Darkest Days

We Meet Again

I yawn and stretch over, hugging my two favourite people in the world. "Good morning, Beautiful. Good morning, Princess." I kiss them both on the forehead. "Princess, me and mummy are going into the empire today. Will you be a good girl and stay home while we're gone? I promise we will be back." I kiss her forehead again "Yes daddy, I'll be a good girl." I nod. "Now, who wants to eat breakfast?" Both Lilly and Hypatia perk up. "Ok, I'll go make breakfast. Does my little princess want to come, or does she want to stay in bed with mummy?" I look at her. "Mummy! I want to stay with mummy!" I smile "Ok" I walk out of the room, wearing a fake pout. I go to the kitchen and bake some bread, then I walk back in. We ate and talked. Afterwards, I take the dishes back and wash them. Then, I get ready, and so does Lilly. The time is 12:40. We need to go soon I walk behind Lilly and hug her, resting my head on her shoulder. I slowly whisper in her ear, "It's time to go, Sexy." I smirk, knowing she hates it when I call her that. Hypatia just thinks it's gross. "You know I hate that. I don't want to go." I can hear how depressed she is, she was having trouble saying the last sentence. "I don't want to go either, but it's either we go, or he comes here." I nibble on her earlobe and she shivers "Ok... Let's go, honey." she says, smiling at me.
We go and kiss Hypatia good bye and walk to the empire and are escorted to the palace by the royal guards. As Lilly and I walk up the great marble steps, we are greeted by the fat jolly man everyone makes him to be. But, I know he just wants my daughter, and for god only knows why. My thoughts are broken by the Emperor clearing his throat. "We shall head in. We have many things to discuss." Lilly and I follow him in cautiously, and he leads us to a room down in the basement of the palace. As we walk in, he locks the door behind him and sits on the couch. "Please, make yourself at home." Lilly and I sit down cautiously. "Now, I believe you have something that belongs to me." He smiles sickly. Lilly suddenly yells; "SHE'S NOT YOURS AND SHE NEVER WILL BE!" I put my arm around Lilly to calm her. "She is right. I will die before you get her or my wife." He smirks and raises an eyebrow.
"Really now?" He pauses, then suddenly yells out, causing both of us to jump. "GUARDS!" Several armed men rush in and swiftly tie me and Lilly up. They then leave like nothing happened. I watch the Emperor push Lilly. She falls, losing her balance and landing on the couch. He sits me on a chair across from the couch. I watch him get on top of her "DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER!" He suddenly ferociously tears off her dress, smirking. He fondles her breasts. She screams. "NO! YOU SICK BASTARD!" I try to get up, but I just can't. I'm forced to watch this sick man I once looked up to rape my wife.

-*A few hours later*-

The Emperor returned to the room, with a man dressed in a completely black costume. He wielded an axe, and a black mask shielded his face. My wife, who was still a crying mess, slowly sat up, her voice shaking. "W-who's he...?" Unfortunately, we already knew the answer to that. Public executions were popular in our empire. We knew exactly who this man was. The Emperor snapped his hands, a cruel smile masking his face. The man walked towards my wife, raising the steel signal of death. Without even a hint of humanity in the man's dead eyes, he swung the axe. My wife's head came clean off. Her body crumpled to the floor, and her once-beutiful dress was tainted with her own blood. "NO!" Tears blurred my vision as I fell to my knees. "Guards!" The same two guards from before ran in and restrained me. It wasn't hard, given my weak position, emotionally and physically. My wife is dead. I shouldn't have brought her here. "Y-You..." My tone was barely audible. But the second I saw that demon's face approach me, I screamed. "YOU MONSTER!" My pain only brought amusement to his expression, as he kneeled down in front of me and placed a finger underneath my chin. "Perhaps you should've just handed her to me while your blood still ran through your veins." Those were the last words I ever heard before I felt a sharp pain in my body, my back arching in response. The world around me slowly faded, getting darker,