A Lifetime Ago

Chapter 22

The loud beat of the drums could be heard throughout the dungeon, the pain and anguish burned with more intensity. I don't deserve this, the one who wronged stood infront of me smiling mockingly as I stared at the Emperor and empress, both having a sinister look crossing there evil faces!

"You will die a vengeful death, mark my words ", I sneered.

Hmm, we will see to that, Sarah chuckled wickedly.

Don't you want to hear us out, we got a change of plans... aren't you just eager to know about it?

I glared at the empress as she rolled the Crystal's in her hands playfully and gazed in my eyes. An evil look crossed her face and she took a step closer.

YOU! She pulled my hair backwards. I'll enjoy the drip of your blood, drop by drop ... TONIGHT. She said with that depth of darkness in her eyes. I won't let you just die but DIE WITH AN EXCRUCIATING PAIN!!! She bellowed. Your soul will even tremble to hear our names. You know what we are going to do, well this is going to be interesting to narrate but please let me do the honors, you foul witch with those good intentions for these stupid people of the kingdom. She laughed evilly.

Well well, my dear Ethel, poor young soul. Seems your family is bound to be killed by our family. First your poor poor dad and now you, Sarah said as she slid her fingers through my hair. But you will be the thirteenth and the last one as we sacrifice you to the dark lord, and we will be granted the power to rule over the entire humanity. The power beyond your imagination...she chuckled. Our power will take over everything, well why not, we sacrificed thirteen witches blood, including you already, the empress said chuckling.

'And me & my beautiful wife will live as immortals,' Jason said cruelly. I can't stand your power, your energy, and the look of you, you disgust me to my core. The dark lord had made a fair good deal with us, to sacrifice you as his last wish and he will grant us all that we desire!!

'And the fun part begins my poor, innocent.. innocent Ethel', Sarah looked directly in my eyes faking grief in her eyes then curled her lips with a disgusted look. Well, the same people you helped to save lives with the help of your blood will be furiously trying to kill you, and probably mob you! But I am not that cruel to let you die by their hands witch Ethel, you possess too much power in your blood to die in such a vain! In the depths of the deepest forest from this kingdom this very midnight, you will lay in the tomb alive, in the deepest cave, and  when the moon glows with its full strength the dark lord shall rise from its depth. Our lord will feed in your power and grant us immortality and power.
Evil laughter echoed throughout the dungeon....

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Bathed with my own blood, wrapped with the barbed wires, dragged throughout the entire kingdom to this dense forest, and the piercing words the people of the kingdom were loudly erupting burnt my soul. 'You're evil, you should have died on your mothers womb, you WITCH', screamed one civilian.

'She wicked wrenched witch, you wanted to kill us, we will kill you instead', another civilian said as she threw one stone at me and soon the entire crowd was throwing stones at my weak body.

I cried under my breath, just recalling my parents memories and my Andrew. I loved him so much... in the moonlight the entire path I was dragged soaked mother earth with my blood, the creatures in the woods cried shrilly, the bats shrieked and flew away. The fire torch burned in everyone's hand in spite of the moonlight. The Caves opening can be seen.

My body ached as if each and every bone was breaking...my entire cloth was drenched with my blood, blood oozed from my forehead to my lips and I can even taste it. I fried bitterly under my breath. My wrist were slitted with the barbed wires tied around it tightly.

The gladiators halted. The drumming started once again.

'My people, the time has come for the death of this witch Ethel, who gas terrorized our kingdom and taken so many innocent lives. We mourn for the death of all the poor lives taken and thus the decision of our emperor and you people as a whole to give her a death filled with pain and agony', Jason said loudly. This is where you see her for the last time before we bury her in the cave alive.

The crowd boomed, yes, kill her.
TAKE HER LIFE, KILL HER!!!!! The hatred of the people filled the nights atmosphere, I took a last glance at the moonlight and smiled, gulping in a deep fresh breeze of the air and chanted under my breath, eyes glued at the glistening moonlight...

'Drag her inside the cave, NOW!!, Jason screamed as he noticed the movement of my lips and my eyes fixated at the moon.

The gladiators dragged me in the cave. I continued chanting under my breath. Rough hands pulled me up and threw me inside a tomb.

The emperor and empress came near the tomb where I lay weak to my bones, drenched in blood and with pain in my heart.

'Everyone leave this chamber', commanded Jason. We will take care of the rest...

I heard the sound of the gladiators leaving and soon there was utter silence...

Its midnight Sarah, the dark Lord will be here any second..

The place started to shake vigorously, the emperor and empress looked at each other, soon enough a dark shadow could be seen from where my body lay. The shadow become bigger as it approached the tomb where I lay....... The emperor and empress bowed and  I was face to face with the power of evil... the Dark Lord.....