Sarah

I walked into the gardens with Genevieve at my side. She tugged at my sleeve as she saw Aliaana.
“Mommy can she come play with me?” she asked. I chuckled and picked Genevieve up.
“I’m sure she’d be happy to.” I said, I carried Genevieve over to Aliaana.
“Aliaana.” I said, she straightened up instantly and looked at me.
“Yes mistress?” she asked.  I grinned; I kind of liked it when she called me that.
“Genevieve wants to play a game with you.” I said setting her down. Genevieve ran towards Aliaana and took her hand.
“Come on come play hide and seek with me.” The look on Alex’s face made me giggle; she muttered something and followed Genevieve.
“Now to find Cole, she should be free by now.” I said with a grin, I set off through the castle trying to find her. Finally I found her in the throne room. She looked up from a book and smiled at me. I walked over to her and kissed her cheek.
“Hey where’s Genevieve?” she asked.
“She’s playing with Aliaana; hopefully she doesn’t climb any trees.” I said.
“She’d better not else I won’t hold back.”
“Come on Cole it was an honest mistake.” I said. She stood and set her book down on the table.
“I know but still, it was irresponsible.” I hugged her from behind and rested my chin on her shoulder.
“Don’t kill her; else Ally will be pissed and so will I.” I muttered.
“I’m not gonna kill her don’t worry.” She leaned into me.
“You think she’ll still feel the same for Ally?” I asked. Cole turned and looked at me.
“Of course why wouldn’t she?”
“Well I dunno, I mean will she let on that she likes Ally? Because she knows that Ally’s her superior. Won’t Alex be too um…” my voice trailed off as I searched for the word.
“Obedient?” Cole asked. I nodded.
“What if she just ignores it?” I asked.
“Ally won’t let that happen.” Cole chuckled. “Those two were in love before Alex died and Ally said that Alex promised she’d love her in life and in death. So I’m sure Alex and Ally will get back together.

Alex

“Genevieve where are you?!” I called into the garden. Of course that got me nowhere, this game of hide and seek was dragging on way too long for my liking. I kept looking for her, trying to find any sign that she had been there. I sighed and looked through some bushes. I heard a faint splash from far off and grinned.
“gotcha.” I said, I started running towards the pond at the far end of the garden. I looked around but saw nothing; there were small ripples in the water, which meant she had been here.
“Genevieve I know you’re here come out!” I said loudly. But still she didn’t come out. I sighed and sat down at the edge of the pond, it was a large one. It almost looked more like a dam. I looked into the water and squinted, a large shadow was just under the surface. It wasn’t moving though. I took a closer look and gasped.
“Genevieve!” I cried. I dove into the pond and swam towards Genevieve, I managed to drag her from the pond, I laid her down on the edge and pressed my ear to her chest. She coughed and water poured from her mouth. She looked at me half dazed as I picked her up and ran towards the castle with her.
“Dammit Cole’s gonna kill me for sure.” I muttered as I ran. “I’m such an idiot!” I felt eyes on me as I ran through the halls.
“Aliaana!” I stopped as I heard Sarah’s voice. I turned and looked at her. I knew I was dripping wet, so that didn’t count in my favor. Cole was came out after Sarah and stared at me. She snarled loudly. Sarah came and took Genevieve from my arms.
“Get in here now!” Cole ordered. I swallowed hard and followed her into the throne room once more.
“What the hell were you doing?!” Cole snarled.
“She was drowning! I just helped her out!” I cried.
“Why weren’t you watching her?!” Cole grabbed my collar and slammed me against the wall. I winced and glared at her.
“We were playing hide and seek! I was trying to find her! You’re lucky I did, I was only following your orders!” I growled. She looked at me a bit surprised and loosened her grip.
“This is the second time you’ve slipped up Alex.”
“Alex? My name’s Aliaana.” The door opened and Ally came in. she looked at Cole then to me.
“Cole I’ll take it from here, go and check on Genevieve.” She said. Cole hesitantly let me go and walked out of the room. Ally waited till she was gone and closed the door.
“Aliaana she loves Genevieve. You must understand that, she’s only trying to protect her.” Ally said. I looked down.
“Well then she should get someone else to be her nanny, I’m always endangering her apparently.” I muttered. Ally walked over to me and placed a hand on my cheek making me face her. I blushed as she smiled at me.
“I know what happened, you saved her. So you aren’t entirely irresponsible.” She said. I backed away from her.
“I think I need to go change, please excuse me.” I said avoiding her gaze.
“Yeah sure.” She said. I ran out and back to my room. I dried myself off and changed clothes.
“Damn this job is hard.” I muttered with my head in my hands. I walked out of my room and sighed heavily. I walked out into the gardens and sat under the tree that I had gotten stuck in. this just had to get easier. I looked around and took a small wooden flute from my pocket; I had stuffed it in there just before I left my room. I smiled and ran my fingers over it; I had had this flute for as long as I could remember. I played a small tune and closed my eyes as I played, that instantly calmed me down and made me forget how angry I had made Cole. When I finished playing I opened my eyes and jumped. Ally was there, she was next to me leaning against the tree. She looked down.
“Why’d you stop?” she asked. I shrugged and stood up.
“How angry is Mistress Cole?” I asked. Ally giggled slightly, which was odd to me. I didn’t find that funny at all.
“She’s a bit calmer now. But I would advise you to lay low for a few days, till the storm clears.” I nodded and looked at the flute in my hands; I quickly pocketed it and looked back at Ally. My eyes wandered down to a small ring on her finger.
“Are you getting married?” I asked. She looked down and shook her head.
“I was going to.”
“What happened?”
“She died in a way.” Ally said. I put my hand on her shoulder.
“I’m sorry to hear that.” Ally looked at me and smiled.
“It’s okay.” I quickly took my hand from her shoulder.
“I have to go now Mistress.” I muttered and left before another word was said.