A Thousand Petals
Prologue
The chill in the air was icy. This years winter was biting, and cruel. The crowd stood in eerie silence as they watched with a blank, emotionless expression with each strand of pink hair that fell loosely to the ground.
The guard, he was tall, muscular, clothed in armor. He used a knife to brutally cut pink hair, an example had to be made. Yet, her shoulders were back, her posture upright, as emerald never left ebony. She was sending him a message.
No matter how many times, you cut me down, I will never stop loving you.
She prayed her message to him was sent, but he looked at her, turned his gaze to the woman beside him, only to look back at her with utter disgust.
How did it come to this?
She thought, I was destined to be your empress...I was born to love you...is that the only crime I have committed? Loving you my entire life only to be considered as a bother to you...?
Her voice pained, full of anguish as the man, seated above the platform stared down at her. His raven hair spiked back, strands of hair framing the side of his face, there was no empathy for him to give as he lifted his right, White gloved hand in the air, a signal for the guard to commence.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the public" the guard began as he read out the royal degree. Tears fell from emerald. "We are gathered together to witness the public execution of Sakura Haruno, Queen of the empire for the attempted assassination of the Emperor, the Sun and Moon of the Empire." The guard continued speaking, but emerald continued to stare at ebony, hundreds of tears spilling. He, a man, who showed love and kindness to every individual but her since they were children, What did I ever do to you Sasuke?
She held in her cry, as the guard pressed her roughly forward over the guillotine. " She will thus be stripped of her title, fortune, status, and be recognized in history as a traitor of the Empire, and the Haruno estate and lands will be confiscated by the Empire, and Haruno Sakura will be sentenced to death by decapitation." The guard put down the royal scroll as the degree was concluded. She shut her eyes in time as the guard on her right side freed the blade hovering above her.
If...if I could go back back in time I would promise to never fall in love with you...
authors note: I got very inspired and im 100% certain I will finish this story like im aready working on the first official chapter! I hope people still read Naruto fanfiction lol ! I hope you enjoyed this prologue! read and review :)