The grand hall reverberated with the king's anguished cries as the princess vanished before his eyes, leaving only the luminous glow of the star-shaped prison that now hung as a testament to the poor choices the king had made.
Driven by grief and fury, the king, his heart torn asunder, lunged at the witch with an unrestrained fury. "Your kind has taken absolutely everything from me! My wife, my unborn son and now my daughter! For my kingdom, I will not let you escape!"
The witch, now consumed by the corrupt flames of her own dark magic, laid her child's lifeless body on the ground and faced the king with a sinister calmness. "You sowed the seeds of your kingdom's demise, Aldric. Your reckoning is upon you."
With the opening of her arms, the castle ignited into a dark fiery inferno. Flames danced along the crumbling tapestries, and the air thickened with the stinging scent of burning wood and despair. The courtiers, witnesses to the descent into chaos, fled in terror as the once-mighty stronghold succumbed to the relentless embrace of the inferno.
The king, blinded by despair, struck at the witch, but her corrupted magic shielded her from harm. "You think you can destroy me? I'll make you pay for the pain you've caused!"
In a sinister dance, shadows clung to the king, wrapping around him like the tendrils of a malevolent force. The air crackled with the intensity of dark magic, and the very ground trembled beneath their feet.
As the castle burned around them, the witch, now a vessel of darkness, spoke with a voice that echoed through the chaos. "You have brought this upon yourself, Aldric. Your kingdom shall know the same devastation you have wrought upon myself and others."
In a surge of corrupt energy, the witch and the king vanished, leaving behind only the echoes of their tragic fate amidst the roaring flames. The once-proud kingdom, now reduced to ashes.
Amidst the scorched ruins, a lone figure emerged – the other child of the witch, untouched by the shadows that had claimed her mother. The child, with emerald eyes that reflected the turmoil of a broken world, gazed upon the smoldering remnants of the shattered realm with a mix of sorrow and determination.
This was the beginning of this story, of the kind princess that turned into a star and her kingdom that burnt for her father's sins...