The Queen of the Night

                Long time ago, in the small village of French Kingdom, there was a big castle. The castle was so big, dark, and scary. It was located in the center of the dark forest. In that castle lives a woman that named Carmella. She was a very bad-tempered person. She never socialized and made a contact with the villagers, and she was very rich. Some people believe that Carmella was a witch. She had a daughter, her name was Pricillia. Pricillia was a kind girl, with a beautiful face and voice, liked her mother. She always went to the town center to have a little walk and always help the villagers to do their activity.

          Villagers in the village don’t like Carmella, but they like her daughter, Pricillia. Although Carmella had so much money, but she never pay a tax for the villagers’ development and never do a good thing to do villagers. Pricillia wasn’t like her mother. She was very different with her mother. The villagers very love with her.

          One day, the kingdom departments for that village have a small walking around the village. The leader of the kingdom departments is called Duke Wellington. He was very kind and he was a good-looking person. He always served the villagers and never pushed them to pay a big tax. At the time, he walked around the dark forest. Then, he met with the big castle, which was Carmella’s. He walked to the door and tried to visit the castle. But, the door was locked and the situation was very spooky and bad. He turned his horse to get back to the town center, but while he was turning, Pricillia came from her walk. Duke Wellington was so surprise. He taught that how could the beautiful girl like Pricillia lived in the scary place. Then, he stopped his horse and talked a little bit to Pricillia. He asked many things to her and they have a love each other. Day by day, they always met to have a talked and walked. Then the villagers knew their relationship and support them.

          Carmella finally knew his daughter relations, and she was very angry. She never let her daughter to marry with the people who came from the kingdom. Pricillia didn’t understand why she couldn’t marry with Duke Wellington.

“Why I cannot marry with him, mother?” said Pricillia.

          “You don’t need to ask about it honey. Believe with me, that the people from the kingdom will not bring you happiness. They just take away your money and they will not care to you!” said her mother.

          “Mother, you cannot say like that! He is very kind person, and never did bad things to me! And I don’t understand, my father was a duke, and he was died mysteriously, and why you don’t let me to marry with duke too?” said Pricillia.

          “I don’t want you to talk about your father! He just left us behind and never gave us happiness. You can see, without your father I still can survive in this world, with all the powers that demons gave to me!” said Carmella.

          “Demons? You never tell to me about this, mother. Are you a witch? I’m so disappointed, mom!” said Pricillia with louder voice.

          “Silent! I don’t want to hear your voice any longer! From know I want you to keep stay in your room I ‘ll never let you out from this castle!”, said Carmella angrily.

          Pricillia cried. The servant brought her to her room and locked the door. Carmella left her and went to her private room.

 

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          In the shining day, Duke Wellington’s father, Duke Herold VI, was very upset in the corner of his room, in his mansion in the hills of the village. He felt very cold, means that there will be a bad situation happen. Duke Wellington came to him. They have a little smoke-break. They talk about the kingdom and the village. Then, Duke Wellington found a very old book which titled “The Survive of The Village”.

He decided to opened and read that book, but his father didn’t allow him.

          “I think that that’s a good book,” said Duke Wellington.

          “No, that isn’t a good book. It’s a worst book.” Said Duke Herold.

          “Worst? Is that something wrong? The title is The Survive of The Village, it’s mean that there would be happen in the past in this village.” Asked Duke Wellington.

          “Yeah, there’s something bad happen. Around two hundred years ago, this village did not exist well. All the villagers were become slaves for the most powerful woman that has the black magic to destroy all of her rival. She knew as The Queen of the Night, which used the power of the crescent’s light and the darkness of the dark forest. She forced all the villagers to work to her. She was very bad woman ever! She changed most of all the day become dark, like there’s no sun above it! But, the heir of our Kings, Duke Herold I have destroyed her by using the power of sun that give by the kings.”

          “Duke Herold I is my great-grand father, isn’t he?” Duke Wellington asked to his father “So, how was his situation?”

          “He died when he have war with her.” Answer Duke Herold.

          “It was very bad story, father.” Said Duke Wellington.

 

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          The crescent moon appeared in the night. All the stars that shined made the night looks beautiful. Carmella stood at the upstairs of the castle, near of the tower. She started the ceremony, absorbed the power of the crescent moon into her body, make her powerful and unbeatable. She whispered the magic poet until the midnight and the blue light shined from the castle.

          Pricillia looked at her windows. She was very sad to see all the magic excrete from the castle. The forest became darker and darker. The village started became colder and silent. The dark spread almost all the part of the village. Carmella kept whispered, until is castle shined the purple, the color of emptiness. She was laughing out loud. The power of the night already became hers. The emptiness, sadness, and loneliness appear in the village. The sun couldn’t shine any longer and people couldn’t have enough energy to work.

          Carmella became the revival of the Queen of the Night. She was the heir of the real Queen of the Night that loose two hundred years ago. She revived to do vendetta. Her loose was the reason.

          The time goes by. The followers of the Queen become wider. The demons gave Carmella all of her wants, money and authority for the village. But, she believed that there will be another people from the kingdom to beat her.

          She went to her daughters’ room.

          “Pricillia…” said her.

          “Yes, Mother. You already have your entire wish. I know it.” Said Pricillia.

          “Yes, but I need more…” said Carmella.

          “What’s that? I’m tired to hear all of your unlimited egoisms!” said Pricillia.

          “The kingdom must be destroy, honey…” said Carmella.

          “You know that The Queen of The Night already survive, she gives us prosperity and power to change the world, honey! And I do know that I cannot stand alone. I need your help, as a heir of the next Queen of the Night…” said Carmella.

          “Heir? I don’t want to be like you!” said Pricillia loudly.

          “Yes! You should do it honey! You know, I don’t want to make your beloved villagers become my slaves any longer. I already have everything around me. And I know that you don’t want to see that your villagers will be hurt, are you?” said Carmella with an evil smile.

          “What do you mean?” said Pricillia.

          “Kill Duke Wellington! I want you to kill him!” said Carmella out loud.

          “What? I can’t…”

          “If you can kill him, I will let all the villagers take their freedom! I just need to destroy the kingdom! I know you’re love your villagers right?”

          “I CAN’T!” Said Pricillia loudly.

          “If you not kill her, your villagers will be mine! I will pick all of them to be my part of ceremony, and make theme to be the slave of the crescent demon forever!” Cried Carmella.

          “Oh…” Carmella started to cry. She didn’t have anything to say. Her burden is too heavy. Carmella laugh all the time, felt the glory that given by the Queen of The Night to her.

 

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The Dukes was very surprised with the situations that happened in the village. The Dukes decided to make the war to defeat the Queen of the Night. All of the preparations already made, and they ready to have their big war.

Carmella and her followers were already in the center of the dark forest. Pricillia hold the sword on her hand, she still couldn’t know what she will do next. The invasion of the kingdom started. The Queen of the Night used her black magic and her power to beat the kingdom’s soldier. The big war happened very long, with very scary and spooky light and sound.

The kingdom loosed their soldier. They defeated by The Queen of the Night. The glory of the darkness appeared, and the followers uptake the powers. But, Duke Wellington tries to open the sunshine to make the power of crescent moon disappear. But it takes a big risk. The soul should be paid.

Pricillia didn’t want her love will be died. So, she swung her wounds and killed her own mother to make all the magic disappeared. The queen of the night screamed loudly and died. But her magic didn’t off yet. It bites Pricillia and take her soul.

Pricillia died with the end of the dark. The sun started to shine and brought the prosperity to the village. But Pricillia, died with her beautiful smile and pale on her face. Duke Wellington felt very-very sad. His beloved girl died to protect the village and the kingdom. Then the Duke promised to keep the prosperity and the happiness of this village.

Finally, the village be prosper and save forever after.