Act II: Prepare the Feast!
Myra led Prince Sorley, Joc, and Alec to Magdalena's castle. It was painted red and black. The castle wasn't as tall and large as her mother's castle. They entered the castle and Joni greeted them.
"Hello Prince Sorley and welcome to Princess Magdalena's castle. Please follow me to the dinning room. Diner will be served soon" Joni said as she bowed to them.
She led them to a big dining room. The red drapes covered the windows and the lamps were only lit. Prince Sorley sat on one end as Alec sat next to him. Joc stood behind Sorley near the door. Joni quickly walked to the kitchen.
"Is everyone ready?" Joni asked calmly.
"Yes, but we will need a few more minutes to prepare" Stein said seriously as he continued to cook.
"I've got her favorite plate!" Niki said as she grabs it from the wash.
Joni smiled and then she went to get the princess. Jacobo was standing near the entrance to the dining room. He was on guard. Nevah was setting the table quickly. Joni walked to the princess' room. She was surprised to see Podi outside of her room, so she quickly entered the princess' room.
"Princess Magdalena, are you ok?" Joni asked calmly.
She saw Sadi helping Magdalena into a white and red dress.
"Ah, princess, you have a guest in your castle. He wants to be your friend" Joni said with a smile.
"Really? Alright!" Magdalena said with a smile as she finished changing.
They walked to the table and Prince Sorley was amazed. Princess Magdalena was beautiful. He couldn't wait to speak with her! Jean and Lorin served the food to the two royals. Sorley began to eat the food calmly, but when he looked up, he was disgusted and scared. Magdalena was devouring her food in seconds! He couldn't eat anything once he saw how she ate her food. However, the servants didn't even phase. This was normal for them. Sorley glanced at his brother and his brother looked horrified. After their long meal, the two brothers retired for the night.
"Alec, we are leaving in two days. I won't marry that glutton monster. She's just disgusting! How can she eat like this?!" Sorley said to his friends.
"I agree" Joc said calmly.
"Yes. This is horrifying" Alec said worriedly.
Joni and Jacobo heard this and were deeply worried.
"I'm going to report to the queen about this" Jacobo said calmly.
"Yes" Joni said sadly.
She desperately wanted to help her friend, but she can't do anything if the princess doesn't want to change. She went to her room and cried.
"Oh, Magdalena! Why can't you control your hunger? I want to help you, but I just don't know what to do for you!" Joni cried.
Sadi, Podi, and Magdalena heard Joni's cries. Sadi and Podi were worried for their master, but the master remembered that man's message: Eat and you will be strong. Magdalena walked to the kitchen with her two servants. She wanted to test something.
"Sadi, please tell Joni I want my bath ready" Magdalena said sweetly.
Sadi left the kitchen while Podi looked at his master with worry.
"Podi, go to my room and bring me my jewel box" Magdalena ordered.
Podi bowed and ran to her room. He found the box and quickly went back to his master. Magdalena was pleased. She took the box and opened it. Inside the box were two red daggers. She smiled as she raised one of them.
"Now, let's eat" she said sadistically.
Podi was terrified. He tried to run away, but Magdalena laughed wickedly and snapped her fingers. Darkness trapped Podi and covered his mouth.
"This is the test I want to try. If eating makes me stronger, then eating a human will make me more powerful!" Magdalena declared with a wicked laugh.
Podi's eyes were wide with fear and Magdalena raised the dagger. She repeatedly stabbed Podi to death and then let the element of darkness place Podi's corpse down. Lorin came to the kitchen and nearly puked when he saw Podi's dead body and Magdalena holding a dagger. Lorin was trembling.
"Cook him" Magdalena ordered as she aimed her dagger at Lorin.
Loring silently obeyed and began to make a snack out of Podi's body.
He made a salad out of the body and sacredly served it to Magdalena. Magdalena gladly ate the salad. She felt powerful and then began to think of ways to achieve more power. Lorin was about to run away, but she snapped her fingers and darkness caught Lorin.
"You will not mention this unless you want to be eaten by me" Magdalena said as she licked her lips.
Lorin just nodded and left for his room. Sadi saw Lorin running away. She ran to the kitchen and noticed her brother was missing. She looked at her master.
"Where did my brother go?" Sadi asked worriedly.
Magdalena laughed wickedly and tapped her dagger. A wave flew off the dagger and held Sadi.
"Nothing too terrible, my servant. Now, let's feast!" Magdalena said with a smile.
The next day, the staff was concerned about Lorin. He refused to come out of his room. Joni was deeply worried about him and then she noticed the time.
"Everyone, pleas get to work for our princess" Joni ordered.
Everyone reluctantly got to work.
"Lorin, please rest for the day and come to work tomorrow. If you need any help, please talk to us" Joni said as she left to help the others.
Everyone was making the princess' breakfast. Prince Sorley and Alec arrived for breakfast and Joc went with Jacobo to have a sparring match. The two brothers decided to eat together before the princess arrived.
"Oh, Prince Sorley, you're up early. Would like to eat?" Niki asked curiously.
"Just an apple" Sorley said sacredly.
Niki went to get them apples as the two brothers. Meanwhile, a man was walking to the mother's palace with a young Korean lady at his side. They entered the palace.
"Now, let's see how this story shall end" the man said with a smirk.
The man in a black coat entered the palace. He was furious to see the other man.
"Who are you two?" the Queen asked worriedly.
"I am Benjen and this is Janna. We came here to prevent a terrible destruction. We are looking for your daughter" Benjen answered with a smile.
"Listen, I would love to help you, but right now, we are having security troubles. A man in a black coat is currently burning our crops and we may not have food" the Queen said with a troubled expression.
Benjen glanced at Janna.
"Do you think you could find the source of this?" he asked her in a whisper.
"Possibly. However, I do sense a great darkness approaching this place. Two darkness are here" Janna replied.
Benjen nodded. He had an idea.
"Find one of the darkness. I'll stay here and watch the other one" Benjen said.
Janna sighed as she replied "Alright, but I wish to return home. I was only meant to go to France to trade goods"
Benjen replied with a smirk "I know. Once we stop the two darkness, we can leave"
Janna sighed and left the palace. She walked to the Magdalena's castle. Meanwhile, Magdalena wanted more power. She was hungry for it. She craved for it. She glanced at her staff and tried to pick someone she could consume. She smiled when she saw Joc.
"Sadi, when I want you to get rid of Joc and bring his body to the kitchen" she said with a wicked smile.
Sadi nodded as the two of them waited for dinner. Once most of the servants retired for the night, and Sadi walked up to Joc as he escorted Sorely and Alec back to their rooms.
"Joc, my princess needs help" Sadi said seriously.
Joc nodded and followed Sadi to the kitchen. The lights were turned off and Sadi exited the kitchen. Magdalena's laugh echoed the kitchen. Joc looked for an escape, but a sharp object struck his heart. He looked down and saw a dagger in his chest. He was shaking, but Magdalena pulled the dagger out of his chest. She let him bleed to death and then she tapped on the doors.
"Sadi, bring Lorin to me" Magdalena ordered.
Sadi walked to his room and knocked on his door. Lorin answered, but he was scared to see Sadi. He followed her to the kitchen, but he was horrified to see Joc's dead body.
"Cook him" Magdalena ordered with a laugh.
Lorin quickly cooked the body and served her a soup. Magdalene petted Lorin's head and she took the soup to her room to eat. Lorin was going crazy. He ran up the stairs and crashed into Jacobo.
"Lorin! You're out of your room! What's wrong?" Jacobo asked as he saw the young man trembling.
Lorin was so scared that he fainted. Jacobo quickly took Lorin to his room to rest. The next moring, Joni ordered the servants to watch out for their princess and the prince.
"Joni, we need to talk" Jacobo said urgently.
"What's going on?" Joni asked.
"It's Lorin, He needs help" Jacobo said seriously.
Jacobo lead Joni to his room and they saw Lorin pacing around the room. Meanwhile, Sorely and Alec were packing their supplies, but they noticed Joc was gone.
"Alec, pack our stuff. I'll look for Joc" Sorely said calmly.
Alec nodded and Sorely walked to the kitchen. He didn't see Joc anywhere. Magdalena was putting a bowl of soup in the sink. Sorely glanced at it and noticed Joc's ring in the bowl... He looked at Magdalena horrified.
"Is something wrong?" Magdalena asked with a smile as she wiped her face with a rag.
Sorely noticed the rag was red and the color of blood. He was pale.
"Nothing. I was just looking for something" Sorely said as he ran back to his room.
Alec saw how worried his brother looked and Sorely sat on the bed.
"We need to leave quickly" Sorely said seriously.
Magdalena looked at Sadi and ordered "For my next meal, I want Sorely"
Sadi nodded and went to find him. She knocked on the prince's doors. Sorely answered it and looked at the little servant.
"The princess wants to see you" Sadi said coldly.
Sorely's eyes widen in fear and back away from her. Sadi was ready to catch him. Sorely ran out of the room and Sadi chased him! Niki and Nevah were walking out of the garden with bags of fruit as they encountered Janna.
"Excuse me, I am looking for the princess of a castle nearby, can you please tell me if I am going in the right direction?" Janna asked calmly.
"You can follow us! We are heading back there!" Niki said warmly.
The three Asian girls walked back to the palace. Lorin faced his two partners and explained to them everything Magdalena had done. Joni and Jacobo were disturbed.
"She probably wanted me to cook someone else for her. Sadi came..." Lorin said in fear.
Joni clutched her hands.
"Jacobo, protect Lorin" Joni ordered as she went to find Magdalena.
Stein was walking back to his room as Sorely ran into him.
"Prince Sorely, what's wrong?" Stein asked concerned.
"Get her away from me" Sorely asked in a shook manner.
Stein looked at Sadi and sighed.
"Stop chasing the prince" he ordered.
"The princess wants him" Sadi said with no emotion in her voice.
"That witch wants to eat me" Sorely said sacredly.
Stein was concerned and then Magdalena entered.
"Now, why would I want to eat my future husband?" she said with a laugh.
Joni entered the room while Alec went to find Jacobo. Alec stayed with Jacobo. Nevah and Niki entered the palace with Janna. Janna was trembling when she saw Magdalena, the source of the darkness.
"Sorely is telling the truth! Princess Magdalena is killing our friends and eating them! Lorin told me!" Joni shouted loudly.
Everyone froze. Meanwhile, it was late at night when the Queen was retiring to her room. Benjen was offered a room and he was patrolling the area with Collin, Peregrine, and Myra. The person in a black coat walked into the palace.
"He's finally back" Benjen ordered as a grin appeared on his face.
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