The Witch part 3
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krystalkatzficz Thoughts of the tower and who might reside within tormented Satoshi for the next few months. His interest only increasing when his spies in the west came to him in a panic claiming that the enemies of his father had died in in the night. Nobody saw why they died, the spy had told him that he had noticed the camp had fallen silent and gone to investigate and had found the entire camp dead. His father had been insufferable as though he personally had taken out the armies of his enemies but Satoshi had seen him look to the tower and the spike of interest grew. It came to a head on the night of the full moon. He hadn’t meant to walk back passed the tower but he had and he saw to his amazement that the door was unguarded. Of course, unguarded didn’t mean unlocked, but when he tested it the door swung open silently to reveal a spiral stone stair case.
It was dark inside but Satoshi had learned many years ago that the true monsters didn’t live in the dark, true monsters wore the clothes of men. He closed the door behind him and walked took a slow step onto the stair. His shoe made no sound as he walked up but for some reason his heart made up for it by pounding inside his chest.
The tower seemed to be nothing but stairs until eventually he came to a landing made of wood. There were no furnishings and it was bitterly cold the vents in the thick walls allowing the bitter wind to enter at it’s whim. He shivered a little and eventually his eyes adjusted to the lack of light and then he saw a door a few feet away.
He saw that it was ajar and he tiptoed towards it stopping when he heard a soft voice coming from within. A red glow from the other side told him that there was a candle lit and Satoshi breathed through his nose surprised at the sweet scent he could smell. It wasn’t like the sickly smell in the harem but a softer more realistic scent of flowers and powder. When he realised he didn’t hear his father’s voice he moved closer to the door and pushed it open just a touch.
The tower seemed to be nothing but stairs until eventually he came to a landing made of wood. There were no furnishings and it was bitterly cold the vents in the thick walls allowing the bitter wind to enter at it’s whim. He shivered a little and eventually his eyes adjusted to the lack of light and then he saw a door a few feet away.
He saw that it was ajar and he tiptoed towards it stopping when he heard a soft voice coming from within. A red glow from the other side told him that there was a candle lit and Satoshi breathed through his nose surprised at the sweet scent he could smell. It wasn’t like the sickly smell in the harem but a softer more realistic scent of flowers and powder. When he realised he didn’t hear his father’s voice he moved closer to the door and pushed it open just a touch.
The room beyond was nothing like he imagined. He had imagined it to be like the harem with garish decorations and flowers but instead it was sparsely furnished, only a bed in the far corner which had only one sheet on it. In Satoshi’s opinion it was worse than some of the prisons in the dungeon. The light was coming from a single candle which had been placed on the floor. Satoshi looked around for the occupant and instead of a grown woman he saw a child sitting with her back against the wall in the corner. She was a thin little waif with mess hair and bare feet. Her face pale and dirty with streaks of tears. There was a strange little teddy around her shoulders. It looked like a dragon, a whispery little smoke thing, and the girl was talking to it softly, her voice trembled as she spoke and Satoshi looked around for her mother thinking that this was another of his half-siblings.
There was another door on the other side of the room but Satoshi saw that it was padlocked with a large formidable lock. He looked back at the child sitting in her corner. The tatted robe she was wearing barely covered her body and Satoshi saw teeth marks dotted on her skin and bruises. At the sight of the marks it took him only a few minutes to realise what he was feeling and his disgust grew. This...This child was who his father spent time with...The man was worse that he had even imagined. He wanted to throw up but if he did he knew that he would alert the child to his presence. Something that he sensed wouldn’t go down very well.
He chewed on his lower lip not knowing what he should do. Now he had seen the girl he couldn’t leave her alone but if he moved forward and outed himself he would startle the girl and it was likely that she would scream. She couldn’t be happy with the situation but it was likely all she knew and although it was sickening she wouldn’t react well to a stranger coming in.
“I know it’s cold, but I’m okay” The girl whispered, her voice was sweet and soft with a musical quality and Satoshi leaned against the doorjamb after realising that she was talking to the strange toy around her shoulders. “The blanket isn’t mine, papa doesn’t like me using it...” Satoshi struggled to keep himself from growling out loud at the girls confession and the fact that his father forced her to call him papa. The sickening feeling growl and his body jerked on its own forcing the door to open even wider. The Girl didn’t scream but she did gasp and pull her legs up to her chest and stare at him with the limited light of the candle. Her eyes widened as she shook her head quickly from side to side hissing;
“Not yet! You’re not allowed to be here yet!”
“What? I apologise, I do not wish to startle you...” Satoshi whispered not understanding the girls words. It was as if she had been expecting to see him but not yet. It was confusing but now she had seen him he was determined to help her if he could.
“You have to leave, now...” The girl hissed holding up her hands as he moved towards her and Satoshi was startled by a strong gust of wind that knocked him back out of the room. It whipped around his face sending needle like shivers down over his skin. “You are not strong enough yet!”
“Please, I only want to help...”
“You can’t, not yet, go...Come back when you are stronger...” The girl hissed again and once again the wind blew sending him almost falling down the long stair case. The door slammed closed on the room and Satoshi swallowed not knowing what the hell was going on. The wind had stopped now and Satoshi moved back to the door wanting answers but when he tried to push it open he found it to be securely locked from the inside.
“I will be back...I promise...” Satoshi breathed to the wood and then hurried down the steps the image of the girl in his mind. He was still in a daze as he left the tower not expecting his father to be stood behind the door. The emperor caught him around the throat his eyes blazing with fire.
“What are you doing in there boy?” He roared and Satoshi wanted to cower under him before he thought about the girl and he growled;
“You are a very sick man...”
“And you are an annoying little shit, it’s time you finally got some real world experience...” The emperor smirked his spittle flying over his face. “Go pack your belongings...You will leave the palace before the morning”
TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^
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Date: 2018-11-11 11:37 am (UTC)Thank you sunshine!
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