Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Once Upon a Time ❯ ...with golden hair. ( Chapter 4 )

 

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…with golden hair…

 

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A high pitch shriek of a damned soul sounded in the night, shattering its peaceful silence. The sound, painful to human ears, caused all who heard it to cower.

 

“We're under attack!” A royal guard alerted before his body was incinerated by a blast of scorching fire.

 

“DRAGON!” the rest of the guards cried, backing away from the ominous beast.

 

“HOLD YOUR GROUND!” Rashid bellowed, as he drew his sword. “We must protect his highness!”

 

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“Triton! Catherine! You must wake up!” Charizma ordered, “Quickly!”

 

“Mother?” Her daughter questioned as her mother shoved a sack into her hands and a blanket around her shoulders.

 

“Triton, get up!” Charizma called. “Catherine, you must take your brother under the cover of darkness. You must make it to the forest without being seen!”

 

“Mother? Why? What's going on?”

 

“TRITON!” She yelled.

 

“He's not here, Mother.” Catherine whispered.

 

“WHAT!?” She gasped, fear clenching in her chest, “NO! He has to be here! Where else would he be?”

 

“His calico slipped out the window. He went after her.”

 

“Oh no…” Charizma breathed, “Triton…”

 

“Mother, what is it?”

 

“Catherine, listen to me very carefully… You need to get to the forest. Once there, you must ask for the Elf Messenger of the Dragon Lord. Tell him that the providence is under siege and that we cannot escape.”

 

“But, Mother-“

 

“Please! It's very important that this message is sent to the Dragon Lord. The Elf Messenger will bring you to him. Stay with him. You'll be safe there.”

 

“What about you?”

 

“I must find Triton. I will meet you when I am able.”

 

“Mother-“

 

“GO!” Charizma hissed, shoving her daughter out the door and down the street, “Run!”

 

With one last, hesitant look on her face, Catherine turned and fled into the night; the shrieks and screams of massacre haunting her steps.

 

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“Quatre, angel, wake up, we must go!” An urgent voice stirred the sleeping prince.

 

“M-Mother?” the blonde questioned as he rubbed his eyes.

 

“Yes, Tenshi.” The woman placed a kiss on her son's forehead, “Please come!”

 

“What is it!?” The boy whispered, his hand clenched tightly at his chest as he obediently followed.

 

“The Black Dragon has returned.” The queen explained, “We must flee!”

 

“But Mother!” The child exclaimed, his eyes wide, “What about the people?”

 

“We can't do anything for them, my son.” His mother answered sadly.

 

“Why not!? We're they're leaders! We have to do something!”

 

“Getting killed will accomplish nothing!” the queen chastised.

 

The lone voice cried out and the prince began to cry. “But he's hurt, Mother! I can feel each tear.”

 

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“MOTHER!” Triton screamed as he huddled underneath a wagon, clutching his kitten tightly to his chest, “MOTHER!”

 

“RUN, MY SON!” Charizma cried, as she drew her sword and fought against the Black Dragon's minions. “PLEASE GO!”

 

Petrified, the boy could only watch as goblins attacked her viciously.

 

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” The child sobbed, as he darted forward, grabbing a hold of Largest goblin's tail, trying to pull it off of the woman, “LEAVE `ER ALONE!”

 

“Get away!” The gravelly voice snarled, flicking its tail, sending the small boy to crash into a wall and be buried amongst the rubble.

 

“TRI-“ Charizma choked. Pain tore through her mid-section. With tears brimming in her eyes, she looked down as the goblin tore his blade from her belly. “M-my son…”

 

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“NOOOOOOOOOOOO!” The prince screamed; his hand tightly clenched at his heart, as he fell to his knees.

 

“Quatre!?” His mother hastily gathered him into her arms, continuing to run to the lower sections of the castle. “What is it?”

 

“I-I can't feel him… mother…” the trembling child whimpered, “Something's happened to him…”

 

“Who?”

 

Quatre buried his face into his mother's shoulder as the rounded a turn in the hall, “The one in my heart…” He sniffled, “Please, Mother… we must help him…”

 

“You're Majesty!” Rashid's booming voice beckoned, “This way!”

 

“Rashid, where is my husband?” The queen asked, as the soldier took Quatre from her, before grabbing her hand and pulling her along, “Where are my daughters?”

 

“All but three of the princesses have made it to the safe caverns…” Rashid informed, “I do not know where the king is. MY priority was to make sure that the prince and you were safe.”

 

“A noble gesture to be sure.” A voice commended while clapping, “Rashid, Catherine it is so good to see you all again.”

 

“Marquis.” The queen hissed, taking her son back from her loyal guard. “You are down right foolish to return to these lands. The angelic court won't be as forgiving this time around.”

 

“I'm sure.” The man smirked, his ice blue eyes gleamed. “They'll damn me to the abyss given the chance.”

 

Rashid drew his sword, “Leave now.” He ordered.

 

“Without getting what I came for?” Marquis shook his head, his long platinum blonde hair swaying against his back. “That'd be a wasted trip.”

 

“What is it that you seek?”

 

“The Heart of Hell and the Soul of Heaven.” He grinned.

 

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To be continued…