It's already been three days since I entered this timeline. The royal life isn't so bad but what I am worried about is-
"Your highness it's time to leave" One of the maids said disturbing my thoughts. I had to go to the market with Ursula,my sister. Apparently there's an upcoming banquet and Ursula wanted to do the shopping with me and I couldn't say no to her remembering how nice she is so I agreed.
"I'll be there in a minute" I told the maids and started gathering some weapons just in case. By weapons I mean a knife I hid it in my pocket. Yeah the clothes I were wearing had pockets and big ones at that . I was wearing a shirt and a pant. It was like one of those cowboy-looking clothes. I'm surprised brigitte had something like this in her closet. Not very princess-cy of her but I'm glad she has it.
I know there probably won't be any use of knife but when you live through mutiple universes and witness horrifying things, you become paranoid and always need to feel safe. Having the knives with me makes me feel better.
"I'm ready to go" I came out of the room ready to leave but then I heard gasps "your highness you can't wear those again, you know last time you wore something like this his highness the prince was extremely outraged" I scoffed at that "he can talk to me himself if he has any issue with my dressing sense. No one tells me what to wear. Now enough chitter-chatter. let's get going"
Me and the maids arrived at the main door of the castle. I could see a carriage was waiting for us. "Oh you're here" I turned around to find Ursula. She was wearing a yellow gown which looked extremely magnificent on her or maybe she made it look better. She was extremely gorgeous with her blonde hair and hazel green eyes. She also had the same reaction as the maids after seeing what I was wearing but she smiled again. "The prince will not be happy with this Birgitte" She said and there was a pause for a while "next time include me too and we'd be wearing the same thing" She said with a mischievous smile. I laughed and said "sure"
The ride to the market was bumpy. I fogot how uncomfortable these carriages could be. We reached the market in 30 minutes and and it was a busy place obviously. "There's the shop" Ursula said cheerfully while pointing towards the shop. The carriage stopped in front of the shop's gate and we both got out. The shop seemed expensive even from afar but as someone who's been through multiple universes I've lost interest in things like luxury and money. Sure it's nice to have it and it's necessary for survival but when you keep switching your life with random people in random universes, you stop caring about it.
We went inside the Shop and there were magnificent dresses everywhere. How was someone supposed to pick one from these? I really couldn't. I'll just let Ursula pick one for me because all of them seem gorgeous anyway. I was busy looking at the dresses when I noticed something or more like someone. It....
"Hey Brigitte come take a look at this one" Ursula called out to me but I have something else to worry about right now. I rushed to her quickly "Hey , you can do the shopping alone right? I have something to take care of. I'll be back soon" I said to her hurrily, getting ready to leave. "But Brigitte you know our brother- "
"It's fine we won't let him find out" I said while I was already half way to the door. I got out but there was that guard who came with us so of course I had to trick him and leave without him noticing me which I did perfectly and went towards the way I saw that person going. I couldn't see him anywhere but I'm sure it was HIM.
I went around looking and searching for someone like that but I couldn't find anyone. It was a busy market and there were a lot of people, my chance of finding him were low but when has that ever stopped me?
I saw an alley a few meters away from me and ofcourse I had to check it out despite the danger. I entered the alley hoping to find that guy but as cliche as this could be, there were just some thugs. I tried to leave quietly without making any noise but that wasn't possible because luck has never been on my side has it? Well I just didn't wanna get involved with them but now that they have noticed me it's become a problem, not for me, for them. In one of my timelines I went around looking for my pet at night during a zombie apocalypse. I encountered some of the Zombies and it didn't end well, for the zombies ofcourse. This is nothing as compared to that. I promised to not cause any trouble but it appears the trouble seeks me.
"Who do we have here?" I rolled my eyes at the cliche line. These guys are every single cliche of thugs there ever has been. Thank me that I brought a knife with myself, of course I won't kill them. That is out of question but I can wound them enough so that they can't walk. Gosh this is not worth my time.
I didn't respond to them and immediately took out my knife. One of the guys tried to grab me forcefully but I dodged and made a cut on his right leg. he screamed in pain while covering up the wound with his hand. "What the hell you bitch" He cursed out at me but I have no intention of paying any attention to that. I looked towards the other guys. There were three more of them and they were more alert now after seeing the knife in my hand and how I wounded one of them. "You'll pay for this you little bi-" Before he could continue I drove the knife through his right feet.
I suddenly heard a cry somewhere. It was of a child. I turned around to see where that came from and it was a little boy. He seemed around 8. What the hell were these guys doing to a child?
I immediately wounded the other two guy's legs and all of them were groaning in pain while lying on the ground. They all seemed too weak, maybe I went a little overboard but it's just my instinct to be on high alert during such situations and thankfully it was also Brigitte's body's response so I could take care of this easily. Usually when I changed bodies it's hard to fight but for some reason Brigitte seems a little trained. I guess part of being a princess?
I turned towards the child and asked him what happened.
"These guys said they knew where my mom was so I followed them and when we reached here they started beating me out of nowhere" he was still crying while saying all of this. I could see the bruises on the child. What monsters would do this to a child?so I did infact not go overboard with them. These monsters deservef every bit of it.
"There was a nice man too" The child said between the sobs. That got my attention. "Who was he? Do you remember" I asked him but ofcourse if he's not in state of answering the question he doesn't have to. "It was a nice tall man with white hair, he was fighting them but then suddenly ran off and you arrived immediately after him"
"Thanks for telling me, let's get you out of here first" I said while smiling at the child and took him out the alley. I can't just leave him I have to find his mother.
"Your highness what are you doing here? We have been looking for you" It was the guard who came with us. Well I did trick him and ran away before he could notice me coming out of the shop. I feel bad about that but it is what it is. "I'm sorry I won't do it again, I found this child crying in the alley. Would you be able to do something about finding his parents? I think he's lost" I asked the guard hoping he'd be of help. He looked at the child for a few seconds and said "yeah that's not a big task your highness" The guard said politely and we moved towards the shop again. Ursula was done shopping and we were ready to go.
I'm still disappointed I didn't get to catch that man. The child said a man was in that alley but was it really him or just some random person? The odds of that person being him are 50-50 but there was no use in going after him at that point so I didn't bother.
We reached the palace in 30 minutes and boy these carriages are so uncomfortable. I miss Cars. There was also a timeline where I could fly on a carpet. That was extremely awesome experience but I suppose I have to be grateful for the carriage here.
As expected my brother had heard about my disappearance from the shop and was ready to provide me lecture. The clothes I was wearing just added fuel to the fire. I was called to his office as soon as I arrived.
My ears could drop from listening to his lectures on manners and etiquette as a princess and how I represent the royal family and so on. I couldn't care less. I'd be out of this timeline in probably a few months but that also doesn't mean I'd just ruin everything here no I don't do that. I respect every timeline I shift in and I personally don't think I've done anything wrong today so I really did not care. I apologized and went to my room again.
I let out a tired sigh while lying on my bed. It definitely had been a long day. At least now I have a lead about that guy from my previous timeline. He is also in this timeline and for some reason he knew me in my past one. I wouldn't care if it wasn't something that didn't affect me but he broke into my apartment last time and he knows my birth name. I have to find out why or how he is involved in this. Not to mention he can also change timelines like me. I have to find him soon if I want answers to my questions.
I sighed again and got up to change into my night clothes. I wonder when will this endless cycle of shifting timelines end. I'm so tired of it all. Killing myself doesn't work either. I tried that in mutliple timelines, I just wake up in a different one once again. So I have to figure out how to end this and maybe that guy can hel-
"Don't make any sound" I was suddenly grabbed from behind and there was a hand on my mouth to keep me from screaming. My eyes went wide from the sudden shock. It was a man, I couldn't see him but he seemed to be tall enough that his chin was over my head. My nerves were anything but calm. I tried to find anything near me which I could use for attack. The knife. I remembered the knife I put in my pocket. I slowly tried to move my hand towards the pocket.
"Don't even try, I already took out the knife" What? when did he? I was breathing heavily and couldn't think properly. This is the problem about possessing different bodies. Some of them aren't trained for these type of situations and go into panic mode which is the most practical response but If I had any of those bodies from my other timelines where I was highly trained, I wouldn't be in this condition.
"Now listen to me, I'm gonna let go and you will not scream if you want answers" I came to an immediate realization that it was the same guy I was looking for but what kind of encounter is this? Does this guy love breaking into people's rooms? I nodded my head in understanding and he slowly let go of me. I turned around to see him. I took a good look at him to finally memorize what he looks like so I know whom to look for next time. I was still breathing heavily and didn't have the energy to talk after such a long day
Hello Nora, Nice to finally meet you.