Who I am

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I woke up with my limbs all tied to a rough board. On which my back shifted painfully. My thigh still stung where the knives blades had eaten into it. Looking down i saw the skin jagged and rough, stained by my blood. It had stopped flowing though, and the wound was not too great. I would live i decided sighing. bumping my head agaisnt the board in silent gratitude. i lay strapped to this board for who knows how long, before i heard the sound of shoes that haunted my nightmares. Panicking i struggled agaisnt my bonds in fear of the woman who clicked the heels of her shoes in a way no one else did.

"Hello, my bastard of a child"

I froze as her voice cut into my ears like a dulled blade, painfully and slow. My heartbeat picking up as the woman who had haunted all of my dreams for years came into the light.

Her hair was as black as the night and her skin paler than the moon. She had a glow about her that screamed kindness, only I knew the truth about her though. To me she was vain and my eternal tormentor, for i knew that even after the light leaves my eyes, what she has done to me will continue to scar me for all eternity. She moved with a grace envied by all and seemed to have a permanet smile on her face. A smile that seemed to prosper when my pain was the most.

"You've been a bad girl haven't you Pestis Pestis?"

I whimpered as she stalked closer to me and laid a single long nail on my cheek.

"Sneaking around behind your queens back, and taking for granted what i have so graciously provided you?I should kill you for your insolensce and traitorous actions..."

She dragged her nail under my chin and forced me to look at her. tears of fear fell down my face and onto the ground, leaving streaks on my dirty face.

"But that'd be too easy. No, you will be tortured and mangled until you are begging for death and we won't give it to you. we will banish you and let you lay in the dirt waiting for death to take you. And when you finally die, you will descend because filth like you is not allowed into heaven." she sneered.

Tears ran silently down my face as I tried to block out her words. They stung my heart and mind leaving a scar akin to the pale scar traced along my chest. Suddenly, my mother, the queen lashed out and slapped me hard.

My head flipped violently to one side and I tasted blood. It hurt, but the pain did not stop there. The queen laughed at my reaction and waved in a group of men. Wheeled in front of the men was a cart, on which I panicked at the sight of needles and a different assortment of blades and hooks. Sneering, my mother, the queen trailed a long red nail accross my cheek and whispered in that same tone she used so many years ago, when i earned my scar.

"Oh Pestis Pestis, mommy wants to give you a gift my dear..."

I cried, tears escaping down my cheeks and some falling with a splat to the floor, others were soaked up by the dirty cloth that had been placed into my mouth. My eyes stung, a bright red to match the hand shaped red mark that throbbed painfully on my cheek. Fear surely filled my eyes, however even as my mother lifted a peculiar curved blade and laid the tip on my chin, i stared her in the eyes and tried my best to look brave. I tried my best that night, through their words cut my bone and thier knives, my skin. I tried as hard as i could to be strong and never give in. Even so, my body was mangled and bloody, i was dancing on the brink of death by the end of the night. So, true to her words, my mother took me far into the forest where the dire wolves howled and the criminals slept. She took me to the edge of her land and pushed me to the otherside of the border. She released a pack of hounds after me and as i ran blindly away, i heard her say the words that ended an era.

"Bye Bye, Pestis Pestis"

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Hello! So i just wanted to clear things in this story up a bit before i finish the chapter.

Pestis Pestis is the main characters name. i named her after the latin phrase that refers to destruction or a plague. This shows her mothers feeling of remorse for having given birth to her.

Pestis Pestis's mother is the queen and her father is the king. neither the king nor queen are dead yet.

Any questions you have feel free to ask! thanks for reading.

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(The queen's P.O.V)

I was rid of her! I was free of my pestis pestis that had held me captive for so long. Finally, i could have my son in peace. I looked down at my bulging stomache, this one will be a boy, i promised myself. It had to, for if it was a girl i would cast yet another child out... The villagers would get suspicous if i told them that yet another child had died of disease. I had already had around 1-2 children every year since my first child. The only child i had ever let live for as long as i did. I never did make that mistake again, ever since Pestis Pestis i had killed every single baby once i found out it was a girl, that is i didnt really kill them, more abandoned the babies in the forest. Either way it was a sure death for ones so young.

"My queen, a peasant family is in our way, what would you order us to do?" i looked over startled by the quivering knight.

Sneering i answered "Keep driving, run them down. I do not care. They are not my responsibility!"

the knight nodded and turned to leave from the opening of my carriage but i stopped him in his tracks and added

"Also you are to be beheaded for startiling the queen and putting my sons life at risk!"

The knight gasped as i called for my guards. Smiling to myself i waved goodbye as the knights head came off. Nothing like a beheading to get my mind off my child. I really did hope this one was a son. I was getting much to old to be faking tears and sadness.For i never had really cared for anyone of my deceased offspring...

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(The king's P.O.V)

"The Queen, sire, is mad, i apoligize for my outburst however, I find it propusterous that you will allow your wife to mow down any who stand in her way! Why last week i witnessed her beheading a little girl!" The Villager who stood in front of my throne, nervously exclaimed. I watched the trembling figure as he tried to maintain his dignity. I gave him the appearance that i was thinking on it, when in reality i was simply thinking over the stupidity of this particular character. Did he believe that i was unaware of my wife's actions? Lazily i flicked my wrists at the trembling villager exclaiming

"Guards, arrest this man for treason"

The villager went pale and started to plead with me, screaming about having a wife and four kids. I didnt care. In fact i hated the villagers who dwelled on my land. Lazy good for nothings. At least thier tax dollars paid for everything...

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Hello!

Thank you guys for reading! sorry it has been much too long. Theres a lot going on right now, what with school starting soon and a few other peices of drama. I apologize for any mistakes and would appreciate any comments. Did you guys like the switched P.O.V? Should i continue to do so? What did you think of this chapter? Anyways thanks for reading!