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Chapter Twenty- Six: Apples and Poison

One Year Later...

Kari:

I sit across from my loyal friend and companion who watches me whilst I peel an apple with one of my knives in my hand. I smirk as I watch him take a sip of his wine. I can hear the droplets of the red substance roll down the cup of the glass and land into his mouth in tiny drips.

"All of the realms are now officially aware of who the Queen of Vanahiem is," Petrye announces. I smirk at him and chuckle under my breath. It is true, all the realms now quiver and shake when the hear about this realm. This realm is full of darkness, well I say that but really only I am. I am a fair Queen and I never go against any of my people's wishes. I am a fair ruler and my people are happy with me as their ruler, as their rightful ruler. I took back my position as Queen and I rule like a Queen. 

"And there have been no new intruders since you got rid of the scavengers," he informs me. I nod my head and laugh. When I had first arrived into Vanahiem, scavengers were tormenting the villagers, my people. They claimed to have taken over the realm and be the realms, true leader, but they were so wrong.

One year ago: In Vanahiem

I look around smiling as I see my home planet, well mine and Katrina's home. I look to my left and see Petrye glancing over the land with a smirk plastered on his face.  

"Welcome home your majesty," Petrye says to me and takes my hand in his. He attempts to entwine our fingers together but I don't let him. I hear a small growling and I look down to my left and see the wolf growling at me. 

"I wouldn't growl at me if I were you, mutt," I warn in a dark voice. He looks up at me and continues to snarl, bearing his teeth whilst saliva drips down his chin.

"You've killed Katrina!" I hear him telepathically spit. I chuckle and shake my head looking back down at the wolf. He's a majestic animal, I'll give him that. 

"Oh I haven't killed her Killian, she's still in here somewhere. In fact, she wants me to let you and Odin's guards go," I tell him. He snarls at me and goes into an attack stance. I sigh heavily. 

"You did this to her! Let her go!" He shouts. Just as he is about to jump at me and knock me to the ground, I click my fingers and my magic surrounds his body and starts to suffocate him. Killian struggles against my magic but his resistance is useless. Moments later he starts to whimper in pain.

"Stop it! STOP IT! PLEASE!" I feel my head start to burn. Katrina. She continues to shout and cry out for me to stop hurting her friend. 

"Stop it! You're hurting him! You're going to kill him!"  She exclaims hysterically. I sigh and let go of the mutt and watch him fall to the floor gasping. 

"You're very lucky, mutt, that Katrina cares enough to let you live. You're only alive because of her but if you defy me again then I will not hesitate to kill you," I threaten him, and walk away letting him recover. 

I walk off into the distance and make my way towards the castle. I chuckle to myself as I approach it and see it again. 

"Home..." I hear Katrina say in a gasp of disbelief. I nod my head and teleport myself just outside of my castle to where the village is. But when I reappear in the once calm and tranquil village, I see ruin.  

Huge reptile creatures run after many people who are screaming for their lives. They chase them, attack them, and steal from them. I close my eyes and take a deep breath calming myself as I approach them. 

"Gentlemen, now what are you doing to these poor people?" I question walking over to them. I hear a few gasps from the villagers as they see me. The reptiles groan in annoyance and turn to look at me. 

"Keep out of it, Lady, unless you want to get hurt," one of the reptiles warns me. I feel myself twitch physically and my hand starts to glow dark red. I clutch my hand into a fist and look at the gang who have decided to hurt the people, my people.

"I'm going to ask you again and this is the last time I will ask. What are you doing to my people?" I growl. One of the reptiles laughs and walks towards me, with anger in his body language. 

"You're people? Who the Hell do you think you are?" the leader of the gang chuckles. I smirk and pull my hood down so it isn't covering my face anymore. More villagers gasp as they begin to recognize me. I take a small bow.

"Oh did I forget to introduce myself? My name is Katrina, Katrina Marianna," I hear a couple of the reptiles gasp in shock and I hear them gulp. I take a step forward. 

"And this is my kingdom," I say darkly. I wasn't going to give my real identity away to the people because I still needed them to trust me and the only way they can do that is if I say I am Katrina, their once beloved Princess. 

As the words my kingdom comes out of my mouth, I let my fist unclench and send a load of red dark magic flying their way. The reptiles stat to run but I don't let them move. My magic paralyzes them. 

"There's one thing you should remember, Scavengers. This is not your kingdom and it never will be, not as long as I am alive," I whisper darkly and click my fingers and they all fall to the ground dead. I turn my head and see my reflection in a bucket of water. My eyes are a crimson red. I close my eyes and take a deep breath in and click my fingers, making the scavengers disappear. 

"Princess?" One of the villagers calls out. I turn my head and put a small smile on my face. A mother and child look at me and a man walks over to me and kneels in front of me. 

"Your Majesty," he says. He then takes my hands in his and kisses the top of them softly. I tilt my head at this small affection. 

"Thank you for saving my family from those people, thank you, thank you, thank you," he says to me and I feel a tear run down my cheek. Why am I crying? I think to myself. I sigh and then realize why. Katrina... I can still feel her emotions. 

"You're welcome, I will make sure that you and every other family has a home and food to have," I say in a softer voice even though I know this isn't what I was going to say. 

"Really? Thank you so much!" the man cries. I smile and watch the man run back to his family and hold them close. 

"That was awfully kind of you," Petyre remarks. I look at him and scowl. 

"I wasn't going to say that, Katrina managed to take over her body," I state. Petyre turns to me and I see a small amount of hope in his eyes. Why? I wonder to myself. I shake if off and chuckle. 

"But that won't happen again," I assure him.  

Present Time:

"Well, everyone now knows who the real Queen is, and they daren't go against me in fear of their own destruction," I state proudly. I have built an empire that is admired across the entire galaxy, not even Asgard, the land of the Gods can beat my realm. 

"You are a powerful Queen," Petrye tells me. I nod my head agreeing with him and chuckle. I continue to slice my apple.

"Indeed I am. Powerful but lonely," I mutter under my breath. Petrye stares at me in confusion and raises his brow questioning what I mean. I sigh and place my apple on the table in front of me and twirl the knife around my fingers.   

"I can feel Katrina feeling lonely and it's making me feel as though I am alone. She's sad and upset but the main emotion I feel from her is anger, anger towards me and you," I tell him. I sigh and shake my head. 

"I just don't want her to start feeling like this because it is affecting me," I stop twirling the knife and stab it into the oak table. Anger suddenly consumes my body. I start to breathe heavily and I lean down and hold onto the table for support, digging my nails into the surface. 

"I thought I had blocked her out, but she's still there!" I exclaim shouting. I look up at Petrye and looks at me with fright. I take a few deep breaths and calm myself. I close my eyes and reopen them slowly. 

I walk around the table and make my way towards my throne. I glide gracefully across the floor until I feel something wrong with me. My chest starts to tighten up and I feel like I am heart broken. I place my hand on my heart and start to clutch it. My breathing accelerates and I start to feel pain, not physical... but emotional. 

Petyre:

I watch in horror as Kari stabs the table with her blade. She stands up taking a deep breath and walks towards her throne taking a couple of breaths as she does. I watch as she nears her throne but all of a sudden stops. Somethings wrong, I think to myself. 

Kari hunches over and I quickly stand to my feet and run over to her. She is clutching her chest where her heart is and her breathing rate has increased. I look at her with my eyes widened and I notice hers are closed and tears are dripping from them. I scrunch my eyebrows together in confusion. 

"Kari?" I call out. Her eyes instantly snap open and she looks directly into my own eyes but her eyes aren't silver anymore... they're emerald. 

"Katrina?" I call in disbelief. She looks at me and more tears run down her face. She starts to shake and I look down at her hands and they are glowing a faint gold. She screams and falls to her knees. I rush down to her side and hold onto her and pull her close. She starts to mutter several words under her breath which I can't quite understand. 

"Katrina? How did you manage to take over your own body? Katrina, what's wrong?" I question repeating my questions to her. She shakes her head and buries her head into my chest. I try to comfort her the best I can and I manage to hear a few words she keeps muttering. 

"Frigga.... The unbreakable bond... Loki..." I watch as her hands stop glowing. She looks up at me and I see the pain in her eyes. She shakes her head and looks at me but moments later she pushes me away. 

I watch as she sits on her own on the floor with her head buried in between her knees. I hear a howling and I watch as the wolf runs over to her, nuzzling into her to comfort her. 

Loki:

I knock my furniture with my magic and send it flying, and smashing into the walls of my cell. Wood breaks everywhere and it snaps sending shards of wood everywhere. She's dead. She's gone. The only person I considered as family is dead. The only person who understood me, who never gave up on me. 

Frigga is dead. 

I sigh and feel tears runs my face and I conjure up a spell to block anyone staring at me seeing what I am truly feeling. I fall against the back wall of my cell and slide down it and find myself on the cold floor. I feel a small pain in my foot and notice a shard of wood has been lodged into it. I leave it in my foot and chuckle a little before bursting back into tears. 

I pull out the wood and throw it across the cell letting it bounce off of the force field keeping me in. 

"Loki?" 

"Why do I always seem to be saving you?"

"Because you are in the right place at the right time,"

"I'm just that lucky,"

I feel more tears roll down my face and continue to remember. 

"Katrina, I love you..."

"I love you too..."

I look down at my hand and notice it starts to glow gold. 

"What is this?" 

"The ring of eternity,"

"What does it do?"

"It binds us together,"

She's feeling all of this. Everything. She'll now know about Frigga's death and she will feel everything that I am feeling. From the anger, frustration, and the guilt, to finally the pain, and sadness. 

"I have waited eighteen years to finally see you again,"

"Which felt like an eternity,"

I don't brush the continuous tears that fall out of my eyes. I just focus on every memory of us. Of her. I can't have lost her. I refuse to believe she is gone. Frigga has left me but Katrina can't. She can't leave me because I love her.  

Will:

I sigh and watch as the funeral of our beloved Queen. Katrina should have been here. Even Loki. I close my eyes and feel a few tears fall out of my eyes and I turn around to leave. I walk through the hallways and ignore the crying people. I need to get my head straight. I can't let everything take hold of me. I need to be strong, for her, for my Killian.

"I've heard you've missed me," I stop in my tracks and turn around my heel and look at the person wide-eyed. 

"Brother?"

Katrina:

"Killian, she is dead. The only mother I had left is dead," I cry into his fur. He whines and tries to comfort me in the best way that he can. I sigh and hold onto him tightly. 

"I miss her so much and I am feeling everything he's feeling... what Loki is feeling," I tell Killian. He sighs and nuzzles into me. I continue to cry but stop suddenly. I feel my vision start to blur, but not from the tears. My head starts to heat up. Kari.

"Killian, listen to me, I'm going to send you back to Asgard, back home. But whatever you do, do not come back please, I don't want to hurt you," I instruct him. He whines again but I shake my head. 

"But I won't leave you,"  I hear him say. I sigh and chuckle lightly. I stroke his head and place a kiss on his temple. 

"I'm sorry my friend but I cannot let you say, not knowing that every day you are in danger," I explain and pull him into a hug. I give him one final kill on the head and look into his eyes and let a few tears fall. I click my fingers and Killian turns back into his human form and he looks at me with tears in his eyes. 

"Goodbye my friend," I say quietly and watch as my magic wraps around him and he vanishes. I close my eyes and wipe away my tears. I stand to my feet and look at Petrye and scowl at him. 

"If you truly loved me, then you wouldn't let Kari do this to me," I say to him and I feel the heat in my head increase. I scream out in pain and fall to my knees. My vision continues to blur until I see nothing but darkness. 

Kari:

I open my eyes and see that I am on the stone floor of my throne room. Petrye looks down at me with worry in his eyes. I raise my brow and stand to my feet. I feel moisture on my face and reach up to touch it. Tears? Have I been crying? 

"Why have I been crying?" I question. I look at Petrye and I notice a single tear rolls out of his eye. 

"Petrye? Why have I been crying?" I repeat myself. He looks over to me and wipes away his tear.

"The Queen of Asgard is dead," he informs me. I start to feel sorrow and pain. I look at him and feel myself crying. 

"No..." I mutter. Petrye looks at me sadly. He walks towards me and pulls me into an embrace. I don't move and just feel sad. These are not my emotions. I did not care for Frigga but Katrina did and something tells me that she is starting to control her body again. 

"Wait a second, something's missing... someone is missing," I whisper to myself and push Petrye away and whistle. After a few seconds, I whistle again. 

"Where's Killian?" I snap at Petrye. He looks at me and sighs. He rubs the back of his head. 

"She sent him away..." he mutters under his breath. I raise my brow and take a couple of steps towards him, threatening him. 

"What do you mean she? " I ask darkly. He visibly gulps and closes his eyes. 

"Katrina..." As soon as I hear that name, the table flies into the wall smashing into pieces. My dagger floats in the air and speeds towards Petyre. He is slammed up against the wall and my dagger is at his throat. I look at him angrily.

"What did she do?!" I shout. He gulps and tries to move but it is no use, my magic is too strong. 

"She...She..." he stutters. I growl and I notice my veins start to glow red. 

"SPIT IT OUT!" I order. 

"She sent him home, she somehow managed to take over your body, she was in control," I growl and throw him to the floor and growl. I send my dagger flying into my throne and continue to smash things with my magic. 

"SHE WILL NOT HAVE CONTROL! SHE CANNOT HAVE CONTROL!" I scream in anger. Just as I am about to break something else, there is a knock at the palace door.   

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