Chapter 24
Queen Rosalyn
Queen Rosalyn
Queen Rosalyn
The words echoed in my mind over and over, an endless mantra. It was impossible, I wasn't a queen. Darren may be a king, maybe even the Chosen One too, but there was no way that I was a queen. Wouldn't I have known about it?
"You're lying," I accused.
He shook his head, "afraid not, sweetheart. You're the Queen of the Magic Realm, set to rule alongside your king over all things magic, blah, blah blah."
I slowly shook my head, "but how? Wouldn't I have known?!"
"I guess he kept it a secret in an effort to protect you from people like me," he grinned sadistically.
"You're not a person," I narrowed my eyes, "you're a monster."
Nick rolled his eyes, "oh, here we go with the usual insults. I was hoping for something more colorful."
"Fuck you, how's that?" I spat.
He smirked, "I didn't mean colorful like that, but it was pretty amusing to hear a curse word coming from your lips. Although, if you insist..."
My eyes widened at what he was implying. "Don't you dare!"
He shook his head, "don't worry, I'm not going to do that. It doesn't benefit anyone, and we have plans for you."
I gulped shakily, "what kind of plans?"
"What, did you think that you were just going to sit here forever?" He snickered, "nope, you're going to be very useful to us. You may not be the Chosen One, but your mother was, and your father is a powerful wizard, so naturally you are more powerful than most witches. Now imagine if you were consumed with black magic, how much more powerful you'd be. You'd be very useful to our cause."
"Forget it," I growled, "I'm not letting you put black magic in my body."
He continued as if I hadn't spoken. "And can you imagine Darren's face when he sees the new you? He'll be so heartbroken that he won't care about the Realm anymore, thus we can take it over much easier." He chuckled, "it's known everywhere that love is a weakness, yet people continue to surrender to it. I just don't understand."
"Or it could make you stronger," I countered, even though I didn't believe that Darren loved me. I know he likes me (well, he never confirmed it by saying it out loud) but I don't think that he is in love with me. That's going a bit too far in estimating his feelings.
My ex-boyfriend laughed, "that's what all the lovers say to defend themselves. Of course it's complete bullshit. Now, get ready, for the process is going to begin soon."
"What process?" I questioned, even though I had a feeling of what it was.
"To turn you into a Dark witch! This is going to be so much fun," he clapped his hands, then tilted his head as he regarded me with a smirk, "maybe then I will follow your suggestion earlier. You'll be much more attractive as a Dark witch."
My lip curled up with disgust at the thought, but I was still able to think of a retort. "If black magic is supposed to make people attractive, then what happened to you?"
"Ooh, you may have actually wounded my pride a bit with that one, Rose," he held a hand over his heart.
"Good," I glowered.
"Let's begin," Nick grinned, then snapped his fingers. Instantly I was now strapped to a metal table, as opposed to my chair.
Next, he walked over to a bookshelf. He picked up an old-looking book, along with an oxygen mask.
When he came back over to me, he held the oxygen mask above my face. I jerked my head from side to side, I wasn't about to let him put that thing on me!
Nick glared at me, "now Rose, don't be so stubborn. Do you want to do this the easy way or the painful way?"
Wasn't the saying, 'the easy way or the hard way?' I didn't really want to know what the painful way was.
"They can turn you inside out with the snap of a finger! Make you cough up all your organs, they'll torture you, they'll do anything they can to inflict pain on you." Darren's words that he spoke to me when I had skipped swim practice that day returned to my mind.
I shuddered at that possibility. Nick used this as an opportunity to slip the mask on.
"This gas will just make you more submissive; I don't want you holding your breath trying to resist the magic then having to take a lungful of air. Too much black magic breathed in at once could kill you, and we can't have that."
My eyes widened in fear at his words. Not long after, a strange smell invaded my nostrils.
I tried wriggling my face to get the mask off, but it was pointless. It stayed right where it was, and soon I was beginning not to care.
My eyes were half-lidded, I felt so relaxed, at ease. He could do whatever he wanted.
Nick smirked, "now for your transformation."
He began muttering an incantation from the book, in a language that certainly wasn't English.
I was able to glance down to see black smoke coming in through the tube that led to the mask. I breathed it in like it was any regular air, but the smell was much different.
It smelt so good. I wanted more of it, I needed more. I closed my eyes, inhaling as much as I could.
My body was tingling, my mind clouded over with the new magic. It felt amazing, I felt powerful.
I was content to breathe this in for days, and was suddenly angry when the mask was ripped from my face.
Nick whipped around to face whoever had done that, and my eyes narrowed when I took in Darren's form.
How dare he take away my magic! My throat emitted a low growl.
"What are you doing to her?!" Darren asked, furious.
Nick rolled his eyes, "and hello to you to, Your Maj-ass-ty. I was simply transforming her into what she was meant to be, until you interrupted the process."
"She will never become one of you," he spat. "I'll turn her back to normal, and then I'll kill you, you sick bastard."
"Somehow I don't think my Rose is going to let that happen. Sweetheart?" Nick called.
My head snapped up to meet his eyes.
He snapped his fingers, the bonds on my hands and feet were gone. I sat up, awaiting Nick's orders.
He grinned, "kill him."
A/N: Things just got real O.o
angelcreature13: Well, she's furious right now, that's for sure... As to where I got the idea, I thought it would be cool and romantic to have a witch/wizard king and queen ;) Thank you!
TotallyCray-Cray: Thank you :)
lovethatignites: Lol XD And thank you for liking my Chosen One decision :) Haha, yeah, good luck Darren XD
delightisadream: Omg XD As for the star on the foot, I remember it being in an episode from season 1. I didn't watch all of season one, but I remember something about a star birthmark. I read about it on wiki and it said that Chosen Ones have a star-shaped birthmark. Since I didn't know where, I decided to place it on his foot. It's not in plain sight, yet the bearer of the mark can display it when they want. Ah, yes, classic Alex ;D Hmm, Nick is going to put up a good fight. And apparently Rose now, too...
shadowhunter167: It seems everyone loves Darren :) Thank you :D And I'm glad you like that I made Darren the Chosen One instead of Rose. Haha, yeah, that's enough XD
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Briebee2000: Well, she's more powerful than other witches and wizards, plus she's the Queen of the Magic Realm...