Caliginous

20: Blackmail

"Come on, Ella, use that butterfly spell, it's written on your right arm," Queen Sarahina instructed.
"Asro Roy Botro," I spit out.

One guard was about to use his sword to slice me but when I chanted that spell, he started to grow big red wings and then the red wings got small and so did he and bam! He was turned into a red (beautiful) butterfly. In half than a minute, all the guards were turned into butterflies.

"Cool," Sebastian said, dumbfounded.
"Let's go," the Queen said with pure confidence in her eyes.

We went inside. I kept repeating the shrinking and butterfly spell until we all reached the Throne Room, where the King usually is. Jake and Harison kicked the door of the Throne Room and we all went inside. The King's throne was facing the wall. He clapped his hands and the throne turned around.

"Good job, child," he said with a huge grin plastered across his face.
"Oh shut up, you big idiot," Sebastian said, surprising me.
"You do realise that you just said "Oh shut up, you big idiot" to a royal, I could kill you in a second," he said, now angry.
"Not if Ella has something to do about it... right?" Sebastian said, looking at me.
"Yeah."
"Ella, you turned MOST of my guards into butterflies and shrank a few too but did you really think that I wouldn't take revenge."
"You would but I also know that you won't succeed."
"Overconfident, are we?" He laughed.

I had memorized half of the defence spells so I was perfectly sure that I was ripe for this and even if I forget, the boys and Queen Sarahina have also memorized most of the spells, so I'm positive I'll win. I think.

He then turned his head towards the Queen, "Hi, my lovely wife, my lovely Sarahina," he said, "I was going to take my revenge from you but then I realised that someone even better could do the job for me," and with that, he screamed, "Fredrick!" And the prince came from outside the throne room.

He looked as if he hadn't slept for days. His skin got pale and dry, and he had mammoth dark circles around his eyes. One of his eyes was slightly closed but opened, he looked so weak.

"What have you done to him?!" The Queen shouted. She practically shattered my eardrums since I was standing close to her.

I knew I was forgetting someone. This is all my fault if only I would have remembered to bring him along with us.

"Oh nothing, I tried to turn him against you but he wouldn't listen so I turned him evil with my magic instead and now he obeys whatever I command," the horrid king said and laughed. 
"No," the Queen mumbled.
"Yes! And now he's going to finish you and I guess you wouldn't hurt him, I mean, he's under a spell, he truly loves you," he said and once again laughed all evil like.
"No," the poor Queen said once again. Her voice was merely a whisper.
"Fredrick, my dear son, kill Sarahina for me," King Aldrum commanded and gave Fredrick the sword which was dangling from his waist.

He ran towards the Queen and I froze with fear. I couldn't kill him, he's under a spell.

Just as he was about to slice the Queen into pieces, Jake pulled a sword from a rack in the room and attacked Prince Fredrick.

When I finally got to my senses, I yelled: "Asro Roy Botro!" And the prince was turned into a butterfly. The Queen looked at the prince, who was now a butterfly and whispered: "Everything will be OK."

I turned to the King who was now looking at Sebastian with a grin. I finally found that he was looking at "All About Caliginous" a.k.a The Book in Sebastian's hands. Oh no.
"So this is why you're so strong all of the sudden," The King said and laughed, "I should have known." He suddenly mumbled some words and Jake literally flew towards him.
"Give me The Spell Book or I'll finish Jake in a second!"

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