Awakened

Ch 20 - The End

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The cold blade brushed my throat as drops of blood leaked onto my cotton dress. Gabriel had taken my crown and I was left helpless, limp in his grip. My eyes gazed into Afriel and I whispered hoarse words. "Gabriel could ruin this world if you let him live. Let him kill me and take him to court." Afriel jumped back to reality and looked around. I wanted to punch Gabriel's smug face, but Afriel got there before me. She leaped from her feet and balled her hands into a fist, punching him straight in the nose. The knife stayed firm in his hands as he tried to use it as defence. I leaped from his grip and my heart raced. Afriel screamed a few words and Gabriel fell limp. We stopped in shock, breathing hard. Gabriel would wake soon. I turned to Afriel, "Do you have a memory of my memory, the one we just watched?" She nodded her head slowly and smirked, "Guess we will be the ones to take him to cou- AHH!" Afriel yelped in pain. I jumped back to see Gabriel standing with a smirk on his pale face, the knife completely gone. It took me a few seconds to see where the knife now was... digging into Afriel's back...

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"Guess we will be the ones to take him to cou- AHH!" I screamed when i felt a sharp stabbing pain pierced through my back. I turned my head around frantically trying to see what damage had been done. I nearly doubled over at the sight of my blood. The knife Gabriel used was now in my back. I was starting to get dizzy. Everything was in slow motion. I was losing too much blood. I heard Georgia scream and the world tilted on its axis. I did only one thing I could. I fell lifelessly to the floor.

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Ariel's eyes closed and my stomach flipped. "NO!!!" I screamed in horror. My vision blurred but I pushed on. Suddenly, a shining light shone behind Gabriel. I stopped dead in my tracks. Gabriel looked puzzled and swiveled around. A faint, blue, ghostlike woman floated inches above the ground. I was sure I was hallucinating until the woman gracefully touched Gabriel's shoulder. He coughed up gallons of blood and I felt like vomiting. She reached her hand straight through his chest and pulled out his heart. He fell to the floor, dead. My legs gave way and I puked all over the hardwood flooring. The woman danced over to Afriel and touched her back. The knife evaporated and her back closed in, the blood gone. "Who are you?" I asked. She smiled, "Your crown is not a who but a soul..." then she exploded into tiny sparks, leaving my flaming blue crown in her wake. The room fell still as Afriel groaned, her eyes fluttering open. What did that woman mean when she said my crown was a soul...

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I groaned in pain, opening my eyes but quickly closed as a wave of pain crashed onto me like being hit by a truck. I had a splitting headache and everything hurt. I was momentarily confused about what happened and heard Georgia call my name and she ran over to me cradling my head. "Are you okay?" Georgia asked her voice shaky. I was stunned until the past events came back to me. My breath hitched. "W--what happened? I was, no I--... I got stabbed!"

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"Shhh..." I stopped her from speaking any further and closed her eyelids. "My crown... turned into this woman and she killed Gabriel... That crown was my soul... I am going to be accused of murder..." I held back tears. Afriel opened her mouth to speak but I shushed her. "Tell me later..." I carried her body through the halls and towards the infirmary. The nurse had thick black hair pulled into a tight bun. Big green eyes, thin pale lips and a calm posture. "Oh my! The Queen!" She raised her hands to her mouth and took Afriel from my arms, lying her on a bed. "thank you little girl, do you know what happened?" I crossed my arms and muttered, "I am a princess you know..." "What was that?" She asked sweetly. "You don't recognize me? At all" She blinked a few times and shook her head. "I am sorry dear.." From the corner of the room Afriel snorted in laughter and the nurse swerved around. "Oh my! She may have some nasal problems!" I raised a hand to my head. How dumb could someone be.

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"You don't recognize me? At all" Georgia blinked a few times and shook her head. "I am sorry dear.." the nurse said. That made me lose it. From the corner of the room where i was placed I snorted in laughter and the nurse swerved around to me. "Oh my! She may have some nasal problems!" she exclaimed and I did a full on belly laugh. From the corner of my eye I saw the frustration of Georgia's face as she shattered her hand to her forehead. I was now running out of breath and my back and chest was still sore from the stab. The nurse ran right over to me. "Your majesty, I will put you to sleep, check your wounds and do something about your throat and nose" I was about to debate with her that my throat and nose was completely fine but she already snapped her fingers. Blue rings of light came out of her hand coming towards me. It went through my mouth as I inhaled and sleep welcomed me in happily.

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I awoke in darkness preparing for the headache, any sort of pain to remind me how cruel reality is. But I was greeted with only the buzzing noise of quietness in the dark. I was alone.

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The nurse strolled to her desk and started to type furiously on her computer, her brow furrowed in concentration. Afriel turned and sweated immesley in her sleep. "Is she okay?" I asked. The nurse opened her mouth to reply when footsteps padded the corridors behind me. I swerved around and a tall guard with chocolate brown hair cleared his throat. "Nurse Tracy, I must speak to these girls so please leave the infirmary." He took no notice of the uncomfortable Afriel. The Nurse giggled and jumped up. "Don't be long!" She hobbled out of the room. The guard walked to Afriel and touched her forehead. She woke immediately. Afriel was panting furiously and looked around. "Please listen!" He raised his voice as I jumped onto bed next to Afriel, crossing my legs beside her. "News got round to us that Gabriel was dead... It was very tragic until we found out his past... A new Angel Of Heaven is being looked for. As for you too. You are now the Queen and Princess. You will have duties to fill out as royals. As for the boy Tyler... We will never be able to revive him..." The guard looked at his polished black shoes and I erupted into a volcano of tears, falling onto Afriel's laps. Afriel smiled to the guard, "You are excused..." *

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Georgia burst in a fit of hysterical tears once told the news. I turned towards the guard, "You are excused..." The guards exited the infirmary and I held Georgia to my chest as she sobbed on me soaking my clinic gown. "I'm so, so sorry Georgia" I kept repeating, but i knew I was only saying that to myself. Tyler was my friend, my family, everything before Georgia...Still is. I loved him with my heart, I still do but as a part of my family. Now he was gone.

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Georgia and I kneeled in black dresses in front of the black and white tombstone marking Tyler's name. We cried and wept until we were the only ones left. We will always remember him.

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I gobbled down the castle halls holding David's hand in mine, helping me walk. Up ahead I saw Georgia wobbling towards me to holding her husband hand, King Jacob of Einatopia making Georgia queen. I glanced towards my husband. He glanced down at me and smiled placing his free hand against my massive pregnant stomach. We were expecting twins, One boy and one girl. Princess Elena and Prince William. I smiled at how good my life is. "HEY CHUBBY!" Georgia called as she walked painfully slow towards me. David let go of my hand and Jacob did as well letting Georgia and I run, well walk towards each other. "Hey girl, looking Good!" I said. And I meant it. Even though she is pregnant and bigger than me, she still looks fabulous. We tried to hug and we both burst into a fit of laughter trying to work out away to hug each other without disturbing our stomach filled babies. We settled for a kiss on each others cheek. "Hows your babes?...OH did you name them yet? WHat gender? Tell please!" I pleaded. Jacob came up behind Georgia and chuckled a low laugh. "King Jacob of Einatopia" I said and did the best curtesy I could handle. "Please, were family, just call me Jacob, plus no queen should bow to another" He said formally. As David, now king along side me greeted Jacob I went to Georgia. "You captured a good one girl!" I exclaimed and winked. "Tell me their names!" I added. Georgia smiled down at her swollen belly and placed a hand on it. "Cherry and Blossom"

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I rocked my babies, Elena and William in my arms quietly singing tunes to them, in the rocking chair. Sun shining onto them. I glanced up and saw Georgia doing the same thing to her two little girls and I smiled. Sensing me watching her, Georgia glanced up at me and smiled. "We came along way to be here, I think I can live this luxurious life. Though I do miss the home I just bought and lived in for 2 hours" Georgia said smiling and looked back down at her babies. I looked down at my bundle of joys and back to Georgia's.

"We sure did"

The End