ILL AS MY FATE CAN BE(Book 1)(#Wattys2015)

A different Past

"Aunt Helga do we have relatives here???"a curious me interrogated..

"Well no one in our immediate family,but we do have some far off relatives"Aunt Helga said as she made waffles for me.Her house was huge,much bigger than our home on earth..It was a mansion..Price Jeff had gifted her this house for her services(she managed the royal staff)

"So .........did mom and dad really die in a car crash??"

She turned around to look at me...sadness deep in her eyes.....

"Let me tell you a story child.."she made me sit on the couch..And began her tale...

"Once there were two very powerful kingdoms...the families of these kingdoms had immense power ....But there was peace and prosperity in both the kingdoms because the two kings were best friends and they helped each others kingdoms in times of trouble....One of the kings had a son and another a daughter..hence both of them decided that in the future ,they would get them married and make the alliance more stronger.

Now there was another king in a far off land who was jealous of this alliance ...He wanted to attain our affinity and become more powerful.He went to the king and asked for his daughter's hand...."

"Was this king my dad.."i asked

"Yes dear....your father ridiculed him,saying he was too old...you were only 10 months old at that time....and told him to go away..the other king insisted and said that if he didnt do it he would take you away ...your father became furious and threw him out of the palace "

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"What a crazy sick man"i was shocked

"Yes,he is.....what he did was even more sick......he was sick for more power.. this king went home....and killed all his family members...drained them of all their powers...men,woman and children..."

"Who is this guy"i asked

But she continued"He went and challenged you father's friend,the other king, his name was Leon...now king Leon never refused a fight...Leon was strong he defeated the other king...but due to his compassion he let him survive...He shook hands with him,what he didnt know is that during this handshake the king had pricked King Leon with the thorn of the death flower,its poison if not treated immediately kills a person in 12 hrs....King Leon got very sick that night...his queen was worried....none of the healers could do anything...the queen sent out a notice to the kingdom...for anyone who could heal her king....On the 11th hour came a begger...saying that he could heal the king..the Queen sent her son away because she didnt trust him.. but because of her husband, she stayed back....the beggar asked to be alone with the king...The Queen helplessly agreed.....she waited for hours....when she couldnt wait any longer....she entered the room.King Leon was sitting hale and hearty in his bed...She went and hugged him and cried in his arms.The king hugged her back but something was amiss..She looked up to his face and saw that it was the beggar...she tried to free herself but he was draining her energy....The Queen died ,and the mad king now killed all of king Leon's subjects....."

"The beggar was that sick king...wasnt he"

"Yes ,he was....with the power of both the king and the Queen...he had become the most powerful ....still he was greedy ....he approached your dad....but your dad had been warned...he made sure you and I had safely reached the human world...your mom insisted to stay with your dad..she wouldn't let him be alone.that ....that mad king killed your father and mother Sandra.."

"Who is he aunt Helga".her story had made every fiber in my body venomous

She hesitated and said"His name is Raymond".