Forbidden (A Short Story)

Shatter

A king and queen had met years ago, forced into marriage by their own parents. On their wedding day, they took their pictures with unhappy, disgruntled faces. But as time continued on, they fell deeply in love, enjoying every moment they had with each other. Together, they had rules the kingdom of Corona, the sun shining brightly throughout the day, and the stars bringing a peaceful, comforting silence.
Four years after the happy couple married, they gave birth to a bubbly little girl, who had blonde hair and spring green eyes.
Queen Amelia had drunken the magic sap of the Sun Flower, which had transferred to her daughter, giving her child's hair the ability to heal others as long as it was not cut.
King Marcus and Queen Amelia were overjoyed with their little girl, but of course, happiness does not always last.
The King soon became sick, but his family never knew, for he kept it a well hidden secret. But as time continued, the king became greatly weakened by his unattended disease.
King Marcus had been playing with his wife and child, when he began to cough blood. He quickly dismissed it and continued to help his daughter build a castle from compacted blocks of dust from the moon's crust. Just as he was about to place another block on the perimeter of the castle, his fingers couldn't grasp the block anymore. His eyes opened wide, and his mouth averted into the shape of a silent scream. One hand was frozen, while the other clutched his stomach. He fell to the hard floor, still.
His funeral was the next week, the entire kingdom, a massive sea of black. The sun no longer seemed bright, the stars, just annoying spots of unremovable stains in the sky.
Queen Amelia was struck hard with sudden bitter resentment for love, claiming that all it did was hurt.
She soon decided to make a change in her life. Her wardrobe was soon filled with only dark red and black clothing. She dyed her hair black, and set them into a mass of curls. Her green eyes remained the same, but they never twinkled with delight for she never smiled.
As she sat down at her vanity, she called her little girl.
"Rapunzel, come at once," she said in a matter of fact tone.
A girl about eight years old scrambled to her mother.
"You will now call me Mother. No Mum, no Amelia, no Ma. I am now, Mother Gothel," the previous Queen Amelia stated.
She created a darker realm, skies covered in grey storm clouds, letting a flash of purple every once in a while. Her sad aura drew the company of a man named Pitch Black.
She never loved him, but Gothel thought it best for Rapunzel to have a father again, so Pitch and Gothel were married the following month. The scenery a complete mass of black and a blood red.
              Gothel constantly worried about Pitch not loving her anymore, so she used Rapunzel's hair to make her young, as Pitch was immortal. 
                Gothel didn't want her daughter to feel the pain she believed love gave.  So thus the Kingdom of Corona became the Kingdom Mortem Diligant.