Did you enjoy the last chapter? Enjoy this one! We just gotta deal with our next bitch, now!

Chapter 6

The Queen

Rose landed gently on her feet as she fell just leaving them. She continued to walk down the path before seeing her brother walking down the hall in anger. "What's wrong?" she asked as if she didn't know what happened.

"Someone has stolen my dinner! Call the guards, I want that person dead on my dinner plate. Now leave, sister! I am bitter and silence will only make my day better!" With a huff he slammed the door to his room.

"Guards! Come here!" she called.

They came over to her as told, "Yes, princess?"

"Someone has stolen my brother's dinner and took it somewhere. Call a meeting or something. When you find him or her, have them dead on my brother's plate."

"Uh, yes ma'am." they went off to the Queen's room.

"Alright, let's go find Logan, where is he?" she took a turn whenever there was a turn. She ended back to the gate and tried again but ended up back to the rooms. "Stupid tunnels!" she yelled, stomping her feet. She did it again and skipped a few turns on the way, the auditorium, just where she needed to go. Taking the door closest to her she saw another door and walked in. After a continues amount of doors she found one locked. Sighing, she used her nail to unlock it and open.

Rose walked in a saw a boy tied to a chair, looking depressed. He looked up to see Rose. "Go on, eat me." then turned his face down. He had bruises on his face and arms, his clothes were ripped and torn. He looked back up at her and yelled, "Come on, give me the best you got! Screw it, just eat me."

Rose knelt down to him, "Who did this to you?" she asked worried. Many zombies held poisons or venom in their foaming mouths, causing the alive to die. Hopefully this wasn't Logan, or was it.

"Some guy dressed in black, with sunglasses." he said.

"My brother! Don't worry, I'll get you out of there. Hey is your name Logan?" she asked while loosening him.

He looked up at her with surprise, "Wha, how did you know?"

Rose smiled, "Samantha and Blue told me. Don't worry, I'll get you home." she finished untying him and helped him up. Logan's leg was broken and the other had bruises. She carried him on her back, while on her hands and knees, taking a turn. Luckily the song she was playing in her head had the right beat to crawl in. As soon as the beat stopped, a zombie walked by or ran and she would continue through the trail.

Finally making it to her room, she opened the escape pod. Just as she was about to walk in a loud crumble sounded outside of her room. Thinking fast, Rose put Logan in the pod with medicine and pushed the button. It shot up the ground and away from her.

Rose picked up her staff and kicked open the door. Outside the large hallway was a large snake. She rolled her eyes as all of the guards were flung off the snake, same with her brother. Rose jumped and did a backflip kicking the snake's scales off. With a screech, it swung its tail at her but she dodged casting bright light on her staff flipping it around her making it go brighter. She was going faster and brighter dodging the snake's attempts to attack her.

"Die!" a blast of light shot from her staff to the snake, causing it to explode. As she landed she cried, "Yes!" Her victory stopped as a hand gripped her shoulder, it was the queen.

"Rose Bealitane, in my room." she glared at the girl and walked into her chambers.

"In her room my butt." but she still walked in. Rose noticed the queen looking at a mirror. "Yes my queen?"

"Rose Bealitane, why must you do something so dangerous? Killing a snake, how dare you!" he eyes turned red glaring at Rose.

She glared back, "It's my job to protect every dead thing, its my destiny calling for me to be a leader. How can I be a good queen if I can't protect the zombies? Besides, that was my chance to shine."

"Silence you fool! I will never leave this place! I am queen forever, and you will forever be a princess! Understand?"

"It could've eaten you if I wasn't there to kill it! Be great full!"

The queens jaw opened and her scars from the war were now visible. "Now watch your tone, there. You do not know who you're dealing with. I want you to be safe from any kind of evil that lurks the empire, understand?" It was this kind of tone that made Rose feel small and have her beg for forgiveness. But not this time, she was going to put her foot down and tell her how she really felt.

"No. I will not do what you say again! You. You have always hated me and you do nothing but abuse me and the zombies. I've had enough of this crap! I'd rather be down there than stuff here for another half of a generation with you! I can't stand you! You never even said thank you when I saved your life as a zombie a bunch of times! Get me out of here!" she grabbed her head and stomped her feet. "If being a zombie princess means I have to abuse the life and dead, then I don't want any part of it. I have friends up there who at least like me, unlike you!"

The queen just stared at her then glared, "If that's how you really feel about me then why don't I put you to Hades. Where you want to be and so belong!" she grabbed Rose's arm and dragged it to the mirror opening the portal. "Then so be it!" she tossed Rose into the mirror making her scream. "Be gone, stupid girl." then walked away.

She sat down at a different mirror combing her black hair into a bun, put on a crown and walked out. The queen saw how many soldiers were on the ground and saw the prince, she ran over to him and embraced him. "Gage! Are you okay, my dear?"

"Queen Vanessa? It hurts. Where's Rose?" he asked sitting up.

Queen Vanessa burst into fake tears, "Oh my! She's been, she's gone! Rose my dear, has. She risked her life to save us all and now she's actually dead! Oh my dear child, gone forever!"

"Oh no! Rose, my little sister tried to save me? Why couldn't it have been me? Oh Rose." he had tears going down his face as well.

The news about Rose soon was told and everybody was crying. "My people, do not cry, I will take her role as both queen and princess, but she is now in a better place. Please dismiss." She smiled to herself as she knew she had twice as much power over the empire as she did now, everyone would listen to her.

Queen Vanessa proudly walked into her quarters and stared into the mirror with a wicked smile, "Hope you like it there, princess! Hahahaha!" Now, the cold hearted woman tapped on the glass and cracked it. "Cracked, just like you, princess. Hahahaha! Oh, I crack myself up! Not like the crack you are, but like. Wait? Who am I even talking to?" she walked away to the door with the mirror and sent it up to the surface. "Bye bye."

The prince sat down on his bed, tears still falling from his face. Why did he have to yell at his sister for something so stupid, no dinner would make him forget about his younger sister's death. He spoke to himself in a small tone, "Why did she have to die? Why couldn't I have helped her. But how could she have died so easily…? Wait. Rose wouldn't die that easily, it's just a snake. She had a freaking staff for crap's sake! For the love of elemental hero! Why was I so stupid, this is Rose! She wouldn't just leave, I'm going to confront the queen, now!"

He nearly jumped out of his skin when the queen peaked in her face, "My dear, I know how much you miss Rose and I" she was cut off by Gage yelling.

"You!" he pointed an accusing finger at her.

She batted her eyes, "Me?"

"Yes, you!"

"Really? Me?"

"Shut up! You! You killed Rose! I know you did it, and you never liked her very much! You heartless feminine! How could you! I hate you."

Queen Vanessa had just about enough of being hated, she simply grabbed his arm and jumped up into the surface. She squeezed his cheeks forcing him to look at her, "Listen here, little boy. She is not dead, rather being punished by snap talking to me like you did. Rose is in that mirror forever, now you are banished from the Zombie grounds!"

Gage glared, "Good! I didn't like you either! I'd rather spend a day in."

"Don't even say it, Gage. You make me sick, you have the same ugly face as Rose. Be gone you waste of air!" she pushed him on the ground and sank back in the empire.

The first thing Gage did was quickly go back to pack his and his sister's stuff in a bag. Then picked up the mirror with her frightened face, "It's okay, Rose. I'm not gonna let anything hurt you, okay?" Rose nodded and they continued the path, unaware where it is going.

Now you hate the queen. Luckily its short so you won't have to see Rose suffer anymore.