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Mk stretched her arms rising from her good nights sleep as the morning sun shined threw her window kissing her face. Her lime green covers with dark green designs fell off her as she got out of bed her brown-red hair in a sleepy mess her pink pajama top and blue pants where wrinkled from her peaceful sleep. Merry Katharine or Mk to be exact walked over to her closet and pulled out a gorgeous dress with pink petal skirt with a spaghetti straps and a green corset. After putting the dress on which came to her knees, the dress fit her figure perfectly. She grabbed some green slippers with a flower outline in pink. The slippers were comfortable to run in which surprised her she didn't now that until she was chassed by a Boggan. Mk then walked to her bathroom to the clear pool of water that served as a bath and a mirror. Mk grabbed her hairbrush and put her hair in a half up and half down thanks to a small blade of grass. Mk walked down the stairs and headed to the kitchen but stopped at her fathers work office which was large and had leaves sticks and other things on the floor and papers with sketches on the wall, and at a desk was her father asleep at his desk again. Mk rolled her eyes and walked over to her dad. Mk shook her dad professor Boamba woke up and a piece of paper was stuck to his face Mk chuckled at that and pulled the paper off.

"Mk what time is it" asked Boamba

"Just 8:00 am dad you should get some real sleep in an actual bed I don't sleep at a desk is good for your back" said Mk as she looked to the sundial near the window.

"Right, right, Mk have fun at the pod ceremony, say hi to queen Terra for me" said Boamba as he walked up stairs rubbing his back and heading of to his room.

"Will do" said Mk as she walked to the kitchen and made her some breakfast and made sure that her outfit didn't get anything on her dress.

After finishing breakfast Mk left her cottage that was just a log bridge and a few rocks above the castle. Her mother had been the Royal Adviser to the Queen Tara before she died by a Bogian trying to poison the queen through her drink but the drink went to her mother instead and she grew sick and Week Tara tried everything to save her Advisor and best friend since before she became queen but nothing worked and she eventually died. Mk became the new royal advisor to the queen a job her mother had been grooming her to take over she was royal at least in this kingdom, and our sister kingdoms, and so she was entitled to the position, Tara was like a mother to her and Tara treated her like a daughter and trusted her judgment. Mk reached the castle and walked through the archway as the ferns parted to allow her entrance. Mk walked down towards the safe haven in the castle where Tara requested she meet her today there. When Mk got their Ronin and Tara were already finished talking and Ronin kneeled and bowed to the Queen. I walked up and curtsied to Tara as well as Ronin. Ronin bowed to her as well, and Tara nodded and smiled to me.

"I have to go get the leafmen ready for the pod ceremony" said Ronin and with that the general left the queen and the advisor alone together.

"Hello Mk" said Tara as she turned to me.

"Hello Tara, we should head over to the ship now the ceremony will start soon"

"Yes Mk, but you should slowdown and try to relax once in awhile go to a race have fun" said Tara as she smiled at her and walked towards the exit and made our way to the barge. "Maybe later queen Tara once the ceremony is finished".

The ceremony was splendid I was standing to the right and a little behind Tara who was standing in the center of the ship so everyone could see her. Tara looked to Ronin saying something to him and moved her hands which where showing that she was smiling. I didn't pay to much attention to them so I looked around at everything after all this ceremony only happened once in a hundred years everyone only gets to see two in their life time three if they're lucky. I looked around the barge and to the right of me a leafmen in white ceremonial armor smiled at her and winked at her puffing out his chest more than it already was if that was even possible. She new this Laefmen he was of average height well muscled handsome man around her age he had blonde hair and blue eyes his name is Jake Huntsman. He is great Leafman because only the best fighters of that season were allowed to ride with the queen on her barge. He was also a royal councilmen's son so he was of course allowed to flirt with her, but she didn't feel anything towards him other than being annoyed whenever he came and pestered her during her breaks. Mk rolled her eyes and looked back to Tara as the barge was lowered into the water. The Lilly pad barge fell back to its original shapes and a water lily bloomed in the middle as the pads with leafmen on them moved away. I fallowed Tara as she made a bridge on the water out of duckweed allowing them to reach a lily pad in the middle of the pond. As they walked water lilies started to bloom. Once they reached the lily pad with a slug and a snail the royal pod care takers. Tara stopped and bent down to touch a small pod before continuing to the middle lily pad where a slug and a snail where waiting the official pod caretakers.

"Mub, Grub its okay it's just me no need to be nerves" said Tara.

"Your majesty" said the Snail

"It looks like a wonderful group of pods I might have a hard time choosing, got any recommendations" asked Tara.

"Your majesty we have had quit the debate, from size, color, density, and shape with all these categories it is hard to make the right choice" said the snail.

Mk smiled as Mub pulled out a pod "biggest one in the bunch" said Mub. Queen Tara bent down "well that's one way to go" "how about that one" Tara pointed to a small pod that she touched earlier.

"That one but its so.." "It's perfect your majesty sometimes the biggest isn't always the best one" said Grub the snail ending mub's words as he picked up the little pod and gave it to the queen. "This is it this is the one" Tara smiled at the pod as she lifted it over her head. Then the cheerful mood turned into utter chaos in a blink of an eye. I heard boggins yelling from across the lake and Ronin's voice over the bogians "Majesty get to the barge". Tara ran on the water to get to the barge as four leafmen on hummingbirds with Ronin on one of them.

I leapt from lily pad to lily pad till I got to the side of the pond away from most boggins I was about to run when I saw a daisy flower jinn pulling her daughter a young marigold flower jinn as they ran away from a boggin over a root that served as a bridge. A part of the root bent back and hit the boggin sending him flying into the water. The young jinn smiled and jumped a little "I told you she was awesome". I ran up to them "quickly this way" I said as I pulled them over to a group of leafmen one on a humming bird that I new.

"Finn" the leafmen with a ginger beard flew down and landed. "Take them to safety I'll go help Tara" I said and helped the mother onto the bird of one of Finn's men, and was about turned to help the little girl on but she wasn't their. "Lyra, where are you" said her mother. "I'll go look for her you, get out off here" I said as I ran towards the forest trying to find the girl. I ran through the grass dodging bogians and arrows I leapt on a large rock to get a better look around.

When the leafmen I told to take the mother to safety had the little girl also. Finn flew up to me and grabbed my hand pulling me onto the humming bird. Finn dropped me off on a tree near where Ronin and Tara where before flying off to help Ronin. One black bird flew down chasing after a boggin who was falling to the ground I smiled for a moment one less bogin to deal with but my smile only lasted for a moment. Tara fell off the hummingbird when she hit the ground the trees bent to shield her from the oncoming storm. I jumped to the forest floor which wasn't far do to the tree being bent. I ran to Tara who was lying on her side "Tara".

Queen Tara turned to lay on her back reaveling an arrow sticking out of her abdomen. "Tara what should I do" I said my voice revealed how scared I was "should I pull it out" I looked around for someone to help.

"Take the pod to Nim Galu, Stay with it be with it when it blooms Mk" said Tara her voice coming out strained sowing how hard it was to talk. Tara handed me the pod and its vines wrapped around my arms as if it was giving me a hug. I placed the pod in my right arm and held Tara in my left.

"Tara". I looked up to see Ronin running up to us throwing his helmet off and sitting next to Tara. I let him take Tara's body I new they had a thing for each other but her being Queen and him just the General of the Leafmen their relationship wasn't allowed. Tara's body glowed before disappearing into gold light and rising up to the clouds. Where Tara died the grass turned black in a small circle. The Leafmen got to their knees and bowed to their fallen queen.

"What did she tell you Mk?" asked Ronin. "She said take the pod to Nim Galu" I said looking up at Ronin.

"The scroll keeper" said Finn. "We don't know anything about the pod without Tara, he probably dose" said Ronin.

"What do you want us to do?" asked Finn putting a hand on Ronin's shoulder. "Mandrake will be looking for this pod but not a leafmen riding alone, take as many Leafmen to Moonhaven, have at least five Leafmen at each entice and exit" said Ronin plunging himself into his work to forget Tara's death. "That's not what I meant" said Finn. "I know, now go" said Ronin and with that all the Leafmen nodded and went back to Moonhaven.

"Come on Mk we have to get you and the pod to safety" said Ronin.

"Hold on double chin, you can't just take a girl and a pod especial from someone so lovely" said Mub who appeared suddenly between me and Ronin. "Oh my gosh, it's Ronin of the Leafmen I'm a big fan, of what you do with your jaw" said Grub coming up next to Ronin, who made an annoyed face.

"We are the official pod caretakers sir" said Grub giving a salute "It can't survive without us" said Mub "We keep it moist" "Moist is what we do".

"Your kidding" said Ronin and Mub and Grub stayed quite "Your not kidding fine"

"I should take us a day to reach Nim Gaul's but with all this extra weight were going to need another bird" said Ronin as he lifted Mub and Grub onto his hummingbird. "Right and where do you propose we can get one" Mk asked as she got on between Ronin and the pod caretakers.

The bird got off the ground but you could tell it was working too hard just to avoid bushes, and being near the forest floor. "I have a pretty good Idea" said Ronin as we landind on a branch and he looked at every tree searching for a threat.

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