Romeo Serame was taken a-back by her words, "I can't believe it, your pain is deep and i could not see that. You have my deepest condolences Rose, you do understand that our partnership may destroy the royal family and that includes your son!" Rose did not give an answer immediately but then smirked "My son has my family name, not many know about his father." but then Rose realized Romeo was not a man to speak empty words and it all made sense given that the royal family tried multiple times to call her. Rose stood up and acknowledged "I'm grateful for your time Romeo but i have something to finish up on" he continued to drink his tea as he raised up his hand to excuse her, as soon as Rose left he checked his phone. On it was a message "Ungrateful boy! don't show your face in my house." Romeo grinned at the text, "Its time for me to spread my wings old man, your house is too small for my ambition anyways." he thought inwardly as he called for the bill. Meanwhile, Rose returned to the station in a hurry to interrogate the young assailant in police custody. She was fuming with vigor and intent, Special Constable Mogomotsi saw her walking into the room adorning a no nonsense attitude. He noticed she was much calmer than when she left the station, and his worries subsided. Like a stalking rat Sargent Merapelo showed up to watch the interrogation, his nose keen as ever catches the sent of an interesting interrogation. Rose looked at the young man, not in a stern look but she was furiously calm. " Shall we start again! tell me your name and where you are from.." the detective asked, and the boy responded "My name is Isabella Kylie, i am the one and only princess of Bechuanaland." Rose did not react to the provocation and continued, "Okay Isabella, tell me. Why did you and your companions attempt to kill a detective of the Bechuanaland Police office?" the boy looked at the woman and smiled as he answered "Hmm, its kind of complicated. You were not necessarily getting killed, we disposable trash were sent to keep the best detective in Bechuanaland occupied and distracted." Rose froze up in realization as she finally understood why Romeo asked about her ties to the royal family and thus she understood her son was in danger. She looked at the time and thought, "By this time he should be home, i will go and see if he is home yet" .
Afraid and panicked, Rose leaves the room once more in a hurry. She takes a taxi to her house, traffic seemed to go on for miles as she waited patiently in the car and just then a convoy of black cars came through cutting between the long traffic. For a moment her heart grew heavy as she saw through the window the face of the man who broke her world and yet she was not angry but rather she felt great sadness. He didn't even bother to glance but why would he the king glance at a random taxi, she quickly forgot about it all as she drew anxiously nearer to her house. The house was peaceful, yet she was full of dread as she realized the front door was still locked, she unlocked the door and called out "Jo Jo! are you home Joseph?" her voice echoed unto itself and she broke down in fear. She knew that if her son was at the royal palace she would not be able to change his fate but would have to wait through the storm. In that moment memories of her time with the toddler joseph began to surface, "Doctor is my son going to be okay?" she asked the doctor who wrapped a bandage around baby's head, "don't worry! he only bled a bit but there's no harm to his brain or any signs of internal bleeding. But he has been speaking in a strange dialect, do you know anything about it?" Rose was estranged by the words of the doctor as she looked at her sleeping baby, "Its probably baby talk, its completely normal is it not?" Rose suggested but the doctor seemed unconvinced. Then he exclaimed "I know baby talk when i hear it, your son clearly exhibits traits of organized language. We will observe him for one more week just incase his frontal lobe experienced a form of shock we cant measure." With that the doctor concluded as he left the room, Rose stood at her son's bed side, "Vaali morthor, leqiupe de le xiom degerk liuum" Joseph whispered in his breath shocking Rose who sat next to him. Rose recognized this dialect, it reminded her of things old man Mr. Winter from her home town. Nothing had gone well through out her life and now the ripples of her curses had reached her son's life, despair was on the horizon for Rose.
It was evening, whilst Joseph spent time in the castle for the first time his mother returned to the office to finish interrogating the boy. The night grew dark and cold as clouds gathered above the city, "Special Constable Mogomotsi! prepare three cups of coffee, and bring me a pair of black gloves." the constables eyes widened as his jaw dropped at the turn of her mood. He rushed out to procure the beatdown resources, Rose finally had time alone with the prisoner. "Why do you persist on calling yourself by my daughter's name?" the boy woke up and responded "well you see mother, i really am Isabella and if you've been to the royal palace you know strange things happen. This is not my real body as you should know i am a girl, my body isn't even on Earth hat the moment...." Her words were absolute shock for the woman who looked deep into the boy's eyes searching for any sign her daughter could be in there. The dark brown shaded eyes made it harder for her to see but a mother always knows, Rose knew that she was speaking to her daughter. "Listen mother its not good for you to go anywhere near the palace tonight, Dad will be performing a ritual on Joseph. First he will test him in front of the ancient ancestorIvolent, should he prove his blood origins then he will live to see the night sky today. The most important ritual is the test of Uud and Authority , if his capacity for both is not adequate to land him a spot into the Academy of Royals in Midgard then he will be spirit bound for eternity serving as an errand boy for the ancient ones" Rose understood exactly what they were testing for as she herself had been using authority in speeding up her career ever since learning how to use it back then in the castle. "Im going to drop this case and hand it over to other detectives, when i do so take the chance to leave this body and return to yours, tomorrow i will see your brother and inform him about you. Make sure the two of you stay together, i fear an even bigger storm brewing out here." Rose gave the warning while gently touching Isabella's hand. She left that room and went into another where constable Mogomotsi was waiting, she wore her black gloves and statred throwing heavy jabs at the cuffed prisoner. The man with a chubby build scoffed as he spit out bloody saliva, " Mogomotsi uncuff that man and my coffee looks cold." the constable did as told and immediately the man attacked Rose who weaved through all his thrusted fists, she gave him one good uppercut that left him sitting down in disbelief and Rose smirked at the man as she spit on his face. Rose gave him a round house kick to the face rendering the poor criminal unconscious, "I will be off for tonight Mogomotsi, if he gives you any trouble you know where to find me" Rose threw the black gloves on the unconscious man as she reached out to her coffee, one sip per cup was enough for her as she left the Police station.
On the other hand, a rat chase had commenced in the light evening rain. Heavy footsteps splashed puddles on the paved road seemingly chased by phantoms in the dark, and just as lawyer thought he was betting away neon headlights sparked up ahead of him forcing him to take a detour into a narrow passage. Just as he reached the end of the narrow passage, large pine trees sprouted there blocking his path and he was now really afraid. He held a gun in his hand waiting to shoot at the first silhouette he sees, but suddenly the air grew cold and snowflakes began to form in the air. His misty breath illumined in the light of neon head lights but something quite more terrifying caught his attention. The sound of chiming bells in the distant atmosphere grew louder and closer, "HO HO HO, Merry Christmas to you all." His fears where now realized, Rumor says 'If you hear chiming bells and a loud proclamation of Christmas then that will be your last day on Earth, St. Nicholas the frenzied piercer has come for you. The man with the divine authority of Christmas' A red aura of Uud gathered in the sky above then spikes of icicles rained down on them, the poor man staired at his death from below but none of the icicles hit him and rather they entrapped him. Frozen on sight Jacob the lawyer saw an approaching presence, eyes like red joule's and a stature that could be mistaken as royal. The dark prince made his approach and all the air around him trembled, Jacob understood immediately that this man has greater power than his family could ever amas, he in fact can stand against the pinocle of this country. "You thought you could bare your fangs at me, if you were anyone else i would tolerate it but a weakling like you assuming you could stand on equal ground with me and that was your folly" Romeo gathered his Uud in one hand and the crackling sounds of thunder erupted in the sky, the lawyer pleaded "Please your honor let me live, i beg you of mercy." A great light shone in that area and a deafening roar of light split the poor man down to every atom, in that moment the area was as they were never there. "I think we need to expedite plans, my fathers influence will be a problem. Will you do me the honor of wiping out the main household?" Nicholas couldn't believe his leader's command but he declined and offered to suggest a different name, "I have urgent business in Helios but i hear a certain Manfilgod is roaming around looking for blood to spill" Romeo sat quietly on the flying sled then he announced "Let it be that the beast shall piledge my home."
END OF ACT ONE : A PRINCE OF BECHUANALAND