Blaze woke to the sound of a heavy thudding at the door. Her eyes opened suddenly in shock as she saw the door break open. A guard marched into the room. Blaze stood from her bed and started screaming.
"What the hell are you trying to do, can't you see that I was sleeping!" she yelled. But the guard walked right towards Blaze and fiercely grabbed her by the arm. He said no words as he begun to drag Blaze right out of the room.
"Let go of me you..." she screamed, trying frantically to free herself from the guard's iron grip.
"The king wishes to see you at once" the guard barked sternly as he continued to drag Blaze along the floors, not phased by her squirming and struggling.
The guard dragged her right to the throne room, and upon entering, he threw Blaze viciously to the floor. Blaze quickly got back up to her feet and was about to throw a punch at the guard until she noticed where she was. With her arm still in the air, and fuming, she turned slowly around to see Gustav sitting on his throne, looking just as angry as he always did.
"Father...what is the meaning of this?" Blaze demanded, her fists clenched. Gustav opened his grey eyes and gave Blaze one of his piercing stares.
"...I don't know what to say...personally" he said, with an etch of disgust in his voice.
What are you talking about?" Blaze pleaded. "Please, someone tell me what's going on!"
Like a flash, Gustav lifted his arm and smashed his gauntlet against the arm of the throne, causing a loud bang to emit from it. Everyone, including Tinder, Wolfgang and Amadeus, who were standing by the sides of the throne, jumped into the air slightly, frightened of the sound, But Blaze remained unhindered. Her face was one of fear, her father had lost it.
"Silence!" he yelled. "You, my little girl, are in no position to speak to me, or anyone as such!"
The room remained quiet for a few seconds. Gustav cleared his throat and continued.
"I would like to ask you about what you were doing last night" he asked calmly. "Make no mistake in your recollection" Blaze still couldn't understand what the fuss was all about. She only hoped it was a misunderstanding.
"Well, after the party, I just went to bed, doing what I usually do before I sleep" she explained.
"And is it true that during the night you happened to have an encounter with a certain...Silver?" the king asked. Blaze's eyes opened wide. How could he know? Their meeting last night should have been a secret, surely Silver took that into account?
"H-How did you know?" she asked in awe. Wolfgang and Amadeus stood forward from their positions.
"We saw him" Wolfgang said quietly.
"The kid used his psychic powers to get to your room, and back!" Amadeus shouted triumphantly.
"There is no use trying to hide your actions, Blaze" Gustav said vigorously. Blaze still couldn't understand the crime in a simple meeting.
"So what did I do wrong?" she asked.
"Your little boyfriend has been locked up in our cells, and is waiting for the punishment that we shall decide for him in due time" Gustav explained. Blaze couldn't try to feign her ignorance about her feelings any further.
"Why? He didn't hurt me, what did he do?" Blaze pleaded. Gustav started to laugh deeply, and he looked up. He smiled, but not in the kind way that Blaze once saw him do. It was an evil smile that showed all of his pearly white teeth, with jagged edges.
"I knew with your granted freedom you would want to see him again" Gustav said deviously. "So I wanted to see if my premonition was right. And it was. Unfortunately for you, I shall not allow that lowly cur to be falling in love with you" he growled. Blaze's teeth clenched and she felt a burning anger rise inside of her.
"Father...you..." she said quietly. But Gustav continued.
"A relationship with him will taint the royal blood of our ancestors...and that, I'm afraid will not do. We may even execute him to make sure it never happens again, for we need to make an example..."
That was it. Suddenly, Blaze grabbed her head and screamed.
"Father, you bastard!" she screamed. Some of the guards stood back in fear of the furious Blaze, who just couldn't sit back and listen any further. Gustav's eyes opened in shock at hearing her own daughter swear for the first time in his presence.
But Blaze wasn't finished.
"You're sick!" she shouted. "I don't care, be it prince or pauper, you cannot, and I will not allow you to execute him! What does it matter to you anyway? You and I are the only two of royal blood here; it's not as if I can't marry anyone who isn't related to me! I haven't known him for long, but me and Silver were just beginning to experience something that I have never experienced before in my life, this is the perfect opportunity for me to grow and learn about these kinds of things in order for me to mature into the queen you always wanted me to be! So why must you be such a fool and deny me these things?" Blaze shouted. She panted and gasped for breath after her shout, while Gustav closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"...You...will never be queen..." he said, his teeth gritted together.
"What?" Blaze said quietly. Then, Gustav started to laugh quietly.
"It appears you are...unwilling to oblige to my rules...therefore, I cannot sit here any longer and acknowledge you as my daughter..." he said. Blaze gasped; did he just say he didn't want her as a daughter anymore?
"F-Father?" she said in complete shock. Gustav stood up and threw a hand back behind his cape.
"I think it's about time I revealed to you...the truth" he said. "...You were never going to be queen..."
The whole room was quiet. Nobody could believe what they were hearing.
"...You and I...are different" Gustav said quietly. "For all the years you have lived, the only female that raised you were the maids. I was your father, and...your mother...as you can plainly see, is not here with us" he explained.
"Mother...I never knew...I had a mother..." Blaze said in utter shock. So much was being revealed to her at this moment, it only begot more questions. "...Where is Mother?"
"Shut up" Gustav said quickly and sharply. "Your mother was betrothed to me...we were to be married as royal blood...until that fateful day" he explained.
"W-what...happened?" Blaze asked quietly.
"Your mother...became pregnant. But it was with another man's daughter...not mine" he said quietly. "You are a bastard child, Blaze. You were never of royal blood!"
Blaze could feel the temperature around her suddenly increase. Before she knew it, she could see flames coming from her hands and upon the ground around her. Everyone gasped in fear as they saw the flames coming from her body. Blaze saw them as well, but she didn't feel any pain, they almost felt natural, the tips of the flames licking the air around her.
"...You're not my father..." she said quietly back. "...Gustav...you cur" she added. But Gustav gave one of his devious smiles.
"And the flames that emit from you at this very moment...its proof you're a bastard child" he said. "For the man suffered the same curse...of flames...After giving birth to you, she ran away...and so did the man. But not before he did this...to me!" Gustav screamed. He suddenly grabbed one side of his jacket and tore it open, causing the whole jacket to fall off of him. It revealed his body, which was toned and muscled, with signs of age around his neck. He had a rather amazing body for his age, but what Blaze took the most notice to was the scar across his chest. It was a burn scar.
"...He used his flame powers to scar me forever!" Gustav revealed. "And I will not forgive him! Neither will I forgive you for ever showing your face around here!"
Suddenly, guards from both sides grabbed Blaze's arms. Blaze tried to struggle against the two, but knew that it was futile. Not even her newly found flames could burn the shining metal of the guard's arms.
"Let me go!" she shouted in a desperate attempt to be free. Gustav waved a hand in the air.
"If you truly want to see your friend one more time, then you can share a cell with him before the both of you are executed!" he announced. And without another word, no matter how much she screamed and shouted, she was dragged out of the room.
Hope you like the slight twist there! I knew there was something missing from Blaze's character, and that was the flames! So they finally come out, and serve a plot purpose! And as for questions...What will become of Blaze? Can she and Silver escape? And will Gustav have to buy a new jacket now his old one's broken? Keep in tune for Chapter 8!
