Kristen's Revenge - Chapter Seven

Kristen, now a teenager, has endured Kathrine's torture for many years.

Many years have passed, and Kristen has grown into a teenager. 

Even though she has been with Kathrine since a young child, Kathrine is still so cruel to her. She yells at her all the time.

Kathrine was in a bad mood that morning. She unlocked Kristen's bedroom door and began to yell at her as soon as she entered the room. Most mornings, she would just open the door, and Kristen would start cooking and cleaning like she did every day. 

Kristen darted upstairs to start breakfast and try to make Kathrine happy. Kristen grew to become quite a cook after many years of practice.  

She prepares breakfast and puts on a stew for lunch. 

As each day passed, Kathrine became more and more hateful to Kristen. She always found reasons to yell at her, no matter how hard Kristen tried to make Kathrine happy. So after breakfast, Kathrine yells at Kristen because she forgot to prepare her bath.

Kristen runs upstairs and fills Kathrine's bath as fast as she can.

While Kathrine takes her bath, Kristen starts to clean up around the house.

After Kathrine worked Kristen all day, Kristen heads off to bed, hoping to get some sleep before Kathrine wants something else.

The following day Kristen gets breakfast done and eats a quick bite before Kathrine comes downstairs.

Later, while Kristen is down in her room, straightening up, Kathrine comes down to have a word with her. She knew something wasn't right by the happy look on Kathrine's face. "I have some great news for you, Kristen."

"You are now my slave forever. Your mother and father are now dead. Do you really think the townspeople will ever accept you back into their world? You are a monster! Your eyes will give you away, and before long, your teeth will begin to change. Now that the king and queen are no longer alive, they will never accept you as queen!"

"You promised you wouldn't kill them if I didn't run away! I did everything you asked me to do! Why did you kill them?" Kristen pleaded, panic filling her and distraught from the news of her parent's death. A stunned Kristen stood there while Kathrine walked away, laughing.

Kristen ran outside and cried, "Why me? Why do I have to endure this? I will never see them again!"

As Kristen wiped the tears from her eyes, she swore she would get Kathrine back if it was the last thing she did! She no longer had the threat of her parent's lives to hold her back.

Something in Kristen finally snapped. She had nothing to lose. She was set on revenge and was going to make sure she found a way to kill Kathrine.

"I'm going out, and you better not go anywhere. I will kill you if you run!" Kathrine threatened.

After Kathrine left, Kristen headed upstairs to where Kathrine keeps her book of magic. Over the years, Kristen learned how to read some of it. She looked through it for anything to rid her of Kathrine forever.

A few days later, during the morning hours after Kathrine unlocked Kristen from her room, they headed into the kitchen like they did every other day. When Kathrine's back was turned, Kristen threw the potion onto her.

Kristen covered Kathrine with so much of the potion that it started to take effect immediately.

Kathrine grabbed her chest and gasped for air. The potion started to take effect, and Kathrine couldn't move. Kristen watches and smiles, feeling a rush of happiness for the first time since she was taken by Kathrine! Kristen begins to laugh as Kathrine slowly losses her breath.

Kathrine hits the floor with a loud thump. She lays there, motionless, and slowly dying. Shortly after that, Kathrine stops breathing altogether and dies.

Finally, free from Kathrine, Kristen begins to clean up and prepare to leave.

Kristen thinks about how the townspeople will react to her. Would she be accepted back into the kingdom?

What will I do with this nightmare of a house and Kathrine? 

I need to think of a way to get rid of it.

First, she decides to set fire to Kathrine's bedroom, which leads to an explosion!  The blast destroys the whole top of the house.

Next, the floor catches fire and begins to burn.

Kristen runs out of the house before it is engulfed in flames. 

My terrible nightmare is over. I am free.

Kristen heads out to find anyone willing to help her get back to the Kingdom of Winchester.

King Edwards Loss - Chapter Six

Many years have passed since the queen's death and the disappearance of his daughter, Kristen.

King Edward, now alone with no wife and no children, spends time with his best friend, Brandon.

Many of the ladies of the court try to cheer the king up. A lot of the town people figured that the king would find someone to love again and that the kingdom would return to the happy state it once knew. However, the king refused any company of women. He preferred to be alone.

Brandon stayed at court to keep the king company and his mind off of his loss. He was determined to try and pull the king out of his slump. Brandon had never seen Edward this hurt. He worried for his friend that it would start to affect his mental or physical state.

Brandon knew the king loved to play chess. So at least for one day, he managed to make the king seem at peace. Edward enjoyed playing chess. And it worked, but only for a short while.

The court's ladies decided they needed a plan to find a way to seduce the king and try to find him love again. They hated how their once happy court was now a miserable place to be. When the king was happy, everyone was happy alongside him. But when the king was sad, the court suffered for it. The king quit throwing festivals and did not entertain any guests.

Edward was very lonely and decided to be with one of his favorite ladies. He just wanted some comfort for a short while, but he knew he would not allow himself to fall in love with anyone ever again.

That only worked for a short time, then the king was back in his wing by himself. The years started to go by, and his hope that the princess was still alive began to fade. Everyone could see the life fading out of their king as well.

Edward found himself spending a lot of time alone. He didn't spend time with his best friend anymore, or any of the ladies. 

He slept a lot and seemed to be spiraling into darkness. 

He started going to the royal graveyard to visit his true love. 

He spent many hours crying over her grave and the memorial they had made for his daughter.

The ladies keep the queen's old chambers clean, but no one else was allowed to enter them. The king himself had never entered since the death of the queen.

A few more years go by, and many fear that the king will never marry again. He seemed to be pulling out of the dark phase that he fell into, but never truly seemed happy.

The king began to gain weight and, when not dealing with court matters, lock himself in his study to be alone.

Brandon sees the king while visiting and now starts to worry that the king's health is in serious jeopardy. Edward starts to spend even less time with his best friend.

His sister, Mary, comes to court from time to time to see her brother. She starts to worry about him, as well.

The king's health started to get really bad. He kept having bad migraines and seemed to drift in and out of consciousness. He continued to put on more weight and seemed to start aging very fast. He hardly resembled the king he once was.

Many started to worry about the king's health, so one of the personal ladies of the king finds his sister Mary and asks her to visit her brother.

The following week the king's sister Mary shows up at court to pay the king a visit. "I hear you're not feeling well. You're not taking care of yourself. You are king, you have a responsibility to your people. I'm going to stay here a while to help you get back on your feet," she tells him.

Mary can tell her brother is truly hurting, and even her presence, there might not bring him any happiness.

Many days Edward would play chess with his sister and gradually started to seem happier. Many thought the king was going to be his old self again.

For the next few months, the king seemed to be feeling a lot better. Edward even started to throw festivals again, and his sister Mary sat beside him on the throne.

But that didn't last long, for the king's health started to fail again. His migraines returned, and he began to have pains in his chest. Many of the court doctors were sent to make him well again. They gave him medicine to help ease the migraines, but couldn't help the pain in his chest.

In the middle of the night, the king awakens with a sharp pain in his head and chest. He manages to stand on his feet. Out of breath... 

Edward falls to the floor... dead. His guards find him there only hours later. The kingdom has lost their king, and no one but his sister, Mary, was in line for the throne now that the queen and his daughter were gone. It was a sad day in the Kingdom of Winchester.