Darkest Prophecy

Chapter 5:Fated Despair part 3

Maria was captured by the enemies but instead of ending the search and leave, they instead kept searching, every corner, every bushes around the area hoping to find a person hiding. Katyusha covered her mouth in tears in order to prevent any unnecessary noise that would alert the people that are searching.

Katyusha's heart was beating slowly, while she was breathing slowly with her eyes closed tight, hoping that she would not be found. A person's footsteps was heard going closer and closer, she peeked her right eye to see who it was, she saw a man wearing an armor going close to where she was hiding, Katyusha slowly stepped back but she stepped on a twig that made a noise but as she was about to run away, her arms was held as her body stopped moving along with her knees trembling but as she was about to face the person and look into the person's face, she was knocked unconscious before she could do anything for which she was carrier into the village's square.

Katyusha regained her consciousness but she noticed she was tied up on her wrists and ankles, she looked around the village as it was burning a blaze, she then saw her mother tied on the pole. Maria saw her daughter but as she tried to break free from the ropes, she was beaten by the soldiers, Katyusha screamed loudly while begging them to stop but they didn't, Katyusha closed her eyes tightly in an attempt into not seeing the reality. Maria knew that they will lose their lives but what hurts her the most was not the beating that the soldiers did to her but the fact that her daughter may not see the future or even grow up and experience life's gifts.

Christopher went back to the village only to see it burning, he and his troops rushed towards the village despite the exhaustion from their battles, they hoped for survivors but they only saw civilians and guards which were laying lifeless on the ground, this scene made a sorrow on Christopher, knowing on what happened to his people but it wasn't a time to weep, he should find his family at all costs.

Christopher and his troops rushed to the center of the village but they were ambushed by a sheer number of troops "You should find your family, go ahead of us we will hold them off." His second of command said as they started to intercept the attackers. Christopher thanked him as he started to rush towards the village square.

Upon reaching the village square which was located at the center of the town, he saw two familiar figures which was surrounded by soldiers which has different armor and from the ones that ambushed them, it has a family crest on it which makes him Identify that it was from the Claudius household but it seemed that they aren't friendly, a group of soldiers rushed towards him but he slayed them before any blade could reach him. "Not bad for the lightning Knight of Arkea, the skills that can never be matched by any knights within the empire." the man which was standing near the person tied on the pole said as he removed his helmet. "Philip of Jenovia" Christopher glaringly said as he was about to rush towards him but he was stopped as Philip removed the sack that covered the person's face which made Christopher see Maria's beaten face "You monster!" Christopher shouted as the blade was pointed at Maria's neck "Surrender Christopher, or we will kill your family." Philip said as he smirked. Maria shouted something but she cant say an understandable word because her mouth was covered with a cloth, then she was hit by a scabbard knocker her out, Because of what he saw, he tightly gripped his sword with a sweat dripping down his forehead.

The tension was high and there's a slight chance that he would survive but he has no choice but to surrender in order to save his wife and his child but it isn't what he expected to happen, as he threw the sword to the ground, he was grabbed by both arms, immobilizing as he saw Philip smirked as he swings his blade, chopping the head of his wife, this made made Katyusha scream in tears and Christopher enraged, he became violent which gave a hard time to the soldiers who were subduing him but after he broke free he was impaled by multiple spears and arrows, hitting his vital organs which severely wounding him to death.

Katyusha saw the miserable death of her parents she was shocked and at the same time her emotions were mixed but she felt something odd is happening to her her body moved on their own while she was covered in darkness. "What's happening to me?" Katyusha thought as her body was engulfed by darkness. Philip was about. to swing his blade to kill Katyusha but Katyusha was unable to control herself making her body rampage and caused total destruction in the village, nothing was left except for her dead parents, the soldiers outside was surprised on what they saw, they only saw a little girl standing between two corpse they were left unscratched. Katyusha stood as she was staring blankly, she was confused in her mind on what happened. The foot soldiers then ran towards her with their swords on their hands, Katyusha saw them running towards her and ran towards the nearest forest to hide.

The soldiers decided to burn the whole forest so that they can find her easily or simply letting the fire kill her. Katyusha saw the blazing flames behind her and she knew that the longer she stays, the tougher it is to survive but before she knew it, she was running deeper into the forest with tears falling on her cheeks, despite of her feet getting sore, but she didn't stop moving because of the fear that what might kill her and also she was traumatized on what happened but as she ran from a cliff side, she tripped and fell down to the cliff, she kept rolling down like a round stone. Katyusha's head was hit by a rock as she fell into the river with wounds and bruises. she floats as if she was a floating corpse on who knows where she will be carried by the flow.
End of chapter 5