Matthew pulled down the torch exactly as his father had instructed and the wall opened up. Matthew stepped out and he found himself outside the castle. The door began to slowly close which caused Matthew to panic and yell at Henry to hurry up.
"Come on Henry! "
"I can't...Matthew, I cant do it"
"The hell you can't! Come here now!"Matthew roared furiously at his brother.
Henry made his way to his brother on shaky legs. he tried not to look at any of the corpses lying on the floor but failed. His eye caught a maggot crawling out of a corpse's eyesocket and that compelled him to walk faster.
He finally made it to his brother before the wall closed up , trying not to retch again.
"That's good Henry, You did a great job. I'm so proud of you. "
The two princes made it out of the castle and walked to the stables. They took two horses from the stables and rode into the city.
When they got to the city, it was in a state of total chaos; Streets were deserted with no trace or sign of life anywhere.
"What happened here?"
VIOLA'S POV;
Viola slowly opened her eyes. Her head was pounding and her vision blurry. She touched it and her fingers were stained with a red sticky liquid. It was blood.
She looked around and discovered she was laying inside a market stall.
Viola remembered someone pushing her and then hitting her head. She must have passed out. Before she passed out, she recalled seeing a corpse walking towards her wanting to eat her but then, a figure wearing a dark blue hood came out of nowhere and killed it. Then, the world turned black.
"Oh! You're awake. " The stranger wearing the dark blue cloak said. He had a black mask which covered his face. Only his two different coloured eyes could be seen and they were emerald green and baby blue.
"How's your head?"
"Fine" Viola looked at the stranger warily. She wasn't really sure she could trust him. "Who are you? "