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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
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68 Chs

Chappie 28

Viola nodded. Mordecai helped her stand and she led the way to her workshop. They walked for quite a while and by pure miracle, there were no monsters on the way.

They finally made it to the workshop and saw two men standing in front of it. The men were Prince Matthew and Prince Henry.

Prince Henry and Prince Matthew stared at Viola and Mordecai who completely ignored them. They decided to introduce themselves.

"Hello...civilian. My name is Matthew and this is my brother Henry. "

Viola stared at both of them while Mordecai said nothing.

"We know who you are. What we don't know is what you're doing standing outside my workshop. Shouldn't you be at the castle? " said Viola.

"That's...a very...complicated question. But, I was hoping we could find shelter at your workshop."

"Suit yourselves, I just hope its not too uncomfortable for you."

They all went into the workshop with Viola leading the way while, Mordecai and the princes followed.

"Where are we going exactly?" Henry finally spoke up.

"The cellar or as I like to call it the 'safe house'. My parents built it, you know in case we were ever robbed or war broke out. Me and my sister would just hide out in the cellar till it's over and no one would ever find us." Viola said.

"Wow! your parents must have been very smart people. Where are they?" Matthew asked.

"They're dead " She said flatly.

"Oh...I'm not sorry. I had no idea." Matthew tried to apologise but was rudely cut off by Viola.

"It's fine ."

Matthew kept his mouth shut and continued following Viola. She was suddenly stopped by Mordecai.

"Shhh!" He shushed her, putting a finger to his lips.

"What?" Viola asked.

"It's here, I can sense it."

"What's here?" Henry asked curiously.

Mordecai ignored him and crept around the workshop. He ducked under a table which had tools on it and the others did the same, mimicking his actions.

"That!" he whispered while pointing to the creature.