Chapter 3 The Damsel - Aurora

The ovation was too loud as the girls screamed rushing towards the ditch.

As Cedric fell into the ditch, he injured his left knee. It was a small bruise though.

Diego and Sanjay also rushed after him gasping. The girls swarmed the ditch that the boys couldn't even see him.

"Oh gosh, what have Diego done, now everyone knows me as the prince" he mumbled frowning.

"Are you alright?" one girl asked

"Give me your hand, I'll pull you out " another said making Cedric scoff. Seriously?

"Marry me!" a girl screamed and Cedric became annoyed immediately. He's here in a ditch all dirty and stuff, but all she could say was 'marry me 'instead of helping him.

He exhaled deeply and sighed

"Ladies, ladies, calm down" immediately everyone was quiet.

"Good. Now can you.. " he was about saying when a girl purposefully fell down into the ditch and he caught her immediately.

She blushed and everyone started screaming

"Wow!"

"Oh my, he touched her" another girl wanted to jump too but he stopped her

"Okay, that's enough! No more jumping in" he said as he dropped the girl in his arms gently.

"Now ladies, can you let the boys get me out "

"And me too!" the girl in the ditch said sheepishly grinning widely.

"so, can you call the boys" he said and they shifted so that the boys could pass.

"My Prince, are you okay?" Diego asked and Cedric rolled his eyes

"Sure I am, thanks for screaming my name" he said with sarcasm.

"Now will you get me out of here! "

IN THE PALACE

"Welcome my guest" King Cecil greeted acknowledging the Queen and Princess of urtwood as they entered the throne room.

"It is our pleasure, you know we are very excited to see the prince" Queen Elizabeth replied

"Yes, we know and you'll surely see him but... he's not available at moment, he went on a quest but he'll be back in three days time" king Cecil said but Queen Elizabeth wasn't satisfied with this.

"But what do we do now?" She asked referring to her and her daughter Princess Elaina.

Princess Elaina is a beautiful girl with black hair and gray eyes which was strikingly outstanding. It added to her beautyl which makes her look almost irresistible.

"Don't worry about that, I've got everything planned" he then signalled the Workers to carry their luggage.

"Take them to the guest quarters, they'll be there...oh and feel free to tour the castle.." he said addressing Queen Elizabeth and she left with her daughter.

Convinced they were gone Queen Rodney finally spoke up

"King Cecil what is wrong with you? Why did you say Cedric won't be here for three days?" she groused feeling uneasy.

"Calm down my dear, you know Cedric will be busy for three days till he find a bride, so it'll be easy" he replied

"But what if he comes back to eat with us?" she asked still unconvinced

"It's easy, we don't allow him to eat in the dinning hall until after three days" he said yet she still has bad feeling about it.

MEANWHILE, IN THE TOWN'S STREAM

The girl was pulled out of the ditch with a long rope that the boys were holding, then the prince held the rope and was dragged up as well.

Without giving him enough space to breath, the girls gathered around him trying to hug and touch him causing him to almost fall back into the ditch, but Sanjay caught him.

"Okay everyone, let the prince leave the ditch before he falls again" Sanjay said and everyone parted way for him to pass.

Sanjay immediately whispered

"Run" and Cedric took to his heels and ran as fast as he could with his friends beside him.

Behind them was a desperate mob of girls chasing after Cedric.

Cedric ran round the village and turned at every corner, but as he was about to turn to a corner, he slide and fell injuring his right knee. He looked back and saw the girls were catching up so he quickly got up.

Diego and Sanjay were way ahead of him. And because of the bruises he couldn't run fast, and the girls were catching up, he turned at a corner again and was immediately dragged into a house by a beautiful blonde girl.

She closed the door then used her hands and covered his mouth, while looking through the window.

She waited until the mob passed before removing her hands

"Sorry I dragged you that way, are you alright?"she asked but he just stared at her agape.

She looked at him from head to toe, he looked like he was beaten up by someone, since he had bruises at his knees and his clothes was dirty.

"Sorry where are my manners, have a seat" she dragged him to their table and made him to seat, that was when he then jolted.

He looked around, it was one of those small houses with few rooms, like 2 to 3, although where he was given a seat to sit was the living / dining room

"Tha... thank you" was what he could stutter, as he was lost of words.

She went out of the room and came back with a cup of warm milk, she gave it to him and he drank.

The house looked too big for a small girl in her early 20's to own, the prince wondered, Then suddenly an elderly woman and man - her parents came to the living room

"Oh, there's our guest, welcome" the woman said

"Thanks" he greeted

"We were just about to have lunch, care to join?" the girl's mom said

"Aurora, let him get changed" the girl's mom said and she showed him to a room, where he changed.

Lunch was served to everyone at the table, the prince thanked them for the delicious meal

"We saw you running away from the angry mob, so we told our Aurora here..." the woman pointed at the girl

"..To bring you in"

"Thank you ma, but those weren't angry mo..." he was interrupted

"What did you take? I'm pretty sure they chased you because you took something right?" Aurora's dad asked.

Cedric looked at them not knowing what to say, but found himself blurting

"Yes, I just wanted bread and they chased me" immediately regretting it

"Yeah, we understand, the king has stopped sending grains for the vilagersl" Aurora's mom said sadly.

"Mom, we forgot the most important thing to ask" she said trying to brighten the mom's mood and Cedric widened his eyes and looked at her.

She's so beautiful with her blonde curly hair, then he realized, is she the girl he usually sees in the virtual reality, although she's wearing green not blue, but she resembles her in the legs, hands and body.

Could she be the one? Did his VR girl just come to life, he was jolted by a tap on his arm

"Huh?" he asked, he wasn't even listening to what they were saying

"What's your name?" Aurora asked him and he smiled

"I'm prince..." he cough immediately, then stopped

"Sorry, I'm Cedric, just a regular villager" he lied and they all smiled back.

Aurora's mother noticed the way she looked at him and silently alert her father to see aurora, she looks so happy, is she finally falling in love? Aurora has never looked at a boy twice, it feels like she's drawn to him.

"Do you want more?" Aurora's mom broke the silence.

"I'm full" Cedric greeted and Aurora packed the plates.

MEANWHILE

Diego and Sanjay were not being chased again when the girls noticed that the prince wasn't with them so they all went back.

"Darn it, we've lost the prince again" Sanjay said

"We would be terrible babysitters" Diego cracked and they chuckled .