Save The Children

A few minutes later, the King and his escorts came to the birthing room to check on the progress of his queen. They were shocked to find nothing but a dead maiden on the floor and a bleeding queen on the bed.

"What has happened here? Where is my child?" Kind Darth demanded to know.

His most trusted Kingsguard, Phileous, rolled Gemma's body over and discovered that she was still alive. She had blood spewing out of her mouth and was struggling to speak.

"Twins...!" she managed to whisper.

"What was that?" Phileous asked her and leaned closer to her mouth.

"The queen...had...twins." Gemma said again before breathing her last breath.

Phileous told the King what she had said and his eyes ignited with rage. He stormed over to Neyra and held her by the throat.

"Where are they?" He screamed.

"Somewhere you will never find them. How does it feel, knowing that your own children are destined to kill you?" She asked with a mocking smile.

"I will find them and I will kill them myself." He said and stormed out of the birthing room with his guards.

"Oh, Mother Eyah! Protect my children. Save them from this evil so they can manifest your light and will when the time is right." Neyra said and looked at her hands. She was still bleeding and her eyelids were getting heavier. She was dying.

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"Gather as many men as you can and search for the midwife. She must have the children. Kill her and kill them at all cost. Do you understand?" King Darth said to Phileous.

"I understand sire! It will be done." Phileous replied.

He assembled his men and they ran out of the castle to look for the children. They got on their horses and let the hounds lead the way.

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Meanwhile, Kathia was running as fast as her legs could carry her through the woods. She knew the King's men were most likely tracking her with their hounds so she needed to move fast. She made to Shadrin's Rock and put the medallion beneath the waterfall and waited anxiously.

A bright blue light began to shine and the light turned into a ring-like door to another world; Earth.

Kathia ran towards the portal and as she was about to enter, an arrow found its way into her shoulder. She screamed in pain and fell just at the foot of the gateway.

Phileous and his men stepped into the light and approached her.

"Give me the children and I'll give you a quick and painless death." Phileous said.

"You served the last king, didn't you? You swore your loyalty to him and his house in perpetuity, or have you forgotten?" Kathia asked him.

"I have a new king now." He said.

"Then you will die by his side when the prophecy is fulfilled." Kathia said and threw the basket containing the children into the portal.

The gateway started to close and in desperation not to fail his king, Phileous ran towards the portal and managed to jump into it just as it closed. There was a massive gust of wind as the portal closed and it blasted the other guards all over the forest.

Kathia saw this as an opportunity to escape so she picked herself up and ran deeper into the forest, never to be seen again.

When the other guards managed to regain consciousness, they returned to the castle and informed the King about what had happened. King Darth was furious and he angrily stormed back into the birthing room.

"They escaped you, didn't they? I can see it in your eyes." Neyra said with a soft laugh.

"Yes, they made it through that portal but, my most loyal Kingsguard went through as well and he will kill them so wipe that smile off your face." He said with a scowl.

"He won't succeed. They will live and they will return to make you pay for your sins." Neyra said.

"And you will live and pay for yours." King Darth replied.

"It's too late for me, Darth. I've lost too much blood and I can feel death coming for me. I'm ready for it. I'm ready to be with the rest of my family." She said with a solemn smile.

"I'm afraid it's not your time yet, dear wife."

A Ginx walked into the room and as soon as Neyra saw him, she could tell why Darth had brought him and it made her shed a tear in sadness for what was to come.

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Phileous opened his eyes and found himself on asphalt. He sat up and held his head with some strain in his facial expression. He didn't know where he was and wasn't sure what had happened.

Then, he remembered! He looked around but there was no basket. He roared in anger and tried to get on his feet when he saw two massive beams of light accompanied by the loudest sound he had ever heard speeding his way. He managed to jump off the road and the truck sped by.

"I'm definitely not in Troleyadia anymore." He said, got on his feet and walked into the night to scale through this new world.

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Meanwhile, a woman was having a night jog when she heard crying. She took out her earphones and heard the cries even louder now.

She followed the sound and found the basket. She opened it up and gasped in surprise when she found two babies inside it. She looked around, trying to see if anyone was around but no one was.

Having no other choice, she took the basket and the babies along with her.