CURSED: The Last of Five Kingdoms.

Episode2 - THE BEGINNING

Firan, one out of the five kingdoms, belonging to the fire kingdom, Kiran belonging to the ice kingdom, Airan belonging to the air kingdom, Eastend belonging to the witches and Antigon the vampire kingdom. The five kingdoms have been at war with each other for a very long time over the quest for power and a ruler. It's said that the five kingdoms were one, descendants of a powerful warrior and Vampire, Omiri. Who coexisted as one irrespective of who they were — vampires, witches, fire, air and ice, they all lived as one and under the rule of Omiri. Out of greed and rivalry, the great kingdom of omiri divided into five different kingdoms with five powerful rulers. Antigon the city of vampires was ruled by Queen Antigona, the daughter of Claus and her husband Hercules. Firan by King Blaxe, Kiran by Princess Atahiru, Airan by Lord Voldemort and Eastend by Witch Daisy. The five kingdoms fought against each other until borders were built dividing and sending each kingdom away from the other.

***** ANTIGON.

Antigon is a powerful and prosperous kingdom for vampires. Adorn by wealthy, beautiful and immortals who can only be killed by thrusting the sword of Omiri hidden in an unknown place deep into their hearts. The sword of Omiri is a blade forged by a powerful witch Nimshi using fire, ice, air and the blood of Omiri, the first Vampire.

Queen Antigona is stylishly and smartly dressed in a purple long-sleeved royal gown, encrusted with diamonds that covers up to her legs. She has a golden crown on her long black sleek hair that falls to her waist. Rosy and fresh-faced: a pink-cheeked, fair complexion that glows with a hint of pink. Her eyes are squinty amber that reflects dim blue and golden when it glows in the sun. It reflects power and agility. Her mesmerising triangular-shaped face makes her rosebud lips outstanding. She beams with compassion and warmth. She's very beautiful, tall with grace and poise. Her fined-boned body gives her a ready to go posture. One of the original vampires and rulers of Antigon. Six hundred year old. Strong, powerful and agile.

Strolling around the Kingdom of Antigon, Queen Antigona is discussing with her half-sister Princess Evalon who is equally dressed in blue royal attire. Evalon has snowy hair that reaches her shoulders, brown eyes and creamy skin. She's very beautiful, curvy and average. Both of them are heavy with children.

"Queen Antigona. Princess Evalon," a maid came rushing, kneels and bows.

"Yes? Amira." Princess Evalon asked.

"The oracle has revealed itself."

The three hurries back to the Palace and walks to the temple.

A beautiful little girl aged 5, wrapped in white linen from her neck down. Although her face and is the only visible thing, the rest of her is covered by a thick cloud of smoke. She's very beautiful, with long curly red hair and glowing eyes.

Standing around her are seven priestesses in long white flowing gowns. They are chanting incantations. As they see Queen Antigona and Princess Evalon, they bow.

"Oracle Rimalon why have you revealed yourself after thirty-five years? I hope you come in peace."

"Yes. Queen Antigona, Princess Evalon, I come in peace. I bring a prophecy. A thousand-year-old prophecy has revealed itself," says the voice of the little girl. "It has come to light that a boy, once he turns eighteen, would become very powerful. He's the reincarnation of King Omiri who has come with the sole purpose of uniting his five children driven and thorn apart by war born out of greed. The child is the boy you are pregnant with, Queen Antigona. He is to be named Antigon after Omiri's first city and the Kingdom of the vampires. The boy will have the five powers of Vampire, witch, fire, air and ice, but he must prove to be worthy before his true potential can be revealed." Kneeling," all hail King Omiri who has come to save us all," she bows.

Everyone follows her gesture. Bows and kneel.

Turning her face towards Princess Evalon," I am sorry Princess Evalon, your child is a girl, and she will die seven days after her birth." She vanished with the smoke.

Princess Evalon breaks into tears. Her sister dismisses everyone from the chamber.

"Evalon am sorry."

"Why are you? Because you feel pitiful for me? It's not you whose child is going to die."

"Evalon whatever that has been brought to light is for a good cause. I mean look at me. I am a six hundred-year-old vampire who for a reason best known to the gods is pregnant."

"Pregnant with Omiri. Please, keep your sympathy to yourself." Sobbing," I'll make you, your stupid child, the five kingdoms, the oracle and whosoever that's involved pay." She runs out of the temple.

"Evalon! Evalon!" Queen Antigona called after her but doesn't get a response from her.

*********SEVEN MONTHS AFTER.

Queen Antigona is carrying a baby boy wrapped in white clothing in her arms. The boy is giggling and writhing in her arms. Laughing and trying to reach for her nose. By their side stood King Hercules dressed in green regalia. He has Viking-gold hair, bristle eyebrow, a hawkish nose, defined cheekbones, chiseled jaw, pouted lips and titan like built body with a page skin. His red eyes is a burning flame of power and strength. All these features, perfectly built into a love-

shaped face. He is seven hundred years old. The last of the Antigonian warriors. A lineage of warriors born by the first soldier King Omiri bit.

Gently, he strokes the boy's hair. The boy has Queen Antigona's black sleek hair and amber eyes. His other features are from King Hercules — hawkish nose, chiseled jaw, pouted lips, defined cheekbones and flaming eyes. His tiny body shines brightly from its white and pale reflection in the sun.

They are in the chambers close to the city wall where everyone has gathered for the celebration and cleaning ritual for the birth of Antigon.

King Hercules is gazing down at his wife and child, smiling. He places a kiss on the wife's forehead and his son.

"All rise and hail, Queen Antigona, King Hercules and Lord Antigon." A messenger announces blowing a loud trumpet.

Everyone rises to their feet with their head bowed. The Queen and her husband walk to the middle of the crowd from the chambers where they have been. Both wave briefly to everyone, who reciprocates with a round of applause, whistling, cheers and a drumroll.

Just as Queen Antigona and King Hercules are about to sit, more than a thousand fully armed army surrounds the gathering.

"Guards!!" King Hercules calls out, but there is no response. "What treason is this?" He shouted.

"Sister! Sister!" Princess Evalon says, getting down from the back of a black horse. She's dressed in black regalia with a sword strapped to the side of her waist.

"What treachery is this, Evalon?"

"Quiet. Antigona. You and your oracle killed my child because she was half which and half vampire."

Surprised, "what accusation is this?"

"You didn't know," drawing closer to Queen Antigona," because you carry this abomination in your hands, and you think he's the so-called savior?"

Now, five of the remaining original vampires has curled their way up to Evalon, fighting and killing through her army. As they approach, she conjures the blade of Omiri using it to smite them all. The blade of Omiri is a sword with a straight long sharp blade pointed at the edge. Its hilt is black with a blue gem in the middle.

"Did you think that I would come without a backup to the den of Original? That would be stupid of me. While you were preparing for the ritual, I was preparing for this." Laughing a bit," my baby was taken from me without a reason."

"How did you just conjure the great sword of Omiri?"

"Oh, dear sister. I have got the witch Nimshi by my side." A woman wearing a torn black cloak and unkempt wavy red hair appears. She has rotten teeth and an eye in the middle of her head. Her hands and legs are hidden under the cloak.

Nimshi is a two thousand years old witch. The first witch who served King Omiri but was banished by Antigonian's when the kingdom broke into five. She became a dark witch, which caused the Antigonian's to imprison her in the "You have dipped your hands and stepped your feet into the forsaken. What business do you have with this banished witch?" Queen Antigona wails.

"Silence." Nimshi voice rumbled. Causing lightning to strike and the ground to shake. "I served these deceptive vampires for years. I forged the sword of Omiri. And, when the great Lord Omiri slept, they banished and locked me away because of Rimalon whom they found more worthy and purer than myself. They sealed me in a jail deep in the temple of Rimalon. Forgetting, that I am the first witch."

"Away from here. You are not welcomed, Nimshi." Queen Antigona barked.

"You ungrateful girl," rumbling of thunder," I've come to collect what is mine. Thanks to Evalon, I am free. She prays to me and used the blood of a half-vampire and half-witch to break the seal. I've come to collect what is mine and, to teach you all a lesson." She roars.

"While you were busy dining and wining, consumed by my sorrow I set out to find answers. There it was revealed the reason why my baby was taken by the oracle. I found answers. I found power. I found strength. All to destroy you." Evalon said.

Nimshi starts killing anyone around by conjuring weapons that struck them dead.

"Treason! Sorcery! " She shouted, fleeing.

"There's no need to call for help because your soldiers of vampires have been slain." She ran after her.

Queen Antigona and King Hercules fled towards the city gate riding on horseback with their child and a maid. Seeing that Evalon was gaining on them, they diverted to the woods away from the visible trails.

Hiding in the woods," Hercules, we won't survive this. We must protect the child with all that we have."

"It must be done," King Hercules replied.

Both of them bit the child in the middle of his back. Queen Antigona first and King Hercules second. Instead, fang marks appearing where they had bitten, a bright light shone on the child

Loud galloping approaches where they were and voice heard, Queen Antigona kissed the child and so did King Hercules, before she hands him Iver into the arms of their maid, Amara.

Sobbing, "swear on your life and on the gods that you will keep the child safe until he fulfils his destiny." Queen Antigona commands Amara.

"As the gods live, I swear that where the boy go I shall go and where the boy does, I shall die."

"Come out sister and hand over the child," Evalon says through gritted teeth.

"I'll cast you and the child to another world. Keep his identity hidden until it is time to reveal it." Saying that Queen Antigona and King Hercules draw their arrows. "Oh Rimalon, save the innocent and cast them to a world where he would be safe until his destiny beckons. We ask of this from you the goddess of light and all the gods of Antigon." After praying, they shoot the arrows into the air. Immediately, a dark light appears on the spot with a swirling wind.

"Hurry, the door won't stay open for long. You must go," Queen Antigona says to Amara.

The child starts fussing and crying. King Hercules bends and kisses him once more before whispering, "remember who you are." He pushes the maid with the child into the black light with swirling wind, and they disappear. Everything calms down.

"Noooooo!" Evalon screams on seeing what had just happened. Out of fury and rage, she draws Omiri's sword. Wielding it, she slays her sister and King Hercules. "Search the five kingdoms. The entire universe if you have to and bring me that child," she roars at the witch Nimshi and her army.

******EARTH

Amara and the child land on earth. A place, unfamiliar to her. She's worn out and still dressed in her maid attire. She sights a couple walking into a bread store. Quickly, she lays the child close to the trash bin, scrambles a paper and scurries a note down.

Hidden behind a wall, she watches from afar. The baby begins to cry which gets the attention of the couple as they walk out of the store, the fussing and cries of a child stop them in their track.

"Honey, I think there's a child there." Says the woman, pointing in the direction of the trash.

The husband goes to check it out. Checking it out, "Yes, there is, and it's a boy."

"Who could have done such an awful thing?" Asked the woman.

The woman picks the child, there's a note attached to the boy, "Protect the boy at all cost. He's OUR only hope," the note reads.

"Should we keep him or report to the authority?" Asks the woman.

" I think he needs food, a bath and a change of clothes. Let's give him those, and we will figure out what next to do."

"Okay," answers the woman.

Trying to readjust the baby in her arms, the white clothing the baby is wrapped in falls out causing the child to be naked.

Both of them gasp in shock at the sight of the large reddish mark on his back.

"What is this?" The man asks.

Inspecting it properly, I think some kind of birthmark." Answers the woman.

"It's huge, and I've never seen anything like it before." The man said. "Can you make out what it is?" He asked.

Tracing the pattern with her finger, it looks like a crescent but curved, and it has an orb looking kind of thing in the middle.'

"Should we reconsider and just take him to a police station?"

"No, honey. Let's tender to the boy first then we'll know what to do."

They wrap the white clothe around the child gets in the car and leaves with him.

Amara follows them at a very far distance.