Fire fighting.

"Dying without being killed?" Lysander asked out loud pondering over what the gentleman just said.

"Gather the men,we are to meet right after, I leave from here! Leave I'll be with you shortly!"

After the guard left, it was left with Anastasia and Lysander staring straight at each other. But Anastasia's eyes were darting back and forth while Lysander's own were firm on her.

"I'm sorry!!" She said moving back tears falling down her cheeks! Lysander was a bit surprised and confused again . What was she sorry for?

Something was seriously wrong somewhere. She was acting all weird nowadays.

"Anastasia! Are you sure you're okay? "

"I don't know! I feel....no more like me lately!!" She said crying! "I think I want to go back home but when I got the chance I refused it! "

Lysander watched her for a while before continuing. "Xenia and your brother cannot leave Edgeville, no matter what!"

"Why do you keep saying that? "

"Because I know why! "

*Screams and bangs*

"What was that sound? " Anastasia asked hiding behind Lysander for safety.

"I don't know, yet! Stay here. I will be back!"

" You're leaving me all alone? "

Just then Thyra bolted in.

"There's war in Edgeville your highness!"

"War? How? "

"Rivendelle!"

"Rivendelle? " Lysander asked surprised. "But how is that possiple? Nobody outside Edgeville can enter through the portal! "

"Dad is here? "

"Well, it only means we have a traitor here, with us! "

" Less talking, your highness! We have to save Edgeville! I sent the children to safety already!"

"Let's go now!" Lysander said running off with Thyra but Anastasia stopped him with her words.

"You can't leave me here!"

Thyra looked at her and asked Lysander if she could keep her company . Lysander reluctantly condoed to her opinion and went off.

Anastasia somewhat tensed down a bit! As she sat in her bed with Thyra's arm wrapped around her as a sign of comfort.

"Why are you tensed up, Anastasia? " Thyra asked rubbing her hands around the shivering girl.

"Exactly, that is the question ! I am confused about everything!Why am I tensed up? Should I be happy that my father and his army are here to save me? Or should I be happy he is here to destroy the land that caused bitterness to my own land? Or should I be sad that Lysander might hurt my father and my family?" She asked looking deep into Thyra's eyes looking as though she was soughting after answers in the poor, confused servant's eyes.

"Don't worry, I don't think Lysander would do anything to hurt your family ".

"Yes of course totally! Haha haha! That is because I am not the one he promised to make my life miserable right? And that his sister hadn't beaten me up right? Of course totally, haha. You're so funny Thyra! "

"Look Anastasia! After you got beaten up, he felt sorry that he started all this revenge thing and planned in letting you free! but when you got the chance yourself, you refused! He would've let you go if you wanted to Anastasia! "

"But even if I did, I wouldn't be able to get out of Edgeville! He said my siblings and my mother wouldn't! "

"You could because he would've helped you. He can easily pass through the portal!"

"The portal?"

"Yes, only the people of Edgeville has access to it and that too, it is a little limited" .

"So if it is only limited to the people of Edgeville, how did the people of Rivendelle , my people get in here? "

"That is the issue! Someone is biting behind our backs!"

*After a long silence *

"Thyra? "

"Yes my princess? "

"What happened to me after I was beaten up? "

"Why do you ask, my princess? "

"I haven't been able to get hold of my feelings and emotions nowadays! I get angry and then suddenly, people are on fire!, I don't easily get angry in the first place! But I have a solution! Maybe it's because I am in this place! Once I leave, I would turn back to normal...hopefully!"

After a long while of silence which enabling Anastasia to think over weird recent happenings, but the somewhat peaceful silence didn't last them for long! There was an announcement regarding safety.

"Everyone out!!! The palace is on fire! Out now! Get out! Everyone! Hey you get everyone out to safety! "

Anastasia looked into Thyra's eyes with panic!

"Fire? What do we do? "

"We have to run out of here, princess. Come on get up! " Thyra held Anastasia's hands carefully and safely pulled her to the door. She tried opening it but the fire had already caught the door and was devouring it fast, later or sooner, the room would be on fire. As they went back from the burning door, Thyra looked for ways to quench the fire!

Anastasia pulled up blankets and tried to put out the fire! All the way she started to ask questions as she always loved to, even in this life threatening issue.

"Rivendelle did all this? "

It took a while for the busy Thyra to respond but nevertheless she did!

"I don't know but I am not sure! This looks like a two against one war! "

"Who do you think is partnering with my father to do this? "

"I DON'T KNOW!! I SHOULD BE ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION RATHER! CAN WE LEAVE HERE ALIVE FIRST, PLEASE??!"

they fortunately succeeded in quenching the fire from the door, but they didn't take notice when, the fire had earlier gone upwards the door and caught the velvet curtains above! And now the ceiling was absorbing the heat!

Smoke started filling the room and the two females started to suffocate while looking for means to get out of the room.

"This is a princess's room! A royal room! They should've checked in here to see if there was some one here. " Anastasia said annoyed at the palace workers negligence!

"Wait!!! "She announced an idea popping up her mind!

"The balcony!!!!"She announced!

Thyra's face lit up and they ran out to the spacious balcony where everyone was running around scattered all over!

But the ground below the balcony was too high!

"We need help!" Thyra said coughing from the raging flames from inside!

"Let's call out for help!"Anastasia suggested.

"Everybody's too busy, my princess. Thank God if you see someone looking up at us, once you start calling. You're just going to loose energy even more. " Thyra said.

"Bed sheets! " Anastasia announced her face brightening up at another brilliant idea. "We could use them as ladders to climb down, Thyra! "

"It's too late, my princess! The whole room is covered in smoke. It will be difficult to enter in there, princess! And even we have to leave the balcony fast! "

"Worry not Thyra! I will be alright okay? Just give me a moment okay? " Anastasia said courageously. But before Thyra could protest the warrior princess had already entered into the room.

Anastasia was of course blinded with the smoke and it was a hard time breathing. With the help of her photographic memory, she made her way in between the bed and the wardrobe.

She pulled the sheets out of the bed and grabbed more from the wardrobe as Thyra shouted out for her! Objects began falling which prevented Anastasia from making her easy journey back to the balcony! Anastasia slowly crawled her way but she bounced back at the hit of her bed. She started to weaken! Smoke containing carbon monoxide was entering her lungs which was poisonous to the human body. The heat of the fire was dehydrating her body and she started hallucinating. She somehow threw the bed sheets with all her might in order for Thyra to at least get the chance of escaping but not all of it made way outside the room to the balcony.

But when Thyra caught sight of the bed sheets, she knew what the princess was planning on doing. But she would rather die than let this happen. So she did this!

"Anastasia, if you hear me please hold on to the other end of the bed sheets! "

Anastasia who was lying down like a weakling, forced her might and grabbed on to it.Thyra after feeling her grasp tightened on the sheets, pulled Anastasia out to safety. But where she called safety was slowly eloded with black heavy smoke