Queen

"No!" I uttered in a blood-curdling scream. I looked up as Syn had warned but Bezy jumped in front of me before Eve could stab me. I cried out as he staggered to the floor and I ran to his side.

The knife was still plunged into this chest and tears streamed down my face as I looked down at him. "Bezy!" I sobbed.

My heart broke into a million pieces as he smiled up at me and I closed my eyes. Tears continued to burn my cheeks and I opened them when his large hand moved to my face. "Queen no cry."

I didn't know if he knew about the concept of death but he seemed as carefree as he always was. His eyes still shone with the careless youth that it always did and the pain that must've been burning through him didn't stop his kid-like smile.

Syn got up from behind me and immediately restrained Eve before she could do anything else. My focus remained on Bezy as his eyes fluttered open and closed and I laid my hand on his hair. "Go to sleep, okay?" I whispered.

He nodded as he closed his eyes but his grin remained on his face. He laughed softly and opened his eyes to look at me one more time and I forced myself to smile back at him.

"I go play fairies," he said in a low and strained voice.

"Yes," I nodded. "Go play with the fairies, Bezy."

He gave me one last large smile before his breathing stopped and his hand went limp on my lap. My body shook with sobs as I held onto his hand and my heart ached. He was like a child to me. From the moment he was brought into the world, he'd been with me. I never dreamed to have him leave it before me.

I laid my head on his shoulder as the door burst in and I heard everyone enter. I felt someone run to my side but I couldn't bring myself to pay attention to who it was. The world around me was a swirl of blurry colors and the sounds were like static.

The only thing that was in complete focus and had any sort of clarity, was my memories of Bezy.

3 Years Ago

"Your highness," the guard said. "There is an abandoned demon in Hell."

"Okay," I said. "Take it to the adoption center. Why are you coming to me about it?"

"It's not...very pleasing to look at," he said. "I'm afraid we should spare it some misery and let it rest with the other souls."

"You're suggesting we kill a child?" I snapped.

"Forgive me if I speak out of turn, your majesty," another guard said. "Wouldn't you rather spare the child a bad life? It'll grow up to be ridiculed by its peers. He was born one day ago but resembles a one-year-old."

"Bring him to me," I said in irritation. After they knew I lost a child I had no idea why they would even bring up killing one as a choice.

The guard walked out of the large room and I tapped my fingers on my throne as I waited for him to come back. A few moments later, he emerged from here he disappeared with a large basket.

He walked up the steps to me and set the basket at my feet before returning to his position. I looked down at the basket to see it covered to the brim with blankets and I frowned.

"Why are there so many blankets?" I asked.

"Some of the guards couldn't bear to see his face," he said.

Dramatic idiots.

I removed the blanket and looked down at the child. He looked different than other kids as they said, but that only made him unique. I picked him up from the basket and he giggled in my arms.

I smiled down at him and rocked him gently. In the corner of my eye in the basket, I picked up a small note. It was completely blank except for one word in messy bold letters.

Bezy

"Bezy?" I read as I looked at the note. I looked back down at the child and laughed softly. "Is that your name?"

I was rewarded with another big smile and I pinched his chubby cheek gently. I didn't know the first thing about caring for a baby, but I wouldn't let him grow up to feel unloved. With that in mind, there was only one thing to do.

"I'll take him."

Syn pulled me away from Bezy and held me against him. In his hold, it seemed like all my walls just fell and I shook as I cried. He rubbed my back to soothe me and I held onto his jacket.

"I'm sorry, Princess."

I lifted my head to look around the room and frowned when I saw Eve was no longer there. I was going to leave her to Cain, but after this, she deserved to die as soon as humanly possible.

"Where is she?" I whispered.

"Cain took her to Hell. You can see her later," he said.

Cleo came to my other side and tears were running down her face but she tried her best to comfort me. "This is my fault," I said. "I had the chance to kill her."

"Hey," Syn said as he lifted my chin to look up at him. "Don't do that. You couldn't have known."

"It's Eve," I cried softly. "I should've expected it."

"Stop," Syn said. "You think Bezy would want this for you? He told you not to cry."

I nodded slowly and he pulled me back into his arms. His words were comforting, but they weren't true. What happened today was one hundred percent my fault and I'd never stop blaming myself.

A knock at the window made us all turn to it and Xavier stood up to walk towards it. He glanced at us in confusion before opening it and I gasped as what seemed like hundreds of fairies entered the room.

I saw a familiar one approach me and I held out my finger for her. She gave me a large smile and I furrowed my brows. What could there possibly be to make them so happy at a time like this?

As I studied the fairy, I recognized her from months ago. She was killed by a vampire in Juva and her face was all over the news. I'd think she'd be miserable, but here she was, smiling brightly at me.

"Are all of you dead?" I asked softly.

"We're not of this realm anymore, yes," she said. "But nothing ever dies."

"Why are you so happy?" I whispered sadly.

"He can come to play with us," she said.

"Hasn't he been doing that this entire time?" I said lowly with a sniffle.

"No, but he will now," she assured me.

I didn't understand completely what she meant but I felt like I could trust her. The fairies did in fact know him better than any of us.

"Take care of him, please," I said.

"We will," she assured me. She flew off of my finger and I watched as they all gathered onto Bezy's lifeless form. They covered him from head to toe until I couldn't see any part of him. We all waited in silence for a few moments until the fairies flew off of the bodies like fireflies.

I looked at the floor where Bezy was previously laying and found it empty and I covered my mouth. My cries were different than they were before because now...I understood.

He'd always asked me if he could go out and play with the fairies. I just never knew what it meant until this moment. Wherever they would take Bezy...I knew he'd be happy.

That thought alone brought joy into my heart.

The fairies circled the room in synchronization before disappearing into thin air and I wiped my tears. I still felt horrible but it eased my pain to know that he was in a place that transcended our reality. A place that he wanted to go.

My eyes fell on a folded piece of paper laying where Bezy was and I pointed to it. "What is that?"

Syn picked it up and held it in front of us as he carefully opened it. "It looks old."

I patiently waited for him to open it and when it was completely opened, my eyes widened. I looked down at the crayon drawing on the paper to see what looked like a stick figure laying on the ground with blood around it.

That though, wasn't what shocked me. In a rainbow of different colors around the body, was what looked like small fairies. The image almost perfectly mirrored what had taken place only moments ago.

"He drew his death?" Cleo asked.

"No," Syn said. "He drew his dream."

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Author's Note
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