Princess Lucia POV
"I can't believe the queen would lock up her own daughter just because she
wanted to be the most powerful" I heard one of the guards say.
"I wonder if things would be different if the priestess hadn't revealed that prophesy" The other one replied.
They were different from the former guards who were guarding my cell. They seemed new. It was rare for someone to speak of me with sympathy instead of contempt.
"Hey" I called out to them.
"I thought you were sleeping" The first guard said.
"I just woke up. Could you please let me in on the prophecy?."
"We will get killed if anyone knows about it, the queen doesn't even know we are aware of it." The second guard answered, I could see the fear in his eyes.
"I'm stuck in here remember?, No one will know of it so far I'm in here. I'll die soon if I continue living like this anyway, can't I at least know the reason for all my suffering?" I pleaded with the guards. I could see their eyes wavering a bit, contemplating if telling me will not be a huge mistake.
"Please..." I said again with tears brimming on my eyelids.
"Okay, okay" The second guard said. The first guard pinched him real hard to stop him from revealing the prophesy.
"Are you nuts? If the queen mother finds out about this she'll have our heads." The guard whispered but I heard it.
"She won't be getting out anytime soon and would probably die before she can leave this place, there is no way the queen will find out about this. And besides, she deserves to know." The second guard whispered as well before the first guard nodded to give his permission.
"By the way I'm Michael," the second guard introduced him self.
"Silas" the first guard said.
"The tale goes like this: " the second guy started.
"When the queen gave birth to you, the priestess payed a visit. It is said that when a royal baby is born, they are blessed with a special gift. To know what gift the baby was born with, The priestess will perform a ritual, where the baby will be illuminated with golden lights, and the knowledge of the gift will be made known to the priestess. But to the queen's greatest shock, the priestess didn't receive knowledge of your gift but rather, she received a prophesy. The prophesy revealed that you will bear a child, a girl child, she'll be the most powerful the witch clan has ever seen. The gods will bless her with powers greater than all witch queens of generations combined. She will command the whole earth, and they would submit to her."
My eyes widened at this revelation. Was that the reason I was locked up in this cell?, for something I couldn't control. It was the gods decision to bless my offspring with so much power, I couldn't change my fate.
"But that's not all." Silas said as he drew closer to the cell, his head almost sticking through the bars.
"It was also said the queen mother banished the priestess into the land of the wolves. Her reason being that she blasphemed against her and the throne by acknowledging another person as powerful instead of her, the queen."
"So now you can see why you've been locked in your room all this while. The queen does not want you to to interact with people, especially the opposite gender. She rebuked the prophecy claiming that the priestess lied against the gods and only wanted to challenge her authority, but, deep down, I think she's scared of the prophecy being fulfilled. " Michael added.
My life has been like this because of greed, thirst to be on top, selfish desire for more power, how can a mother do this to her own daughter?
"So this is all because of the quest to be the most powerful? There's no child yet and I'm suffering because of what is to come." I said as I sobbed. To think that I once adored that selfish woman, makes me sick to my bones.
"Seize them!!!" My mother shouted as soon as she arrived. I have never set eyes on her ever since I have been caged here. What brings her here?
Two guards came and dragged Michael and Silas away from me while putting them on cuffs. They immediately kneeled and began to beg the queen for mercy.
"I'm so sorry my queen"
"We didn't mean too"
"She pleaded with us and we couldn't refuse."
"Spare us my queen"
Both of them were uttering pleas in tears but my mother didn't even look their way.
Some guards over heard our conversation and reported to the queen. I was now sure my mother was scared of the prophesy seeing how she ran here with her guards on learning that I now know the prophecy.
"Let them go mum! They've done nothing wrong to you" I glared at my mother.
Mm y
I was quite puzzled when she let out a hearty laughter. Why was she laughing, I'm sure I never said anything funny.
"So you think because you know the prophesy, because you know what you are, because you know the power you hold, the power of being the mother of the most powerful, you can tell me what to do?, Cut their heads!!!"
"Please mum. I won't leave this place, I would do whatever you want me to do, please spare them, please..." I was on my knees already while rubbing my palms together as I pleaded for Michael and Silas to be set free. I can't forgive my self if they die because of me.
"Did you not hear what I said" My mum seethed, " I want their heads! NOW!!!"
"Noooooooooo" I screamed as Silas head rolled on the floor. Michael smiled at me before his head was cut off as well, taking the same fate as Silas. I have never remembered crying so much before, maybe except when Richard's head was shown to me.
"I hate you mum! I hate you!!!" I screamed, but it didn't affect her.
"I hate you more." My mum said and I believed because the hatred in her eyes was real.
"Why don't you kill me too huh?, I prefer death than this suffering. Do me one last favour mum, kill me." At this point I was tired and death seemed like the most rosy option.
"I would have done that a long time ago, but because of your father, I haven't been able to." Did I just hear my father? I can count the number of times I have spoken to my dad in this lifetime, guess he cares for me a little.
"Throw her into the forest of wolves!!" My mother ordered, "We can just tell your father you escaped, and we will never hear from you again ,we will live happily ever after and your father will be mine."
This was exactly what I told Violet. She believes this was all that conspired in the past, but was that all?