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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 · Fantasie
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Chappie 44

The now headless skeleton got hold of Henry, grabbed his throat and began to squeeze the air out of him.

Matthew noticed his brother was in danger so, he rushed to his brother's side and before it could strangle Henry, Matthew ruthlessly destroyed the skeleton's core.

The skeleton's grip on Henry's neck loosened and Henry broke into a coughing fit , greedily taking in air.

"That...was...close" Henry said in between breaths. He was trying to cover up the fact that he was terrified.But, he was. So very terrified...I mean he almost died for God's sake.

"You okay? " Matthew asked patting his brother on his back.

"Yeah...yeah, I'm fine. Just wanted to test the theory. "

"Guys! Over here! " Nigel called to them. Matthew assisted his brother in standing up and together they walked over to the hijacked wagon.

The cage holding the children was opened, but the children refused to come out. The children were obviously terrified.

"It's okay...we're not here to hurt you." Archie slowly approached the children and gently said "You're safe now ok? Me and my friends aren't going to hurt you. You can come out now."

The children finally came out of the cage,they seemed to trust Archie as they all huddled behind him but they were still wary of the others.

"Which one of you is the oldest? "Viola asked. The children reminded her of her own sister.

"I..I..I am." A tall ginger head girl with freckles raised her hand.

"Okay, from now on you're in charge."

"Me?" The girl looked afraid."I can't...." She hid behind Archie even more, her voice barely a squeak.

"Shh! Shh! It's okay, it's okay...Breathe." Viola tried to calm her (the girl) down.

The girl took a deep breath and calmed down a bit.

"What's your name? " Nigel asked.

"Beatrice..but everyone calls me Trixie."