When we entered the palace, the maids and guards were looking at us as if we were strangers ,before we could enter the palace hall the prince who was now 10 years old came out with his sisters to torment me but lemuel stood and fought for me,
why are you supporting this illegitimate and good for no....
Shut up Lena you are royalties not trouble source, now leave before I change my mind .
Before Lemuel's words could even end they all scattered and walked as fast they could. Lemuel gave a smirk and laughed at their foolishness ,we walked around the veranda and the palace, also I was able to learn some tips about royalty and princesses we were in the Royal garden when a steward walked towards as and bowed
princes lemuel , princess Iris, King Ishmael seeks your presence ,the steward said humbling after a moment we found ourselves standing in front of the royal family our family.
After giving her allegiance, King father stared at me with revulsion written all over his face
Why did you insult your siblings, King father asked
I didn't insult them I just did what was right by protecting Iris, lemuel said whilst looking at me
Liar! Liar!you are just like your mother, you are always finding aways to abuse my children both physically and emotionally because you are jealous of them, just like your stupid mother was jealous of me, queen Vesti shouted in rage.
Enough all of you king Ishmael let me handle this queen Naana said with authority and elegance
Without waiting for King Ishmael to accept or not she commanded us to wait for her in her study.
Queen vesti wasn't happy about the decision but there was nothing she could do, queen Naana was the queen of Ephesus ,and Ephesus was one of the greatest allies of Hamcrest,which Hamcrest can't afford to lose, secondly Queen Naana was the mother of King Ishmael which gave her sole right to the decisions of Hamcrest.
We found ourselves standing in front of queen Naana's office, walking in her Chambers was more like going on a tour ,chandelions of different designs and sizes were all around magnificent pictures of herself were hunged all over the hall waywhich was made of 50% gold I was stunned by the beauty of the chamber,
lemuel saw my weird expression and asked what was wrong
Just mersmerized by the beauty of the interior design
Lemuel gave nod of approval, the guards bowed before opening the glass door which was attached to the study
These are documents of Hamcrest,Loadicia, Olivecrest,Austra ,Nanious,Ephesus,Atlanfin,volclaris and even countries beyond this continent, lemuel said whiles walking around the room.
We heard a sound at the back of the door so we quickly took our seats .
Queen Naana entered and took hers majestically.
lemuel ,Iris you are my grandchildren and I believe you ,and as for you lemuel I like your bravery I will want you guys to stay away from your step sisters especially you Iris , they are like their mother always strutting around the palace I was surprised because I thought I was going to be punished or receive a serious scolding, Queen Naana then asked,
what is your heart desire?
I was scandalized by the question and short of words lemuel give me a hit to bring me back,
I humbly bowed my head and said;
Grandmother I want to be part of the von -lynx family, I want to have quality education, walk around the palace, make friends, where gowns and tiaras, go to balls and have tea parties and most of all I want to be loved by my family and stewards and be at peace with my step family
Queen Naana gave a smile and exclaimed approve!
We were told to go to bed, lemuel escorted me to my Chambers and gave me a good night kiss, this made me remember my mom, I felt a little sorrowful .
When I entered my room, the room was bright I stood by the mirror to look at myself after a quick bath I had my mom album in my arms and went to bed.
SPLASH!
I immediately woke up feeling wet I opened my eyes to look at the corporate, to my surprise it was lemuel and Queen mother nana, my bed, dress, moms album ,all soaking wet, how are you doing my granddaughter, Queen Naana asked I was so surprised to the extent, I couldn't find the appropriate words
how are you doing princess, lemuel repeated the question,
sorry brother, I'm doing great but very dry I answered sarcastically
As a princess you are not to stay in bed for long hours or sleep have dead queen Naana adviced,now get ready, have some bath and get dressed we have a royal meeting to attend , queen Naana informed
Grandmother I know nothing about royalty and.....
Stop it already lemuel said ,we will teach you, now get ready he continued, a maid named Jia bathed and dress me, I found it a little awkward because I wasn't used to that, lemuel wasn't present so when I came out queen Naana shouted
Ah! what's wrong with you
Are you on any medication you look pale and your skin looks crack I simply bowed my head since I didn't want to snitch on my stepmother or my dad .
As queen Naana last words rested Jia humbly bowed and said
your Majesty Queen vesti ordered as not to feed princess Iris from the royal menu,she was serve the leftover of queen Vesti and the rest of the royal family, she's always obligated to clean this big Chambers all by herself and she even got raped severally by Prince George and vesto queen Vesti's twin brother and what did my son do about it, she asked
nothing King father did nothing I responded in sorrow, I suffered with two to three times every month no one came to help me or console me I was left to clean the blood all by myself no one cared about me except for gia she comes to me at night and help's me I said in agony, after a moment of crying I came to myself I was relief so I began to dress in a sea blue gown which had rubber -metalic gold flower on it ,my hair was tied together into a bun I walked in a glass red hills,I couldn't walk in them properly but I tried my best Queen Naana held my hands so I won't fall, the herald blew the trumpet so we entered the throne room the meeting was about to commence when we entered queen Naana refused to give her courtesy ,but we gave ours
Ishmael,you are heartless and cruel,your own blood was rapped and you did nothing Queen Naana said pointing her hands of Ishmael [it was a taboo to point your hands at a king and his nuclear family,and not even the king's mom was above that law]
How dare you queen Naana don't you know it's a taboo
oh shut up you fool ,Queen nana dashed, your son raped my granddaughter and yet here you are blabbing that sink you call a mouth
excuse me ,Queen Vanessa said [mother of queen Vesti and sir vesto, queen Vanessa doesn't do any thing to help the royal family she just holds the title and lavish it's benefits on useless things]
Excuse you queen Naana repeated her question ;
are you not ashamed of a rapist you call a son and the heartless woman you call a daughter she continued
Enough! I said Enough! this meeting is over King father said,
you are very bumptious and one day you will regret it queen Naana said whilst walking out of the hall .
I was amused because a meeting which was peacefully plan had ended up into a family conflict I was lost in my thoughts thinking of what would happen next
Bam !!! I dumped into George,
Watch it you fool he said whilst cleaning himself you look like a masquerade in this attire lena said form afar
Iris let's go
I heard lemuel from behind my back so I took lemuel hands and we walked out of the hall to the guys Chambers I was getting along my manners were poor but the guys were okay with it it was my second time out of my Chambers and I was getting along, it was getting late so lemuel escorted me to my Chambers
Apart from bowing you are poor in manners
Gishhhh!
there's a lot of work on you, let's Play bumptious King father agrees on Queen Naana's request lemuel said while sitting in my couch
I was once like you he continued,
what do you mean I asked in a curious tone
at that time I was 10 and lena 8 it Margaret 6 whilst George 5 , although I was older than Lena she always bulled me ,I was helpless fighting back would lead to serious trouble, I was lashed for nothing, I was the black sheep of the family ,King father was the way he was unconcerned ,heartless and any bad thing you can imagine but I fought for my place in this family, they wanted to kill me so I ran to my moms kingdom "Ectodous "I stayed with my grandmom until now
then why are you here I asked ,
to be honest, if I were you I won't even step my feet on the soil of Hamcrest ,I will rather stay in Ectodous .
Iris I didn't come here to see the horrible faces of this heartless people I came to take revenge they would pay for every trouble and pain they put me through lemuel said with the voice of a villain ,after a moment lemuel stretched half of his body into the room and said love you sis ,
love you too I responded in a little tone .
The early morning light shown in my room like a spotlight I woke up feeling energetic the weather was bright I went to my washroom to brush and clean my self jia entered and bowed
princess Iris I have brought you a suit of gowns and queen nana wants you to try them she said .
Gia stop calling me princess you are my friend so you have to be free with me just call me Iris when no one is around I said .I dressed in a blue black gown the gown had a white lace and flowers at the tip of it it's hard no hands my hair cascaded at my back ,my golden hair was growing like never before my lashes where in its perfect form I cut my nails and colored it pink I look beautiful in my pink lips I had courage and strength because I knew the day would be worse than I imagine because my future was now
princess, breakfast is served Jia , so I sat down to eat Jia come and join me I suggested she responded with a no as humbly as she could just stop standing there and eat with me I continue she wanted to restrain but I forced her so she had no other alternative than you join me queen Naana enter the dining hall with lemuel.