White Masked King

Chapter (19)

At the afternoon hour the people were gathered waiting for what their king would say. H wore the white mask.. and the crown.. then stood in front of the people.

The white masked king said "I promised you with peace, but peace in some people eyes exists in a different way than we see it.. I couldn't achieve peace.. Our enemy wants our kingdom for greed, I will not fight for the stones that made this kingdom neither the walls that surrounds it.. nor the throne that rules it, I am fighting for PEACE the main reason I came here for.. I am fighting for your freedom, fighting for you, my people, and willing to die, sacrifice and put my life in the front lines against the enemy for you.."

There was a Child that his mother was holding him.. H asked for the Child.. Held the child up.. the Child was crying and screaming.

H said " We can all hear the screams of the Child.. the scream of fear the Child wants his mother.. Imagine our enemy taking over this kingdom and killed his mother.. what would be the future of that child!.. If our enemy took over this kingdom that Child will be enslaved.. not only him but also us! We are fighting for everything that is precious to us that we can die to save and live for.. Sometimes it requires death to be achieved.. but what is death! Why are we afraid of Death! Death is just a moment, is just a line between living and leaving everything behind.. We can either Die as SLAVES or Die as FREE MEN, Die as HEROES."

H returned the child to his mother.. Raised his sword up high reflecting the sun light.. and said "This light is God's light.. this light is freedom's light.. this light is the light that we will slain our enemy with.. This means WAR and this light over my sword of justice means VICTORY.. This land will be full of their blood it will be the last thing they witness the screams of the child will be always in our minds..in our hearts, can't be forgotten, it will always be heard as we fight our battle.. I have heard that our enemy is a beast I have seen him, his soldiers looks like beasts.. but they are not beasts they are devils.. we are the soldiers of god and we will defeat that EVIL for now and forever." The White Masked King shouted "Are you ready to face the enemy."

The people screamed "YES!"

"Are you ready to fight the EVIL"

"YES!"

"Are you ready to die for freedom"

"YES!"

"are you ready to fight for everyone who is here.. to defend everything you love!"

"Yes!"

The White Masked King moved inside the castle, his speech is done and it's time to prepare for battle. The people as well trust The White Masked King, they are willing to fight under his lead.

Thomas went inside the castle after the white masked king and said "My king, we are not ready for a fight.. we will lose the war.. I know the enemy we are going to face.. you came here for peace now you ask your people to fight!"

The White Masked King replied "I am the king, I know what is best for this kingdom and its people.. didn't you say yourself that sometimes we should fight for peace itself?"

Thomas said "Yes I did, I came here to say that the enemy soldiers are approaching, they will be here at night!"

The white masked king said "Prepare the archers on the wall of the kingdom and let our army stand in front of the walls in a defensive position.. let the enemy be in our arrows range.. then only then.. our arrows will pass through their shields."

Thomas said "Yes sir, but remember not all of us have the same will to fight as you do!."

Thomas left.

H started wearing his armor.. his tears were falling.. "Is this the end, I fear!" he said.

Jane entered the room and said " It's not the end yet H, remember when you asked me about the white mask and I said you will know when the time comes."

H nodded. Jane said "I guess the time is now, the main reason I chose the white color, because white refers to pureness refers to trust.. I wanted you to wear a mask so that the people won't see any fear in your eyes.. I wanted to refer to you as an angel a source of trust for the people and a soldier that is chosen from God.. it's a half mask so that the people will always remember that you're still a human not an angel after all.. you do mistakes.. I wanted to show them the human inside of you.!, I am not sad because you failed to achieve peace, at least I achieved something more than I could hope for.. I proved to history and myself that not all the kings are the same.. some really care about the people, some are still humans.. some didn't change when they had control.. Now we shall fight for peace, my king."

H said "What If we lost?"

Jane smiled and replied "It's considered as a loss, but remember we will lose a battle, but not the war.. no matter how long it takes me or no matter how long it takes good to seize the evil good will always win.. Still I will fight till the end.. Don't forget king you've woken the voice of freedom in this kingdom and no one can shut that voice once more."

H smiled back at Jane knowing that his trip wasn't worthless after all.. that even if he failed She and everyone else that dreamed of freedom will keep fighting and will succeed.. It's an "IDEA" and "IDEAS NEVER DIE".

H approached Jane and kissed her lips gently, a kiss of love or a kiss of goodbye.. No one knows but it was a kiss that Jane was waiting for.. a kiss that she wanted to have from the first time she met him.

Jane had a shy red face and said "Sorry I have to go and prepare for battle" She turned her back, H stood there with a smile. Jane was smiling as well as she was moving out of the room.

H got off his mask and looked at the mirror, kept looking for a while.. Thomas entered the room and it was the first time for Thomas to see H's face..

"They are here, My king" Thomas said