The rise of the dark queen

Saying goodbye

It's raining, the whole village gathered to the cemetery to say goodbye to Princess Morana.
Auretta silently looks her coffin and holds the umbrella. She closes her eye and listens how the rain falls and hits the coffin. She can't talk, can't cry anymore. This is the second person who dies because of her. She opens her eye and looks at Andrew and Grimhilde. This has to stop now. She will lose everyone if this goes like this. And there is a constant question in her. Morana said that her mother is still alive. Of course this can be a final cruel joke by her cousin but after her sacrifice she doubts that. But then where is she? If she still alive why didn't she came back to her. Or just like Elizabeth she was a victim too and she is locked down somewhere on that castle? If that place was Elizabeth's cell then where is her mother's cell? All she knows she have to get through with this funeral and find her answers as soon as possible, of course if her mother want to be find. For a moment a thought slips in her mind: what if her mother ran away and abandon her? What if she don't want her. These negative thoughts are unfortunate possibilities. And there is three person who could talk about this. One is dead, one is the enemy and one is the missing person itself. This will be one hell of a job especially that Snow will do anything to kill her and her loved ones.  She must be angrier than ever. Her daughter just died and she can't even attend on her funeral. She is banned and outcasted from the whole village. Auretta tries to calm down at least until the funeral ends, she lowers her head and listens the ceremony.
Grimhilde stands in the back of the crowd with her hood on. She can't be recognized by anyone, everyone believes here that she is dead. Andrew stands next to her silently but protectively. He tries to help to Grimhilde to protect her identity.
-I didn't want this to happen with her Elizabeth! - he says
-It's not your fault, Andrew! Yes, we made a mistake we didn't give her a chance before her death, but all this is! We are not responsible for Snow's madness! She killed her own daughter and blamed it on Auretta! We have to stand by her, because she must be devastated!
-I know! But I can't help it, I feel so guilty. I should have forgive her when i had the chance.
-Listen! You can't give that much attention to dead, otherwise how you going to pay attention to the livings. What she did was honorable! But she also did horrible things too! All we can do right now is that we forgive to her and remember her as a good person and hero, who gave her life for the truth, the love, for her sibling and our queen! Try to remember her like this, ask forgiveness from her and forgive you too!
-You are right! Did you forgive to her?
-Yes! - she says as she looks at Andrew with a little guilt in her eyes, then lowers her had back before anyone could see her face.
The priest finished his ceremony, so before the coffin would go to the grave Auretta has to go there and say goodbye and clean her cousin's name.
As she stands in front of her subjects, looks at them, she feels that they have to know the whole truth about what Snow did.
-My dear subjects! Today we saying goodbye to a royalty who's reputation was doubtful. My dear cousin, actually my nice by birth was an honorable woman. She died yesterday because she protected my life from the evil. If she's not there, I would be dead by now. You may knew her as a villain, but she was a hero. She may had her own demons, and sometimes were lost about what's the right, but she was a human, my cousin, who wasn't afraid to do the right thing even if that was her last act.  You deserve to know the truth! The real evil is Snow White! She killed her own daughter. She killed her by accident, because her target was me. She was able to put to rest her manipulation and save me. She was an angel, whose wings were cut down by the devil. This is why I would like to ask all of you to never afraid to do the right thing, and this includes forgiving her. Her mother's horrible things wasn't hers! Let her rest in peace and give her one last gift: love and cherish her.  You may go now to haven my dear sister! - she says as she throws sand on her coffin. She feels her soul's mourning and her heart just broke for a millions of parts, she let's her pain out for a loss of a dear family member, not knowing that the devil is already there.
Snow is also under her hood, hiding under a tree. She can't handle herself and lets her emotions out and cries as she watches her own daughter's funeral and the speaker the cause of her death itself. She can't even say goodbye to her. She can't hug her and kiss her and let her go because of her enemy. As she hears her speech about doing the right thing and about herself, how evil she is, Snow feels her anger grow more and more, until it will expose and will get everything and everyone.
She has her kingdom, her daughter, her subjects. She took away everything from her. And all of this is for what? Because the little princess missed her mommy?
-Well guess what Auretta, you can meet with her! Because I will destroy the both of you! You killed my daughter? You can see your mother's death, again! - she says then leaves the scene before anyone could spot her out.