Sardonic Break: Chapter III
The Knight's honey hued orbs widened in absolute shock as a blue wave from an unknown spell on her faded into the earth beneath her feet. Tears filled her eyes as she watched the blue energy absorb from view.
Regina took a step back and Snow froze as the blue completely disappeared. The sheer amount of power that began to radiate off of Elizabeth terrified them both.
Snow was horrified at the instant change she saw and felt within her Knight. Darkness seemed to come forth from a place long since buried within her now truly freed soul.
Elizabeth began shaking with rage. She could no longer hold back the magic that was begging to be released.
"Thank you Regina, for breaking the spell, but…"
She swung as hard as she could. Her fist collided with Regina's chest as the latter threw her arms up to teleport away. Purple smoke engulfed them both.
Snow's heart wrenching scream pierced the air as she watched them both disappear into nothing.
Snow fell to her knees. Rocks dug into her flesh that wasn't covered in leather and armor. But she didn't care. Everything that she had so carefully constructed had been destroyed. Everything that she thought she was protecting her Knight from, namely Regina, had crumbled right before her very eyes. She did nothing to stop it. She fought with every fiber within her being, to force herself to believe that there was nothing to be done to stop such destruction.
Her world crumbled all because Regina had recognized her Knight, Elizabeth. Vedante, whatever she was called. She did not think that merely Regina saying her true name would break the powerful spell that she and the Blue Faery weaved upon her.
She now knew that she relied too heavily upon a power that she herself barely understood. She now understood the heavy look of burden the Blue Faery contracted as she placed the spell upon the sleeping form of Elizabeth.
She did not understand why such a powerful Cloaking Spell did not alter her appearance from Regina to begin with. As she was the reason the spell was placed up on her.
Obviously, the Blue Faery's magic could only do so much.
The sky transformed from a bright blue to a menacing black. Huge billowing storm clouds came from the West, the direction of Regina's Dark Castle. Winds picked up, blowing dust in all directions around Snow, who still stood frozen.
She watched the sky as even darker clouds erupted, blocking the sun completely. Doubt began creeping into her mind as she wondered if her Knight would hold onto the Goodness that she knew was in the heart.
But with how drastically and quickly the weather changed, she was not so sure anymore. Magic altered the weather, and in this instance, it appeared to be unequivocally horrible. She had seen her Knight's face contort in hatred and malice. That was something very foreign as it did not belong on the face of the Knight that she knew.
Snow clawed at her chest as she felt her heart crushing under the sheer weight of the long since buried guilt.
She did what she believed was right at the time many, many moons ago. But now, she truly wondered if this was a ploy of the Fates. Because apparently, she was never meant to keep The Evil Queen away from her Knight forever, like she hoped.
Snow froze as she tried to take one tiny step back, lightening struck the ground so near to her. She fought to stay upright as the ground shook with the impact. She began praying to every God and Goddess she knew, hoping against hope that she had not upset any of the great beings above and below this plane of existence.
A dusty haze settled over the decimated battlefield. Magic radiated throughout the air, mingling with ozone and the dust kicked up by the harsh winds. Snow's eyes fell on the discarded armor of her Knight. The pieces seemed so small now that they were not on their owner. Her Kingdom's crest that was on the breast plate appeared to be mocking her the longer she stared at it.
She began choking on the tears that she was trying in vain to hold at bay. Queens were supposed to keep themselves composed. But she no longer could. As she stumbled towards the armor, the dust finally began to settle. Though the air still held a charge of heady magic from the lightening strike.
Snow had to blink several times for her eyes to adjust to scene that was displayed before her. Even then, she could only stare in shock as her brain could not fully process what was happening before her.