Chapter 18
Jesse rides to the stables while her children are sleeping. Elliot and Maggie are clinging to each other in their sleep. Jesse takes a deep breathe, "I'm sorry I brought you two... but I needed to be sure you two were safe." She whispers the slowly gets off her night terror. Maggie yawns before opening one eye. "Where... Where are we?" She yawns again. Jesse picks up both her kids. "Keep sleeping. I'll wake you after I talk to the king and queen. Okay?" Maggie nods as Jesse says that. Jesse smiles as Maggie goes back to sleep. Jesse takes a deep breathe. She knew the person she was looking for was probably dead but she needed to be sure. This one person could be the key to finding out how to stop all the madness with the dark figure.
Jesse walks up to the Nature Kingdoms castle while her kids are sleeping in her arms. Jesse wanted to use her magic but she knew she couldn't. She doesn't know who is watching and she didn't wanna risk having her powers spasm out again. Jesse walks to the castle's entrance and takes a deep breathe, "You can do this.." She tells herself then she looks at her kids. She didn't want to keep them with someone else but it would be unprofessional if she held them while talking to the Nature Kingdoms king and Queen. Jesse looks at her kids then wakes both of them up. "Come on, wake up." She says quietly, watching her kids softly moan and rubs their eyes. "...what is it, Mommy?" Elliot says, his voice sounding tired and raspy. Jesse kissed his head before setting her kids on their feet. "I need to talk to the king and queen, kids. Promise me you'll stay together and not to get in ANY trouble, or else there will be consequences." She watches as her kids slowly nod their head, continuing to yawn a little. Jesse breathes and bites her lip.
As the three of them walk into the castle, Jesse pulls her hair into a ponytail. She takes a small strand and wraps it around the base of her ponytail. Elliot and Maggie look around, seeing many different plants in the corridors. Vines are wrapped around pillars and flowers, of many different colors, are at the top and bottom of the pillars. Guards start to walk toward Jesse and her kids but every time they get too close, Jesse looks at them and her eyes turn pure purple. Jesse soon walks up to a giant doorway made out of dark oak. It has an iron handle on each door. Jesse puts her hand on the iron door then she looks at her children, "You two. Stay right behind me." She says before opening the doors and walking inside the throne room. Maggie and Elliot stay right behind her. Sitting on the throne is two people; A man with a dark green suit, a golden crown, pale skin and red hair. He looks down at her with his vibrant green eyes. The woman has on a bright yellow dress that goes down to her feet, dirty blonde hair and almost pure black eyes. She has on a flower crown made of roses and daisies and she has many freckles on her tan cheeks. "Who goes there?" The king asks. Jesse looks at both of them, "The name's Jesse. Queen of the sky kingdom; Former princess of the night kingdom. These are Maggie and Elliot, Princess and Prince of the sky kingdom." Jesse says. The queen looks at her husband and gives some hand gestures before looking back at Jesse. The king nods to his wife then looks at Jesse, "Sky kingdom? That place hasn't been around for over five hundred years!" Jesse rubs her neck, "Funny story but, about eight years ago, I had met the prince of the days, Lukas. Him and I fell in love, got separated for three years, got back together, a full out war happened between my families kingdom and his. His kingdom won and we got married and got crowed King and Queen on the Sky Kingdom. Then, we had our kids." Jesse explains. The king and look at each other and an elderly woman walks in. The king and queen both talk to one another while Jesse observes the old woman. "Yes, Rose, I know her story checks out but something just... doesn't add up. I mean, why would a queen come here alone?" They both look at Jesse and Jesse mutters, "I'm just looking for someone." She says then she looks at the old woman. The old woman sits down then starts playing some beautiful music from a golden harp. The woman has pale skin, long dark grey hair, golden clips throughout her hair, brown eyes, and a warm smile. She is wearing a silver silk dress that has a golden belt that has a scale like patter and the collar of the dress is pink, purple and blue. Jesse looks at the woman, then starts walking toward her. Something told her she knew this woman even though she had never seen her before in her life. The woman keeps playing then Jesse stands right in front of her, "Hello?"
The old woman looks up at Jesse and smiles, "Why,
hello, young lady. Do you have a song request?" She smiles and stops playing her harp. Jesse looks at the old woman, "Ma'am um... you look very familiar. Whats your name?" Jesse asks and the old woman smiles, "My name is Ariella." Jesse freezes up then looks the old woman in the eye, "Grandma?"
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