Uryah warily leaned against the royal guard, accompanying her to the palace. Even though this was her first time on one of these flying boats, she could find no enjoyment. All the while she wondered about the mysterious ring on her finger and its significance.
Finally they arrived at the palace doors. The royal guard stiffly helped Uryah down and led her into the palace. Uryah almost protested when she noticed Synda was being taken somewhere else.
"Hey-" she was cut off by the guard. "Your friend will be fine; she is not your concern"
Uryah watched dismally as the other guard took a giggling Synda away. "Come, they await you in the thrown room"
"Will all of this be explained? Including this freaky ring?" Uryah asked, looking up at the dark haired guard.
He nodded gruffly and continued walking. Uryah followed him silently through the winding corridors. As she walked, she looked at the hanging pictures on the wall of the royal family. Most of the queens had different hair colors, but the style was the same. All had two balls at both sides of their head and hair hanging from both hairballs.
Uryah stopped short when she came to one of the famous Neo Queen Serenity. She had a regal beauty to herself. Her head was tilted a little to the right and her smile was so bright it made her eyes shine. Uryah felt a wave of warmth wash over as she stared at the painting.
"Uh hmm" She turned to see the surly guard glaring at her impatiently.
"Ahg, I'm coming!" She shot exasperatedly. She marched up to the guard and walked onward in silence.
They came to two grave silver door, with and intricate swirl design on it. The guard opened the door and ushered her in. The room had silver and white banners strewn across the long walls of the room. A long shiny carpet led up to two thrones, where queen Arora and King Alexion sat.
"Come forth, child" King Alexion commanded.
Uryah was suddenly nervous. Her tongue seemed to have enlarged in her throat. Uryah gulped then took a deep breath and timidly stepped forward.
It seemed like a thousand years later when she finally reached the king and queen. She stopped five meters before the two.
Queen Arora smiled kindly as she spoke. "Would like something to drink or eat?"
Uryah was mildly taken aback by the question. She came all the way to the palace to be offered some food?
"With all due respect ma'am I would really like to know why I was brought here" She said quietly.
Queen Arora chuckled softly, "Ever the impatient one, are you not?"
"We see the ring has found its owner" King Alexion stated.
Uryah looked at the ring on her hand "Well, yeah it just sort of flew out of nowhere and…"She trailed and looked up shocked "Owner?"
Queen Arora nodded. "That ring belongs to the next heir to the crystal throne"
Uryah stared wide eyed "I-I don't understand"
"You my dear are our long lost daughter from years ago" King Alexion explained.
Uryah gasped and stepped back in utter shock. This was a most unexpected occurrence.