Kat sat in her bed, laying on one side. She was holding a photo. It was her and Leon. But they were younger. Maybe 9 or 12. She started to tear up, trying to remember that time...
Flashback~
The shy was as blue as the ocean. The sun shined bright. As if it could blind you just in one look.
"Hehe" little Kat sits behind a bush.
A boy is running around looking for her. "Kat come on!" He sighs "Please come out!"
She emerges from the bushes. "Why can't you play the game right?" She walks over to him with her arms crossed.
"Kat you know we cant play right now." He grabs her hand. "Your sister wanted you so I was sent to find you." He starts to drag her toward the castle doors.
"Leon why do you have to follow all the rules?" she groaned.
He stopped when she said that. "I do not always follow the rules." he let go and turned to her.
"Oh yes you do." she smiled. She knew it bugged him. "I know you like her. I don't blame you" she walked around him twirling. "She'll be queen soon. Without any husband as well. So you'll get her all to yourself. After all you always follow her rules."
"Stop it Kat. I don't like her. Shes too old for me." He looks at the ground. "Plus I like someone else anyways"
"Oo who is he?" she giggles. "I'm just kidding Lee" she puts her arm around him. "Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me."
From a little ways away the doors to the garden open. Guards enter. A girl with a long gown followed behind them.
"Katrina, come here now" the girl said looking at Kat angry.
"The queen calls." she smiled at Leon as she walked to the girl. "Yes Anna?" she bowed.
"Katrina what have I told you about playing in the garden with" she looked at Leon. "someone like him." she bent down to Kat. "Remember what I told you? People like him will just hold you down." She stood straight. "Now I want you to take this and take pictures of the flowers. Mom and dad will be happy that you did something that wasn't useless." she gestured for one of the guards to hand Kat something. It was a camera. "Now if you excuse me ill be checking to see if our loving parents have gotten better" she left as she came.
Kat looked at the camera.
Leon walked up behind her. "Whats that?"
"A camera. I have to take photos of some flowers for the future queen." she went to a rose bush.
"Hmm" Leon looked at her while she took photos. He grabbed it from Kats hands quickly. "Come get it!" he ran off.
"Leon!" she laughed as she chased him.
"Say cheese!" he snapped a photo.
End of flashback~
Kat put the photo on the side table and laid back. She stared at the ceiling. "Love you" she closed her eyes and slowing went to sleep.
Her dream~
She was back at the castle. She was in her old room. But she was younger. She was 16.
She looked around the room. Everything was normal. Suddenly she heard a knock on her door.
"Kat you up?"
She recognized that voice. "Leon!" she ran to the door and opened it but fell out. She was falling. She looked around and saw nothing but darkness.
"Kat where are you? Why did you leave me? Help me! Kat!!"
"Leon! Leon i'm here! I'm coming for you!" She saw light from a distant. She put her arm over her face from the shine it brought. "Leon?" she looked closer at it and saw him. Her mouth quivered. "Oh my gods. Leon!"
He was skinny. He had a grayish bread that touched the ground. He was chained to the wall. He looked to be in a cave or something.
"Leon i'm coming" she tried to get closer but it didn't help. She didn't move a inch. "Leon.." she started to cry. "I'm so so sorry I put you through this." she cried more and more.
"No..." she wiped her eyes. She looked at him. "I'm coming for you. That's a promise I will not break" she stared at him determined. "I will never let you go. You'll always be here" she covered her heart. "You will not riot. I will save you. I will kill her even if I have to"
Leon suddenly looked at her. "Kat?..." his eyes looked swollen. "Kat is that you?"
"Leon. Can you hear me?" She started to be happy. "Leon!"
She suddenly jumped up from her bed. Her heart beating fast. She was sweating.
"Good your up"
Kat jumped and looked to where the voice came from. It was the cave witch from before. "What the he-"
"Calm down. I'm here to help. That dream you just had well I saw it. Let me guess a lost soul that you couldn't save?" the witch sat in a chair across from the room.
"No..." she stood. "And it doesn't concern you. Now get out" She stood in front of the witch. "I will not have your black magic here."
"I may practice that kind of magic but that doesn't mean i'm a bad witch." she stood and went to the bedroom door but stopped. "And it does concern me. You are not the only one that dealt with that woman.." she disappeared like thin air. Leaving Kat confused.
The next morning Kat stared at the basket of eggs and the toast.
"Mama you okay?" Riley came up behind her. "You want me to make breakfast? I don't mind" he showed her to a chair.
She sat. "I'm sorry." she looked at him. "Riley you know your my big man right?" she rubbed his cheek.
"Yes mama I know." he smiled. He kissed her cheek. "I'm going to go make breakfast" he turns to the stove and turns it on.
Kat stood. "I'm gonna go check on the cows." she walked to the door. "Ill be back soon." she blew a kiss to him and shut the door behind her.
Kat walked past the woods and started to head to the deep woods. Where the cave witch lived. She knew it was stupid to go there but she need to know more. Something about this woman seemed too familiar. She wanted answers. And sitting down on her ass wasn't going to help.
She finally made it. The cave looked the same as last. She swallowed hard and walked in. She made her way through. She came to the room she first met the witch. "Hello?" she looked around. She saw some jems on an altar. It was the one the witch was at before. She walked closer to it. She felt a strong magic come from it. "Black magic.." she stared at the jems as they glowed.
"So you actually came."
Kat turned to see the witch smiling. "Um well yes. But not as a friend. I only came here for only one reason. And that's to-"
"Kill the queen? HA!" she laughed at her. "You really think me and you can kill her?" she walked closer to Kat. She took a deep breath. "Yeah your power is too weak" She went to her altar. "You'll need proper training." she grabbed a book and started to read from it.
Kat noticed a symbol on the witches hand. "Wait I know that symbol" Kat went closer to the woman. "You were a prisoner of hers. That's why you want to kill her. For what? Because you committed a crime and was punished for it and now you want to kill her." she laughed. "You are ridiculous." she went to the door. "And for your information I was trained. Well actually." she went to leave but the witch spoke.
"I do want to kill her." she turned to look at Kat. "But it wasn't because of what you think." she went to her. "I was blamed for a murder I didn't do." she swallows hard. "I got everything taken away from me. My family, my husband. Everything. She took my whole life away from me. She put people against me." she took a deep breath."She is evil. I can never seen any of my family again." she walked to the altar. "She must pay for everything she did. Even if she thinks its right. I don't care if it takes forever I will watch her die under my own hands." she looks at Kat. "You want to see whats she done to me?" she walks to her. "Here let me show you" she pulls Kats arm and pulls her to a curtain. "This is what she did to my family" she pulls the curtain and Kats mouth drops. "She did this to them." behind the curtain had shelves. Jars of body parts and liquid was in each and everyone. "She did this to them. And blamed me for it."
"Oh my god." she looked at each an every jar. "I had no idea she could do this to a living person."
"Yes you can." she looked at Kat. "She did this to someone you loved. But you're lucky. The one you love may still be alive." she closed the curtains. "Even though she did this to them I did use some magic to bring them back." she went to her alter.
"What do you mean you brought them back?" Kat looked worried.
"I used some black magic to do this though. And I did have to sacrifice something of mine to do it..." she covers her heart. "but it was worth it." she turns to Kat. She hands Kat a book. "In this book it talks about bring the dead to life. But don't worry its nothing like the dead walking and eating us. Its different. Its like I bring them and they are back. Like normal. But one rule you cant do is ever tell them they died. They also have no memory of their old life. So its a whole new person." She walked out of the room for a moment but came back. She stood in the doorway. "I did make someone come back." She pulled in a tall man. His head was touching the ceiling. "This is Markandeya." she looked at him. "He was once my husband. Of course he had a different name but I thought he needed a new name. Something that felt close to him. Even if it isn't the true him."
Kat felt sorry for her. She too lost the man she loved and her kids. "Listen.." she put the book down. "Ill help you. But on one condition. You help me train my kids." she held out her hand. "So do we have a deal?"
She looked at Kat. "Yes" she shook her hand. "Partners"