Tales of the queen chapter 6

The bullets flew around the courtyard. Some were reduced to ashes by the fireballs coming towards them.
"Is it good to be back Lady April?" Hisoka shouted over the sound of gunfire.
"I've never been met with so much love!" She said happily, yet sarcastically as she threw the fireball towards the guards shooting. She looked back at her daughter who was pacing.
"Off with their heads...Off with their heads? Yes! Off with their heads!!" Rita mumbled.
"Uh..Rita? Shouldn't you spend some quality time with your mother?" Hisoka stopped Rita's pacing.
"Oh..Yeah I should do that sometime.." Rita looked a little zoned out.
"What should I do with the guard leaders?" He whispered.
"Have them executed, and replaced within the day." Rita ordered.
"And if they beg for their lives and swear allegiance to the queen and her country?"
"If they are saying that out of fear then kill them, we don't need a scared dog lying around the castle. If they are saying that out of truth, which I highly doubt will happen and they believe fully in my country then spare their lives." Hisoka glanced about.
"How am I to tell?"
"Don't ask me Hisoka, you're good at these things." Rita walked off towards her mother and they both headed inside the castle.
"So Rita..." April smiled.
"Don't talk to me until these soldiers are dead mother, I don't want you to change my mind."
Rita and April waited for a few hours, doing their own things. They ate lunch without a word. Rita walked down the hall silently when it was time for the execution. There was a small size room, 3 guns for the three men each with one bullet. "H-Hisoka shoot them now." Rita was shaking, she had always had trouble with executions. It reminded her of the past, how she could've died and what she had done to save herself. Hisoka grabbed the gun and pointed it at one of the men, he looked to be older than the rest, possibly mid forties, and
"Don't you dare shoot." April muttered, her face taking on a serious look. Hisoka continued to hold the gun to the mans face.
"Hisoka, I'm not sure if I made myself clear but put the damn gun down." He didn't drop his weapon and kept his gaze on Rita's face. April had had enough. She ran behind Hisoka and attacked him. She grabbed the gun in her hands.
"Rita go to your room. Now." Rita shook her head.
"Really mother? You think YOU of all people have that power over me? To tell me to go to my room like I'm somehow subservient to you?"
"Rita, you won't want to see this. I'm serious."
"I do and I shall stay." April knew Rita was just angry, and what she was about to do would not be comfortable for her.
"If you say so." She mumbled, picking up the gun and making sure it was loaded. She walked over to the older looking soldier. "You remember me hun?" She asked looking down on him.
"How could I forget the promiscuous Madame April." April responded to this by kicking him in the face.
"Now I bet you remember the time I would've taken that as a compliment. I was young and naive, I remember you used to be so kind to me..but now you greet me with guns? Silly boy~ Now though, instead of being young and naive I'm pointing a gun at your face. Wouldn't it help if you were the same old nice guy you were?"
"A-pril"
"Haha but you're not." She said shooting him.
April was right, Rita did not want to have seen that.

Tales of the queen chapter 5

Rita sat her cup down angrily,

"You mean to tell me..that the girl told you to tell me my own mother is somewhere in the castle?" Hisoka sighed,

"Yes milady."

"Then alert the guards at once! We can't have them trampling over her with their blasted swords." Rita muttered. She felt unusually worried about this,

"Of course." Her loyal knight replied quietly.

"What is the girls name? Were you able to figure that out?" Rita spat out the question.

"Yes, her name is Lucy, she's lived here since she was seven."

"How odd, I've never seen her before she killed the bastard, anyway you should go."

"Yes." I bet Hisoka still thinks he's kind..I have to keep the events of that room a secret, if anyone found out I'd be taken off the throne. Rita thought looking around her room.

"Hisoka come back please." She shouted.

"What?" He asked annoyed.

"I'm coming too." She stood up from the throne where she normally sat and took off her crown.

"Uh.." Hisoka hummed nervously.

"What? C'mon I know I don't do this often but...really?" Hisoka sighed and they began the long walk to the knights central area. Rita climbed on top of the table in the center of the room and shouted,

"THIS IS YOUR QUEEN SPEAKING..ahem can everyone hear me nicely? Good! Now if my mother comes in dont kill her or I swear to god I'll have your heads cut off so fast you wont get to blink~ <3

"Shall we return?" Hisoka mumbled to her.

"Nope~ I think I'm going to stay around for a bit longer." If Hisoka ever wanted to shout profanities at Rita it would be now.

"Rita I insist we must go back."

"I really would rather not Hiso!" She chimed spinning in circles. Hisoka had enough, he slowly backed her into a corner.

"Look Rita, I've known you your whole life and you've known me mine. Now what I'm wondering is why don't you ever take anyone else's opinions into consideration? You're grandfather, your advisors, I can't take this anymore Rita!" Rita pushed him away without a thought, she used so much force it nearly knocked him to the ground.

"Hisoka, I need you to understand something." She said dragging him back to the throne room. "Every single person in this castle who was supposedly an 'advisor' has turned their back on me, they are all against me and the strength of my kingdom!" Hisoka felt a pang of disbelief.

"There's no way..." He saw the fear in Rita's eyes.

"Even you're grandpa?" Rita nodded.

"I'm sorry!" Hisoka embraced Rita.

'He always was so considerate..better not say that now though or he'll think im making fun of him.'

"C'mon." He said grabbing Rita's hand,

"Let's go for a walk."

"Hehe, you're such a dork." Rita giggled.

Hisoka gave her an annoyed look and kept walking. "BANG! BANG BANG BANG!!!" They heard the sound of gun fire.

"Guess moms here!" Rita cheered.

"Yup, I guess so." Hisoka smiled, fireballs flew past them.

"It'll be nice to get to see her won't it Rita?" He looked beside him, where she was supposed to be.

"R-Rita!?" He shouted exhausted from her antics. Then he noticed her red haired body running out to where the fight was taking place.

"Hisoka?" He turned around,

"I really don't-oh it's you." Lucy was standing behind him.

"I want to help fight please!" She begged.

"You're too young...Damn ok fine, come on!" The little girl clutched his hand in hers as they ran through the field, bullets and flames flying around them.

"OH I guess I shouldn't have done that should I?" Rita smiled on the other side.

"It doesn't matter you're fine and magically happy so lets leave it at that." Hisoka groaned.

Rita turned around as she sensed a large magical source,

"Rita!! Rita honey~"

"April's here Rita, go talk to her I'll get these guards to stop ok?" Hisoka shouted over the gun fire.

"Ok!" Rita ran towards her mother faster than she had ever ran before.