Spirit Wars

Chapter 8

~Maggie~

I watched the town from my balcony. It had been 2 weeks since i took Tatiana's place. the town well, it was beautiful. The girls in their Greek styled dress fluttering around like the their world, Persephone would stay as simple and beautiful forever. But they were wrong. I would crush this place and anyone who stood in my way. Even if it meant marrying Ethan.

They thought i was their precious little princess Maggie. But she was dead, she died that day in the Forrest. And so i took over her body keeping it alive, so it became the body of a 14 year old, when in fact- i was 20. I would move on from this body soon. But right now i needed to look like that Tatiana girl. My kind was called the antalaktí̱s só̱ma which mean body swapper. We killed the spirit inside one body and replaced it with our own giving us full access to their memories, likes, dislikes well everything we needed to pose as that person.

My name was Khione. It was the name of the ancient snow Goddess and i took pride in bearing her name. I would become a Goddess, ruler of Persephone and everything in it.

But being young (our kind lived up to around 500) i had to convince and show my people that i could conquer and show them that i, Khione would rule. And to do that:

I would kill her.

I would kill her father.

I would kill that pesky Flynn.

But i wasn't strong enough, which is why i had to marry Ethan. His army and my army would be enough to conquer the Forrest and every surrounding area. But after our wedding well, Ethan would sadly face an untimely death. How tragic. But for now i had to keep the girl thinking i was her sister and fool everyone here by making them believe i was their precious little princess.

"Tatiana, come on, you said you wanted to look around today and you cannot do that wearing those clothes you would just upset people"

It was Flynn. Tatiana didn't seem to have many other friends in the castle, just him. Which didn't surprise me. Everyone else was a servant or teacher, it really was just Flynn, Elizabeth and herself that she could hang out with.

"Of course" i replied.I picked a dress out of the closet, a blue one that faded into white as it flowed to the ground. It was- like every other dress, Greek styled. "Why are the Greek looking?" I asked

Flynn looked at me strangely "you learnt about that, we worship Greek gods and goddesses,our forest is named after the great goddess Persephone, goddess of spring. So we follow Greek traditions, speaking it occasionally."

How could I of been so stupid. Of course she had learnt about it. "I knew that, just testing to make sure your brain still works after your quest haha" he smiled weakly and quietly laughed with me. He left the room and two maidservants came in and helped me dress.

Ugh despicable elementals, they were half breeds. They were filthy and i was stuck in the body of one.

One day when i was walking along i was in the body of an old women, she was old- killing her was a favor. And little Maggie had come along riding, it was the perfect opportunity to put my plans into place. I had followers, i had connections in Ethan's ranks and i had manipulated Ethan into killing his friends with whom he had started the revolt with. And finding Maggie alone was just the cherry on the cake.

I begged her to help me to Persephone to see the king, so she got me on her horse and i pushed her of, knocking her out. I silenced the horse and dragged the child to my home. I wasn't going to kill her strait up- i wanted fun first. So i tortured her. Branded her with my mark. A mark that would soon become famous and feared through out Persephone. I cut her and shot her with zaps of electricity, i starved her and it slowly killed her. I left the body of the old lady in the lake and swapped into the little girls body. When we are not in body's we are ghost like and can only stay in that form for a few minutes before we disintegrate and loose form. Reforming, takes years.

That was when i realized how frail the human body was when broken. I waited until i healed enough to make my way back to the palace but i collapsed on the steps and was found. I didn't know how she behaved, it often happens with you get children. They have no particular behavior pattern and i hadn't looked into them- big mistake. But thankfully it was blamed on the ordeal. I stayed for a bit but grew restless. I went to Ethan and pulled a stunt which made people afraid of me. I was bought to Ethan to be punished- usually people who saw him never came back. But he made me a general- after i told him who i was and my plans. I got hold of a rebel spirit user, and he planted the illusion of love in Ethan's mind. It took 4 years of false love to Ethan. He was crucial to my plans.

When he asked me to marry him, i nearly killed him but i told him yes, but after we succeed in our plans to overtake Persephone. Which he grudgingly agreed to.

So here i am. Ready put the next phase of the plan in action. In the last 2 weeks, i have sparked up a fake love relationship with Flynn- all the more fun when he kill him.

"Princess, are you feeling okay?" The maidservant Brittany asked.

A wave of dizziness washed over me. I was active in the body for to long- this tended to happen when one didn't rest in the body, it drains us. "No, i..i need to rest, tell Flynn i can't go out." They nodded and left. I stumbled to the bed and slept.