Chills run up my spine the nerves finally hit, I was about to become queen, but death may come to me before the crown even touches my head. As I walk down the halls the eyes beat down on me, brambles appear in my throat. I couldn’t breathe, all my friends were in the throne room, waiting. I couldn’t depend on them right now,
“Novus?”
“Rave? Wha..what are you doing you should be in the throne room.”
“But, you wouldn’t have a friend to keep you from running away if we were all in there.” A friend, he says, I smile,
“Thank you.” Rave holds out his hand, I take it,
“Come on.” He takes my arm gently guiding me towards the Throne Room. Guards open the door revealing the 5 other Pure Lights all in a row, Rave joins the line and nods to the others. The villagers all bow as I step onto the carpet in the room. It was silent, so silent the fabric of my dress was the only sound other than my heart thumping. A man stands in front of the throne holding the crown that Radial had fixed, an Opal stone replaced where the Emerald once was. I kneel in front of him,
“Novillia Lightheart, under the guidance of the Angel Council do you swear to provide the best choices for your country and depend on your companions in times of need.”
“Yes.”
“And do you swear by the Crystal to never turn to the darkness and protect the Crystal of Light.”
“I swear by the Crystal.”
“Then I hereby dub thee Queen Novillia Lightheart of the country Crystillia.” I take a deep breath as he begins to lower the crown upon my head. This is the moment that Liam is waiting for. If he’s going to move it’s now. I glance over to Amelia in her hands she held a crystal, Raisa’s finger raised ready to tap Amelia’s arm at any notice of a disturbance. There’s nothing though, only silence. The crown braces around my head, lighting pain shoots through my body, then I felt it. My Soulmate touches my arm, the pain going through my body was replaced with a vibrant sensation. I could only hear my heart thumping. All I could see was Liam grabbing my shoulder pulling the crystal off the chain. It becomes dark as Amelia’s barrier closes around us. The chain breaks causing Liam to fall back into the barrier. With my remaining strength I grab Liam’s arm falling into his lap,
“Wha...what are you doing?” I grab his mark,
“ I free you from this curse, for better or for worse, so you can live again, for a life not in vain” Suddenly, the world begins to spin, I close my eyes to make it stop, but the feeling persisted. Then, they open, and I’m alone. No longer in a barrier, and Liam is no longer by my side. I heard a murmur in the air traveling through my ears and drifting away into the breeze. Someone is here, I just have to find them. The world went on endlessly, I felt as if I was walking for hours. Magic was blocked, I couldn’t change my clothes, it got so tiring I began to carry my heels. The murmurs became whispers, I understood almost every word. The fabric of my dress was no longer canceling out the sounds, I felt hope. My pace picks up, as the adrenaline begins to rush. Then, I stop. The world ended at a cliff, but it continued on with television the size of houses. Memories from deep within me showed, that even I forgot existed.
“Then we shall name her Novillia and under the Angel Council will she be protected.” My eyes dart over, Kahn held me in his arms, a beautiful woman lies in bed, seeming exhausted her arm was etched with black lines looking almost like wires another child she held I was not the only child born this day. The man next to the woman smiles,
“It is a pretty name,” the woman shook her head, “what, are you upset that Kahn got to name her and not you?” she grimaces shifting trying to hold me and the other,
“I know what I want her name to be.” Kahn shakes his head,
“Eden, you know how this works, she has Angel blood, the council takes the name into consideration and decides from there. We are not having your daughters name be a pun.” her head sways
“Like hell you won’t, you aren’t in my house watching if I call her Novillia or not.”
“Don’t tempt me.” Kahn sighed,
The man tilts his head, “Eden, what did you want to name her?” Eden smirks and gently rubs my head,
“Novus, Novus Hope,” the television begins to repeat the memory. I take a step back, that was my mother, my real mother. The woman who was the maid in the castle. Trinie banished her from Crystillia for being a traitor and working for a resistance group against the royals. She was only trying to get me back, “Novus, Novus Hope.”
God my name is a pun, “You can’t tell anyone okay?” brambles appear in my throat hoping this isn’t the memory I remember, as I trot closer the pain slowly disappears and is replaced with deep sadness,
“Novus why would I tell anyone? You’re my girlfriend, what’s been going on?” Olive Dictus a beautiful fool for ever getting close to me,
“Trinie, abuses me. Rave’s mother is a nurse who mends my wounds, every single day it’s mental and physical torture, because I’m a Pure Light.” Olive steps back, her eyes well up,
“Who..who else knows?”
“The castle, Rave’s family, Liam, that’s about it.” Olive looks around, sighs, then the scene goes black. A scream radiates from the screen, my heart sinks knowing exactly what was happening. The screen begins to lighten, I turn away, closing my eyes, covering my ears, but the sound still came through,
“Novus, you should’ve told me about your friend, but you lied. I want you to understand that your mistakes have consequences.” Everything was spinning, why this scene, the one I want to forget the most.
“Novus, Novus! Open your eyes!” Liam’s voice chimes through the room, I listen, the televisions disappear. Liam held my hand and we sat in an empty room. Neither of our eyes glow as he squeezes my fingers,
“What is this?” he shakes his head, looking around,
“I think we're asleep. We aren’t actually having contact in the real world so the Soulmate Touch isn’t working.”
“This doesn't make sense you were just trying to steal my crystal! I saw Yanamarie, she-”
“Novus, I never wanted to hurt you. You’re my Soulmate, my friend. I didn’t want to betray that trust.”
“But you did Liam! I can’t forgive you just yet, I understand what happened, but that doesn’t change that it hurt.” Silence. We sat in the room for what seemed to be forever,
“Yanamarie,” he gulps, “she is a slave.”
“What?” Liam’s grip tightens,
“She was once an Unspoken, but she began to stray from the path they wanted and the original Unspoken no longer trusted her, and branded her.” I pull away from him, my heart skips a beat, but for what reason I didn’t understand,
“How do you know this? I doubt she would share this information with a slave.”
“She didn’t. I found her accidentally, after you disappeared for several years. I followed her, and she talks to him. I also know how she feels about you. Her real feelings, not the slave emotions she’s forced to put up.”
I didn’t want to know, but at the same time there was a longing inside of me that was pulling, grabbing, urging to know how she felt,
“She wanted me to find the Dispel Chant, not just for Kahn, but for her,” Liam nods, I wanted to leave, to get out and help her, “how long do you think we’ll be stuck here?”
“I don’t know, strangely I’m not hungry, I don’t feel tired, so I think we’ll be okay until the others find out what's going on.” I reach to clutch my necklace, but the empty void replaced my prying hands. The flood began as the tears dripped like rain drops down my checks. Liam held me tightly, and for the first time in several years, I didn’t push him away.
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