PRIAM POV:

Reaching in front of the gate, I stood still with the feeling of mixed emotions inside of me. I will be seeing her again after so many days, indeed I have missed her, but I don't want to see her like this. There were so many things I wanted to tell her and ask her. But all now that matter to me is her health. I will be happy to just see her smile again. I was standing at the gate while looking at it praying to her find her healthy again.

John walked towards us with a frown on his face, as he asked-" What took you guys so long? I have been waiting here for an hour now!. Let's go inside". He looked at us.

I nodded and we walk inside. Queen Harney welcomed us warmly, but I could see the sadness behind her smile.

Still, she walked with an elegance towards us and said-" how nice of you kids, I am really happy to see that my granddaughter had made a few good friends. Welcome to WitchDom Prince Priam, and all of you guys"

Junnie replied with a smile on her face as she bowed a little to show her respect-" Of course queen Harney, we came here as soon as we heard about it."

Queen Harney replied -" Oh dear!! you guys don't have to address me by Queen, call me grandma instead, Parshawna's friends are like my granddaughters too"

I replied while bowing down too-" That is so kind of you. Glad to meet you. How is Shawna?"

She nodded with sadness on her face as she replied-" She is safe so far..."

John came forwards and bowed a little as he asked in a worried tone-" How does this happen?"

She forced a smile before speaking again-" Well, we don't know much, just Dekker told us she went there alone and was attacked by the gambler of Ghosts. We are still waiting for her to regain her consciousness so we can ask her."

Junnie and Jenny gasped hearing that. Brad asked-" why would she go there alone?"

Queen Harney replied looking another side-" That was yet to know... Dekker just said he saw her leaving the palace as he thought to follow her. If we haven't reached there on time... "she stopped before speaking further as her face turned place and tears started forming in her eyes.

I walked forward and replied while taking her hands-" I am sure there was some reason. She is not that careless if it not that important."

Just then her father, King Jonny walked downstairs along with the doctor by his side. He bid him goodbye as he turned around us.

He asked with a smile-" Oh, when did you guys arrive? "

I replied-" Greetings King Jonny, we just arrived a few minutes ago. We are here to see Shawna."

Jenny asked-" How is she doing now?"

Hearing that, King Jonny looked down and replied-" Not well, she been unconscious for a day now. We are waiting for her to come back."

John asked curiously-" Is there anything that doctors are suggesting?"

King Jonny replied-" No...Not much... He said she has been gone from shock as she faint. Luckily she didn't have any injury... we can only hope and wait for her."

Junnie walked towards King Jonny as she said softly giving a smile-" Don't worry sir, I am sure, she is going to be just fine. I know she is very strong and surely she will overcome this too."

King Jonny smiled and patted her head before nodding.

Queen Harney said-" come children, I will show you your rooms, take a rest and then you can meet her"We nodded as we followed her. 

Time skips to the evening when we finally gathered in her bedroom. We saw her as she was lying unconscious. My eyes weren't moving from her for even a second. Her pale skin and her fallen hairs were making her look like an angel sleeping peacefully. She was looking very beautiful that my heart skips a beat. I was lost in her as I was busy admiring her beauty. Junnie walked towards her as she sat beside her and held her hands, she called softly-" Wake up Shawna, look... we are here... to meet you. We came... before the party that you invited us to. Please wake up"

Jenny too walked beside junnie and said-" You are strong and we know that you can fight this too. We don't like you seeing here like this. Please wake up."

I stood by the door just admiring her with a pain in my heart. While they were trying to wake her up. Please wake up soon Shawna, I have so much to tell you...I sighed as John put his hands on my shoulder. I looked at him and he gestured me to come with him. I looked at her one last time before we went to meet queen Harney.

We stopped before her room and asked-" can we come in grandma?". She was reading something by her desk as she immediately turned towards us and smiled. She said-" Oh yes my dear, come in. Did you meet her? Is there any change?" She asked much hope in her eyes. But we failed her as there is no such change in her yet.

I nodded in a no while looking down. I sighed as I asked-" Grandma, we want to ask you about the rumors that were spreading. It is spreading all around the WitchLands!!!"

John said in a worried tone-" If this goes on... she will be in trouble and she will lose the faith in people's hearts. People will misjudge her and..."

Queen Harney sighs heavily before saying-" I know dear, That is why I am fearing. That she might end up losing people's faith in her. It's no good for her... She is already been questioned for being from the human world this years... and this rumors are making it worst!! I am worried about her future in this kingdom now. "

Brad followed us in the room as he asked-" Did you ask Dekker what happened?". We turned back as we saw Brad and king Jonny come in.

King Jonny replied-" We did. He said he only saw her leaving the palace and he followed her, hoping if she get in trouble he can save her. But they end up there when Grezel has been broken. He tried to save her but the gambler of ghosts. The dark prince was too strong for them. I was worried that she had gone there with the golden wand... and now they were suspecting her because that is the only weapon that can break the spell of Grezel!!! But they were being caught off-guard. Luckily he informed me, but before we could reach there on time, she was already been attacked." He sighed as he looked down in sadness. I know he was feeling sorry to fail to protect her. I wish I could protect her with me, saving her from all the world. I would do anything to keep her safe at any cost!!

We were discussing all these when suddenly we heard screaming coming from Shawna's room. We didn't waste any time as we immediately ran towards her room. We saw she finally woke up, sitting in her bed panting heavily. I wanted to go and hug her comfort her as I started walking to her slowly, but King Jonny reached her before me and hugged her tightly. She was a little startled as she kept looking here and there making sure where she is right now. 

He said while caressing her head to calm down-" Father is right here dear, you don't need to worry". he kept patting her head.

Shawna calmed down after the hug as she scanned the room, filled with known figures. She smiled a bit knowing she is at home.

Junnie asked her in a concerned voice-" Are you okay?'

She nodded with a smile. Queen Harney went to her as she said with a worried voice-" Oh dear, you scared us to death! Don't ever do that to us. Don't you know how much we love you?. What if something happened to us? Shawna... You are growing up... I understand you are stubborn... but please listen to us some time... you will be crowned princess very soon, You shall take up the responsibilities now."

She mumbled as she looked down with a cute pout-" I am sorry grandma". God!!!, she was looking so cute right now that I wanted to kiss her cherry lips. I controlled myself as I scoffed to get out of my thoughts.

King John asked her with a frown-" But why did you go there? what were you doing there so late? and how did you know that place?"

She looked blankly towards her father before looking up and scanning for someone. That was odd of her. Is there something she is hiding? Then she replied while looking away-"I-I don't know, I don't remember anything dad!"

Queen Harney frowned and asked-" Are you sure?'

She nodded quietly and queen Harney replied-"okay, You take a rest now, we will leave. come downstairs after you fresh up okay dear?"

She nodded as we all left from there. Something looked different about her and I can sense something is wrong. I took a last glance at her confused face before leaving from there. We spend a day there and the next evening we were called to the meeting room.

We came to the hall and queen Harney said-" I think, she got scared from what happened earlier and that is why she forgot about the bad memories. That is good in one way that she doesn't have to relive the haunting past. But, we have to do something to stop the rumors, before they messed up her life. We yet don't know what happened there..."

King Jonny nodded and asked-" what are you thinking to do mother?"

She thought for some time as she replied with something in her mind-" you will know. Gather a meeting with ministers today evening, We must clean this up now before it becomes hard."

We agreed to what she said and we waited till the evening meetings. 

All the ministers from the different countries were present there and also all the people of WitchDom were present outside waiting for the announcement of the Queen.

Queen Harney walked towards Shawna's room where she stood wearing a beautiful gown ready to make an appearance. She looked a little blank and scared.  We followed her along with King Jonny. 

Shawna was a little confused about what is happening and why is she being told to dress up for today, so Queen Harney explained to her as she took Shawna with her-" My dear, come with me"

She asked-" where grandma?"

Queen Harney said-" There is something important you have to do today."

She asked blankly-" what?"

Queen Harney explained to her what happened that day and after that what rumors were going. I noticed a small frown on her face with all that she just heard. 

After that, Queen Harney said-" many peoples were waiting outside to hear what exactly happened that day. But since you don't remember it, we will be saying, that you have been kidnapped there as you didn't know about the place. And this will create an acceptance as you are very new in WitchDom, and would not know about the place. You just have to say the same as what I say. Understand dear?"

She looked a little puzzled but she nodded a yes.

We followed them to the court where so many people were whispering and gossiping, they stopped immediately when they saw Queen Harney walk inside along with Shawna and King Jonny.

Queen Harney turned towards them while Shawna stood beside her quietly. She started to speak with grace-" Thank you for gathering here today with short notice, But I would like to clear the misunderstanding that had happened a few days ago.  My granddaughter, Princess Parshawna Macduff has been abducted on that very night. She was here during her school vacations and as usual, she was in her room after dinner. But shortly after I felt something unusual in the palace and I decided to walk into her room, and I found her missing. So immediately we have called the royal guards to find her. But thanks to our new guard Dekker, she is safe today. Dekker had acted quickly by casting the spell to find her when he discovered her in the place where we never think to go. He sensed the threat and informed us, But sadly before we could reach there, she had been attacked. So I would appreciate it that you should avoid the false rumor that was going on as being new in WitchDom, she would never know the place without any guide. And from the incident that has happened with her, my dear granddaughter had been in shock and forgot what exactly had happened that night, I would appreciate it that you should maintain her health advisory before asking her something which can cause her harm. But I promise that our guards are looking for those who went missing and the real culprit. I shall bring him front and do justice."

Everyone gasped hearing that, but soon they agreed to the queen as her logic was correct, everyone cheered for her, praising her for her bravery and comeback. Queen Harney was happy to make her granddaughter out of the rumors. Shawna just stood there quietly while observing everything. 

Soon the meeting had turned quite a good gathering and people started believing her again, everyone blessed her for good fortune. 

It was time for us to leave. Junnie, Jenny, Brad, and John bid her goodbye and then I walked up to her. Her eyes met mine and for some moment I was lost in her eyes, Her beautiful blue eyes are so mesmerizing that I stared at her unknowingly. Junnie scoffed and I came back to reality. I holds her hand and kissed the back of her palms before saying-" Take care of yourself, princess, see you soon back in school"

She smiled and nodded. Everyone started leaving as I looked around and when I noticed nobody's watching us, I pecked her forehead and whispered in her ears-" I missed you, I hope you did too".

I saw her eyes getting wide as she blushed. She was cute and her every move was making me mad for her. I chuckled and was satisfied that she blushed for me.

We left saying goodbye to Queen Harney and King Jonny. After I dropped my friends in their home, I reached my castle and dropped myself in the bed, and smiled like an idiot thinking about her. Now it is a few more days to which I will be seeing her every day as we have to go back to school again.