Destiny

Chapter 7

*HeeYoung's POV*

It was morning and It pained me to wake up. I rolled over and saw Sehun still asleep. After what he'd told me yesterday I couldn't bare to look at my sisters let alone sleep in the same room as them. Sehun let me sleep in his room and I was grateful for it. He was going to sleep in his chair but I told him it would be fine if he stayed on the other side of the bed. Through the night we gradually got closer and he was right beside me when I woke up. It was comforting. I kissed his cheek and jotted down a little note to leave on his pillow. I ran my hand through his hair one more time before leaving. I had to go face my so called sisters. I went downstairs just in time to catch KyungMi sneaking back into our room. We both went inside. KyungMi tried to lay down and go to sleep but i stopped her. "Do not go to sleep!" I shouted. I shook both MiYoung and JinHee and woke them up too. They were both groggily looking at me but I didn't care. "I'm a witch~?!" I questioned angrily. "Shhh~!" MiYoung said. "Keep your voice down~!" JinHee said. I quieted down but my anger didn't waver. "Yes, KyungMi said, it's true but we don't have our powers anymore."

"Okay,I said, no more lies. Tell me everything."

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*KyungMi's POV*

I took a deep breath. I told my sisters everything that I knew about how and why our mother died. "The people of the kingdom were afraid of what she might do to them. So they refused to allow her to be their Queen any longer. She was once so beloved to them but someone started a rumor that she was a dark witch and with the number of children going missing during the time the people needed someone to blame. The night that they came for her she bound our powers in hopes that if we posed no threat to anyone we would be spared. The noise we heard from the closet was the mob that came to behead her and burn her body." I looked at my sisters. They were all crying and so was I. "How do we get our powers back?" HeeYoung asked. "I'm not sure but I'm hoping this might have the answer in it." MiYoung said while pulling a book from under her pillow. It was our mother's witch's diary. "I've been studying it for a while" she said. Just then we interrupted by Mistress Lucy who rushed into our room wielding her wooden stick with eyes of fury heading straight for HeeYoung. She swung at her but MiYoung having jumped in front taking the blow. Mistress Lucy was furious. She knocked MiYoung to the ground and started to beat them both. JinHee had had enough.

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*JinHee's POV*

I lunged at Mistress Lucy and shoved her. I punched her over and over until one of the kitchen staff members called for the guards. Soon I felt hands on me as I was dragged out of the room and taken away. I screamed for them to let me go but they held onto me. I was dragged into the throne room and the king looked at me. The guards told him what happened and he ordered for me to be put in the dungeon. Without even hearing my case I was tossed into a cell. Me! A princess! Tossed into prison like a common criminal. My true station in life didn't matter since to the outside world I was nothing but a slave. I sat in my cell quietly until night fall until someone appeared at the door. I looked up to find a badly bruised Mistress Lucy staring at me. She smiled brightly and it made me want to vomit. "What the hell do you want?" I asked. "Why to confess my dear. Since it's likely they'll hang you for this I figured you might as well know how your life got to this point. You see dear, I seduced your father and led him to his untimely death. He was a fool and did everything I asked him to. I had him go out on a boat into a treacherous storm just to go and find me precious silks from far away lands and the idiot actually went!" She said. She laughed. I could tell she was pleased with herself. "And poor MiSo~!, she continued, I have to say I am sorry for the way they killed her. I didn't know the crowds could be so cruel to hang,draw, and quarter her. I think the beheading story I told KyungMi was a bit cleaner for young ears don't you think? Anyway~ she got what she had coming." I growled at her and rushed at the bars. I wanted to strangle her. "It was you wasn't it!" I shouted. "Well of course dear. Who else could have told those villagers about your little family secret? Oh and those children I took~ don't worry they went quickly. I couldn't torture poor little children." She laughed hideously. "You bitch! You evil evil bitch!" I screamed. "You got it wrong by one letter sweetie,she whispered, you mean witch." She smiled at me and showed her true face. It was disgusting. She had cracked gray skin and her eyes turned black. Even her teeth and hands looked rotten. Her face changed back to normal. "And don't worry about your sisters they'll join you in the afterlife soon enough." She waved and walked out of the dungeon.

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*MiYoung's POV*

I raced down the hall. The guards had dragged JinHee away and I heard that she was put in the dungeon. My stomach was in knots and I knew I couldn't go to the king unless I wanted to be beheaded myself. That would't help anyone. I knew there was one thing I could do. The only person I could ask to help. I bolted up the stairs and knocked on his door. I was stopped by the two guards in front of it. The door opened and he looked at me. It seemed as if the only time he saw me was when I was looking like a bat out of hell. Still he invited me inside and closed the door. I bowed deeply and dropped to my knees. "Your majesty~" I said with my head down. I had begun sobbing. "Your majesty please. Please help me help my sister." The tears flowed freely as I told him everything leading up to what happened. Including the truth about my mother. I probably shouldn't have but his aura was so calming that I felt the need to bare all to him. When I was done he sat on the floor next to me and one tear slid down his face. "Consider it done~, he said, I will get your sister free if you promise me one thing." "Anything~" I said. I wasn't above stooping to despicable lows if it meant saving my sister's life. "Come back to my room tonight" he said while standing. I looked up at him and nodded. My head knew what he probably wanted from me but my heart didn't see it that way. His concern seemed so genuine I wanted to beg my mind to believe in him the way my heart did. "I'll get your sister out and while I'm at it the 4 of you are moving out of that disgusting room. Mark my words MiYoung things will get better."