MELINA

chapter twenty two

King Arthur could not meet the eyes of his children as he looked for a corner and sat on the floor. He could not believe his eyes. His kingdom had been snatched from him in a flash by a little girl who was the same age with his last child. He thought his own sister loved him but, it was now obvious that all she ever wanted was his downfall. He could not think further as he sighed. Noe looked from his father to his mother and spoke "father, what happened? Why are you here? Why is mother also here? What is going on?"
Queen De'arra told them about what Olivia and Ashley did and how she had taken over the throne and the kingdom. "We have no choice Noe. We definitely cannot go against Ashley; she is too powerful. Your father tried fighting her but he just ended up getting burnt". Melina knew at that moment that she was the only one that could save the kingdom. She had real powers and she knew that Ashley got hers through a diabolical way.
Nylah smiled sadly and decided to say her mind. "Father, Mother, the lesson I have learnt this past few days is never to downgrade anybody. The seed that we think will never grow into a flower let alone a tree will surely become a forest someday. We all downgraded Melina, we treated her like trash, we made her a slave in her own house but, I am so glad to tell you that she is the one the prophecy was talking about. I know it sounds very weird and funny because we all thought it was Ashley, but truth be told, Melina is the one".
"Impossible! Melina does not have any powers" the king said. "We all saw it when she was born. I really do not believe that. Are you trying to play us right now because it is not working"? Nylah was getting angry as the king uttered those words. She could not believe that he was being stubborn till the very end. She decided not to talk anymore before she would say something that she would regret.
Noe picked up from where Nylah stopped. "Father, Mother, Nylah is right. I personally trained Melina on how to use her powers when we found out that her powers were starting to show. I should not even be telling you all about it because you do not deserve to know but, seeing as our fate lies in Melina's hands, I have no choice." After that, silence followed and that was how it was until the day ended. The king and queen could not speak to Melina because they were feeling guilty. Melina did not speak to her parents because she was hurting.
Meanwhile, in the palace, Olivia and Ashley were just rejoicing all over the place. The whole kingdom now belonged to them and no one could stop them now. Olivia already brought her son Naveen to come and live with them in the palace. King Quan heard about it but, he did not believe it so, he came over to Lasantha kingdom to confirm. As he stepped into the palace, he met Ashley sitting on the throne and her mother was sitting beside her. They were both sipping wine from glasses and were chatting energetically.
King Quan greeted them cautiously. A wicked smile crossed Ashley's face. All the events that had been occurring lately had even made her more wicked than her own mother. "My, my, is this not the almighty king Quan of Aztar kingdom? I am so glad you are here because I have been planning on how I was going to come over and remove you from being a king. As you can see right now, the two kingdoms now belong to me, so your services are no longer needed. Now, my dear king, you will submit everything in your hands to me and bow to me". King Quan laughed timidly "Ashley, you cannot do this. You and I both know that king Arthur made me his assistant king and he is the only one that can remove me from the position whenever he wishes".
Ashley's eyes turned cold "are you questioning me Quan. You better obey me right now or else I will show you the other side of me. You think you can talk to me anyhow because I am being gentle with you?" Quan decided not to talk anymore and he turned and proceeded to leave the palace. Before he took a few steps, a blast of wind slammed him to the wall and an icy spike was in the wall, it narrowly missed his head.
Ashley laughed dangerously "that is just a little taste of what I have in store for you. So, are you going to continue to defy me or obey me?" Quan had no other choice because he knew that if he continued to be arrogant, she would kill him. "Ashley, I Shaquan renounce my title as king and I am handing the kingdom of Aztar over to you". As he finished saying this, he went on his knees and bowed to Ashley. "You can get out of this place, you fool". Ashley barked as Quan walked hurriedly out of the palace. Olivia looked at Ashley with pride and spoke "I am so proud of you my dear. You are doing a very great job teaching these stupid people lessons". Ashley smiled at her mother and said "I learnt from the best."
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