Being a Princess is not what I signed up for!

7-Crimes against Nature

Father growled angrily "Castiel! You mated with her! The filth from the woods! You were to go to a kingdom and make a good alliance! You couldn't even do that right! You're a disappointment!". I growled back "I don't care what you think! She is everything to me and don't you dare call her filth again! It's you who is filth! You can't even accept that I am happy with her! I am an Alpha! Most Fathers would be happy if their Alpha's mated and were happy but no all you want is power! You're greedy and wrong!". Mother was away so she wasn't here to stop him. I had to protect her, she was everything to me. Father growled "Castiel! She is pregnant! It's been two weeks since that incident and the healer has told us of the monstrosity you have made with her! Not only have you mated with a non noble! You impregnated her!". Father brought in the healer and said too calm "But don't worry Son, you're mistake will be undone. The healer has revealed that there is a way to correct this. The child will cease to exist and she won't remember what you did. Her scent will remain hers and yours won't be on her. It will be like nothing ever happened". I shook my head and tried to lunge at him but the knights held me back as some of the other knights brought in my unconscious mate. I wanted her safe in my arms and our child, it had to be saved. He couldn't do this to me! He had gone mad! I watched in horror as the healer utterly destroyed my child with something I can only describe as a murder weapon. Then I watched as my scent was wiped from her and the bite hidden with strong magic. No trace of her being my mate left on her. I slumped in sadness wanting her to be in my arms again but I was put in chains and kept in my room, which was locked for good measure. She was returned to the order with no recollection of me mating with her. I felt utterly destroyed but so did nature. As the days of sadness went on I watched from my window as she walked through the courtyard like nothing had happened and I could see the sadness linger in her eyes as if she secretly knew. Then I saw how the forest darkened and every creature was fighting to get away from it. Even the nymphs were rushing away from it. It was as if nature was unbalanced by what happened. Two weeks later Mother returned furious with Father but she couldn't release me or change what happened.

-Two years later-

Then it happened. I was watching her closely as always when she fell to the floor screaming. The rest of the animals fled from the forest as the trees withered at the same time her screams reached their maximum. I fought against the chains tying me to my room wanting to be down there with her more than anything. My Father was going to pay for this. Locked away from the world for two years forced to watch my mate live like she had no idea I existed. It was torture, now on top of it all I couldn't get to her when she needed me. Mother ran to her from where she was walking with a maid and called for the healer. They took Y/n back to the order and I couldn't take it any longer. I sat on my bed shaking violently from fear of losing her more than I already had. He had taken everything from me! He was going to wish he had never laid a finger on her!

-(The Queen of Caelum)Rebecca's PoV-

My Son's mate was screaming in a fit of pain and I was trapped in my own kingdom because my husband had gone mad. He had chained his own son, killed his own grandchild before it was even born and disowned all his sons. I couldn't do anything more than this. I returned to the castle hall to face my husband and as I was yelling at how idiotic he was the doors burst open letting in an icy chill. Frost sprouted everywhere and the most beautiful woman I had seen entered. She radiated purity and light and had bright green and purple eyes. She was wearing a dress of frosted over leaves and her gaze was terrifying. This was Y/n's Mother and she was furious. Charles growled at her "Leave you idiot! How dare you burst into the kings throne room uninvited! You will be taken to the dungeons!". She growled with every fibre of nature "How dare you address the Mother of Nature like that! My daughter is currently suffering from a loss greater than anything imaginable and you were the one who did this to her! You have committed a crime against nature you fool! I should kill you right now but I feel as though your mate should be the one to punish you for your crimes against nature!". He swallowed thickly realising just who he was talking to. I bowed to her respectfully and she smiled at me softly just like Y/n does, with such kindness in her eyes. She came over to me and cupped my face in her hands before saying "The child would've been beautiful. Life is delicate my queen. It must not be tampered with and neither can forces of nature. My daughter's balance has been disrupted, she is in a great deal of pain as well as nature here. It is dying my queen and it's all because your husband can't see past his blind need for power". I replied quietly "What can I do to help?". She sighed and said "Free your son. As nature I must punish your husband's crimes. Help your people over this year to get to somewhere safe. A winter is coming, one of the worst humanity has seen. If his crime is not undone it will destroy this kingdom. I am sorry but I have to do this by the laws of nature. He has disrupted the very balance of life and death itself. There are few crimes against nature but he broken two of the most ancient laws. That cannot go unseen". I shook with fear and turned to my husband before growling "You have doomed an innocent girl to suffering as well as dooming your own kingdom! You're pathetic!". I ran out the hall and straight to my sons. I looked to Gabriel and said "Gabriel, my dear go get your mate. He must find out everything to do with crimes against nature and how to reverse the damage done". He nodded immediately seeing how terrified I truly was. He left his room for his mate and I rushed to Michael. He was going to be mated to a wonderful healer. She came from Thekla, she knew Y/n very well. Hopefully she could help her in some way. He looked at me from where he was holding her calmly in her sleep and I said softly "Michael, your father has done something terrible and now the kingdom is in a great deal of danger. Please wake your to be mate, Y/n has fallen gravely ill. He has forced nature to retaliate Michael by hurting her like that and his own son". Michael may of acted cold but he loved Castiel very much and he liked Y/n. He thought she was good for Castiel. He nodded waking his to be mate. She woke and I explained everything to her. Her eyes went wide and she rushed to the order. Michael got me the keys from the knights and I went straight to Castiel. He was shaking violently on his bed with tears that just wouldn't stop. I unlocked his chains quickly and he looked at me sadly. He asked brokenly "Please tell me she isn't dead?". I shook my head and replied "No, she's in pain. Her Mother came. My sweet boy, your father has doomed us all. But we'll fix it all . I promise. She said if we can reverse what he's done then the kingdom will be saved. Come, your mate needs you". He followed me out his room and I could see the rage in his eyes as I explained what the consequences were to what his Father did. When we got to the courtyard we stopped seeing Y/n's mother standing at the fountain. The whole kingdom had gathered there. She announced with the sound of nature flourishing through every syllable she spoke "Caelum! Your king has committed one of the most ancient crimes against nature! For this he has doomed his own kingdom! A winter is to come and it will be one of the worst humanity has seen! When this tree's last leaf falls to the ground winter shall hit this kingdom! You have been warned, if the crime is reversed the tree shall flourish further and will never lose it's leaves and the winter shall never come!". She touched the center of the fountain making a tree grow through the ground and consume the fountain with roots. It looked giant and old but beautiful all the same. She looked at me and I saw the sad look all Mother's get when their children are suffering. Y/n's wolf went up to her and she petted it saying "look after her. She'll need you". The wolf just barked at her and rushed to Castiel and I. She rushed past us into the order and we followed immediately seeing Mother Nature disappear in a swarm of butterflies. We reached Y/n's room and she was screaming to the heavens. Every piece of nature in that room was withering and dying and I couldn't face Castiel's expression. He ran to her tears still in his eyes and the healer Pamela was trying to calm her but nothing was working. She looked at Castiel and said "I'm assuming you're the one who gave her that". Castiel looked down on the bite he gave her and nodded before Pamela said "Talk to her. I want to see if this works. Y/n has many secrets and one of them is that her mind cannot be tricked easily. Someone has tried to alter her memories and as a result her mind is retaliating after two years of trying to fight the block on her memories. She remembers and she's in pain because of it. I'm not even sure if she'll wake if she calms but she needs to be calmer or the nature in this room will crumble and it needs to stay alive for her sake. Nature is a her power Castiel, without it she'll die". Castiel took Y/n's hand and talked softly to her telling her he was there and wasn't going to leave her again. I could see he meant it, he truly wasn't going to leave her. She stopped screaming and started whimpering and shaking violently. Her hands were on her stomach almost protectively and she wouldn't let go. Castiel laid next to her and took her into his arms moving his hands under hers. Her breathing slow as he whispered in her ear and rubbed her stomach soothingly. I caught a little of what he was saying and it warmed my heart. He was whispering "Shh, we'll get our pup back. I promise. We'll reverse whatever he has done to hurt you and nature. Just come back to me, please. I love you, I won't leave. I promise, just come back". He was making so many promises he made solid and determined intentions of keeping. His brothers just watched in awe as he soothed his mate completely. Nature started flourishing again more than ever. It was beautiful.

-Y/n's PoV-

I woke up with tears falling from my eyes as I remembered everything that had happened to me. Mother's words echoed through my mind. "Life cannot be taken if it hasn't seen the world in which it was born in!". You couldn't just take a baby's life before it has been born, it's a crime against nature. I felt Castiel pull me impossibly closer to him as I let my tears fall. The queen, Pamela, Michael and Gabriel were in my room with us watching with concerned faces. I felt dampness on my shoulder from where Castiel had been crying and I turned to face him quickly wiping his tears away. He didn't deserve this, he deserved happiness. He smiled sadly at me and I managed a small sincere smile at him before I felt the sadness creep in again. I buried my face in his chest not wanting to face the world and he asked me gently "Y/n, what do you remember?". I replied softly "If you're referring to how your Father brutally destroyed our child then I remember all of it. I may of been unconscious but I still remember it. Cas he broke one of Nature's most absolute laws with the only exception being miscarriage". The queen asked "You know the crimes of Nature?". I nodded and replied "Death is not to be undone unless wrongly taken, life is not to be taken if it has not yet seen the world it has been made in, magic is not to be taken from magic born creatures. There are only three". Gabriel said "Dad took your child before it was born. It didn't actually see anything outside of you. So he broke the law because babies are life". I nodded and Castiel tightened his grip on me. I could see the anger in his eyes. I kissed his cheek trying to keep his anger at a minimum. Now was not the time for death. There will be enough death soon enough. I asked "What has my Mum done to punish the king?". The queen replied "A winter, one of the worst humanity has seen. She said if we reverse the crime then the winter won't come. The winter will come when the tree she made in the courtyard loses its last leaf. If we reverse what has been done the tree will flourish forever and the winter will never come". I went wide eyed and asked "How far will it spread?". She replied "Just the kingdom". I nodded in understanding and relaxed again knowing she wasn't going full out war against the world again like last time something like this happened. The last time happened to be the fucking ice age so nice to know only the place I was living in would be getting that treatment. Sam came in and said "There is nothing on crimes against nature anywhere in the library!". I replied "They're in the pedestal". Sam blinked a few times before asking "Should I go get them or do you already know what's going on?". I replied "Don't bother, I already know what crime he broke. My Mother seared the laws into my mind. Not exactly something you forget when the bedtime stories she tells you are of disasters that were caused because people kept breaking the laws". The queen sent Sam off to find a way to restore the life of a unborn child since there was no chance of me being able to conceive another child. My fertility was also thoroughly destroyed. It was going to be a long wait until winter.