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Kingdom of Bones

Thud!! A book fell to the floor. "My Lady ,what's that?" Elenor asked curiously. "It's just a book , no need to be alarmed." Hattie replied as she bent to pick up the book. It was a rather strange looking book which was bound in red leather. It has various drawings of bones running along it's spine and it's title "Necromancy and the dark arts" was written in front of it, in gold. Hattie gazed at the book excitedly." This is it!" she thought to herself." I can finally bring my brother back from the dead." ______________________________________________ "There she is, just like I told you!" yelled the butler as he led the people to his mistress. "George?! You would dare betray me" exclaimed Hattie in utter disbelief. "I'd never be loyal to a witch" he replied. "Seize her !!" commanded the cleric. "All I want is to bring my brother back from the dead , please don't do this" she pleaded. "Silence witch! " the cleric yelled. "what business does the living have with the dead? Only a witch practices necromancy, it's a sin against the Almighty"."Guards!!! Take her away before she dooms us all". "No! let me go! You can't do this"Hattie struggled as two hefty men dragged her out of her home . "KILL THE WITCH! " "KILL HER!!!" the crowd chanted, waving their torches and pitchforks. Hattie was dragged to the village square to be burnt at stake. She was chained to a wooden pole and no matter how much she struggled she couldn't break free. "Call forth the executioner!!" the cleric yelled and a man dressed in black from head to toe made his way to where Hattie was chained , holding a blazing torch. The crowd parted to let him walk through . He got onto the stage and prepared to set the log on fire. "STOP!!" a voice yelled." I'm the one who told you she's a witch, so I should be the one to set her ablaze". "Very well then, come forth" the cleric beckoned. The owner of the voice moved to the stage and it turned out to be ....... "Elenor ? It's can't be! " Hattie screamed in disbelief. "But why? Why would you do this to me after all we've been through?". Elenor ignored Hattie, grabbed the torch from the executioner and set her mistress on fire. The crowd cheered as Hattie was burnt alive. Her screams of agony was like music to their ears and they all dance and celebrated her gruesome death. ______________________________________________ 200 years later; Ivory port , a small steampunk city is visited by a rather peculiar royal envoy. The next day ,the city is taken over by an army of skeletons and undead creatures. Humans are captured and taken to the castle. After her sister was captured and taken away, Viola Wallace plans to rescue her sister along with her unusual group of friends. Will they succeed? What happens when they stumble upon a huge secret in the castle and now it's up to the to save their city? Who's the lady who keeps appearing in Viola's dreams ? How is she connected to the mystery at hand? Who's the mysterious stranger who saved Viola's life and how does he know so much about the skeletons? Find out in Kingdom of Bones!!!!!.

Rjsherlock_100 · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
68 Chs

Chappie 17

That was exactly what the queen did, she shot at both of them forcing them into a corner .

Meanwhile, King Patrick and his two sons were looking for the mechanism which would trigger the secret door and open it. Each room in the castle had it's own secret door which led to secret passageways inside the castle walls.

They searched high and low; running their hands on the walls, clicking buttons, twisting statues and emptying bookshelves. They basically turned the whole room completely upside down.

Finally, Matthew found the trigger. It was a little metal duck that had a light bulb on its butt . The duck was sitting on the table all along and until now they all thought it was just an ornament.

The walls parted and they all rushed into the passageway with the queen being the last one to enter.

The walls closed and they all heaved a sigh of relief.

"What do we do now?" asked Henry.

"We're getting you boys, out of the castle " King Patrick replied.

"Aren't you coming with us?"

"No, we're not. Your mother and I need to stay, to protect our kingdom."

"In that case , I'm staying with you." Matthew argued.

"No son, you need to take care of your brother."

"But..."

"No buts. Matthew look at me." said the queen forcing her son to look at her." Promise me , you'll take care of your brother."

"Mother I....."

"Promise me!"

"Okay.....I will." Matthew finally agreed.

"No! I'm not leaving without you two!"Henry protested.

"Henry, you're all grown up now. You need to man up and stop acting like a child." King Patrick scolded Henry.

Henry was feeling aggrieved and angry. He looked down glaring at the floor while silent tears slid out of his eyes.

"It's going to be okay." His brother comforted and hugged him.

Henry nodded, completely burying his head in his brother's shoulders and the whole family came together in one last group hug before separating.