Chapter 11

Heneroshi wandered down the corridors of her spacecraft aimlessly. She had no idea what Ken wanted that was so important. From the way that Sandra had sounded, whatever it was must have been pretty serious.

After a while, Heneroshi began to run down the hallways in search of her husband. Somehow she could sense that he might be in some sort of danger. "Ken, Ken!" She shouted, trying to get an answer from him. She needed him to come out of hiding wherever he was.

It was hopeless running, Heneroshi thought after some time. She knew that Ken would eventually find her. He always did.

All of a sudden, she could hear faint voices coming from somewhere. It was the calling of her name. The voices echoed in her head over and over before in the world she was in had disappeared and she found herself in her bed back in Japan! Nothing had happened! This was all a dream!

She awoke in her kimono and nightcap. The weather outdoors was very nippy and very drafty. The windows to the castle were wide open and yet it was snowing! "Brrr," the Princess who previously thought herself queen said, "Shut the window, please."

"Yes, your highness."

"Who are you?" She asked the man who was closing her window, "Do I know you from somewhere?"

The man laughed heartily. "But of course you do, Princess Heni. I am Prince Kenneth Wave."

"What? I'm only a princess?"

She glanced down at herself and saw that she was a young teenager of only sixteen and saw that the crown on her nightstand was not of the queen's rank, but a princess's. Heneroshi could not believe it. She stared at her crown for at least ten minutes before Ken said, "Heneroshi, are you getting out of bed, or do I have to come in there to warm you up before getting out?"

"Excuse me?"

Ken looked at the Princess very strangely. What in the world did she dream? Where did she go in the dream? It was as if she had died in another world only to be brought back to the horrid reality. Just as those thoughts passed, Ken realized a horrible realization. Heneroshi had amnesia. The sleep she had wiped out most of her memory.

"I'm sorry Princess, that was rude of me to say. May I sit down beside you your highness?"

"Sure."

Ken sat gently beside Heneroshi and began telling her all that Heneroshi was apparently missing according to her wild nightmarish dream. In turn, Heneroshi told all that she dreamed, and Ken jumped in astonishment once she was done. "You mean you were the queen and I was the King in your dream?" Ken asked.

"Yeah, isn't that silly? I mean I know I am the Princess, but I never thought we'd get married, not even in a dream."

"No doubt, princess." Ken paused only to think of an interesting idea. "Hey, Heneroshi?"

"Yeah, what?"

"Do you think it would be a cool idea if we really did go into space together for real?"

"What? You mean make my dream a reality? All that horrible stuff?"

"No, no," Ken laughed, "I mean do things a little differently. Listen, I'm going to tell the emperor of my idea and see what he thinks. Who knows, maybe your nightmare can become a fantasy dream come true?"