Queen Of 2 Worlds

-CHARACTERS #1-

(Marietta Amino)

"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming. Dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."

(Allessandro Amino)

"Live your life, until you are alive."

(Mia Amino)

"Live, laugh, enjoy!"

(Veward Richard)

"Don't ask me to let you go. If you fall, I'll fall with you."

(Brett John)

"Smile is the best killer and painkiller. Try it."

(Caroline Amino)

"I can get, what I want. Through which way don't ask. Just don't challenge me."

(Liam Watson)

"Sometimes, you have to choose between love and life.

I choose love over life."

(Darren Wilson)

"I live according to some rules. When I follow them, people think I am rude."

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-QUEEN OF 2 WORLDS-

She was a Princess, meant to be Cruel.

She was a Guardian, meant to Rule.

She was asked to become polite,

Yet, she was asked to fight.

She played by everybody's rule,

Which never seemed right to her.

She was hard to be seen,

Hard to be understood.

She was a connection between two worlds,

A Queen Of 2 Worlds.

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(P.S Thank you so much for giving this story a chance. I can assure you this roller coaster ride won't disappoint you. Happy reading! xoxo)

Outside, the atmosphere was showing all the colors of the rainbow but black, the night sky was glowing with the illumination of stars. It was indicating how big the universe was and how small the creatures were.

A black angry cloud appeared in the sky and started to roar, that cloud scared the illumination of stars. Just like a creature of the universe, who was roaring inside a castle and scaring a defeated creature.

A castle of blackness in the Dark World. Where everything was black or red, denoting the Darkness and Blood. The Queen was just like the castle. A soul of darkness, without heart, kindness, sympathy, just cruelty, and brutality.

In a moment, the once illuminating sky, now, was covered with black clouds. A spark of light appeared in the black hazes for a moment then it disappeared. A few seconds later a cruel roar echoed through the clouds which shudder the heart of every creature.

Inside the castle, a room was hidden in pitch black. A spark of light lightened it for a moment then again it went dark. That cruel uproar again sounded followed by the raindrops. The sky was crying because that cruel black cloud had snatched the illumination of the stars. Just like the defeated creature of the universe was crying inside that room in front of that cruel creature.

The atmosphere inside the room was as same as outside; the fight between shine and dark. The difference between outside and inside was just one thing. Outside, it was a battle between sky and storm, and inside, it was a war between two Queens.

The Queen with the black soul, her appearance was composed of darkness, a symbol of cruelty, brutality, death, and Evil. Her long black wavy hairs were falling freely on her shoulders just like her long black gown was caressing the ground. The only shining thing was her amber eyes, whose shine was like deadly heated lava, which was ready to burn every creature in the world.

The room again brightened up with a spark of light followed by the harsh sound. The sky was continuously crying on his fate, on the fate of the bright Queen.

The Queen with a luminous soul, her appearance was composed of light that shimmered like a bright star in the darkest night. She was a symbol of peace, kindness, love, life, humanity, mercy, and a lot more. There was a whole dictionary of her loving nature. Her golden hairs were like the shining of the sun, her blue eyes were a peaceful ocean. Her milky white skin was covered in a red gown. She had bent down on the cold floor, her knees were kissing the ground.

The black Queen contemplated at the bright Queen. There was a smirk on her face as if, she was enjoying her victory and failure of the bright Queen.

Only if she knew.

"Any last wish?" The voice of the black Queen imitated alarmingly in the room. "Don't take hope, I am just asking." She smirked.

"Then...what is the use of telling you?" The voice of the bright Queen trembled but still, it appeared so dominant. She was defeated but she was also content. She was near to her death but she wasn't afraid of death.

The spark of light was again lightened up in the room and the harsh sound was again resounded in the silent yet frightening atmosphere.

"Let's change the question then." The black Queen suggested, acting like contemplating over her question. Then she looked at the bright Queen with a serious face.

"Where is she?" She gritted her sharp teeth, showing anger on her perfect face. Then took a step towards the bright Queen and her black hair bounced from her shoulders.

"Who?" The bright Queen asked, faking a dumbfounded face, then she laughed. Her laughter was echoing in the room, making the black Queen more offended. She knew she was going to die but again she wasn't afraid of death.

"No problem. Soon... I will find her and that day will be supposed to her last day of life." The black Queen snapped with anger as her eyes shined red. At the same time, the clouds roared more pointedly, seemed like in approval with black Queen.

"Not possible, Honey!" The bright Queen retorted with a sweet satisfying smile plastered on her rosy pink lips. She knew that the black Queen would never be able to find her because she had hidden her at the far corner of the universe, in between some other creatures.

"You can never reach her, not in this life of yours. She will come on her own and that day will be the last day of your life." The bright Queen gritted her teeth, but with a bright smile. Her voice held commitment, in the darkness, it was like a signal of enthusiasm and hope.

Now, that was the time, the bright Queen had to take her last step. It was still raining outside, continuously, with lightning and thundering. The bright spark of thunder flashed on her face, she was still smiling aware of the fact that she was near to darkness, the eternal sleep.

The black Queen became aggressive hearing the words of the bright Queen. Her anger rose like when a lava blast and took everything in its approach. She blew a strong spell on the bright Queen. In the speed of light, the bright Queen thumped on the cold floor and winced in pain. With every passing moment, she was moving near to death.

The spark of light again lightened up the room as a louder thunder groaned. The rain was continuously falling on the earth, creating noise.

"Save yourself first." The black Queen shouted. She enchanted a spell under her breath as her eyes glinted like a fireball, her black hairs were flying in the air. She was using her all powers to kill the bright Queen once and for all. It was a golden chance for her to kill her and she didn't want to lose it.

The bright Queen weakly smiled and gathering herself, ignoring the deadly pain in every cell of her being, she stood up. She knew she had to do something to stop this darkness at least for 20 years. She was unstable and powerless in comparison to the Black Queen. Still, she started to enchant a spell.

The tension in the room was increasing as both Queens were enchanting their spells at the same time. The sky was continuously crying and the clouds were roaring more loudly. Every creature in the Crystal World was praying to stop a big disaster but looked like destiny had some other plans.

Meanwhile, a sword appeared in the hands of the Black Queen. A grayish-colored sword with a rough texture and a pointed edge. Sharp enough to split a person's head just in one move. She held it tightly, moving it upwards as she gave one last glance at the bright Queen, ready to end this.

On the other hand, the bright Queen held her hands up then slowly taking them downward like gathering air in it, she shaped a ball in her hands. A glittered golden ball with little shiny sparks, shining and moving to and fro inside it.

She closed her eyes and murmured under her breath, 'Could Not Go Out Of This Castle For 20 Years.' She opened her blue eyes which were shining like the crystals of bright blue ocean, only to found a sword in the black Queen's hand.

Both Queens stared at each other, both had their last chance to do the last thing. The spark of light shined brighter than before as their face glowed in the light. The cloud roared louder for the last time and then everything went silent.

A pure silence prevailed in there as if nothing had happened with the weather. Everything went quiet as if there was no rain, no thunder, no storm, and not even roaring of clouds.

Nothing. Just pure silence. A threatening one.

"Goodbye!" The black Queen broke the silence and smirked.

"Good luck Honey!" The bright Queen retorted as she bounced the sparkle ball upwards in the air and it exploded. The tiny sparkles wrapped the whole castle under a golden shining wall, leaving no escape for the black Queen for 20 years.

"You!" The black Queen screamed, realizing the fact of the bright Queen spell, and throw the sword at the bright queen. Gritting her teeth in anger, she disappeared somewhere in the form of a bat.

The sword hit the bright Queen's head with full force. It knocked her forehead from the front and exited from the back. A loud scream echoed in the room as the bright Queen fell on the cold floor. The red liquid trailed down on the ground from her head, leaving marks of a ruthless act for centuries.

A lone tear escaped her eye, but as a mother, not as a Queen. As a Queen, she wasn't afraid of death but as a mother, she was afraid. She was afraid of her child protection. She knew she had sent her to a safe place but still, there was a fear in her heart, like every other mother in this whole universe.

But before she could release her last breath, she heard a muffled voice, almost a faint whisper in the air, and then everything went black.

"Don't worry. I'll protect her." These words were spoken by the muffled voice.

-20 years Later

(Marietta P.O.V)

My feet were hurting but I ignored the shards of pain and continued running. I was fooling myself because you couldn't escape the darkness. But I had to try even though I had no idea where I was or where I was going.

I was just running.

There was an unknown fear in my mind and my heart was pounding so hard, I feared it would jump out of my chest. Something was not right to me neither that place had any sense.

My heartbeat was fast as if not faster than my steps. I ran, ran, ran, ran and ran but it was all in vain. It didn't matter how fast I ran because I was reaching nowhere. I was still standing in pitch-black darkness. I couldn't see anything. There was nothing to observe that gave you a description of that place except darkness.

I was scared, God damn scared. This place was full of darkness. I hate darkness. But still, I was just running. I took more fast steps, rapidly, quickly, and fastest, as quickly as I could.

I couldn't see a single thing over here and I was just running. Why the hell was I even running? I didn't know. Why was this place horrifying me? I didn't know. The only thing I knew was that I had to run and got out of the darkness as soon as possible. Again why? No one knew.

That darkness was hunting me. My whole appearance was trembling due to these haunted feelings. Sweat drops as thick as liquor was falling on the sides of my head. Then, here it came again...

The sound, which always froze me in my spot rendering me immobile. Its rhythm was as same as always and had the same effect as ever. I stopped in my spot, unable to move.

My heart was ticking like a bomb as it would explode anytime. My breath was harsh because of adrenaline. I tried to move, I tried to run again but all in vain. I felt entirely under the control of the rhythm of the music.

Unable to move, with heavy heart, uneven breath, and too much frustration...

"Ahhhhh!" I SCREAMED!

My body was covered in sweat drops as if, I just had a shower and my breath was overwhelming as if, I was really running a marathon. In a quick movement, I shifted in a sitting position and peeked at my surroundings suspiciously.

From the Murano glass chandelier that was hanging down the ceiling to the wool Berber carpet including all the other expensive things of my room that my mind couldn't register yet, was at the right spot. I looked at the thing I was sitting on; my king-sized bed.

"Again..." I gasped. I wiped the sweat off my face as I hopped out of bed and stretched my body. After checking my phone for any messages, I trudged towards the washroom for a long relaxing shower to calm my nerves but it did very little to help.

It doesn't matter I was just awake because that nightmare felt like a reality to me. It always scared the hell out of me. Every time it was just pitch-black darkness, me running like a mad person and then, waking up screaming and panting like I was indeed stuck in between never-ending darkness.

The worst part was the music. As I was a music lover who could play all musical instruments all day long without getting tired. But that music felt like something else...

Something I couldn't explain in words...

I wrapped a white fluffy bathrobe around my body and walked towards my closet. I hate that part of picking a dress especially when there were tons of dresses staring at you to be chosen today, it was damn tough. I grinned at my childish thought.

But on a serious note, when your Mother owned the world's best designer boutiques, it was pretty normal to have different collections of designer outfits.

I heard a knock on the door followed by Anna's voice. "Princess, are you awake?"

Ahh! My savior Anna.

"Yes, please come in!" I said, leaving the closet door wide open as I walked towards the door.

"Good Morning!" She greeted me as she walked inside and glanced at my room and then back at me. She was wearing a white pencil skirt with a black blouse. Her brown hairs were tied up in a tight bun and her brown eyes were looking fresh. She had an iPad in her hand.

"Morning!" I said and gestured my hand towards the closet door with a wincing face. She shook her head at me and smiled. She was in her late thirties but trust me, she looked fresher than me.

As usual, she walked towards my walk-in closet and after a while came out with a grey dress in her hand.

"Here!" She said, extending the dress towards me.

"Thank you!" I exclaimed smilingly and grabbed the dress.

"You're always welcome." She smiled back.

Anna was the manager of our house. She looked after everything, which meant every little thing in this house very responsibly. My parents trust her loyalty as she was working for us for more than twenty years. However, I especially liked her, she was like a close friend to me.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror. That grey dress just ended on my knees, its upper part was lightly designed with some embroidery. I looked like a beautiful young girl with milky white flawless skin, bright blue eyes, and shoulder-length brown hair.

My facial features were somehow naive and that made me appeared like an innocent doll among my elder siblings, another disadvantage of being the youngest child. No matter how old you would grow, you would always be the younger one in everyone's eyes.

As I stared more in my eyes, out of blue, it came again, black, that dark place with no sense. In an instant, it again appeared in front of my eyes. My room disappeared and I again found myself somewhere in between darkness.

What was the connection of that senseless place with me? I felt a shiver ran down my spine as a feeling of nausea hit me.

"Are you okay?" Anna jerked my shoulder and I came back to reality.

"Y...yeah." I gulped as my voice trembled.

"It doesn't look like it." She said with knitted eyebrows and I looked back in the mirror. My face looked pale with fear, my eyes were wide open. I immediately changed my expression into a calm one.

"I'm okay." I faked a smile.

"Sure?" She emphasized the word 'sure' but I assured her with a smile.

"Where is everyone?" I asked to change the subject. She checked her iPad probably looking for the schedules.

"Sir Max has some meetings today while Ma'am Emily and Ma'am Mia are working on a new design. Ma'am Caro is coming back today from noon flight." She told me with her eyes fixed on the screen then she looked at me and said, "While you don't have any class today."

"No class! Great!" I was about to smile widely when she interrupted. "Hold on. You are not allowed to leave the mansion. It's Sir Max's order." She said with a pitiful smile.

I sighed in annoyance. I hate Daddy for such rules but I was not going to get trap in them. He wanted me to take interest in business but he had to understand, I am not business material. I am a good daughter and the younger heir, you know the attention seeker and when you were a major shareholder it messed up everything. My father had always fulfilled my all wishes except for that business thing.

"Plus, do you remember? "Anna asked, cutting the chain of my thoughts.

"Remember what?" I said almost immediately.

She looked shocked which she immediately covered up and smiled, "Tonight is the golden jubilee anniversary of Amino's industries and you still haven't decided what are you going to wear."

"Anything will go." I said, passing my not-so-interested smile as I looked in the mirror one last time and moved out of the room.

The whole day passed in a blur, doing nothing useful. It was time to get ready and I was rushing towards my room if someone didn't stop me in my track by placing his muscular arm in front of my way.

"Hey, beautiful!" He said in a flirty tone, adding his pearly white smile with a wink.

"Why are you here?" I asked sternly, glaring at him.

"I wanted to meet you. Actually, I was missing you." He rubbed his temple and said in a flirty tone that irritated me more.

"Yeah, right." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Oh-oh! Look like you don't know yet." He said, dramatically placing his hand on his lips. His green eyes were full of mischief.

"Liam! Move aside." I said, pushing him aside when he laughed and loudly said, "Caro is coming back. Good news, huh?" he smirked, raising his brows.

"Yeah, not for you." I said, ignoring him, and climbed the stairs.

Jerk!

Anna had selected some dresses for me. She was asking me this one or that one and I wasn't giving any attention to what she was saying, because I was thinking about something else. And that something was none other than Caro.

Caroline Amino was my big sister and she absolutely despised me. She spent most of her time out of the country on business tours and whenever she was here, she does her best to avoid me. But I loved her and wanted her to love me as much as I do. I have hope that one day, she will love me as a sister.

I passed Anna a bright smile and said, "Anna, now I will again try to spend some time with her." Despite the fact, Caro didn't like to spend her time with me.

"What?" She asked, totally confused. I shook my head and grinned like a fool.

"Go and change it." She said, giving me a dress.

It was a white silk long skirt with a black halter neck beaded top. I slipped inside it as it looked perfect on me, hugging my curves flawlessly. After styling my hair in a curly bun at the left downside of my neck, I applied some makeup, then I slid on the black heels. Giving one last looked in the mirror, I left the room.

Today was a big event night for our business, years ago my grandpa had settled the base of Amino's and now it was on top of all companies. It wasn't a lie if I said that no one could compete with Amino.

Our industries were working on national as well as international level and now, finally celebrating its golden jubilee. Our 60 years of hard work had completed with great success. Despite my lack of interest, it was still a big thing.

Almost at 7 pm, I hopped inside my car, a silver Lamborghini. John revived the engine and started the drive towards our destination. John was my driver with a normal height and a normal built.

We were heading towards one of the Amino five-star hotels, with two more cars of my bodyguards following us. These guards always follow me due to security reasons. Daddy had given strict orders to them to always keep an eye on me. That was pretty reasonable when we were talking about me, the one who always got caught up in trouble.

I smiled as I looked outside the window. It was a normal September night, the weather wasn't so warm neither cold. My eyes traveled to the sky, it was covered in darker shades of blue and purple, with fewer little stars. They seemed like shining at me but from a far distance. The road was also dark and silent as we were passing through the highway.

The silence and darkness were peaceful but frightening at the same time. It always reminded me of my nightmare.

'Should I tell someone about it?'

'Is it normal to have a nightmare?'

But I had been having the same nightmare for as long as I could remember.

'Is it normal?'

'Am I normal?'

I was busy with my thoughts when........

BAAM!