2022-05-20 02:22:52"King Jerald, today is your wedding day. Are you sure you want to do this?" a sweating Rachel inquired in between breaths.
"I'd like to get one last taste of you before I marry that annoying Clariss and spend the rest of my miserable life with her," the king replied. "Now keep quiet before the guards notice my absence," he added as he placed kisses on Rachel's cheek. His statement got her all excited as she giggled.
The pair were so caught up in the intense heat that they had no idea they were being watched. Standing in the middle of the barn was Princess Clariss, Jerald's wife-to-be, in a wedding dress.
She had gone to the Teras fountain, atop the Crystal Tower, to make a brief good-luck wish. She was supposed to go at midnight but opted out because she wasn't the sort to believe that a simple fountain could bring good luck to one's marriage.
It was customary for all the young women of the Ergad kingdom to climb the crystal tower, put their hands in the Teras fountain the day before their wedding day, and make a good luck wish for the success of their marriage, but she had previously declined.
For the past week, she'd been having the same dream over and over again. In the dream, she was standing over a crying King Jerald, who was asking for her mercy. She had initially brushed it off, but again, the same dream visited her.
She kept thinking about the dream all morning, but she eventually decided to tell her cousin Valarie about it. Who persuaded her to go to the top of the tower for a piece of fast good luck before the wedding ceremony began? Princess Clariss eventually accepted and flew to the tower in her wedding gown. But she came to a halt halfway there when she saw a figure that appeared to be her husband running playfully into the barn with a lady that appeared to be her best friend. She stammered, "Jerald!"
She landed on one of the stairwells and tried to persuade herself that it wasn't her king, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she flew to the barn. A gruesome sight of King Jerald on top of Rachel, her best friend met her. Her legs went numb; they could no longer support her weight as she looked at them. Her heart was ripped to shreds; she could hear it pounding furiously.
Rachel, her childhood best friend, noticed a shadow in the room and opened her eyes to find red-green hateful eyes staring back at her. She quickly pushed Jerald off of her and cried, "Clarris!"
Jerald looked behind and found his fiancee smiling at him with teary eyes.
"Please go on, do not mind me," Clarris said. Deep inside her head, she was recalling her dream. It was quite different from the scene she was seeing. Jerald was not begging for forgiveness but was staring at her with shame in his eyes.
Jerald wiped the sweat off his forehead and quickly put on his trousers.
"Clariss?"!! What are you doing here? You are supposed to be getting ready for the wedding," an embarrassed Jerald asked without thinking, while Rachel covered her face in shame. She couldn't look her best friend in the eyes.
"How long have you two been screwing?" Clarris asked.
"That's not important," Jerald replied.
"How long?" Clarris screamed.
"Not sure, maybe years," Jerald replied.
When Clarris felt her heart collapse, she took two steps and held on to a box for balance.
"You and I have nothing in common, Clarris. Our relationship was forced upon us by our parents. Rachel completes me. We are compatible just based on our abilities; she is water and I am fire. "You are just a girl..." Jerald added, "That can fly."
Rachel interjected, with tears in her eyes, "Jerald, please don't say that. This isn't the case, Clarris,"
"Be quiet!" Clarris yelled out, "Jerald, please go ahead."
Jerald could only look down, embarrassed.
"I'm just... a... flying... girl?" Clarris whispered between sobs. The room became quiet and Clarris stared at them with a smile on her face for what seemed to last forever, then turned and began walking away. Jerald called out her name, but she kept walking. She was filled with so much hate and rage that she did not hear her name being called. The sound of her heart beating overpowered anything else. She pulled herself up and flew in the direction of the forest.
Both Prince Jerald and Rachel couldn't go after her because they couldn't fly. And she had taken off at the speed of light. Gerald's ability was to whirl fire and Rachel's was to whirl water. They both ran to the castle, and Jerald ordered his dark knights to go into the forest and fetch his wife to be.
He was distraught and was all over the place. The guests and family members noticed that the bride was nowhere to be seen, and they became impatient and began asking questions that King Jerald declined to answer.
The sun went down and the Dark Knights returned with no Clarris. "My Lord, we have searched the entire forest but there is no sign of her," the knights reported.
"What do you mean, you fools? Go back into the forest and only return once you find her," Jerald shouted out.
"But my Lord, it's past curfew and the creatures of the forest have come out to feast. We barely escaped," Darell, the leader of the Dark Knight and whose ability was to shapeshift, cried out.
Prince Jerald whirled a fireball towards him, but stopped it a few inches from Darell's face. "Repeat what you have just said,'' he ordered.
"Prince Jerald, what's going on? Where is my daughter? " King Charles, Clarris's father, walked in.
Jerald turned off the fire and faced the king. "We are looking for her." She flew into the forest, but do not worry my king, the knights are on it. " Jerald lied.
The king's face turned pale, and he felt like his weight was collapsing on him. "How! Why? Would she run in the forest on her wedding day?"
Jerald walked over and gave the king a seat. He lied again. "We had a simple misunderstanding, and she ran into the forest," he said.
"Misunderstanding!!! Why didn't you run after her?" The king asked, shocked.
"She flew away, but I sent the knights after her, and they have been searching for her the whole day. They will soon find her." Jerald signaled his knights to go immediately, and they all ran out with fear written all over their faces.
The forest was not the place to be at night, no matter what kind of ability one possessed. The place crawled with bloodthirsty creatures and demons that looked for bodies and souls to quench their thirst. And if those did not get you, the Night Catcher would. He was the faceless monster that roamed the forest looking for people with abilities and stealing them away. But the knights had no option but to go in again.
"But why didn't you inform us about her disappearance all this time?" King Charles shouted.
"I thought the knights would bring her back," Jerald stated, with shame all over his face.
Deep in the dark forest, Princess Clariss finally stopped flying. She was so tired that she felt her legs cripple her and she fell to the ground. She had no idea which part of the forest she was in because she had been flying the whole day without stopping. It was like she was flying towards something rather than running away from something. She and King Jerald were betrothed since they were toddlers. And their union would strengthen the two kingdoms, Egrad and Arthora.
Her kingdom, Arthora, had the weapons and an army, while King Jerald's kingdom was rich with resources, land, and a lot of people with abilities. It was not everyone who was born with the gift of powers; only a few were chosen. And among all the seven kingdoms, Egrad was filled with people with strong abilities.
It was an alliance that both their parents came up with to merge the two kingdoms and make them powerful. The two grew up knowing each other, and it was Princess Clarris who first fell in love and worshiped King Jerald. She had spent all her years learning to love him, accepting his flaws and vice versa.
But that dream now seems far fetched. Seeing him on top of her best friend brought out so much hate and anger. All she could think about were the wasted years; the mockery, how long they had been sleeping together, boiled her guts. She had been a fool all these years.
She lay on the ground and cried her heart out. Tears kept flowing, and the ground she was lying on became soaked up. It was like she was crying a river of tears.
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The crowning ceremony was finally over and King Nephius began his rule. A year passed and he married Princess Elsa's immediate sister, Princess Ingrid of Arthora kingdom. The two met at his crowning ceremony and immediately connected. Marcus and Daniel also married from the other five kingdoms in order to strengthen the Kingdom's relationship. The two ruled together with the king as his right hands. Marcus was soft and effective for tactical decisions while Daniel was brutal and effective for tough decisions.Darrell and Princess Elsa also got married in kingdom Ella and held a grand wedding. The Princess took over from her mother as Queen and ruled the Kingdom of Ella with Darrell by her side. After getting tired of being on king Nephius's throat every day, Lotus finally decided to explore the world. He first approached the Pixiu but it refused, there was no way it was going to leave its love nest. Then he approached the Nixie, he thought it was going to refuse but to his surprise,
Chapter 75
Clarris looked at Omen disappointed, even though he once informed her that she needed to apologize to the people, Clarris was always coming up with excuses. She really wanted to apologize but was scared of being cast out by the people. She never left her tower and was always attending to her flowers. But in the morning Omen pleaded with her to accompany him to the crowning ceremony. At first, she refused but Omen assured her that Rachel was not going to attend and convinced her that it was a good opportunity to ask for an apology because everyone was in the celebratory moodBut when she got off Omen's back the first person she saw was Rachel, she looked at the other brothers and could see the unwelcoming look, she turned and was about to fly off when Rachel called out her name.She stopped Midway“Clary,” Rachel called out on top of her voice. Clary was the childhood nickname that Rachel gave to Clarris. When they were young they each gave each other nicknames. Clarris was Clary whi
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“What's going on?” Nephius asked.“We came for thy crowning,'' Pixiu replied, sending the crowd into murmuring. They could not believe that it could talk.“Do not tell me that we were not invited?” the Nixie spat out.“You are invited of course, but can you all please shapeshift into human form. You are scaring the people,” Nephius pleaded while looking at the Naga Omen.“Come make us,” it repliedOut of nowhere, a small boy ran towards the Pixiu and asked for a ride. His terrified mother came running and t1ried to lift him but the Pixiu moved forward and placed its feather on the ground for the boy to climb up. The boy was so excited and climbed up. More children came forward and he was able to put a lot of them on his back and flew off exciting the children.“Do not even think about that with me! The Naga Omen stated.“No one would want to climb on a snake, '' the Nixie teased, sending everyone into laughter.“I want to swim with you,” one of the women asked the Nixie.The Nixie eye
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Nixie Omen left the room and joined the night catcher. Their mother appeared with a smile on her face. “Someone looks happy,” Nixie Omen teased.Immediately she heard modern English and her smile was wiped out. She asked where the Naga Omen was and before Nixie Omen could finish explaining everything.She yelled in frustration forcing both the night catcher and Nixie Omen to cover their ears. She spent the whole day making Clarris's tomb but finding out that Omen separated his entity only met one thing. She tried teleporting but she was blocked and pushed back.After failing to penetrate the spell she ordered Nixie Omen, but he disappeared and did not want to be involved in the family drama. The Naga yelled and went banging on the door. “Clarris I have made you your tomb,” she kept yelling but she got no response.Inside the room, Clarris could hear the Naga screaming but she ignored her. “Maybe back then if I had seen who your father was the curse could not have happened,” she joked
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The all-ride Clarris was quiet and only replied with a yes or no. Even though Omen did not like her attitude he played along.They landed on Dark Tower and found the Night Catcher. Clarris rolled her eyes and passed him, went straight to her room, and locked the room behind her. Omen asked the Night Catcher to ignore her. He knew it was waiting for her soul but also knew that it wouldn't take it forcefully. “On our wedding, thou be mine best man,” he stated. The night catcher eyed him confused and asked him to clarify if he had heard him correctly. Omen only smiled and teleported into Clarris's room.“Are you Stupid, get out of my room,” she yelled at him but Omen threw himself on the bed and joked about the fact that she had a bed? A very irritated Clarris walked over to the bed and ordered him to get up but Omen pretended to be asleep. She got a pillow and hit him hard but got no reaction. “Omen get up, you are not sleeping in here,” she kept yelling and hitting him.In a swift,
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Nephius walked into his mother's chambers and informed her of his plans. She lay on her bed uninterested in whatever he was saying. She kept her face to the war and avoided facing him. He tried pleading with her but she was not budging. And requested him to run his kingdom the way he wanted to. Nephius looked down the floor sadly, he did not have an idea with who to be disappointed with. There was no way he was going to rule without his mother's help or blessings. And on the other hand, he needed Omen. He was stuck, his rule was turning out to be a nightmare before it even started. In Arthora, emperor Marcelo sat in his chambers pissed. The sorcerer he sent after the Princess returned and updated him on Everything. He ordered him to get ten thousand of his men ready. It was war, he was hundred percent sure the sons were coming for him.“I will take at least one of them to hell with me,” he roared out. The sorcerer tried to reason with him but his stubbornness wouldn't allow the so
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They all looked at each other blankly, all this time they were more concerned with their mother's reaction and forgot about what their subjects would think. “So what is going to be of our brothers' graves,” Miguel asked.“It was just a toy grave brother, they were never physically buried in there,” Barrick replied.Nephius suggested that they worry about that later what was important to them was finding a solution to how they were going to free the descendants of Ergad. They all walked back into the castle and began strategizing.“Are we not supposed to crown you king first!? Lotus asked.“I want to be crowned in front of my people, Prince Lotus, not in front of my brothers,” Nephius replied.His brothers smiled, their entire lives they never associated themselves with the title of Prince but finally, they were going to be addressed by that title. It was still a victory to them even though the thought of their father not being around to witness it all hammered the back of their heads
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Rachel spit on the ground and looked at Clarris with disdain, then turned and looked at Nephius. “Your first rule has a king and you choose to dine with the snake that cursed you!” Nephius only looked down in shame. But his other brothers were right, he needed Omen and Clarris had the Naga to worry about more than them. Marcus walked over to where Rachel was standing and reminded her of the day she defended him when he had betrayed his brothers not once but twice.“Mother, remember when everyone wanted me punished or should I say dead? You said Omen kept me alive because he was in need of me?” “What has that got to do with this snake!” Rachel asked“We need Omen, Omen likes the snake so we will let him play with it until he gets tired or she hurts him and the Naga kills her?” Lotus replied. Clarris couldn't believe what she was hearing, she clenched her teeth and was about to say something but Omen held her hand.Rachel looked at them with spite, turned, and walked back into the cas
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Nephius clenched his fist and a bit of frost came out. Miguel gave him a stay calm look.’ They all felt insulted but they needed Omen if they were going to reberate their people from the emperor's rule. Without Omen all were just a couple of brothers with abilities while the emperor had thousands of Dark Nights. The game changed, it was all about the future now and not the past.“Remember let the Naga deal with Clarris,” Marcus whispered.“Where would you like to have your Picnic from?” Nephius asked with difficulty, surprising both Omen and Clarris. Even his other brothers were shocked. Among them Nephius was the most Arrogant and putting his pride aside In a short amount of time was surprising.“In the garden,” Clarris replied knowing very well it was the place where the graves of all the sons she had harvested lay. Even though everything was now burnt down.The brothers held on to their anger “But first Omen, you have an apology to make,” Nephius stated to which Clarris laughed an
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