I hear Voices again. Many many Voices.
I slowly wake up. Around me... are... Students?
Suddenly I remember what happened. After using that Spell I collapsed to the Ground.
And as it seems like, I am now in the Hospital. And everyone seemed to worry about me.
But there is another Thing I notice as I look around the Room. At the Entrance Doorway, there is someone standing whom I don't know of.
As he sees me being awake, he rushes towards me. His serious face suddenly turns into one of happiness. He seems to be glad. But... who is he.
"Your Majesty! I'm so glad that you're safe and fine!" He says.
But... wait! "Did you... just call me Majesty? Not... 'Your Highness'?" I ask him sincerely.
He nods. "Yes... OH!" He takes a few steps back and then bows. "I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Maestro the Prime Minister of this Kingdom."
The Prime... Minister? This Kingdom has a PRIME MINISTER?!? And I only got notice of this now? What else did they withhold from me? That they have a Democratically elected Council?
Maestro walks back to my Bed. "But... as to why I called you 'Your Majesty', well... as you probably already heard... the King isn't really well. In fact... he doesn't even let anyone see him now. And... so... well..." He stutters and his Voice is shaky.
"You can talk, I won't look badly at you." I say too him in a calm Voice.
"Well, the thing is... we presume that he is dead... and after we heard of your Accident we were worried that this Kingdom might live on without anyone ruling it. And... well... now that you seem alive and well... I... thought I should address you as your soon to be Title." His voice is still, clearly, shaky.
I look at him, trying to hide my Anger. How can they proclaim him dead if they haven't even seen him again? And who is 'we'?
"But you haven't seen him being dead yet, right?" I talk to him, my Voice being cold as I try to hold my Anger.
He shakes his Head. "No. But..."
"ENOUGH!" He flinches as I say this word. "YOU WILL BRING ME TO HIM NOW!" I command him further. I don't feel anything, but anger and fear at this moment.
He shivers but still leads me to him. Apparently the Room I was staying in was part of the Palace... weird... I haven't seen this room anywhere in my Life.
After we arrived at the Kings Bedroom, he knocks, but no answer.
He turns around. "A-as you can see... he doesn't answer... so... we... we..." He gulps.
"He what? You really think he's dead just because he doesn't answer? Here. Let me try." My voice is bitter and cold, full of hatred towards this pathetic Person.
I slam the Door open and walk inside, swiftly closing it after me with Magic.
I walk toward the King... My Step-Father.
He opens his Eyes... but... he really does look weak.
"So... you heard the Calling." He says with a weak Voice.
"The Calling?" I say confused.
"Didn't you feel anything weird? Like... in your Heart?" He says.
Then, It hits me. That weird feeling that made me collapse. Was it the Calling? But... what does it mean.
I nod. "Yes... but... what does it mean?" I ask him with worry.
"It means that my Time has come..." He coughs, blood gushing out of his Mouth. "It means that you truly are My Niece. That you truly are the only Heir to this Throne." He smiles.
I look at him in Shock, not only because of the Condition he is in, but also because of the Realization. I was right. My Parents really are from this Continent as I suspected.
But why did they flee? Or did they flee? I don't know. There are so many Questions still unanswered, but... I can't ask him... I have the Feeling that there is not enough time.
"Let me look at you one last Time, my Child." He never once called me that, except for now. It seems that he also had his worries.
I walk toward him. He holds my Face, with his weak hands, it's cold. Suddenly Tears begin to flow from my Eyes. I feel sad. Maybe because I really am related to him.
"You are truly beautiful..." He coughs again. "I truly wish that you will bring this Kingdom and this Continent as a whole to better life."
He coughs once more, his hand dropping and Blood gushing out again.
"Now that I look at you... you truly remind me of her..." He smiles.
"Who...?" I ask, my voice being shaky.
"Come closer." I walk to him as near as I can. He then takes my Head and holds it against his Heart, almost as if hugging my Head.
"You really are like your old Self. Like that beautiful Girl I once called my Wife. My Wife... who died way too early in her Life..." He coughs once more this Time harder, Blood gushing out of his mouth and spraying over my Body.
With an expression of shock I look at him, his Hand falling down as I raise my Head and look at him.
"Wait! What do you mean? Victoria said that she was -- " But before I can say anything more, I only see his smile and the Life gone from his eyes.
I collapse to the ground. I begin to cry as hard as I've never had before. I don't remember that I have ever cried like this before neither in this Life nor in my last. I kneel there, before his Bed, crying and crying, endlessly.
Until I start to think. What did he mean? Why did he say His Wife was my old Self? Wasn't Victoria the reincarnation of his Wife? But...
It suddenly hits me. I suddenly come to a realization.
I not reincarnated once, but twice.
I probably was his Wife in young years, but... I apparently died and then reincarnated as a Male on Earth... until I died there too and reincarnated back into this World.
But... why, and how?
Did Victoria lie to me? Why would she do that? And... how... did she get her powers then...?
I begin to break down. And I think to myself.
"So it was all a lie? Everything? Was she even ever truly my Friend? Hah. As if. I just need to remember that face she had earlier when I found out her dirty Secret! She really did me dirty there!" I begin to laugh, but I don't really realize it until it is already too late.
"It seems like I can trust nobody here." I giggle.
"Wait! There is still someone." I smile deviously as I think about Heira.
"Yes. Yes. She will certainly help me, right? She won't leave and betray me like that Bitch, right? She won't get raped and betray me like that... that..." I can't bring myself to mock her, not yet.
I sigh. "What am I doing? I need to get myself together." I shake my Head and slowly stand up. I close the Eyes of my Uncle and go outside the Door. The Prime Minister is still waiting there.
As I approach him, my Voice is cold as Ice. "The King has just died. Announce it to the Public immediately."
He nods. "Yes, your Majesty." He then hurries away.
I, myself run to Heira to tell her the news. But what I see once I arrive shocks me.
I don't see Heira sitting in her Room as usual, but instead, lying in Bed. Her Eyes are closed.
I run over to her. But... it is already too late. "She... she isn't..." I giggle "...breathing..." I begin to scream and cry in sadness, but just shortly after, hatred consumes me. I start to laugh, I think about who could have done it, but only once Person comes to mind.
"Victoria that Bitch." I smile deviously. "She will regret that, for sure." I begin to giggle once again. I see a Mirror. I decide to look at myself, but... I don't even recognize myself, rather... I almost can't.
My Face... it's... broken. My eyes... are dead, and... The Tears on my Face have almost dried. But... I still smile, I don't smile normally. No. I smile like a Maniac. It's almost as if I'm not in control of my own Body. Have I gone truly mad?
"NO!" I think to myself and shake my Head. I adjust myself and look in the Mirror once more. The smiling has stopped, instead... I look like a Corpse. A Corpse that is yet living.
I decide to ignore my Face for now and turn around, walking outside the Room.
I walk and walk until I suddenly meet Victoria.
But... I don't feel hatred... rather... I feel empty. As if... something has left me.
I look at her. But she doesn't seem fazed.
"Are you okay? I just heard that... the King has died... and I came to look after you." She hugs me.
I still feel nothing. "Yeah, I'm fine... I think." I say in a Voice almost unrecognizable, as it has no emotion whatsoever.
She smiles. "I'm glad. But remember. I'm always here for you."
Hah! As if. But... let's just pretend that she tells the Truth for now.
I have other Plans with you in the Future.