A Smash of Kings

Chapter 19: Oathmaker

In the morning, Rosalina sat down in front of a dresser with a mirror on top of it. She was doing her makeup in preparation for the day ahead of her. After she finished her foundation, she put the container on the dresser and studied her face. As she made sure that she was done, the door to the room burst open wildly. Startled, she spun around and saw her husband enter the room. Both his hands were clenched, and, in his left fist, there was a letter. King Ganon approached his Queen-to-be with each step becoming progressively more thunderous and angry. Rosalina was used to seeing the King's fits of rage, but never this early in the morning.

Rosalina stood up in her baby blue nightgown as the King opened the crumbled and slightly ripped letter. He asked with heat in his voice, "Why was a letter addressed to the new False King found on one of your ravens leaving the Capital?"

Rosalina looked down, initially too intimidated to say anything. Because of her silence, King Ganon slammed the letter on the dresser. The impact of his hand shook Rosalina; she tried to hide her fear by looking down, but she failed too. "Answer me, Rosalina! I am your King!"

"It seems so simple to you," Rosalina responded, still not looking at the King, "There are spies in Smashville, ones close to the Crown too. You must think that I'm one of them, but it's much more complicated than that, Your Grace."

"If it's more complicated than that, whose letter is it?" King Ganon replied, almost snarling in Rosalina's face.

"I...," Rosalina responded weakly, thinking on her feet, "I can't say, Your Grace..."

The King grunted, making Rosalina's heartbeat accelerate even faster, "If you will not tell me anything else, My Queen, I must act accordingly... Based on this evidence, I can't say whether or not it will end well for you."

At an ends, Rosalina bursted out, "Meta Knight! It's his blasted letter! He..." now caught in a difficult situation, Rosalina took a deep breath, her eyes beginning to water. The King, once accusatory, now had a sympathetic air about him, "He threatened my life if I told anyone, Your Grace... I'm sorry I couldn't tell you earlier... I was so scared..."

"I should've known," King Ganon muttered angrily. He looked at Rosalina, who seemed to be tearing up, "I'm sorry about my frankness, my Queen. I shouldn't've been like that to you." Before he left, he looked back at Rosalina, who slumped in the chair that she sat in before, and vowed, "He will pay for threatening you like this, My Queen. Mark my words."

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"If the Great Fairy only brings certain people back, then why did she choose to bring me back?" Lucina asked Ness, who sat on the edge of her bed.

Ness looked around the small, dark room. Lucina could tell that he was trying his best to think of an answer; he knew why The Great Fairy brought him back to life. In their many conversations, he told her that his purpose in life was to serve King Marth. Lucina's purpose must be the same. Yet, she had already served Marth, and served him well, by the time of her death. In her perspective, if that was her ultimate purpose to live, why did her life not end when her service did?

"I can't say," Ness explained, "You have served on the King's Council, even been his Hand for so long. Clearly, the Great Fairy believes that you must have something greater in your destiny."

"The only thing greater than being the Hand of the King is being the King," Lucina thought aloud as she straightened her back while lying on her bed.

Ness shrugged, "Perhaps that is what the Great Fairy believes in."

Quickly, Lucina sat up and asked, "You think that the Great Fairy believes that I should be the King?"

"...or Queen," Ness suggested.