Charlotte Cheshire: Adopted By The King And Queen

Chapter 38

"So, did you figure out that maths question, Charlotte?" Dad asked me. I stopped staring down from the terrace and looked at him. "Yeah, I think I got something like 77." I replied with a smile, hiding the fear in my voice. Mum and Dad smiled at each other, oblivious to my life right now.

A waiter came over and took our food orders as I looked down and saw Morgana holding a knife threateningly to Kono's neck. She's been doing this for a while now, but it still scares me. "Charlotte, sweetie. What's wrong?" Mum asked me. I looked back up and shook my head. "Oh. N-nothing." I stuttered.

"Yes there is, you're stuttering."

Darn it. "I'm fine, honest." I told her, no longer stuttering. She didn't seem completely convinced and stood up to look over the terrace. "Oh my god! Ben, look!" She gasped. Dad stood up too and I looked to see Morgana slice up Kono's arm. Ducking under my parents, I ran out the restaurant and round to where they were.

I got there and ran over to Morgana. "Morgana, stop it! Please, I'll do anything!" I cried, tears streaming down my face. Kono shook his head, "No, Charlotte. You don't understand!" Morgana pulled on his hair and he stopped talking. "Stupid girlie. You think you can just walk in and have what you want? Well, life isn't a fairytale; not everyone gets their happy ending." Morgana told me.

I suddenly felt a pain in my stomach and fell to the floor, the life draining from me. "Charlotte!" Mum, Dad and Kono yelled before everything went black. The four hours were up.

Mal's POV

I screamed as Charlotte fell to the floor, all colour and life draining from her. Falling to the floor myself, I cried as Ben hugged me. He was crying too; we had both lost our little girl. "You see, Ben? You can't stop me now!" Morgana yelled as she disappeared.

Kono ran over to my life less daughter and hugged her, crying. "Ben, w-we need to g-go down there." I stuttered, still crying. "Yeah." Is all he replied before helping me up. We walked out of the restaurant, earning confused and worried glances. I couldn't handle it and ran out, round the back of the restaurant and towards Kono.

I gasped when I got there and saw what Kono was holding. "I didn't mean for this!" He told me, standing up. Charlotte lay on the ground, blood on her dress. In his left hand, Kono held a knife. "What did you- she was your girlfriend! She cared about you!" I exclaimed. He shook his head furiously, "No, you don't understand! Morgana, she-"

"She did nothing! You're the one with the knife! Charlotte was fine a moment ago!"

Ben appeared with two of the palace guards. When did they get here? I thought. Before I could answer that question, they walked past me and took Kono. Ben appeared next to me and hugged my waist as he told the guards, "Take him away. I'll deal with him later." Kono protested as the guards took him, bit I didn't listen.

Once he was gone, I turned around and cried into Ben's chest. "Shh shh, it's ok." He comforted me, hugging me. "It's not ok. He killed her, Ben! He killed his own girlfriend and tried to say it was Morgana." I sobbed, turning my head to look at Charlotte. Her pale pink dress now had a dark red patch where her heart was, and her hair had all dirt and mud in it.

Ben looked at me and I looked at him too before we crouched down and pulled Charlotte into out laps, not caring for the blood that was staining our clothes or hands. "I love you." I whispered as I kissed her head. A tear slipped onto her cheek and I pressed my head into Ben's shoulder. "If only this was a Rapunzel moment." Ben sighed, making me laugh lightly.

That would be a miracle.

Clara's POV

I stood there as Charlotte woke up. Limbo started to get brighter as it decided where she should go, but stopped once it found out she was of fallen angel descent. "What the-where am I?" She asked herself, her voice echoing through Limbo. I sighed at my daughter before muttering, "Charlotte."

She turned around and gasped when she saw me. "M-mum?" She asked, her eyes growing tears. I nodded and smiled, making her gasp and run to me. Catching her in a hug, I smiled as she cried into my shoulder. "Hey, hey, no tears. We wouldn't want to ruin that pretty face, would we?" I told her, making her laugh slightly. "Where are we?" She asked.

"Limbo. It's the place you go before Heaven or Hell. But, because you're the daughter if a fallen angel- me -you can't go to either." I replied, picking her up and walking over to a bench. She seemed confused and asked, "So...I'm dead and stuck in Limbo forever?" I laughed lightly and shook my head. "No, sweetie. Your story hasn't got an ending yet, so you can go back to earth and finish what you started."

"What I started? What's that?"

"The fight between you and Morgana. Charlotte, everyone you love and care for is at serious risk. It's up to you to defeat Morgana and keep everyone safe."

"Wow, that's a lot for an eleven year old. But, how do I get back to earth?" I thought for a moment before removing the necklace Cheshire once gave me. "Here, now you can summon your wings at any time and travel between worlds. Now, go back and stop Morgana. You're on a time limit, and that limit is only two months. I'm sorry I can't give you longer." I told her, putting the necklace around her neck. (above)

Charlotte nodded and hugged me. "Thank you." She whispered as she started to fade back to earth. I hugged her back until she was gone, and I ended up hugging myself. "Very well done, Clara." His voice rang through my ears ad I stood up. "Happy now? I just ruined my own daughter's life for you, Hades!"

"Ah, ah, ah! No back chat. I own you, remember?" He smirked, coming out of the shadows. "Yeah, just like you owned Meg a while ago. But she managed to find a loop hole and escape." I told him. He sighed, "Yes. But no God will ever love you, so I guess you're stuck with us."

"Us?"

"Pain and Panic, plus their kids and my daughter. All of us."

"Ugh, right."

He grabbed my chin and glared at me. "That's enough of that! Come on, we have a Morgana to meet with." He hissed. Pain and Panic ran out with their kids, Pearl Pain and Peter Panic. Hailey walked out as well and grabbed me by the arm. "Let's go, Clara." She smirked before the six of us left to the underworld. Man, I ate my life!

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