"Lady Anura! We need to get you out of here !" My personal maid told me she grabbed my hand and we both ran

"Where are we going Ate Sarai?! What's going on ?" I asked frantically seven year old me trying to figure stuff out has my nursery maid lost her mind ?

She hid me in a secret passage behind a painting

"Listen to me stay hidden here and don't leave until you see your father's personal knights okay they will keep you safe , I wish I could be at your side a little longer my lady....... I love you remember that .." and with one last maternal glance she covered the hole in the wall with the painting ,and that's was the last time I saw her I heard a scream and that was it .

I don't remember what happened after that . It's all a blur my father's knights came to get me and had a hard time in finding me but they heard my heavy breathing and put two and two together(much to their relief I at the moment felt like I had drank expired milk ) ,One knight took the painting down from the wall ,gasped and helped me out

"My lady ! Shush it's okay your safe now! " I hadn't notice I was crying

"My lady we should go." one said "Its not safe here ....."

"O-okay ."

Just as I was leaving I had noticed a two bloody blanket the knight had probably put them there to make sure I not see what horrors lay under them .

But I knew at that moment Sarai was dead ....

I don't remember much after that I know that I had a mental breakdown fought with the knights to let me stay with Sarai

"My lady she's gone there nothing that could or can be done about it!" Alfred the head of the knights said

"No she can't be gone she was alive ! She can't be ! She has a sick mother waiting for her she can't be gone ! " I cried desperately

"My lady look at me calm down ! " Andrew second in command said

"No! how can I how are we meant to explain it to mayang that her daughter is gone! I should be dead right now not her." I shouted at him but he just stayed calm looking at me with his  green eyes .

"My lady , I understand your grief
...... but you should not say things like 'I should be dead ' yes she died saving you but as long as you live her memory lives aswell you are alive thus she is still with us - the world may be hard and it hurts and takes away more than it gives...but live because the world does give it may cruel but is beautiful and wonderous aswell ." Andrew said after that I kept quiet those where the words that changed me made me strong gave me courage and hope that things might get better and to not give up

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We arrived at the palace at dawn .

"My lady go to your room we shall tell your father of your arrival ." Liam the youngest of the knights only my age seven said he used to be my playmate how life changes people .