Shift: The Two Kings

Chapter 1 - Massacre

Chapter 1 - Massacre

Standing near a window of the castle's second floor I stared at all the wolves, between 4 to 6 feet tall, training with eachother. I recognized most of them yet I saw a few new ones among them. A knock pulled me out of my thoughts, as King Alfonse walked in my room. King Alfonse was the ruler of the Rosewood Kingdom. He was 6 feet and 2 inches tall, light brown hair and bright hazel eyes. He walked to me and sat down at the chair of my desk.

"Are you ready, Alexis?" He asked.

"Truthfully Alfonse, I'm not, I've known all of them for years and thanks to one stupid slip-up they all know who I truely am. Why Alfonse? Why did he have to be among the enemy? Why did she, out of all people, betray us? She.. She was like family to me.." I saw hurt flash in King Alfonse's eyes, and I knew he also was hurt by her betreyal.

"I don't know Alexis."

"Hey, Alfonse, do you remember the day we first met?" His face suddenly became serious. " How could I forget."

- Flash back ( 8 Years ago ) -

I was holding my mothers hand with my left hand and my father's with my right, I smiled happyly at them while they suddenly pulled me up swinging me abit then bring me back down.

" Again! Again!" I screamed in joy, they pulled me up and swinged me again, but higher, while I laughed. My parents froze, the wind grew strong making my long red hair hit my face. My mother pushed me under the slide of the playground. " Alexis, whatever you see or hear, do not move from here. Okay?" My mother said. I nodded slowly while my green eyes had tears in them from falling on my rear end.

I didn't look much like my mom, I inherited almost all my looks from my father, he had red hair with forest green eyes. But I had gotten my ivory skin from my mother, yet I wished I had her piercing blue eyes and raven hair. Looking at the forest I saw a man with a golden crown on his head. He had jet-black hair and forest green eyes. Following him were 3 guards, one with brown hair, and the other two who looked alike had blonde hair, but all of them looked scary and they made me feel afraid.

My father quickly hid my mother behind him as she trembled in fear, the man wearing the golden crown stood infront of them with his guards surrounding my parents. " Where is she?" The man asked while he smirked at my mother as she shaked more. My father full of concern he held one of my moms hands, standing his ground he looked at the man and said " I have no idea who you are talking about, King Rupert."

The man in the crown, who I now assumed was King Rupert, laughed and not just any laugh, a laugh full of evil. He had his hand covering his face, he slid it down showing the twisted smirk that made me more afraid, in that moment I knew something bad was going to happen.

" Kill them." King Rupert said, while turning his back.

"No!" I yelled I ran out of my hiding place and froze in horror as all the guards had changed into 3 giant dark grey wolves. My parents couldn't even react by the time the wolves had lunged at them. In disgust, pain and horror I watched as they tore my parents limb from limb, their blood splattering everywhere along with a few organs and chunks of flesh.

My fathers head rolled to me, I didn't want to look but my body wouldn't let my eyes avert from his head, once his head hit my feet I stared back at his empty, lifeless green eyes. Water hit his face and I knew they were my own tears, falling on my knees I screamed and cryed hoping all of this was just a horrible dream. That any moment I would wake up and my parents would be fine and still alive.

" Oh, you've grown quite big Alexis." The man said while his guards snarled at me, getting closer with their blood coated fur. " Why!?, Why did you kill them!?" I screamed.