Chapter 21 Des Tiny's visit
About six weeks after the tragic loss of my child I was walking around the halls looking for something to do when I noticed that none other than Des Tiny was in the halls too. I saw him heading towards the Princes Dome so I followed him there for I had to get revenge on him.
We entered the Princes Dome one after the other. I was surprised that Des Tiny had not noticed me following him (he never was very observant!)
"How can we help you Mr Tiny?" Prince Arrow asked.
"I have come to visit my child. I understand that I have a daughter somewhere" Mr Tiny said.
"Correction the child that you granted to Larten and I; our child I may add for Jiana was not yours is dead. Jiana died after two nights of life of cot death about six weeks ago so you are too late" I cried out in frustration.
"Oh well that was not expected. I am sorry for you both" Des Tiny replied.
"Well thanks for apologising and now you die!" I yelled and I struck out with my long sword aiming for Des Tiny's heart or chest area in revenge. I was not really thinking straight but I made contact with Des Tiny and my sword went right through his chest. I had taken Des Tiny by surprise and with my superior speed he had no chance against me.
Des Tiny fell to the ground and he was bleeding badly. I pulled my sword out of his chest and I sliced his head off with a single stroke.
"We have seen enough of this Sarah!" Prince Vancha bellowed over the top of the commotion which had now started taking place.
"Yes Sire" I said as I sheathed my long sword and wiped the blood off of my hands and face from where it had splattered everywhere.
"What possessed you to kill Mr Tiny?" Prince Arrow asked when the commotion had died down.
"It was pure revenge for Jiana's death and for putting this clan through hell for these past two hundred years" I explained.
"I can see that but why here? Why now? Why in front of us?" Prince Vancha asked.
"I saw my chance and I took it. I knew and you all knew that it had to be done and by doing it here in front of you it enabled you to see my superior fighting skills" I continued.
"That is true but you know the rules about having weapons in here. Why did the guards not take your long sword off of you?" Prince Mika asked.
"Well there are no guards. We walked straight in here and Des Tiny did not see me. I will get this mess cleaned up" I said and I started to clean up the blood and I moved the body to the Hall of Death. It did not take long to clean up because I had made a good, clean kill and it was quick as I had been trained well; not many could stand against me in a fight. I had killed so many vampaneze and vampets on the battlefield that it was second nature to kill their creator for all the hell and trouble that he had caused throughout time.
The clan found it hard to believe when I told them that Des Tiny was dead and buried and they could not have been more pleased with the news. No Des Tiny meant no apocalypse and no more vampaneze, no more Lake of Souls and no more Little People.
Little People were made out of lost souls that Des Tiny captured and altered in some kind of primordial soup before they changed shape and lost their memories of who they were before they became a little person. The only exception to this was Harkat Mulds who was Kurda Smalt before he got changed and put back in time to help Darren in his Trials of Death. Darren failed but he redeemed himself and then he became a Prince as it was the only way that Darren could survive after failing the Trials because Princes could not be executed.
I knew that I would have to take my Trials of Death eventually because it was the only thing that I had not done since joining the clan all that time ago. I knew that Larten did not wish me to take the Trials but it was not that bad considering that I had survived abduction by the vampaneze, a fierce battle and child birth. I was looking forward to being formally recognised by the clan for passing the Trials and not just because I was Larten Crepsley's blessed mate.