Memories of a Fallen King
Disclaimer: I do not own Dark Cloud!
Note: The italics are what was taken directly from the game, the rest is all written by me.
WARNING: Lots of spoilers ahead...If you don't want the ending of Dark Cloud to be ruined, I advise against reading. Enjoy!
"Crowning Day"
"By law and my will,
The crown is yours..."
He proclaims with his last breath.
Then I begged his lifeless form.
Tell me Father.
What should I do as king?
Seda rushed to his father's bedroom as fast as he could when he heard the news. He was so intent on reaching his father before it was too late that he almost knocked over an unlucky maid in his rush. The hallway seemed to go on forever, and the door never came any closer. Farther, farther, farther away. After an eternity, Seda finally reached the large wooden door where the king, his father, resided. He was just told that his father was on his deathbed. Seda had left his archery practice immediately upon receiving the message. The palace grounds were not far from the castle itself, but to the young prince it took a lifetime.
Panting as he shoved open the door, Seda ran to his father. He knelt by the bed, holding the king's hand as life seeped from his body. "Don't go, Father. Don't leave me!" Seda cried as his father slowly turned to face him. "Please! I am afraid," He admitted.
The king had always been sickly, and now old age caught up to him. He looked at his healthy son, whose bright face was now clouded with misery. "By law and my will, the crown is now yours..." The dying king declared in his raspy voice, and then added as an answer to Seda's unasked question. "You will know, my son. You will-" The last wisps of life faded from his eyes. He was gone.
Seda clutched the cold hand as if it was priceless. "Tell me Father. What should I do as king?"