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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 4

"Wow! are you chasing me away? I'm hurt!"

Nigel put his hands over his heart and pretended to be hurt.

Viola rolled her eyes at him. He was being too over dramatic.

"Well.....you see, I was wondering if you would like to visit...." he began but before he could finish the sentence, Viola's sister Vivian interrupted.

"Big sis! Big sis!"

"Vivian ! what on earth is wrong?!". Viola stared at her sister worriedly. She walked up to Vivian and began checking her body for any sign of injury.

"I'm fine sis, stop treating me like a baby"Vivian whined , trying to get away from her sister. "The Visitors will be here soon!".

How could she possibly forget?. The entire kingdom has been buzzing with excitement ever since it was announced that the king of Bonehelm and his envoy would be visiting .

"Come on sis! His carriage will be passing by any second". Vivian tugged on her sister's arm and dragged her outside. Nigel followed after them.

Vivian was bouncing around, she was extremely excited.

A lot of people were also crowding the streets trying to catch a glimpse of the royal envoy .

After a while, a carriage could be seen passing through the crowd. It was a luxurious carriage pulled by four dark horses. The carriage was pitch black with purple jewels and white bones decorating the exterior.

The curtains of the carriage were drawn so no one managed to get a glimpse of the king. It was heavily guarded, with knights on horses protecting it from all sides. The head of the knights was in front of the carriage , leading tit through the crowd.

The knights were completely covered up , not a single feature could be made out and were armed to the teeth.

"That's odd...Why would anyone decorate their carriage with bones? And why do the entire envoy look so dark and gloomy?"

Would you use bones to decorate your carriage?

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