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Kingdom of Bones

Thud!! A book fell to the floor. "My Lady ,what's that?" Elenor asked curiously. "It's just a book , no need to be alarmed." Hattie replied as she bent to pick up the book. It was a rather strange looking book which was bound in red leather. It has various drawings of bones running along it's spine and it's title "Necromancy and the dark arts" was written in front of it, in gold. Hattie gazed at the book excitedly." This is it!" she thought to herself." I can finally bring my brother back from the dead." ______________________________________________ "There she is, just like I told you!" yelled the butler as he led the people to his mistress. "George?! You would dare betray me" exclaimed Hattie in utter disbelief. "I'd never be loyal to a witch" he replied. "Seize her !!" commanded the cleric. "All I want is to bring my brother back from the dead , please don't do this" she pleaded. "Silence witch! " the cleric yelled. "what business does the living have with the dead? Only a witch practices necromancy, it's a sin against the Almighty"."Guards!!! Take her away before she dooms us all". "No! let me go! You can't do this"Hattie struggled as two hefty men dragged her out of her home . "KILL THE WITCH! " "KILL HER!!!" the crowd chanted, waving their torches and pitchforks. Hattie was dragged to the village square to be burnt at stake. She was chained to a wooden pole and no matter how much she struggled she couldn't break free. "Call forth the executioner!!" the cleric yelled and a man dressed in black from head to toe made his way to where Hattie was chained , holding a blazing torch. The crowd parted to let him walk through . He got onto the stage and prepared to set the log on fire. "STOP!!" a voice yelled." I'm the one who told you she's a witch, so I should be the one to set her ablaze". "Very well then, come forth" the cleric beckoned. The owner of the voice moved to the stage and it turned out to be ....... "Elenor ? It's can't be! " Hattie screamed in disbelief. "But why? Why would you do this to me after all we've been through?". Elenor ignored Hattie, grabbed the torch from the executioner and set her mistress on fire. The crowd cheered as Hattie was burnt alive. Her screams of agony was like music to their ears and they all dance and celebrated her gruesome death. ______________________________________________ 200 years later; Ivory port , a small steampunk city is visited by a rather peculiar royal envoy. The next day ,the city is taken over by an army of skeletons and undead creatures. Humans are captured and taken to the castle. After her sister was captured and taken away, Viola Wallace plans to rescue her sister along with her unusual group of friends. Will they succeed? What happens when they stumble upon a huge secret in the castle and now it's up to the to save their city? Who's the lady who keeps appearing in Viola's dreams ? How is she connected to the mystery at hand? Who's the mysterious stranger who saved Viola's life and how does he know so much about the skeletons? Find out in Kingdom of Bones!!!!!.

Rjsherlock_100 · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
68 Chs

Chappie 7

"How did it get on the cake? I'm asking you, how did it get in it?".

"Manager Warren, I really don't know how it managed to get there" the chef said , trembling fearfully.

"There's a dead fly on the cake and you're telling me you don't know anything about it?!"

"I'm sorry, it must have gotten there by accident "

"And you didn't think to inspect the cake or even cover it up?. If our guest had been served a cake with a dead fly in it, could you imagine the amount of disgrace it would have brought to our king ?Did you even think about that!"

"I assure you if anything... anything at all, is out of place or is not properly presented, I will see to it personally that you're all fired! Do I make myself clear?" Manager Warren asked glaring at all the people in the kitchen.

"Yes sir!" they all said in unison.

Manager Warren picked up the cake and flung it across the room where it hit the wall with a SPLAT!! "Now bake another as soon as possible and clean up that mess".

He then strode out of the kitchen. Behind him the chef and servants working in the kitchen could be seen scampering around the kitchen like rats. Some of them were cleaning up the cake that stained the wall while others were gathering ingredients to help the chef bake another cake.

Everyone in the castle were anxious to make sure everything was in order.

Knights and guards were summoned and they surrounded the entire castle. Security was made so tight that not even a butterfly could get through.

Everyone and anyone who wanted to enter into the castle must be authorized and searched properly before access could be granted.

While all these preparations were going on, the royal family could be seen busy with something else....