"Christina," the voice whispered, waking me two days later. I looked around realizing that I was not in my room, but in a sitting room completely swathed in shades of blue, from the deep blue window treatments to the pale blue sofa and chair the latter of which sat an older woman with deep auburn hair that glistened in the fire burning in the hearth.
"Your majesty," I dropped a curtsey before the woman.
"Please, sit." She said gesturing towards the sofa.
"Where am I?"
"You are still in your bed," Upon seeing my confusion, she continued, "I've come to you in a dream as I am now able to do."
"How are you able to do this?" I asked.
"I've been sent to you." She stated simply, as if that explained everything. "I have been sent to tell you that you must use my grandson's new mirror. I cannot tell you the goal of your quest; it is something you must find for yourself, although you won't know the purpose until after you have returned. You are simply to observe and interact until the time when you are to return."
"When will that be?"
"You must confer with the mirror that your mother and grandfather used to find the location of the third traveling mirror." She said.
"How am I to bring up having to do this to my family?" I queried, "Dragon Mountain is at least a few days travel away."
"My time is up. You must return to your family, they will soon to hear of my departure, you must be a support to them." The old queen warned me, "As far as contacting Gustav, you will not need to travel; you can use your grandmother's communication mirror. Gustav will give you more information; your family is to hear it too."
"Yes, your majesty," I nodded, rising.
"Give my Wendy a hug," She smiled sadly, "Tell him that I am proud of the man he has become. Now go, your mother is calling you." With that the room faded around me replaced by the dim light of my bedroom and the sensation of someone shaking me.