Kristen's Revenge - Chapter Seven

Kristen, now a teenager, has endured Kathrine's torture for many years.

Many years have passed, and Kristen has grown into a teenager. Even though she has been with Kathrine since childhood, Kathrine is still cruel to her. She always yells at Kristen and still makes her do all the chores. It was Kristen's own nightmare that she couldn't wake up from. 

Kathrine unlocked Kristen's bedroom door and began to yell at her as soon as she entered the room. Most mornings, she would just open the door, and Kristen would start cooking and cleaning like she did every day, but today she began to yell at Kristen for no reason at all.

Kristen darted upstairs to start breakfast to get away from Kathrine. Cooking brought her a small bit of joy that she lacked in her everyday life with Kathrine.

 

She prepared breakfast and then set the table for Kathrine while she ate in the other room. 

As each day passed, Kathrine became more and more hateful toward Kristen. She always found reasons to yell at her, no matter how hard Kristen tried to make Kathrine happy. So after breakfast, Kathrine decides to tear into Kristen for not starting her bath.

Kristen runs upstairs and fills Kathrine's bath as fast as each pot heats on the fire. 

While Kathrine takes her bath, Kristen starts to clean up around the house. 

After Kathrine worked Kristen all day, Kristen headed down to her bedroom. Kathrine locked the door as she entered, leaving her alone in her room. Kristen crawled into bed in hopes her nightmares would not keep her awake. She dreamed of a home she could not remember as the years faded a lot of her memories. She couldn't even remember what her parents looked like. Her thoughts would race, so she often wondered why her parents never came. 

The following day Kristen gets breakfast done and eats a quick bite before Kathrine comes downstairs. She could only hope that Kathrine would be in a better mood. 

Later, while Kristen is down in her room, straightening up, Kathrine comes down to speak with her. She knew something wasn't right by the look on Kathrine's face. "I have some great news for you, Kristen."

"You are now my slave forever. Your mother and father are now dead. Do you really think the townspeople will ever accept you back into their world? You are a monster! Your eyes will give you away, and before long, your teeth will begin to change. Now that the king and queen are no longer alive, they will never accept you as queen!"

"You promised you wouldn't kill them if I didn't run away! I did everything you asked me to do! Why did you kill them?" Kristen pleaded as the devastating news of her parent's death sank in. Kristen stood there while Kathrine walked away, laughing.

Kristen ran outside and cried, "Why me? Why do I have to endure this? I will never see them again!"

As Kristen wiped the tears from her eyes, she swore she would get Kathrine back if it was the last thing she did! She no longer had the threat of her parents' lives to hold her back.

Something in Kristen finally snapped. She had nothing to lose. She was set on revenge and was going to make sure she found a way to kill Kathrine.

"I'm going out, and you better not go anywhere. I will kill you if you run! Remember what happened last time you decided to run away." Kathrine threatened. 

After Kathrine left, Kristen headed upstairs to where Kathrine kept her book of magic. Over the years, Kristen learned how to read some of it. She looked through it for anything to rid her of Kathrine forever. As she skimmed the pages, she stopped on a page that piqued her interest. She had no choice but to try.

A few days later, during the morning hours after Kathrine unlocked Kristen from her room, they headed into the kitchen like they did every day. When Kathrine's back was turned, Kristen threw the potion at Kathrine.

Kristen covered Kathrine with so much of the potion that it started to take effect immediately.

Kathrine grabbed her chest and gasped for air. As the potion started to take effect, Kathrine couldn't move. Kristen watched and smiled, feeling a rush of happiness for the first time since she was taken by Kathrine! Kristen begins to laugh as Kathrine slowly losses her breath.

Kathrine hit the floor with a loud thump. Lying there motionless and slowly dying. Within minutes Kathrine stops moving, and all signs of life are gone.

Finally, free from Kathrine, Kristen cleans up and prepares to leave.

Kristen can't help to think about how the townspeople will react to her. Would she be accepted back into the kingdom?

"What will I do with this nightmare of a house and Kathrine? 

I need to think of a way to get rid of it."

First, she decides to set fire to Kathrine's bedroom, which leads to an explosion! The blast destroys the whole top of the house.

Next, the floor catches fire and begins to burn.

Kristen runs out of the house before it is engulfed in flames. 

"My terrible nightmare is over. I am free."

Kristen heads out to find anyone willing to help her return to the Kingdom of Winchester.