His Majesty episode 4

His Majesty
Chapter four
Nyx
I sat at the front seat nervously, everyone was looking at me with hate, I felt like entering the ground. The teacher cleared his throat, his eyes eyeing me murderously.
‘Good morning?’ I asked nervously.
‘So, you’re the Ostrazian?’
‘And so what?’ I flinched at the voice of the king. He was leaning on the doorframe with arms folded and legs crossed. ‘If she’s an Ostrazian, what’s up?’
‘Nothing, I’m sorry sire,’ he apologized with a bow.
‘No teacher is to insult or make her feel anyhow or that teacher will have to deal with me. Show some respect to the reason I’m still alive, is that clear?’ He nodded. I smiled secretly and bit my lower lip. I glanced at the class, all the girls were ogling him. I scoffed jealously, none of them is as pretty as I am.
Right?
He gave me one final look before disappearing. I exhaled and opened my bag, that would keep them away. After class, the teacher walked out, I stood up with my bag on my shoulders and walked out. I found my way to my other classes until lunchtime, it was hærd the way people made indirect remarks, I went to the restroom thrice to cry my eyes out. I walked to the cafeteria, I had just finished crying, my eyes were puffy and cheeks red.
‘Good afternoon,’ I greeted the lunch lady shakily. ‘Can I buy food?’
‘Of course, what would you like? What about a special food for the special girl that saved our king?’ She asked with a perky smile.
‘Please, I’ve swallowed too much sarcasm for one day, please just answer me plainly, can I buy or should I walk out?’ I asked at the verge of tears. She reached forward and held my hand.
‘Don’t let what they say get to you, they all behave like saints when they are the true hypocrites. If anything should happen to our king, they would go to war for the throne if the universe don’t bring a new ruler, ignore their hateful words. I’m not one to judge because I know you’re all not to blame, we were all affected by the darkness, even the kings couldn’t escape it clutches let alone your tribe. So please, ignore them,’ I smiled and wiped my tears.
‘Can you get out of the way? I have something to buy,’ a guy huffed behind me.
‘Wait your turn you spoilt idiot,’ the lunch lady snapped. ‘I’m Barbara by the way,’ she smiled at me. ‘Now, what would you have? I know, special lavender cake and lemon juice, on me.’
‘Thank you Barbara,’ I said sincerely. She dished my food and I carried it away to the last table in the cafeteria. I sat down and ate fast so I could get out quick, I should have just eaten somewhere else. People kept throwing things at me, when I was almost done, that was when she came.
She had Bob pink hair and fuchsia eyes, her l-ips were pink just like her rosy cheeks. She was beautiful, the kind of girl every guy would die to have.
‘So this is the Ostrazian,’ she purred mockingly. ‘You’re as gorgeous as they say you are,’ she rest her weight on the table by putting her hands on it and smirked. ‘What spell did you use to make yourself pretty, witch? Soul exchanging spell?’ I ignored her, just stared at her plainly. ‘Typical bitch,’ she splashed my drink on my face. The harsh lemon burnt into my eyes, I scre-med and jumped to my feet.
‘My eyes, my eyes, water,’ I pleaded.
‘Why give you water when I can give you a makeover,’ she laughed, she hit something on my face, food, hot food. I scre-med again. ‘Should I help you watch your hair?’ The next thing I knew, my head was bashed against a table as everyone laughed. ‘What’s wrong honey? Don’t like my method of washing?’ She taunted. ‘I haven’t even added the shampoo yet,’ she dragged my hair and pulled me. Then I didn’t know where I was going, students walked behind us cheering and chanting all kinds of words.
Yes! Deal with her!
Filth!
Magnificent, show her!
Kill her!
She’s a useless Ostrazian!
Doors opened and the next thing I felt was my head been hit against something hærd before it was shoved into the toilet. Many laughed.
‘She needs water to rinse her hair, can someone get me water?’ She asked laughingly. I knew what was next, three guys came and peed on my head which was still in,side the toilet. She left me after that. ‘Go back to where you come from, you don’t belong here,’
Yes!!! Tell her!!!
To hell with her!
Send her to hades!
F-ck you Ostrazian!
‘However, if you insist on staying, then welcome to your death,’ they laughed and left me there. I sat there crying for hours before Barbara came and helped me. She took me to her bathroom, bathe me, washed my hair and changed my clothes. She begged me not to tell the king or he would kill each and everyone of them so I had to tolerate it. I stood outside waiting for my driver or ride, the students threw stones at me whenever they passed, harsh. The sun was very hot, the driver refused to come so I sat there hoping Sky would notice I wasn’t back yet.
‘Ms, it’s time to leave, I want to lock the school,’ the gateman who was nice to me said apologetically. I stood up and walked out. He finished locking the gates and came to me. ‘Do you need a ride to the castle? I can drop you off near then you can trek the rest,’ he offered warmly.
‘Thank you sir but I’ll wait,’
‘As you wish,’ I watched him leave before sneaking over the gate back to school. There was no way I wouldn’t get revenge. I walked straight to the water supply in the school, they’ll all pay for humiliating me. What I can’t do in public, I do in secret.
Sky
‘Look at how she’s suffering Skylar, you love watching her suffer, don’t you?’ They said laughingly. ‘You are as evil as we are, accept it.’
‘Why can’t you leave me alone,’ I sighed. I stopped watching her from the universal floor, it was once dad’s room where he saw all things. ‘I don’t like seeing her suffer….’
‘She’ll destroy you Sky, she’s evil,’
‘Don’t you have any better lie? You’re boring me,’ I said smirkingly.
‘We’ll get you to kill her, watch,’ I could save her but then it would give off the wrong expression. I had something more useful to worry about, sleep. I tapped my ring.
‘Bart, have the driver pick up the girl late, I want the sun to scotch her skin.’
‘Yes sire,’ I’m not that nice.
Nyx
I woke up with a tired yawn, I returned very late in the evening but he still made me do an unreasonable amount of work, I slept off and was waking up then. I looked at the time, afternoon.
‘Slept well?’ I scre-med and flew out of the bed in shock, he was there. ‘You slept well?’ I gulped and looked away. ‘It’s funny, every single students in Alphedia Knight Academy suspiciously swelled like balloons today, with painful boils. I wonder how that happened,’ he said with a menacing glare at me. I grinned and twirled my hair around my index finger.
‘Yeah, I wonder,’
‘Why did you do that?’
‘I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ I said innocently. He smirked.
‘Get dressed, we’re going hunting,’
‘We’re what!’
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Life can be very hærd, never try something dangerous when you don’t have the liver to withstand the consequences.
‘Nyx!’ His slightly deep voice thundered. So it had been four days, he would drag me along to a thick forest with too much prickles and thorns while carrying all his unnecessary loads. I was the servant of the king, carrying everything, even the things as light as his handkerchief. Unknown forces would flog me mercilessly when I walked too slow or I would get hit in the face twice by ghosts. After being pricked with all the thorns, getting slapped and all, he would bathe me with a liquid called sun boiler and put me under the sun to dry.
It was really painful to bear.
‘I’m coming!’
‘Walk faster!!!’
‘I’m trying,’ I huffed. I was the one wearing the giant helmet ten times bigger than my head and the heavy metal boots, not him. ‘Why do I have to wear this?’
‘Can’t hear you!!!’ I huffed and hurried to him. These were the rules:
If you trip, you get wh¡pped.
If anything fall off my stuffs, you get slapped.
Walk too slow, wh¡p.
Stop to rest, slaps.
‘Why am I dressed like this today?’
‘You’ll see,’
‘Huh?’
‘Look down,’ he ordered. I looked down the steep mountain in despair. ‘See you down there in five,’ he disappeared. I burst into tears, it was too much to bear. I began my long journey down the mountain with my heavy backpack that weighed up to two thousand pounds. Anytime I tripped, I received my punishment. Many things fell, I got down in three hours, sweating badly with dried tears, I ran out of tears. My legs were numb and stiff, my body burning with intense pain, my cheeks had no feeling left and my fingers was tired. He was at the bottom reading a book nonchalantly with his legs crossed and a tree forming a shade for him. ‘You’re three hours, fourteen minutes and twenty seconds late. Kneel down and carry that rock over your head, hands straight.’
‘Look, I’m sorry, please stop,’ I felt another rage of lashing attack my back. I sobbed, how the wh¡p passes the bag is what I don’t know. I dropped the bag…
‘Put it back,’ he commanded.
‘Please….’ My knees snapped as it was forcefully bent down, I scre-med and fell on them, my kneecaps had shifted position. My hands twisted it way up, my bone cracking terribly. He put the rock on my head with his telekinesis and the bag too. He directed a hot ray of light to me, my torment began.
He left a lot of times but I dared not move. I was in pain, my powers were struggling to heal the broken bones, ripped skin and cuts. My knees burnt and my toes felt crooked. The sun grew hotter by the minute, I was like that for nine hours before I could take no more, I collapsed. I couldn’t breathe, my body unconsciously curled up as I tried to heal myself. He squat beside me and played with my hair.
‘Had enough?’ I gathered the last energy in me and sat up quiveringly.
‘I had a home, father who loved me, people who cherished my existence more than theirs. I had friends, peace, but you came and took it away,’ I sobbed. ‘What wrong did I do by saving your life? What crime did I commit to have to suffer so much. You watched your people humiliate me, hurt me to the core and you do nothing yet when I defended myself, you punish me brutally. The one regret I have is saving your life, I should have let you die….’
Sky
‘….I should have let you die, I should have let you disappear out of existence….’ Her every bitter words of regrets ripped my heart, they made me do it again, I unconsciously did it. ‘You’re the worse person I’ve ever met, worse than every darkness in Alphedia….’ They laughed.
‘Even she can see it, we told you that you’re us, look what you did to the girl. We win again,’ they laughed. Invisible drops of tears fell on me, all her tears sank into my skin. I grunted and held my chest, the tears went straight to my heart. I coughed out blood, the scre-ms were back again.
‘Your Majesty!’ She panicked.
‘Get away from me, run!’ I gasped, I could feel my eyes and hair changing to black.
‘You’re us!!! Take our hands,’ they shouted with evil laugh. Their hands danced around my face. ‘Take it Sky….’
‘Never!’ I roared, my voice coming out like a demon’s. Claws sprouted out of my fingers, my canines growing out too. ‘Nyx, leave,’
‘You’re losing your soul, let me help you….’
‘You’re weak, run. I’ll be fine but for the next five minutes, I’m not safe, run!’
‘I’m going nowhere,’ I gasped as she hugged me, her light transferring to my body. ‘I only have a little left for now, enough to keep that hand away from you. You’re not evil Sky, don’t let my words or anyone deceive you….’ I couldn’t move, I was in shock. How did she…..
‘Get her away!!!! She’s ruining everything!!!!!’ They yelled. My head swelled, I grabbed her arms and sank my claws into them. She pulled back, her eyes meeting mine.
‘Think of your mother, your first love,’ memories of mom flashed in my head.
‘Just kill her!!!’ They kept shouting in my head. I scre-med, the mental war driving me insane. She stunned me next with her actions. She grabbed the sides of my head and pressed her thumbs on my temples before crashing her l-ips on mine. Every breath and healing light left her mouth as it flowed into me. The voice shut down, the darkness folding up deep into my mind. She slumped motionless in my arms.
After everything I did to her, she saved me again. I looked at the sky and sighed.
Indebted.