Royal Shadow

[Hellfire]

"In order for me to change I would have to believe I was wrong." His tone was stubborn. "I just hope you realize that everybody can't be happy. If you help the weak, then the strong will think you are weak. The only way to survive in a dark world is to be darker than everyone else."

 

[RavenMist]

"I understand that. Not everyone will ever be happy but a whole region unhappy is ridiculous. I will always have enemies and they are the ones unhappy. You punished everyone!" She stresses, "You brought in happiness even to those who didn't deserve it!" She says, shaking her head, "Helping people might make me weaker but what will the guilds do, throw a paddy? Half of the people I intend to help are the family's of the guilds men." She says, shaking her head.

 

[Hellfire]

"The people that you are trying to help find you weak then." His tone was harsh. "I did what I had to, You need to know that. Don't let yourself fall for the slums. They obviously believe they can take care of themselves."

 

[RavenMist]

"Because you took everything from them. So they had no choice but to survive!" She exclaims, "You took away their money, they can't afford food. The houses are barely houses!" She cries, "You might see me as weak, and some will, hell if they didn't then I'd be worried." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

He was startled by her outrage. "Do you not have allies in the slums?" He asked. "That alone should allow people to trust you more, especially since you have caught the eye of their precious thief." He said the last bit with sarcasm.

 

[RavenMist]

"Yes, I have allies. None are to be trusted though, I don't even have security in that." She says, staring at him, "The rebels are only at bay because I've gave promises of a better life and that's not all of them." She exclaims, "The guilds are throwing a paddy because as soon as I make things better they lose purpose!" She says, shaking her head, "I doubt any one really trusts me, they don't trust me to make improvements." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

"That is to be expected." He pointed out with a lazy smile. "Our people our monsters in the eyes of the slums. even if you are the best person in the world, it all comes back to the fact that you were once a royal."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "I'm not a royal now, no more." She says looking at him, "Ifs not my fault people are viewing me as the evil one." She murmurs, "That's your fault, the other royal families' fault for being greedy and not helping when it counted most."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, "I'm not a royal now, no more." She says looking at him, "Ifs not my fault people are viewing me as the evil one." She murmurs, "That's your fault, the other royal families' fault for being greedy and not helping when it counted most."

 

[Hellfire]

He shrugged. "We helped ourselves, selfess as we were." He sighed. "We royals saw the world for what is was, and we used it to our advantage. If I hadn't brought myself into power, you would be one of the people of the slums. You wouldn't even be capable of changing things for the better."

 

[RavenMist]

"I'd prefer it." She murmurs coldly, "I'd prefer to have had died in the slums as a child with the knowledge of how evil and corrupt the world is than growing up as I did thinking everything was daisies and rainbows." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

He flinched, moving towards her as far as he could go. "I sacrificed everything to make you and your mother happy!" He yells. "And all I get in return is your mother's death, and your hate." He sits back, his anger replaced by sadness. "I became a monster so that you could both be happy, that is how it was in the beginning at least."

 

[RavenMist]

"We could have been happy anyway!" She screams, "I don't need money to smile, I need a mother to hug me at night and tell me that tomorrow will be okay. I need someone to someone to sit with me and teach me things." She says, her eyes watering, "Happiness is not about the things you are given, or the things you have. I would have been happy to grow up in the slums, to be able to sit down as a family, to be able to say that I had everything because my family were there!" She says, "Do you think I was really happy? How many meals did you not attend when mother was alive? How much time did you spend with me even after that?!" She says.

 

[Hellfire]

He looks down at the ground. "I only intended to have enough moeny to keep us safe, and not draw attention. As time passed though, i found that I was good at the struggle for power." He shook his head. "When you have power, it makes you feel unstoppable. It is an aweful drug, and in the end you die because of it."

 

[RavenMist]

"I don't want you to die! I want you to see that this faction needs help, the people have a right to be angry at us but I want to make it better." She says, falling quiet, a tear escaping her eye and trailing down her cheek, "I want to have a family that I can sit down with and have a dinner, I want to have a region that are proud of who their leader is." She murmurs.

 

[Hellfire]

He was silent for a moment, then he looked up at her Isabella. "I'm sorry Isabella." He said in a soft tone. "I failed you and your mother." He crawled backwards, rattling his chains.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella watches him and frowns sadly, "It's not too late to change you know," she murmurs softy, her eyes sad, "I want you in my life." She adds.

 

[Hellfire]

He laughs softly. "Perhaps." He said, looking at her thoughtfully. "Although, I would advise keeping me under some sort of watch." He said, mildly apologetic. "It will take me some time to even begin adjusting."

 

[RavenMist]

"Everyone needs keeping under some sort of watch it seems." She says, forcing a soft laugh, "I'll have to make some arrangements based on the fact people won't like this." She murmurs with small smile, "Just make an effort, please." She adds.


"I need to get back to Nathan, I don't trust him and I left him altering the taxes." She says, "I'll be back later, please don't try to break out." She says, turning around.

 

[Hellfire]

He laughs, rolling on his back as tears fill his eyes. "Nathan chaning the taxes!!" This causes him to go into another fit of laughter. "You seem quite determined to change everyone for the better." He brought himself under control and looked up at Isabella. He nodded to her. "You had better go before Nathan dies of boredum." He chuckles lightly.

 

[RavenMist]

"If change is all I have, to keep those I love close then it's all I can hope." She murmurs, "You know how close me and him used to be." She points out, "He's like my ugly older brother who is hating the lack of power he has right now." She says softly, "I won't be too long, you need to eat soon too."

 

[Hellfire]

He licked his lips at the thought of food. "I will be fine." He smiled softly. "Go check on your ugly older brother. Boys have been known to get into trouble."

 

[RavenMist]

She nods and leaves the building, pulling her hood back up over her head and walking back to the house. She looks down at the data pad and clicks through, she could now see the position of all the guards. Once inside the house, she heads back to the study, knocking before she entered.

 

[Hellfire]

Nathan startled slightly, but relaxed when he saw it was Isabella. "I am almost done." He rubbed his eyes. "How did it go with your father?" He asked, watching her to see her reaction.

 

[RavenMist]

She nods slowly, trying not to get over excited at the thought of her father finally having somewhat listened, "He listened to me, I think." She says softly, "He'll be living here again, under watch until he can prove he's actually changed." She says lightly.