What If?

07

"I don't understand why you love to make flower crowns so much," Lucas whined as laid on his back his head on my lap. "Because they are pretty," I say as I concentrated on making the flower crown.

"If you like them so much I could just make hundreds of them that you could have instead of you wasting time on it." Lucas continued.

"No! It's fun to make them!" I looked down at him and away from my flower crown brushing my fingers through his hair as he smiled. I went to continue my flower crown but Lucas grabbed my hand and pulled it back to his hair.

I giggled at his childish behavior. I continued to brush fingers through his hair as my flower crown just waited on the ground to be finished.

It has been over a month since Claude accompanied me on my walk to the Magic Tower. Jennette has requested to have tea with me several times which I actually began to accept and so we have gotten quite close. At first, I only accepted it to give Felix his lemon bars which he was thankful for. But then I gradually began to warm up to her. She did most of the talking which I was fine with. Lucas isn't happy about me spending time with Jennette. Nobody is honestly, even Felix didn't seem that comfortable with it. But I didn't mind it's not I blamed her for anything, it's just how things turned out. With Claude, I haven't seen since the Magic Tower.

"Something seems off with Raven lately." Lucas suddenly says. "How?" I ask as I stop playing with his hair. "Well, he seems more tired lately which is weird because nothing has changed with what he does and eats." Lucas continues as he sits up. "So now I have to ask how you have been feeling?" Lucas studies my face to see if he could even find anything different.

"It's hard to tell you always look like an exhausted old lady." He says with a serious face. I smack the side of his head. "You know you shouldn't say that to a lady." I glare at him. The mean and childish Lucas I knew was back again. He scoffed rolling his eyes. "Okay, okay. On a serious note though, how have you been feeling lately?" Lucas asks.

I was about to reply saying I feel fine but as I thought about it. I realized that I've been feeling tired lately myself. It's not like much has changed. Maybe it's just in my head?

"I've been feeling the same as always," I tell him, not wanting to worry anyone. Lucas studied my face as if trying to determine if I was lying. "It's time for you to go," I say pushing him away. He mumbles something under his breathe he suddenly then disappeared.

I went back to my flower crown finishing it. After I finished it I put it on my head where it fitted perfectly.

"P-Princess!" Somebody suddenly shouted. I looked around the lake seeing what was calling for me. Turning around I saw a boat moving my way. Somebody was waving at me from the boat. I stood up taking a couple of steps closer towards the boat coming my way. I noticed it was Jennette waving at me. I giggled at her as the boat came closer and began to wave back.

She waved leaning way too far over the edge. I tried to wave for her to sit back. Then suddenly she fell forward and into the water.

"Jennette!" I screamed as I jumped into the lake swimming after her. She screamed for help just barely bobbing at the surface. I swam as fast I could towards her but my dress was heavy as it absorbed the water. Before I reached her she started to sink. I dived down and managed to grab onto her pulling her back up with all the strength I could muster.

Finally, we broke the surface and she coughed as I swam us back to the ground. As I managed to pull us both to shore I began coughing up a storm. "Princess!" Several people called. Slowly I stopped coughing and just threw my head back in relief. Then a chill randomly ran down my spine.

I looked over at Jennette to see Claude helping her stand up. Since when has he been here? I looked over to see the boat was now floating next to the land. He was in the boat with her the whole time! That manic just let me save her when he could've just easily saved her himself!

Before I said anything I was engulfed in a hug. Lily held onto me so tight it was difficult for me to breathe. She was trembling badly. I must've really scared her.

"I'm okay, Lily." I try to comfort her as she slowly began to let go. She grabbed onto my face as she examined it closely as tears welled up her in eyes. "Don't ever do anything like that again." She sighed when she determined I was fine. She helped me stand up. I noticed many of the servents from my palace were gathered around with equally anxious faces as Lily's.

I turned towards Jennette to make sure she was alright but she was perfectly dry all of a sudden. She was smiling brightly as she talked to Claude who listened to her intently. He then looked at me.

"Two of you escort Princess Jennette to her palace," Claude ordered. Two of my servants came forth. Jennette waved at me once more in which I waved also before walking away with two of my servants. "Athanasia," Claude said my name making me look back at him. "Yes, Your Majesty?" I asked him. He seemed to stare at my hair that was dripping wet and a complete mess.

"Tomorrow morning, shortly after sunrise, be at my palace." He tells me before turning and walking off.

What did I do?

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Felix POV

"Your Majesty!" I call out as I finally see him walking this way. He took his time but he looked upset for some reason but I didn't care about that at the moment. I quickly ran towards him. "Is Princess Athanasia alright?" I ask him. He narrowed his eyes and remained silent for a few moments.

"She is fine." He answered finally and I was finally able to relax, relieved. "Are you alright, Your Majesty?" I ask him. "That wench, she truly is evil." He muttered under his breath as went inside his office. She must've reminded him of her again. He sat at his desk I stood by the door. He sat there for a while with an emotionless expression, staring at his desk.

"Felix." He said suddenly after a while.

"Yes, your Majesty?" I ask.

"Make a flower crown by tomorrow morning."