Prayer of the Princess
Chapter 8: The Temple of Wind
Agnes's P.O.V
Hey guys! Ooh! Now here's a twist! A chapter in Agnes's P.O.V? Whaaat?! When did this happen?! Hopefully, you enjoy this one. It took me FOREVER to finish but eventually I did. 3 Enjoy! :3
"Agnes, I'm really sorry! Please forgive me!" Charity begged as I stormed out of the city with Charity, Tiz and Ringabel at my heels. "…whatever. It's fine. Let's just try to spend as little time as possible here. I eventually made it through a large crowd of people who were blocking the exit to the city.
We walked for a while. It was quiet until Tiz said, "Um, hey Agnes?" I stopped and turned. "What?" I replied more harshly than I had meant to. "Do you even know where you're going?" "Wh-wha?" I stuttered. I was sure the temple was this way. Or was it the other way… hmmm… "Um… I…" I said uncertainly. Airy rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation, "Agnes! The Temple's over there!"
All four of us looked in the direction the cryst-fairy was pointing. Sure enough, the Temple of Wind stood not so far away from where we were standing. How did I not see it? "Well, what are we waiting for?!" Charity exclaimed and took off towards the Temple.
The rest of us followed after her; me more reluctantly than the others. When we finally reached the Temple, the doors were surprisingly unlocked. Hmm. That's odd, I thought to myself but I quickly shrugged it off and followed the others inside.
"Whoa! What happened to this place?" Charity remarked as soon as we stepped inside. I was taken aback as well. To think the damage that lay before us used to be my home. "It seems the darkness has beaten us to the Temple," I said sadly. "Darkness?" Charity asked, still not aware of the gravity of the situation. "She means the darkness that clouded over the crystal," Ringabel put in. "And the darkess that took away my home," Tiz said looking around.
"Exactly," I said, "That is why I need to make sure the Crystals are awakened." "We need to make sure the crystals are awakened," Tiz corrected, "Remember what I told you, Agnes? You're not going to do this alone." I sighed, "Yes, we," We…
We split up to investigate the destroyed Temple. At first I didn't find anything interesting, until I passed a room with broken benches and tables. The most horrifying sight awaited me as soon as I looked down. Dead bodies…of…women…. The acolytes! I gasped and bent down to examine one. From the looks of it, this one has been dead for a while…
"Agnes! You better come look at this!" I heard Ringabel's voice call to me. "Coming!" I said and abruptly stood up and smoothed my dress. I hurried over to the room his voice came from. Ringabel, Tiz, and Charity were huddled in a corner of the library. "Do you recognize this?" Ringabel asked me. I gasped. The tattered piece of cloth he was holding was none other than the vestal garb used by the Mother vestal. Ruined.