Royal Powers

Prologue

"Princess!" A voice calls from behind me. "Her highness requests your appearance in the throne room." I sigh. Turning around, I start walking towards the throne room. The heavy door creaks and a guard nods at me. The room is well lit from the skylights, and in the middle of it all, Mother stands on a golden throne. "You may all be dismissed." She demanded. As everyone scrambled out of the room, she motioned for me to come forward. "Princess, I'm getting old. Now, do you remember what happens when a monarch gets old?" She asked me. I thought back to all my studies. "Their power fades..." I replied. Mother nodded. "Correct, now I..." groaning, she looked up at me. "Regina...call the doct-'' she muttered through the pain, yet she was interrupted by a thud. The thud of the queen falling off her throne. "Mother!" As I reached towards her, a searing pain formed in my stomach. It felt as if someone was stabbing me in my upper abdomen. I knew that once Mother's power faded it would come to me, but no history book explained the pain. As I sat there in pain, not knowing what to do, the only thing I could think of doing was screaming. Loud enough to shake the walls of the palace. People started rushing in through the door immediately, half going to my mother, and the other half to me. My vision was beginning to get blurry and all the words people were telling me were beginning to fade. I felt something wet dripping down my lips and noticed that my nose started bleeding, but between the stabbing pain and the booming headaches, it didn't make a difference. This can't be happening. Not now... I'm only 14! All of the training I have had up until this moment could not train me for what was happening. As I looked around, the last thing I saw before I passed out was my mother's crown being taken away from her.