Welcome to the final chapter of The Killer Queen.
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Something wasn't right. She couldn't find Noel anywhere and she had literally looked all over the castle. The ten minutes were running out which meant Emily was going to get the guards and search for Noel, who wasn't doing anything worthy of being charged with treason. Alison began to panic as she ditched her plan and ran back up to her room to stop Emily from telling the guards that Noel was doing something worthy of being charged with treason.
"Alison!" someone called for Alison as she climbed the stairs. She turned around to see Hanna climbing the stairs after her. "Wait up!"
"Hanna I really don't have the time right now." Alison said, trying to climb the stairs still.
"Slow down!" Hanna said, running up the steps. "You're going to make your makeup run and trust me, you don't want to get sweaty before your wedding."
"What exactly do you want Hanna?" Alison asked, annoyed, she climbed the steps once again.
"Did you work things out with Emily...you know since you're marrying Noel?" Hanna asked in a stage-whisper. "By the way you look stunning in your dress."
"No I didn't because I'm working things out with Noel because I'm staying with Emily."
"What?" Hanna asked, shocked. "Good luck convincing him. He practically kisses the ground you walk on."
"I am not exactly looking to convince him."
"What do you mean?"
"I can't explain right now, Hanna. I need to find someone." Alison said, hurrying up the stairs.
"Oh! Who is it? I can help find them." Hanna said, hurrying to catch up.
"If you see Noel or Emily or both. I don't know, I just need to find them to make sure everything is alright." Alison said, getting more frantic as she noticed the guards at the top of the stairs were gone. Emily must've been here and taken them towards the back staircase.
"Shit." Alison mumbled as she raced down the hallway.
"Alison! Stop!"
"Get the guards! Go find them, something isn't right. Go Hanna!" Alison said, as she ran towards her room. "I'll be done in a few minutes, I need to grab something in my room."
"Alis-"
"Go!"
Alison reached her room and threw the door open. She entered quickly, looking for Emily. Instead of finding just Emily where she left her, she found Noel too. Noel was dangerously close to Emily and once he turned at Alison's sudden presence, Alison had a full view of what he was actually doing.
He had a knife pressed against Emily's throat, Emily looked paralyzed in fear, tears streaming down her face.
"Ali." Emily chocked out.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Alison yelled, running towards Noel and Emily.
"Stop!" Noel said, twisting Emily so that he was behind her with the knife pressed to her throat. "One more step and I'll kill her!"
Alison stopped, having no other choice but watch as Emily looked at her with terror in her eyes, and Alison was powerless. For once in her life, Alison had no control of the situation, something that had never happened before. When Jason tried to kill her, Alison had the upper hand, but now this was the love of her life that was going to be killed.
"Why are you doing this Noel?" Alison asked.
"Why?! I know what you two had! I saw those stolen glances and the way you looked at each other. You look at a commoner like she was gold, why could you look at me that way?" Noel asked, his voice cracking and his eyes filled with tears.
"Noel, you need to let go of Emily." Alison said, calmly.
"No! She can't live if we get married, she must die."
"Think about it Noel, if you kill her, it'll get all you. The blood will stain your white clothes forever, you'll never be able to get over the guilt." Alison said, trying to pick at Noel until he caved. Something she still did best.
"How would you know that Alison?" Noel asked, his voice shaking.
"Because, I know you Noel. You've never have killed anything in your life. We all know that." Alison said, a smirk playing on her face. She knew she had him, he was beginning to tremble.
"How about you Alison? You've killed tons of people, if she dies, then you won't feel anything."
"Now you're just speaking nonsense Noel, I sometimes wonder what went through your head when you formed this plan." Alison said.
"What happened to the Alison that I knew? The one who was a heartless bitch to the commoners, who didn't give two shits about if they lived or died."
"Sometimes you think you know people, but then they surprise you."
Alison could hear faint footsteps coming at a fast pace towards the room. She smirked, knowing that help was coming.
"I guess this wedding isn't happening after all." Alison said, smirking wider.
"What?" Noel asked.
Emily made a choking noise as the guards came bursting into her room, followed by Hanna. For once in her life, Hanna actually put two and two together. Alison hadn't come down for a while, it was only common sense that something must've happened. Thankfully, Hanna knew that too.
"Emily!" Hanna said, when she saw Emily.
There must've been five masked guards come in and break free Emily and Noel. Alison was blocked from view, but she heard Noel shout a few times as he was pulled away. Alison was holding onto Hanna for dear life, waiting to get to Emily, who still couldn't be seen. Suddenly, Emily screamed out in pain and Alison's grip tightened as she called for Emily.
Finally, Noel was pulled away by two guards, his mouth bloody and he had a cut under his eye. He looked worse than Emily, who had a large slice in her shoulder where Noel must've gotten her in the scuffle. The guards on her side, tried to grab her by the arms too but Alison called them off.
"What do you say we do with him?" one of the guards asked. "Just say the words."
"I charge Prince Noel Kahn of Ravenswood with treason against Rosewood and sentence him to death by execution." Alison said, watching Noel expressionlessly.
Before the guards carried him away, he made a noise and spat at Alison. His bloody spit landed on Alison's wedding dress, staining the white fabric forever.
Eight months later..
When the guests and the people of both kingdoms heard of Noel's attempt at murder Princess Emily and Queen Alison (that part they made up so people wouldn't protest. They were royalty, so no one could really argue with their claim.) The guests, who had come to see a wedding, instead left confused and saddened by Noel's turn on his kingdoms. As for Noel, he was executed like Jason was, almost reenacting a deja vu moment. Noel's execution almost mirrored Jason's, and Alison felt sick while she watched it. She didn't like the similarities at all.
Emily's gash was dressed and she was given ten stitches. Luckily, the wound healed, only leaving behind a long scar as a souvenir. The emotional damage it had on her was worse the first few weeks, and Emily stayed very timid those first couple of weeks. She only started to come back around after the first month, after much kissing and coaxing from Alison.
Both Alison and Emily had come far in the eight months that followed Noel's betrayal. Emily had turned nineteen in November, although by the then she wasn't in much mood for celebration. But now it was June, and Alison had just turned nineteen a few days before. But today was another special day, something that their hard work lead to.
"Are you ready?" Alison asked.
"I'm really nervous." Emily replied, biting her lip.
She followed Alison down the hallway, both wearing beautiful dresses, more beautiful than before. Alison was wearing a pale blue, where as Emily was in sea foam green. They walked arm and arm down the stairs, heading towards the large balcony that overlooked all the people in the square below. They hugged when they reached the doors to the large balcony that overlooked the people of Rosewood. People from all over had come to witness this, their heads craning for a better look.
The ceremony was going to begin, and Alison hadn't been more nervous for Emily in her life. They had spent months prepping for this moment, making sure that Emily knew exactly what she was supposed to do when the cues were given. Alison stepped forward and placed her hands on the railing. Emily backed off to the side, waiting for her cue.
Alison took a deep breath as the trumpets played to quiet down the onlooking people. Alison's voice was projected through a horn shaped thing, making it easy for her people to hear, and the fact she didn't have to shout so loud.
"People of Rosewood, we gather today to witness the crowning of a new ruler. Someone who will be joining me in my reign of Rosewood." Alison said, trying not fumble on her words. "We welcome her with open arms as she is coronated today."
The ceremony shifted, turning the attention to Emily, who stepped forward. She faced Alison and bowed down, something that Alison wasn't used to anymore.
"Do you, Princess Emily, promise to rule Rosewood fairly, and diligently?" the high priest of Rosewood asked.
"I promise."
"And do you promise to keep the people of Rosewood's best intentions in mind?"
"I promise."
As Emily promised about a million things, Alison couldn't help but smile slightly. Emily was wearing the same traditional coronation robes that Alison wore a little over a year ago. The white fur was said to have been from a yeti, but that was just a myth. Now, it was Emily's turn to go through what Alison did.
Once the priest was done, it was Alison's turn to take over. She stepped forwards as Emily bowed to her again. Alison watched as Emily took the staff and jar from the priest, and turned to face the people of Rosewood. Alison picked up Emily's shining crown from the next pillow, and slowly placed it on Emily's head. The priest began speaking in another language, one that Alison didn't bother to try to learn. It was the coronation seal, bonding the person to the kingdom for life.
Alison watched the back of Emily's head until the priest finished and everything was silent.
"I now pronounce you, the second Queen of Rosewood." Alison said, the words ringing out. Her heart fluttered, and she wasn't even the one being crowned this time.
There was an eruption of applause and cheers as Emily bowed her head to the people. She turned around slowly a few seconds later, beaming from ear to ear.
"We did it. Now we can be together for a long time!" Emily said, reaching out to grab Alison's hand.
Alison shook her head, but smiled at Emily. "I wouldn't say a long time...how about forever?"
Fine.