Life and Death

Prolog

                  

It was a dark night in october and nothing dare make a sound. Until the baby; down the hall from her parents; the king and queen, started to cry. Slowly her mother began to walk down the hall and into her infant daughter’s room. The young queen made her way to her daughter’s crib , she picked her up and hugged her close as her glossy black hair shined in the moonlight that was silently seeping into the room. "Hush my daughter, I'm here now there's no need to cry." she said in a soothing voice, the words flowed out of her mouth like silk in a warm summer's breeze. The baby stopped crying at her mother's soothing words. " There we are love. See? No need to cry, I'm here. I wont let those nightmares hurt you. For nightmares, shadows, darkness, and even death obey me. And soon they will obey you too my beautiful daughter. My beautiful Anastasia." The young child in her Mother's arms started to smile, and for a moment they were both blissfully happy. But that happiness was short lived, for the people of the kingdom were in an outrage for both life and death the rulers of all things good and bad, light and dark, their own king and queen to give birth to a child that with a wave of their hand could both give life and take life. Now the king and queen were expecting the kingdom to be in an outrage about them having a child. But they were not expecting them to be in an outrage about their second born child. Now the reason was very understandable for their eldest child, the prince who was no more than twelve, was not born with any powers, unlike the young princess who was born with the powers of her mother and father. The child was the ultimate weapon, some were horrified of the child while others wanted the child for their own. The young child giggled but, suddenly stopped as she saw a dark figure slowly appeared  behind the queen. The dark figure raised their arm revealing a sharp knife and stabbed the queen. The queen fell to the ground. The figure then grabbed the queen's neck and slit it with the sharp blade. Blood splatters the young child's face as it shrieks in shock. Suddenly the prince bursts into the room and sees the dark figure that is now recognizable as a man with dark hair and a scar over his one eye . The young prince then took the sword off the wall and  stabbed the man killing him instantly, he dropped the weapon in his hands and falls to his knees sobbing . " Mother father's dead and it looks like you are too now . " the young prince then closes his mother's dull and lifeless eyes . He hears his infant sisters cries, he picks her up and cleans off her bloody face with a rag " Hush it's ok now. I won't let anyone hurt you as long as I live I promise. You're all I have left now. But if I want to keep you safe I can't keep you here dear sister, but don't worry I will make sure that you're safe and I'll come visit you my adorable little sister Anastasia." The prince said as tears fell from his eyes.