Trial By Tale

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That assembly both you and Lesso stood Infront of Dovey “This feels weird standing Infront of you instead of next to you Clarissa.” Dovey smiled and held her staff “You both will be taking part in the trial by tale, you will be given a red cloth that if you are to drop it will teleport you to safety, you both will start opposite sides, help is forbidden and once you find each other. True loves kiss shall bring you back. Do you still wish to continue.” You agreed with very little confidence and Lesso responded with a firm “Yes.”

Later that day you where with Tedros.

“Well your an idiot.” You frowned at Tedros after you'd told him about the trial “Shut up. I have to do it.” He gave you the ‘no you dont’ look and you could already hear what he was about to say “You do know she's evil right.” You groaned and walked into the school gardens “And she's the Dean OF evil. You'd have to be a pretty nasty person to get that job placement.” You walked over to the archery station “Tedros. Don't get your royal underwear in a twist, besides I won't die.”

He grabbed a bow “Last time I saw you, you where setting things on fire because you saw a spider.” You grabbed your own bow and frowned at him “What you expect me to live with the 8 legged demon in my dorm?” He nodded and grabbed his arrows and began to shoot the targets “Aren't princesses supposed to like, animals. All of them?” You shot an arrow at the center of the target.

“Well I like them all other than spiders.” Tedros chuckled as you both kept shooting for the rest of the day.

You had beautification before Dinner then it was the trial. You just had to power through the lesson, you sat down among the other princess. You wearing a suit that wasn't even yours whilst they all had on their sparkling gowns.

The teacher came in told you all to lift up your desk lids, once you did you where practically blinded by the lights “Jesus.” The amount of make up in your desk was absurd, “Now, girls I'd like to see your smiles.” Smiling? Seemed easy enough, Beatrix of course went first and she had a golden star appear above her head. Once it came round to your turn you just thought about things you loved and made you happy and worked up a smile. A red cloud appeared above your head in the shape of a heart.

The teacher awed and rubbed your shoulder “The smile of true love.” You put the mirror down and you couldn't help but smile. And you practically felt Beatrix staring daggers in your direction. The rest of the lesson you grew more nervous and the sky got darker, then the teacher eventually announced it was dinner time. You and the other girls left the lesson, making your ways downstairs into the dinning hall.

You sat down and Tedros sat down opposite you “Are you trying to get Beatrix to kill me?” He shook his head and you began to eat “Whats that on your neck?” you froze for a moment “I knocked my neck on one of the tree branches in the woods.” He didn't believe you, that's not what a bruise looks like. And he knew a hickey when he saw one.

“You gonna come see me go into the blue forest?” He nodded as he was chewing a mouthful of food. You couldn't held but laugh at the face he was making, but a shiver went up your spine “Woah you okay princess?” You looked at the windows around you, and you could've sworn you saw a red pair of eyes, “Hey, Y/n what's wrong?” You looked back at Tedros “Nothing.”

Then the time came. Tedros held a torch one side of you and other princes followed behind with their torches, Yuba walked to the gate doors and they opened. Lesso walked to her gates alone, leaving her torch by the gate and walked through.

You had gotten changed into a more forest suitable attire, Lesso on the other hand simply took of her coat. She believed an outfit would make no difference to what would happen in the blue forest, Yuba slammed his staff down and a spark shot up into the air. You walked through the gate into the forest and looked back at the other as the gates slowly closed. Lesso rolled up her sleeves and walked into the forest, only she had no one to look back at as the gates closed.

You walked through the forest as your finger glow acted as a torch, “I bloody hate the woods.” You could practically see your own breath as you carefully walked through the flowers desperately trying not to make them up. But once you stood on a twig and it snapped all hell broke loose.

Many of the flowers where biting you and tearing at your skin. You ripped the flowers from your skin as you moved past them once they where all off you looked like you'd been a dogs chew toy.

“Jesus.” You held your arm and walked into the pumkin patch “Oh no.” You looked towards the scarecrow as it's smile grew and human teeth appeared, it's eyes glowed orange and it wrenched itself out of the ground. “Oh god.” The scarecrow then swung it's scythe at you, that was your hint to run away. You ran fast and deep into the woods “Lesso!” You ran faster and you heard a faint yell. You ran towards it and eventually bumped into her.

“Lesso! Thank god!” Lesso looked you up and down “What happened to you.” You took a minute to catch your breath “God damn flowers and Scarecrows, why aren't you covered in mud and scratches?” Lesso looked at her clothes and then back at you “I've only bumped into some birds and wolves.” You gave her a shocked look “You say that like you do it every monday.” Lesso shrugged and looked behind you “You didn't kill the scarecrow?” You looked up at her “What do you mean?”

That's when a scythe flew past your head and landed in the ground “Oh for god's sakes!?” Lesso picked up the scythe, she was clearly WAY braver than you when it came to the blue forest. After a few seconds the scarecrow was already dead “How the heck-” Lesso dropped the scythe “Its a waist of good Pumkin really.” You laughed and shook your head “Can we get out of here now?” Lesso wrapped her arms around your waist “Cant we just enjoy the piece and quiet just slightly longer, lovely silence and no Dovey breathing down our necks.”

You chuckled and wrapped your arms around her neck “I love you.” you of course where the first one to say it, Lesso smiled and leaned in for a kiss, which you happily excepted but as her lips hovered over yours, you felt an excruciatingly painful feeling in your back.

Lesso twisted the knife into your back “Lesso..” She removed it and you fell to the ground, “Not quite.” You saw those same blood red eyes that you saw in the window appear in her eyes, but they disappeared as soon as they arrived. “Why...” Tears where streaming down your face as your blood spilled onto the forest ground “Because, he wants one that's truly evil and what's more evil than denying the hero from their true love.” Lesso leaned down and grabbed the red cloth from your belt.

She wrapped it around a tree branch and looked over at you, “Leonora can't be truly evil with you around.” Your breath grew shallow as she walked over “Who's Leonora..” Lesso put her hands in her pockets “Leonora Lesso.” Why was she talking in the third person? It was the question you wanted to ask but couldn't.
“Don't worry, I won't kill you. Neither will that wound. I suppose the forest animals will have their way with you.”
You heard her walk away laughing but that laugh suddenly became that of a man's. Until it disappeared completely.

You cried, it began to rain and you wanted to get up but the pain in your back made it impossible, why would she do this? Was that even her? You had no idea, so many questions ran through your head. So instead you hummed, hummed to yourself the song that your mother would sing, your mother may have been evil but you loved her dearly, she comforted you at times.

You remembered Dot, and her silly antics turning things into Chocolate. You remembered the lovely conversations you'd have with Gregor and Tedros. Beating Tedros in a fight, you remembered horse riding with your mother and running around the castle. All the magic you'd grown up with. All of it was quickly Fading, you remembered what Dovey had said, help was forbidden. No one would come for you and Lesso hung your red cloth in the trees so you couldn't drop it.

The sun began to rise and your eyes grew heavy, where you sleeping? Where you dead? Was it in-between? You had no idea.

Dovey paced around in her office thinking about where you could be “Y/n where are you..” Dovey hadn't seen Lesso that morning nor had she seen you. So she made the assumption, you had never escaped the forest.

Lesso went into Dovey's office “Clarissa.” Dovey spun around and rushed towards Lesso “Where is she.” Lesso had tears building up in her eyes “Lesso..” without another word Lesso hugged Dovey “You are the only one I can tell. You're my only friend, I don't know how to say this.” Dovey looked Lesso in the eyes “Where is Y/n?”

“I wasn't in the forest last night..” Dovey's stomach dropped and she backed up to her desk “What do you mean, you weren't in the forest!? Weren't you taking part in the trial! Did I send a student in there with no one to find!” Lesso shook her head and wiped her tears “It was, it was Rafal.” Dovey sat down on her desk chair and fear grew inside her. “He posed as me and went in. I tried to stop him I swear.” Dovey began shedding tears of her own “We sent a student in there, with the most evil man in the world posing as her girlfriend. And she hasn't returned.” Lesso could feel her heart breaking.

“We have to find her Clarissa. We have too.” Dovey shook her head and wiped her tears “We can't, it's the rules that help is forbidden.” Lesso slammed her cane down “Only when it's both candidates taking part! I wasn't there so it's just her! The same rules don't apply we have to help her! Clarissa if you are truly good you'd help a princess when she needs it.” Dovey couldn't argue with Lesso whatsoever, because she was right.

“Fine, I'll get some princes and Yuba to look out for her, can you send some of your guards?” Lesso nodded. A search throughout the entire forest took place, Yuba searched with Clarissa, Tedros and Tristan searched. Even Dot and Hort went through the forest looking for you, Lesso sent all the guards she could and searched with Professor Manley the uglification teacher. Hester searched with Anadil and Joelle searched with Ravan.

No one could find you, that was until Hester spotted to red cloth in the branch “Over here!” Lesso rushed over to Hester and saw the cloth, she banged her cane and a spark went into the sky. Soon enough everyone came over and moved towards the cloth, it was yours. Lesso pulled it from the tree and held onto it “She couldn't drop it.” Clarissa looked at the ground “Because she couldn't get up.,” Lesso looked towards Clarissa with a frown “How do you know tha-” She stopped talking when she saw the pool of blood on the ground.

“Shes gone.”


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