Chapter 4 - Bleak dawn

The subjects of the queen rushed out the gates to hide, many were caught in the midst of the path of someone else, the chaos caused many to hide in the obscene alleys to avoid getting trapped in the flow of the mob and trampled to death. The queen's hysteria took over her, she was more than ready to massacre anyone who would restrain her in her blind rage the servants knew there was no rationalizing when she is like that. Yeongjun's hesitant body sprinted to the queen latching onto the queen's legs "Please don't kill my father, there must be another way," she cries out. "He chose not to comply," The Queen stated. "I won't let you!" she insisted. The Queen raised her hand and waved it pushing Yeongjun ten feet back, she tumbled and twisted from the force she got back up and tackled the queen and began to choke her. Tears ran down her face to her chin and struck the queen's cheek, the tingle of her teardrops snapped her out of her frenzy. The servants dragged her off The Queen. They gripped both of her arms, "please!" she shouted desperately at The Queen hoping she would listen, The Queen looked back showing a look of assurance, "I won't kill him," she promised with a fading feeling of her spiteful attitude towards humans. She was envious and resentful, taking life is easier than living one she use to think while sending people to their deaths she never needed to care about it the previous alienation she faced brought that upon themselves. She headed towards the front palace gates catching the talk about firing a canon the guards went up to their artillery of canons and archers all raised their weapons towards a cloaked man "Who are you and what do you want," The Queen inquired. She took a closer look at the fine cloak, "Brother, you have an odd way of showing love, next time I'll be sure to kill you, next time of course," She laughed with some detectable truth. "Sorry I was just pissed how I wasn't requested, and Mother did that, not me," he articulates truthfully. "did you know you are insanely cruel," she fumes, "Mother just wanted me to tell you to die here while you are here acting like a mortal. Or as they call you, the unending, and oh I wanted to tell you that you're never going to see me again. I'm going to find my own life he remarked with a small grin on his face. Bye, live well sis," he called out before taking his leave. Yeongjun got dragged by guards to a market area full of people the second they laid eyes on Yeongjun a crowd began to form more guards got a table and cleared the merchandise off it and slammed her onto it, scaring away the vendors, "you attempted murder, against her majesty and you will be punished accordingly in front of the city," they tore her clothes leaving her white undergarments on. She lied on her stomach with her head hanging off the edge of the table while they held her arms and legs the brought a bucket of water. A man gripped a handful of her hair and shoved her head into the bucket. Her screams formed bubbles to the rim of the wooden bucket, and she gasped for air every second she had a chance. After twenty minutes of this, they dragged her through granite doors, dark stains were engraved by the entrance to this dungeon. Beyond the pair of granite doors lies a modest, dark room. It's covered in cobwebs, broken stones, and mouse droppings. Their torch allows them to see empty shelves and broken pots, long lost and absorbed by time itself, there is separate room for each prisoner. They tossed her tired body into a dark cell and closed the gates. she was only left with the darkness of the room. The Queen rushed to the dungeon as soon as she heard what befell Yeongjun. "I didn't approve of this," The Queen dictated. "round the ones responsible for this," The Queen ordered. entering the dungeon feeling the stale and stuffy air she found her eyes were lifeless, The Queen felt immense guilt take her mind, open the cell the queen instructed. She crouched down, resting her head against her wet forehead she wiped out her memory she scanned through the memory quickly not wanting to relive Yeongjun's thoughts and how she felt struggling for air, and how terrified she was to see the queen not die from a lethal strike through her heart. Yeongjun mind became blank, her anger and fear had vanished from her. The last thing she remembered was dancing it all seemed like a dream when she woke up finding the queen eating some grapes. Her mouth was full, "finally your up, you were found in my wine reserves and drank half of them, you sure do have a way of slipping out of people's eyesight," the queen accused. "When did I do that, I never drank that much in my life I don't remember," Yeongjun opposed, "well one of my servants found you and stopped you, I never knew you were a bandit in disguise." The Queen said "Sorry, let's just put this incident behind us," Yeongjun begged while riddled with fear, the queen held in her laughter while accepting her apology, she found her fretting over the lie she made up adorable. The queen wanted to desperately tease her some more to see her reactions but as fun as that sounds she felt she didn't have the right to, "I forgot to mention this ceremony lasted four more days," the queen addressed. "Please don't tell me I have to learn another dance," Yeongjun grumbled. "yes you are but this time with me," the queen mentioned. "I want you to wear this all the time this is a gift," The Queen expresses with a grin on her face. "Thank you, your majesty," Yeongjun smiled back showing her gratitude towards the queen for oddly not punishing her for stealing. But that did not distinguish the suspicion she had over the blank memory.