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                         The Curse


Thorwen Kingdom : [The Village, Zion ]

'Mother , I'm home.'

'Finally ! Mary where have you been?'

Mary gulped a little 'I was on the mountain with Pit. Why?'

She touch her cheek with shaky hand. Mary bowed a little. She's a small lady. 'Someone said he saw you in a horse--'
she posed '--going towards the Dark Forest?'

Mary's heart skipped a beat. Mary know how much she'll be upset if she came to know that , that was her . she frozed.

'That wasn't you dear. was that?'

'No.'  Mary controlled her breath 'I was with Pit mother. There must've some mistakes.'

Her mother exhaled a deep breath 'Thank Almighty' She smiled at her. Her face is wrinkled with the age and experience. 'Go Change your clothes, You have to go Gateshead but first stuff yourself with something.'

She nodded.

She was going to change but then 'Wait'

Mary looked at her 'Yes Mother?'

'What's with that scratch?' She looked at her left arm , under the elbow. That she got when she was in the dark forest.

'umm Nothing I just stumbled a little' she said with a smile.

'Take care of you Mary. You're not a child anymore.'

'I will Mother' guilt over took her . I'm so bad daughter I kept lying and she believe it all. But what can I do adventure was like running on my veins. I sometimes curse myself for it. But I can't help it. She thought.

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Thorwen Kingdom : [Gateshead]

Mary changed her attire to something more formal. she works for the Thane of Zion. Zion is the name of her Village. Thorwen Kingdom contains total eleven Villages. After the Plauge Zion is the safest place to live. That's why the population of this village is growing faster than she have realized.

Yes a plague. After The Daksit Dynasty  took over the kingdom , The kingdom's fate was not that good. Priyam, the King was cruel, well he's cruel now but his physical condition don't co-oparate with his evil brain nowadays and the Queen was venomous, when ever she speaked. They both tortured this land like their bought slaves and then the plague becomes. Many of the prists declared it as the fruit of the King's Works. But Priyam couldn't care less. Mary heard these things from her mother. She used to tell her these stories, how she survived and how she manged to raise Mary in those situations and she used to curse the King under her breath. 'Damn the King' is the favorite slang of the kingdom. No one was happy here. Even the soldiers who tortures the subjects was not happy. Still they kill that person who has dared to say anything about the King. In this situation a strike was normal. But Priyam killed every single voice which raised against him.
Even he was that much scare that he still put a curfew in Zion at Night.

Zion is the place where still Vagitables grows, where economical works happens. Just because it's the capital.Other villages still suffers from food crisis and some of them run from there birth place just in hope of finding work in Zion.

Mary's stomach clenched as the thought of the dying peoples in other villages came in her mind. This was a era of curse. The people of the Kingdom says The Curse on Thorwen Kingdom.

I wish I could do something to make the Kingdom free from the curse Named Priyam. But I can't. She thought

Suddenly she felt a shake at her soulders.

'Mary! You need to pay attention.' she pulled herself from her thoughts. Stella shook her Soulders one more time and cleared her throat.

Stella works with Mary in Gateshead. She's a little younger than her . A bright girl with shy attitude. very sensitive.

Mary looked at her front and shivered a little from the giant poster of a woman. Mrs. Godwin.

She stepped a little closer and then stared at Mary's face with tough facial expressions. Mary didn't looked away. she stayed staring at her baggy eyes.

'We don't pay you money for your dreaming young girl, do we ? Get away from your LA LA land and focus on the job you do.' The words came as whispers. But there was nothing normal with her voice. Her voice cold as it can froze a human heart in a blink. It's not new she always keeps in mind how to make her servants feel smaller than her. Making them feel like they are bought slaves.

This palace. This furnitures. This big portraits. this fancy dresses. This EGO. Everything is bought by sucking the blood of the normal folks.

Mary stayed staring at her. her eyes pining through Mrs.Godwin's skin. Mrs. Godwin felt uncomfortable by it. 'EYES DOWN !' She shouts.

But Mary didn't took her eyes down. Why would she ? She don't deserve her respect. She never earned it. Mary saw as mrs Godwin's eyes grew wider and wider. Then she felt a tug on her hand.

'Sorry Miss' Stella said. She dragged Mary from that place.

'LEARN HOW TO PAY RESPECT SERVENT OR TAKE A LEAVE FROM THE JOB. I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY LIKE YOU DYING TO HAVE THIS JOB' Mrs.Godwin yelled back.

'Why you do such thing ? Mary' Stella said , her breathing is heavy.

'She don't deserve it Stella' Mary said.

'I know. But you have to keep that in mind that we have families to feed.' Stella said with a shaky voice.

Mary said nothing. She knows Stella is right. Plus the tax is getting high every year, she knows if she quit this job then she and her Mother will die like those farmers who suicided this year.

'Get in work Mary. There's a feast today and King Priyam is coming.'

'What!!?' her eyes literally touched the ceiling.

'Yes you heard right.'

'But he never comes here.'

'I know but today he is.'

'WHY ?'

'Some discussion about the kingdom I guess.'

'What's there to discuss about he already destroyed it.'

Stella sighed.

'Damn the King' Mary said in a low voice.

'Shhh!! Mary. Get ready for it.'

'For meeting the Devil for first time?  sure.' Mary said with a heavy sigh.