Authors note: Just a reminder that I do not speak/know any other languages other than English and Latin. So if my translations are wrong, please politely let me know.

⚠️Trigger Warning ⚠️

This chapter contains blood, gore, fighting, death, and more. Please read at your own discretion

One dark and stormy night, a pair of princesses slept peacefully in their parents bed. The two were squished together, cuddling and enjoying the warmth; a rare thing in a castle that old. The eldest, Morrigana had just turned twelve while the youngest, Melinoe was only seven. The thunder boomed outside of their German castle and rain poured heavily enough that it leaked through the shutters.

Melinoe was lightly snoring but Morrigana was on high alert. Being the heir to the throne meant she had been trained every waking moment of her life. And unlike other royals, she wasn't trained to be a King or Queen; No she was trained to be a King, Queen, Assassin... an Empress. You see, she wasn't just the heir to Germany. She was also the heir to Norway, Sweden, and Finland. She was not only valuable due to her status but also for the dark secrets that swirl around her family. Those very secrets would unfortunately be their demise.

Morrigana slowly opened her eyes and tightened her grip on the small dagger under her pillow. The creaking of the large wooden door told her that a stranger was making their way into the room. As her parents, nor the staff, would ever be so loud while the two princesses were sleeping. She gently shook her sister awake, covering her mouth to keep her quiet. Her eyes darted towards the thundering boots that filled the room and Melinoe's eyes widened. Morrigana tapped her nose three times before closing her eyes and listening as the curtains got snatched back. Morrigana controls her breathing and lets out a soft snore.

The sound of heavy breathing echoes off the walls and the stench of copper fills the room. Without another thought, Morrigana leaps from the bed and thrusts her dagger in the neck of the intruder. His sword drops and the man frantically grabs at the metal impaling his throat. Morrigana snatches him by his hair, gripping the knife tightly and stares him in the eyes. "Was willst du, Usurpator?" (What do you want usurper?) she hisses while slowly turning the dagger. He grunts in pain and snarls back "Dein Kopf auf einer Servierplatte, Abscheulichkeit!" (Your head on a platter, abomination!)

Morrigana simply sighs with a eye roll and roughly twists the dagger before harshly ripping it out. Her hands slightly shaking, with blood coating them and her night gown. Pushing down the bile that threatened to rise up her throat, she wiped the dagger on her dress and turned around. "Mel, keep your eyes closed and come here" she whispered as the man's body dropped with a thud. Her sister stumbled over and latched to her side instantly. "Okay butterfly, I need you to take my dagger just in case and I need you to listen carefully okay?" Mel shook her head quickly and griped the cool metal in her hand. "Stay behind me and listen to every thing I say. We must be quick, smart, and most importantly, quiet." Mel nodded her head vigorously and melted into Mor's side.

Morrigana lifted her father's sword that was thankfully left on his dresser. The moon glinted off the shiny valyerin steel and she took a deep breath before slipping out of the door. The halls were deathly quiet as they soundlessly fled their parent's wing. The clanking of metal stoped them in her tracks and they backed into the shadows. As Morrigana waited for her next victim. "Do not watch Mel" she whispered to her sister, who just nodded in agreement. Her eyes darted back to the hallway as she spotted a man.

A man that was bigger than any other she'd ever seen; he was easily triple the size of her. He stomped loudly, his armor clanking with every step toward them. His cruel eyes darted around and sword in his hand, ready for a fight. He walked right past the girls and Mor smirked before flinging herself from the shadows.

Her sword slipped right in between his breastplate armor and pierced through his chest. The man gasped and frantically scratched at the blade coated in his blood. She yanked the sword back out and blood splattered along the hallway. The man collapsed to his knees and Mor stepped around to look at his face. She slowly turned her head to the side as he stared at her with wide eyes. At a child. At his killer. He gurgled on his own blood before slamming head first into the ground. Morrigana simply shrugged, wiping a bit of blood off of her face as she collected her sister. She swiftly ran through the castle, slaying man after man with her sister in the shadows... watching intently.

Morrigana slowly walked down the last hallway toward the front door. Melinoe had her eyes shut tightly and gripped her sisters night gown as they walked through the blood covered halls. Mor walked by the men she trained with and women that helped raise her. Her face trying to stay as impassive, as all the corpses stare while they pass. Her eyes darted towards the end of the hall where a man with dark black, curly hair and piercing blue eyes layed slumped against a wall. His neck sliced from ear to ear, almost clean off, and blood still ran down the front of him. The woman holding his hand had chocolate brown hair and dark eyes. A dagger still sitting in her chest, that stopped rising and falling a long time ago.

Morrigana's stomach dropped at the sight of her parents and she almost screamed. Her eyes studied their forms as quickly as possible before she wrapped an arm around Melinoe's head, blocking the sight of their deceased parents. And while Morrigana may have held her head high, acting as if nothing was wrong; it was all an act. Mor found her chest aching so bad that she thought she may die from heart break. She thought it was such an intense pain that Mel must have heard it. She must have heard her heart shatter, and the breath stolen from her lungs. She should have felt the temperature drop as if being dunked in ice water and felt the world crumble down around them. But thankfully, Mel simply kept her eyes shut and continued forward. Mor glanced at her parents one last time, committing their face to memory before wiping off the stray tear that rolled down her cheek.

Morrigana finally reached the front gate and pushed open the large wooden doors to the castle with her sister behind her. Blood coated her hair, face, arms, gown, absolutely everything; but Mor didn't care. Her heart still bled for her parents, who layed not too far away. A large group of men with their swords drawn, stood in front of the castle. Her eyes narrowed at them until they all dropped to their knees. "Phantomkönigin! Es lebe die Phantomkönigin!" (Phantom Queen! Long love the Phantom Queen!)

And that's the day that the Phantom Queen was born.

Authors note: So I do not speak any language other than Latin, but you can't really speak that. Anyways, if my translations are wrong please politely let me know! Thanks :)

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