Silver Belladonna (Jaune Arc x oc)

4 - "Who doesn't?"

Salem looks out of the window of the castle
"Locked away by her cruel father, Salem was a girl who desired but one thing: freedom." Jinn's voice narrates
"Who doesn't?" I mutter
Salem moves away from the window walking straight past me
"She lived in a time when kings and their Kingdoms were plentiful, when men and women were capable of greatness, and magic was a gift from the Gods that all could wield." Salem sits down and holds out her hand, four magical spheres with a magic circle and six colours appear.
"Wow, I'm jealous"

"And yet, there she sat within her tower." Jinn continues

"Okay maybe not" I decide

Blue smoke appears and I'm once again outside the castle where a young man in armour and a cape wielding a sceptre is approaching. He wears a proud look on his face looking up at the castle.

"Until one day, a legendary hero came to brave the challenges within the tower's walls." Jinn's voice is in my ears again "The people of the lands knew him as Ozma."
I step in front of Ozma and wave my hand in his face but he doesn't move an inch and continues looking up before he steps forward walking straight through me.
"Unlike those who had come before, this warrior was not driven by the prize of the young maiden's hand. He fought only for righteousness, and his pure heart and courageous soul prevailed."

Ozma walks up the tower as I see other warriors falling in battle. Blue smoke reappears and I'm transported to a new scene where Ozma uses his sceptre to strike down the dark-armoured figure. He then enters Salems room where she stands surprised at the sight in front of her before offering her hero a grateful smile. 

The scene changes again and both Salem and Ozma are fighting with magic alongside eachother

"They escaped the wretched fortress, and yet something bound them together."

Smoke reforms the scene again showing Ozma and Salem running away from the tower holding hands. Once at a safe distance, the two stop to catch their breath before looking to each other. The look they give each other makes me feel nauseous.

"Ozma had been ready to give his life for justice countless times, but now saw a woman worth saving it for. And Salem, to her surprise, found her freedom not in the outside world she had yearned for, but in the eyes of the man that had saved her."

"So, where should we go now?" Salems soft voice sounds, Ozma smiles offering her his hand "Wherever you'd like."

"The two fell deeply in love"
"Argh"
"And planned adventures around the world, and lived happily ever after."
"Gross"

The two lovebirds stand together holding hands

"Or at least that's what should have been."
"That sounds ominous" I comment as the smoke reforms the scene showing Salem kneeling at an unconscious Ozma's bedside. It's then I notice she's sobbing whilst holding his hand.

"Ozma, the infallible hero of legend, fell ill. And where all the beasts and blades of the world had fallen short, a single sickness prevailed."

Ozma's body disappears in a flurry of blue smoke
"How could the Gods let this happen?" Salem sobs, I can't help but feel sorry for her

"The Gods, brothers of light and darkness, creation and destruction. Salem prayed they would see the injustice that had befallen her love and make things right." Jinn explains

Two orbs encircling above lower down, and I watch the two conjoin in front of me. A bright light and blue smoke transitions the scene, this time showing a brightly lit place with a stairway leading up the mountain.

"The Domain of Light was a sacred place." Jim's voice lowers slightly, respectfully

Salem approaches the stairway, offering flowers. She holds Ozma's scepter in her hand.