Sup guys, how's it going? Me, I'm great no school for like the entire week bitches! Got to love fall break. Ok guys I think this is going to be the chapter where something's come out of the closet, I really hope you guys like it and again please review, oh yea and the stupid disclaimer, I don't own anything wish I did, then I could be set for life. But anyways on to the next chapter!
(Sam's POV)
All I could see was darkness; an eerie chill crept into the air.
"Saaaammmm" a voice came singing my name through the darkness.
"What?" I said
"Saaamm" the voice sang again
"Wh-who are you!?" I called out into the darkness
"There's no reason to shout child" the voice whispered into my ear
I quickly spun around, and there standing before me was a young woman no older than twenty years old. She was wearing a black floor length Victorian dress. She was tall around five seven, a slim figure. She had olive skin, light brown hair, and deep dark brown eyes.
"I ask again who are you, and where am I?" I demanded
"Aw Sammy, I'm sadden that you don't recognize me. Considering I am apart of you." She said
"What do you mean 'your apart of me'?" I asked
"Think Sammy, what lives inside of you that is powerful?" she said
It was like a small light was turned on inside of my head. "Herba Reginam" I whispered
"Well, ding, ding, ding somebody give this princess a prize for answering the million dollar question."
"W-how?" I asked
"Your dreaming Sammykins, how else was I supposed to speak with you." She said
"Why, in all of recorded history never has Herba Reginam spoken to the host" I said
"Because its story time Sammy, and todays matinee performance is 'The Story of Herba Reginam a Young Queen'. Let me take you back, to where it all began" she said while placing a hand on my shoulder.
Just then the darkness started to melt away replace by crystal blue. The void was transformed into a sparkling underwater castle. The sheer size and beauty would put any other thing to sham.
"Welcome Samantha to Atlantis" she said
"Atlantis? But it was-"
"Destroyed, yes I know. This was the time during the great war of the seven seas before Atlantis was taken down" she said cutting me off.
"Come child let's see what's happing in the throne room, shall we?" she said guiding me towards a large room.
(inside the throne room)
"My queen, it is a full scale war out there. The seven regions a rebelling against us, merpeople are dying by the thousands. They preach self-rule, and trust me they are not going to give up until they get what they want. Perhaps we should-" a council member said
"We should what? Choose your words carefully" the queen said
I turned towards Herba "Is that- is that you?" I asked
"Yes, back then I was not known as Herba Reginam, but as Oceanus Reginam or The Ocean Queen" she said in a sadden voice.
"Perhaps we should surrender, give the people what they want." The same council member said.
"And the first thing they would want was my head on a stick. What you are saying is border line traitorous" Oceanus said
"My Queen you misheard me, what I said-"
"NO" the queen shouted "words lead to thought, thought leads to consideration, consideration leads to action. What you are doing is betraying me right here right now. So you must be dealt with how a traitor would be handled… by death" with that she raised her hand and summoned a large vine to wrap around his neck and snap it. The man's body quickly turned into sea foam and floated towards the ceiling.
"Somebody clean up that foam, I don't want it staining the ceiling!" the queen howled.
"Now, does anybody else have any bright ideas?" she asked
Nobody said anything they just bowed their heads and kept quiet.
"As I thought" the queen said while swimming towards the door.
"Now you men are not to leave this room until you find me a solution to this problem, am I understood?" the queen barked
There were low murmurs in response.
"What was that?" the queen asked
"Yes my queen!" the men shouted
"Good, then get to it" she said
"let's go up to my room, the real show is about to begin" Herba said.
We entered the room, there laying on the bed was the young queen taking a nap.
"What I didn't know was that there was a small group of highly trained witches and wizards waiting to strike. They planned to steal my power and give it to the leader of the rebellion. They waited until the coast was clear and then came crashing into my room." Herba said
Just then ten or more merpeople came swarming into the room.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" the queen screeched
"The meaning is your death" a young witch said, just then she quickly raised her hand and blasted the queen knocking her out.
"Quickly, we must do the spell before she awakens" the same witch said
"Potentia virtutis iuvenes et sense esse dissecuerit off corpus
Et ingredieris arcam hoc veni foras
Unum hoc ita fiat" the group chanted over the past out queen.
The queen's body began to glow a bright green light. She started gasping and coughing up blood. The light grew brighter and condensed into a small ball that floated up from the young ruler's now stiff body and flew into a small wooden box. The once great queen began to melt away and like all other merpeople turned to sea foam.
"What they didn't know was that my soul and power was intertwined, one cannot exist without the other. So they gave my power and soul to the leader, he won and destroyed Atlantis, blab, blab, blab, well you know the rest. Eventually my soul became so weak that it now depends on a host to harbor the power, blood of the first ruler." She said.
Herba snapped her fingers and the beautiful palace slipped into darkness yet again.
"So to wrap up this sob story, the soul and power was passed down from ruler to ruler, generation to generation ending with young Samantha Manson future ruler. This is where our story changes, because with you I will finally be set free, I figured out a way to strengthen my soul so when I finally get out I will be able to walk free. Because mark my words before the winter soloists I will be free AND THE REIGN OF OCEANUS REGINAM WILL START A NEW!" she screamed
"NO, NO I WONT LET YOU!" I yelled back
"That not up to you to decide it is destiny" she said
A loud blaring sound came ringing through the darkness.
"Well it looks like our time has been cut a little short, see you soon Sammy, hahah" she said putting an evil laugh at the end.
The darkness began to crack; steams of bright white light came flooding through the cracks. The blaring became even louder and clearer. I was slowly delivered back to the realm of the awake.
My eyes shot right open; my ears detected what was making the noise. I snapped my head towards my alarm clock it read 7:30.
"Shit, I'm late for school!"
Ok so I know I told you that some secrets were going to be spilled, and I lied sorry, but I promise that will be coming real soon. I wanted to tell the story of Herba in this chapter and how she came to be. I hope you guys liked this chapter I would like to thank sammansomrepilica, AJ, Kriro-tone, thebluedangercorn (btw nice name) and FanFicGirl P.S I loved your idea. Ok that's it again please review and I will see you soon, if I don't get the next chapter up before the holiday then happy Samhain or happy Halloween my favorite holiday.