Chapter 10: Fall

Kaida's pov.

I didn't feel like myself when I lashed out to the king. To the KING!!! The most powerful man in this kingdom and trust me I wouldn't have the guts to do that but I just went berserk. As I saw Raven in pain from the burns, I whimpered and backed away slowly, "I-I'm sorry..." I said while the beastly voice in mine started to fade away. After the little rage session I got, my hearing and eyesight were a little foggy but I could still hear normally. The king stood up and snarled at me, "Guards!!! Chain her down!!!" The king ordered his guards to do so. They all then pushed and pinned me to the ground as they put the chains on my arms, legs, wrists, and neck so I can't move that much, "N-No please!!!" I begged them, "I-It was just an accident please!" I yelled to the king. King Alister dusted himself off, "You yourself is an accident. Bring her to Eagle's edge and make sure the kingdom can see her." He ordered the guards who were holding me down, "I'll kill her myself." He said with that sinister look at me.

Raven widened her eyes and tried to get up and run to the king, "No! Please!!! She's innocent!!!" I heard her beg. Some of the guards then stop her from getting any closer to the king and hold her down as well, "And as for you." He looked at her with that disgusted look and kneeled in front of her, "I will punish you for even thinking of protecting the one species we Celosians despise by making you watch her blood spill on my ground you piece of scum." He said. She then looked at me with tears in her eyes. I couldn't move because of the guards and chains and...my guilt of having her dragged into this so I thought maybe it is for the best to let me be disposed of so no one would be hurt anymore. I sighed, "I'm sorry..." I whispered to her as I get dragged away with some of my blood staining the floor from the whipping of the shithead.

I looked at the king while he gets up and orders the guards to prepare everyone for the 'big' event, I whimpered looking at Raven as she gets pulled away from my sights. I just sighed and accepted my fate. Uncle Elrick wakes up after a freak out session and a deep sleep, "W-What happened?" He said while he looked around and Ignatius was there right on his chest, "You're finally awake!" Ignatius said and he steps off of his chest, "You have to get up! Your niece is in trouble!" He alerted him and hovered in the air with his wings. Uncle Elrick looks at him in worry, "What?! What happened to her?!" He panicked, Ignatius then squeaked, "She's capture and locked up in the castle! Hurry now! We must rescue her with haste before it's too late!" He exclaimed and flew out the window. Elrick then began to run to the castle, "I swear to the moon Heath!!! Kaida really is your goddamn daughter cause of her actions!!!" He murmured to my late father as he ran to the castle.

I growled and pulled on the chains when we arrived at Eagle's edge. Oh! Eagle's edge is a huge cliff right by the side of the whole kingdom but the houses and other places are on the other side of the cliff so people can see whatever's going on there and since the castle, Celosia sits on the very top by the edge it has a steep side and a river at the very bottom and GOLLY it's a very high fall so it's used for death penalties and punishments. I widened my eyes and begged for them to let me go, "No please!!!" I said, "Shut up and quit fighting! You know you cannot do anything to stop this!" The guard exclaimed as they push me down and connect my chains to the two pillars that stood by the edge of the cliff. I teared up and looked up the full moon looking down at me, "So this is how it ends..." I said to myself.

Raven's pov.

I knew this could happen, the king has no mercy for the innocent sorcerers. I tried to fight back and free myself, "Let go you little shits!!!" I yelled at the guards holding me in chains but they wouldn't budge and put me on the very edge of a platform on the highest tower of the castle. I could see my beloved be pushed and shoved harshly while they chain her to the pillars, "No...T-This isn't happening..." I said to myself. It all happened so fast. I teared up and shook myself from the chains and my hair blocking my view of Kaida as the king started to walk to her and I knew I had to do something to stop him from harming her. I growled and yelled, "Don't you dare you ra-!" to the king but before I could finish one of the guards placed a gag on in my mouth to keep me silent and held my head up, "Watch." He whispered to me by my ear. I groaned and set my eyes on the king.

Kaida's pov.

I looked up to the crowd of people looking at me, Their eyes being filled in fear and in disgust of me. I began to cry, "I thought I'd live a normal life, like a normal person, being in my normal bubble of normal but I guess the journey ends here..." I said to myself as I let my head hang down. The king then stands right next to me while holding Celosia's golden sword, "Tonight we witness yet another fall of a beast." He said to the people as they yell out and some cheer, "This sword symbolizes the ever-rising of Celosia from the beginning of its victorious era starting from the great kings who led this kingdom to today. My great ancestors used this sword to spill the blood of enemies and now you will witness its job to be done to this creature." He said as he looked at me. The while kingdom cheered to the words of the king. I perked up hearing a familiar voice, "Wait!!! Sire!!! Please! That's my Niece!" I heard my Uncle Elrick yell from the crowd.

I struggled, "Uncle!!" I yelled to him but then the guards placed a gag on my mouth to keep me from speaking. King Alister raised his eyebrow, "And who are you, Moon Hound." He asked Uncle, "I-I'm Elrick Night sire...The local hunter..." He stated to the king but the king didn't look like he actually cared, "Take him away for associating with this criminal." He ordered the nearby guards. I watched my uncle be pushed to the ground as he yelped in pain while he gets dragged away. I growled and groaned trying to speak, my hands were heating up from my rage and the gag started to glow brightly from the heat from my body melting it. I bit it in half and roared, "Don't you dare hurt him or I'll burn you all alive!!!" I yelled with the same beastly voice I had earlier, "Hurt my uncle and you all better hide and pray that I don't find you!!!" I yelled and roared out as I pulled on the chains on my arms and legs holding me back while I try to get up. The king backed away and gasped in surprise from the situation. King Alister then captured his balance as the guards try to hold me back down.

Raven's pov.

I groaned and grunted from the guards holding me back as I watched Kaida lose control, "Kaida!" I yelled but in a muffled way because of the gag. I couldn't move properly but then I saw the king take the sword out of its sheath, I widened my eyes and groaned and pulled as hard as I could but I was still held back. The king walked closer to the raging teen with the sword in hand and yelled, "Die beast!!!" He exclaimed while Kaida flung many guards out to the cliff and to the castle wall and roaring out in a rage of his uncle being hurt. I don't know where Jason went but I didn't care much and then...I heard the crowd gasp for some reason. The shine of the moon blinded my eyes...when the light faded from the clouds blocking the moon, I saw Kaida standing still with the sword driven into her back, and I could see the sword's sharp tip's shadow on the ground...It came out through her stomach...I watched in horror as my beloved's blood spilled from the wound and from her mouth.

I couldn't believe what I saw, How could I? I thought the king was generous and I thought nothing bad would happen to Kaida since she's the kingdom's nice girl but what happened. I froze in both sadness and heartbreak but rage started to take over my head. I groaned and pulled on the chains once again, "RRRRAUGH!!!" I groaned out loud as I pulled. The guards tried to pull me back but they failed. I flapped my wings as hard as I could making the two out of four guards holding me fly off the edge of the platform and fall to their ends. I then pulled on my arm while groaning out and letting my rage run free. I looked back to the 2 other guards holding the chains to my wings and I saw the fear in their eyes as they gaze into my yellow eyes. I knew they know it'll be the last they'll see. I glared at them and twisted the chains on my arms and I tried to bite on the metal gag on my mouth as hard as I could, it shatters, "YOU'RE NEXT!!!" I exclaimed and the more I twisted the chains on my wrists the weaker they got.

I yelled in slight pain on the chains, "RRRAGH! COME ON!!!" I yelled at myself. They break and set my arms free, I gripped the chains attached to my wings and pulled, bringing the guards holding onto it along. I held my hands out for their heads as they get yanked towards me. As they arrived at my grasp, I whispered to them, "Say hello to the worms for me." I said before I chucked them off to fall and as soon as I was finished with the guards with me my attention switched to Kaida, "Kaida!!" I yelled and yanked on the chains on my legs hard to break them, they do eventually and I sprint towards the edge to fly down to Kaida, I jump off and let myself fall before spreading my wings and speeding passed the guards but I was too late when the asshole king kicks Kaida off while she was losing her balance from her wound, "Fall." He said. I gasped, "NO!" I exclaimed as I tried to pick my speed up to catch her before she hits the ground or the side of the cliff. I folded my wings and flapped occasionally so I could catch up to the falling teen as I reached my hand for her hoping to catch and save her.