Phantom Rose

"May all those who touch the cursed blade be blessed, for if you are not the chosen wielder you will be destroyed by the blades power."

-Cecilia Phantom

DementedDollGrace Original Story

Warning: minor violence in later chapters, also this is one of my own stories it is one I love a lot so reviews would be nice and I would love some tips ^^.

Chapter 1

Hidden deep in a old dark castle covered in black rose vines, lies a magical black katana. Foretold in many stories it has the ability to change its form into any weapon the user wants. Only one person is able to wield such a mighty magical tool. The queen of the dark old castle was able to wield the black katana named the Deadly Rose, alas she fell in the battle with Saito Himea the witch of death. The king though…went insane after the death of his wife and son, both lost to the Witch of death. Darkness covers the kingdom ever since that day.

~flashback~

Inside a grand dark castle a young girl is playing with a doll, her hair straight, black, and silky with braided side bangs. The girl is Princess Grace Rosalie Phantom, a young Neko with tiny black angel wings. Her mother walks in smiling "Grace sweetie, come here." Grace runs over and clings to her mother's waist. "Momma can we go play in the garden, please." Her mother smiles and picks Grace up " of course sweetie, just dont tell your father or brother, ok?" "Ok" Grace says with a big smile. "That's my girl." They walk to the back garden and start picking a bouquet of wild flowers from the large patch. "Look momma I found a blue rose, it's so pretty." Reaching for the rose, grace's hand gets cut by a thorn " ow momma, it hurts . I don't like blood momma." Cecilia ,her mother lightly grabs her hand and pulls out a cloth to wipe away the blood. "It's okay sweetie, momma is here for you."

~end flashback~

Grace is standing in front of two graves, her mother and her brother were killed by a witch, leaving grace all alone in the world since her father abandoned her soon after. Grace slowly stands up after placing roses on the graves (her families chest has roses on it :3), when she turns around a small cat demon called a cait sith was sitting on the stone in front of her. "Quite a tragedy my dear sweet princess." it said getting closer. "hush lila….now is not the time, let's just go, I don't wanna stay any longer." Lila jumps on Grace's shoulder while she is walking towards her old friend Al-mi'raj, her large sword in the ground next to her, staring at storm clouds she speaks "we should get a move on soon, before the storm hits." She picks her sword up and rests it on her back and starts to walk towards the dark forest. Grace picks up her katana and parasol and follows Al-mi'raj into the forest, soon after entering it starts to rain "just great I hate getting wet" whines Al-mi'raj, "don't whine Almi, u can share my parasol with me to avoid the rain if you desire staying dry." Keeping a calm attitude grace stands next to Al-mi'raj and opens the parasol . "careful grace, being too kind hearted can lead to problems later, people may use you for evil purposes." Grace stopped walking and looked up at the sky, her eyes dulled " I was already used by Saito Himea nothing could be worse then being used by a murderous witch like her." Al-mi'raj went silent for a moment " I am sorry grace I didn't mean to bring back harsh memories like that."

"Mothers smile was so sweet and calming, it was as if the pain went away just from her caring smile." Grace smiles at the thought of her mother smiling "She was always so caring, why did she let that witch kill her.." Tears start to slide down Grace's cheeks, her vision gets blurred from the tears "Why did mom protect me from that witch, she didn't need to give her life for me, it's not fair." Without her noticing Almi's presence, Almi hugs Grace tight "You don't have to cry Grace, she did it out of love for you. "my mother gave her life to save me from Saito Himea, I will kill that witch, then this world will be safe and peaceful again. I swear I will bring her down, she stole what was precious to me and now she must pay." Anger and pain took over Grace like a disease, slowly losing herself she accidentally kills a young raccoon. Horrified with what she had done she sits down next to it and cries. "I'm so sorry I didn't mean for you to get hurt, I'm sorry.."

"Those memories…give me hope. Trapped in this crystal prison, devoid of light and life, I still fight against Saito Himea. That cursed witch of death managed to trap me in a spell and took Almi's memories away. When I escape this prison her suffering will be double, when I find that witch…" Deep in Grace's old home, she lies trapped in a black crystal. Her beloved rose plants turned into chains to bind the spell.