The Shadows of Death

Chapter 5 - [Revenge is Quite Sweet…] (PART ONE OF TWO. The next part wont have a chapter description or anything, itll just have the story title, the chapter number and name, and be listed as part 2.)

Species in the Chapter:

Living Shadows

Melos

Humans(Mentioned)

Characters in the Chapter:

Queen Blazefire - Queen of the Shadow Realm

Ariadne/Shadow(Mentioned) - Rightful Heir to the Throne

Eclipse(Mentioned) - Fallen Queen

Albus - The Queen's Personal Servant

Timeline

About 28 years before the current time in the Club Parrot RP [https://discord.gg/6uWdwCxe]

Character POV and Description:

Blazefire - Black skin, with black hair and glowing white eyes with no pupils. A dark aura floats around her like a cloud, like the rest of her species. She has a rather stern personality, never accepting failure.

Where the Chapter takes Place

The shadow realm. The shadow realm is sort of like a different planet, yet also not. It is only accessible by the portals Living Shadows can open. It can be described as a version of earth, but with a permanent cloak of darkness spread across it like snow.

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She stared into the mirror, taking a deep breath. She wasn't even sure why she had it. Not like she appeared in the reflection. She inhaled sharply as a familiar pair of red eyes manifested in the mirror, before disappearing the moment she blinked. She cursed, waving it off with a growl. Albus was late….they were never late. Agh- whatever. It doesn't matter. That useless being would come eventually-

As if her very thoughts had summoned them, Albus burst into the room, carefully holding a small purple pillow. They stumbled over, eyes wide with panic. No doubt aware they were late.

“My deepest apologies, Your Majesty. I have your crown, and everyone is rallied outside of the palace, as you requested!”

“Good. It is so horrible my sister passed away due to that little traitor… I truly wish it was me in her place…”

She was able to easily fake her sadness, as Albus stuttered out a response

“D-Don’t say that! I’m sure she's glad you’re a-alive! You will do great in her place!”

She stayed silent, acting like she couldn’t continue. When really, her eyes were locked on something out of the corner of her eye… was that table……. Rattling? How? Nothing near it could be moving it… She brushed it off and grabbed the crown from Albus, and waved them out of the room. Once they had left, she got ready for her announcement, and walked out onto the balcony. Her eyes scanned across the sea of people, who all seemed to combine into a black mass due to the sheer amount. Her vision flashed briefly, everything was a gray-ish tint…blood covered the ground in puddles, bodies covered the area, screams rang out…until her vision snapped to normal…must be a side effect. She cleared her throat, and began her speech.

“My people! I am sure you must have heard by now that the queen was killed. I…was there when it happened. I could not prevent her death, but I know who did it. Her own daughter poisoned her! I was unable to grab them, before they escaped through a portal…I have not seen them since, so it's only fair to suspect they left the realm entirely… as the only remaining royal still here, I suppose it falls to me to take on the responsibility of being queen. So, as my first command as queen, I demand that you all keep an eye out for the traitor so they may be sufficiently punished. That.. is all for now. I will try my very best to keep this realm safe, and stable.”

Cheers rang out from the crowd. Listening to the praise…the support…it made her regret what she did even less.

She stepped back into the palace, waving off Albus to deal with those wanting questions. She walked to her quarters and basically face planted onto her bed. She couldn’t help but wonder where Ariadne ended up…who knows, maybe she ended up with humans…would serve her right.

“Cowards don’t deserve the position of queen…”

She froze…the voice sounded like a breeze, it came and left so quickly…but it was enough for her to recognise the voice.

“Oh dear, it seems you are mistaken sister…”

She paused, staring off into the distance, whispering one single thing

“It's rude to speak of yourself in such a way…”

-Shadow(FINALLY WOO)