Prologue

The wooden door slammed loudly. A shrill vibration rang out through the entire building. Inside lived the secretly feuding family of Guardiana's Royalty.

"Darling, please!"

"No, Anri. I've frigging had it! This has gone on far too long! I want nothing to do with this kingdom anymore, and I hope you all perish!"

"Wh-wait! Arthur!"

"Sparketh!" A small glowing bolt of electricity shot from thin air and down to the floor.

"Uh-how dare you! You bastard! HELP! SOMEBODY, HELP!" Suddenly, the door burst open and a tall elven girl stepped in.

"Queen Anri! What's wrong? Has something happened?"

"Tao! Help! King Arthur, he's-"

"SHUT UP!" the paladin knight shouted. He turn his body towards the maid, and held his magic rod high. A swirling center of snow and ice whirled at her. Acting quickly, she held her broom up in defense.

"King Arthur! What's gotten into you?"

"Don't hesitate to attack him!" Anri screamed. While Arthur was busy attacking Tao, his wife had pulled a glass picture frame from the wall and was holding it in her hands. "Take this!" she yelled as she whipped it at the strong man. The metal edge struck his right arm, and pierced him. Blood dripped from hi new tender wound.

"My King, I-" Tao began. But she was cut off when the king thrusted his left arm at her. She stumbled backwards, and tried to regain her balance. However, as she was slipping around, the king quickly grabbed a large spear leaning against a dresser and slashed at the queen. The metal tip caught her dress and tore it in half. At the same time, her left shoulder was sliced open.

"ARTHUR!" she shrieked. He raised the spear again and held it to her chest. "Don't you-"

"Listen to me. If a word of this gets out, I'll-"

"NEVER!" Tao screamed. Coming from behind, she hopped over the small coffee table in the bedroom, and landed on the designed red carpet where the king was standing. She grabbed the end of the spear and pull it backward. However, the king yanked back, and Tao fell to the floor. "Ah...somebody...please help…" she gasped. Arthur didn't give her another chance to speak. He raised the spear high over his head, and brought it down and impaled Tao's body clutching it in both hands. Blood oozed from the still body.

"HOW DARE YOU!" screamed Anri. Her shoulder bled and hurt terribly, but she ignored her gash. She was about to lunge at the king, when an armored soldier entered the room.

"My queen! How could I let this happen to you!" He raised a sword over his head and attacked the king. The sword pierced the red robe, and moved through the skin and into the body. The king made a strange gurgling noise before falling to the ground with the sword in his body. A bloody mess was made of the floor, and no one really knew what to do. The king was dead, the queen was not, and a beaten maid was slain. She'd lived through the meeting, the marriage, and even the battle. But there was no way she could live through her bravest hour.

"A-anri. I need...to tell you … something… I must not… take my secrets… to the… grave… ugh…"

"Tao!" Anri dropped to her knees and crawled to her dying friend.

"Please…the king was on…edge…he…he'd heard that… that…someone saw…him."Anri burst into tears. Could it really be true? Had he survived?

The next day, Guardiana was thrown into madness. During the night, the queen had disappeared, and in her bedroom the dead bodies of both King Arthur and Anri's personal maid and best friend, Tao. Along with the bodies was a note from her madgesty. The note read,

Dear Mae,

Please accept my apology for the disorder and chaos I have caused. I have left my kingdom for very personal reasons, and I must ask you to take the responsibility of being Queen. I understand that now is the most difficult of all to ever lead a kingdom, but I have faith in you. You've always been there for me, and now I must ask you one final favor. Please understand that I love my people. But…I have higher duties I must attend to.

Yours Ever So Truly,

Former Queen Anri