~Ivan's POV~

I squeezed my eyes close as everybody in the room looked at Mikayla, the whole country maybe, since their broadcasting it on national television.

Mike lifts up his head and smiles at Mikayla, as in waiting for her to show up, I had a secret suspicion he knew who she was since the beginning.

"W-what in the flaming world?" The Queen exclaimed loudly as the whole hall erupted in excited whispers.

"Yes! She's finally here"

"Oh my gosh, I can't believe the freaking queen faked the princess's death!"

"She looks exactly the same as before, I mean she got taller but her facial features didn't change!"

Everyone was happy and excited, except for the other princess, queen and king.

"Yes! I'm so happy!" Oliver chortles.

"Oliver, stop., if you want to die from giggling then I suggest you stop." Hayden teased, but he was smiling as well.

"Sorry! I'm just so happy she's back. God, I missed her badly!" Oliver grins.

"Don't we all?" Sieg smirks.

We were all chatting happily as the queen screams,"You are a liar, what proof do you have!" 

I muttered,"That freaking prick is still on proofs again? Like really?" 

'Well, as for your information, we have all the proof you need." I say, keeping my voice steady as my heart beat against my chest.

~Mikayla's POV~

I gulped as I looked at Ivan and smile, my heart beats faster than usual, and I know exactly the reason why.

I was on denial this few days, but I knew I had fallen for this ice prince.

"What proof do you need? DNA test or fingerprints? I can do it all." I say steadily.

The Queen currently was on a mental breakdown and her princess was wailing, the king, my dad that I never had was sitting there glaring at me. Lord Michel quickly gave his final words for this situation to be handed to the court, but it all happened in fast motion. Soon, Oliver was crushing me in a hug, and I couldn't even breathe.

"You go girl!' Oliver says lightly slapping me on the head.

"Thanks so much, Oliver." I say sarcastically, but I was truly grateful for him for being a good friend for me.

The other princes gave me a hug and Ivan was last, I gave him a simple hug but he pulled me close.

"I was scared you know." Ivan whispers into my ear, tickling me slightly.

"Scared for what?" I say back.

"For losing you, you never know what the Queen will do, y'know. She could have locked you in a dungeon for eternity."

"True, but it never happened did it? You don't have to worry." 

"Yeah, and I'm glad for it." He says giving me a slight peck on the check, both of us turned bright red.

"Hey, there are kids in here you know!" Oliver yells.

"Hm, is it you, Oliver?" I yelled back.

"What? No way!" Oliver hollers back.

"Okay, you guys break it off, its not happy ending yet, we still have to go to the court and finishing off the case." Hayden says.

"Okie dokey!"

~~

A few days flew by, newspaper and magazines was printed out, conversations on the street, almost everything was about me. I also did a press conference yesterday, explaining the situation and my past.

I was staring at myself at the mirror, I was wearing a dark blue blouse and matching skirt, it was time to face the music, most importantly facing my dad. According to my lawyer, I could choose to drop the charges since he was mostly oblivious to what was happening surrounding him, even I knew that wasn't true.

"You look beautiful, you know that." A voice behinds me says that, I didn't even need to turn around to know it was Ivan.

"Thanks, I'm really nervous though." I say slightly touching the necklace on my neck.

"I'll know you'd be fine, trust me."

"Okay."

Walking into the door and taking a seat. I saw all three victims standing in front of the room. They were still behind bars, glaring at me with full anger. Of course they did, I ruined their plan and decided to send them to jail or the rest of their lives, Ukari's rules were super strict, almost like Dres Van, but not too tight.

While I was answering questions from both of the judges, I coudn't stop looking at my dad. My dad, who had an affair with my stepmother. My dad, whom never cared about me. My dad, who looked at me like I'm a piece of scum who disgusted him. While I was younger, I always pondered why he hated me so much, I always had the good girl reputation, smiling at everybody and having polite conversations with the elderly. Everybody adored me, yet my father never paid no attention to me, I felt deflated every single time I failed to impress him, now I knew the reason why.

I felt stupid that I cried myself to sleep for the love of my dad. The final straw came, my mom died of cancer, I was so young and felt really lonely. My dad came with the dreaded old stepmother, I felt the hatred towards him more and more every single day, thinking she could replace me for my mother, my stepsister was younger than me that time, she was so lovely and sweet, and yes, innocent. I think my so called parents fed her with information when I'm gone, that's explain her behaviour towards me.

After my sayings, my stepsister and stepmother says something and I tuned out. I didn't want to know how innocent they are, not knowing about anything, and maybe even being drugged for saying those horrible words to me. All of their words are based on lies and lies, every time their mouth opens I want to puke from the smell.

My father was saying lies as well, and I wish I could slap him, hard. Ivan holds his hand out to me , I squeeze his hand thankfully.

The judge claimed they were telling lies and asks me whether I should drop the charges for my dad or not, if I do, he will imprisoned for 55 years, if not, he will be imprisoned for his whole life. I wonder he would be able to survive if I drop the charges anyway.

With a slight pain in my chest, I decided on not dropping the charge. The judge says all three of them will be imprisoned for their whole life.

The guards brought those three away, and I collapsed on the group."I can't believe I didn't drop the charges, he was my dad." I breathed.

"Shh, he was never a dad to you, okay?" Ivan says giving me a hug.

"But..." My voice trailed away.

"Your mother will be glad, she was always saying not to please you father, didn't she?" Ivan soothed me.

"Yeah, thanks, Ivan." I grinned at him and he returns the favor.

"Well, I'm just glad all of this is finally over." Lord Michel booms.

"Lord Michel!" I say.

"Ah, just call me Mike like you used to. By the way, you could always come to my castle to catch up." Mike says joyfully.

"What will I return it to you?" I smile, remembering the conversation we always had.

"A cup of hot tea and a performance of the piano!" We both cried out and laughed.

"Um, what is this about?" Kuon asks curiously.

"Oh, Mikayla here always comes over and makes tea for me. She makes the best tea even at a young age. While I sip on my tea, she will play a song on the piano." Mike says dreamily,"Ah, I missed those time terribly, the talent she has even at a young age." Mike rambles on and we exchanged glances at each other.

"Guys, this fiasco isn't over yet." Aslan says holding out his phone."We still need to crown Mikayla!" He says and gives me a million dollar smile.

"Well, that's great, but what will she be crowned?" Sieg asked.

"Crown Princess of course, she isn't crowned yet." Mike answers.

"Well then, let's eat something fancy to celebrate!" Oliver yells as we all cheered. What can I say, with all this stress, I barely ate anything for the passing few weeks, and I love food. I'm going to stuff my stomach for this golden opportunity!

Author's Note. 

Lmao I wrote the most on this chapter, 1415 words! Yikes, the next chapter will be the end, I can't believe it >.<. Oh well, farewell till the next chapter :)

-Jocelyn