Twelve: What if Vor killed Amber
Episode: Forever Royal.
The amulet sensed evil in the air as Sofia threw it on the ground. Everything was going according to plan.
Well almost.
Wormwood had heard Amber and alerted Vor and then nothing. Sofia thought she had heard a scream from her sister but had pushed it aside.
With Vor gone, she ran to Amber who was laying on the throne room floor.
"No. Please no."
It was a small plead as Sofia gently put her hands on Amber's face.
Her sister's chocolate brown eyes were widened in horror but they didn't blink.
Her body didn't move.
"Oh Amber!" Sofia sobbed, clinging to her sister's lifeless body.
Vor was gone, everything was back to normal but she didn't care.
Her sister was dead. She failed to protect her.
"Sofia? Honey?" Miranda asked as the rest of the family and Cedric had come in the room.
Sofia had lost count of how long she'd been clinging to Amber's lifeless body as she looked up, her face soaked with tears.
"I—I failed. Amber...She's dead. V-Vor killed her," she stuttered with a sniff. "How can I protect the Ever Realm if I couldn't protect my sister."
Miranda gently closed Amber's eyes, knowing she would never wake up again as she stroked Sofia's hair.
"Oh honey. I'm so sorry you had to go through that alone. We'll help you if you need it."
"I know."
"You have to let go of Amber Sofia. It won't do anything good if you're clinging to her," Roland suggested with the hurt of grief in his voice.
"I can't," Sofia sniffed, looking up at her mentor, her best friend. "Mr. Cedric, is there anyway you can bring her back?"
"Sofia..." Cedric trailed off, seeing her look of heartbreak. He hated to decline her request but he had to. "I can't inter with the decreased princess. I'm sorry but Amber's gone and as much as you want her to come back, she can't."
Sofia screamed in grief as Miranda, Roland, Tilly, and James backed away, allowing her to have her moment.
They all would be hurting but not as much as she and knew it well even if they didn't want to.