Princess detective stories: The end (Part 3)

The next day, Catherine, Priscilla and Kelly woke up early and decided to go back to the monument. 

Catherine said, “I think we missed something yesterday.  I can feel it”.

Priscilla cried, “Umm, guys, I have to say something to you. I –“

Kelly interrupted, “Can you save it for later? We’re kind of in the middle of something.”

Priscilla replied, “No, it is very important.  I can’t save it for later”.

Catherine said, “Go ahead”.

Priscilla said, “Yesterday, while we were running out of the monument, I noticed a piece of paper behind the barrel containing the tiara.  The paper was emitting some dark smoke”.

Catherine asked, “What?”

“I know that it’s hard to believe but you guys have to believe me”.

Kelly answered, “I believe you. We need to go back to the monument and figure out the reason behind the dark smoke.   Come on guys”.  Catherine nodded her head and the girls left the palace.

On their way to the monument, Catherine asked, “Hold on, Priscilla, why didn’t you tell us about the paper on our way back to the palace?”

Priscilla replied, “I was scared and nervous so I forgot to tell”.  Catherine gave a thumbs up to Priscilla and the girls continued their journey to the monument.  

Kelly asked, “How are we going to get past Michelle?”

Priscilla replied, “We’ll see about that”.   When the girls reached the monument, they noticed that the security guard, Michelle was waiting eagerly for someone.

Kelly said, “Great, Michelle’s here.  I thought she went to run errands”.  Catherine and Priscilla looked at her with a ‘what are you blabbering?’ face.

Priscilla asked, “What are we going to do about Michelle?”

Catherine replied, “We’ll just narrate everything that Priscilla told us.  We don’t have a choice. We can’t lie to her again.  Also, I am pretty sure Michelle will join us in the tiara mystery once we tell her”.  Priscilla and Kelly said, “Okay” together and walked towards Michelle.

Michelle turned her head and shouted, “What are you guys doing here? Go back to your palace”.

Catherine said, “Calm down, Michelle!” and narrated the entire story.

Michelle laughed and said, “The dark smoke is not being emitted from the piece of paper, it is from the tiara”.  The girls looked at each other surprisingly.

Priscilla asked, “How is that possible? We had a close look at the tiara and we didn’t notice any dark smoke”.

Michelle replied, “You were hypnotized by the spirit of the tiara.  You guys regained consciousness in a few minutes and ran out of the monument”.

Kelly asked, “How do you know?”

“Later kiddo”, Michelle spoke sarcastically. “To defeat the spirit of the tiara, you guys need to follow the instructions given in the piece of paper.   The instructions given in the paper is written in German.  If you guys don’t understand, I will translate it to you guys”.

“You’re from Germany?” Catherine asked excitedly.

“Yes”, Michelle replied.  “Now get inside the monument”.  The girls nodded their heads and entered the monument.  Priscilla took the piece of paper and removed the rubber band.  She saw a bunch of words scribbled in German and a tattoo of a girl in the top right corner of the paper.  

Priscilla read the paper and told her sisters, “I have no idea what this means.  Let’s go to Michelle”.   The girls walked towards Michelle and handed the paper.

 She translated, “Go to the island of spirits and dip the star-studded tiara into the river of valleys.  The tiara will get purified and can cure the sick”.

“Where is the island of spirits”, Priscilla asked.

“It’s in the other end of this town”, Michelle replied.

Catherine cried, “Are you kidding me? It takes about two hours to go to the other end of town by plane.  It will take one whole day to reach the other end of town by walk.  No offense guys but I think we need to drop this mystery”.

Michelle smiled and said, “None taken. Anyways, I thought about the distance and I have an idea.  I am actually a pilot, you know.  I know how to fly a plane.   We can go to the Jetex company and hire a private jet.  The manager of the Jetex Company is my friend”.

Priscilla said, “Alright! Let’s go”.  Priscilla grabbed the tiara and left the monument.  Michelle and the girls headed to the Jetex Company and narrated the entire story to the manager. The manager became quite interested on hearing the story and decided to give them a plane free of cost.  He selected a plane from a set of planes and told Michelle to take good care of the plane.  Michelle thanked her friend for being helpful and left the place. The girls and Michelle reached the island in two hours and hopped out of the plane. 

Catherine said, “Great! We reached the island.  What’s the next part of the instruction?”

Kelly replied, “We need to dip the tiara in the river of valleys”.

Priscilla cried, “There’s the river of valleys!”, as she pointed her finger at a fast-flowing stream. “Come on guys!” The girls walked towards the river of valleys and stared at the river.  Priscilla took out the tiara from her pocket and dipped the tiara in the water.   As soon as she dipped the tiara in the pool of water and pulled it out, a young girl appeared in front of them.  

The girl cried, “Ugh! Michelle, you will pay for it” in German and disappeared into thin air.

Priscilla asked, “What does she mean?”

Michelle replied, “I can’t hide it from you anymore.   She is the spirit of the tiara.   Her name is Crimson.   Crimson and I used to work at a carpenter’s shop.   One day, Crimson made a tiara with the help of her father and showed it to me.  Oh, I almost forgot, once she made it, she took the help of a magician and wrote a curse related to the tiara on a piece of paper. She also got a tattoo of her face in the piece of paper. The piece of paper is the one that you guys found behind the star-studded tiara.   She told me to keep it as a showcase in a monument and keep the piece of paper behind the star-studded tiara. That’s the whole story”.

Catherine said, “Oh! Okay!  Anyways, thank you so much! let’s take the tiara back to our kingdom and cure our father!”.  The girls smiled and flew back to their kingdom.  The girls showed the tiara to their father and their father got cured in an instant.  Their father was very happy with his daughters and made them the queens of the kingdom Roseberry

                                                       The end.