Chapter 14: Danny
This had been one weird day. First, Emma shows up with a guy that I have never seen, and that she hardly knows. Next, it turns out that Liz, of all people, knew him. Then they went and had a little conference about who knows what, and now we are discussing our future possible war plans. Yeah. Weird.
The moment that Zephyr suggested the princess, my mind went immediately to the girl I was supposed to marry. But I knew that that was insane. I scanned everyone's faces, trying to see if they understood this. Emma, Chloe, and Jet all looked surprised and thoughtful. Liz looked furious for a moment, but then her face went blank so quickly that I thought I had imagined the anger.
"That's…not a bad idea," Chloe said, slowly. Jet and Emma started nodding, agreeing with Zephyr's idea.
"We don't even know if the princess is alive, so there's no point in searching for her," Liz said. Everyone's faces fell. Except for Zephyr's.
"Her body was never found, so I think that there is a very big chance that she is still alive," He said, smiling at Liz. She just glared at him. No one but was noticing the silent war between the two, and I didn't want to be the one to point it out.
So instead, I said, "What are you guys talking about? What princess?" Everyone just stared at me, a guilty look on their faces. Except for Zephyr, who looked completely dumbfounded.
"How do you not know what we are talking about? There has only been one Perisian princess in our lifetime." Zephyr exclaimed.
"Danny was raised by humans, so he knows nothing of Perisian culture," Liz explained. Zephyr just stared at me for a few moments, then shook his head and shrugged.
"Her name is Princess Katherine, and she is the rightful heir to the throne," Zephyr said, staring at Liz. He really couldn't take his eyes off of her. Either he was really attracted to her, or I was missing a very vital point.
"And we are speculating her death because…?" I still had no idea what was going on and what they were talking about.
"The original King and Queen were murdered while on vacation. Someone caught their house on fire, and they were locked inside. The princess's body was never found, so I think that is safe to assume that she wasn't caught in the fire," Zephyr explained.
This made sense to me. And, based on the looks on their faces, Jet, Chloe, and Emma thought so, too. But not to Liz. "And you think that a six year old girl can survive on her own?" She asked.
"She might have had help," Zephyr countered.
"And who would protect the princess and no let her survival come to life when they realized that Lydia was an awful ruler?" Liz's voice was steadily growing louder, and I knew that she was only a few moments away from exploding in anger.
"They might have their reasons. I'm sure you could think of a few," Zephyr replied. It might have been my imagination, but I thought that put a little too much emphasis on the "you". Like he was trying to make a point that only Liz would understand. He seemed to do that a lot.
"Fine," Liz surrendered. "We can search for the princess. But I doubt that we will find her."
"We will if we follow all of the clues," Zephyr said, cryptically. I kind of thought that he was joking, but his voice was too serious.
"What clues? You said that her body wasn't found and nobody knows where she is!" I pointed out.
"Some one knows…" Again, he was looking at Liz. This made me mad. There were four other people here, and he would only look at one of us.
"And how are we supposed to find this person?" Emma asked. Finally. Another person on my side.
"We spy on Lydia." Zephyr sounded so confident with himself that I almost believed him. Almost.
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Jet questioned. The looks on Chloe and Emma's faces said that they were thinking the exact same thing.
"We use the Windows," Liz said. Well, whispered. It was so quiet that I almost missed it.
"We look in through the windows? We would get caught in a heartbeat," I said. Everyone just glared at me.
"No the windows that you're thinking of. The Windows. A set of passageways that were created at the beginning of time that converge in a clearing in the middle of the woods. They are impossible to find," Emma explained.
"Unless you know where they are," Liz whispered. Now it was her turn to get stared at. Apparently, knowing the location of the windows was a big deal.
"How? And why have you never told us?" Jet sounded angry. Shocker. Jet was the type of guy who needed to know everything and hated people who knew more than him.
"When I lived with Lydia, I found the map. I memorized the location of every Window. Even the one in the castle. I didn't tell you guys because even if we got into the castle, we would be caught immediately. We need a way to get in and out with out being noticed," She explained.
"Well, is it in the castle? We can plan from that," Zephyr said.
"It lets out in a cooling duct, about 100 meters from the throne room. Guards patrol the hallway the entire day, so there is no way to get in unless we make ourselves invisible, which none of us can do."
"We can't?" I asked. Hadn't she mentioned that one of our powers was invisibility?
"Only to humans. Sadly, the guards are all Perisian."
"So how are we going to get in?" Emma asked.
"First, we go to the converging point of the Windows. Then, we find your power and hope that it is helpful." She directed the last part to me. She said it in a way that said "No pressure, but we need you to have a super-awesome power." Yeah, because that just makes the pressure go right away.