The Dark Trilogy

Witches | 2

    BANG
    The music had stopped, and everyone went quiet and looked around, Isabella sat at the window and noticed in the distance a big heard of.. what seemed to be horses but every night at a specific time, it was said witches came out to get revenge but that was a silly rumor.. right?

    That's what was taught to the little kids to keep them away from the woods at night, that witches would come out and revenge them. Nobody thought twice about it. So, hopefully she was wrong about it and it wasn't witches. As the hooves of the horses got louder as each step they took echoed within the village there must have been 50 horses and people on them. 

As Isabella took closer look at the people on the horses she had noticed they were all wearing     dark cloaks, to hide their faces they weren't looking at anyone, or thats what it had seem like.

    Isabella had over-heard the stories of the witches, from story telling time in the town square. She had been told to stay away from them. so she she had. She never spoke of them in fear they would target her. She questioned as to why there were people making their way into the village.  

Was this a raid? 
Was this a war that another kingdom wanted to have?

Thoughts went through her head as she made her way to the other window to try and get a closer look at the people, it was hard to see the horses were jet black just like the night sky, but she could see them faintly. The wavy jet black hair that was moving with every step the horses had made. 

    As the kingdom had noticed the horses as they approached the kingdom they started to run around in sheer panic. The King had declared all knights get prepared the first thought everyone had was war. Isabella's mother worriedly came up to check up on her and this confused Isabella, her mother had never been this worried for Isabella's sake. She brought Isabella a white cloak that hide her face, and her body.

"Here, put this on. Go across the village into the churches basement, do not let anyone see you. If anyone asks your name make up one, do not show your face. Do you understand me?"

   Isabella's mother stated in a stern but worried some tone.  Isabella nodded, as her mother left her alone she looked out the empty stone window and noticed the one person on the horse, was staring directly at her. But this time, she saw this person face, only slightly, she only saw the mouth, the horse this person was on was different.. It was a dark brown instead but with heavy dark jet black armor. 

    As this person noticed Isabella starting at them the said person became to grin. But not a friendly grin, this grin was dark.. And what felt like.. very sadistic, this frightened Isabella. 

She quickly put on her robe cloak that her mother had given her, no clue as to where she had
    went, or anything. The whole village was in panic mode, the knights fled on their horses to try to chase the witches or what the town had thought, witches away. The young princess Isabella made her way down the ladder away from her room. She never saw this side of the village before or even castle everything looked so weird to her.

    She made her way down the stone, cold hallways and made her way outside. Her mothers voice kept playing in her head;

"Don't show your face" 

That was hard for her to do, she couldn't not show her face. She didn't even know where she was going. Eventually she made it across the village, and saw a tall church like building. this side of the kingdom was dull, very dead looking. She thought to herself;

"Must be a lower class that lives near here.."

    Poor, princess hated knowing everyone didn't get treated fairly, or equal. She didn't mind if she didn't but wanted every villager to be treated with respect. She made her way to the heavy wooden doors that she managed to get open. It was dark, and was very dim. The only thing lighting up the Church was a very faint candle light that was in the far distance.

    She made her way to that candle light, but something in her told her to turn back.. 

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