A Court Of Love & Sufferings

ch.14

(25 years later)

The king is nervous these days. I heard Amarantha was killed leading the high lords to be free from her bind. I sit in the dark prison where i would hear the guards talking. They are my only source of news. I am not allowed to step out. The guards would occasionally talk among themselves and i would hear them.

For decades i have been in this prison since that day i failed to kill the king.
My leg is bound to a heavy metal chain.
Someone would pass meals from under the door. Every few days a man would come and give me those faebane shots.
I knew they did it so i won't try another rampage. Because he knows i will end him if i got my hands on him.

I feel nothing. I haven't felt anything since jack died. I have no will to live. My body waiting for its demise. I feel lonely. Here in this dark cold room i am left alone, the loneliness slowly eating away my mind.

I haven't been myself since i lost jack. My only friend,my only companion,only one who loved me...
He told me he loved me i don't think i deserve his love. It cost him his life. I would never forgive myself for not saving him. For decades i wondered what if i had searched for him earlier,i could have saved him. He wouldn't have died if i was not careless.

So i remain in this prison not even trying to breakfree to punish myself. I deserve this. I deserve to be locked in a cell,forgotten by everyone.

Next time i wake up i hear guards talking in hush whispers.

"The king has lost it. He is making everyone search for something forgotten by history. No one knows what exactly they are but he has everyone on command to find them at any cost" a man says.

"Probably because amarantha is dead and now the high lords have their powers back. He is scared they might come for him now" replies another voice.

"He is preparing for war. He will attack them first before they would come for him."

The darkness comes closer to me probing around me. They stay close to me like the have been for the last two decades.

I realize the king must be looking for the cauldron and those dread trove items.I wonder if those high lords would do something, before he finds them.Would they be able to win againt the king.

I let myself drown in my misery. Shutting the world outside.

One day someone enters my cell. Max, he is here to bring me to the king. I let myself dragged by them.
We enter the secluded area i have never been there before.

"Look who has come to greet me.It's been a while since we have met. Our last meeting was a disaster" the king says.

I remain still giving him no reaction.

"Won't you say something now. I have missed you".

"Alright. I have called you today to give you a good news. I have found what i was searching for centuries"

"Look at that my precious weapon. I finally got my hands on it. Now i will conquer the whole world. Prythian will be under my command. I will rule over those fae."

I panic as i realize what is in front of me. The Cauldron. He found it.
My mind going blank. As i think what would happen now
The king would start the war. He will use it to win.

I wonder if it's too late to do anything now. I remember my mother's words, she described the cauldron to be able to do anything. It's a deadly weapons that shouldn't be in wrong hands.

I can't let it happen. I should do something. I wonder if i can destroy the cauldron with my powers.

I steal a sword from the soldier beside me and stab him. I let darkness surround the remain soldiers. It's weak all those faebane has weaken me. I won't be able to hold out for long.

"Woah another one of your rampage. Are you trying to kill me again. Last time wasn't enough to see what would happen. Put that sword down girl. I ain't got time for this right now"

I walk toward the cauldron. It's standing on three legs,water fill up its center.

"What are you doing"

The king grabs my arm tightly

"Stay away from it"

I use my mind manipulation skills on him. He flinchs letting go of me.

"Whaa..tt"
"How long have you.."

I cut him off by going past through his mind shields. And commanding him to remain still.

He stands like a statue. I make my move.

I tried attacking it with the sword, it didn't even form a scratch. Throwing the sword i let my flames lit, i tried burning it. Nothing happend.

It was all in vain. It can't be destroyed.
My moment of distraction allows the king to come out of my control. He pulls on me,i turn towards him fighting his grip. I step backwards.

It happens too fast. I fall back into the Cauldron. Water splashing around me as i struggle to keep myself up.

"No" i hear the king scream.

Hands try grabbing me as i struggle to keep up with the pull drawing me inside the water.

The water never ending.
How? it was a small size pot where is this all water coming from.

I panic trying to swim, the pull too strong to resist as it lures me in.
Darkness engulfs me. It is scary not even a pinch of light around me.

The pull drawing me towards it. It feels like a force is trying to eat my presence.
Something powerful, scary, godly.

My energy runs out as i stop struggling, the darkness drowning me further in it.
I feel myself being consumed by the darkness.