Part Seven: Phantoms

**Intro:**

*The kingdom would rejoice. Their King is now wed, and further more he is alive. But demons from the Petrova families past have driven them from safety and they now flee for their lives once again. Their safe haven is now a field of red as the monks were silenced. But townspeople investigating the fire now lie by their sides in the unmarked rubble.

One day has passed since their flight from the now gutted monestary. Their defenders are a broken company. Though they have thinned the ranks of General Magnus Vitori, they are still outnumbered. Malenkov's abduction of Lis Vaughn is still unknown to Justin in their hasty flight. And Juste hides more secrets in blood as he begins to hear the tormented whispers once more.

The chase has led the motley band to the once beautiful capital city of Karoleva. But this city is filled with more ghosts than living souls.*
They now face not only the blades of their enemies. But the cold grip of the ghosts they left behind.

St. Romovna awaits.....

## 22 April 1907

**Maria** is riding silently

**Juste** rides and sees **St.Romovna's** city walls

**Nikolai** is riding

**Juste** says that **Magnus** knows where they are going and he is open to suggestions

**Justin** says they can't keep running so their only choice is to fight

**Charlotte** rides

**Juste** says it falls to them to eliminate all thirty seven of them

**Magnus** thinks about the situation

**Justin** rides and hears voices

(I love how Justin is all like "i'm just a puppet" too like it isn't his legit job to protects the Petrovna's)

**Lisbeth** wakes up on a horse and sees **Malenkov** with her wrists bound together. She kicks the horse's side and they are both bucked off the horse and screams for help as she runs but **Malenkov** picks her up

**Juste** tells **Justin** to take everyone to the city as he hears the scream.

One of **Magnus's** men hear the scream and goes toward them

**Justin** yells to ride on and he rides to the gates and into the plaza.

**Charlotte** follows

**Maria** follows and looks at a ruined **St.Romovna** and keeps riding

A solider goes to **Lisbeth** but is killed by **Juste**

**Nikolai** follows **Justin** and looks around

**Malenkov** fights with **Lisbeth**

**Justin** does nothing of note

**Lisbeth** fights with **Malenkov**

**Juste** fights a soldier

**Malenkov** tells **Lisbeth** he was going to take her away from the chaos with **Peter** and **Lilly** and tries to convince her to go.

**Maria** rides

**Juste** fights and kills the soldiers

**Justin** rides

**Magnus** tells his men the names of the **Petrovnas** and **Juste**

(\*Insert Maria post that was someone not copied)

**Justin** says that he doesn't know and can only think of is to go to a secure building.

**Nikolai** tells **Lilly** it's fine

**Lisbeth** listens to **Malenkov**

**Maria** asks if he hasn't a certain building in mind. **Alexandra** says the **d'Alabanza** house and says she stayed there when she was a girl and it's been vacant for years. It's on the eastern bank of the **Dvina** river and not hard to secure.

**Justin** agrees and asks **Alexandra** to guide him

**Alexandrra** tells him to go toward the palace until they cross the next bridge and should follow the river south just past the city edge

**Justin** tells everyone to ride more natural

**Juste** sees **Lisbeth** and says that she and **Justin** are going to be the death of him

**Maria** does nothing of note

**Lisbeth** says **Malenkov** went mad

**Justin** enters the courtyard and tells everyone they are here

### The Petrovna's make it to the d'Alabanza house

**Juste** is angry that she allowed herself to get kidnapped and hears howling

**Lisbeth** says it's easy when you don't have the stamina

**Juste** says that **Malenkov** probably accepted a deal for her safety but **Magnus** won't leave loose ends and asks if he should gather **Malenkov**

**Lisbeth** asks if they should just leave him and then **Malenkov** says they are not leaving him

**Juste** tells **Malenkov** that he had a foolish deal with a man that has done things he wouldn't even think off and says he will kill him if he even thinks about hurting or threatening those under his charge

**Charlotte** does nothing of note

**Maria** goes into the **d'Alabanza** house courtyard

**Alexandra** remembers her past at the **d'Alabanza** house

**Justin** watched the **Petrovna's**

**Maria** watches **Alexandra** has she goes into the hosue

**Charlotte** asks **Maria** if **Alexandra** is all right

### Anya notices the Petrovna's

**Anya** sees the **Petrovna's** ride past and goes to check of **Erik**

**Maria** says no and she's never seen her like this before and asks when was the last time someone lived here. **Alexandra** says years before any of them were born. **Maria** goes to pick up a sheet off one of the chairs filling the room with dust.

**Juste** walks into **St.Romovna** followed by **Malenkov** and **Lisbeth.**

**Lisbeth** follows **Juste**

**Nikolai** goes over to **Isabella**

**Juste** goes through the city having memories

**Justin** goes into the **d'Alabanza** house courtyard

**Alexandra** tells **Charlotte** to take **Maria** to the cellar to find candles and tells **Nikolai** to help her uncover some of the furniture

**Juste** goes to the cemetery to visit the grave of his sister **Mira dan Renon**

**Anya** tells **Wilhelm** that they are not going to anything about the **Petrovna's** at the moment. **Wilhelm** asks about the hesitation and she says to learn what they are hiding from.

**Nikolai** helps uncover furniture

**Lisbeth** is on the bridge

**Maria** goes with **Charlotte**

**Anya** goes to the bridge with **Erik**

**Alexandra** tells **Nikolai** and **Isabella** she wants to speak to them in private

**Lisbeth** does nothing of note

**Nikolai** tells **Peter** and **Lilly** not to go far and asks **Alexandra** what is it

**Juste** sat in the cemetery and kills some of **Magnus's** soldiers and continued to rest

**Juste** kills more soldiers

**Anya** is informed of **Juste** being found in the graveyard at he is brought to **Molly's** and is told that **Wilhelm Schröder** gave the order and goes to find **Erik**

**Juste** wakes up

**Alexandra** offers to explain why she was not in favor of their marriage

**Anya** is asked by one of the girls that works at **Molly's** what the deal with everything and is told that **Harvey Stein** is back in **St.Romovna** and staying upstairs. Then she goes to **Juste** and hands **Wilhelm Erik**

**Juste** hears **Anya** come into the room

**Nikolai** accepts

**Justin** goes to the bridge and to the tavern he had dinner with **Lisbeth**

**Malenkov** asks **Lisbeth** why she would want to return to **St.Romovna** and they talk and goes to the bridge

### Juste is captured by Anya

**Anya** welcomes **Juste** to **St.Romovna**

**Juste** asks how he could help her

**Lisbeth** goes to the tavern where she had dinner with **Justin** and sees him

**Justin** sees **Lisbeth**

**Lisbeth** hugs him

**Justin** asks how she escaped

**Anya** talks about **Juste's** testimony after the revolt and it was all a big story

**Alexandra** says everything she does is to protect the crown

**Juste** says he's done a lot of things to the rebellion

**Lisbeth** says she fought and **Juste** saved her

**Justin** asks where **Juste** is now

**Charlotte** asks **Maria** if she knows where the cellar is

**Anya** says this isn't the same rebellion and says he should have been executed for high treason but yet here he was

**Juste** said they needed some to rot in the prison in **Belinsky** and mentions how he killed rebels in prison

**Maria** asks **Charlotte** why **Alexandra** hates her

**Anya** asks why they sent one of the most sadistic and dangerous criminals to prison and speaks about how his escape and him dying along with **Nikolai** and know they are back alive and are all back in **St.Romovna** and speaks of his full pardon

**Juste** says he was captured in **Tsarskoe** and could read the rebel situation better than anyone and saved his neck and asked what she would like him to say. That he faked his confession, escaped and forced **Alexandra** to sign a pardon at gun point and force **Nikolai** to give him command of **Belinsky's** defense to fight the siege of **Espana** and used a poison to fake **Nikolai's** death and his own and are being chased across the country by a madman

(Why, why would you say that)

**Anya** asks if he tries to fit the name they gave you or did it consume him on it's own

**Juste** says they play the role they are given and asks for **Anya's** name

**Anya** tells him her name

**Juste** says he doesn't remember her from the **Christmas Revolt**.

**Anya** says she wasn't an imposing figure next to **Erik Verraten**

**Juste** says his shadow was enough to blind her of all the bodies he left in his wake and she continues to follow in his suicidal quest and all he did was throw her dregs into the fire while he made pretty speeches

**Anya** said those lost in the **Christmas Revolt** died in the name of a better future and people are angry and tired of being trampled on by a government that doesn't care about them and asks how long does he think the **Petrovna's** can survive.

**Juste** says if you are tired of being trampled on then they should try to spend less time chanting in the streets and more trying to better themselves. He was the second son of merchant and now he is feared across the country. Then says he has no one left and asks the guards why they follow **Anya**

(How is he the son of a merchant? I thought he is nobility?)

**Charlotte** tells **Maria** that **Alexandra** doesn't hate her

**Maria** says she does and they should just go find the cellar

**Anya** says they follow her because they trust her and proven her strength and she was the few people **Erik Verraten** trusted and she managed to survive.

**Juste** hears **Erik** cry and asks **Anya** if it's her child and says he just left her behind to watch over his legacy

**Anya** says **Erik Verraten's** legacy is the cause he believed in and her job is to see it through

**Juste** says the cause of a madman and explains that **Dormin** used **Erik Verraten** as a puppet to weaken **Karoleva** and the invasion hit **Belinsky** and that's where he's been keeping up the good work

**Anya** says he's been playing lapdog to the **Petrovna's**  and says it doesn't matter who started it or why and this isn't the same rebellion that it was a few years ago

**Juste** laughs and spat out blood and says it doesn't matter if the rebellion is different and has his own reasons for killing rebels and asks **Anya** what she plans to do

**Anya** says she's not there to torture him and she hasn't decided what to do with him yet.

(Anya's a badass)

**Juste** asks if anyone here is willing to come close to **Juste**

**Anya** says other matters demand her attention now

**Juste** watched **Anya** leave the room and asks the guards if they are afraid of the dark and smashed a lightbulb

**Charlotte** apologizes to **Maria**

**Anya** goes to **Erik** and asks one of **Molly's** girls where **Wilhelm** is

**Maria** says there's nothing to be sorry about and unlocks the door to the cellar

**Juste** fights the guards and kills them then thought about the recent information he learned.

**Anya** asks **Wilhelm** how long he has been a member of the **Novaya. Wilhelm** says a year and **Anya** corrects him that it's been 10 months and how in 10 months he hasn't learned how to follow a basic order and asks him to hand over his pistol and tells him he is no longer a part of the **Novaya Karoleva** and no longer welcome in **St.Romovna** and has 24 hours to leave the city and never set foot in it again.

(Damn Anya)

**Charlotte** goes down into the cellar

### Charlotte finds out that Maria knows about the treason plot and Charlotte is in on it

**Maria** tells **Charlotte** they need to talk

**Nikolai** asks how their marriage poses a danger

**Lisbeth** asks **Justin** is **Juste** has come back

**Alexandra** says there are many awaiting his fall

**Charlotte** asks what is it

**Juste** fights more guards and gets out of the room

**Justin** says he hasn't seen **Juste** and he is starting to hear voices

**Maria** talks about the last time they were in the parlor together and asks if **Alexandra** said anything strange about **Nikolai**

**Anya**  sees that **Juste** got out and runs with **Erik**

**Juste** throws one of the corpses of the guards over the railing

**Anya** runs

**Juste** goes into the parlor and runs into the back alley of **St.Romovna**

**Nikolai** says with every person on the throne people want him to fail

**Lisbeth** asks **Justin** what sort of voices

**Justin** says voices that make him want to do bad things

**Charlotte** says no and asks what's wrong

**Alexandra** says that many advisers as well as nobles were against their marriage and asks if she needs to explain why

**Anya** tells a **Novaya** member that **Juste** is gone and tells no one to search for him.

**Maria** says they aren't supposed to lie to each other and says that she knows that **Charlotte** knows and wanted to see if she trusted her enough to tell her

**Nikolai** says he knows and says that she does need to explain why.

**Lisbeth** tells **Justin** he's not going mad

**Alexandra** says marriage between two monarchs are messy and explains all the reasons why that is too long and talks about how it's going to be seen by other **Nikolai's** going against his adviser's wishes. But says it's too late to stop it now and says he can't shut her out again okay.

**Anya** is in the cabaret hall and **Harvey** asks her what the hell that was and retells the recent events and **Anya** talks about him bringing her incompetent men and allowed them to disrespect her for months and he gave orders without consulting her and his disappearing for two weeks without a word. They yell about 'what happened' in **Rosingrad.** They fight some more then **Harvey** kisses **Anya**. Then she hears the police come.

(I have a crush on Harvey from here)

**Isabella** says **Manturia** is her birth land but **Karoleva** is her heart and her country and declares her releases her claim to the throne of **Manturia** and her third cousin, **Felix,** will take her place and says she knows what's she's given up and says she will write to her advisers and to **Felix** once it's safe to do so and she runs and throws up outside.

**Charlotte** says she doesn't understand and says they need to find the candles

**Maria** asks how she could agree to something like that and she and **Alexandra** are going to get them all killed

**Charlotte** says she knows exactly why she's doing this and it's for **Nikolai's** own good and trusting **Juste** is going to get them all killed

**Maria** says **Juste** knows what he's doing and asks how a betrayal could be in **Nikolai's** best interest.

**Charlotte** says she doesn't want to see **Nikolai** get killed

**Maria** says they only chance they have is to stay together and begs her not to do this and at least care what it does to **Nikolai**

**Charlotte** says sometimes sacrifices have to be made

(Charlotte you bitch)

**Maria** says to find the candles and go

**Charlotte** goes back up the stairs into the daylight

**Maria** tells her to go without her and has a breakdown

**Charlotte** finds **Isabella** and asks if she's okay

**Isabella** says she's not fine but she isn't either

**Cedric** is in a pub somewhere in **St.Romovna**

**Charlotte** says she's fine and asks what happened

**Isabella** says she's here for her if she changes her mind and says she abdicated her throne in **Manturia.**

**Charlotte** says she understands but says **Karoleva** isn't safe and says that she would be a good **Queen** of **Manturia** but she will support her decision

**Isabella** says she understands the danger she's in and she loves **Karoleva** more than her own and talks about her childhood in **Manturia**

**Charlotte** apologizes and says that **Petrovna's** stay together

**Isabella** says her childhood wasn't all bad and **Cedric** visited her many times and says she will promise to do everything she can for this family

**Charlotte** says they should get back inside and they didn't find any candles

### Maria runs away (again)

**Isabella** asks where **Maria** is

**Charlotte** she doesn't know and that she left the cellar before she and was gone when she left. Then says they have to find her before sundown.

**Isabella** says they need to be quick and goes toward the gate

**Charlotte** follows **Isabella** and asks where they should go first and then walks a direction

**Isabella** asks if there was a certain place she would go

**Charlotte** says she doesn't know and that the city burned during the **Christmas Revolt** and haven't been back since

**Cedric** comes up to **Isabella** and **Charlotte** and he almost kisses **Charlotte**

**Charlotte** tries really hard not to slap **Cedric** and asks if he has seen **Maria**

**Isabella** slaps **Cedric** and he says he hasn't seen her.

**Charlotte** asks if they should go back and look for her in the morning and asks what they should do

**Maria** has memories of **Pavel Petrovna** at the **Cathedrale de Saint-Therese**.

**Isabella** said they shouldn't give up yet and asks **Charlotte** if she remembers how to get back

**Charlotte** says yes and they have to hurry

**Isabella** offers for **Charlotte** to take **Cedric** back and she will keep looking

**Charlotte** offers for **Isabella** and **Cedric** to go back and she will look for **Maria**

**Isabella** says they will stay together and **Cedric** throws his arm around **Charlotte's** waist

**Charlotte** pushes **Cedric** away and says they need to check the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese**

**Isabella** says to lead the way

**Alexandra** tells **Nikolai** he picked an unpredictable and says she's here for him and he can't shut her out again then asks where **Maria** and **Charlotte** are

**Charlotte** sees the cathedral

**Juste** goes to find the **Petrovna** family

**Isabella** says they will wait outside

**Charlotte** goes inside and then goes back outside to say **Maria** isn't there

**Isabella** dunks **Cedric's** head in a trough of water and then goes up to **Charlotte** and says they have time to find her

**Jamie** is in the **Cathedral of Saint Therese** and sees **Maria** and asks if she is all right. **Maria** says she's okay and she's had quite a day. **Volosky** calls for **Jamie** and tells **Maria** to hide. **Volosky** tells him that the entire **Novaya** is on alert and **Anya** and **Harvey** want everyone to be briefed on the situation. **Volosky** leaves and **James** goes back to **Maria** who is shocked that he knows who she is. **Maria** tells him her name and **Jamie** tells her his.

(I ship it so hard)

**Charlotte** is scared and yells

**Isabella** says she doesn't know how much time but knows they need to keep looking and can not give up

**Charlotte** apologizes and and realizes she is at **Saint Alexander's**

**Isabella** says she understands and says they need to go now

**Maria** is told by **Jamie** that **Volosky** doesn't like the monarchy much and **Jamie** says he doesn't care for politics. **Jamie** asks if she is okay and **Maria** says she's fine and **Jamie** says **Saint Therese's** is a good place to go when things seem hopeless but not a safe one. **Jamie** says he knows somewhere safe and she goes to with **Jamie.**

**Anya** tells **Harvey** that **Jamie** is a fool. **Harvey** says he is just lost and says he is loyal to the family and he will go back to normal when they go back to **Rosingrad** and it will be okay. **Anya** says they should focus on finding the **Petrovna's. Anya** asks if they checked the eastern part of the city yet and decides that's where will search next.

**Charlotte** heads to **Saint Therese**

**Maria** follows **Jamie** to the bell tower.

**Isabella** follows **Charlotte** with **Cedric**

**Maria** talks with **Jamie** up in the belltower. **Maria** watches the city on the edge and tells **Jamie** that her family is on the eastern bank. **Jamie** then leaves

**Maria** watches the city before going back down

**Charlotte** goes into the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese** and calls for **Maria**

**Maria** hears **Charlotte** and tells **Charlotte** to keep her voice down

**Charlotte** asks what the hell she is doing here and they need to go and asks if she's hurt and knows how dangerous it is out here

**Maria** says she didn't have to come after her and asks what she care anyway

**Charlotte** says she cares because she is her sister and because she is getting herself killed and it would destroy her if she disappeared and asks what she was planning on doing there

**Maria** laughs and says it doesn't matter she's leaving now anyway and says she shouldn't have come

**Juste** goes to the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese**

**Charlotte** says she's not leaving without her

**Anya** talk about the search and **Jamie** walks in and says he was at the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese. Anya** leaves to let **Harvey** deal with it to check on **Erik**.

**Maria** says they need to go

**Juste** sees **Isabella** and tells her she needs a better escort if she wants to roam the city

**Isabella** pulls her dagger

**Juste** says they need to find her something better than that dagger and says some highly vulgar things and asks what happened to **Cedric** and why she was out there

**Maria** goes out to see **Juste** and is relieved

**Isabella** hugs **Juste**

**Juste** asks what she is doing out here

**Isabella** says **Charlotte** and her left to find **Maria** and they found **Cedric** and she gave up **Manturia**

**Juste** asked where **Charlotte** and **Maria** are

**Isabella** says they are inside the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese.**

**Juste** watches **Maria**

**Charlotte** is apathetic that he's alive

**Maria** tells **Juste** they were starting to worry

**Juste** says they are far past worry

**Maria** follows **Juste** and **Maria** says the entire **Novaya** is on alert and they have to leave immediately

**Harvey** asks **Jamie** where he was and he says the **Cathedral** of **Saint Therese. Harvey** asks who the girl is and if it's Natalia and **Jamie** said he promised he wouldn't tell. **Harvey** tells him that the **Petrovna's** have returned to **St.Romovna** and then **Jamie** says he knows where they are.

**Alexandra** calls for **Charlotte** and **Maria** and tells **Nikolai** that **Maria, Charlotte and Isabella** are gone. She tells **Nikolai** that **Maria** has been so volatile recently and asks what they are going to do

**Nikolai**  says she lost control of **Maria** and **Charlotte** rather quickly and they will fix everything

**Theodore Malenkov** talks with his friends in a pub

**Alexandra** says he can't blame her on the actions of her adult daughters and says as patriarch of this family it's his job to keep control of **Maria** and **Charlotte** and tells him to show her he can handle his affairs

**Isabella** says that she and **Cedric** will separate from them

**Cedric** said he will stay with them

**Nikolai** says she created monsters because she feel apart after **Frederik's** death and she was too busy worrying about him and asks what happened to herbut says they will fix it.

(This convo gives me weird vibes)

**Isabella** gets into a fight with **Cedric** about foolish decisions. **Isabella** goes back on her own.

**Alexandra** says that they are not monsters and they are still a family and says she did what she has to do

**NIkolai** leaves and cries

**Isabella** tries to comfort **Nikolai**

**Jamie** watches **Anya's** speech

**Juste** asks **Maria** where they are going

**Maria** tells **Juste** the **Dvina River** the eastern bank near the city edge

**Juste** tells **Maria** to lead the way and asks **Cedric** if he can walk

(Cedric is already standing)

**Charlotte** watches and listnes

**Maria** says when he's ready

**Juste** brings **Cedric** along with him

**Cedric** says he's had enough to drink for one night

### Everyone returns back to the d'Alabanza house

**Maria** goes to the **d'Alabanza** house

**Charlotte** follows

**Justin** says he will drink more for the both of them and follows

**Anya** and **Harvey** kiss and he says he has a gift for her and says he has the opportunity to destroy the **Petrovna's** once and for all

(Anya was prob like: That's the hottest thing you have ever said to me)

**Maria** keeps walking

**Alexandra** breaks a chair to peices

**Juste** follows and arrives at the house and takes his leave and fixes himself up and trims his hair and beard.

**Maria** calls for **Nikolai**

**Charlotte** asks **Cedric** if he is all right

**Juste** take a tour of the house and checks his supplies

**Jamie** watches the speech. **Anya** thanks **Jamie** for his service to the **Novaya** and music starts playing and starts singing the rebel anthem.

**Maria** fights with **Alexandra** about her reckless decisions and goes to find a room.