The Cursed Child

Chapter Seven

I opened my eyes as the sunlight beamed through the large windows in my room. I sat up slowly and looked around to see that everything look normal. Sighing heavily, I rubbed my eyes and held my face in my hands. 

"I grabbed the darkest thing I could find." I heard a familiar voice say. I quickly looked up to see Rayne coming out of my huge closet wearing a black skirt and shirt with red heels. 

I sighed. "I thought it was all a dream." 

"You should really invest in some crop tops and jeans." Rayne remarked. "All of these dresses and heels are uncalled for." 

"I am royalty." I said as I tossed the covers back and made my way towards the bathroom. "I have to dress a certain way sometimes." 

"Yeah but heels and dresses everyday?" She asked. "And people really say hell is bad." 

"Do not go anywhere!" I demanded as I pushed her out of the bathroom. "I am taking a quick shower and I will be out. Feel free to do whatever to occupy yourself but do not leave this room!" 

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever Raine." 

"Journee. I think you should just call me Journee since both of our names are the same." 

Rayne chuckled and nodded her head. "Ok Journee, go wash your ass!" 

I didn't say anything else to her as I closed the bathroom door and immediately stripped as I urgently stepped into the shower. I let the steaming water hit my skin as I bathed and relaxed. This was the only time that I felt at ease — was where I didn't have to worry about anything in my complicated life. I just imagined myself far away with no worries. I was still struggling to adjust to my new life and it seemed like every single time I felt as if I was coming to terms with what was happening, I was hit with more confusing situations.  

I turned the huge shower off and stepped out. I stood in front of the mirror despite it being covered in steam and began to dry myself off. As I did this, I could hear Rayne's voice as if she was talking to someone. Confused, I grabbed my robe and put it on before opening the bathroom door. 

"Rayne? What have you done?" I asked as I walked out of the bathroom. I looked ahead only to see Rayne standing in front of someone else. The person wore a white bodysuit with a long white pea coat and gold heels. I stared at the bottom of the shoes to see that they were red so I made a mental note that whoever this person was had money and I would be asking where to purchase a pair later on. 

"Journee!" Rayne greeted excitedly. "It is so wonderful that you'd join us!"

"Who have you brought into my room?" 

"What do you mean?" She asked with a smirk. 

"I do not allow outsiders into my room because it is dangerous! What part of that did you not understand? Outsiders are not even supposed to be in this palace!" 

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't want answers." The girl revealed. "Trust me, my palace is way better than this." 

"Who are you?" I asked. 

Rayne clapped her hands. "Journee, I'd like for you to meet Carter! Carter, I'd like for you to meet Journee who is also named Raine!" 

"You both have the same name?" Carter asked nonchalantly. I gasped at the girl as she looked identical to me. She looked exactly like Rayne and I. However, me and her looked exactly alike from head to toe. She had the same white streak in her hair as I did but instead of having it straight like my hair, she had it thrown in loose curls. 

"We have the same face?" I asked. 

"We're triplets!" Rayne sung excitedly. Carter rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall as I stared at the ground and slowly sat down on the vanity.  

"I don't think so. We may have the same face but we are in no way related. I am from another dimension." Carter began. 

"I'm listening." Rayne said as she sat on the edge of the bed. 

"In my dimension, there is multiple Gods and Goddesses and I rule them all. While here, you have One God and this chick." Carter revealed while pointing at Rayne who sat at the end of the bed waving. 

"So you're?" I trailed off. 

She stared at me for a bit before speaking. "Carter." 

"Who the hell is Carter?" I asked. 

"The Daughter of Zeus." She announced. I stared at them both for a minute before jumping up. I ran towards my closet and pulled out the closest thing which was a baby blue dress. I grabbed a pair of white heels and put them on before walking towards the huge doors. 

"Where are you going?" Rayne asked as she jumped up. 

"This is weird, this is creepy, and I am honestly freaking the hell out!" I exclaimed as I slammed the doors open. I walked out and I could hear the sounds of Carter and Rayne's footsteps behind me which made me roll my eyes in annoyance. 

"Good morning, your highness!" Frank, one of the Royal guards, greeted. I gave him a head nod and kept walking. However, I did notice his face drop at the sight of two women who looked exactly like me. I kept marching ignoring all of the stares up until I reached the throne room where my father waiting patiently for me. I pushed the doors open causing him to look up from his discussion with the group of people. 

"Raine?" He asked. I scoffed at the murmurs from everyone around us as they stared at Carter, Rayne, and myself in disbelief. 

"Hello People!" Rayne greeted loudly. 

"Raine, what is going on?" My father asked as he looked at me confused. 

"This!" I exclaimed as I pointed at Rayne and Carter who stood behind me. He looked at the both of them with wide eyes before looking back at me. It was so silent in the room that you could probably hear an ant walking. 

Carter stood in the back with her arms crossed over her chest and an unbothered expression on her face while Rayne stood next to me with a wide smile on her face and waved at everyone in the room. My Father stared at us in shock and confusion before clearing his throat and leaning towards me to whisper. "We cannot discuss this matter in public eye. Take a seat in your throne next to mine as I finish this meeting and then we will go from there." 

"Very well then." I mumbled as I walked over to the huge throne next to his. I prepared to sit in it but Carter has sped past me and arrived in front of the throne. I stared at her with confusion. "What are you doing? I sit there!" 

She scoffed. "I refuse to stand! I am a Queen. You're not even ruling yet." 

"It still belongs to me. You're in my dimension, in my palace, and trying to sit in my throne. Go stand in the back!" I shot back. 

"I'd like to see you try to move me to the back." 

Before either of us could make another comment, my father cleared his throat. We all turned our attention to him and he gave us all a warning look. "You two are behaving like children so you both will stand in the back." 

"What?" I asked. 

"You!" He said as he pointed at Rayne. "Have a seat." 

"Wow." Carter mumbled. "The damn devil gets to sit there." We walked behind the throne and stood there as Rayne sat in it with a wide smile on her face. The meeting went on for another thirty minutes. We listened as he talked about new rules when in public and how he would be bringing in more security. There was a discussion about opening the gates and taking down the border but it was immediately shut down by my father. We were now watching as everyone exited the throne room but not before giving odd looks at the three lookalikes. As the last person left, the two royal guards at the door bowed their heads and closed the door softly behind them. 

"I am King William. This here is my Kingdom and I welcome you both to my home. I hope you are enjoying it so far." He greeted as he sat in his throne and stared straight ahead.  

"I am Carter of Olympus — The Goddess of all Gods and Goddesses and ruler of Olympus." 

"Olympus?" My father asked. "As in?" 

"I am the daughter of Zeus."

He nodded his head and sighed heavily. Placing his hands over his face, he stood up and began pacing the room. "You are?" 

"Rayne Munroe, the ruler of Hell." 

"The ruler of hell." He repeated before laughing loudly. We stood there as he walking in circles laughing. 

"We obviously came to the wrong person for answers." Carter said as she rolled her eyes and began walking towards the exit. 

"I can see that the two of you are very special since you've managed to sneak into this country without triggering any alarms. The fact that you both look identical to my daughter has me mind blown but I still believe that something is off about your true identities." He revealed. "Until we can find the right answers, you are to both reside in the palace. You are not to leave palace grounds whatsoever and the furthest you can go is the gardens." 

"I can leave when I do so." Carter shot back. 

"Yeah same!" Rayne called out. "It was nothing getting in here so it'll be nothing getting out." 

"Security will be around the both of you always. We have some of the best guards to exist - some have trained for many years. These guards will keep me updated on your whereabouts at all times." He ignored. "Once Hope is better, I will take you both to her and we will figure out everything we need to know then you shall both return to your homes respectfully." 

"Hope?" Rayne asked.

"In the meantime, Raine and her ladies in waiting will escort you both to your rooms." He finished. We watched as he quickly walked out of the throne room leaving the three of us to stand there in shock and confusion.

From that moment, we were separated. I followed them to their rooms before going off into my own room. I hadn't came out my room for hours ignoring all of the staff who knocked and asked for me to come out of the room to eat. They even went as far as getting my father to knock on the door but he left to give me personal space after four attempts. I sat in front of my mirror and stared at myself. 

I felt angry. I felt as if there was a part of me trying to force itself out and I didn't know what it was or what it meant. For weeks, I would hear a voice in the back of my head demanding me to let go. I felt as if I was being followed constantly even when most of the time it was only me in the room. My heart would race and my body would get extremely hot. Standing up, I walked over towards the balcony door and stared out. 

"Relax. Let it go." I heard the voice whisper again. I squeezed my eyes shut as my fist balled up. "It's okay to let go." 

I gasped loudly as my entire body began to heat up causing me to quickly run back towards the white vanity in the corner of my room. I sat down and stared at myself in the mirror as my eyes began to fill up with tears. 

"Relax." The voice demanded. Immediately, my eyes closed. I took a deep breath as the room fell into complete and utter silence — the only sound coming from my beating heart. 

"Release." The voice calmly whispered. My body temperature went cold then hot again. I could feel the heat rising up until it reached my head before a felt as if the breath had been knocked out of me. I heard what sounded to be an explosion followed by the sounds of gasps heard from people within the palace and doors opening. I slowly opened my eyes and stared at my reflection as red eyes stared back at me.