Anastasia

The kingdom of America

We were somewhere dark, I could feel things around me, soft things,

"Where are we" I whispered, Mali put a finger to his lips

"Stay here, don't move" he opened a door, light flooded in and I realised we were in a wardrobe, the soft things I had felt were clothes, he left the wardrobe, and I heard a gasp

"Mali? What are you doing, you shouldn't be here" a girls voice was saying, but then she went quiet and I heard a moan, I gasped, no way am I listening to that, so I jumped out too, the girl screamed, Mali covered her mouth and he glared at me I just shrugged, I didn't need to explain I'm the queen.

Once she stopped struggling he let go

"Who is this?" She whispered

"I'm Anastasia" I offered my hand but she was furious

"You bought her here? Why is she not dead?" clearly this woman knew who I was

"Just calm down, I'll explain everything" Mali went on to explain what had happened, I also learnt that not only was this woman Mali's lover, but she was also princess Leah, daughter of King Jonah, apparently she disliked her father, she disliked the decisions he made but watching her hearing her I was sure that it was true

"Someone's coming, doesn't pose a danger, but we should hide" I closed my eyes "he seems Indian?" I went into the wardrobe but Mali didn't follow, the door opened and a man walked in, I was in the wardrobe but the door was still open, and the man could see me, he looked around the room,

"Mali, nice to see you again" the man shook Mali's hand, then went over to princess Leah,

"Did you know there is a woman in your closet?" He whisper shouted, smirking towards me I just glared at him, and stepped out of the closet.

"I'm Anastasia, a friend of Mali" I told him

"Shakti, prince of Asia"

"Shakti?" I closed my eyes thinking "That means power" I opened my eyes to see Shakti smiling impressively, "I spent four years in India after high school" I explained, Mali explained to him who I was, turns out, even though Leah loves Mali her dad is forcing, yes, forcing her to marry Shakti, he is against this marriage, just as much as she is

He wants his daughter to marry someone she doesn't love, and Shakti clearly doesn't love her either, all three are plotting,  trying to come up with ways to stop this wedding, I was sat here wondering how to put my plan into affect

"What are you supposed to be wearing? For the wedding I mean" I asked all of a sudden, interrupting them, she opened the wardrobe I had been hiding in and pulled out a dress bag, she opened the zipper and beautiful Indian sari came out it was red and embroidered all over "I presume your face will be covered?" I asked, I had seen Indian weddings take place, the bride kept her face covered all the way through the ceremony, the face was uncovered after she entered her new home, by the elder woman of the home either his mother or grandmother, or even an older sister.

"Yes father insists on a full Indian wedding, anything to keep the King happy" her voice squeaked a little she apologised for that,

"I'll wear it, I'll go down there, I'll defeat your father, a wedding shall not take place today" they were all worried for me now, Mali started to argue, about sticking to the plan, I was still sticking to the plan, just tweaked it a little, we went over the whole thing again

I got dressed quickly, Leah helped

"Someones coming" I gasped, each person looked at each other, in fear "he posses danger" I closed my eyes to see him better, "its weird I've never met him before, but he seems familiar"