Glitched Fate (MC Trapped Fanfiction)

|Chapter 23| Songs

I was keeping watch again. For two weeks I've been here in this tavern. Waiting for Elan to come back. At least come here with whoever took him.

We used the bracelets to get here. The one the Witch made for all of us. We knew we wouldn't be able to find the people who took Elan. We did know where he was going to take them through. Here in the Meodal Kingdom.

This is the Kingdom that Victor rules over and it is amazing. It was much bigger than the town we stayed at for so long. Probably a hundred times bigger than the town. It was both exciting and nerve-racking.

I was the biggest problem when we first got here. Posters of me and Elan were everywhere and I needed a way to hide who I was. Which is exceptionally hard with pointed ears like mine. It's just a trait everyone in the old kingdom we used to live in. The Chosal Kingdom.

It used to be close to where I used to live with my parents. We were just a farming family but we visited that kingdom often. Our King and Queen were kind and fair. It was a great place to live, but I wanted to explore the world. I wanted to find new kingdoms so I left.

I guess I got to that goal of finding that kingdom. With Sabre- well Elan.

Lucas got me a cloak to wear. A nice white cloak that Siri's my dress quite well. I use it to cover my pointed ears and vibrating orange hair. Ryan also gave me some more arrows with my bows sterling finding out how well I do with a bow.

Ryan and Lucas can't stay in the kingdom because they are too similar to Elan. So they stay near the forest with Francis who checks up on them once in a while. They are seeing is Elan is close by while I check inside the kingdom. Francis is more able to get information from the guards. It's working well so far. He says that Elan and the two guards Elijah and Taylor should be here with him any day now.

"This kingdom has faded." I heard the Witch say as she looks out the window. She is also supposed to help me to look for Elan, but she seems very distracted. Specifically with how Victor runs the kingdom.

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't feel right anymore. It feels so grey and dull." She mumbled rubbing her hands together. Her hands are old and wrinkled with long black nails. Her hair is always down and covered with knots. It is black and wire-like. She tries to hide how her sickly skin looks through her robe and cloak. Her eyes were like dark pools of water. Water that has never been cleaned.

"So you have lived here before?"

"Yes, before Victor came here at least." She says looking at some of the townsfolk passing by. It took me a week to know how sad they are. No songs were sung in the streets. They didn't allow it. Only order and organization were here, but the homes and stores were well built and quite beautiful but most of those places have lost their glow. She was right, but I didn't want to think about it.

"So where did you live before? Maybe we can see it?"

"You can see it from any place in the kingdom, but I can't tell you where it is at."

"Why is that?"

"After Victor cursed me I haven't been able to speak a word about my life before I was a witch." She sighed. No wonder she wants Victor dead.

"We destroyed the staff though? Shouldn't the curse be gone?"

"No, not until the sword is shattered and he is dead."

"What's so important about the sword?"

"The sword keeps any permanent spells together. It also has the ability of fire and lighting to keep someone back. The staff did more complicated and complex spells." Strange. How did she know so much about them?

"I know because the queen before had those weapons. She used them for good and he took them one she fell."

"Who was the queen?" I asked a lot more curious about her story.

"No one knows. He cursed everyone to forget. At least anyone in this kingdom to forget. Anyone outside of this kingdom and Victor's rule is safe."

"So if I knew her I would have been able to remember?"

"Exactly. Same with Ryan and Lucas. Sabre on the other hand is a special case."

"Special case?"

"Yes... very special indeed. Why else do you think he is trapped here while his friends can leave and go whenever they please." She said with a smirk. I was confused and I took a drink of water.

"What is his special case?"

"You will see soon enough." She said and got up from her seat. She took a look around the room and went to grab something. I sighed and went back to keeping watch.

I watched as an old lady. Older then the witch looked around as if checking for someone or something then sits down on a barrel. She puts down a hat and starts to... sing.

The one we miss
We still sing
The one who showed us the way
We follow your path.
With your grace gone
We have nothing but songs

To the goddess of us we wish
To the goddess of hope we sing

The power to heal
The power to bring
The power to see
The power to give

We sing for your return.
We sing for your light
We sing for your grace

Follow her path
The path only she can see
The path that was given to us all

Some people walking by put some iron nuggets into her hat. While other kids young and old sat next to her to hear her sing. I didn't stop listing and she started a different song.

The hero we wait
For when she falls he will come

A hero of green
A hero of blue
A hero of black
A hero of white

To come he must change
And to leave he must kill

But death will bring new hope to all.
Hope of peace
Hope of song

The one the goddess blessed
The one the goddess brought
He shall save us all in a world unknown

But for death for another
He must die with them.

Suddenly many guards ran toward him. All the kids scrambled away most of them in fear. The guards picked up this old lady and lifted a sword. They stabbed her in the chest.

I looked in shock while others around watched as if this was a regular thing. The lady in her dying state scream in song for a final note.

The hero is near!
Welcome him with open arms!
Welcome his death!

They gasped for air then fell limp. I could only watch as the guards dragged the old lady away. I was in shock and just stared at where she was alive and well only moments ago.

Then two horses walked down the pass heading towards the center of the kingdom. One man was tied up but I knew who it was.

Elan!
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