Charlotte's Time Machine [COMPLETED]

Breakfast in bed

I couldn't sleep. I stared down at the woman of my life as she calmly and softly snored. Her head was buried in my chest and from my thin clothing, I was able to feel her tears on my skin.

It broke me to pieces.

I never bothered to see things from her way. I always thought she was selfish and tried to insert her dominance in my life. In a way, I felt that she loved the control. She loved to be god and I didn't like that. I was against it.

She told me before, she did it because she loved me, at least she hinted it but I couldn't understand her. Doing all this for love? It was pathetic really. Love won't bring you anything except another burden to carry.

At least, That's what I would of thought before. 

I was open to love when I was a young girl and met Zoe's father and fell to him, thinking that what I had for him was real. I sinned and had his daughter but he used me, threatened to shame me and tried to steal from me before my father killed him.

I was broken somewhat but wasn't angry as my father did everything to protect me and my name. 

Then I met Charlotte, I was still open to love at that time. She betrayed me from the start but I got to forgive her and love her so. but when I thought Charlotte was trying to hurt my daughter, I lost that belief and saw love as some weakness. I became ice cold, noticing the tarnish that love causes.

However, I found out the truth and then all I wanted was her forgiveness. 

Love plays with all your feelings. It makes you lose control and as I queen, I couldn't lose that.

Charlotte wouldn't have understood that. Charlotte believed strongly in love. She sees it as a strength, not a fragility.

Although, what she did for me... simply for the fact that she loves me, she came back and warned me then to save me. The things that she did for love made me realize it was dangerous and powerful. People do things that they would have never done without love.

A mother wouldn't risk her life for her children when she gives birth to them without love. Father and sons wouldn't have joined the wars without the love they have to their kingdoms. People would kneel and beg, throwing their dignity into the dirt for my resources to save them and their loved ones from poverty. Even the selfish ones, steal and sometimes kill just for the sake of loving themselves.

How can we go on without it? Loving our parents, our brothers and sisters, our children, our villagers, our friends, our own home, it all gives us hope and keeps us going.

Charlotte held on to that while I fought her against it until she broke down in front of me. I wish I understood sooner.

I heard a groan, startling me from my thoughts and looked down at Charlotte as she woke up. ''Charlotte?'' I called out to her as she moved off of me and her eyes shut tightly. She sighed in discomfort as she laid at the edge of the bed. I turned side ways and held her arm to keep her from falling, watching her with concern.

''Charlotte, what's wrong? Talk to me.'' I ordered her as she slowly opened her eyes, her face scrunched up. ''My leg.'' She groaned out before resting her head back against the pillow.

I quickly removed the sheet off and looked down at the pants she was wearing. Noticing her hand, grabbing her left thigh and squeezed in pain.

Taking things in my own hands, I slid her footwear off and pulled down her pants, removing it completely. I noticed she was holding on to her limb that was half cut of and the other half down was simply metal, it was what aid her to walk. It was gold this time actually and looked different from the one I've seen before.