Short Stories: 10-31-18

The Bones of the Queen

(Warning, gets gory)
George was in no mood to be digging underneath some old castle. However, he was interested in what he'd find.
  Long ago, somewhere in the east, there was a beautiful royal family. The family lived on the coast, with the beautiful ocean waves reaching the shore in beautiful symphony.
  The family included four children. They were(in birth order) Jax, Marla, Serra, and Hayne. The children were very obedient, and were always lovely to their parents.
  One night, while the parents were asleep, their eldest, Jax, ran away in the middle of the night. The boy was said to escape by boat. He wanted to leave supposedly because of "a nightmare".
  He dreamed that his sister would kill him, and take the throne for herself. After talking with him, his parents went to sleep, and that's when he left.
  The king and queen sent search parties all around the kingdom, but with no luck. The parents prayed for their son to return home. Marla, Serra, and Hayne mourned their brother's disappearance.
  Three months later, Hayne was found dead in his bedroom. Sickness got the better of him. The family mourned their son, and they just couldn't handle losing another child.
  They kept awake at all times. The children were banned from leaving the castle. There were more guards everywhere. This continued for seven years.
  The daughters had no privacy. The eighteen year old Marla and sixteen year old Serra were in the garden. They were sick of being treated like prisoners. They decided to kill the king and queen. They communicated through sign language, since they knew no one could understand them.
  Or so they thought...
  That night, the two girls sent the guards away. Serra told them to follow her, saying that Jax had returned.
  When all the guards were gone, Marla took a large sword and beheaded them. She quickly left the sword behind, and climbed into bed.
  The next morning, the king and queen were found dead. The girls feigned innocence. They were told that Marla must become the next queen.
  While mourning, the guards helped Marla become ready for coronation. Driven by the guilt of knowing her parents died because of her, Serra ran away as well.
  A guard, who could understand sign language, knew all too well about the situation. He planned to stop the madness once and for all.
  The coronation came, and the minute she became queen, Marla was shot with an arrow. The guard claimed that she was a fraud, and she killed her parents. He even claimed that he involved her siblings.
  Jax and Serra found each other and ganged up on Queen Marla. They ripped her apart, while everyone watched in horror. Her skin and organs were spilt. They through her skin in the fire, and her organs too. They kept the skeleton.
  After this, the guard, Jax, and Serra were put in prison to rot. The citizens were all moved away from this cursed castle. And Marla? She was buried beneath the floorboards.
  While reading the terrifying story, George looked up to see a skeleton with a crown on it. In an instant, the skeleton reanimated, and attacked George.
  The queen wants full reign.