...…PRESENT DAY...
The past usually brings a lot of unwanted memories. Your mother was a victim of power struggle and greed. It wasn't something that could be avoided, after all she was a commoner who became the first wife and promised queen of one of the greatest king.
She had to keep her marriage a secret from the whole kingdom to ensure her safety and yours, uncle Jude said while staring at Onyx.
"At that moment only high ranking officials knew about your mother and most of them were not satisfied with her."
"Your grandparents also didn't approve of your mother and always wanted Beatrix to marry their son. When the high ranked officials knew about this,they started spreading rumors about your father and Beatrix being married.
It went so far to the extent that everyone thought Onyx was Beatrix child"
"This inevitably caused a rift between your mother and father. The hate she got from the palace was so overwhelming that she had to move back with her parents.
The queen (Damien's mother) took advantage of this and brought Beatrix to live in the palace.
Eventually your father was trapped and Beatrix got pregnant,unbeknownst to your father.
He sought out for your mother and convinced her to move back to the palace and promised that he will acknowledge her and crown her the rightful queen ."
Uncle Jude paused for a while and I couldn't help but ask.
"Why didn't he acknowledge her the moment they got married "
"Because there was a law, which is still in existence, that the heir to the throne can only marry a Royalty or a highly ranked Noble."
He answered.
I honestly couldn't help the overwhelming feeling in my chest, I literally just found out that my mother wasn't my mother and I could literally feel the story taking a wild turn.
I glanced at Onyx who looked shaken, even more so than I was. I reached out and held his hands and gave him a reassuring look .
"I think you should already have an idea about what happened with your parents"
Uncle Jude said.
"While coming back from her parents house to the palace your mother's carriage was ambushed and she died,or so everyone thought.
Your father was distraught and couldn't accept that she had died. During the period of his agony the pressure to marry Beatrix only became worse. The queen had already spread the news about Beatrix' pregnancy to the whole kingdom.
With no other choice, your father married Beatrix and they were crowned the official monarch of this kingdom."
"We thought that your mother was gone completely until David brought back a baby claiming it was Marie's daughter and after proper check it was confirmed.
When we inquired about Marie,all he could do was shake his head.
David explained that when he had found Marie, she was ambushed by a strange army that weren't normal at all, he said that they used magic and could only escape with you, Ondina while they took your mother away."
He concluded.
Uncle Jude stayed quiet giving us time to digest what we'd heard.
I could feel a lot of emotions brewing in me but anger dominated all other emotions. I was angry at everything. I suddenly realized why I was always treated badly, why there wasn't any respect given to me and why I was ousted from my own family.
I couldn't contain my anger and dashed out of the house. I tried to calm myself but the feeling of dread and anger took over me; years of anger, pain, regret, frustration came rushing towards me like a storm and before I could control myself, I felt my body explode with energy and everywhere was in fire.
I could hear everyone calling for me but the fire consumed me from inside and i unconsciously let it out.
By the time I realized what I was doing the everywhere had caught fire, well everywhere except the house.
I shrank back in fear and couldn't help but start crying, I was really overwhelmed by everything. I could feel my vision blurring and I felt my body go limp.
Just as I was about to fall, someone caught me and took me back to the house.
Onyx's POV
After Uncle Jude had said everything, I felt the temperature of the room drop.
I looked towards my sister and she didn't look so good. Before I could take the initiative to approach her, I saw her eyes change and a dangerous glint stayed in her eyes.
Uncle Jude and Dana noticed the change too and I saw Uncle Jude smiling.
Before I reached her I saw her run outside with a lightning speed, I quickly followed her and saw her body glowing again, this time with a dark light emanating from her.
I instinctively backed away and then
'BOOM', I heard an explosion and everywhere and everything was covered in fire .
The fire was fast approaching to where I stood, I was terrified and used my hand to shield my face.
...… seconds passed and I didn't feel anything, I looked up and saw that the fire had stopped right before it got to me.
I looked up at Ondina but she was still raging, I was confused as to who saved me from being burnt.
While I was still brooding, I heard Uncle Jude clap behind me.
"What a display of magical prowess between siblings" he said in a sarcastic way.
I looked at him confusedly and asked what he meant by that, he smiled in return and pointed at my sister.
Her body was swaying and I ran and caught her before she could fall down. Her body was burning up, I carried her and walked back to the house.
I noticed the way the fire gave way when I stepped in a particular spot but I ignored whatever shit was happening. My sister is my primary concern.
We tried to cool her down by reducing the temperature of the Air Conditioning but it wasn't working.
It was like the more we tried to cool her down the hotter she got.
I was literally pulling my hair in frustration at this point when she opened her eyes like she was she had a nightmare.
She stood up with lightening speed and her eyes turned crimson with danger reeking from her person.