Chapter two, Revolution

Monarchy is beautiful thing.

If something bad happen

you always have king that you can blame.

Civil war is beautiful thing.

Many people will die for nothing,

but everyone know that they was heroes.

Revolution is beautiful thing.

It can turn slaves into free people

as free people into slaves and nobody will notice difference.

-Book, Fall of Seyrune - Proloque

She waited. If you're waiting you can think about future or past and because her future was death she thought about past. It was too late to try to find where they made mistake, maybe it was really just coincidence. There was no kingdom in history that lived in happiness and prosperity forever, so maybe fall of Seyrune was just part of some natural process. But it all happened too fast and organized to believe in this. Maybe she was naive back then but now after she lost all her idealism it looked all as very good plan, so in the end she was probably just chess piece.

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It all started more than year ago. Summer was too dry and winter was too cold and long. Phillionel, rightful king at that moment, spend almost all money that rich kingdom had to help people, but after one nature disease had came another and soon he had nothing to give. People started to starve, every other kingdom refused to help. King believed that people of his land will hold on and survive through all bad luck that fell upon his kingdom, he tried to soothe them and at first they was listening. But then small groups of rebels appeared in land. „It's all king's fault." They spread through the land. „He was too soft, he refused to send criminals and lowest casts to west and without sacrifices land itself had became angry at us. We broken balance and basic laws and now its out time to pay." Day after day less people listened to king and more of them was turning to rebels for help. They got food, most of magic users joined them and they was healing ill and injured. Their power growed amazingly, and it was rumored that they can rise dead to live again. Worst for her was when her best friend returned to magic after her retirement to join them. She just heard it and cannot believe in that rumors but fact was that power of rebels growed amazingly. And their voices changed. „Only way how save our homes is to bring back balance to the world." They started to hunt everyone who stayed loyal to king and exiled them across the sea to western continent. King died last month when he tried to stop ship with exiles. It started massacre, all other members of royal family, royal guard and even priests from temple was slain, and last one was sitting now in throne room listening to sounds of cracking wood. Rebels was at castle gates, in few minutes will gate fall and than they'll come and kill her too.

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Former princess of fallen kingdom cannot cry, she just waited. She decided to explore her memories deeper and thought of happy parts of her life before it will end. About all that adventures, her friends. But she cannot bring good memories back, when she thought about them sorceress probably betrayed her, swordsman died and shaman broke his promise to come back to visit no matter if he'll come as human or as chimera. All world was full of unjust, if she wasn't blinded back then she could live longer that for next ten minutes. Damn.

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„Princess!"

Someone yelled behind her.

„You are still alive! You need to run away!"

She recognized that voice, it was their family butler, he was rumored to be great magician and fighter in his young days, nobody believed him, but now it was probably only reason why he was still alive. He was covered with blood but still with sword in his hand. Princess felt little ashamed for making fun from his „old days adventures stories" but still she shook her head. She can try to run from this place but still rebels had their people in whole kingdom. So it will be only matter of time until they'll find her and finish their job.

„Princess! You need to survive, you're our only hope! Without you will kingdom die!"

She looked at him.

„You don't understand, kingdom is already dead and here is no place to run to."

And beside that she was too tired from it all. All that things that happened in last months, in every time she had will to fight but not now.

„You can run to western lands. If you survive there will still be some hope for us, hope that you might return one day and bring kingdom to its former glory. I know it's just dream, but if you, from all people, cannot follow your dream then nobody can. Please, think about your father."

„He's dead! As everyone else!"

She answered with newly discovered anger.

„They are watching over you from heavens, you just need to believe!"

„How can I... after this all. And even if I want to run... how I get there? To western continent and how I survive there? Its world of mazoku, monsters and criminals banned from eastern lands."

„You fought with monsters, mazoku and criminals before. You helped to save world several times why you couldn't now?"

She was silent for a while before she answered.

„But... never alone."

„You can do it, you'll find new friends. And new hope for us all. So please..."

Sounds from gate was somewhat louder. Probably attacking rebels got inside castle.

„They're coming, you need to get out of here! Use escape way that lead underground to port. There is ship called Desert Star, her captain is my old friend and one from royalists, he is disguised as one of their captains that transport prisoners but he'll hide you and take you to western continent alive."

„But what about you."

„I'll show them what was my job in my younger days."

He grinned and concentrated energy in his palm.

„FIREBALL"

He yelled and throw spell into hall entrance that collapsed.

„That'll slow them little... good luck princess!"

He was so high spirited even if he had known truth. He'll die here tonight, for the kingdom. It was sad and she doesn't wanted him to, but he was too injured to escape with her, only thing that she could do was to grant his wish. And her too.

„Thank you... I'll never forget."

She said and ran away. When she got to secret escape tunnel only noise that she could heard was sounds of blasts from behind. That man was never hero and spend almost all his life as butler but now he was one man army. And she will be too.

Notes: This chapter is more serious because its hard to make jokes in situation as this, same about history but its important for story so there was no other way. I hope that this history lesson wasn't that boring.

edit: Revised. Some bad misteakes are gone now.