Chapter 3 - Epidemic

Soon three months from Alana's 18th birthday, there was an Explosion of unknown disaster coming from miles away not far from the country of Wrisburg.

The Kingdom was alarmed and the King acted immediately sending his elite Knights to investigate where the explosion came from.

The four Princesses were all concerned referring about the explosion that had everyone wondered.

"Father, we heard a disrupting noise. What was it?" Princess Cora the mouthful one firstly asked. The King was surprised to see her Daughters looking confused and troubled on the situation.

"Did something happened? I saw the elite Knights left just now. What's happening Father?" Princess Regina too asked their Father. Meanwhile Princess Helena and Alana were silent but their faces were marked with concerns of expression.

"Daughters calm down, we still don't know what caused the alarming explosion yet, the Knights are on their way to check it. Rest Assured daughters, now come on go back to your Chambers this doesn't concern yourselves to be worrying about it." The King said. He calls a servant beside ordering to accompany his daughters go back to their rooms.

The Princesses left, the King summoned the Royal Council for an state of emergency meeting. In the Royal Assembly Room, His council then started saying opinions and suggestions.

"I fear something will definitely happen, the explosion is said to be located in the east countryside of Wrisburg near the Fish Village." The Wizard Council started.

"A villager stated the impossible, it is that the whole ocean was struck pulverizing the water with the ocean itself." the Fairy Council said shocking everyone in the assembly room.

"Impossible?! What could do such a thing!?" The Village Council asked shock to hear the devastating news.

"Maybe an attack?!"

"It could take the whole 7 Kingdoms to perform such a massive attack, as the witnesses said there was purple haze coming from the skies before the devastation took place." The Wizard Council stated.

"Maybe a Natural Phenomena?"

The Royal Councils then began to mouth all the worst case scenerios that could possibly affect the devastation of Wrisburg's countryside east ocean. The King couldn't think since the Royal Council was too noisy and distracting stating some facts that opposes each others opinion.

"Alright, let's wait for a news."

In the Fish Village, thirty minutes later the Elite Knights of Wrisburg arrived seeing villagers from the village gathering near the dried ocean there were no fishes to be seen, the elite Knights couldn't believe their eyes to see the whole ocean vaporized into nothing, with no water on the ocean the fish village was panicking on what to do hoping for the King's aid.

Then the investigation begins.

Suddenly as time passes by, the sky began to darken suddenly the Elite Knights saw the skies raining with a purple drips this made the whole village wonders why the strange color, suddenly one villager collapsed coughing hard his skin began to get whits pale then suddenly one of the Elite Knights collapse too his skin immediately got white pale.

The Leader of the Elite Knights then ordered everyone to evacuate the village immediately.

All the Elite Knights began to cough their throats getting dry, their skin turning white pale them suddenly in a split second everyone in the fish village started getting ill from the mysterious purple rain.

"Send a message to the King!"

The Purple Rain then started raining all over Wrisburg, the Kingdom and the King himself was fascinated by the strange purple rain little did they know it was a sickness caused by the devastation from the East Wrisburg. The King didn't know as one drop of from his hand he started coughing hard, his skin immediately gotten pale white.

Knights and Servant got shock to see the King collapse from his toes, everyone was alarmed.

"Call the Physician! Immediately!" A Knight commanded a servant.

Everyone in Wrisburg caught by the purple rain started acting the same thing, kids playing outside began to cough hard, adults getting caught from the slightest drip of the purple rain collapses. The Knights then started noticing the horrible scene, they acted immediately went to the palace to inform the horrible news everyone was already trembling in fear for this strange phenomena.

The Royal Council then immediately placed the whole Kingdom under in a state of emergency. The King was taken under care by the Royal Physicians.

The Princesses was saddened to hear the news, but as the illness wasn't yet apparent they were banned to leave their chambers until the sickness was due.

Regina was worried, sitting in her bed also wondering what was happening outside beyond her room.

Helena was laying in her bed thinking about the King their Father, his condition was making her anxious.

Cora was walking in circles yearning to leave her room but a Knight was guarding their rooms so she wasn't able to leave her chambers.

Alana was praying kneeling from her bed, hoping her Father would soon be healed and healthy from whatever illness he has.

Each Princesses were worried in their own senses.

Back to the Royal Councils, the Physician told them the King was struck by a vicious unknown foreign purple virus caused by the purple rain. The Purple Virus invades the person's respiratory system with the virus spreading through oppressing the lungs unable for the person to breath properly, attacking the nervous systems weakening the body.

The Councils panic to hear the bad news.

Therefore without the King of Wrisburg the Royal Councils were left to manage the whole Kingdom, as an epidemic started devastating the people everyone was quarantined and locked away for safety. The Royal Councils gave order to the elite nights to find a cure for the King, since the Apothecaries, Physicians and Alchemists doesn't have anything yet to save the King.

One Elite Knight came back.

And it was too late as his eyes witnesses the collapsing people on the streets and into their home.

The Kingdom of Wrisburg was in deep trouble.