"We have no other choice. There seems to be no other way. Anastacius is currently the only one that can save the Emperor"
Her decsion was resolute. There was no turning back.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Anthanasia, Felix, Lucas and Anastacius were the only ones to go into the Garnet Palace, were Claude laid unconscious in his bed.
The door to Claude's room was opened by Anthanasia. Felix stood outside, at the door, while the two followed behind her.
Before going in, Felix whispered to Anthanasia.
"If Anastacius tries anything, just alert me" Felix said.
"Of course"
She replied even though she doubted that Felix would be able to do much to Anastacius, after he would consume lots of black magic power.
Anastacius sat on the chair beside Claude's bed, while Lucas and Anthanasia stood beside him, watching his every move.
Moving his hands on Claude's forehead, Anastacius spoke up.
"His body is really cold. Almost as if he's dead" It sounded quite evil coming from him, and was rather ominous since he was supposed to be saving Claude.
Anthanasia held back her tongue, making herself to not say anything and just watch quietly.
Standing up, Anastacius took Claude's right hand into his and murmured some words that were supposedly spells.
Lucas also muttered some spells then proceeded to write on the air with his fingers. Words in a strange language appeared in the air
Woosh!
A sudden wave went through the air, and some magical glyphs appeared.
Lucas then stepped aside, letting Anastacius take over and continue with the process.
A wave of dark aura appeared and oozed around Anastacius who was holding Claude's hand. His eyes glowed while holding unto Claude. Seriousness in every single one of his motions.
Anastacius' utterance of spells seemed to be released at a quicker speed. More and more magical glyphs appearing everywhere.
Anthanasia and Lucas held their breaths, watching in anticipation.
When the wave seemed to be at its peak, everything abruptly ended. The glyphs disappeared, the dark wave diminished and Anastacius' glowing jeweled blue eyes, turned back to their original state.
Anastacius then let go of Claude's hand, leaving it to fall back on the bed. Holding his head, he staggered backwards and fell into a chair.
Anthanasia looked at Claude hopefully, but was disappointed seeing that he was still and unconscious.
She turned to Anastacius about to question his failure when he suddenly ran out of the door, saying.
"I hope you meet my demands!"
Felix had been pushed by Anastacius, so he quickly got up and ran to catch him.
Anthanasia was about to leave the room to help. She turned around, about to leave when she heard someone speak.
"What is this? Where am I?"
She froze in her steps.
The only person with her in the room was Lucas....and Claude.
"Who are you?"
Slowly she turned around to face the familiar voice.
In the bed of the supposedly unconscious Emperor was a person that was alive. Moving, breathing and talking. This person was none other than Claude.
Anthanasia turned to look at Claude who had finally opened his eyes. He struggled to sit up, but was able to with Lucas' help.
"Who are you people?" He once again repeated, this time looking from Lucas then to Anthanasia. His eyes were cold and his tone suspicious.
Anthanasia pinched herself then cleaned her eyes to be sure that it wasn't all just dream or that she wasn't in the topaz palace again.
Due to the surge of emotions Anthanasia felt in that moment, tears began to stream down her eyes.
She was silent and didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say. After six months of trying, Claude was finally awake!
Though the feelings of warmth and affection she felt towards Claude as her father, had disappeared, she couldn't help but feel happy.
Maybe it was more of relief than happiness. She was relieved that she might not need to shoulder the responsibilities as a standby for the Emperor.
Also was relieved that she hadn't made a mistake in trusting Anastacius and being the cause of Claude's death.
Murmuring under her breath, Anthanasia closed her eyes in relief.
"Thank you, Anastacius"
YOU ARE READING
The Princess With a Future Set in Stone
Fanfiction"You will be killed at the hands of your father. You will never have the family you desire. Your future has been set in stone" After Anthanasia's hears these words, she comes to face reality. She could never have the happy family she always wished...
