𝗔 𝗝𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 ꕤ kny x reader

一

"Mama! Papa!!"

"Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick!! I made a new friend I want to tell you two about!!"

The young female slid across the glossed railing of the spiral staircase, looking to find her beloved parents. Her tiny feet made no sound throughout the echo-prone hall, and she started getting distressed thinking about where her parents had possibly gone to.

"Mama? Where are you?"

"Papa?"

Over-exaggerating her words by much more than what they needed to be, the child yelled attentive words throughout the palace in hopes of getting a response from her parents. Her excitement was blowing past limits.

But Before the girl could continue to call for her parents, she turned a corner when she heard familiar voices. Her eyes lit up and she ran even faster towards the noises, tripping on her long gown in the process.

She let out a small hiss and glanced down at the open wound on her knee that was seeping with red liquid.

She whined in pain, although it didn't take long for the energetic child to get back up and continue her pursuit.

After all, the cut had closed in the span of 5 seconds. Why waste brain power when this was a normal, everyday thing?

The ballroom was where her parents were, and it seemed like they were discussing something with the loyal defendant samurais' of the empire. She made her way to the rectangular table where the adults were sat, but paused and quickly hid behind a statue after hearing her father bring up her upcoming birthday.

Are Mama and Papa planning a surprise for me? the girls' thoughts caused a swirl of emotions to flood her brain, but she convinced herself that it was a surprise, and decided she didn't want to spoil it for herself.

The child began to walk back to the giant doors which she came from, until a certain detail her father spoke of made her heart drop, instantly stoning her feet to the ground.

"And why does this have to be on her birthday?"

"Honey, there is no other way that she would follow us, she never goes outside the walls, not under any circumstance. You know how that damned demon child is. She doesn't trust us one bit, even after all we have sacrificed for her! Our Empire is falling apart because of her right along with its' influence. The world deserves to know what happens to wretched creatures such as her."

The Empress fell silent.

She clenched her fists in her lap and lowered her gaze to the marble floor, only to lift it back up almost immediately from instinct after hearing her husband clearing his throat. Her heterochromia eyes meeting his own colors that are sending an open threat to if she even thought about defending her daughter against his foul words.

"My excellency, may I ask, that if this execution plan is followed through successfully with no set-backs and is completed, who will be the heir to your throne?"

Ah.

So that's the surprise.

They're finally going to execute me after raising me for 11 years.

And on my birthday? That's 2 days from now.

"The successor to this empire and to my throne is a matter that I will address after this mistake is ridden of."

Do they think I'm stupid? Ignorant towards the neglecting of their own child?

Do they think I can be tossed away? Killed? Covered up for? Cast out by my own parents and subjects?