Osman: "What is the meaning of this?!"
Mustafa: "Dear brother, surprised to see me?! Ha ha ha!!!! I have come from the death to take what is mine back!"Osman, cold and tired to death of years of fighting, confused to see Mustafa, alive and dissapointed to see that Bahar was so close to him: "But you were dead... and Bahar, the flower of my harem..."
Bahar, passionately: "I found a greater sultan that is worth of my love and my loyalty. You were a sweet boy when you took over and I believed I loved you, but you trusted your pashas to keep your distance from me! And the war took you away! When Mustafa reached to me, HE needed my help and my love, and did not keep away! My love for him is so great, that I realized that you were only a lord that I served with my body, but he is next to Allah in my heart!"
Mustafa, angry at this disobedience: "Enough! I did not give you permission to speak! Bahar is mine now, just as the throne and the country! I came to claim all that was to be mine, and she would have been mine as well if you did not trick Father. But now it all is back to its rightful owner! Soldiers, take him to the dungeons!
Osman: "My soldiers will be here any minute, you cannot win!" And he drew the only weapon he brought to the throne hall, the whip, to fight the soldiers away. But in a second, Mustafa was behind his back with a dagger under his neck.
Mustafa: "Not so quick, Osman! Your soldiers are in the dining hall as we speak, feasting to a very rich and poisonous dinner. And all who are yours will face the same fate.There is something special for you, and I will personally kill you! Die now from my dagger or later, it is the same to me."
Bahar looked surprised and shocked. Has she known that Mustafa was so bloodthirsty? And killing all? Her child as well? But no, he promised he will not kill them. Yes, this he says only because of the soldiers. And she felt reassured and her faith in him was restored.
Osman: "How do you plan to explain the people what happened to the victors of the war? They will ask for their sultan."
Mustafa snorted: "Their sultan! I AM THEIR SULTAN! Yesterday we mourned over you and your brave men, who died under the snow avalanche on their way back. Noone knows you're alive and noone has seen any of you, they are all in mosque for 24hours, praying for their former sultan's soul. hahahaha... As if your soul will be saved so easily. You will wish to be dead long before you really are. You have a lot to pay for, and you will start paying right after my coronation tomorrow... haha haha!"
Osman: "You're mad, stark mad! Bahar, he will kill you too, you and Omrum, he will! Fight for our daughter if not for you!"
Mustafa: "Bahar was your favourite, so she stays as my consort now, I have her now. And I will keep her mine out of respect to the memory of my brother Osman, killed at the prime of his life. And Omrum too, there will be openings to some new consorts when your flock of naked girls dies. Haha, hahahaaaa! Guards, take him down now!"
They grabbed Osman and took him away.
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In cold dark dungeons Osman sat for almost a day. He could hear the mourning procedures in the distance and he knew they soon will be done weeping over him and his men and start preparing for Mustafa coronation.
He knew nothing good was there for him, Mustafa's madness was a guarantee of this. He could not believe he managed to get away from the sentence, there were more traitors than he knew. And his heart ached for his brave men who fought so bravely to be murdered by a mad man. And Bahar, so strangely dependent on Mustafa... He sat with his head in his hands, trying to figure out what to do.
"I was so worried they will kill you before you reach Topkapi palace" - a small whisper was heard from somewhere and Osman stared in the darkness in vain. "Who is there?" He started to yell.
"Shhhh, the guards are asleep. It is only us, and we've come to help you escape. But you must be quick and quiet"
And in the darkkness he saw a small flare shining on Ahu, the girl with golden embroidery, and the latest addition to the harem before he left, a tiny and terrified girl so afraid of him when she arrived. He remembered he tried to get her more relaxed, but she was always so scarred of him... what was her name... and the Chief Black Eunuch, Ahmed.
"Quick, take this cloak" Ahu has said while Ahmed was unlocking the door and the scarred girl shook while holding the torch. "Asli will take you ahead in the channels, she knows them by heart"
"And Ahmed and you, Beautiful eyes?" "We will come after we plant the dead body in the cell and start the fire. Go, Sultan, go!" Osman and Asli run away. In couple minutes they reached a small exit to the river, where a small boat waited. "We wait for Ahu and Ahmed now. Quiet!" ordered tiny Asli.
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In the sultan room Mustafa was asleep next to the fire, while Bahar lay awake. She dared not move, Mustafa would get angry if she moved without permission. She trusted him with all her heart and was sure he only said those things to Osman to hurt him. Why, Omrum was royal and his niece, he would not make her into a consort. Ahd he loved her too, he called her the queen of his life and always said he will marry her when he was sultan. She thought of their future life together while she waited for Mustafa to wake up.
Several stone floors below a fire has spread from the cell to the guards, choking them in their sleep.
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"Ahmed and Ahu are late, we must look for them", Osman whispered after a long hour of waiting. "Don't move" Asli said. What a brave, bossy tiny girl. No shaking now, even in her thin dress in this cold, she stays still. Osman felt warm feelings toward this tiny thing he always had for her. If I ever had a younger sister, she would be like this.
Ahmed appeared from the dark. "We leave now." "And Ahu?" Asli asked. "Was hurt in trying to get Osman's soldiers free. She put sleeping powder instead of poison, but Mustafa's guards have thrown their bodies in the skeleton room, thinking they were dead. Ahu sneaked to wake the soldiers up, but one of the guards returned and found her there. He cut her on the shoulder, but the Dark pasha awake and saved her from death. They will be on the other shore, they are taking the other way out." And they got into the boat and silently rowed away.
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Bahar thought she felt some smoke and started to look around. Mustafa awake and got angry at her. "You wake me up on my coronation day, how dare you! Beautiful or not, I will teach you to obey me!" And he rose threateningly.
Bahar, half afraid: "My love, I only smelled some smoke and was worried. I apologize for waking you!"
Mustafa: "I will send a servant to check. If you woke me for nothing you will be sorry."
And that is how Mustafa woke on his coronation day to discover that the dungeons and the skeleton room burned to crisp with everyone in it, and that his revenge won't be fulfilled. He raged like a mad man and Bahar had hard time to get him calm.
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At that time, in the thick forest Osman was hugging each and every of his soldiers that managed to get away and thanking Ahu, Asli and Ahmed.
Another small unit of soldiers appeared and Osman was ready to fight, when Ahu and Asli said those soldiers are the ones his sister Bahar has sent. Mustafa has married their sister Bahar to an old, but very violent pasha which has made her life so terrible for two years, after which he had a stroke and is now in bed, slowly dying. His own soldiers hated him, but came to like sister Bahar and her kind and caring ways, so that when Ahmed managed to reach her to ask for help, she could have send some trusted men to help.
Osman: "But how did you know their plan?"
Here Asli stopped wrapping Ahu's hand and said: "Ahu never believed Mustafa that you forgave him and sent him to take care of the palace till you came back, and neither have I. But your consort Bahar was so angry that you left her with the rest of us when you left, and believed him he always loved her and that he only wants to keep her safe that she fell so strongly in love with him... so sometimes she took us to help her prepare for the night and she would talk about him. Once we saw him coming to her room after us, so we hid behind the curtain and have heard her seduce consort Bahar and convince her to help him in his plan. We kept listening after this, and Ahmed as well. We noticed some letters and some actions till it was clear what he planned. But neither of us could leave the palace nor get in touch with you."
Ahu continued "We could only hope he will bring you to the palace. He wanted you to know that he has taken everything you loved the most, so I knew he wanted to show you and enjoy in your pain. That was our only chance to help you, Sultan."
Osman: "I can never repay you for your loyalty, either of you!"
Koyu-pasha:" We must hurry and plan our attack, my Sultan. Soon the coronation will start and they will expect us to try and stop it!"
Osman: "Which is why we will not stop it. Listen to my plan..."
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Coronation went well, even though the people were still dazed from the intense mourning after Osman to completely realize the new events. Mustafa wore so many diamonds it was getting ridiculous, but he was their sultan now so he must be right. Bahar looked beautiful behind him and everyone thought how kind Mustafa was to keep his brother's favourite consort in er place. A month of violent rule followed, where it became clear what lunatic Mustafa actually was. It was also whispered around he slept with eunuchs as well as with consorts. It was also whispered he insisted that his brother's daughter, Omrum, to be brought to harem, but he couldn't have made her a consort, she was far too young. And it would be unheard of, such sickness cannot be. People already started to miss the rule of Osman and to fear the mad Mustafa. But nothing could be even whispered, the new sultan had plenty spies and would have you killed for much less that this. Fear reigned the palace as well, and the soldiers started to question the story they were told and to wonder why every member of Mustafa's guard has dissapeared. Little did they know that the guards that saw Osman and took him to the dungeons were killed by Mustafa.
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A celebration of old sultan memory was held next month. Mustafa hated the old man who gave the throne to Osman, but pretended to honor him. After all, you had to give people something, the fear alone is not good. So he went through the motions of honoring his late father, with Bahar at his side, pretending to be deeply in love. Bahar grew thin and worried, he will have to replace her with some of the new consorts, this does not look good, he thought, She almost looks as if she is is in deadly terror of me, and I've kept her in my bedroom almost every night. This is getting too difficult, I will have to have many consorts to keep her more in the background.
Bahar thought: Mustafa is in a good mood today, I hope nothing will make him angry. Ah my love, I wish I could understand what makes you this way and help you be your old self.
Little did she know that this was the real Mustafa, and that before was only a play.
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Next, a hell broke loose. Mustafa at the square, speaking about his father to the gathered crowd of respectable people and common ones. A dozen of hooded riders riding straight into the square. Hoods down, Osman in front of them, alive and well! Osman holding his sword towards Mustafa. Mustafa in rage, screaming at the guards. Guards confusedly going towards Osman. Twenty commoners pulling their sabres to defend Osman, where did they get the sabres? Soldiers fighting the commoners, more soldiers entering the yard, Koyu-pasha at their head. Mustafa screaming "I had you killed, you're all dead, all of you! This is a nightmare, you're all dead, dead, dead!!!" Bahar crazed with fear, trying to get to Mustafa to calm him. Mustafa pulling the dagger and stabbing Bahar, yelling "You betrayed me, You will die first". Bahar bleeding out, looking at her love's eyes full of hatred and craziness. Soldiers and commoners realized Mustafa has been deluding them and turned on him. Mustafa being stabbed by 30 sabres and bleeding and screaming they were dead, all were dead, falling on the ground and being stepped on before Osman could calm the riot.
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A year later, Osman is still a sultan. Ahu is his main consort, and he plans to marry her after their first child is born. Asli is their trusted friend. She left the harem to be married to Koyu-pasha. Ahu has betrayed their fondness of each other to Osman when he thought how to reward them. He should have been angry that his pasha has been looking at his harem, but as Ahu said, Asli would not help Osman if she was not in love with his best friend, Koyu pasha, and their Dark pasha has always been a loyal friend to Osman. And Osman wanted his friend to be happy, even though he missed his tiny almost-sister in the palace. Which is why he had the estate next to his own palace assigned to Koyu-pasha. Ahmed got freedom and could choose more, but he decided to stay at the palace and at his old post. He liked Asli and Ahu and was a faithful confidant of all four. Omrum is educated as the oldest princess, but she never talked again after her mother died in front of her eyes, even with the love and care everyone has given her. She and Ahmed were great friends and giant Ahmed was Omrum's only sanctuary when the nightmares would torture her. Sister Bahar was a widow soon after, and Osman let her choose her own life afterwards. She eventually found a good and kind man and got married hapily.
The country slowly recovered from few months of Mustafa's mad rule and appreciated and loved their Sultan Osman even more than before. One thing was changed, though - Osman was never allowed to go to the war. People preferred to see him safe and sound in the palace.
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