Chapter 7
Opening the door to the castle was surprisingly easy, Bob and Ray just walked right in. But before they could even get two steps in the guards were surrounding them and they were pushed back against the door. "We wished to speak to the King and Queen about their son Blaze" shouted Ray from his spot on Bob's back.
One of the guards seemed to nod to the others as they started pushing them towards a room at the other end of the great hall. Walking the great hall was tiring for Bob and Ray there seemed to be something draining them or just making them weaker as they walked down the hall. "Bob, do you feel the drain as I do or is something really wrong here?" asked Ray quietly.
"I feel it too. I heard about this happening to the people to visited to King and Queen, but I never thought that it was this draining. I think the people say it is a way to protect the King and Queen from any threats to their lives and it makes it easier to control difficult people, I think" answered Bob panting as they continued to walk.
Finally, they seemed to be at the right room because the guards that surrounded Ray and Bob nodded to the guards at the door to open it. As the door opened, Ray was blinded by the light that seemed to glow throughout the room and into the hall. When Ray cleared his vision he saw that the glow seemed to be coming from behind the King and Queen's thrones, but he couldn't be sure. Bob headed into the room and stopped before the King and Queen. As Bob kneeled, Ray lowered his eyes as to not to threaten the King and Queen. "What news do you bring of our son?" questioned the King with a command to his voice.
Ray raised his head just a little so that he could look at the King to answer "You son, Blaze was hurt in the human realm and is recovering at my dojo with the Kaijudo Masters. He asked me to deliver this news to his parents, so you do not worry about him."
"If what you say it true what is the password or phrase the my son has given to you as proof of this story?" asked the Queen waving her hand towards Ray.
Ray slowing fished the note from his pocket before answering "The password is Dragon's Flame."
Ray and Bob watched as the expressions on the King and Queen's faces changed from that of royalty to that of relief. "So is Blaze okay? Is he healing find with the medicine that your masters are giving him? How did he get hurt and do you know why he was in the human realm?" questioned the Queen leaning forward is her throne.
"Blaze is fine, he should be all healed up in no time and then we will escort him back here. So nothing happens again. We believe he was hurt by a guy named The Choten and he is a really bad dude. He wants to take over the human realm and the creature realm to become a solo ruler and shape the world into what he wants. And the why he was there I honestly do not know he did now say and I did not ask. I wanted him to heal before asking about how he got hurt." answered Ray looking into the eyes of the Queen.
The Queen turned towards the King and gave a small nod. The King then stood and heading out the room. Ray and Bob watched as the King left the room, but the Queen stayed behind. "My husband will find out why the Choten has targeted our son. While we wait are you hungry I can have the chef cook up something nice for you Tatsurian and Ray." said the Queen waving Bob and Ray over to another room that was hidden in the back of the throne room.
Bob and Ray looked at each other before Bob walked behind the Queen. "Thank, Queen. That would be nice." spoke Bob. Bob lowered Ray down onto the ground when Ray softly tapped his shoulder.
Ray followed after the Queen and Bob. Ray couldn't stop looking around the castle and seeing how all the light that was coming in was from the volcano itself and the lava the ran down the mountain. Yet even inside Ray didn't feel any hotter than when he was outside with Bob. Ray slowly to a halt when the Queen open a door to what seemed like a dining room, but had some sort of stage within the room too. "This is where we entertain our guests, when we like the guests that is. I will also have to food delivered here if you don't mind waiting. Tatsurian, what do you want for your meal? Anything at all." asked the Queen smiling warming at Bob and Ray.
"I would really like it. If I can get some cooked meat or any kind really I'm not picking at all." replied Bob shrugging his shoulder.
"Of course, Tatsurian. And Ray dear, what do you want to eat? I can have some food made that is even better then that human food you eat." smiled the Queen.
"No for me. Thank you. I ate before making this journey, but if I could get water that would be very much appreciated." Ray bowed with a smiled.
The Queen nodded and left the room to put in the orders. Bob and Ray were left in the dining room alone. "So was this what you expected to find when we came here? Because it wasn't anything like I thought it would be." said Ray looking at Bob.
"I have to say no this was not like I expected it to be. I thought there would be more blood and violence, maybe even hotter within this castle. But everything is nice and balance. They didn't even yell at us. Of all the stories that I heard about the fire Queen and King I thought we would have to fight to get them to listen." answered Bob looking around the room.
Ray looked at Bob and watched as he looked around the room like he was waiting for an attack or something. "Bob, what are you doing? I really don't think they are going to hurt us." said Ray watching Bob.
Bob shrugged at Ray and continue to look around the room. Bob stood from his sit and walked over to the stage to see what was behind the curtain. "Something about this place doesn't seem right? There is an air about it that is putting me on edge, be careful Ray I don't think when know all the cards yet" said Bob peeking around the curtain of the stage to find an empty stage with nothing on it really.
"Why do you think that they are hiding something? They didn't really show any aggression or anything" asked Ray watching Bob pace the room trying to find anything out of place.
"Something doesn't feel right. From all the stories I heard they shouldn't be acting like this. They should be aggressive or at least put the fear of god into me, but I feel nothing like that I don't feel anything." said Bob throwing his hands in the air. Bob stopped pacing and returned to his sit just in time to watch the Queen return to the room.
"The food should be here soon the chefs are preparing them soon. Now for the questions that I bet you have, but I have to say just one thing that I ask of you. I have to ask if you guys can tell some evil stories about this place and us. We have a reputation to uphold, it's just that we don't get to see that many people now." said the Queen looking at Bob and Ray.
Ray and Bob looked at each other then looked at the Queen. "I don't think we understand what you want. You want us to lie to the people that ask about you because you want to keep up the act that you guys are scaring and to be fear. Why?" asked Ray looking at the Queen.
"That is what I'm saying. We don't get visitors because we spread rumors about us to protect our sons. If the people didn't fear us then they could just take our sons and end the world. Yes, we could fight them all and probably win with the army that we have, but the war that would be fought would have many deaths and no one would really win. So we try to put a stop to that with just the rumors that we spread. Will you help us protect our sons from people that want to take them?" explain the Queen watching both Ray and Bob's facial expressions.
"That is actually a really good plan. Bob was completely convinced that you would hurt us at any moment. He kept saying that something was missing and something wasn't right here. We will keep your secret we don't want to hurt your family or hurt any creature for that matter." smile Ray placing his hand over his heart before bowing once again.
Bob looking down at his lap with a blush coming over his face. Hearing the story and listening to why they did this it was weird to think of the King and Queen as something else other than the stories that were told. "Well I guess we should come up with some amazing and believable story, so no one hurts Blaze again." said Bob looking at Ray already trying to think up a story.
Ray nodded and the Queen smiled "Well there are some stories that we have used before and they seem to work just fine, but if you want to think up something else you can do think too. Just let us know so we know what the story came from you and who to ask if there are questions about the outcome and why we left you alive. Some people use this as an excuse to leave town and start over, but others don't."
Bob and Ray nodded. "I have a question for you Queen. Now you don't have to answer it if you don't want to I'm just curious is all. But why do look some human, but you still have the creature features? And why do your son look like a cross between Bob and a scaradorable?" asked Ray watching the Queen's face to see if he upset her in any way.
"That is a very good question and the answer is actually an easy answer. I look like this because it is a comfortable form for you guys and the reason that Blaze looks like he does is because of the same gift. The only reason Tatsurian here knew it was Blaze and Everyone else for the matter is that Blaze and all of us have a marker that stays the same. Blazes mark is on his hand and can only be seen if you look hard enough. My mark is right here," said Queen pointing to the the mark on her hand.
Ray and Bob look at her hand and they saw the mark was a shape of fire emblem with a crown on top. They both looked at each other then thought back to Blaze, but only Bob remember seeing the mark upon Blaze's hand.
Au: Hey guys, sorry for not updating I was finishing school. But now I'm all done and will be updating more. So review and favorite plz and hoped you enjoyed the story.
