A Queen's Nightmare

I have been in the bark of Dylan

Son of the Wave,

When the waters rose as lances,

Falling down from the skies

Into the exposed abyss. Taliesin

As the peoples were a peaceful peoples, their developments took on rather that form - with the developing into the physical material bodies - of the fast development, or to the using of the elements about them to their own use; recognizing themselves to be a part OF that about them. READING: 364-4 Edgar Cayce on Atlantis

"Atlantis" Melody echoed the name of the sea kingdom, "what a strange name."

The Dragon paused. It was not going to tell the Electress what she did not need to know yet it could not help recalling a brief history of Atlantis to its mind...

The Atlantians had always been one of the superior races – possessing advanced intellectual capabilities they prized wisdom above all.

Over thousands of years of arduously seeking knowledge they had accumulated vast libraries in the arts and sciences that no race could rival. As their wisdom evolved they found that possessing information alone was not enough. Instinctually, they realized that knowledge stored in libraries on scrolled papers alone was inert and dead...only if it were put to use could it come alive and be truly valuable.

It came to them that they needed to share their knowledge and help develop another species. No one knows why the Atlantians picked humans as the race to share their knowledge with; but the Earth is where they chose to live and build their empire. They reasoned that to live directly with the humans might be too much for the undeveloped race to bear so they quietly built their kingdom in the Earth's waters.

They were enchanted with the expanse and depth of the Earth's oceans and the quiet marine life that lived there – they felt the akin to a place of graceful beauty that mirrored their peaceful lifestyle. As experts in the design and building of architectural structures, they created an underwater realm so vast the Abovegrounders mistook the towers that rose out of the ocean for islands.

Among the Atlantians teachers were chosen and secretly scattered among the human races to mentor, inspire, and develop the species by quietly sharing knowledge with them. At first, the results were impressive – the Abovegrounders had a natural thirst for development and easily welcomed new ideas in medicine, physics, astronomy, arts and too many more disciplines to count. Led by Atlantian mentors, humans in different lands were evolving quickly.

Soon different structures were built as a testament to the grasp of new ideas in architecture - structures with 3 to 4 sides with a pinnacle called "pyramids" were one example of Atlantian influence. New medicines were developed from common herbs that cured many illnesses as the understanding of anatomy and art of surgical technique was born. The concept of time and its relation to heavenly bodies was explained to humans along with the establishment of calendars to mark its passage. Beginning ideologies of justice systems and democracy were taking root and changing the very fiber of societies throughout the Earth.

From every race of humans spurts of inspired advanced development were seen springing up from different areas of the Aboveground. This was a golden time, a time the Atlantians were deeply satisfied with their decision to share their knowledge to develop a race – that was until the humans realized where these gifts came from.

For an advanced race such as the Atlantians the concept of greed was foreign. They were intellectuals, driven by the search for and the advancement of knowledge for its own sake, nothing more. Unfortunately, humans saw knowledge as power, and with power came the ability to conquer. Knowledge was a weapon the humans wanted to possess and once they found out that Atlantians had this potential "weapon" in abundance they wanted it all for themselves.

War was declared on the "islands" of the great empire and soon after numerous warships surrounded the islands in the middle of the sea. The Atlantians were deeply saddened by this unforeseen development and realized they had mistaken the ability of the evolving species to appreciate and use their gift of knowledge wisely.

In response the Atlantians decided to leave the Aboveground rather than fight a senseless war. In grief of their lost dream they left destroying the underwater kingdom in their wake and vowed never to return.

From the decks of hundreds of warships, human armies watched in horror as the Atlantian "islands" sunk before their very eyes into the depths of the sea. The warriors returned to their lands empty handed – only with the tale of the sinking of the "Islands of Atlantis."

Led by King Fnoss, the Atlantians secretly made their new home in depths of the Underground Ubian Sea. It was decided that never again would they venture beyond their own borders, never again would they risk exposure to another species and have such disastrous results...

The Electress noticed that the Dragon had paused – as though lost in thought. She cleared her throat to bring his attention back on her.

It worked, the Dragon looked at her and said, "You alone know of the existence of Atlantis and are trusted not to speak of it again." Melody knew this was no small request and regally nodded her compliance in reply. She wondered how the creature knew she was trustworthy.

Reading her thoughts the creature explained, "We trust you – we know your dreams."

"Of course" the Electress thought, "they probably know me better than I even know myself." The creature snorted and hissed, "That is true, Mistress of the Salts."

This fact disconcerted Melody for the moment and she paused, trying to drink in the depth of the revelation when the Dragon spoke again, "Electress, we called you here because if what we suspect is true then what happened to King Fnoss and his son will spread to the rest of the kingdoms."

Melody involuntarily raised her hand to her throat, "You mean royal lines could be replaced by Changelings? Imposters?" Melody was stunned into momentary silence as she tried to imagine what the impact would be of such deceptions – it would destroy the Underground kingdoms and all the power – all the power...

"Yes, Electress, all the power would be in the hands of darkness."