
It been nine years since her corination yet she still dreams about that day.310Please respect copyright.PENANAoYaZBFxMbd
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Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.310Please respect copyright.PENANA22wFHt8z74
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A date she isn't to forget. Marie remembers that for her Corination the people were expecting to get a bread roll, sausage, pretzels, ginger bread and a commerative cup. They people were over joyed that is until they heard there weren't be enough for eveyone there. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAzwjnxGtfG2
310Please respect copyright.PENANAX805YDxj2c
310Please respect copyright.PENANAwvpZbggbqR
The ones in charge of the celebration and the organization of the gifts well they were only expecting several thousand but estimates say that 500,000 people came. The police failed to control the crowd and maintain civil order. The reports aren't even sure on casualties or injuries of the people. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAj7twMMb8ji
310Please respect copyright.PENANAJNKof56A4X
310Please respect copyright.PENANA5NWDKSheS9
It was a stamped that killed them, it was a personal and national tragedy. It didn't matter that she visited them in the hospital, donated 407 dollars a year to the families, paid for the funeral od the deceased all from her own allowances and not the govermemt. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAT6NWXdHagA
310Please respect copyright.PENANAnbuEb6B0Ts
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It didn't matter what she did, they act like she didn't care all because she went to the British Ambassadors Ball. The event was luxurious and expensive one by the British goverment. It was to strength the alliance of their countries. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAPT66k8pkaD
310Please respect copyright.PENANAvOC8h7VOSC
310Please respect copyright.PENANApLJGP8FiGC
She went as to not risk losing an alliance with a powerful country. The Avalorian Press and her enemies painted her as a person, a Queen who did not care. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA039azaT3TU
310Please respect copyright.PENANAhaCZMQhfHa
310Please respect copyright.PENANAntK5r4Dduu
"You're Majesty, there's been uhh" Roland comes into her office. She been staring off into space. "A what?" In all their years as friends Roland usually does not hesitate. "We have heard reports from officials and police well there was a misunderstanding". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAGyA4lOw2Rl
310Please respect copyright.PENANAsRYPQSNt5f
310Please respect copyright.PENANAx51ZSMc8ly
"The people of Avalor went to petition to the Queen at the Summer Palace in Madrid this morning. A peaceful protest turned deadly when a shots rang out from the Royal gaurd. It's rumored that Queen Maria had given the orders" Roland explain as he shows that morning newspaper.310Please respect copyright.PENANAGaZSaH6TKZ
310Please respect copyright.PENANAH0vu6f82di
310Please respect copyright.PENANAUSTyjnwD3R
"That's impossible, I wasn't even there". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAAOwGUyNGv4
310Please respect copyright.PENANAHEkgGMqfHH
Maria is completely confused by the entire situation. "I wasn't there but if someone gave an order than who?". Maria and Roland rush out the door and down the stairs, "Why would they do it?". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAzLSYXioZ7F
310Please respect copyright.PENANAUVbKZjZKAv
310Please respect copyright.PENANAQKEYIrW0r8
Roland and Marie are in the carrige riding over to the Summer Palace. The palace is only 15 miles away from her residential stay at the Zarzuela Palace. It takes an hour or to but to Marie it feels longer. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAGDypOrNu8W
310Please respect copyright.PENANAjmweFgtvTk
310Please respect copyright.PENANAAhMVCjkIJj
The Queen is in such a rush she doesn't notice the beauty of the Palace itself. The walls of the palace itself is pained a mix of white and rose bud. It's detailed with accents of gold on arches and doorways.310Please respect copyright.PENANAg4fbINWZ7n
310Please respect copyright.PENANAGoipbzBrmV
"Marie" Nicholas yells and goes straight towards her side. Fear is etched all over his face. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAQEu0Qr5M97
310Please respect copyright.PENANAWhUtvWgltj
310Please respect copyright.PENANAXIEMbz4mas
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They spend the next few hours in council trying to figure out what to do for their people. The people want more power and the crown to take a back seat in the goverment. That's never happened in the history of their people. The entire council hear chanting in the dark outside of the palace walls. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA1NNiSUN66z
310Please respect copyright.PENANAVi3Cq8flFt
310Please respect copyright.PENANAmeQTBoIDtd
"What in the world could that be?". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAm380Wmssdq
310Please respect copyright.PENANAKCZHGC0PDe
310Please respect copyright.PENANAHz2mUmJohV
No one can answer that question, eveyone goes to a window to see what's going on. They see a crowd of citizens bellow them infront of the gates. Some hold signs and other posters. The light from the torches below gliter of the windows reflection. Something so dangerous and mencing, well it appears beautiful. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z2ehPNW1R
310Please respect copyright.PENANAHlFPU5utNI
310Please respect copyright.PENANA7WLZJDNO65
The door crashes when it hits against the walls and a loud bang echoes off the room. "We have come to a decision" Pedero Gonzalez, one of the older members of the Duma announces. "The Queen needs to leave the country" Pedro brown hair falls infront of his somber eyes. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8b5gGlvAj
310Please respect copyright.PENANA1x42QloXhy
310Please respect copyright.PENANAIr52EL5cMU
"I can't leave my people" Maria exclaims desperation in her voice. She doesn't think she can leave her country in such disary. "What of my nephews?" Lenore, Maria younger sister points out. Her heart sinks. She didn't even think of her boys, Chris and Ben are only three and four respectfully. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA5S8ubtWoBe
310Please respect copyright.PENANALaBGwMh2iq
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"They don't need you here Marie. If you stay you and your children could die. The rebels are getting closer and closer. The people are angry. It's not safe here anymore. You can run and live for another day". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAQi6fgx6PTt
310Please respect copyright.PENANA89x7gUckNv
310Please respect copyright.PENANA3hy2HGVGzJ
Marie knows that Lenore has made a valid point even if she doesn't want to admit it. She touches her hand to her stomach and think of the Royal babies in her stomach now. They are due anyday now and the nerves have caused her to go into false contractions before. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAZswrBzTnF0
310Please respect copyright.PENANAmjiL5Q7hIU
310Please respect copyright.PENANAFN7e4UMdk1
Well distracted the none of the people in the room notice one of the younger members of the council motion to one of the guards. Before anyone can truly comprehend it men with guns surrounded them. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA7wjOEwAYrA
310Please respect copyright.PENANAh8gPGcZwE8
310Please respect copyright.PENANAkoRZEDWG0m
"Queen Marie you must surrender the crown" Maria regonizes that voice, it's Marcos Rhonda. He is one of the youngest council members at the age of 25. He is medium height with honey colored hair and chocolate brown eyes. Top of his class yet he is determined and brash. A very smart and dangerous opponent. His father Ivan was friends with her father. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAeYepztI6UL
310Please respect copyright.PENANAz43QGlgCRt
310Please respect copyright.PENANAumZiweeaqw
"Why would you? Marie doesn't get to finishes her sentence as he just laughs in her face. "Why not? Our people are starving and suffering. We need help the goverment obviously can't help". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAa2Wb2YjxD0
310Please respect copyright.PENANAA5eHN1n6Es
310Please respect copyright.PENANAr6SUsAv1ZO
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"I waited on the sidelines, hoping and praying it would get better" the gleem in his eyes turn to daggers of haterid. Marie feels her heart shatter, they were nit close but this is betrayal, this is treason. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAVy4JW0l2B4
310Please respect copyright.PENANA6d5Nc17Bqj
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A stabbing pain is felt from her lower abdomen and she feels terror stab and tear through her like a knife. "The twins, their coming" she screams as she clutches her stomach. "Take her to her bedchambers" Marcos orders just as she falls to the ground in pain. 310Please respect copyright.PENANARKcEonitW8
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~~~~310Please respect copyright.PENANA7RMobfc3Io
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Fifty six hours later and Marie lay in the bed white as a ghost and sweat dripping down her face. Eyes closed and breathing even you would think her asleep. She had just given birth to not one but two royal babies. The first born was a boy they decided to name Theodore Castillo-Flores and the second, a first born girl. They decided to name her Rosalinda Castillo-Flores. She barely go to hold them before her long time friend and servant ran off with her daughter. Seconds later her husband Nick ran off with their son, both to England. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAmQHfFPRdfg
310Please respect copyright.PENANA4pGpL2nKby
310Please respect copyright.PENANAq1DiV63vOc
They had been planning for an escape plan for the twins since they found out they were expecting. Everyone knew that things were changing and the outcome could be deadly. What she didn't see coming was Marcos betrayal. Marie realizes that as much as she cares, her family cares in someway they have been ignorant to their people's agony. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAM5cSUIIafY
310Please respect copyright.PENANASqYvN0iPEk
310Please respect copyright.PENANAeoZwLf3L7M
As if they lived in darkness and could not, would not see the light. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAIji4WoKsLi
310Please respect copyright.PENANAtoWOKKoREN
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Marie knows that Nick, her children and herself shall all be imprisoned. Marcos and the rebels formed a new type of goverment. It's supposed to be for the people but it's really for their own necessities. They just need to think of a way for the children Marie train of thought is interrupted. "Maria Castillo-Flores" Hearing her entire names snaps her head up to see Marcos at the entrance. "Your relatives in England are willing to give you and your family refugee". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAxsGjOCW73u
310Please respect copyright.PENANA0hsw5C7JEC
310Please respect copyright.PENANAfsQ6ZM4jIE
"When do we leave? I am surprised they were so generous to offer such a thing. My relationship with my English cousins have been rocky for awhile now". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAnCJcJtdZLe
310Please respect copyright.PENANAiFqbg698VE
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Marcos just nods his head. He knows that political and economical situations have driven each country apart. Her cousin Queen Sofia is wife to King Edmund. The two were always thick as thives in their youth. It broke both of their hearts when their countries allegiances started putting a strain on their personal relationship.310Please respect copyright.PENANACRua29ztVo
310Please respect copyright.PENANABi6a8TC5Rb
It been nine years since her corination yet she still will dream about that day.310Please respect copyright.PENANAVCjgopLJww
310Please respect copyright.PENANAnrpkNXujHE
310Please respect copyright.PENANAltXuaKQx7z
Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.310Please respect copyright.PENANA4oLEsLEa8K
310Please respect copyright.PENANAyHFZp1mBuW
310Please respect copyright.PENANAm1knkWOgCp
A date she isn't to forget. Marie remembers that for her Corination the people were expecting to get a bread roll, sausage, pretzels, ginger bread and a commerative cup. They people were over joyed that is until they heard there weren't be enough for eveyone there. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAToYfPW29ht
310Please respect copyright.PENANA8qmiw4YWzj
310Please respect copyright.PENANAMk4BMBD4h1
The ones in charge of the celebration and the organization of the gifts well they were only expecting several thousand but estimates say that 500,000 people came. The police failed to control the crowd and maintain civil order. The reports aren't even sure on casualties or injuries of the people. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAWhUsfzgF4P
310Please respect copyright.PENANATb4t01GeZX
310Please respect copyright.PENANAbQT8dAB0qi
It was a stamped that killed them, it was a personal and national tragedy. It didn't matter that she visited them in the hospital, donated 407 dollars a year to the families, paid for the funeral od the deceased all from her own allowances and not the govermemt. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAci4FjOf1Xs
310Please respect copyright.PENANAtnRwzqSkFo
310Please respect copyright.PENANAQV0gghZ9CJ
It didn't matter what she did, they act like she didn't care all because she went to the British Ambassadors Ball. The event was luxurious and expensive one by the British goverment. It was to strength the alliance of their countries. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAmOp8hKVAkR
310Please respect copyright.PENANAzEV1J2DVm2
310Please respect copyright.PENANAnPUWhJYATN
She went as to not risk losing an alliance with a powerful country. The Avalorian Press and her enemies painted her as a person, a Queen who did not care. 310Please respect copyright.PENANALdtXLqsu0i
310Please respect copyright.PENANAE39EntQ6wp
310Please respect copyright.PENANAOZMJ9ePVK8
"You're Majesty, there's been uhh" Roland comes into her office. She been staring off into space. "A what?" In all their years as friends Roland usually does not hesitate. "We have heard reports from officials and police well there was a misunderstanding". 310Please respect copyright.PENANA9mgBP2LHI2
310Please respect copyright.PENANAaBqSWZt2kL
310Please respect copyright.PENANAa6vwjRBIOl
"The people of Avalor went to petition to the Queen at the Summer Palace in Madrid this morning. A peaceful protest turned deadly when a shots rang out from the Royal gaurd. It's rumored that Queen Maria had given the orders" Roland explain as he shows that morning newspaper.310Please respect copyright.PENANAarUeC0wjvS
310Please respect copyright.PENANAJcWb6s9NwK
310Please respect copyright.PENANAnYn2sRg60c
"That's impossible, I wasn't even there". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAkI784pq9xd
310Please respect copyright.PENANAluUJAIlNaz
Maria is completely confused by the entire situation. "I wasn't there but if someone gave an order than who?". Maria and Roland rush out the door and down the stairs, "Why would they do it?". 310Please respect copyright.PENANADFQmuGoyLA
310Please respect copyright.PENANA6UCcsyzshW
310Please respect copyright.PENANAz9zSYtO0Gv
Roland and Marie are in the carrige riding over to the Summer Palace. The palace is only 15 miles away from her residential stay at the Zarzuela Palace. It takes an hour or to but to Marie it feels longer. 310Please respect copyright.PENANABEGfXvYYU6
310Please respect copyright.PENANALesX5Pj6Oo
310Please respect copyright.PENANAVbzmImPyp8
The Queen is in such a rush she doesn't notice the beauty of the Palace itself. The walls of the palace itself is pained a mix of white and rose bud. It's detailed with accents of gold on arches and doorways.310Please respect copyright.PENANAhVfMmwqJGm
310Please respect copyright.PENANAawSpuIzT6n
"Marie" Nicholas yells and goes straight towards her side. Fear is etched all over his face. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAAsyQoUd9Aa
310Please respect copyright.PENANAfkl1e6AGSr
310Please respect copyright.PENANAia1UuUFALj
310Please respect copyright.PENANAuzHPKw9Yb1
310Please respect copyright.PENANAEDztL3Po06
They spend the next few hours in council trying to figure out what to do for their people. The people want more power and the crown to take a back seat in the goverment. That's never happened in the history of their people. The entire council hear chanting in the dark outside of the palace walls. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAcWf0rQZbxr
310Please respect copyright.PENANAkMCDOMCl4K
310Please respect copyright.PENANAo7mPdvYn7T
"What in the world could that be?". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAD9STuiCXd3
310Please respect copyright.PENANAocQo1Mr6tE
310Please respect copyright.PENANAxdj2HxsZIK
No one can answer that question, eveyone goes to a window to see what's going on. They see a crowd of citizens bellow them infront of the gates. Some hold signs and other posters. The light from the torches below gliter of the windows reflection. Something so dangerous and mencing, well it appears beautiful. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAZL7EvEPzdp
310Please respect copyright.PENANAijyNXQ7qtZ
310Please respect copyright.PENANA6PLdYR1cyg
The door crashes when it hits against the walls and a loud bang echoes off the room. "We have come to a decision" Pedero Gonzalez, one of the older members of the Duma announces. "The Queen needs to leave the country" Pedro brown hair falls infront of his somber eyes. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3LfKiJFjc
310Please respect copyright.PENANANwgPvmrOI1
310Please respect copyright.PENANAHQqNzpdT4Q
"I can't leave my people" Maria exclaims desperation in her voice. She doesn't think she can leave her country in such disary. "What of my nephews?" Lenore, Maria younger sister points out. Her heart sinks. She didn't even think of her boys, Chris and Ben are only three and four respectfully. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAnwPwGbcPFb
310Please respect copyright.PENANA1plN575Zce
310Please respect copyright.PENANAo3YHfeKF22
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"They don't need you here Marie. If you stay you and your children could die. The rebels are getting closer and closer. The people are angry. It's not safe here anymore. You can run and live for another day". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAyjsCgMnu1A
310Please respect copyright.PENANAc905IWuQ1J
310Please respect copyright.PENANA2jSbHNMZCA
Marie knows that Lenore has made a valid point even if she doesn't want to admit it. She touches her hand to her stomach and think of the Royal babies in her stomach now. They are due anyday now and the nerves have caused her to go into false contractions before. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAsMLKGw2kXW
310Please respect copyright.PENANA3WYFh91SxW
310Please respect copyright.PENANAfxLP5PIzS0
Well distracted the none of the people in the room notice one of the younger members of the council motion to one of the guards. Before anyone can truly comprehend it men with guns surrounded them. 310Please respect copyright.PENANArkU4iaAc4s
310Please respect copyright.PENANAIO5VKoR8di
310Please respect copyright.PENANAvmNXuJ85GM
"Queen Marie you must surrender the crown" Maria regonizes that voice, it's Marcos Rhonda. He is one of the youngest council members at the age of 25. He is medium height with honey colored hair and chocolate brown eyes. Top of his class yet he is determined and brash. A very smart and dangerous opponent. His father Ivan was friends with her father. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAlHF6aZbSAM
310Please respect copyright.PENANAxaWxuosLPu
310Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3qfHRiK7P
"Why would you? Marie doesn't get to finishes her sentence as he just laughs in her face. "Why not? Our people are starving and suffering. We need help the goverment obviously can't help". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAsWWqpEbETC
310Please respect copyright.PENANAcVUmN6AM0I
310Please respect copyright.PENANAS9UhCaSeg8
310Please respect copyright.PENANAburc1Wsxcs
"I waited on the sidelines, hoping and praying it would get better" the gleem in his eyes turn to daggers of haterid. Marie feels her heart shatter, they were nit close but this is betrayal, this is treason. 310Please respect copyright.PENANA5UMQv8qs96
310Please respect copyright.PENANALB3O3cYJq1
310Please respect copyright.PENANArlftvZfrVG
A stabbing pain is felt from her lower abdomen and she feels terror stab and tear through her like a knife. "The twins, their coming" she screams as she clutches her stomach. "Take her to her bedchambers" Marcos orders just as she falls to the ground in pain. 310Please respect copyright.PENANABKNe9IXGUb
310Please respect copyright.PENANAFkUiC2n8AV
310Please respect copyright.PENANAh1q5nvGzyt
~~~~310Please respect copyright.PENANAKjtGu8a0fQ
310Please respect copyright.PENANA7xr11PfskO
310Please respect copyright.PENANA1WJgLuQcFA
Fifty six hours later and Marie lay in the bed white as a ghost and sweat dripping down her face. Eyes closed and breathing even you would think her asleep. She had just given birth to not one but two royal babies. The first born was a boy they decided to name Theodore Castillo-Flores and the second, a first born girl. They decided to name her Rosalinda Castillo-Flores. She barely go to hold them before her long time friend and servant ran off with her daughter. Seconds later her husband Nick ran off with their son, both to England. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAwkRtno6qx9
310Please respect copyright.PENANAlYDBdZO3ib
310Please respect copyright.PENANACB9catvuJT
They had been planning for an escape plan for the twins since they found out they were expecting. Everyone knew that things were changing and the outcome could be deadly. What she didn't see coming was Marcos betrayal. Marie realizes that as much as she cares, her family cares in someway they have been ignorant to their people's agony. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAujZMkZXFQP
310Please respect copyright.PENANAVGUjNXdlfG
310Please respect copyright.PENANAY2mVxdEI5B
As if they lived in darkness and could not, would not see the light. 310Please respect copyright.PENANAoctvlFK7YR
310Please respect copyright.PENANAYK5TZyWjcC
310Please respect copyright.PENANAVny9yXO4Ka
Marie knows that Nick, her children and herself shall all be imprisoned. Marcos and the rebels formed a new type of goverment. It's supposed to be for the people but it's really for their own necessities. They just need to think of a way for the children Marie train of thought is interrupted. "Maria Castillo-Flores" Hearing her entire names snaps her head up to see Marcos at the entrance. "Your relatives in England are willing to give you and your family refugee". 310Please respect copyright.PENANAq1umTSxf0D
310Please respect copyright.PENANAHw1ianCeO9
310Please respect copyright.PENANAM2Wh957Uoj
"When do we leave? I am surprised they were so generous to offer such a thing. My relationship with my English cousins have been rocky for awhile now". 310Please respect copyright.PENANA5ArtrxccIC
310Please respect copyright.PENANAJGH7SPfrO3
310Please respect copyright.PENANAFE9OPcgeAu
Marcos just nods his head. He knows that political and economical situations have driven each country apart. Her cousin Queen Sofia is wife to King Edmund. The two were always thick as thives in their youth. It broke both of their hearts when their countries allegiances started putting a strain on their personal relationship.310Please respect copyright.PENANAAM10VGes7j
310Please respect copyright.PENANArWJpCzTEwD
It been nine years since her corination yet she still will dream about that day.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAT8gWmRT5ay
Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAOulHhLMMfb
A date she isn't to forget. Marie remembers that for her Corination the people were expecting to get a bread roll, sausage, pretzels, ginger bread and a commerative cup. They people were over joyed that is until they heard there weren't be enough for eveyone there.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAIhPVd4nqBB
The ones in charge of the celebration and the organization of the gifts well they were only expecting several thousand but estimates say that 500,000 people came. The police failed to control the crowd and maintain civil order. The reports aren't even sure on casualties or injuries of the people.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAMhR9BmFPii
It was a stamped that killed them, it was a personal and national tragedy. It didn't matter that she visited them in the hospital, donated 407 dollars a year to the families, paid for the funeral od the deceased all from her own allowances and not the govermemt.
310Please respect copyright.PENANANdzudqfXiA
It didn't matter what she did, they act like she didn't care all because she went to the British Ambassadors Ball. The event was luxurious and expensive one by the British goverment. It was to strength the alliance of their countries.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAZuZzCOKsV7
She went as to not risk losing an alliance with a powerful country. The Avalorian Press and her enemies painted her as a person, a Queen who did not care.
310Please respect copyright.PENANABcr9J1YjHW
"You're Majesty, there's been uhh" Roland comes into her office. She been staring off into space. "A what?" In all their years as friends Roland usually does not hesitate. "We have heard reports from officials and police well there was a misunderstanding".
310Please respect copyright.PENANAzTT6XBTlgp
"The people of Avalor went to petition to the Queen at the Summer Palace in Madrid this morning. A peaceful protest turned deadly when a shots rang out from the Royal gaurd. It's rumored that Queen Maria had given the orders" Roland explain as he shows that morning newspaper.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAq3MZwdasT1
"That's impossible, I wasn't even there".
Maria is completely confused by the entire situation. "I wasn't there but if someone gave an order than who?". Maria and Roland rush out the door and down the stairs, "Why would they do it?".
310Please respect copyright.PENANAF1e6VU1XJh
Roland and Marie are in the carrige riding over to the Summer Palace. The palace is only 15 miles away from her residential stay at the Zarzuela Palace. It takes an hour or to but to Marie it feels longer.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAr5lAu19aSY
The Queen is in such a rush she doesn't notice the beauty of the Palace itself. The walls of the palace itself is pained a mix of white and rose bud. It's detailed with accents of gold on arches and doorways.
"Marie" Nicholas yells and goes straight towards her side. Fear is etched all over his face.
310Please respect copyright.PENANA0fGZK1Y5tu
310Please respect copyright.PENANAF8YfFbYhTF
310Please respect copyright.PENANAtolx48e242
They spend the next few hours in council trying to figure out what to do for their people. The people want more power and the crown to take a back seat in the goverment. That's never happened in the history of their people. The entire council hear chanting in the dark outside of the palace walls.
310Please respect copyright.PENANA0rmgBShdNI
"What in the world could that be?".
310Please respect copyright.PENANA4syYdmYHl3
No one can answer that question, eveyone goes to a window to see what's going on. They see a crowd of citizens bellow them infront of the gates. Some hold signs and other posters. The light from the torches below gliter of the windows reflection. Something so dangerous and mencing, well it appears beautiful.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAPXijFmII72
The door crashes when it hits against the walls and a loud bang echoes off the room. "We have come to a decision" Pedero Gonzalez, one of the older members of the Duma announces. "The Queen needs to leave the country" Pedro brown hair falls infront of his somber eyes.
310Please respect copyright.PENANAw2wsB0QsWd
"I can't leave my people" Maria exclaims desperation in her voice. She doesn't think she can leave her country in such disary. "What of my nephews?" Lenore, Maria younger sister points out. Her heart sinks. She didn't even think of her boys, Chris and Ben are only three and four respectfully.
310Please respect copyright.PENANADf01karv4o
310Please respect copyright.PENANAWgARmraPPV
"They don't need you here Marie. If you stay you and your children could die. The rebels are getting closer and closer. The people are angry. It's not safe here anymore. You can run and live for another day".
310Please respect copyright.PENANAPcno4N8ruj
Marie knows that Lenore has made a valid point even if she doesn't want to admit it. She touches her hand to her stomach and think of the Royal babies in her stomach now. They are due anyday now and the nerves have caused her to go into false contractions before.
310Please respect copyright.PENANADaU4gfi5HK
Well distracted the none of the people in the room notice one of the younger members of the council motion to one of the guards. Before anyone can truly comprehend it men with guns surrounded them.
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"Queen Marie you must surrender the crown" Maria regonizes that voice, it's Marcos Rhonda. He is one of the youngest council members at the age of 25. He is medium height with honey colored hair and chocolate brown eyes. Top of his class yet he is determined and brash. A very smart and dangerous opponent. His father Ivan was friends with her father.
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"Why would you? Marie doesn't get to finishes her sentence as he just laughs in her face. "Why not? Our people are starving and suffering. We need help the goverment obviously can't help".
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"I waited on the sidelines, hoping and praying it would get better" the gleem in his eyes turn to daggers of haterid. Marie feels her heart shatter, they were nit close but this is betrayal, this is treason.
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A stabbing pain is felt from her lower abdomen and she feels terror stab and tear through her like a knife. "The twins, their coming" she screams as she clutches her stomach. "Take her to her bedchambers" Marcos orders just as she falls to the ground in pain.
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Fifty six hours later and Marie lay in the bed white as a ghost and sweat dripping down her face. Eyes closed and breathing even you would think her asleep. She had just given birth to not one but two royal babies. The first born was a boy they decided to name Theodore Castillo-Flores and the second, a first born girl. They decided to name her Rosalinda Castillo-Flores. She barely go to hold them before her long time friend and servant ran off with her daughter. Seconds later her husband Nick ran off with their son, both to England.
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They had been planning for an escape plan for the twins since they found out they were expecting. Everyone knew that things were changing and the outcome could be deadly. What she didn't see coming was Marcos betrayal. Marie realizes that as much as she cares, her family cares in someway they have been ignorant to their people's agony.
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As if they lived in darkness and could not, would not see the light.
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Marie knows that Nick, her children and herself shall all be imprisoned. Marcos and the rebels formed a new type of goverment. It's supposed to be for the people but it's really for their own necessities. They just need to think of a way for the children Marie train of thought is interrupted. "Maria Castillo-Flores" Hearing her entire names snaps her head up to see Marcos at the entrance. "Your relatives in England are willing to give you and your family refugee".
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"When do we leave? I am surprised they were so generous to offer such a thing. My relationship with my English cousins have been rocky for awhile now".
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Marcos just nods his head. He knows that political and economical situations have driven each country apart. Her cousin Queen Sofia is wife to King Edmund. The two were always thick as thives in their youth. It broke both of their hearts when their countries allegiances started putting a strain on their personal relationship.
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"You better take the offer"Marcos gives her the letter so she can read in full detail what her relatives are offering her. "If you don't I can't promise your safety".
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