A Dream Foretold.

Prologue Arc.

I felt dizzy, the entire world kept spinning after the two shouted; my heart and mind were in a state of confusion; my hearing blocked as my eyelids slowly enshroud my sight with darkness, all I could feel was the descend of my body down to the floor, yet despite having my hearing blocked by a mysterious force, I could clearly hear two screams coming from the two.

 

“Fated Child, one path leads to another; how strange, isn’t it?¹Two paths entwine to form a single ending.” a voice whispered into my ears before I dropped to the floor, unconscious.

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It felt cold, yet at the same time, it strangely feels warm; something was on top of my hand, the object was as if a hand riddled with blisters. Amidst the darkness, the hand brought me a sense of security, a sense of confidence.

 

“Amelia…” a manly voice called out from the thick darkness to which I was curled into; I didn’t know how long, nor do I know how I arrived here. Time moved like a snail, or rather, it was as if there was no concept of time at all.

 

“Amelia… wake up…” a hoarse voice once more called out over the distance, causing me to be confused as I stood up from where I sat and looked around before clenching my fists as I screamed, “Who is there?”

 

Two seconds… a minute passed by inside my mind, no one responded, it felt strange, weird as to why the voice sounded nostalgic; it felt like an eternity over here, I didn’t move for who knows how long, waiting for a response but it was only empty hope as there was no response for who knows how long.

 

I surrendered and simply laid down on the thick darkness that was as if the ocean. The darkness almost took me in, disposing of my lowly self, despite knowing that fact, I felt strangely composed; it was as if I knew something, someone would come out and take me away from here.

 

“Amelia… wake up…!” the voice once more came as the darkness slowly engulfed my body, it felt suffocating almost as if something was blocking my lungs. I clenched my chest in irritation, unable to understand who this “Amelia” person they are calling.

 

“Who are you?!” I screamed before, the usual silence ensued… or so I thought, immediately after my scream, a bright light appeared over the distance. It was like the sun had descended before me; the light kept intensifying each passing second only to stop upon the arrival of a lady’s silhouette.

 

From the silhouette, one could tell; the person was a lady, her hair ended at her shoulders; her waists and curves were perfect, and most importantly, her chest was large which brought irritation into my heart as I glared at the figure, clenching onto the now-reflective floor as the silhouette gradually cleared up.

 

“Who are you?” I asked as the silhouette walked towards my direction, with each spec of her body showing its colors; her hair was a gradient of pink and violet, her eyes were like diamonds except they were of pink and violet; the smile on her face was one that no human could achieve.

 

It was as if I was seeing a Goddess before me… with each step she took, a spear of light appeared from the bright light swishing towards her, only to turn into tiny golden lines, forming a circle that was almost like an apostle.

 

“I am the one who seeks, destroys, and changes fate; how amusing to find one whose fate cannot be changed, nor cannot be destroyed. A golden star that is born to shroud every other star in its shadow²How interesting to find someone whose fate cannot be touched.,” a silvery voice echoed throughout the entire room as the lady pointed her finger towards me.

 

“Young child, the Golden Star; thy shall be blessed by this Empress, now sing praises among the Gods, and show to me what a Golden Star can achieve in its lifetime,” the lady said before shock riddled my body as memories, thoughts, and voices flooded my mind.

 

Pain… pain… that was the only sensation I could feel, it was like my head was thrown from the sky a billion times; I slammed my head onto the floor, buried my fingers onto the back of my head as I screamed in anguish, crying before the lady as she smiled a joyous smile before everything turned dark.

 

“Amelia…?!” a hoarse voice called out as I slowly opened my eyes before a handsome blonde with jade eyes entered my sight; the man’s cheeks were riddled with teardrops, his eyes were tainted with water, yet despite the harsh conditions his face was, his hand clenched onto mine with no signs of releasing.

 

“Fat… her,” I instinctively called out to the blonde, reaching my hand towards his cheeks before wiping the tears on his eyes as the man looked at me and cried; it was a cry filled with joy.

 

“Amelia…! You are awake now, thank the Seraphs!” the blonde cried with a loud, yet hoarse voice. His voice was loud enough that footsteps rampaged from the door, running towards the door before the door was smashed into pieces as a pink-haired lady ran towards me with tears falling from her face.

 

“Amelia-sama, thank the Seraphs!” the lady shouted while kneeling onto the floor as I smiled at her, my memories were slowly recovering and among the few that I could remember at this moment was her; my most trusted aide, my personal maid, butler, and knight… Anathasia.

 

“I am home… Anathasia,” I said before she stood up and ran towards me with tears dripping from her eyes, hugging me tightly while knocking off the blonde whose name I still couldn’t remember; the two of us hugged each other tightly for a few moments before I asked her.

 

“What happened to me, how long have I been asleep?”

 

Two minutes passed, there was no reply coming from her other than her fingers burying onto my back, and her hug tightening even more as drops of water fell before my shoulders before finally, her hoarse voice responded.

 

“It… was the Count of Valeria… he sent four assassins in a suicide mission to kill you, the only heiress of the only Archduke family in the Empire… you were struck twice in the head, and struck twice on the neck…”

 

Surprise ran inside my head, my eyes widen in surprise; if that was supposed to be true, then in no way should I be alive right now….

 

“None of the assassins survived; each and every one of them was eliminated by the Princess, and after an entire month of investigation, we soon found out that the assassins came from Count Valeria along with his peers from the Noble Factions.”

 

“But… there was insufficient evidence to go against the Noble faction, despite the anger of the Prince and the Princess, the Noble faction was still intact with the only family affected being the Count of Valeria.”

 

“Each and every one of them was executed, none of their bloodlines was spared by the Ancient Curse of Guilty Queen, the heads of the Count of Valeria were all guillotined at the Central Plaza, and as compensation for the damage, we were granted their entire land and wealth,” the blonde summarized.

 

I was stunned, completely stunned, but intuition tells me to maintain my composure, endure the surprise and so I kept a poker face the entire time while asking the blonde, “How long have I been unconscious?”, in response the blonde looked at me and sighed with a sad face.

 

“You were unconscious for a total of six months…”