"Sinbad? This isn't funny anymore! I'll go back to my Mother, just come out! You're scaring me!" Mia rambled on, unable to break the chains that bound her. She heard a sigh, a womans sigh.
"Goodness you can talk. You have no idea how hard it was to get you away from that man. I nearly died. Then how would I continue to defend my sister?" The woman responded. Mia's eyes widen as the woman walked out in front of her. The woman had red hair, very dark red hair, with eyes the same shade as the sky...
"My God..." Mia whispered. The woman in front of her was her Aunt.
"Oh? You recognize me? That means my sister still talks about me! That's wonderful!"
"Please, Aunt Aella, let me go. I'm your niece, you don't want to hurt-" She cries out as Aella slaps her harshly against the face.
"Shut your mouth! You disowned my beautiful, loving sister. You are nothing to me! You had what I should have! You stole it from me!" Aella, in that moment, drew her blade and pushed it through Mia's shoulder, laughing at the scream Mia made.
"She will hate you if you kill me!" Mia screams at her, trying to break the chains. That gave her another slap, this time hard enough to draw blood, making the older twin see stars. This woman was crazy.
"How...are you alive?" Mia said in between panting. Aella stopped for a moment.
"That's a good question. I feel so bad for my big sister. They did awful thing to her, then she watched them stab me over and over again. Maybe it was the Djinn. Maybe I'm metal vessel user." Aella said, a twisted smile on her face.
"The Djinn in that dungeon serves the Queen of Rein." Mia said, spitting the words at her. Aella ignored her tone, sighing like she was in love.
"The Queen of Rein. My Sister, a Queen. It's what she deserves. She deserves the best. Everything in this world."
"She can take it when she wants it." Again, another slap.
"She shouldn't have to take it! They should be giving her everything! She's a Goddess among those idiots!" Mia panted heavily, her vision swimming.
"I am going to kill you, Princess. You shouldn't have ever treated my wonderful big sister so awfully. I don't care how good Sinbad fucked you." Those words made her face turn bright red. Aella noticed this.
"Oh, did he say you two were making love? Right, sure. A King like him, he doesn't make love to anyone. Maybe I'll go and ease his pain after you're dead, and show him what a real woman is." Before Mia could respond, the sword ran through her neck. No...
Chapter 5
It had been days since they found Mia dead, and the entire Kingdom mourned. Kia refused to come out of Mia's room, which was right across the hall from hers. Day and night, the younger, the only, sister sobbed. The Queen, however, turned stone cold. No emotion showed as she went about her day. Another death in her life. It didn't matter how many times someone close to her died, that was a feeling she would never get used to. Unlike before, where she could hole herself up until she could bare to think of her passed loved one, she had to move on and continue to be a Queen. Kouen had sent his siblings back to Kou, but stayed behind to watch after his grieving Queen. Sinbad was surprisingly upset, and refused to leave Rein. 'After the funeral.' He would say. To Rein custom, they would have her burned in the night, and have a celebration of life afterwards. Another custom being that anyone who works for the Queen of Rein wears black, as the Queen and her household do. The Queen continued to delay the funeral, until her only daughter would emerge from the room. She wore a long, ebony black dress that was light and flowed. She left her hair down, as she knew Mia liked it. Her blue eyes accented by her pale skin, even more pale now than before. Avalia sat with her long-term guests in the library, reading quietly when she heard the door creak open. She did not look up, assuming it was one of her guards, but when the King of Sindria spoke, her head snapped up and turned to the door.
"Kia..." The King breathed out. The girl looked at the ground, her eyes dry but red and puffy. Her nose was nearly as red as her hair, and dark circles plagued her eyes. Avalia quickly put her book down, standing, causing everyone else in the room to stand.
"Honey, what is it? What do you need?" Kia had not spoken to Avalia since they had found Mia, let alone look at her. The motherly tone of the Queens voice only seemed to make Kia cry again. Tears poured down her cheeks.
"I need...my sister back." Her voice strained to say the words. The two walked a couple steps towards each other before Kia's knees gave out, sending her to the floor. But Avalia was there, scooping her up and holding her still.
"I have you. It's okay." Kia sobbed into her Mother, her legs not able to hold her up. The Queen looked back at Sinbad, who took her place in holding the sobbing girl. Wiping away tears, Avalia called her advisor in, who bowed deeply.
"Is everything prepared for the funeral?" She asked, not looking at the advisor and she continued to push the tears off of her cheeks.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Simply give the word and we will prepare for the Last Flame." Her eyes shut tight at the name. She nodded a few times before reaching out to cup the face of her advisor. He looked at her in surprise, not moving. Avalia was not one for physical contact. This gesture, however, was one of thanks.
"It will be tonight, then. Go, if I try to tell you to stop, tell me the Queen of Rein says no. Do you understand?" She asked, to which the guards and advisors nod, leaving the room. Avalia turns back around to see Sinbad and Kia sitting together on the couch, Kia slightly hyperventilating. She sits back down in her chair.
"Mother, I can't go." Kia puffed out. Avalia sighed.
"Kia, you can. You can do it. It will help you put her to rest." The answer only made Kia cry more. Sinbad shot a half glare to Avalia.
"If she can't go, she can't go." He said in a warning tone. The guard, Avalia's person guard, named Xavier, grunted.
"I recommend watching how you speak to Her Majesty, King Sinbad." It wasn't a threat, but a warning, no less. However, Sinbad's Household Members, Ja'far and Masrur seemed to think it was.
"Do not threaten the King of Sindria!" Ja'far said dangerously low. The former assassins eyes were cold and unfeeling, as the assassin before him must have felt. Xavier took a step forward, a light smile on his face. That gesture made the two Household members stand, ready for a fight. Kia continued to sob more, Sinbad ignoring the 3 arguing to comfort her. Avalia only sighed.
"Enough." She waved her hand backwards, and like a puppet on a string, Xavier stepped back in his place behind the Queen. Ja'far and Masrur hesitated but didn't back down.
"Your Majesty, we won't allow your guard to threaten our King." Sinbad then looked at his Household members.
"She said enough. So that's enough." The 3 of them looked at each other before Ja'far and Masrur sat. It was silent again before Avalia decided to speak.
"Firstly, what my guard said was not a threat, but a warning. Secondly, Kia will go to the Last Flame. And thirdly...I need a drink." Avalia was not one to drink often. While she drank wine, it never gave her much of a buzz. Before she could ask, she heard commotion in the hall. She stood when the door opened, and it felt like her heart stopped. Her beautiful, younger sister stood in the doorway. She felt the air leave her lungs. This was a day she never thought would come, where she was able to see her baby sister again. Where she would be able to apologize for what happened to her, apologize for not being strong enough to protect her. Avalia felt herself walk forward, her breath coming out in short bursts, like she was panting.
"Your Majesty, are you alright? Who is this woman? Do we need to remove her from your sight?" Xavier, the ever diligent guard asked.
"She is my sister." The words were a whisper, but he heard them. He clapped his hands together, getting the attention of the other guards and servants in the room.
"Hail, Her Royal Highness, Princess Aella Rein!" As the people in the room around her bowed, Avalia shot forward, wrapping her arms around the girl, who happily returned the embrace. Sobs rocked her body, her arms tightening around her sister.
"I'm here now, please don't cry." Aella whispered. Unable to respond, Avalia only nodded. She pulled back, looking at her sisters face.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered to the younger girl, wiping away the tears that began to leak down her cheeks.
"Don't be. You did nothing wrong. I heard what happened to your daughter and made haste. I'm sorry I didn't return sooner. I assumed you did not want me here, but when I asked around, I realized how much you had done for me. I couldn't have let that go to waste." She looked over Avalia's shoulder to see Kia, who looked much like Mia but was in a sense much younger, her face and body language obviously showing their different personalities.
"Oh, my dear girl. You poor thing." She walked past her sister and to her niece, wrapping her arms around the girl. Aella held Kia as she sobbed, sitting down with her on the couch. Sinbad kept glancing at Avalia. Something to him was not right. When he walked over to Avalia, she seemed to already know what was on his mind.
"She was cursed as well. I transferred it to her." She explained quietly. Not pushing the issue, Sinbad merely nodded. That seemed to be the last of that conversation for a while. Avalia looked out of the window to see the sun slowly setting. She closed her eyes tight. This was a day she never wanted to be alive for. No Mother should have to bury her child. Or in Avalia's case, burn. Wearing beautiful shades of black and gold, the Queen, her sister, and her daughter made their way down the isle. Citizens gathered around the wooden pyre, tears of their own in their eyes. Announcing her sister had returned was a subject for another time. The crown that Mia wore most often sat upon the Queen's head, her eyes betraying her, tears sliding down her cheeks. Taking the torch from the fire near her, Avalia placed it on the pyre, watching it slowly go up in flames. She had to ignore the cries of the daughter behind her, watching her sister burn. The Queen faced away from the flame as she spoke quietly.
"In the place, in this hour, I set blaze this pyre tower. To give you warmth in the life after, as this life puts an end to your chapter. Do not worry, my precious daughter, those flames will be put out with the Holy Water. Until the day we meet again."
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Whoaaaa dramatic chapter. This was not my greatest. So, to answer a few questions yall might have -
1. Sooo Aella, the Queen's supposedly dead sister, killed Mia?
A: Yup. Remember I had said before that she was cursed as well? Avalia didn't know that Aella couldn't die, but well, here she is.
2. Why did Aella kill Mia?
A: If it wasn't obviously, Aella is weirdly obsessed with her sister and if you disrespect her in any way, Aella will hunt you down. so because of the fight they had, Aella decided to kill Mia.
3. Why aren't you writing Kouen as he's portrayed?
A: Yeah I know I'm not doing a great job with Kouen. It's hard to write for him. Instead of negative comments, please just maybe give me some pointers. I can fix my style of writing. I'm open to suggestions.
By the way, I MIGHT put a lemon in, I'm not sure. If you DO want me to write a lemon for AvaliaXKouen, please either review or message me. Please remember to R and R anyway, please enjoy the story, and I'll see y'all next chapter!
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