Empyreal Dragons

Welcome to the tales of the Dragons! Who have I honestly been this entire time? I was a woman how has been ruling the Red Crest Kingdom under the reigning name of the Supreme Wife for 15 years as I stood by the side of my husband, King Aaron Crest. By the side of my foolish husband who I was forced to be with due to an arranged marriage, I have achieved greatness that the Kingdom cannot deny. The articulate words I used to express the seriousness for a tone of need is what I used to constantly to win our wars and battles, all because my words of wisdom... were my greatest asset. An asset that wasn't needed in a woman... An asset that couldn't be contained so it became a problem among high ranking commanders that my husband put into place. I have fought men and women that claimed that they wanted the title, my title of the Official Queen of the current strongest Kingdom's King. Battling my enemies as I submerged myself with dangers trying to remain the same woman I was, trying to remain innocent woman that I once was. Drowning myself in poisons so that I will become immune, strategically planning my next move and staying one step ahead of my husband's mistresses that couldn't stay in their own place and were greedy for more. I gained my popularity in the kingdom due to helping the poor in need, because that is who I once was and I will never forget that. Not intentionally trying to make myself popular among the people, I became the most well respected Queen that the kingdom has ever had. And yet, even though I've done so much for this kingdom, I will never compare to my husband who does nothing all day but sleep with women and spend the money we collect from trades and gains. So again I will say once more... I have been through a lot of rough patches in my life, I thought to myself as I felt my stomach twist and turn with pain immeasurable for words to describe As I moved my eyes to look down at my stomach, my body stood there in shock but this rough patch was the worst of all. Looking down at the sword that stabbed itself deep within my intestines, I could feel my blood draining from my face and coming out of the stab wound. As the sword suddenly pulled itself from out of my stomach, my body felt quickly drained from any energy that I had in it. Falling to my knees with shame over my heart, I looked up at the owner of the sword and saw my husband, King Aaron smiling down at me with his sword in one hand, and a mysterious woman in the other. Clouded from obliviousness and not being aware of what was going on, I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out expect quiet sobs as tears began to fill my eyes and I closed my mouth shut. Looking down at my stomach, my eyes widened as pain and fear ran throughout my body realizing what just happened. I realized what Aaron has just done! The most disgusting thing that anyone could think to do to a heart broken woman... "OUR BABY! AARON YOU STABBED OUR BABY!" I looked up at Aaron as I yelled out my words in horror! My tears now uncontrollable as they kept filling my grey eyes. Aaron's face looked disgusted as I stared into his dull empty eyes. Turning my attention back down to my stomach that was bulging out showing my baby bump, I was so shocked at what was happening that I forgot I was carrying the heir to the throne of the Red Crest Kingdom, my son Zahn Crest. "Humph! I don't care about that bastard child of yours. How dare you assume that I would let you deliver that s**t!" Aaron yelled as he used his right foot to kick my head back causing me to fall I could feel my lower stomach flare out in pain as I kept crying while using both of my hands to stop the blood from falling out of me. "No! No! NO! Come on baby, stay in there." I mumbled to myself as I kept trying to stop the blood from flowing out How the hell did this all happen?! I was stuck thinking to myself as I try to remember what even brought me into this dining hall to begin with. ... “Only you… can save the world. Call on me… I’ll save your world For a price… what will you lose? Eye for eye… what will you choose?” I remember standing by the window of my palace staring out to the sunset lit sky. As the sun was removing itself from the Earth for the day, I placed my hand down on my huge stomach as I decided to hum a lullaby for my son who seemed to be asleep all day. Knowing that he is usually such an awake and spirited one, it only made sense that he had to be sleep if he wasn't up kicking my stomach. Humming a lullaby that I used to hear from my mother who said she heard it from the people in my village outside of the Ahasteen Kingdom walls, I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment as I finally felt my baby boy kick as much as his joyful feet wanted to. Smiling at the feeling, I heard a knock on the door of my bedroom. Glancing over at the door, I cleared my throat with a cough and spoke out. "Come in." Hearing the door open and seeing a little servant peek her head into the door, the servant didn't dare to look at me as she kept her eyes glued down onto the floor. "Your Highness, Queen Reyna. His Majesty would like for you to meet him in the dining hall." Smiling with pity at the poor woman, I nodded my head in agreement as the servant removed her head and closed the door behind her. "Now what could your father want from me? Another hosted meeting with the commanders? A night in the bed with him? Or maybe ... just maybe, he finally came up with a name for you my little royal prince." I said smiling while rubbing my stomach I thought that I was walking into a joyful setting with the love of my life reminding me how much he loves me, how much he still cares for me and is happy that I'm having his baby. But what do I walk into, an ambush. ... I can't lose my baby. Not my son, not my son please god, I thought to myself as tears were falling from a small face. Trying to rearrange my hands in every possible way so that the blood from my stomach won't spill out, I felt a sense of loss. This is my pride and joy, the only thing keeping me alive as I stayed in this hell of a place, please don't take him away from me, PLEASE! My thought process was becoming irrational but it wasn't as bad as my heart currently was as I felt the strings that held it together, come apart. "Look at the Supreme Queen, bowing down to a low level mistress as she bleeds out to death." I heard an evil voice speak Looking up from my stomach, I realized that it was the woman who was in my husband's arms smiling down at me. I managed to roll my eyes at the little girl before she made an angry face. "How does it feel to know that Mistress Clarissa has stolen the title of Official Queen and stole your husband! The husband who's stood by your side for 15 years!" The girl Clarissa yelled out while laughing Taking deep breaths, I tried ignoring her and whatever words she spoke to me for nothing could phase me beside the losing life of my son, until she spoke on a words that no woman should have said. "Baby, why don't we show her what a real royal baby is supposed to look like." Her snaky voice called out as she smiled deeper Moving my tear covered eyes over to the arm of Aaron that was moving towards the woman's dress, Aaron's hand rubbed her stomach and exposed a bump that was even bigger than mine. A bump that seemed to have been there before he even did the same to me. My eyes widened in disbelief as I tried to collect information of what was going on even throughout the pain. "Y-You g-g-got her p-pregnant?" I managed to ask through the shivers my body suddenly came down with. The woman Clarissa smiled at me as she kissed Aaron on the lips. My lips made a frown on their own as more tears fell. Shaking my head not trying to believe anything anymore, I began using my hands once more around my stomach to try and stop the blood, but I realized it was no longer any use. I could feel my hands giving out on me. I was losing too much blood and I knew what this meant, I was losing my baby too. Forcing myself with any strength I still had to push myself to sit up onto my knees, I removed my hands away from my stomach and began picking up the puddles of blood that laid on the ground and tried to put the blood of my lost son back into my stomach. "Come on baby, come back inside of me. You're okay. Mommy is putting you back in her stomach so you can be strong and healthy. You were almost here... YOU WERE ALMOST IN MY ARMS!" Using my small brown hands to scoop up blood, constantly gathering the pools of blood just trying to force the liquid back into the hole that cut my stomach open. God baby please don't leave yet, please don't leave yet! MOMMY NEEDS YOU! Amongst me trying to not to cry my heart out of its cavity that surrounds it to stay in place and me trying to pick up my already lost son, I heard Aaron call out for the guards. "GUARDS! GRAB HER AND TAKE HER OUTSIDE!" O-Outside? Stopping the movement of my hands, I began to look around the dining hall to try and find a window. Looking from left to right, I finally saw one; but what I saw was the rain outside coming from the sky with horrible wind helping it travel heavier to the ground. You could see the crooked lines of lightning in the sky and hear the rumble of the Lord's anger, the thunder. "No... NO! Don't take me out there!" I yelled out as I was now becoming more frantic Aaron smiled at me as he tightened his grip on his sword once more. Trying to get up, I didn't notice what he was doing because I was too focused on trying to make it to my feet. I was close, but not strong enough as I dropped back down onto my knees. As I looked up at my husband to beg him to try to save me, I felt something pierce through my heart that was already broken as I tried to find my husband's eyes. My vision was starting to become blurry as I could no longer see close details of anything, but even so I tried to see what exactly hit my heart, only to see that it was my husband's sword that stabbed me once again. Once again... "You disgusting trash," I heard him yell at me before the doors of the palace room opened up revealing 4 men in the outfits of the guards colors. "HURRY UP AND TAKE HER AWAY!" Aaron yelled at them With no emotions in their eyes, Aaron took his sword from out of my heart and the guards quickly ran over to me and roughly grabbed my limp and half dead body by my arms. Feeling my eyes start to close by themselves, I tried my best to keep them open with any energy I had left. Looking at the floor where I just laid, I saw a huge amount of blood there and couldn't believe that all of that blood came from me... me and my lost son. Hearing the sound of a door open, I tried to turn my head to look and see what was going on, but I wasn't successful. Instead, the guards proceeded walking a couple more steps before I felt my body became lighter. After the lightness of my body made me feel free, I was met with my body falling onto something hard and cold underneath me. The guards threw me out of their arms and onto the cold wet ground outside. "OWW!" I cried out as I felt more pain shocking throughout my body Feeling the heavy water drops falling onto my body, it was clear as day that the guards didn't care about me or my body as they threw me wherever was convenient for them. Hearing the sound of a door close, I knew that the guards must've gone back into the palace, ignoring the dying woman in front of them. I chucked to myself as I remembered a little bit. I remember those guards, they were probably the same ones who protected me since I came here at 5 years old and always swore their loyalty to me in trust saying that the Red Crest Kingdom was lucky to have a woman like me help lead the lives of our Kingdom's people. Bowing down onto their one knee as they kissed the back of my hand and swore of their lives that they will always protect me. I smiled as I realized that everything I lived for was a lie. A lie that I believed completely. I spent 15 years inside of that palace: fighting myself as I felt like I didn't deserve this life while I still watched the people I grew up with stay poor and starve to death, fighting this life as my husband's family never accepted me no matter how many achievement I made just because I was once a poor person survival off of rotten bread, and fighting my sense of justice. Accepting being the King's Official Wife, meant that I had to accept that my husband had other women but ... but he .... he vowed and promised me ... I bit my bottom lip in anger He f*****g promised me that he would NEVER get them pregnant for that was only my purpose as I was his actual wife. Crying while laughing from my sanity breaking, I lived the life of a sham. Hearing heavy little footsteps through the harsh density of the raindrops falling, I moved my eyes slowly to see where the footstep sound was coming from. Squinting my eyes even a little bit, I could in a distance the eyes of a small animal. The eyes that the animal had were a striking gold color and the skin looked rough to the touch. As the little animal waddled closer to my body, I could see that the animal was small but it also had small wings attached to its little body. Looking at the small animal, I am somewhere reminded of my son. My son shared the horrible fate of having a weak mother and a malicious father. My poor innocent little son that died needlessly at the hands of the fucker who made him. "My... son. He w-w-would've b-been this s-small." I voiced out to the animal The animal tilted its head at me and blinked it's little gold eyes before deeming it safe and coming closer to my body. Smiling at the animal's actions, I reached my hand out to the animal and it instinctively backed away from me. "Zahn, c-c-come here." I said moving my fingers with the last bit of control I had with them. The animal sneered before it slowly began walking to me again. Moving my small brown hand to try and touch it, I lifted my hand up to try and reach the animal's face. Zahn... Zahn... That would've been a wonderful name for my son. A name deemed fit for a newborn waking up into a world full of terrors but wonders. Gratefulness as life was born but ungracious feelings as you were going to grow up with hopes and dreams to be as selfish as need be to achieve them, just like your mother. The animal looked at my hand and reached down to sniff it. Almost forgetting that the animal was by my side, I moved my hand up further up to touch the animal's head. I was right completely when I thought that the skin was rough to the touch. The animal's skin felt hard and wet from the rain colliding with the hard skin. Although the skin was hard some parts of the skin had a weird slushy and soft feeling to it. "My dear Zahn," I called out Even though at first I saw a small animal in front of me, now all I could see was the human face of my unborn son. I pictured what his face would look like every night as I had dreams about him. Believing that he would have my grey eyes and dark skin, a small button nose with big elf ears as people like to call them. I hoped and dream everyday that he would look like me and absolutely nothing like his father. "My little baby Zahn," I said as I could feel my body getting colder and my heart beating slower than what it was earlier "Zahn, I knew you were still alive. Please my dear son, give me the strength to make it through this loss without you..." After speaking, I could feel my arms going limp and I could see bright lights flashing into my eyes, first as small white circles, but gradually they began to get bigger and bigger. Even though it was night time and there was rain falling onto me, I could see bright lights as if I was being called to the heavens itself. It was the stars in the night skies above that were shining brightly in my eyes. My eyebrows mushed together as I've never seen the stars shine that brightly in my life. "Zahn," I tried speaking as my lips became completely stiff with coldness "I am sorry t-t-that I couldn't protect you. That I c-c-couldn't b-be there to w-watch you g-grow u-u-up into a h-handsome man. I-I-I am sorry f-for being s-s-s-o weak." Feeling the harsh skin of the animal rub its body against my frozen hand, I smiled as my son's face came into my eyes. "I will always fight for y-you. Zahn..." Not being able to finish my sentence out loud, I finished it in my head that was slowly losing any knowledge that I had of it. I will always love you and protect you... Feeling my eyes close by itself, I took deep breaths slowly but surely... until my deep breath became my last breath...