Checkmate [Discontinued]

Betraying Dreams

Throughout the day I would be visited by random flashing images. Stuff, I'm sure I wasn't supposed to be seeing.

It was the same red haired girl with Crimson, just the both of them, throughout different stages in their life. They were smiling, laughing and talking.

When I went to sleep, I was visited by another image. This one much longer than the others.

It started with the girl sitting at a tree,reading a book. Crimson was quickly running towards her. They both looked to be in their late teens.

Crimson had a wide smile on his face as he sat down next to her. "How is my Mistress?"

The girl looked up from her book. "Quite well, Crimson."

Crimson nodded. "That's good." He then looked over her shoulder. "Whatcha reading?"

The girl looked over to him. "It's a story about a prince who killed his Dad to rule the throne. Quite an interesting story don't you think? The Kingdom never even found out."

Crimson looked at the book then back up. "Yeah, yeah it is."

" Now, if only we weren't stuck in this war, that would be an interesting story."

Crimson nodded. " My sister said it might take years for this war to be over."

"Crimson its already been three thousand years. A few years might be overshot." The girl flipped the page.

" Yeah...maybe just a bit," Crimson grabbed her hand. " It'll get better Piper."

Piper? Who's Piper? I've never heard of her.

Piper closed her book. "Will it, Crimson? Will it?"

Crimson looked like he was going to say something, but he just lowered his head. " I'm not so sure anymore."

Piper sighed and looked over to him. " Don't you have somewhere to be?"

Crimson sat up quickly. "Oh shoot! Thanks for reminding me!" Farewell Mistress!" Crimson kissed her cheek and got up.

Piper smiled a bit and watched as Crimson ran off.

The dream faded and I woke up. I was in an abandoned bedroom. I remembered this is where I chose to sleep tonight.

My head flashed in pain, my eyes felt like they were being stabbed. What was happening? The dream I had felt unlike a dream. Almost like it was real but crossing over into a nightmare. I sat up and shook my head trying to get rid of the pain. It faded into a mild headache.

I got off the bed and my stomach growled with hunger. Right, I ate the last of my food yesterday. This place probably has a kitchen. Like there will be anything good. I walked out of the room and looked for the kitchen.

When I found it, my guess was correct. There was barely anything edible. Moldy cake on the counter, baskets of bad bread on the floor. In a cabinet there was some kind of preserved meat that looked decent enough to eat.

I took a bite of the strange food and it tasted pretty decent. Well...decent for who knows how long its been in there.

"Knock Knock!"

I looked over and there was Crimson sticking his head through the door.

I stared at him strangely. "Knock knock..?"

Crimson phased through the rest of the door. " Well you told me not to just 'appear', so I said knock knock, since I can't exactly knock on the door."

" Uh huh...."

"Oh I see you found the Monster Jerky." He said pointing to the meat in my hand.

"Uh-huh...WAIT THE WHAT!?"

Crimson looked at me weirdly. "The Monster Jerky?"

I didn't believe what Crimson said. I just ate part of a monster?! THEY EAT MONSTERS?

"So you're saying that this is part of a monster?! Like one that you kill, and like make into food?"

"Yeah..? You don't eat monsters?"

"NO! WE HAVE THEM AS PETS!"

Crimson laughed. " Pets? You're joking....right?"

"WHY WOULD I BE JOKING? They are literally the sweetest creatures ever!"

"I'm not sure if you looked around here or anything, but the monsters here practically want to eat your head off. Especially the Night Crawlers. The ones with the purple eyes."

" You mean the one that tried to kill me on the way here? The one with a lot of scars?"

"That would be Charlie. She's not very nice. She often tries to kill anyone she sees. Careful with that one. "

"So you named her Charlie?!"

" Woah, woah, woah, I didn't name her." Crimson held his hands up in defense.

"Okay, sheesh. Don't need to make a big deal out of it."

I looked at the jerky in my hand. I was hungry...Maybe just this once. As I ate, my mind wandered back to the dream, and the red haired girl, Piper. Should I bring it up? Did Crimson really love her? What was happening?

"So what event are we going to see next?" I decided not to ask.

"Well there are plenty to see,so lets get going." Crimson started floating away.

I quickly followed him, as I walked outside the kitchen,the warmth and friendliness of the castle returned. People now were in the halls once more.

Thats when I saw a guard rush up to another. He whispered to her and they both ran off. Then a nurse ran past screaming.

" THE BABY'S COMING!!! EVERYONE THE ROYAL BABY IS COMING!!" She disappeared at the end of the hall.

What? "Royal baby? Like right now? This is important?"

Crimson didn't look behind him and moved down the hall. "The little brat's being born, its important for the story."

" Brat? He can't be that bad."

Crimson scoffed. " He is."

We continued walking till we got to a room surrounded by people. All of them were whispering. If the birth was going to be successful or the baby would die,what gender the baby would be, and how cute the baby would be.

The crowd silenced when the cry of a baby. A nurse came out with a smile on his face.

"Its a boy!!"

The group cheered, then proceeded to ask to see the baby. The nurse shook his head.

" Her Majesty wants General Crimson in here first." The crowd parted to reveal Crimson with a fake smile plastered on his face. He seemed to be fooling everyone.

"I would love to." Crimson walked through the door.

I followed Crimson through and there was Florin with her hair sticking to her forehead. She held a small bundle in her arms.

"Crimson come look at him" She whispered.

Crimson walked to her bedside and Florin handed him the baby. I already knew who it was.

"His name is Phyris. Phyris Valis Engel."

Crimson smiled that fake smile once more. " Wonderful."