Shattered Reflection

Chapter Eleven

Loki's POV

"Princess?" The woman asks horsely. She tries to stand but Reuka pushes her back down gently.

"No. Please don't strain yourself. Not for me," She tells her. The boy stares at her with wide eyes.

"Princess?!" He scrambles and makes a quick little bow, I smile at him. He may have attempted to steal, but he's been raised well.

"I'm going to help you, don't you worry." Reuka say delicately. The mother nods.

She kneels beside the mother and presses her fingers to her head. Her eyes light up gold and I see the veins in her arms surging gold as well. My heart constricts as I think of Natalia. My darling angel.

The little boy starts to panic, "What is she doing?! Please don't hurt her, princess!" The small boy wails. I hold on to his arm softly.

I kneel down to his level, "It's alright, she's trying to help. I promise."

My words seems to calm him as he stops struggling but I can still see the worry in his expression.

Reuka's eyes soon return green and the mother sits up. Her face has some color again and she has a health glow. Reuka stands and helps the woman up. She's a little shaky on her legs, but she couldn't be smiling wider.

"I-I can walk! I can stand! I'm healed! Oh thank you your majesty!" The woman curtsies and starts to cry. The boy hugs his mother and then goes to hug Reuka. She bends down and hugs him tightly.

"Thank you so much Princess!" He says. He eyes water up and tears run down his face.

She smiles and wipes the tears from his cheeks. He runs back to his mother and clings to her tightly. I feel my heart twitch. It's been sometime since my mother's death but I still think about it and it still hurts. I feel better knowing that this little boy will grow up with his mother.

She stands and I smile. We say our goodbyes and take our leave. I smile at Reuka, she's so kind. We make it to a park with a large lake and we sit.

"I'm sorry I made you upset," She says. My face twists in confusion.

"How did you upset me?" I ask. She looks at me.

"I felt your uneasiness when I used my magic. It reminds you of...
her," Reuka says.

"It's just going to hurt, I cannot stop that. It's just the way that life is," I sigh. 

Natalia's POV

We went back to the palace and went our separate ways for a little while. I was just letting my mind wonder when I heard a soft cry. I realize that I've made my way back around to Loki's quarters. I crack the door and peer inside. He is holding my picture. Her picture. Tears run down his face as he stares at it. It's a painting made very realistic by magic, I am smiling widely with Loki by my side. Tears run down the frame.

Loki's broken look, his broken eyes, kill me inside. I didn't think it possible, but my heart breaks even more. It just hurts, it all hurts. The heartbreak suddenly turns to anger. From anger, untamed rage.

I storm into the throne room and I find my mother. Tears are running down my face and I feel myself turning gold.

"YOU DID THIS TO ME!!! I WILL HATE YOU UNTILL THE DAY I DIE!!!" I roar and start to storm towards her. My hair whipping around me like a flame.

"Guards!!!" She yells and the palace guards restrain me. I blast a few with magic.

"I DEMAND YOU RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT!!!" I yell at the rough guards.

My mother whispers something and I cry out as my power is suddenly drained. I thrash against them as they drag me out.

"I HOPE YOU BURN IN HEL!!!" I yell at my mother as the doors of the throne room slam and block my view from her.

"LET GO OF ME!!!" I keep fighting as they drag me down the hallway.

"What's going on?" I see Loki coming out of his room, but one if the guards stop him.

"LOKI!!! GET THEM OFF ME!!!" I scream. He fights against them but a few of them pushes him back as they throw me into my room.

They toss me in roughly and I slide across the smooth floor. I get up and throw myself against the door. I push but to no avail.

I cry out and I turn my head, suddenly looking at a mirror. I stare at the stranger peering back at me. I don't recognize her, I don't recognize myself.   I scream and with a wave of my hand the mirror goes flying off the wall and crashes to the floor.

I laugh dryly at the shattered glass. My laugh becomes more crazed as I throw and break everything in sight. My laughing turns to screams of anger as I destroy the room. I walk over to the vanity and push all the bottles off and they crash to the floor. I stare a yet another mirror. I scream and punch it, the glass shatters. I yell out and the windows shatter, spraying glass all around me. My skin turns gold as my anger increased. I hit the board of my bed and it splinters, I hiss at the pain. But it only fuels the flames.

I drop to the ground, shaking from rage. I slam my fist to the ground and the tile cracks. I'm completely out of control but I can only smile devilishly  as the floor cracks further and further around me. The chandelier above me begins to rattle and the crystals burst, raining down the sparkling shards on me.

Guards and my mother burst in and restrain me. I feel heavy iron on my arms. I look to see I am chained to the floor. My hand are in large iron gloves. I can't move my fingers. They leave without a word and I pull against the chains. They don't budge.

My doors slam and I fall to the floor in defeat. I don't cry as I have no tears left.

I lay among the shattered glass.

Shattered, like my heart.