Sun and Shadow

Tragedy at Hilltop

Duty begins as Podrick stands out the door of Anne's chamber while she reads a book to herself in the quiet room, it was something the two girls loved doing together, though Calah preferred Poems to Prose.
A soft knock interrupts her reading just as she's about to turn to the next page.
Walking to the door, she opens up the door. Of course, it's the maid with her wedding dress, with so much excitement on her face, one would think she was the bride to be.

"My lady, the dress is ready, you'll be amazed by the work the tailors have done, such a wonderful gown"

Anne tries so hard not to say anything that would hurt the maid even though she wanted to, but her boiling red hot face gives her off.

"Come in, help me with it"

The only nice words Anne could think of to ease the guilt. She finally unwraps the white Roman embroided dress, it sure was beautiful but Anne's darkened emotions thwarted her vision so much, she couldn't see the beauty.
After minutes of helping her put on the dress, Anne stands opposite the large sized mirror at the left corner of the chamber.

"Beautiful, Ser Tommen would surely love it on you"

She giggles but Anne doesn't find any of it exciting, instead she rolls her eyes out of uninterest.

"The maids have been really talking about him a lot, he sure is a really handsome young man"

Anne turns away from the mirror with a disturbingly huge smile on her face, suspiciously walking closer to the maid

"I have a great idea"

" What Tis it, my lady"

Anne's smile grow wider and more disturbing as she moves closer to her.

" Maybe you should all get married to him"

The maid's smile and excitement immediately fades as Anne gives her a respond.

At this point , Anne had reached her peak, all the disgust, annoyance and rage came flying out as all she could yell was

" Get out"

Blinded by frustration, Calah quietly sneaks in

"That was rude"

Anne, recognizing the voice takes her eyes of the maid and casually rolls them over to the door

"Not knocking is, why do you want?"

Anne returns to her position on the bed with her book almost ignoring her sister's presence.

"You'll definitely be missing me"

Calah says and casually walks over to Anne's bed

"Shut up"

They both smile at themselves, in a few days Anne wasn't going to be here anymore and Calah wasn't sure how to feel, Mothers eyes were gonna be on her at least until she also gets married.

"I'm scared, Calah. I don't want to leave"

"You'll be alright, if you can keep up with your mother, you can keep up with Dragons"

Anne poured herself into Calah's arms, hugging her tight.

"You'll probably be getting married soon too"

Anne let's go of her

" I haven't seen my blood"

The only thing that made a girl ready for marriage, and Luckily for seventeen year old Calah she hadn't seen hers. She was sure Mother would marry her off to anyone just to let go of her

"Or maybe you're just lying to everyone, I saw mine when I was thirteen"

"I promise, I'm not"

" Wait here, I have something for you"

Anne bends over, reaching out to a small blue box under the bed. She dusts the box with her

palms and opens it, bringing out a plain white rosary

"Have it"

Anne hands over the Rosary to Calah but she doesn't understand why Anne would give her a Rosary when she had hers

"I have enough Rosaries"

"It's no ordinary Rosary" Anne insists

                   ***
The two twin princes of Miledale stand on the hilltop as they practice their skills with their swords like they always have since they were little.
It was known that Tommen was the best fighter in the family after Wesley died some unnatural death, till date nobody knew why exactly he died.
Some said he was cursed, some said it was poison but there was no proof of anything.
The two identical brothers continue to test their skills, the only thing one could use to tell the difference between their looks was Xanders scar which was on hus forehead

"Don't lose your guard"

Alex tries encouraging his brother to get better with his skills but angry Xander feels challenged and stops fighting

"That's enough for one day"

He reaches to a leather bottle of water, gulping down every drop to quench his thirst

" Always been a weakling"

Alex tries to get him back to fight by mocking him

" The weakling you fuck at night"

"Shhh, someone might hear you say that"

Alex consciously looks around, making sure no one heard Xander spill out their secret of 10 years

Xander drops the leather on the floor as a grin appears on his face, he walks closer to his lover, dips his hand into Alex's cloth and grabs his phallus

"And what if they do"

Alex immediately pulls his brothers hand out, moving away from him

" Can't you see this isn't the right place for this"

"Same thing you said last night, you're scared aren't you"

Xander hadn't gotten the message, Alex was fed out and in fact feeling guilty for having a relationship with his twin brother, he had no words to use to tell him but tried to avoid him.

" Why would I be?"

"You're scared, it's because of Tommen's bloody wedding"

Alex picks up his sword about to leave the hilltop

"You think Anne or one of tgkse6 stupid Brighton's will find out about us"

" And you're not worried?"

Xander walks closer to Alex, now even sad

"I love you, and I'll do anything to protect us, even if I have to get blood on my hands"

Every word Xander uttered sounded wrong to Alex suddenly, was he thinking straight. All he could do was stare into Xanders dark eyes with fear of what he had just said.

" Turns out you're tye weakling after all"

"You'd kill her?"

Now all Alex could do was to look at his own twin brother with disgust in his eyes

" I said I'll do anything"

Xander roughly presses his lips on his brother's lips, Alex pushes him away

" I said this isn't the right place for this"

Alex turns away from his brother, now Xander is burning with fury, he tightens his fist hard that he strangles his veins.
This feeling of rejection from his brother makes him shiver, Xander's Cold and dark eyes is the last thing Alex sees before his brother pushes him down to the top, without any second thought or hesitation Xander had pushed his Twin into the water.
He watched as his body smashes on the hard ground with force, the waves of the ocean gently draw him into the waters until his body was no longer seen

"What have I done"

He just realizes he had a made a mistake out anger, a mistake that couldn't be taken back. He laces round the hill not knowing what to do, Alex's sword was still there, he didn't know what to do but to dig a hole and bury it.