The Vinandy's
The Vinandy’s: the history of the Batavian dynasty was a story series compiled and written by Gustaaf Vermeylen, writing down the stories about the Vinandy dynasty.
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Part V: Return of Vinandy
Chapter 9: Dust of royalty
While a cup of tea was steaming on the table, the young lady looked at the garden in her mind. In the garden, bees were busy flying from flower to flower, a caterpillar was eating a leaf and ants were walking their route. The young lady wondered how the world could go on, while her future seemed so hopeless. Her mother had suddenly left and apparently had three other children of the same age, she had completely forgotten her real children. Would her mother have lost her way like that? Although the young lady and her two brothers lacked nothing, because they got everything their hearts desired, that emptiness was there. When her father married another woman, they found in her a real mother. Loving, caring and involved. Only then came that fateful day when her father and her stepmother suddenly disappeared.
Only later could she include the story of the disappearance, because information came to her as pieces of a puzzle. She was glad to hear that her father had awakened, but because of the political situation contact was not possible, let alone a meeting. She missed her father and her stepmother very much. Luckily she and her brothers had been taken care of by Benjamin Cambernon. Her father's loyal friend had to abandon everything to keep her and her brothers safe.
On that fatal day she was at school. She was taught at a normal school, among children her age. Suddenly the Royal Guard appeared and took her away. They took her to Château Paravel, west of 's Kingswaarde. There she was united with her younger brothers. She did not recognise the men of the guard. They did, however, in typical black suits, with sunglasses and an earpiece. But her own bodyguard had suddenly disappeared. Later she would hear that the man had been brutally murdered. They took her to the cellar under the château, where they were kept sweet with a television. They saw the chaos throughout the country and neighbouring Francia. Their father had disappeared without a trace and there were protests everywhere.
At one point a man, dressed in a black suit, came, but without sunglasses. He spoke with the dialect of Diet and gave the orders. Then her brothers and she were put together for a photo. Her younger brothers, especially Gustavus, didn't want to cooperate with a smile. The man lost more and more his patience. Eventually photographs were taken. In excitement she waited for the following. But before the man gave the next order, a huge explosion sounded. Somewhere upstairs the château was attacked, because shots were fired as well. The men ran upstairs, the room was closed off. She took her brothers in her arms and began to pray. "Great Cato, save us!"
The shots sounded sometimes far away and then close again. After a while it was quiet. For at least a quarter of an hour there was nothing to hear. Until she heard banging on the other side of the door. In neat Batavians the cry sounded: "Are you all right? "Yes," she cried. "Get away from the door," she answered. After which there was shooting and the lock broke into pieces. There Benjamin appeared in the doorway. They were so relieved. But the danger wasn't over yet. For months they travelled from safe house to safe house. In the last year the political unrest subsided. The dust was setttling down.
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