Stepping into the Palace

Alistair quickly wore the clothes and proceeded through the bazaars, she was fascinated at the sight.

The Bazaars were filled with different types of shops .

He saw that and his thought described it as:

A completely different district that one could find in the eastern culture,The bazaars started with two to three open shops , consisting of beautiful flowers 

In red,orange ,blue ,pink etc.All those flowers were differently shaped and had the shine of golden ray onto them

The flowers were displayed in a row and the padellers were hawking their

names Alistair was worried but the fresh looks of the flowers, the beautiful street shops,with various garments and the beautiful laughter of the children made heis heart flutter with joy and only one thing came into his mind and that was the scene when he too played so freely like the children.

The sky was pollution free and only birds could be seen flying there. The most amazing feature was that the birds landing and before reaching the ground changed into human forms.

"Side please." Said a man who passed from Alistair's left side he was carrying fruits and sweets with him and his wheel cart had wings and was flying on its own.

Alistair heard him telling ,that he was already late for the palace and had to hurry.Looking at him and hearing his words gave Alistair an idea and he ran before him.

Alistair ran as fast as he could and he reached the place where the cart stopped , and was waiting for something.

He saw that In front of him was a great gate with two Phoenix statues placed upside the pillars with a majestic top tower,and a city inside guarded by a barrier.

All the carts were standing in front of the gates and were being checked.Alistair knew that he had the permit to enter the palace but if he went there then a lot of questions would be asked and he might not be able to answer them hence it would be good to enter through the cart. 

Alistair saw that the cart that he was following was yet to reach the gates for a checkup and hence ,he threw a pink stone lying in the ground to distract the vendors attention.

As he thought upon throwing the stone the Vendor stopped and went to the side to check and ,Alistair saw that others were busy checking the supplies so he slowly ran and sneaked into the cart's lower end and held the rods of the wheel tightly.

He was clinging to the rod like a monkey clinging with his belly upside down to the branch.

"I had never thought that this day would come when I have to become a monkey to not lose my life." he said  ,holding the rod tightly.

"It's still okay at least I know that I am fit." Said he with a sigh.

"Strange ,who hit me with a stone, I couldn't find anyone. " said the vendor, scratching his head and coming back to his cart.

"Hey you, would you come inside or stand there? " said a soldier after all the carts had entered.

The vendor quickly ran to his cart and went on towards the gate.

"Oh God !you know that I might have secretly broken into someone's property again but I am just doing it for the sake of  my friend .Please don't let them find out." Said Alistair as his heart snaked in fear.

The guards came towards the cart and checked all the baskets carefully, afterall it was an important day and they couldn't afford to make any mistake.

Now it was their turn to check the lower part ,as soon as he bent to inspect it .

"Ding - dong " a sound ranged. It was the sound of the clock placed in the clock tower ,its ringing meant that within half an hour the event would start followed by the dance.

"Oh no, it's late,hey hurry." Said the Guard to the vendor hearing the sound.

Alistair heaved a sigh of relief hearing this and the cart sped up ,On the road Alistair had to deal with a huge number of jerks because the cart was moving super fast and finally, reached the palace gates.

Alistair that there were no guards present at the gate and rather the vendor chanted something with his eyes closed ,hands fold .He showed his hand where a feathered mark was drawn and the barrier uplifted.

"Thank God! I chose to enter through this way or I couldn't get into the palace." he thought.

Soon he heard some noises,they were the sounds that were coming from the unloading of the stuff that other carts brought .

Alistair quickly crawled out of the cart's lower part ,he ran and hid himself into the back of a fruit barrel.

From there he walked into the palace as carefully as she could and hid herself whenever he saw Guards patrolling. 

He heard from them that the commoners are not allowed to see the ritual inside the palace and they could only pray outside .

He was now in a tough position: how could he enter the banquet hall where the ceremony is held if he was a commoner and without entering there how could he find out Rose.

He then saw that some maids were taking the food inside the hall .A wild idea came into his mind and he saw that one maid was hurrying to the hall.

He grabbed the maid from the back and closed her mouth ,then he slowly dragged her into a corner, he was lucky enough to find a store room.

He knocked her out and swapped the clothes with her.

"I am sorry but I have no other option." She apologised to the maid and took up the palate and proceeded. 

"Thank god I am not too muscular or it would be hard for me to dress as a girl." thought he ,upon this thought he laughed a little.

He hurriedly walked towards the hall and reached there.

The hall was very big and well decorated with various chandeliers,  side tables with white sheets and various delicacies were placed there with fine wine, sheets arranged according to one status ,and knights guarding the area.

Nobles greeting each other and talking , they all took their suits after some time, a wide stage where the rituals and dances , a throne placed above and beside it one more throne was placed .

"That side throne is placed beside the royal throne, maybe because of some influential person beside the king ." 

However, Alstair could see many people but Rose .

The Side curtain room.

The Dancer staying Room.

"I don't know why  but I am feeling like Alistair is here." Said Rose as she saw all the people coming .

She was behind the curtain but was able to see everyone. Suddenly she heard a noise, she felt a familiar sensation. 

She quickly moved her eyes to her side and saw that a lady was shouting at a maid because she had mistakenly dropped the fruits. 

"Miss you shouldn't shout at her like this." Another maid protested as she helped that girl up.

Rose couldn't believe her eyes because that maid who helped the girl was none other than Alistair .She could recognise him even when he was dressed as a girl.

A smile blushed into her worried face as saw her.

"Hey you saw how daring is that maid to speak up?" Said a dancer .

Rose heard that and smiled because she knew Alistair  was like that. whatever the circumstances might be ,he would always help others,but Rose was worried that it might be dangerous for him.....