Through the portal

LXXVI

My vision it's blurry, the lights around me overwhelm me with their splendor, forcing my eyelids to shut down.

Where am I?

I sit up covering my vision and look around.

I'm a sort of a room with a clear wall, but I'm actually laying in the floor.

What am I wearing? I wonder when my a long cape sleeve covers my vision.

"What is this?" I ask I look at what I'm wearing.

I'm wearing a white, and gold dress and golden jewelry everywhere.

I start panicking and I look at the crown in the floor.

The imperial crown of Indigo.

The crown of Trista.

What is going on?

I take the crown that has blood on it.

It looks so fragile. It's made of gold and diamonds.

Now that I hold it in my hands doesn't look as heavy and delicate as I thought. Rather looks indestructible.

"Put it on." A familiar voice says and turn quickly to see him.

I'm going to kill him.

I stand up and walk towards him, throwing the crown to the floor.

He smiles.

"What's so amusing about all this? What is your purpose? Humiliate me?" I say clenching my fist. "I'll never forgive you." I say raising my fist to punch him.

My fist hits an invisible wall and I wince internally, because the anger I have right now doesn't allow me to show my pain, I haven't even realized I'm bleeding.

He laugh.

I feel so powerless, I want to rip him apart.

"I'm not asking you to forgive me, Hope." He says looking at me. "Put the crown on now." He says and I clench my jaw.

"I'll never sin against my world." I say before turning around and taking the crown.

"This is fake." I say and he puts his hand on his Indigo mate mark.

"This really hurt me, Hope. I got that for you with my own hands, and now you're accusing me of stealing?" He says feigning pain and I look at the blood in crown.

Is this Trista's blood?

He snatch the crown from me puts it on me.

"This is yours, Empress of Indigo." He says before grabbing my jaw.

"But this is not a gift. You have to pay the price." He says pulling closer to his body.

"I never wanted this, I don't have to pay any price. I don't own you anything." I say tangling my hand around his wrist.

"That's very unfortunate, because this is a debt you can't run away from." He says as my nose starts twitching. "Don't be afraid, Hope, all you have to do is be my empress." He says caressing his face with his other hand.

"Oh and look up, you have a nice view to the sky." He says and I look at him confused.

"Huh?" I say confused.

What is going on?

In what strange dream am I trapped in?

"Didn't you want to see the sky?" He asks looking into my eyes.

I never had time, I never had an opportunity to win against you.

I was just a player, playing in your game.