Terrified screams resonate off the palace walls. Bright crimson flames are climbing higher, the intense heat almost becoming unbearable Stuggling to breath,I'm running with as fast as my little legs will allow me, to keep up with the lady in front of me. Her grey, irridesent gown flowing around her as she takes my hand.
Chaos erupts around us as men, women and children are running for their lives.My legs start to ache as we twist and turn; corridor after corridor. There are various bodies strewn on the floors, people moaning for help, painful scream coming from their pale lips.
"Hurry, Ethallia! " yells the woman. Her deep violet curls are coming undone, as I catch a glimps of pointed ears. My hand squeezes hers tighter. Tears are streaming down my face as the smell of smoke and blood invades my senses.
"Mommy,what's happening? " I question in a quivering voice. We round a corner, slowing toward the end. She hurriedly runs her slim hands along the wall,then she presses on a section. A panel slides to the left to reveal a hidden corridor, a musty smell fills my nose as she turns me to face her. Her eyes, the same deep violet of her hair, are brimming with tears as she kisses my forehead.
" Baby, I need you to listen to me carefully," she pauses, looking back as a loud blast shakes the palace. She turns back to me, urgency in her voice, "I need you to go in this corridor and go all the way down till you reach a tiny room. You wait there and don't come out till someone comes to get you. No matter what you hear. " she reaches up and unclasps her golden locket from her neck,then puts it on mine.
Another blast shakes the palace as a guard rounds the corner, panic in his eyes and covered in blood," My queen," he stutters," the palace has been breached!! We can't hold them back any longer we must go!!" She lays her violet eyes on me,tears streaming down her face. She places her fingers on the golden locket.
"Keep this around your neck, never take it off it will protect you," her voice cracks as she tries to hold back more tears, "Remember,I will always be with you." She kisses my forehead then pushes me in the dark musty corridor and quickly slides the door behind her.
" Mommy, wait please!!" I bang on the door till my arms ache , sobbing and shaking. The palaces shakes violently, knocking me back into my sensed. I grasp the locket around my neck and run blindly down the corridor.
I feel like its never going to end until I stumble into a small room lit with dim, floating white lights. I scramble to a corner, tears blurring my vision. I pull my legs to my chest as the palace shakes again.
Glancing around the room, all I see is a few dusty crates and boxes scattered about the in the dim glow of the lights. My vision begins to go in and out as exaustion slowly takes a hold of me. A dim light shines at the end of the tunnel, I can barely make out a voice calling my name before my world goes black.
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Hey everyone! This is my first story so bear with me!! I've had this idea in my head and finally decided to put it out there. Don't worry Ethallia and Emma are the same person but the details on that won't come till next chapter and I promise it'll be a long one!!
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