The Curse of the Queen

***Oh my...I wrote this when I was ten, I think O_O

Long ago lived a queen, who was worshiped by her people very much. Everyone loved her and looked up to her for wisdom, except one ruthless man. He longed to have the throne, and would do anything to get it. The queen, Harmonia, did not fear him, but she should have….

One day, Queen Harmonia went out in her luxurious garden for a short walk. The guards were unaware she had ventured outside alone. While the guards stood idly at the front gate, Everill, the man who wanted the throne, snuck up behind Queen Harmonia. While she bent down to smell the roses, he grabbed her and held a knife to her throat. He explained, "Give me your kingdom, and you will live."

"I would rather die," she whispered bravely after a few moments of silence.

Everill pierced her heart with the knife. When he did, she screamed. A young guard heard and came running to her aid. It was too late. She lay still, frozen forever. The unskilled guard tried to fight him, but he did not have a weapon, so Everill quickly stabbed him just as he had the queen. Sprawled out on the ground, they all lay still as stone. Everill ran toward the door to the castle. Just as he opened the doors, an old man, Aldrych, appeared before him. As soon as he glanced the queen and two of the guards dead, he lost interest in Everill and sprinted over to the queen. He wept, "Oh, my beautiful daughter! What have you done?"

"I have done nothing, sir," Everill lied calmly.

"Yes, you killed them. I can see the bloody knife in your hand!" With that, Aldrych turned around and attacked Everill. Everill stopped him and whispered, "Attack me, and I kill you. Let me be king of Onsero, and you live."

Aldrych thought for a moment. "You shall be king," he answered, his voice heavy with dread.

Everill had been king of Onsero for a week, and, so far, everyone hated his judgment. He wanted to go into battle after just one week of ruling the country of Onsero.

"Queen Harmonia was so peaceful and happy. Everill is so naive and evil," a villager fussed once.

"Shh, someone might hear you. I do not want you killed like Ackley," his wife warned sorrowfully.

Inside the ziggurat, however, things were about to change. Aldrych's brilliant plan would take place that day.

At dinner, he served King Everill a "special" drink. The king did not suspect a thing--he thought Aldrych was finally submitting to him. He ate his dinner and drank his "wine" happily.

That night, before Everill went to sleep, he collapsed on the floor and never moved or spoke again. He was dead. Everyone assumed someone had poisoned him, but no one could pin point the culprit. When Aldrych heard he had died, he went to his room. He opened a secret compartment in a jewelry box, which had once belonged to Queen Harmonia, and got out a tiny vile. It was filled with the same poison that had killed King Everill. He explained sternly, "Blossom, you died of old age, and, Harmonia, Everill murdered you. My only grandchild, Aldercy, died of sickness when he was just three years old. I have done my duty--I avenged your death, my sweet Harmonia. I have nothing to live for now. I shall live with the Gods and Goddesses from now on in the afterlife. I hope to see you soon." With that, he drank all the poison and lay on his bed. He died peacefully later that night.

Everill spoke to his father, Brent, shortly after his death on his way to the afterlife.

"Everill, you have made me proud. You should have known to kill that Aldrych, however, before he had time to kill you," Brent explained solemnly.

"I know, father. I fulfilled your wish of becoming king, but now I have to live here…forever."

Aldrych, Harmonia, Blossom, and Aldercy still lay in their burial places. All the other people killed by Everill are also put to rest. Every Halloween, all the murdered come up from their grave and honor Queen Harmonia and her family. Aldrych still watches over his daughter. Everill, however, has a grave site, but nobody knows where it is. They just know he is alone. Some feel sorry for him, knowing that he only wanted his father to be proud of him. Others think he deserves to live forever in solitude.

The curse of Queen Harmonia still exists to this day. The legend says anyone who dare disturb her grave will be poisoned by Aldrych. Just know, in the future if you ever come across a burial site with a black rose beside the tombstone, do not touch it or anything near it…or you will be punished. Severely punished.