The (Weird) Life Of A Teenage Necromancer

The End and the Beginning (Part 1)

Nuriye's POV

The war raged on.

Mangled bodies littered the ground, the stench of death....heavy in the air.

Queen Nuriye cut down those in her path with Isana by her side. She concentrated on the enemy, ignoring the sounds of breaking bones and the splatter of blood as her blades cut through their bodies.

Nuriye at first failed to notice the hazy form heading towards them but her attention was tugged away as everyone began to run away from the unkown creature. Screams of confusion and fear rang out from both sides.

"Kate!" Isana yelled.

Nuriye spun around, her eyes widening as she caught sight of her.

Kate slowly made her way towards them. Her eyes, pitch black stared ahead blankly. The outer edges of her form were hazy, smoke-like tendrils of magic reaching out in an attempt to burst out of its confinements.

It was at the moment in which Nuriye felt fear.

She spun to face Isana. "Call for retreat!"

Isana glanced at Kate but turned to run away. "Retreat!"

Then the whole world froze. 

Nurirye stood unmoving, one hand reaching out to Kate. She tried to move her limbs but to no avail. A small gasp escaped from her lips as she barely moved them. From her vantage point she could see the still forms of everyone else, many frozen midstride, their eyes wide with horror. And yet Kate still walked on.

She tried calling out her magic as Kate neared but horror settled in as she realized that she couldn't feel her magic. There was nothing. 

She blinked and suddenly Kate was standing in front of her. Her heart thundered in her chest as those blank pitch black eyes bore into hers. Slowly Kate tilted her head to the side, a small smile pulling at her lips. "Nuri. My burning Queen." It was a mere whisper, small and frail. Kate reached out to tuck a stray curl behind her ear.

Nuriye's eyes widened. "Cedric?"

"I'm sorry." Slowly Kate...or whatever it was now slowly stepped away.

"Why?!"

Nuriye's gaze settled on Adriss who stood on the other side, unaffected by whatever had overtaken the rest. Eloise ignored her, instead focusing on Kate with narrowed eyes. "Why...must you always turn your back to me?" Her voice broke and the façade fell, revealing an expression twisted with agony and betrayal.

Silence filled the space between them. 

Adriss stepped forward. "Aren't you going to say anything? Answer me!"

"I have always loved you sister and I always will." Kate slowly extended her hands, palms facing out. "But what you have done is wrong. And you need to answer for your misdeeds. I'm sorry I wasn't a better brother but maybe I can do something to make things right."

"Wait!" Adriss cried out. "St-!"

The resulting explosion of light temporarily blinded Nuriye and the force that came right after knocked her on her back. She blinked multiple times in an attempt to regain her sight. As everything became more clear she could now make out the faint outlines of white luminous balls of lights flying in the air.

Her muscles protested as she slowly sat up. She watched in astonishment as the waves and waves of souls burst from Kate. She couldn't see Adriss anywhere and everyone else was also on the ground, starting to shift.

The freed souls flew through the air and began to sweep down, flying through everyone in its path. Nuriye didn't have a chance to react as one flew at her.