Rise of the fallen kingdom

It all started in a kingdom far far away.

Where there is beauty and fame.

Where water flows and trees grow.

Where the skies are always blue and land green, rich of all that mother nature has to offer.

The kingdom lived in perfect harmony.

The royals are not harsh upon the commoners and the commoners are so respectful towards their leaders.

Where the noble and the peasants stand in the same ground.

That is the kingdom of Farkland.

A land known far and beyond.

This kingdom is ruled by the most wise king Luskova along with his queen, Dahusni.

They are most gracious of all leaders ever known.

And it is no different with their daughter, Rosety.

She posseses the heart of gold and a mind so pure as the first dropping rain in winter.

She is also the fairest of them all.

No beauty has ever been seen that surpassed hers in years and none will be seen in years to come.

That's the kingdom of Farkland to you.

The land of freedom and equality.

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Today, activities were going on about up and down in the streets.

Everyone is busy packing up his best stuff to get to the palace.

The market square is full of people, all looking neatly dressed and talking in jubilation.

Children were running about up and down, trying to chase each other down the street while their mothers call upon them to come back otherwise they will be left out of the festivities today and that made most of the children rush back their mothers, not wanting to miss out on all the fun.

What's the great occasion you ask.

Yes, today is the princess's birthday.

She is turning eighteen.

And today also happens to be the day she will be crowned as the official crowned princess, the next queen to the kingdom.

Indeed, it is a day to celebrate.

For this day brings hope and happiness to every soul in the kingdom.

Up head, horses and carriages are seen walking in a perfect line towards the castle, which is up ahead in the mountains.

Every prince from every kingdom has dressed up in his most nicest attire and wielded his favorite sword, in hope that the princess will take notice of him but will she?, that is the question that has remained unanswered all these years.

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Princess Rosety is seated in her make-up chair, looking at the mirror while her Best maid, is making the final touch-ups in her make-up. Not that there is much to add actually.

The king walks in alongside the queen.

Both are all dressed in beautiful golden capes made out of real gold thread.

"Oh my goodness! Our dear little princess looks adorable" the queen says, looking at her daughter with so much love in her eyes.

"I got to agree with you on that my queen" Rosety's best maid says.

"Why do you always keep talking when the royals are?" a voice asks from behind.

A voice all are familiar with.

A voice that commands power but not as much as the king's and queen's.

"Aunt, you are here" the birthday girl gets up from her seat and rushes towards her aunt.

The queen stared at her sister disapprovingly.

"Suzeka, you know that's how we do things around here, there is no discrimination between the royal and commoners" the queen says.

"And you have proven your point by marrying one" she says, glaring at the king.

The king sure does not have any royal origin but he has ruled the heart of all.

"Excuse me my king, my queen, princess" Rosety's best maid says as she quickly rushes out of the room.

She has a feeling that they might need to talk this all out in private.

This always happens whenever lady Suzeka visits.

"Suzeka, I would not have you slander my family, at least not on an important occasion like today" the queen spoke in a harsh tone.

King Luskova walks besides her and places his hand on her shoulder.

"There is no need for you to be upset about it, it's true and I am proud of who I am" he says to his darling wife.

That's the reason why the queen loves him more with each passing day. He never shy away from his origin.

Rosety was seeing the love blooming between her parents and she was so happy while suzeka just huffed at them.

"Ok you all, I think it's time for me to finally get going, my subjects are awaiting my arrival" Rosety finally decided to break off the silence.

"You are right my dear, let's get going" her mother says intertwining their hands together and they walked hand in hand, ready to address their subjects.

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The hall was full with people, all happy to see the princess and the queen as they walked down the hall

"Happy birthday my princess" some echoed.

"Here's a little something we brought for her highness" some said while handing their most precious gifts to the princess.

"Oh! That's lovely, thanks very much" she will say as she collected their gifts.

That's how the kingdom is, all are lovely and treat each other as equals.

But it seems like Lady Suzeka isn't in on this treatment as she just huffs and turn away ever one of the commoners tries to get close to her.

Who knew her well didn't even dare to go close to her.

But her mood would not be fouled by this.

She is a relative of the princess and so, would he treated with respect.

**********

Princess Rosety walked into the grand ball room, where every one is waiting for her arrival.

They all stood up at the announcement of her name.

Each and every prince or Lord trying to compose himself so as to get noticed by the princess.

The smile on her face never falters as she waves at her guests.

The ball room has been decorated beautifully by flowers.

There is also a huge chandelier in the middle of the ballroom, illuminating the whole place.

Foods of all kinds were arranged at the far end of the room where everyone is free to serve themselves, both commoners and royals equal.

Tables and chairs were also placed in to sit four people each and it was decorated using a golden table cloth.

But what catches everyone's attention in this whole place is the six feet cake that is standing layers upon layers.

Princess Rosety walked over and sat on one of the chairs, ignoring the chair that was made specifically for her and the top of the throne space.

Her parents also joined in with her and so, Suzeka also had to join in.

People from all sides started walking towards her to congratulate her and soon, she was filled with so many gifts, so many that she wouldn't know what to do with them.

"I'm thirsty" Suzeka announces.

"The water bottle stand is over there, shall I get you one aunt?" Rosety asks.

"No, how dare I make the birthday girl work, that's the work of the servants" she replies.

"But then I forgot, they are on a break now and so, we have to do all the work by ourselves" she adds.

Nobody bothered to make any comments to her and so, she walked up to get her own water.

"Good evening everyone, thank you all for making time to attend my beautiful daughter's birthday ceremony" the king announces.

"Now, we shall make a toast for her long life and prosperity and then she shall cut the cake" he asks.

Everyone raised their cups at at the same time.

"Long live the princess" they all sang and took their drinks.

"Oh! Thank you so much everyone" she beams.

"And now, to the cutting off the cake" the king announces.

Everyone gathered around the cake while she was given a knife to cut it.

"One, two, three, Happy birthday" the whole crowd cheers.

She cuts the cake and picks out a piece and fed it to her mother, the queen who in turn did the same to her and then she did her father and lastly, her Aunt, Suzeka.

After that, everyone was allowed to come and cut a piece of the cake for themselves.

Some even tried to feed the princess which she accepted politely.

"Now, the princess is going to begin the dance" the MC announces.

"Come on darling, go and pick your prince charming from these young lads that have decked themselves up, just for you" the king says.

Princess Rosety gets up and turned to her father.

She slowly courtesied at him and extends her hand.

"May I have this dance, my very first love?" she says.

"Hey, I'm his one and only first love" her mother jokes.

"Not since she first held my hands with her tiny little ones" the king says.

They all laughed except for Suzeka, who didn't find any of this funny.

The king and the princess proceed to the dance floor and the music was turned on and they started dancing.

"You know my child, you should really think about giving some of your attention to these men, they look like they are ready to fall at your feet if you ordered that" the king says.

The truth is, he is just trying to persuade his daughter to find a groom for herself tonight.

But Rosety wouldn't have any of it.

To her, any man that would fall at your feet is not a real man and doesn't not love you.

A man should able to stand up for you and be there to protect you, just like her father.

"But they are not like you" she argues

"There is none other like me" the king boasts and they both laughed.

"Excuse me your highness, maybe I cut in?" one handsome prince asks.

The king smiles at him knowingly.

"Yeah, sure, you two young lads enjoy, my bones are getting sore and I can't hold up much longer" he says and pulls away.

The fair prince took his place instead and they continued dancing.

The whole crowd is also dancing as well and so, the king grabbed his queen and they are back in the dance floor once again.

"You looking pretty gorgeous my princess" the man speaks.

"Uhmmm, thanks" she mumbles.

She can feel his touch on her skin, so sloppy and delicate, as if he was afraid that if he touched much harder, she might break.

But she is not some porcelain doll, Rosety thought.

"Thanks" she mutters.

"So, how would you think about coming over to my kingdom and spending time there?" he asks.

"Uhmm, I don't know, I'll be quite busy with my royal duties up here to think of a vacation anytime soon" she say but the truth is, she kind of already don't like this guy.

"I will stay back and help you then, my princess" he continues.

He has now moved his hand to her waist and they kept on dancing.

"That would be lovely but I think your kingdom might also need you" she says.

"True, my fairest princess, you speak the truth" he agrees with her.

"So, how about we merge our kingdom together and that would make it easier for us, don't you think?" he asks.

This is a so typical way of saying I want to marry you and take over your kingdom.

"Uhmm..." but Rosety was not given a chance to give him an answer as she was whisked away by another fair Lord.

The dance kept going on and on with all men extending their proposals at her but she all kindly rejected them.

Finally, it was time for the coronation.

Princess Rosety was now standing before her father and mother, the king and the queen.

Aunt Suzeka is also standing by the side along with the kingdom's royal advisor.

The king picks up the crown and walks over to the princess who is standing there with her head bowed.

"Princess Rosety, as you are now standing before us, we are restoring you with the responsibility of this great kingdom, for it is your responsibility now to protect and make out kingdom prosper, do you agree with that?" the kind asks.

"I have have agreed from this day onwards, that will take care of my kingdom, and protect it and make it prosper" she says.

"Princess Rosety, you are now the official crowned princess of this great kingdom" he says.

He places the crown on her head while the queen hands over the sceptre representing the kingdom to her.

The whole crowd cheered at this for there were the most happiest.

Princess Rosety walks over to the throne that is besides the queen and sits and all the crowd bowed before her.

"You may rise" she says in her most commanding voice.

The king smiled. He has never been proud of his daughter like he was today as she has already adapted herself to her new role in life.

"And now, for my gift to the princess" the king announces.

Everyone's attention is now back to him.

One of the guards presented a platter with a sword on it.

The king picks up the sword and handed it over to the princess.

"From today onwards, our princess shall protect our kingdom" he says.

"And also, we have another gift the her" he adds.

She smiles at her father.

"May we adjourn outside" he says.

Everyone starts heading outside to see what the king has in-store for his dearest daughter.

They are all now standing outside the palace building.

There is a huge thing covered in some clothes.

The king motioned and some servants unveiled it.

It was an empty statue stand.

What does this mean?.

The princess moved over to the empty stand and she saw a writing on it that was inscribed with gold.

'Here stands the greatest leader, Queen Rosety'

That's what was written on the stand.

"I have left it empty because the time to finally fill up this place is yet to come but from today onwards, the building of the princess's statue will begin and a symbol of her first step to becoming the greatest" he says.

"All hail the king, all hail the king" the crowd kept echoing.

Now that's how princess Rosety celebrated her first birthday.

Five years later

It has been about five years now since princess Rosety took over as the princess of the great Farkland.

She has been a very great leader that has ever been seen.

She ruled with the heart and not with the fist.

She spreads happiness all around, wherever she goes.

She has united many kingdoms in the last five years.

Fought a lot of Invaders without mercy.

Indeed, the kingdom of Farkland has seen so many changes and progress in her rule as a princess one could only wonder what greatness she will bring forth as the queen.

But there is no happiness that lasts forever.

Every soul has to be tested at some point and princess Rosety will be facing her own test more sooner than she expected.

For today, out of the blue, their kingdom was attacked and that too without any prior notice.

It was the work of an ambush but princess Rosety was not ready to give up at all.

It was late in the night when the princess heard some screaming.

She quickly got up from her bed and quietly picked up her sword.

Whatever it is, she is sure it will be over in no time.

But as princess Rosety opens up her window, she saw smoke, everywhere.

There kingdom is being attacked.

She quickly goes back into her room and wakes up her three maids.

"You need to hide, the kingdom's under attack" she says.

The maids were so frightened when they heard all the screams for help but Rosety assured them all will be fine.

She quickly grabs on her sword and heads out, not even caring to wear her armor.

The place is in a lot of chaos as she went out.

Soldiers were busy trying to defend their kingdom and they are being brought down one by one by the assassins.

The women were busy screaming along with the children and trying to find a place to hide.

The first thing she saw was one of the assassins trying to drag a woman out of her hiding place while she was screaming and screeching that he let's go of her.

Princess Rosety ran up to them and without any remorse, she slashed at the man's back and he fell to the ground. His blood splashed on all of them.

The woman was so frightened but seeing that it was the princess, she felt at ease. For once in her life, she even wished that she knew how to fight just like the princess did as the princess was a very fierce fighter, everybody knows that.

"Go over to my chamber, you'll be safer there" the princess ordered.

The woman did as she was told and rushes over to the direction of the princess's chamber.

Princess Rosety however, was enraged right now. The once soft hearted and kind lady within her is now gone, all she could see was blood. She has now turned into a scary warrior, the one that you won't want to encounter in a battle field.

She keeps on soaring her way to the main scene of the fight by slashing and hitting any assassin that comes her way.

By the time she reached where her father and mother and other warriors were busy trying to fight down the assassins, she was covered in blood.

She quickly joined her parents and they continued attacking their Invaders with no mercy.

The kingdom of Farkland might be the most friendliest kingdom ever known but when it comes to anyone trying to invade them, then he will be faced with wrath.

The trio kept on attacking along with the other surviving warriors in a strategic formation and they have taken down almost all the assassins while those who aren't brave enough run on there feet.

The king, queen and the princess are now standing amongst numerous corpse, breathing deeply, but they were glad that they have saved their kingdom once again.

Or so they thought.

All were celebrating their victory that they have let down their guard and so, the next thing that came to them was rather surprising.

An arrow shot from high up the sky and it was headed directly towards...

"Father!" Rosety called but it was too late because as he turned to his daughter, the arrow shot right into his neck.

The next word he meant to say only came out as a gush of blood.

"Luskova" the queen cried out.

But this was also meant to be her last word and the second arrow that was shot, went right through her chest and she fell on top of her husband.

"Nooo!!!" Rosety screamed at the top of her lungs.

As she was running towards her parents, another arrow shot and it only missed her by an inch, scraping her shoulder only.

She fell onto her parents dead body as more arrows kept shooting and soon, more bodies were falling down.

Soon, Rosety's eyes became heavy for her to even open up and slowly, darkness engulfs her, till she is no longer part of this world anymore.

**********

Bodies were fallen all over the place and blood covering every inch of the floor like a flooring river.

No sound was heard apart from the birds singing in agony.

One would think that no soul was left in this whole kingdom, until someone emerges from the pile of corpses.

You would first think that it was a ghost but by taking a closer look, you will find princess Rosety standing there.

She made her way out of the pile of dead bodies in search for her sword.

And then she found it. It was piercing through an innocent man's chest.

She slowly pulls out the sword, afraid that she might hurt him even though he was already dead.

She moves back into the pile in search for her parents.

It took a lot of time and shifting a lot of bodies to find them.

They were still laying there on top of each other. She lifts up her mother and turned her face and Rosety was broke to see the blank look on her face. The arrow is still buried in her as well and Rosety couldn't bring herself to pull it out.

So she did the best she could and broke half of it and lay her mother on her back. Then she closes her eyes for the final time.

She turns over to her father and he was still laying there as well, with the arrow that was shot at him a well.

She did the same thing she did to her mother to him.

Using her blood covered dress, she wiped off the blood that has spilled out of his mouth.

She just couldn't waste her time and mourn them even though that's the only thing that she wants to do right now.

But her kingdom needs her. She needs to check for any survivors and take them to safety.

She started inspecting the palace grounds but she was only met by corpses upon corpses.

From children, to women and men all together. Whoever decided to lurch this attack was sure a heartless monster.

When she concluded that there was no survivors out there, she decided to check up inside the palace.

She surveyed almost all the room she could and still, there was so living soul.

How could such a small group of army take down a whole kingdom?, that's impossible.

Rosety just couldn't live with the knowledge that she was the only survivor around here, at least for now.

How could she live with the guilt that she couldn't even protect her kingdom.

She decided to retire to her room and gather up her thoughts as she needed that, and fast.

As she was approaching her chambers, she heard some voices and so, she decided to sneak in on them to hear what was being said.

"Which one amongst you is the princess?" the man's voice growl and she heard whimpers.

That's when she remembered that she had left her maids in here and it seems like they are still alive.

She was happy for a moment but then she realized that their lives might be in grave danger by whoever is asking that question.

If she attacks them directly now, she might end up infuriating them and they will kill her maids.

So, she had to think of a plan. She decided to go in through a secret entrance that leads to her bathroom and from there, she is sure to know the number of the assailants and she will also know how to deal with them.

She made her way into the secret entrance and within a few minutes, she was pushing behind a door that looks like it was actually a drawer but it isn't.

She walks out and proceed to the door.

She slowly peaked into the room and the first thing she saw was one of her maids being tied but in an odd position that a human isn't supposed to.

The poor lady was screaming in agony and there was a man standing right in front of her.

He didn't look like he has any remorse for the pain they are inflicting upon the poor lady. He was actually even laughing at her misery.

Then she looks further into the and found one of her maid laying on the ground with pool of blood around her.

No doubt they have already slain her.

Rosety felt a tug in her heart once again but she quickly shuns it. This is no time for any emotions, she reckons to herself.

She kept on surveying the room and saw two more soldiers or assassins as they deserved to be called.

As she was looking at them, one thing caught her eyes, their uniforms.

She was very familiar with the uniforms as they belong to a neighboring kingdom and they were their allies.

She has always been close to the three princes since childhood.

"No, it can't be, there must be a logical explanation to that" she says in disbelief.

She just couldn't believe that they are capable of doing such to them. They were really close to each other.

Her mind was brought back to reality when she heard the scream of her maids once again and this time, it felt so agonizing, like they were dying.

"Now you can die along with your princess forever" the man's voice echoes over all the howling pain.

Wait a minute, do they know that she was her all alone or what. No, it's not possible, she thought.

Then she decided that since they know already, then she will just have to attack them then.

She forced herself into the room with a look of fury in her eyes.

But no assassin was inside and that's when she saw the fire.

The room has been lit on fire and the other maid who was screaming in agony has also been lit.

Her heart sank from the view. How can someone be this heartless?.

She rushes over to her bad tries to put out the fire but it was too late as she has already been burnt to crisp and what was left is just a dark and disfigured reflection of who was once her maid and she was silent.

Rosety didn't waste time once again to mourn this additional loss as she moves over to the other maid who has been tied up in unthinkable ways.

She did her best in trying to untie her without breaking any bone.

At last, she did and she lay the poor soul on her bed.

The fire is still spreading but she didn't care. That's when she noticed that her right hand maid was actually wearing one of her night gowns.

So they thought she was the one, that was why they assassinated her, the princess thought.

"Princess, you're alive" the girl says happily in her heavy voice.

She was evidently weak but she was happy to see her princess alive anyways.

"One of the men told me that they have killed everyone outside" she added.

"They did, but I was lucky enough to be buried in the piles of dead bodies and so, I survived" the princess answers with a heavy heart.

"You need to go, now" the lady screams in her weak voice.

That's when the princess heard footsteps. Sure enough they are coming back to check if they are already dead.

"You need to leave, please" she pleads again.

"No, I'm not leaving you behind" she says.

"You need to leave alone, taking me with will only add to your worries as I'm sure I'm not going to survive till tomorrow" she says and coughs.

The fire has stated chocking her it seems.

"Go, you are our only hope now, you are the only one who could avenge us, you are our only successor and I would gladly lay down my life for you" the maid insists.

"Hurry up, they are coming closer" she pushed the princess hard that she knows she means business.

With that, the princess got up and wipes her face, not that there was any tears in her eyes.

"I promise you, I will avenge every blood that was spilled today, I will make this fallen kingdom rise one day" she promises.

With that, she walked out of her room through the secret door.

Not long has she done that, the room exploded and she knows that no life would be able to survive that blast.

With so much difficulties, Rosety finally managed to reach her destination.

She entered through the secret door that only the two of them knew and so, she was undetected.

She was laying on her bed, sleeping peacefully even though it's soon to be morning.

Rosety wanted to let her sleep but she is in a hurry right now.

She needed help now more than ever and the only person who could help her out is her.

She talks on her shoulder.

"Hey! Leave me alone, I want to sleep more since there is no court meetings today" she pushes off her hand.

Rosety taps on her shoulder again.

"Hey, I told you to leave me alone" she waves off the hand without even opening her eyes.

"Zannatul, it's me" Rosety had no other choice but to speak, maybe then she would be recognized.

"Rosety, you, what are you... Oh my goodness, did something happen?" the princess gasped as she saw the mess Rosety has turned into.

She stared at the blood drenched princess, sure that something bad must have happened.

"Tell me, what happened?" The worried princess asked.

But Rosety couldn't even bring herself to speak again as all the emotions that she had been bottling up came up all to her chest and closed her vocal cord.

She fell to the ground and her sword which she had been holding tightly fell to the ground.

All her bones have turned to jelly. She don't even know when the tears started rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh Rosety! What could be so horrible that would make you shed tears and why are you covered in blood, so much of it?" she walks up to her friend and hugged her, not caring about how blood stained she was.

Just by that mere embrace, Rosety bursts out into full blown tears and starts crying in a very agonizing tone.

Even zannatul couldn't help but join her but she had to stop eventually to comfort her friend.

It took almost an hour of cry to get Rosety back to her senses.

Zannatul handed her a clean handkerchief which she wiped her face with and as soon as she withdrew it, she saw a blood covered mess. The spilled blood of her kingdom.

"Tell me Rosety, have you been attacked?" she asks again, feeling like she is now ready to talk.

"They are all dead, mother, father, everyone" she cries out, staring at the blood in her hand.

Zannatul gasped at that announcement.

"No, this cannot be" she cries out.

Now she has finally understood the depth of her friend's agony.

Losing her parents and her kingdom in one day is a lot for a soul to handle.

Zannatul thought that she would have killed herself instead if this were to happen to her but here is the princess of Farkland, taking it all.

She pulls her into a hug once again and this time, she was the crying one.

"Don't worry, we'll send reenforcement to attack, do you know who's assassins they were?" she ask.

Surely, the princess must have saw something that will reveal their identity and that will help their course now.

"I think they belong to the kingdom of Larvana" she answers.

"No, that cannot be, there must have been a misunderstanding, that kingdom have been our allies for centuries now, surely there must be an explanation to that" zannatul says.

She certainly was not ready to believe that the kingdom of Larvana would be capable of such brutality.

"I don't think it's them as well, but I still want to talk with them about the incident, they might be the best people to help us out" Rosety says.

Zannatul nodded at her, agreeing with her.

Rosety quickly got up as if she has forgotten something.

"What happened?" the worried zannatul asks.

"I need to dispatch the message to Larvana" she says.

But then she remembered that she does not have her messenger bird with her, so her shoulder slumped.

"You can use mine" zannatul says, as if reading her thoughts.

With that, princess zannatul presented Rosety with a pen and a paper and she quickly wrote a message, a secret message that only the sole receiver would only understand.

This was to avoid any suspicion or to alert the culprits.

Zannatul helped her put the letter by the birds leg and then she took off.

"Don't worry, I'm sure they would help out" she tries to assures her.

"You need to clean up now, the maids will prepare your bath" zannatul says.

Just by the mention of the maids, Rosety remembered her poor maids whom have laid their life for hers.

But she would not let their sacrifice go in vain. She would get to the bottom of this even if it takes her her whole life.

Soon enough, Rosety's bath was ready and she went in to clean up.

As she was pouring water on her body, a lot of blood was dropping. The blood of her mother land.

If it were the barbarian times, she would not have washed of the blood till she has finally brought the culprits to justice.

With a lot of effort and washing, she finally got rid of the blood and all its stench.

She returns back to the room and found some new clothes kept for her.

Even when the maids tried to help her out, she stopped them and did it herself.

To her, she is no longer a princess or any royal at all till the day she avenged her land.

Food was brought in and zannatul had to force her to have some, saying that she would not have any strength left if she does eat and then how can she fight off her kingdom's assailants.

"The king is out for a few days, so I can't give directs orders to the soldiers without his permission but I will inform him about the incident as soon as he's back" princess zannatul says.

Rosety just nodded at her.

"You need to take some rest, I know you must have been through a lot but your body still needs rest" she tries to pacify her into taking a rest.

"How can I rest when the blood of my people has stained by hand and is pouring on the ground like a river?" that was her answer.

"That is not what I meant" zannatul says, feeling sad.

Maybe she should just let her be. She doesn't want to leave her alone in a moment like this but maybe it is the best thing to do.

She gets up to leave the room when Rosety stopped her.

"Ok, I'll rest but please don't leave me, for now" she pleads.

Zannatul helped her friend lay down on her bed while she places her head on her lap.

She started singing her favorite lullaby to her. The one her mother used to sing to her when she was a child. And this is the only memory of her mother that she still remembered.

Zannatul's mother had died while she was giving birth to her second child and unfortunately, both the mother and child couldn't make it.

So, Rosety's mother became like a second mother to her as she was a good friend of her mother's.

"Good evening, good night, either roses covered, with cloves adorned, slip under the covers. Tomorrow morning, if God wills, you will wake once again" she keeps on singing softly to her.

And finally, she slipped into a very tiresome sleep.

Zannatul also fell asleep after some time.

**********

She kept on running away from them, trying to hide but where ever she hides, they seem to have a way to find her.

She kept on hiding till she was actually tired.

She sat for a bit to rest but all of a sudden, the whole place was filled with dead bodies everywhere and far ahead, her father and mother stood.

There both were standing like zombies. Her father has an arrow sticking out of his neck while her mother has one sticking through her back out to her heart.

"Help us Rosety, help us" they kept on calling out to her but no matter how hard she tried to walk over to them, she couldn't get there.

Just then, I huge man with a disfigured face appeared before her out of nowhere and yielded a blood covered sword.

He wasted no time in trying to slay her head.

"Ahhh!" Rosety screamed and sat down.

She was drenched in her sweat and was breathing heavily. At some point, she wasn't even breathing.

Her scream jolted zannatul back from her slumber and she saw the horrible state she was in.

She hugs her tightly as tries to assure her that all is fine.

Rosety kept on trying to breath out and then in and soon, she was back on track.

She slips into a very tiring sleep once again and this time, zannatul stayed up to make sure that she is faring well.