Chapter 2: The Princess Awakens, Almi regains her memories
Well here it is guys chapter 2 finally
Surrounded by darkness I wait, I wait for someone to break the spell that traps me. How long has it been, a year, two? I don't know anymore, I have forgotten to keep track. Grace thinks to herself in complete darkness, her hope dwindling more everyday she is trapped. The sky darkened as the clouds formed together, the wind picked up rapidly as if a hurricane was coming. The rain started to hit the ground in a fury as if the gods themselves were cursing the world below them. The thunder rumbling the earth like a earthquake and the lightning striking the world in a white dazzling flame. Almi stands in front of the black crystal prison ,drenched from the rain. "I hate the rain, and i hate being wet. Where am i anyway? Wait a minute." She stares deep in the crystal prison and spots a girl trapped inside. *"Who is she? Why is she trapped like that? She is so pretty."* Almi still staring does not notice a shadow forming behind her. The shadow forms into a small cat shape and a wide grin is on its face, its horns sharp and its twin tails forked like a devils tail. It slowly creeps closer to Almi who is still unaware of the situation. Its grin wicked like a deranged man. Its mind clouded with demented, insane thoughts, it jumps on a pillar behind Almi, its glowing red eyes locked on the back of Almi's head. Almi finally snaps back to reality right as the shadow cat pounced towards her. Almi successfully dodges the cats wild pounce, the cat after missing turns to face Almi, barring its sharp jagged teeth at Almi. "W-What is that thing? It looks like some sort of demon. W-Why is a shadow demon here?!" Almi backs away till she hits the pillar the shadow demon once stood on. "N-No where for me to run to now." Almi looks at the shadow in complete fear. The cat jumped on her lap and looked into her eyes as if it was looking into her very soul. Its eyes that were red moments ago turned into a peaceful blue color, its horns were small and only slightly pointed and its twil tails were as forked as they were before. They stared at each other for what would seem to be hours but it was only Almis surprise the shadow demon started to speak. "Almi? Almi is that you? Its been so long since i have seen you." The cat became solid, it wasnt a shadow demon, it was a Cait Sith. "W-Who are you? How do you know my nickname?" Almi asks while stuttering. The cat looks shocked. "Y-You dont remember me Almi? Its me Lila LIlith, the servent of Princess Grace Rosalie Phantom, who has been your best friend since you were only 5 years old. The cat, now known as Lila Lilith said while still looking shocked at Almis ignorance. "if you forgot about me as well as your best friend, you may have also forgotten what happened here 9 years ago." Shall i tell you the whole story or would you like a abridged version to save time? Lila asked Almi. "Please tell me everything Lila, I must know what i have forgotten and hope i can remember is myself." Almi speaks with a serious yet ridgedtone. "Very well Almi, I will tell you about the ordeal from 9 years ago that caused King Phantom to be ostracized from his own kingdom of Phantosmina Rosen and trapped our dear princess in this crystal prison." Almi made her self comfortable for she knew this was going to be a long story, soon Lila continued to speak. "The kingdom of Phantosmina Rosen was a peaceful kingdom, blessed with great harvests, great health, and peace. The crops seemed to accumulate every year, the people who cared for the crops, the ones known as farmers, were eratic and ludicrous to other kingdoms. Treated as equals to the nobel familys, many say they should be called recluse, people who live away from the towns. Even though The king abstained from entailing the farmers in problems of territory and war, they still were involved at some point. Many nobels had to be incarcerated for spouting things like "Farmers are not our equals" or they tried to entail them in fights that had nothing to do with them. The queen, Queen Cecilia was kind and beautiful, she tried many times to talk the king, her husband, out of incarcerating these men. Even though all of this occurred, the kingdom was still peaceful within its walls, protected from the dangers of other kingdoms." Lila's eyes started to dull as if she was dying and she continued. "One day though after the sun had set and the moon and stars were visible high in the sky. A witch entered the kingdom walls without the guards knowing, she easily slipped through the town as if she was invincible, maybe she was, but as she neared the castle i started to sense her wicked presence, so close to where young Princess Grace, who was now 7 years old at this time, was sleeping. The witch slipped into the kitchen which is below the princess' room, as she made her way through the castle unnoticed by all except me and the queen, she entered the prince's room while he was sound asleep, i was hiding in the shadowed corner so she wouldnt notice me watching, she raised a poison tipped dagger above the young prince's small torso and struck like lightning, plunging it deep into the prince's heart, killing him instantly. The blood flowed down the sheets like rivers, dripping on to the floor making small puddles around the bed. The prince, Prince Aaron, was only 9 years old at the time. The king and queen rushed into the room only to see their only son dead and the witch standing above him with a bloody dagger in her hands, which are now slightly bloody.
They stared at the witch with shock and anger, the queen, who was a talented swordswoman, unsheathed her katana from her side. She lunged at the witch with speed and precise movements. The sound of blades hitting filled the room, the king was unable to keep track of his wife or the witch, the speed was unbelievable. Cecilia the queen managaed to cut the witch's cheek. Blood drips to the floor from the small deep cut, the witch wipes the blood away and starts to chant a spell. "minik mino chu, bind her arms my servants of the dark." Dark shadows started to come out of the walls and wrap around the queen, cutting off all movements. The witch smirked but soon her smirk vanished when she heard the queen chanting some sort of spell. "chumeh chu lolli, heavenly sky arrow strike this witch down with your dazzling light, send her back to where she came from." A large magic circle appeared on the floor below the witch, a arrow shaped beam of light strikes through the witch, a flash of light momentarily blinds all in the room. When everyone regained their vision, they gasped in shock for the witch was untouched. The queens most powerful magical spell had no affect on this witch.