Not So Sweet Candyland

LXVII: At the King's Feet

"Well well well, look you finally showed up."

The king was sitting on his throne, staring down at his daughter and the human. A mixture full of confusion, sadness, anger, and pride was felt in the king's heart. And he knew the reason why they were here, and he gave a smirk.

"I thought that you two would have left already or have been dead. You two must be lucky that I haven't sent some assassins to kill you two."

"Father, you do know that it's illegal to kill the child of a royal member, murder against children is illegal!"

He laughed.

"Very well, I see that you have been reading the rules of this world. Guess you finally want to admit everything, don't you?"

"I should be saying that to you."

The king relaxed in his throne.

"What can you do? You're my daughter but you're nothing compared to me. I mean, if you chose to take the throne over Taffy, then this would be you."

Berry crossed her arms.

"Why would I want to be like you?"

"Everybody wants to be me! Name one person who wishes that they were not. Many girls and guys dream of being a prince or princess in the castle. And that's the truth."

"You let the praise and attention of your life get to your head."

"Baby, praise can make a man go wild."

"You talk to me like a prostitute and not a daughter."

"Don't villains act charming?"

"So, you do know what you're doing."

"Stop your bullshit, Berry. What I'm trying to say is how not like you it is for you to come here. I thought that you would have tried to kill me by now."

Berry just smirked.

"I'm unexpected, that's what you hate about me. It's your worst fear. I can be more worse."

The king raised his staff at Berry.

"You must think highly of yourself when you think like that. In front of me, you're just an annoying little pest that if I wanted to, I would kill off. But, because you are my blood, I can't kill you."

"But you killed Grandmother, Great Aunt, and all of your sisters. How do you feel about that?"

"What am I supposed to feel?"

"I don't know. Disgust, regret, sadness, anger. Something!"

"Berry, do you even care for your own father? What if I told you that they had a deadly disease and they passed on their own?"

"Dad, why would a disease cause somebody to hang themselves?"

"It could have no cure."

"NONSENSE!"

She started to walk up the runway to where her father was, but there was a magical force filed.

"How headstrong you are, and how cute it is. You really are like your mother."

Berry started to get enraged.

"What did you do to mom? While she was in this castle?"

He just snickered.

"Oh honey, that is a secret that the two of us kept until the grave. You should maybe ask her, not! You're a joke in this family!"

"At least I was the planned kid when you raped mom!"

The king gasped.

"Where are your manners?"

"Fuck manners!"

"I might not be the best person, but I am your father and you should listen to me!"

"Why would I listen to a vulgar monster like you? It makes no sense at all! It's like telling the blind to lead the blind! What do you really know about this place? What are YOU hiding, dad? What is behind that confident and devil of you? I'm honestly surprised that nobody knows the true side of you."

He just pulled Berry's staff down that she grabbed.

"You're nothing compared to me, and you kick yourself because of that fact. You wish you were me, you're full of jealously and regret because you let the life of gold and riches pass you by just like that. And if you're wishing for a second chance, it's too late to ask for one now."

"You're an asshole!"

"And you're a disappointment! Look at you! You should be like your older sister and not looking like this girl that feeds off of mud for their dinner. If you are a princess, then show it!"

"I HAVE NO POWER, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SHOW? THAT'S ALL THAT YOU SAID THAT IS BEING A ROYAL! THE WORLD IS YOURS AND YOU HAVS ALL OF THE POWER IN THE WORLD! But only if you are the king of prime ruler.... and I'm not."

The king smirked.

"Exactly. And now that you're here, I can punish the two of you."

"Why me?" Chase asked.

"Because you were with her, and god knows where the two of you went. And let me think about your punishment."

He thought for a second and that's when a collection of guards appeared out of nowhere and they surrounded Chase and Berry, soon holding them still.

"You know, I was going to straight off execute the two of you, but that is considered taboo in this world, so you know what? I won't let you two get off easy in this kingdom, you need to earn my trust. And that means scrubbing from the bottom."

"Of course, you'll throw us in the dungeon, what do we learn from that?" Berry asked.

"I didn't think about that, but that's not what you two are doing. Because I see potential in Chase, you two will become servants and reside in the servant wing."

Berry laughed.

"Is that really all you can do?"

"That's all I want to do, be lucky that Chase is here, if he wasn't, then you would have a harsh punishment. Knights, take them to the servant quarters."

The knights started to grab them and take them to the servants quarters. As they approached the east wing, the walls started to turn more grey and the castle had less and less color around it.

That's when one of the knights unlocked a door and the two of them were thrown in the room.