I stumble back to the palace and make my way inside. I need to find someone to help. I hear a maid heading in my direction, I walk towards her and see she's heading this way with some clean laundry in a basket."Help! Can you help me? The kised mama lost her baby and I came to get help! She's really-" she's giving me a stern look, directed at my shoes..

  Oh. I look at my boots which are covered completely in mud. I then look back to see a looong trail of muddy shoe prints all the way out of the door. I'm going to be in so much trouble.

  I look at her sheepishly, "can you help me change first.?" She smiles "Of course! If you'll allow me, I am going to pass this laundry over to another maid first, and then I can give you my full attention, would you be alright standing right where you are so you don't track more mud everywhere?" I nod vigorously, almost like a chicken, but a cool, handsome, royal chicken. I stay right where I am.

  It feels like forever and I don't know how much longer I can stay in this spot.

  My legs are bored.

  I'm bored.

  She comes back with a bucket and two other maids, one has two braids in her hair and the other one has a necklace and short hair. "Thanks for waiting! I brought Mayra and Alice with me, we'll first change your shoes and then take you to your room to change alright?" "Okay! Got it!" I say. Maybe if this is fast enough I won't be in trouble?

  They hoist me out of my boots and Alice, the girl with two braids, puts them in the bucket they brought, and then Mayra helps me into the other shoes. Then I follow them to my room, and I am dressed in clothes more fit for mud and adventure! Alice even takes a little thin blanket that she owns and tied it around my neck so I can have a cape! They're the best!

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  "Can you remind me your names just in case? I want to make sure that father keeps you three in mind when he.. uh. I forgot, but that thing?" Alice and Mayra and the maid who first started to help me smile warmly and the one that I don't know the name of says "Thank you! I'm Natalie, this is Mayra" she gestures to Mayra. "And this is Alice." She gestures to Alice and I nod and try to remember that.. Natalie, Mayra, Alice!

  "Okay! Now I need to help the Mama kised find her missing egg!" I say, heroically. Natalie laughs and I look at her sadly. Mayra comes forward and cheers for me! Mayra and Alice are so nice!

  I now need to head to where da- *ahem* Father is. I head down the well kept, yet still well worn main corridor, passing a lot of smaller carpeted corridors, most of them I have never ever been inside. Click clack click clack, my shoes echo on the floor since I'm wearing outside shoes. The marble tiles are whiter near the edges of the corridor and the walls are lined with sconces and paintings, some people others landscapes, both with silver frames.

  I make it to the end of the corridor, a little out of breath, and look up to see the Big Huge Humongous Giant Big Double Doors. They are standing, large as ever.

  I take a big breath. I walk to the right and push really really ReaLly rEaLlY REALLY hard! I..(urrgh) open (rrrrrr) the right(*breath*) one just enough to slip through. Huu huff puff *childish out of breath noises* huuuu (inhale) haaaa (exhale).

  I walk through the room with all the pillars that have words on them, dad-Imean, Father says that they're all heroes, who got their names etched into the stone.

  I find the smaller door with the letter slip on it and carefully twist the handle, that way the mail stays in the box that catches it, it's stacked really tall. I make my way in and step over piles on piles of papers, letters, and notes.

  It smells of ink and dandelions, my father's favorite flower. I look and see a yellow candle sputtering in the corner of a desk stacked with papers of every kind. I see a mat of uncombed silvery white hair hiding behind mountains of papers. I can hear the ink pen scritch scratching on a paper. "Daddy-" I cover my mouth, but that got his attention. Two hollow grey eyes lift up from behind all the papers. His face nearly as white as the paper he's writing on. It's almost scary. "Father, the mother kised you got me is missing one of her eggs! It's making her very sad. Will you help me find it please?"