Jojen Reed One Shots

The Lady Of Darkness

I stood apon the black sand shores of Ellinia, watching the flames rise higher then any house has ever stood.
"All things in the world may fall. All things in this world shall end. No matter how high, how strong, all shall fall back to the earth" my mother said her voice echoing across the beach, "all light ends. And is to be followed by darkness"
"Darkness shall always remain" everyone spoke
"Darkness shall always be." She said
"Darkness shall always be" everyone repeated
"The Lady of Darkness reins"
"The Lady of Darkness reins!"
"Let them return to the darkness" she said and as she did the flames where extinguished.
No flames.
No glow.
No lights but the stars in the sky.
No sounds but the washing of water on sand.
There was a sudden sharp intake of breath.
"Welcome to the darkness" my mother spoke lighting a torch to better see whoever it was that had returned to us. It was a solider boy as it often was, he was someone from a war with wounds across his skin
"Where... Where am I?" He asked in panic "what's going on? What is this place?" He asked
"Welcome to Ellinia, here take her. The ritual is not complete into your soul realigns with your body" she smirked handing elizibethen to him she giggled and tugged him along to the castle
"All of you, hurry home." She says so everyone nodded and headed back to the castle, I staied watching the sea meet the sand, watching it move and wash away the sands.
"Why do you stare into the darkness?" My mother asked "does it frightened you my child?"
"No, it calls for me"
"The darkness always will call to you my child. You are of the darkness, you are to be a queen of Ellinia, to be with the darkness and the lady's voice apon our shores, you shall be the lady's truest form... Of course the darkness calls to you my child. It so home" she explained fixing my hair "the moon is right. Tomorrow shall be for you" she says kissing my head "ready yourself"
"I shall mother" I nodded taking the skirt of my dress and hurrying back up to the castle.

I stood on the shore my bare feet in the sand my dress against the water feeling the waves lap at my feet the flames rising high into the sky to the tallest tower of the castle.
"All things in the world may fall. All things in this world shall end. No matter how high, how strong, all shall fall back to the earth" I said said in as loud a voice as I could "all light ends. And is to be followed by darkness"
"Darkness shall always remain" everyone spoke
"Darkness shall always be." I said
"Darkness shall always be" everyone repeated
"The Lady of Darkness reins"
"The Lady of Darkness reins!"
"Lady of darkness, this daughter seeks what the darkness promised her, to be the voice, the vision of the lady, queen of all Ellinia. We beg her truest to be brought to her her light to her Darkness" my mother called out
"Let them return to the darkness" I said, and the lights went out.
No stars tonight, no moon, this was as dark as the world could ever get, I stood watching the water when suddenly I heard the gasp of air, the splashing of water. My mother lit a torch and came to me and I saw in the water a boy lashing out searching desperately for something to hold onto something to prevent the sea from swallowing him
"Please! Help! Someone help!" He called out my mother took his hand and brought him to the sand "what.... Where am I? What is this place? What's happened to me! What's going on! Please!" He screamed desperately looking around
"Welcome to Ellinia" I smiled to him "take him, I wish to stay moments more" I said everyone began to leave guards taking the boy away and I smiled watching the sea
"Go to him princess, he needs to be with you, his body might be lying in your chambers but his soul... May still be with the waves. You need to be with him princess, your souls are to be with each other. Go to him, make him your own" she says
"Is that how every princess does it?"
"Every princess before you, are you frightened?" She asks
"No, not scared... Excited"
"Then go to him princess"
"I shall. I shall see you at breakfast tomorrow mother" I said
"Do not rush yourselves. I shall see you when I see you" she smiled
"Yes mother" I laughed she gave my head a kiss and I walked the long walk up the sand and the rocks walk all the way to the castle and going up to my tower, and to my chamber.