Chapter 27
I have changed the previous chapters' last bit a little, so if you don't understand the next chapter, please go read the previous chapter, and you might understand better.
Thank you.
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Snow walked back to her room, she thought about what had happend with Noctis, they were so close to kissing.
Were they even going to? Snow couldn't help but feel that things were moving to fast, first the carnival dance and Noctis protectiveness, then when he saved her, and now this. It was moving to fast.
Snow changed her mind of going back as she wanted some fresh air, and walked to the outside in the direction of the woods.
She walked slowly taking her time while she thought things over in her head. Her whole plan was gone, everything was so clear, so simple, and then this had to happen. Snow was both furious and irritated with herself, why couldn't she just stick to the plan.
Snow walked a few meters trying to cool off, she felt most of the time angry, or she thinks it's anger, and she couldn't understand why. Her grandmother told her it might be side effects of what happend, but it almost doesn't feel that way. Her grandmother also kept saying she is very special and stuff like that, although she didn't hear everything as she was half asleep, half awake.
In between her grandmother also said a similar thing to Noctis, but just before Snow could hear the end of the sentence, she fell asleep.
Snow continued to walk in the woods, still deep in thought before she heard a rustle of trees behind her, she looked back with a guarded expression.
When nothing else seemed to happen, she continued on.
Suddenly a blood piercing scream echoed through the woods, Snow didn't think twice before sprinting in the direction of the scream. Her whole body was aching, if only she could fly.
Snow wasn't that far onto the woods, so she quickly made it back, only to be met with a scene that made her eyes widen.
The one side of the palace was on fire, while the other side was left untouched. Screams were heard for miles on, servants and maids was trying to get a way from the palace, leaving only the brave to extinguish the fire.
Snow thought it was people who did this, but as she was about to find them, a big shadow leaped out of the building, crus.h.i.+ng a servant that was standing there, bones crackled under the monster, and as if that wasn't enough, the thing pounced on an unlucky maid.
His teeth was sinking into her flesh, her scream was of trying to get away, was silenced when the monster began to carve her up. Her arms and legs was pulled from her body, some were thrown away by the monster, and other parts were eaten by him, her, it. Whatever it is, it's definitely not human.
Snow tried to move but, the images too sick. Blood was splattered on the ground, the maids face was half gone, and so was her body. Snow almost wanted to throw up at the scene in front of her. The beast came into
Snow gasped at the thing in front of her. It had the body if a bear, but instead, the flesh of the body looked like it was rotten away, vines was also coming out in parts of the body. To make it worse, it had two heads, one head looked like a deers head, and the other looked like a bears head.
It's mouth and teeth was covered in blood, it was evident that the maid was definitely not his first meal.
To look at the monster made Snow's blood boil. How dare he feed on people like it's a normal thing to do. Where is Noctis and the guards?
When Snow didn't see them, it triggered something. All the anger she held inside, began boiling out. She felt her body warm up, and the monster must've sensed it, because he turned his head in her direction, while licking his b.l.o.o.d.y lips.
Right after that, he began walking slowly in her direction.
"Oh no, today you have picked the wrong day to mess with me," Snow said staring directly at the monster, she felt herself flare up, and when she looked at her hands, it was glowing bright red, almost like flames. That's when she could feel the power within her, she looked up with a smile, but it wasn't a friendly one.
The monster than took a step back, almost looking shocked at what was displayed in front of him, but he didn't back down. Instead he almost looked happy for the challenge. That's when he ran towards Snow.
Snow didn't wait a second longer, she lifted her hands and a bright flame red ball exploded from her hands. The creature didn't expect it, and was too late to dodge the attack, the ball of flame enveloped the monster. It screeched until it died, leaving only dust behind.
Snow heard a growl behind her, so when she turned around, she saw a few of the creatures friends stalking toward her. Snow smiled at the scene, "you finally came to play, hey?"
One of the monsters looked past her and saw his friends' dust lying on the ground, he than roared like lion, before sprinting in her direction, with the others short on his tail.
''Looks like all of you want revenge for your friend, but then you shouldn't have attacked us in the first place." Snow said, taking her fighting stance. She readied her powers. The creature was nearly where she stood, before Snow jumped up in the air, doing a summersault and while still in the air, with her body upside down touching the monster only briefly, but that was enough to set it on fire. Snow landed a few meters on the ground from the burning creature.
Just like the previous monster, it turned to dust when it was burned.
The other creatures stopped in their tracks when they saw what had happend, but Snow wasn't going to stop there, these things needed to die before they hurt anyone else. She formed a small ball of fire in her palm, it glowed bright red and orange, before flicking it to a nearby monster. The others began to back away as their friend started to burn. "Some friends you are," Snow sneered. After hearing this the monsters began to advance on her, Snow didn't like them being this close, and decided it was enough playing around.
She used both of her hands, starting from the ground going up, making a sort of barrier around her. Just when the monsters thought it was all, Snow's eyes went blazing white like snow, she pushed her hands out, and the barrier she made, went cras.h.i.+ng into the monsters, burning them to ash.
Snow breathed in and out, coming back to normal. The fire was gone, and so was the monsters. Maids and servants came out of hiding, and and those who was working to stop the fire was also done.
Noctis stood behind Snow, he saw the way she handled the monsters with her powers.
He was in the study working when he heard the screams and gla.s.s being broken. When he came out, the palace was crawling with the monsters. He took them out quickly with the help of the guards. His father came to help as the king also had training. With that they've driven the monsters out the castle. Noctis went searching for Snow, only to find her fighting monsters with the newly found power that her grandmother talked about.
She smiled at the sight, he was proud of her, and it looked like the workers was too. His father came to stand beside him, "well, would you look at that, she really has her fathers blood in her, not that I ever doubted that," the king said, earning a confused look from Noctis, "you know who her father is?" "of course, he was a good friend, once a guardian of mine too," Noctis' father replied with a smile, "we had great memories together, before he decided to go fight rising problems," the king said and with that he turned away, "wait, aren't you going to go meet Snow?" the prince asked, "I will, when the time is right," his father answered.
Noctis knew his father was a riddle on his own, so he has gotten use to it by now, but he still wondered what his father knows that he doesn't, other than who Snow's father is. Noctis has an idea of who it could be, but his father will conform it when the time is right, just like he said.