"Click!!" The guards sealed shut the door behind us as we walked in. I picked up a fire torch hanging on the wall and led the way down the stairs.
"My Queen, let hold that for you?" Gideon requested.
I nodded. I gave him the fire torch, and we both walked down the narrow stairs until we reached the last floor with three routes in front of us.
"This way" I picked the left path and strolled in almost instinctively, dragging along Gideon who was still clueless about whatever was happening.
And soon, we reached the end of the corridor.
Strange. Sothing strange was going on. Why aren't there guards here?
I was sure. No! I assud that there were supposed to be guards positioned around here.
"Is sothing wrong, my Queen?" My immaculate butler, Gideon questioned, dragging out of my thoughts.
"Gideon, aren't there supposed to be guards there?" I responded.
I watched as he furrowed his brows in confusion. "For exactly what reason, my Queen?" He asked.
"Isn.." I opened her mouth and imdiately closed it. For so reason, I can't rember. I could not rember anything.
"Ahem!" I cleared my throat and posed him another question "Gideon, who exactly am I?".
He responded "You are Queen Mavena Valor, the only daughter of the forr late king Valor the second. Titled by foes and friends as the Miracle Queen" Even with confusion apparent in his expression, he asked, "But why are you asking such a question, my Queen".
"I.." I paused. I inhaled deeply and exhaled. The whitish fog escaped from my lips as I asked "And why was I called the miracle Queen?"
I stared at him and watched as his brow furrowed once more
"Isn't that obvious?" He responded "You were and still are the only one capable of stopping the curse of the 'Moonlight's ice' from penetrating the Vrymath Kingdom. Together with your good heart, you granted the neighbouring kingdoms asylum in yours, And so you were nad the Miracle Queen. A title that was given by others to you for doing the impossible".
I took a deep breath one more ti and exhaled.
"And how did I stop the Moonlight's ice?" I questioned. I felt my hands twitch uncontrollably for a mont as I asked that simple question.
He didn't respond. Gideon -My aged butler stared at with a worried expression "Is there anything wr…"
"Just answer the question!!" The words ca out of my lips more loudly than I had expected. Nonetheless, I still needed to know "Just answer the question! How did I stop the moonlight's ice?"
"You…." His words were stuck in his mouth "You did it by…" And sohow, I had expected it.
"Gideon?"
"Yes, my Queen" He bowed.
"Do you rember how I stopped the Moonlight's ice? Or do you not know of it?" Sohow, I could already guess his answer.
However, only after a few seconds of scouring his mind for answers did he respond "I do not know of it, my Queen". He raised his head and stared at before he bowed down once more in a fluid motion.
"Forgive , my Queen. But it seems that I have never asked. But please, tell , how did you stop the Moonlight's ice and protect the Vrymath kingdom from its scourge?"
Now, I was sure of it. The fear. The feeling that sothing wasn't right rang deeper in my mind. Even the itch in my head that rampaged whenever I tried to wonder why, confird my worries.
"Gideon?" I spoke. I didn't respond to his question.
"Yes, my Queen" Gideon strengthened his back and responded.
"Open the door" I replied. Sothing didn't feel right, and I felt that through this door, I would know why?
I breathed loudly, watching as he hesitated before walking towards the door to open it.
"Click!! Bang!!" He forced the handle to open, and paused "My Queen" He turned towards and stared at with a concerned gaze.
"Open it" I repeated. No matter what, nothing was stopping from seeing what was behind this door.
Gideon nodded in affirmation and pulled the door open.
"My Queen" His outstretched arm blocked my entrance into the room. "Let go in first" He requested. But, his stern voice made it hard for to deny his request.
"Okay" I noted. I knew that he was doing this all for my safety, so there was no need for , not to let him.
He widened the door enough for a single person to pass through, picked up another fire torch that hung from the wall and lit it up before he handed the other one to and proceeded to walk through the door.
"Hahh!" I didn't know when it started, but my breathing hitched. My heart drumd rapidly non-stop.
What's happening in there?
Why hasn't he called out for yet? Mayb --
"My Queen!! You can co in!!"
My heartbeat fastened.
I grabbed the door and let the fire touch brighten up the way forward as I walked in. I wanted to know what was going on!
I needed to know why I suddenly felt like sothing was not right!
I needed to --
"My Queen!" Gideon called out for my attention and imdiately arrived by my side.
However, I didn't respond to him as my eyes flickered all around the room, and my racing heart ca to a sudden halt.
"There is nothing here" I muttered.
"Yes, my Queen, there is nothing here" Gideon repeated my words. His firm voice bounced off the barren room as opposed to mine.
"There is nothing here".
"Yes, my Queen" He nodded in affirmation.
How? This can't be right! It can't be!!
How was there nothing here?
Several countless thoughts raced through my mind as my leg sprang to life by itself and began to stroll forward.
How?
The fire torch lightened up the path in front of , and I could see the cobwebs hanging from the pillars combined with the dusty dirty ground that imprinted the shape of my footstep as I walked forward.
How?
I raised the fire torch and pointed towards the large circular platform in front of . My heart skipped a beat, as a foreign image appeared in front of and overlapped against my vision.
Again, my heart skipped a beat.
How?
I used my other hand to wipe my eye clean. No, this wasn't real!
I walked forward and didn't stop until I was right on top of the platform.
The world in my vision spun. My eyes turned weak and my vision was unstable. "AHHHH…" I scread.
"MY QUEEN!"
Before I knew it, I fell off the platform, as though sothing had pushed off. It was strange, and most of all, it felt real.
I sunk my hands into my hair and mumbled 'But, how is that possible?'
"My Queen! Are you alright?" Gideon caught my body and gently placed on the ground.
"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?" I scread. I ignored his question and yelled at the platform in front of .
Sothing doesn't feel right! And this ti, I couldn't also feel it, but I knew it!
"I-I thi-ink here isn't safe for you anymore my Queen! We have to go now!!" Gideon said. He voiced out his concern for my well-being, and when I glanced at his face, I could tell that he was beginning to doubt my sanity.
But I wasn't crazy... H-He just couldn't see it! H-He was the one that couldn't tell the difference!!
An image overlapped over my vision again. I touched my forehead and felt the bulging veins around it
I shook Gideon's hands and stood up on my feet.
"My Queen!" I ignored his call and walked towards the nearest pillar.
"This!" I placed my hands on the pillar, and a vision flashed along with my heartbeat "This! Right on this pillar, there were chains, enormous chains tied around it" I walked to the next pillar "And this one too" I moved on to the next pillar "And this one too" I moved to the next.
"And this!"
"And this!"
"And this!" I stopped. My eyes flickered restlessly around the massive circular platform, and I could now discreetly see the unknown image superimposing upon my current vision.
I walked towards the platform, climbed on it and stood at its edge.
"My Queen" I could hear Gideon's consoling voice behind , but that didn't matter to right now, because the image in front of was getting clearer and clearer.
"Ah!" I collapsed kneel first on the ground and held my head in pain. Cold. I suddenly felt cold. My body felt like it was freezing. This cold… It felt… different.
My vision changed "Cold!" I muttered in surprise as I saw the scene around change rapidly until what was left was a frozen and snowy room.
I couldn't see Gideon. I have already turned around to check, but he wasn't there. I was all alone. All.... alone in this frozen snowy room.
I froze.
Suddenly, it hit . How did snow get into this room? Weren't we several floors below the castle? So ho --
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