prince peter)_and now what we tried to kill Sofia twice first when she was with her mother and god know how did she escape from that and the second time when we tried to poison her.

Countess Abigail )_ i don’t know maybe she wont be a problem. have you forgotten that she is Muslim she can not role . which means the throne will be ours .

Sofia was very shocked )_oh dear Allah how could they do that . how could he do that . a father kills his son and his wife also he tried to kill his daughter twice and all of that why because he wants the crown for himself .

what should i do ? should i go to tell the queen ? but she wont believe me .

then she went to her room she was thinking and thinking what should she do . then she decided to trick them to make them confess of what they did . take that as a proof

Sofia)_ father or no father he did that with his wife . i can not let such criminals walk between us like they did no thing.

so Sofia planned for everything . she put cameras and microphones in her father’s chamber to record their confession . then the time came when they were at their room talking Sofia wanted to make her second move which is to confront them with their crimes .

Sofia )_we need to talk 

Countess Abigail )_ Sofia darling what are you doing here 

Sofia )_ don’t you dare saying my name

Prince Henry )_ Sofia watch your tone

Sofia)_ you are telling me to watch my tone . and what about you . 

Prince Henry )_ me what about me?

Sofia angrily )_ don’t  play innocent after all what you have done . you are a murderers both of you . you killed my mom , your own son and his wife not to mention his unborn child also you tried to kill me twice.

Countess Abigail )_ what ? are you crazy

Prince Henry in shaking voice )_ you must be out of your mind ? how can we do such a thing .

Sofia )_ oh you are still playing innocent . i heard both of you in throne room . i heard everything about your filthy plan . 

Prince Henry )_ no you are crazy 

Sofia )_ oh come on please define craziness because i don’t know who is the crazy one . the one who killed his own son and tried to kill his daughter for power . or me standing right here watching you lying to me or that woman who made you kill your wife in the name of love . 

Countess Abigail )_ we did all of that because we love each other 

Sofia )_ do not tell me that was love . you tricked him to be part of all of that 

Prince Henry )_ she did not trick me we are in that together . we killed your mam ,tried to kill you twice together . i did not know that it will cost me your brother and his wife too . but we were in that together also because i would do anything for the crown because it is my birthright . is that what you wanted to hear

Sofia sadly )_ i really wasn’t  wishing to hear that . i wanted to believe that you are innocent and she made you do all of that . i kept telling myself how could a father do that his family ? how?  i feel ashamed to call you dad . everyone will know what did you do including the queen.

Countess Abigail)_no one will believe you 

Sofia )_ we will see about that.

two days later Sofia asked the queen to make a party to honor her brother and his wife’s memory and the queen agreed . Henry and Abigail were so worried about what she will do or say in that party but Abigail was not worried so much because she thought that Sofia won’t be able to prove anything .and the time has come to the speech of the party .

Sofia )_ well we are all here to honor the memory of prince David and his wife countess Sara also it is too hard not to mention their unborn child . that is not all ladies and gentle men . maybe no one here tried to connect between my brother’s accident and my mother’s 28 years ago. i have here a surprise  for you and especially for prince Henry and countess Abigail . 

she showed everyone at that party the videos that she recorded for them . and everybody knew their true personality . the queen herself ordered to Hang them up . 

after that the queen announced Princess Sofia as her true heir and the nation of the kingdom was happy with that decision .

The queen Olivia )_ do you know what your grandfather told me the day he died . he told me that you will make a great queen one day .congratulations my queen and she kneed before the new queen .

Sofia )_ no need to knee if i am the queen now then you are the queen mother . 

and she remembered what her grandfather said to her also that she will make a great differences and one of those differences was a Muslim queen on a Catholic nation .   

the end 

M.A

Always remember the end of a story , is the beginning of a new one