
It been nine years since her corination yet she still dreams about that day.248Please respect copyright.PENANA6oBBwQxg5v
248Please respect copyright.PENANAqg8Dcv3X6N
248Please respect copyright.PENANA7jhB3FRFgw
Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.248Please respect copyright.PENANAsVB331hekO
248Please respect copyright.PENANACcSQdbT83M
248Please respect copyright.PENANAT3G8bcA7l0
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAwMDXox4gVM
248Please respect copyright.PENANAP1My8R0bP1
248Please respect copyright.PENANApZqnFUVVZt
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAIgTVcwfEoG
248Please respect copyright.PENANAfaetz8OyvR
248Please respect copyright.PENANAgUKZDBTFyi
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAjGdi1uaeRU
248Please respect copyright.PENANAXELIemVhGC
248Please respect copyright.PENANAXXQKTyFBTd
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAvQVFDfjuuA
248Please respect copyright.PENANAHCgcEUujZn
248Please respect copyright.PENANAOVUp5Da4US
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAHYYCa0568A
248Please respect copyright.PENANAtbBFC7qMfr
248Please respect copyright.PENANALfEyRJ9xKa
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAPz0agJmMgs
248Please respect copyright.PENANACaJYgIU52n
248Please respect copyright.PENANAZCB2rNRz3L
"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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAQNHEAa4PQ8
248Please respect copyright.PENANAa0tSNX1WgA
248Please respect copyright.PENANAHsRKoydhqD
"That's impossible, I wasn't even there". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAuvyNGJdR9K
248Please respect copyright.PENANAwV8DIcPsC9
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?". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAVsav8cR08d
248Please respect copyright.PENANATIQ7xu4xTy
248Please respect copyright.PENANAHnB1vENoLR
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAGaH4kiwPMI
248Please respect copyright.PENANACnkkLdrVa1
248Please respect copyright.PENANA3nTAArX5Uz
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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAogANKdrBNx
248Please respect copyright.PENANA5XANRYjIi2
"Marie" Nicholas yells and goes straight towards her side. Fear is etched all over his face. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAUH50OFSdhv
248Please respect copyright.PENANAKO87heLjGJ
248Please respect copyright.PENANACNiMiZft3I
248Please respect copyright.PENANATztYnVOha6
248Please respect copyright.PENANA1x3ZuwViH3
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA7725DFQeTT
248Please respect copyright.PENANAChJYUoIfV5
248Please respect copyright.PENANAEeGMvTbNjN
"What in the world could that be?". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAWadcqJuRze
248Please respect copyright.PENANA1YvlFl222R
248Please respect copyright.PENANANMLqNETsMy
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANATIqAh5b2XS
248Please respect copyright.PENANADSkj2tODaV
248Please respect copyright.PENANAjjuLIQDSqw
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAao0oDyX0Qi
248Please respect copyright.PENANAwKZi29kED7
248Please respect copyright.PENANAEp83vMfxLo
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAdN4dHRGUTk
248Please respect copyright.PENANAMEx5CR5rDp
248Please respect copyright.PENANA2JfG4EDGAq
248Please respect copyright.PENANABC7o9BgXuG
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAgTo3YpDw4M
248Please respect copyright.PENANAcPIVSYrAEX
248Please respect copyright.PENANA8TznXKjqgW
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANARR4cG1gnae
248Please respect copyright.PENANAs0fpSzO2Ub
248Please respect copyright.PENANAKYubx6fcKP
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA2CRg69TLjT
248Please respect copyright.PENANAgLZH4GjI3h
248Please respect copyright.PENANA0P3Y9c722P
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANALUUZhD4stG
248Please respect copyright.PENANAcdnjP1ctaU
248Please respect copyright.PENANAdmaZEZyfmy
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANA4XOtKry6Ti
248Please respect copyright.PENANAFH58CselzD
248Please respect copyright.PENANAQFaIezEViE
248Please respect copyright.PENANApxF7CepWXP
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAmLJC43uXaS
248Please respect copyright.PENANAmSvMY4srJf
248Please respect copyright.PENANATtA9xi2Lf3
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAdAd7UNPfes
248Please respect copyright.PENANAP8uFRQHChU
248Please respect copyright.PENANAJFbGjKqnXK
~~~~248Please respect copyright.PENANA4Bwqh37ehB
248Please respect copyright.PENANAFsFWuaSyuP
248Please respect copyright.PENANAKzmo0csbSK
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAt8bvRPIAjO
248Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ6vKSbaio
248Please respect copyright.PENANAPuH9uLd1jg
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANANIotrsrSbX
248Please respect copyright.PENANAt1i7kz8yDM
248Please respect copyright.PENANAjtNegyVVva
As if they lived in darkness and could not, would not see the light. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAWI2MEw4bKn
248Please respect copyright.PENANAJkyoywNmci
248Please respect copyright.PENANAqVpPeCFsri
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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAalO0k4uN3E
248Please respect copyright.PENANAveSDtFCE74
248Please respect copyright.PENANAIvE1ZzFJVe
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAGP9RF5Otea
248Please respect copyright.PENANAXVEpqYd0of
248Please respect copyright.PENANAnvhRAi7rL5
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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAeiETUfO7ge
248Please respect copyright.PENANAeAuKFv9wZ5
It been nine years since her corination yet she still will dream about that day.248Please respect copyright.PENANANlYx3GxtHm
248Please respect copyright.PENANAFHxUvyKIz2
248Please respect copyright.PENANAIqexD86PPk
Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.248Please respect copyright.PENANAvh6QSaPxnw
248Please respect copyright.PENANA6GLIR3tumV
248Please respect copyright.PENANAi43JFsEe4C
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAHaUqRkF1Eq
248Please respect copyright.PENANAbfAhcfxXRp
248Please respect copyright.PENANANvQvNP1Oyy
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAfUKGZHmL8P
248Please respect copyright.PENANAGorIay0z4D
248Please respect copyright.PENANAT71sj3Os3v
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA7e9K1cPBv1
248Please respect copyright.PENANAktNNAABqNp
248Please respect copyright.PENANAsTlF53a842
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAZYUfJiLj1p
248Please respect copyright.PENANA0t49AaJy2J
248Please respect copyright.PENANA5665qrG16E
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANASRa4VIYZFY
248Please respect copyright.PENANAcoPt77nqKa
248Please respect copyright.PENANAjlfb6LXYQs
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAUFQad1QbBo
248Please respect copyright.PENANAGLDh2jI9B1
248Please respect copyright.PENANA88i9BO3s3j
"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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAciJcqTUAlL
248Please respect copyright.PENANA6VejklcfWp
248Please respect copyright.PENANAf9oLg243JW
"That's impossible, I wasn't even there". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAdymg72QzWZ
248Please respect copyright.PENANA76yr45QjNd
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?". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAlx4yQUBAXg
248Please respect copyright.PENANAzWwBGRWFZX
248Please respect copyright.PENANADKkQMwenPI
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANALPu6Nv0gVn
248Please respect copyright.PENANAhBrvqTJqXW
248Please respect copyright.PENANAmEdV3inPni
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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAuTkqmvK4BW
248Please respect copyright.PENANA63mhiWrjTk
"Marie" Nicholas yells and goes straight towards her side. Fear is etched all over his face. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAG6mJ8MmJMA
248Please respect copyright.PENANADJF3iVTJS5
248Please respect copyright.PENANAwQXrn6D7N6
248Please respect copyright.PENANAL2clOJcdKZ
248Please respect copyright.PENANANuy5vWj5gC
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAHLDDL5tA2B
248Please respect copyright.PENANAEBQ8ceNqop
248Please respect copyright.PENANATcs4pksJ9n
"What in the world could that be?". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAOumv5cOu5m
248Please respect copyright.PENANA0QgsbyUIxk
248Please respect copyright.PENANAJGnFR1PXkz
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAiUt8HLdQPa
248Please respect copyright.PENANAtjcfS1g9Bs
248Please respect copyright.PENANAHsz3OnPdNP
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAuLYYen5ogl
248Please respect copyright.PENANA5FL4pIUqNw
248Please respect copyright.PENANAsOd60NbxPe
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANACkDpjztByx
248Please respect copyright.PENANAU3jRkHo5Df
248Please respect copyright.PENANAcuXz0VQdZh
248Please respect copyright.PENANAb4aYqYX6BI
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAAPjKlNPHjp
248Please respect copyright.PENANAiXPMS9BrpQ
248Please respect copyright.PENANAbXX3Tu08q6
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAdEpXOwAtbQ
248Please respect copyright.PENANAKaJdw9pyi2
248Please respect copyright.PENANA29DF1Ry4lk
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAIIBylhWIcm
248Please respect copyright.PENANAWLLBBNMnV0
248Please respect copyright.PENANAJpV8jHd4r0
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANALiwSQ6yOuK
248Please respect copyright.PENANA6nGioqeDWu
248Please respect copyright.PENANAbw0is5DlAv
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAvptYtjv81U
248Please respect copyright.PENANANz4nZJe6ao
248Please respect copyright.PENANARwlY2CjvQV
248Please respect copyright.PENANArQ3Shgq9RF
"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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANATRAOGzqZcg
248Please respect copyright.PENANAW9EexGABwF
248Please respect copyright.PENANAXpPu1YU4rX
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA1q1yvwJz1E
248Please respect copyright.PENANAipjWKnV3u5
248Please respect copyright.PENANA2m9rzBPEZ2
~~~~248Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Ye2jsErn
248Please respect copyright.PENANAHdX8ZxDy0i
248Please respect copyright.PENANAPsyZDEMcrc
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAe4sXZbc9Ek
248Please respect copyright.PENANAwpRwMI81XG
248Please respect copyright.PENANArEwNBPediJ
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. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAQO2EzhcYzY
248Please respect copyright.PENANArZtUpSvqii
248Please respect copyright.PENANA84HIMUB05U
As if they lived in darkness and could not, would not see the light. 248Please respect copyright.PENANApi0v5Un1hq
248Please respect copyright.PENANAayrFx3wGX9
248Please respect copyright.PENANA5kxMPEghBX
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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAdmsf6ahGdt
248Please respect copyright.PENANA4TaqPOIDoL
248Please respect copyright.PENANApJGv6NPAqQ
"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". 248Please respect copyright.PENANAGzYn8dRIOQ
248Please respect copyright.PENANAliMUX5ztp3
248Please respect copyright.PENANAWFa4B7EjLx
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.248Please respect copyright.PENANAhPQdGzKoQE
248Please respect copyright.PENANA58Pz2P1lzG
It been nine years since her corination yet she still will dream about that day.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAAsACmLEL68
Tuesday, May, 18, 1793.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAEhIGFXPNVG
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAd34FUMmPuq
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAbM8IVd4oyN
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAChVTVxBmSK
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANABfkFhQ1cXE
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAAL5j6gCtku
"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".
248Please respect copyright.PENANArDjouOeYR5
"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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAxeFeE3IIQv
"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?".
248Please respect copyright.PENANAfuvqGCPNk3
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANABeqBeUbZLL
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAWgW6fR31Uw
248Please respect copyright.PENANAznlIG7h4Vh
248Please respect copyright.PENANAC8NDliQC9Y
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANA7kAU35yCD2
"What in the world could that be?".
248Please respect copyright.PENANALYlYY4HPKO
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAhr5OR8k56U
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANAKNtpkTjnNk
"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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANALV1JZBzsvK
248Please respect copyright.PENANAuvg3OQtcnO
"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".
248Please respect copyright.PENANArftQ9tiGLI
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.
248Please respect copyright.PENANA8Mq2vsND4E
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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