For the record I don't not own or claim to own anything other then my own OC(s). I ' Frankenstein is not mine, Though I do wish I owned Jai Courtney.
Also.
This is my first official fanfic.
I am open to criticism, so I take reviews with an open mind.
This is sort of a AU, no demon war yet at least and no frankenstein creature again at least not yet maybe.
Chapter 1
Leonore, Queen of the Gargoyles, could have chosen to keep her daughter near. As an attempt to further train her for life as Queen she sent her to be raised at another cathedral. It was over a thousand miles away and after years and years it was time for her daughter to return. They prepared for her arrival. Gideon had made himself scarce always seeming to be off on another mission ascending demons. Leonore sensed that he only did it as a distraction from his other duties. After sending out a few patrols to their posts he took to find the Queen. When he found her she was kneeling on the alter, the soft murmur of prayers to the angels filled the space. When she finished she stood with grace and turned to him.
"You know I can't be Queen forever, Gideon, this is how things have always been,"
"How can she lead us when shes never been her, your the spiritual leader of the order." He replied with the slightest bit of anger in his tone. She didn't seem to notice.
"Its been no secret among the order that the time for this is upon us., Look at me you will protect and serve her as you have me all these years when the time comes." her face never wavered.
A knock on the door echoed through the room as Ophir stepped inside.
"Pardon me , your majesty but you asked to be alerted when she arrived." He bowed his head.
"Yes, yes please bring her here, we have much to talk about." she replied smoothly as he simply nodded and slipped back out the doors he came.
Gideon remained silent in the brief moments before the princess arrived. She walked in the room with what appeared to be her escorts, she wouldn't fair well alone with a city seemingly over run with roaming hoards of demons.
Her white gown just gracing the floor. A gleam shone from her neck. He stared for a moment to try and figure out what it was.
"Gideon, this is my daughter Sonora. She wears the mark of the order around her neck as a reminder.",
"A reminder of what exactly?" He wasn't trying trying to sound rude but his bitterness for change was seeping through his already stone like expression.
"Of my future duties and my responsibilities, I am a vessel of God and shall protect the world until my last breathe."
"Hush now girl, you will be well protected!" Leonore snapped, slightly sending chills down Sonora's spine. She never faltered, she simply bowed her head and stared at her hands.
"Gideon is my most trusted advisor and will be yours when you take my place. Please leave us and get some rest you will have a long day ahead of you tomorrow. Keziah will show you your room."
Sonora let out a brief sigh that almost sounded like a whisper.
"Yes mother, and Gideon it was a pleasure to meet the leader of our great army."
Before the door was closed Keziah had ushered her off down a corridor out of site. A small smirk teased his lips for mere seconds, before the cold exterior returned.
"When is she taking the throne? Weeks? Months?Years?" He started to pace in front of the alter. His eyes never leaving the Queen.
"All in good time, We don't live forever we all ascended to the heavens eventually. I will step down when she is ready to step up. In a few months from now I need to know will you be able to stand by her as you do for me."
"Yes my Queen. I have never given reason for you to not trust me and I always stand by my word."
In the weeks that past Sonora spent a lot of time in her room. Praying, reading, anything to pass the time in which seemed to lull on slowing. In the few times she left her room Keziah would come by and see if she wanted to explore the Cathedral. A few times in passing they would pass others members of the order and occasionally she'd briefly catch a glance from Gideon. At the time she had never understood why but after a while a quick glance would send a shiver down her spine. She never let it show but she knew he would. In the mist of everything with long drawn out meetings and restrictions, she looked to Keziah as a close friend. In their adventures they'd share stories. Keziah had let down her guard enough to share secrets as well as keep them. Sonora knew of the stories she was told of Ophir that he and Keziah shared a deep love.
Love was apparently forbidden within the order, Sonora never understood why love came from God so how could it be.
"Oh come on, I see the way you look at him, even briefly it looks like your eyes are going to pop out." Keziah gave a teasing smile as she gently nudged her in the arm.
"They do not and I haven't a clue who your talking about," feeling the heat rushing to her face , she quickly looked away.
"You can tell me, I'm not going to say anything, you know my secret." Keziah's face more serious now, even as she tried to contain her excitement of knowing her new friend a little better.
"Whats the point he doesn't know and for all the sake of the heavens. I doubt he even feels anything other then the duty of being my future adviser."
Her face didn't become redder but she could feel the reality of things. It was against the order, one she would soon be the spiritual leader of in the coming months. It surely wouldn't sit well if she and him were to go against the Order. Her lips pursed as she glanced out the open entry of one of the towers.
"You'll never know until well until you tell him or he tells you." Keziah placed a hand on Sonora's shoulder, trying to give reassurance that things would get better. She and Ophir had hid their own romance for so long, she was finally happy to be able to tell someone.
"Its time to go, I have another meeting with my mother soon." she let out a sigh and she gently tugged the tiny sign of the order around her neck.
Not wanting to push the subject any further, she nodded and led her down to the main side of the cathedral. They parted way just outside the giant double doors.
She stepped inside to find her mother praying to the Arch Angel again, though Sonora was unsure why. Her mother often prayed for guidance and help but today was a quiet day so she might have been giving thanks.
"Mother?, you wished to speak to me?"
Leonore finished her prayers and again stood with grace. Even as she walked toward her daughter she seemed to float.
"Yes, I have asked you here for an update. Have you been getting acquainted with the cathedral? How are your studies coming?" Leonore strode even closer to her, her eyes almost judging.
"Everything is going as well as to be expected mother" A small smile crept to her lips.
"Very well. The patrols should be returning soon. Shall we continue this tomorrow?"
A look of confused flushed her face as she tried to understand. Why had she summoned her if she was just going to tell her to come back tomorrow.
"Very well mother, but can we discuss more in detail what my duties will be as Queen. I don't want to be left in the dark on important matters."
"Yes my dear, tomorrow." Briefly squeezing Sonora's hand, with a caring smile just as brief.
Sonora opened the doors and walked right into Gideon. Like a face-plant to the chest. He caught her arms to prevent her from falling.
"My apologizes Princess, I did not see you. Are you alright?" His normally cold voice seemed to be genuinely concerned. He slightly squeezed her arms for only a moment before being positive she was safe for falling over.
"No, no it was my fault, I should be more careful." she tried to keep her tone as smooth as possible but being that close to Gideon was proving to be harder then she ever could imagine.
"I shall see you around soon then Princess, I have matters to attend too." He gave her a small bow before heading toward her mother, who didn't seem to notice anything.
The corridors seemed deserted and cold, only a few were out and about. She walked past a few guards on watch. They didn't see to notice much they were deep in conversation on the recent demon patrols. Nothing too serious they hadn't lost anyone, things were seeming to peak on the head counts.
She wondered the halls and stairways til she was once again in the empty tower. She found herself here a lot, she loved the view of the city below and the peacefulness it brought her mind. She took a step back from the edge of the tall window and transformed.