Chapter 1
15
years later
“Grace! Grace!!”
Lily shouted searching and looking everywhere
for Grace, and finally, she saw her at the back of the castle, stroking a deer
that lay it’s head on Grace lap.
“Grace there you are, I knew I would find you
here.... again”.
Lily said as she approached Grace. The deer
suddenly stood up, spun and ran as fast as it's legs could, into the shadow of the forest that was at the
back of the castle. Lily sighed.
“Why do they, the animals, always run away whenever they
saw me? Uh Grace?” Lily asked as she stood in front of Grace.
Grace shrugged her shoulder a little bit. “I
don’t know why they always do that Lily”.
“How did you mean you don’t know? Don’t you
know that animals are never scared of you? Don't you see it? I still don’t get what they see in
you to make them like you. Tell me Grace are you in anyway hiding something
from me?” Lily asked Grace who had a smile on her face.
“No, I am not in anyway hiding anything from
you Lily, and besides I don’t really know why the animals are never afraid of
me all my life, but I still think it is a gift……”
“Any way”. Lily said cutting Grace off from
what ever she had wanted to say. “Least I forget, I came here to remind you
that Princess Mary is celebrating her birthday today, and you know what that means, don't you?”.
“Oh my, I have forgotten that Princess Mary
will be turning twenty thrice today and that also means she will be holding a
ball. Thank you Lily for reminding me”.
Grace left Lily and
rushed into the castle she did not want to be dealt with by the princess if
she arrives late. With that thought, she ran as fast as she could passing her
fellow servants that were going about their daily works. As soon as she got to
the Princess door, she stop and turn to face the mirror the princess placed on
her door. She wanted to check if her clothes were in their right places, thank the gods, her clothes were. Her eyes were of two colors, one was
Gold and the other Black. Grace had always wondered why she has two different pair of
color eyes. She was always ignored by her fellow servants simply because they
see her as a cursed child, because to them no normal human being would have
different color eyes, so they ignored her and said hurtful things to her. She
could have committed suicide has it not been for Lily’s intervention. Lily then
talked sensed into her after she had saved her from committing suicide, telling Grace that ending her
life isn’t the best option that the best way for her to live her life is to
ignore whatever the other servant’s tells her. And since then Grace took the
advice of Lily and truly things had really changed.
She sighed as she
took a last look at her hair, her hair was so long that it nearly touched the
ground but she had it braided. Feeling she is now presentable to be in Princess
Mary's room she knocked on the door.
“Come in”. A
beautiful lady voice was heard behind the close door as Grace opened the door and entered the room.
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Three young sisters, who looked alike,
sat down beside each other on a wooden stool facing one another, a fourth stood that was empty was also beside them forming a circle, their
eyes were closed and meditating. The sisters were triplet and they were born blind, it came as a shock to their mother who was a seer, that are daughters will work for the Dark Goddess in years to come. she tried all she could to prevent her daughters fate. but it was too late, they had sold their bodies and hearts to the Dark Goddess. Their hearts were filled with darkness. And they have been working for the Dark Goddess for thousands of years, till they were assigned to the Prince of Darkness. In their middle stood a fountain
of crystal water, that never runs dry. The the door to their cave opened and someone who they were expecting entered and sat
down on the fourth empty stool in the cave. “Well, I am here”.
The three young
sisters opened their eyes at the same time, their eye balls were white. “We
have send for you Darken, it is time for you to strike”. They said together.
“You mean to say, if
I eventually attack the kingdom
of Eleanor, I shall come
out victorious?” Darken asked to be sure.
“Yes, you shall
conquer Eleanor, but, there is one thing you have to make sure it’s being
carried out”.
“And which is?”
Darken asked.
“You have to make
sure that everyone in Eleanor is killed”. They answered him.
“Why is that, if I
may ask?”
“The one born to end
you is in Eleanor, you have to clear off that person from the surface of the
earth”. They told him.
“But that’s
impossible, Selena’s daughter died by my sword, I killed her by my own sword in my hands which makes the prophecy not coming to pass, so that can’t be
true”. Darken said confused.
“You were deceived
that day. The child you had killed wasn’t Selena’s daughter. What you didn’t
know was on that night when Selena gave birth to her daughter a servant girl also
gave birth to a baby girl. In other for her to let her daughter live she exchanged
her daughter with the servant girl own child, who then took the baby and ran away never to be seen again. So you had killed the wrong child”.
“So Selena betrayed me?
But what can I do wise ones?” Darken asked.
“You and your armies
will march to Eleanor and kill every soul living in it, make sure no one escape
from the kingdom. Remember if she eventually escapes from you this time, then she will be
the one to end you. Isn’t that what the Great Book Of Omen says, that the one to end you shall
be your destiny and your doom”.
“But how would I
know Selena’s daughter when I see her, I need to know so that I will be sure I have kill the right person. i don't want to make the same mistake again” Darken said.
“Not everything is
revealed to us, she is been hidden from us by that which we must not mention. You had better hurry up with your
plans Darken, before her gifts reached its peak and you know what that means to you. The prophecy do not lie. You are
the king of the underworld and you have the powers to change the prophecy. We are with you in
spirit, do not forget that Darken”. They told him and closed their eyes at the
same time, a few minutes later they turned into a statue.
Darken stood up from the stool and then
walk up to the door and stop. “You are always right Malarias. I am Darken, the King of all Kings, the King of Darkness, the Prince of Hades. I will not be scared of a little girl
the prophecy spoke about. I will make sure I have the whole world to myself and I will
kill whosoever that will stand in my way and also destroy the other ones which we must not mention. As
long as I have the Malarias and the Dark Goddess to myself, I am unbeatable. Selena where ever that you are, know this, I shall kill your daughter then find you and kill you myself even though you are the Goddess of the Old Region”.
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Darken came out of
the cave and disappeared into the shadow of the night.
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The door to a throne
room opened and General Groh walked in closing the door. “You send for me your
Lordship”.
“Yes I did. Selena’s
daughter is alive and somehow she is in Eleanor, prepare your armies we are
going to visit the kingdom of Eleanor”, Darken said, he was standing and facing the window, he
turned to look at General Groh who bowed.
“Yes your Lordship,
I shall go now and prepare the immortal beast armies to get ready”, General Groh said as he
straightened up to his full height and went out of the throne room to do as he
was told leaving Darken to his thoughts.
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