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Chapter 11: Solitude
Ookami followed Fendrel down the hallways of the castle leading to the throne room. Her wrists were in shackles and Fendrel was leading her by a chain that connected them together. A few minutes before, Fendrel was about to take Siegfried and have him executed for treason. Bur Ookami took his place, not wanting her lover to die. Fendrel told her that he wouldn't execute him, not yet at least.
"What are you going to do to me?" Ookami growled through her gritted teeth.
"Must you always be so defensive?" Fendrel asked as he smirked at her. "I'm going to go visit the king."
"Humph…why don't you just execute me? After all I am a "wretched spirit girl"."
"I'm not going to execute you. Instead, you are mine," Fendrel said as he turned his head to look at her.
Ookami laughed. "No way! My heart belongs Siegfried."
"Not any more. As of this moment, you are mine and if you reject I will have Siegfried killed."
Ookami's eyes widened. She shook her head. "No…you wouldn't do that."
"Yes…I would," Fendrel said as he narrowed his eyes. "Now, come on. We have a date with the king."
Ookami followed her appointed man as they went to the Althalos' throne room. She wanted to cry but she didn't want to show her sadness. How she wanted to see Siegfried right now! But if she did or even mention him, he would be killed.
They were in front of the throne room doors. Fendrel looked at Ookami.
"Be quiet and don't say anything, got it?" Fendrel instructed.
Ookami didn't answer and looked at the ground. Fendrel smirked and patted her on the head.
"Good girl," He said in a tone that creped Ookami out.
Fendrel opened the door and walked in. Ookami followed and looked at the ground. Two guards followed them in before Fendrel shut the door behind him and locked it. He walked over to Althalos throne. The young king was on the throne looking at Fendrel and Ookami as they came nearer.
"Greetings Fendrel," Althalos greeted as he rose out of his chair. He saw Ookami and cocked his head to the side. "Who's your friend?"
"That is none of your business," Fendrel sneered. "As of now, you are no longer king of Mordrivale."
"What?!" Althalos asked. "Fendrel, you can't just kick a king out of his position!"
"Well, I am! As of this day, Mordrivale is ruled by me,"
Fendrel snapped his fingers and the two guards that brought Ookami out of her cell. The guards walked over to Althalos and grabbed him around arms.
"Fendrel! I thought we were friends?" Althalos cried out.
Fendrel chuckled. "My dear, Althalos…we never were friends. Just…partners. Take him away. Put in the cell with Siegfried."
The guards obeyed and dragged the struggling Althalos out of the room. He was yelling protests all they all out. Fendrel just smiled and waved to him as he left.
Then, when the former king left, Fendrel walked to the throne and sat in it. Ookami was on her knees on the ground next to the throne.
"You see my dear…now the kingdom is mine. Now, your spirit friends will fall for sure."
Ookami didn't listen to his protests. She just looked at the ground, hoping that her beloved was okay and still alive.
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The cell door swung open and Siegfried looked up to see someone had joined him. He stood up, hoping with the last ounce of hope he had left that Ookami had returned to rot in the dungeon with him. Then, the hope was killed when he say that it wasn't Ookami. It was the king, Althalos.
But he didn't look normal, like the first time he saw the young king. He was shaken and looked stressed. Althalos was pacing about the cell, running a hand through his short blonde hair. Siegfried walked out of the shadows and went into the light.
"What are you doing here?" Siegfried asked, startling the tense king at first. Then, a slight smile appeared on Althalos's lips.
"Siegfried is that you?" Althalos quivered.
Siegfried nodded. "Yes it is. But why are you here?"
A frown came across Althalos's face as he narrowed his brown eyes. "Fendrel took my kingdom from me and threw me in the dungeon."
Siegfried's eyes went wide. "Did he have a red haired girl with him?"
Althalos looked at him. "Yes, he did. She was a pretty little thing but very reserved. Why?"
"That was the person who kept me captive. Her name is Ookami."
Althalos's eyes flew wide. "Ookami?! You mean Protector of the Spirits Ookami? I thought she was just a myth!"
"Yes…that was her," Siegfried confirmed.
"But I thought she was suppose to be all powerful and couldn't be captured by any human."
"Well, she would be in here with me but she took my place since Fendrel said that he would execute me."
Fendrel walked over to the wall and punched it.
"How could've I been so blind? Why couldn't I see that Fendrel was going to kick me out of power?"
Siegfried placed a hand on the former king's shoulder. "Its not your fault. Fendrel is just a power hungry-"
"Please, Siegfried," Althalos interuptted. "I don't care about him right now. I'm just worried about what he might do to the kingdom."
'Or what he might do to Ookami...' Siegfried thought grimly.
"But what we should really focus on is trying to get out of here," Siegfried said as he walked over to the bars of the cell.
"That's almost impossible," Althalos muttered as he shook his head.
Siegfried looked at him and his expression harden. "Why is it impossible?"
"That's the way the dungeon was built," Althalos explained. "This was built when Mordrivale first entered the war with the spirits. My ancestors built this so when we had a spirit prisoner, they couldn't destroy with one of their devastating attacks."
"Figures..." Siegfried sighed. "We are never going to get out of here...."
Then, a guard screamed very loud. Siegfried perked up and the former king ran to the bars. The guard who was by their cell was gone without a trace. Althalos shivered.
"This isn't good," he muttered. "This is very bad. The spirits are angry...they are going to destroy us!"
Siegfried hear muttering from outside the cell that grew gradually louder. But he heard an odd thing...wings flapping. That means that a bird must be coming. But...could it be the golden eagle Kallias?
Then, he heard a voice that sounded like Sappho's. Were the animal guardians coming to save them?
"Hey! Kallias, Sappho! I'm here!" Siegfried shouted. Althalos looked at him with fear in his eyes.
"What are you doing?!" He asked.
"You'll see," Siegfried reassured the frightened king.
"I think I heard him," Siegfried heard a voice say.
Siegfried smiled as he the footsteps and voices came closer. Then, he saw Sappho, Kallias, Morag and Teranika. Teranika was free of any injury and looked like she did when they were separated.
"Siegfried!" Sappho said cheerfully. She looked inside the cell. "Where's Ookami and who's the guy with you?"
