《Morninglight》002 Nightmares part II
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The short walk towards the balconies was interrupted several times by different heirs trying to have small talk with Will. Sabine is amused by the reactions of her young master trying to talk with other heirs but the conversation is interrupted by the loud roaring of trumpets and people cheering from the streets, notifying the castle of the arrival of brother Mathil and his fiancée Lillie Solon, Heiress to house Solon, the family controlling the Elfas dukedom located south of Aclan.
Sabine notices that Will is discussing with the other heirs and she silently leave towards the kitchen to notify the staff that the banquet will soon begin.
Will is discussing a recent uprising in one of the villages in the Poltas dukedom towards the west with the brother of Lillie Solon, Lucas Solon, third son of house Solon. Lucas takes up that his father has been discussing military engagement against the uprising. Before they can continue the conversation a soldier interrupts them and notifies that all guests should head towards the inner gardens. Will thanks Lucas for the conversation and heads towards the ceremony with two of his guards.
After a short while he arrives at the gardens and greets a few dukes and their heirs before taking a seat beside his mother, queen Diana Marlow. A beautiful woman in her late thirties with dark brown hair and clear blue eyes, similar to Will. Standing atop the main stage was his father, the king of Aclan, Johann Marlow. A muscular built man in his early forties with brown hair and auburn eyes, similar to his heir Mathil Marlow.
Suddenly the loud roar of trumpets and drums notifying the entrance of Mathil Marlow and Lillie Solon, future king and queen of Aclan and Elfas. Will is looking at his brother and future sister-in-law, noticing about their beautiful clothes. Mathil is wearing a beautiful black jacket with a navy blue shirt and black pants in similar design to Will's outfit with the golden embroidery curving from the pants towards the shoulders of the jacket. on his hips are two swords, one of them is one and a half metre in length, inside a beautiful red scabbard with silver embroidery of runic design. The other is a little under a metre in length, similar in design with the runic embroidery but with a blue scabbard.
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His future queen beside him is wearing a beautiful cut light yellow dress with silver embroidery circling in an intricate design around the chest and trailing down towards her ankles. her blond hair is braided into a tail going down towards her shoulder blades and decorated with blue and green flower petals.
Walking past all the now sitting guests the couple arrives at the central stage and kneels before the king.
- "Today we gather for a ceremony of great significance to our kingdom of Ascalon, we gather today for the coronation of the new king and queen of Aclan, Mathil Marlow, heir of house Marlow and Lillie Solon, heir of house Solon, in a unity of our houses and families." Johann Marlow spoke with pride and joy in his voice.
Standing beside the king was an old lady, maybe in her late seventies, wearing a white dress with light blue markings on it, her face showed signs of her old age, with wrinkles and ashen white hair, but there was life in her eyes, showing her youthful days are not gone yet.
- "Archbishop Ashen, please present the crowns!" Johann announced and the lady went to a small coffer standing behind them on the stage. From it she takes out two pillows and on top are two crowns, the first one is a steel crown with pointed swords in a circle with rubies and sapphires attached to the sword hilts, and the other one was a silver crown with silver leaf decorating the ring with an emerald attached to the front.
Taking the silver leaf crown first and placing it on Lillia's head and gives her a kiss on the cheek and thereafter taking the steel crown and placing it on Mathil's head. doing the same gesture and kissing him on the cheek the pair rise up and turn to each other and they kiss each other deeply. A roar sounds from the guests as the ceremony comes to an end and the guests and noble families head towards the banquet floor to eat and celebrate the newly crowned king and queen of Ascalon.
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Will walks up to his brother and new sister-in-law and congratules them on the successfull ceremony. Mathil thanks his brother and Lillia gives Will a hug, thanking him for the compliments.
A few hours pass by and most of the guests are getting tired, some are still drinking and talking but some have headed back to their rooms for the night. Will is still up and is currently sitting at one of the windows staring at the evening sky and the rising of the twin moons Echors and Triat, the white moon and the red moon. focusing on the red moon he notices twelve black dots covering part of the moon and quickly increasing in size. Trying to focus on the dots, suddenly screams of horror and explosions sound from all around the capital. Will rushes from his seat towards the banquet floor but when he slams open the doors a sea of flames and dead bodies are scattered across the room. Creatures of great size, standing between four and five metres tall rummage through the room looking for survivors while some are leaving the floor towards the inner parts of the castle.
Scanning the room for his family he sees Sabine laying underneath a stone pillar, having been crushed during the initial attack. Will rushes over and tries to drag her out of the rubble but she is stuck beneath it.
- "Young master! You have to find your brother and the queen and help them escape, leave me here!" Sabine shouts at Will, tears falling down her cheeks, understanding that she won't live to see her master grow up to be a warrior of great power.
- "No! I can't leave you here Sabine, you still have your family in Caen Village, they need you!" Will shouts back, tears flowing in anger and helplessness that he can't save her.
Sabine opens her mouth to say another word, but standing behind Will is one of the creatures, readying an attack on the two humans before it. Sabine screams out towards Will, waking him up from his daze and successfully ducks beneath the attack.
Understanding that she can't be saved, he thanks her for her services to the kingdom and runs away towards the inner chambers looking for survivors.
Sabine stares at the back of Will as he is running away and thanks him for accepting a low-life to become not only a servant to him, but also a friend. As she is thinking her last thoughts the fist of the creature slams down on her, killing her, her body laying lifeless on the ground, but with a faint smile on her lips.
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