The beginning of a tragic life

"Iracia where are you running to?"

Daemeon and I were running down the hall to the courtyard.

"We're going to be late! We have to get there before they bloom!" I yelled grabbing his hand. His cheeks went red as I held his hand in mine.

It was late in the night and it was past our bedtime. But we didn't care for the moonflowers that were going to bloom were abyssal Lillies Flowers that bloomed every couple of years. Father told us that it grew in the heart of the moon flowers. That it was the moon's flower's darkness.

"Dae Dae! Look! Look at it!" Excitedly I pulled onto his arm.

"Ira, calm down it's just abyssal Lillies." He calmly says.

I huffed and turned to him. "It's not just any abyssal flower, it's thee flower, thee lily that can help us grow stronger. Remember Dae, we want to grow up quickly so we can fight in the war against those light creatures!"

Daemeon nodded, "but shouldn't we ask the elders to help us."

I shook my head, "No they won't, it's up to us to become stronger."

I ran up to the platform that the abyssal lilies surrounded. And used the signs while spinning around to form my spiritual circle. It was the first thing my father taught me and I was so excited to do this and show him how strong I had become.

"Wait no Ira, you're going to get hurt!" Daemeon yelled.

The spell had begun and the circle began to grow and emits light. I had to drain the moon flowers from the abyssal lilies.

"Stop this nonsense at once Serah!" I jumped in my skin and glanced behind me to see the king upset.

'No, I had to prove myself to him!'

My father, the king shot a powerful burst of his power, his darkness that surrounded the circle but never touched me.

"Father please wait, let me prove myself!" I continued the spell as I pointed the flower's essence toward my heart. Immediately it flowed inside me.

"YOU STUPID GIRL! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Enraged he threw dark shadows at me.

My body trembled at the rage. It was the first time he was like this.

"Daddy please don't be mad, I'm sorry, I just... I just..."

I couldn't form any words as I froze. My heart pounded in my chest, I screamed as I felt everything inside me burn and break. I fell onto the ground grabbing my head from the pain. My long black hair fell in front of me as the strands turned white.

"Iracia!!" I heard Daemeon cry out but I was too lost in my pain.

That was when I screamed one last time as I blankly stared at the moon that appeared at the ceiling of the cave where a hole was. The darkness that surrounded the circle had turned a darker shade as darkness suddenly began to emit out of my body.

'After all these years I'm finally free,' whatever that thing was, it spoke, it sounded like me but not like me at the same time. Its body formed just like mine except its eyes glowed gold. A creature such as this and its eyes that were golden was considered evil.

"You're me...?"

'Yes I am you and you are me. We are the same, two sides of the same coin little one.'

I turned my head to the side as the circle shattered. And the darkness exploded, receding into me. But surrounding me was a miasma. A miasma that destroyed the moonflowers and the abyssal Lillies.

No! I had caused this...

I caused the valley of flowers to rot and die...

"SERAH! HOW DARE YOU DISOBEY ME! YOU NOT ONLY ALMOST CAUSED HARM TO YOUR KING BUT ALSO TO YOUR BEST FRIEND!" my father yelled.

With barely a whisper, "father, I'm sorry." Was all I could mutter as I closed my eyes.

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"How could this monstrosity be mine?! She broke the rules, she out to be punished."

I slowly moved my body only to experience pain. When I opened my eyes, I was surrounded by the soldiers and the council. I shrunk back and moved away.

"Daddy, why are you doing this? I'm sorry if I did something wrong." Whimpering my father's right-hand man came forward.

"Crown princess Serah Iracia Obscurum. You have been a naughty girl. Unlocking such a dangerous essence." Sir Talberon spoke with power making me step back.

"Essence? But I'm not of age to do that..." I whimpered as fear grasped me.

My back hit the wall and I looked up at the man that I would soon begin to fear.

"This thing has brought chaos back into my kingdom. The council shall take care of it and return my daughter to how she was." The king, my father says.

"Father, I am completely fine, just punish me... please don't send me-"

I was sent flying a few feet as my face stung from the slap he gave me. I felt the tears fall. I didn't want this. I just wanted them to see that I'm gone strong. I didn't want them to fear me.

'But that is what will happen,' a voice slithers out. A shadow slowly erupts from my skin and out came the shadow monster.

"GO AWAY!" I yelled at it and everyone else.

'That just breaks my heart... you want me to leave even though I've just awakened, I should just take over and wreak havoc in this place,' the shadow says.

"You should have been sealed! How did you get free?!" The king yells slamming his power onto the shadow monster and me.

I was thrown back but I was caught mid-air by shadowy arms. I looked down to see the shadow monster had caught me and it shook with anger. I could feel it resonating. It began to release something from its body and the soldiers began to fall one by one. A choking gasp of air as they clutched their heads and chest.

One by one they fell dead... I had seen caelestians die but not like this. I had seen how a bloody mess it could be but this time the life was engulfed from them.

"My liege, do not be afraid of this weakling. She is still but a child that can be controlled." Talberon states.

"Send out my decree to the council, the princess belongs to them to do as they please." The king declared as shackles and chains bonded me as my shadow monster disappeared.

"You knew this day would come didn't Talberon?" The king says

"I predicted it the day the oracle said it would happen," Talberon replies holding the chains that pulled me to him like a dog.

Betrayal

That was the first thing I felt

The betrayal of allowing your daughter to be a slave to the power

A slave for them to do what they wanted...

That was the start of the beginning

I never should have gone to the valley. I couldn't protect Dae Dae and now I released something that cannot be locked up. My father despises me to the point where he can't even face me and now sir Talberon is gonna keep me as a prisoner...

This was the beginning of the end...