“…she woke up and she’s speaking likethat and saying she’s royalty.”

Tiffany’s uncle had no idea how to help them so they ended up with a friend of said uncle who claims to know about supernatural things.

“She’s from the 19^th century? That would mean she’s a mere spirit now so this is a possession. That much I could tell,” he said in Korean which Tiffany then translated to the princess.

“So Jessica is possessed by this spirit but is she aware or…”

“I can’t tell you for sure but a lot of colleagues think that every time a person is possessed by another entity, they temporarily go into some sort of coma since the spirit would overpower them. Simply put, Jessica’s still inside that body but she’s not aware of what’s happening.”

“Shouldn’t she be fighting it and try to get this spirit out of her body?”

The man wearing thick glasses and had this weird hat on his head looked at her with what seemed to be pity. “You might’ve been watching too much Exorcism movies.”

“How do we get her to be back to normal again?”

“Well, you can’t do that without knowing first how that happened to her.”

“I don’t even know when this started happening.”

“Try backtracking a bit. What were you doing the last time she acted like herself?”

“I’m not sure. We had an argument so we stopped talking and…she turned that way,” Tiffany answered, pointing at the other girl who was playing with the maneki-neko (beckoning cat).  “We went to this museum though. It was the re-opening and we were invited to go there and the was our last outing together. That was a day before yesterday.”

“That’s a good start. What was in that museum?”

“Old things…art of some sort,” Tiffany answered stupidly. She wasn’t really paying attention at all and her mind was wandering the whole time they were there.

The guy shook his head in disbelief and so he decided to google it instead. “State the name of that museum and the date you went there.”

Tiffany told him the information he was asking for and minutes later, he found a site that did a comprehensive review about the museum tour.

“Alright, says here that besides different art pieces from different artists, both living and non-living, from Korea and other parts of Asia, the re-opening event also included artefacts from different parts of the world.” He skimmed the whole article and spotted something that might’ve to do with this whole situation.

“Who did Jessica-ssi say she was?”

“A princess from Europe.”

“Amelia?” he asked and the girl who was playing with everything she sees in the room turned her head towards the him.

“Yes?”

“Tiffany-ssi, I think I know what might’ve happened to your friend.”

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On their way back to their dorm, Tiffany kept quiet while the princess busies herself by staring at everything they passed by.

Her friend’s uncle found an article online about the mourning ring that Princess Amelia made for her father. She also read about how her death caused a serious toll on her father’s mental health.

She looked at her and thought about telling her what she found out about her but she just couldn’t do it. How was she supposed to let her know that about all of those things? She’d be devastated. Sure, she’s aware that she’s dying but what about her father going off the edge and finally succumbing to insanity.

Tiffany only told her that she might already have a solution to this problem and that it’s in the museum the girls went to the other day. At first, the princess insisted on going there as soon as they could but Tiffany has convinced her that it was already too late and the museum might already be closed. She told her that they would go there first thing in the morning.

As soon as they got home, the other girls bombarded her with questions but she refused to answer them since the princess could hear them. It was quite ridiculous when the princess couldn’t even understand a word in Korean. When she was out of ear shot because Yoona and Seohyun invited her to play with them, she finally told them that she has a clue on what happened.

“Remember this re-opening of a museum that we went to? Turns out that Princess Amelia’s mourning ring that she made for her father was there. It was the original one. It had this lock of hair inside the thing. I’m not sure what triggered the damn thing for the princess’ spirit to possess Jessie.” She massaged her temples and stared back at the princess who was now learning how to kill zombies, thanks to the maknaes.

Another proof that this is all true and not just some stupid prank. If it were really Jessica, she wouldn’t even look at the screen.

“Taeyeon and I could go with you two tomorrow,” Hyoyeon suggested.

“You guys don’t have to.”

“Oh come on, we want to,” Taeyeon said. “Plus, I really like the accent on her. I might as well listen to it while it’s still there.”

Tiffany frowned and almost hit Taeyeon in the head if it weren’t for the princess’ screaming.

“I did it! I defeated all of those hideous creatures.”

She frowned again but this time her eyes had a different expression. She realized Taeyeon was right. British accent on Jessica is as good as a red velvet cupcake.

“Game...not over,” Yoona struggled to relay to her in English.

Tiffny watched as her “girlfriend” tried to defeat the horde of zombies on the screen. She covered her eyes with her arm and leaned back. She was still thinking of how to tell the princess when exactly her death took place.

“I am dead.” The statement made Tiffany bolt up. It sounded so dejected but when she finally saw her,  the princess was still staring at the screen.

She turned to Tiffany and pursed her lips the way Jessica would purse hers when she’s upset about something. “I got killed by the jombie.”

“Jom...?” She shook her head and laughed. The way she said it with an accent made it funnier. “It’s zombie. With a z.”

“But Yoonuh told me it was jombie,” she answered back innocently.

“It’s zombie and it’s Yoona. Yoon-ah.”

“Alright then. Zombie and that’s exactly what I said...Yoonuh.”

“Yoon-a.”

“Yoon-eo.”

“Just call her Yoong.”

The other girls watched in amusement as they talked to each other. It was entertaining hearing Jessica sound so posh but even though this was all so amusing to them, they still wished everything would be back to normal. They were missing the lethargic Jessica because even though she acted like a princess she could never threaten her members to be given a capital punishment and they could make her back off by waving a cucumber in front of her face.

---

Tiffany woke the princess up early and she was almost surprised that it didn’t take her that much time to do so. She thought a princess would be stubborn and make it a living hell for those people who try to wake her up.

She also had to wake up her two short-legged members that promised to go with them to the museum. After eating breakfast, they didn’t waste time and drove off to their destination.

They thought everything was going to get solved and things would go back to normal once they get there but to their dismay, a museum staff told them that the mourning ring of Princess Amelia was already taken to France to be displayed at the famous Louvre museum.

The atmosphere inside the car was tensed when they were heading back home. Surprisingly, it was the princess who tried to cheer everyone up.

“If it is in France then we shall go to France.” But of course, that didn’t work.

“We only have a week and a half worth of vacation. I wanted to spend it with my family and I’m pretty sure Jessie wanted to spend it with hers as well.”

“Well, she is not going to be able to do that because I am currently Jessica Jung.”

Hyoyeon stepped on the brakes when she thought of something. The princess was so shocked, she had her hand on top of her chest, trying to calm her heart down.

“This is why I do not approve of riding this thing. It would have been better off in a carriage.”

Tiffany ignored her rant. She was trying real hard to forget about the incident earlier. The princess was insisting on Tiffany to get a carriage for her and if she didn’t scare her with being stuck inside Jessica’s body for eternity, she wouldn’t have budged and got in the car.

“We could go to France with you two. Right, Taeng?”

“I guess our families could understand.”

The princess had no choice but wait for Tiffany to translate for her.

“But...”

“Fany, you want Sica back, right?”

“Of course, I do.”

“Then we have to do this.”

---

Hyoyeon, Taeyeon, Tiffany and the princess were waiting to board the plane that was bound to Paris two days after the short trip to the museum. The other girls wanted to go with them, too but some had a prior appointment and the others have already made plans with their families that they couldn’t cancel.

Jessica turned to Tiffany who was busying herself with doubling checking their things. “So tell me about this aircraft. Is it safe and is it really possible to get to France in that small amount of time?”

“Of course, travelling via airplane is faster and yes, it’s safe.”

“I am not sure. I am getting quite antsy.”

Tiffany rolled her eyes. “Relax.”

“Fany, Yoong said she’ll probably be seeing us in Paris. She and her family will be going there, too.”

“I thought they were going to London first.”

“Change of plans.”

The princess sat there and twiddled with her fingers as she watched people walking past them. She then felt Tiffany tugging her arm and telling her that it was time to board the plane. She stood up and the four of them walked towards the gate.

She felt like she entered another realm when she got inside the huge aircraft. The other girls took the liberty of buying business class seats for them thinking that the princess would whine and complain if she’s forced to sit on coach. “The princess needs room to stretch her royal feet,” Taeyeon reasoned out.

“Do you want to take the window seat?”

“Will I be able to see the sky?”

“We’ll be up in the sky so, yes.”

“Will I be able to see the gods?”

Tiffany pulled on her hair and sighed. “The gods are beyond the stratosphere or something so I don’t think so.”

“Oh. Well, seeing the sky is fine for me.” She then proceeded to taking the seat by the window and Tiffany took the seat in the isle.

They haven’t taken off yet and the princess had another frustrating question for her.

“What if something goes incredibly wrong and the plane falls down? Are we going to die?”

“Unless you could use your hair extension as a parachute then no you won’t die. Too bad you took off the hair extension.”

The princess unconsciously grabbed Jessica’s short blonde hair. “What is this parachute you talk about?”

“Jess, just go to sleep.”

“I am not Jessica.”

“Your highness, please go to sleep.”

“No. I would rather be awake if this plane goes down.”

Tiffany sighed exasperatedly. This was going to be a very long flight.

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a bit short but still an update lol i'm on a roll haha