The day before had been a private celebration for the royal family and everything spiraled out of control. Once eyes were set upon Grace, words were said, tears were shed and hearts were broken. Grace fled the room with a trail of tears following behind her. Once in the room that she and the Prince shared, Grace began to cry with her face buried in the sheets. She cried herself to sleep. She knew that she was unacceptable to the royal family because of her commoness as a servant in the palace. What is worst is that if she is not accepted into the family, how will they react to the halfblood that she bares within her? Perhaps they would recieve public shaming and then be exiled forever from the Kingdom..

Grace: You have told me lies when I tell you truth! They hate me!

She cried as Prince Michael entered the room.

Michael: Grace, what does it matter? I do not love you any less because of what their imbiguous thoughts are. My love cannot be condensed for you.. Grace I.. I love you..

Grace: You lie! You all lie! How can you lie so well? Does it not hurt you? Do you not feel guilty? How can a family of such a high honor posses such a tongue?

He grabbed her arms and looked into her eyes.

Michael: Grace, I do not lie to you! I may be a royal, but a liar is not who I am! But I do know that I Love You! Nothing shall ever change that.. Okay?

Grace: Michael, just stop! Stop it! Now if they hate me, they will do anything to prevent me from marrying you! Even if it means death.. And if they were to kill me, your child shall die too.. An unknown, innocent death..

All was silent as Grace looked down in sorrow.

Michael: Then we shall die together.. All of us, together..

Grace: But I do not wish to die!

Michael: Then we must run, Grace. We must run away and never return. If they catch us, it is certain that we will die.

Grace: But what about your crowning? Will you not be able to change these wretched laws that prevent us from loving so freely?

Michael: Our love matters more to me than any crown, jewel or title that could be bestowed upon me. For I Love You and that is all that matters.

Silence filled the room once again.

Grace: I do not wish to die..

She cried silently with her head in her hands. Prince Michael pulled Grace into his arms and rubbed her back as he kissed her softly.

Michael: We shall not die.. Yet, we shall live for eternity. Just you, me and our family.

He said as he placed his hand onto her stomach. Grace held onto his tighter than before as the family conversed over this absurd situation.

King: This is a disgrace to the family! A servant becoming a royal? Of what absurd nonsense is this?

Jermaine: None other than the cause of all corruption..

Queen: Jermaine! You shame yourself! How dare you speak with a tongue like that to your father?

Jermaine: How dare I? Mother, this man has cheated you with the servant, Lucy! Alice is my sister and my soon-to-be wife!

King: And you will be soon-to-be dead if you even do anything of the sort.

Queen: Joseph!

Jermaine: Then you might as well kill me now because she is pregnant!

Queen: Jermaine! Enough of this!

Jermaine & Joseph exchanged glances of pure hate before he stormed out of the room. The room had a deathly silence for a moment before the King could collect his thoughts again.

Janet: Father..

She put up her hand in attempt to say something, but it was a gesture that awaited his attention. His head shot up and glared at her. This pierced her soul.

King: Is this any way to carry on the bloodline of this family? Am I to accept such commoness to the throne?

Queen: Joseph, please calm down..

King: Silence! I am your King! The man who granted your life! I chose each of you to be in the positions that you positions that you are in! I am your one and only true rock! I am the rock on which this family, this palace and whole Kingdom stands upon! Whatever I say will be as it is.. Even at the price of death..

He stared into their souls and raped them of their innocence in the sense that they were no longer who he thought they were. They were his blood, not they are just traitors.

King: I am your God.. I did all these things alone, yet, you have beguiled me. You live within the luxury of marble walls and wear gold instead of living amongst those pigs! Now tell me, have I not been good to you? Are you a traitor also?

Janet: N-no father..

She bowed her head in tears. The King glared at Princess Yvonne.

LaToya: No.. Father..

He stared at them a little bit longer before he, too, looked down.

King: Leave me.. And do not fornicate with those traitors..

They left with no pride or any sort of happiness. Their spirits were completely crushed by the careless words of their father.

Janet: LaToya.. What are we going to do?

She cried.

LaToya: I do not know.. I have no plans yet, but I know that something is coming.. and that day will arrive soon. I have not a clue what it is, but it is coming soon.

Janet: But what about Michael, Grace, Jermaine & Alice? Will they die? You do not really think that father would behead his own flesh and blood, do you?

LaToya: Tis a hard thing to say at this moment.. but, we must not be weary. Dry your eyes and meet me in my room. There, we shall plan out what we are to do before the ball tonight.

They parted ways with each other so that there'd be no speculations of a scheme of any sort going on. Then they began planning as Jermaine conversed with Alice. He burst into his room and began walking furiously about the premises.

Alice: What troubles you, love?

He suddenly stopped and turned around with one swift movement, ending up bent over Alice. His hands on each side of her as he stared intensely into her eyes.

Jermaine: Alice, we must go. Now.

Alice: Go? Go where?

Jermaine: We need to leave. Pack nothing, say nothing, and leave nothing behind as a trace to where we will be. Now, we must attend the ball, but after the ball, we must go and never return.

Alice never thought that this day would come so soon. She looked down and nodded.

Alice: But.. Where shall we go? Every man knows your face. And if we are caught, we are sure to die.

Jermaine: We shall find a way to be peacefully exhiled forever. Just you, me and our child.. I love you Alice.. and if this be the last time I see ye, then also shall it be that I see the earth so Green before my heart aches as I am laiden with blood. For I shall die without you.

He kissed her with such passion and then they both began to prepare for their attempt to have a new life together.