It was raining. Not a soft, polite rain but the kind that hammered the castle roof like it was angry about something. Princess Aveline and Princess Althea were not allowed to go outside when it rained,they were 5 years old and Queen mother always said "the throne does not chase butterflies, and no heir of mine shall wear mud as a crown ". So the girls sat on the rain room - a small round room at the very top of the east tower, it has tall windows,a creaky chair and a fireplace that was never lit .
"I'm bored, " said Aveline, she was the older one by seven minutes.
" let's play 'fall off the tower '," said Althea
"We already did that last week " cried Aveline laying on the floor with her legs on the creaky chair ,
" Did not."
" Did too."
They about to start arguing properly with their tiny fists about to launch at each other then a loud princessy shrieks echoed and they turned to the fireplace, they heard it click .
Not from the door ,not from the windows but from the fireplace, Althea stepped forward to check it out while Aveline stepped
back .
"Did u hear that ?" said Althea
Another click then it echoed around the corners of the room then a soft green light.
A shape slid forward from behind the bricks, humming and glowing, unlike anything the girls had ever seen.
And in the center of it :a word,blinking softly .
START
Althea clicked on it and nothing happened,she turned around to look at Aveline to tease to her then the ground started rumbling and they looked into each other's eyes in shock both of them got dragged into the soft green flame ,
Aveline was shouting her lungs out while Althea was pulling Aveline.