I didn't write this before but this chapter is much like the last. It is in first person point of view from Tea's perspective. I hope you don't mind but I wrote it these two chapters this way to show more of what Tea thinks. Welcome to Chapter 14 "Propositions"

A chuckle slipped out as I followed him. I knew for sure Syder was on my side. He had been uneasy in front of the High Counsel members but had returned to how he was in the woods once we had gotten away from them.

We reached the first landing of the tower within a five minute climb. The room was circular with a large hearth and a sitting room with a handful of chairs and sofas scattered around. Off to the side was a ladder leading up to the next floor.

"Would you like to go up and sleep or I can bring you food?" Syder offered.

"I think I'm going to lie down but can you tell me how to get to the servants stair and the secret passage way first?" I smiled impishly. "Just in case you know."

Syder smirked. "Right now we are level with the highest keep walls." Syder took my hand and lead me to the fire place. "When there is a fire you have to be extra careful." He indicated how the wood only went so far on either side of the stone fireplace. "There is a charm right here," he pointed to one of the bricks above the mantle, "to make you immune. It is also on the door knob."

I made sure to remember everything he said exactly as I followed him under and into the fire place. If Syder hadn't showed me I would have never known there was a door there. But he opened it and I could see where it had been. Torches flared to life in the thing passage way coming away from the room.

"If you use it close the door. Only people who have used it before will be able to see it." Syder snapped his fingers and the flames went out. He pulled the door closed and we both exited the hearth.

Now I could see there was an actual wooded door built in with the stone hearth. "Where does it lead to?"

"That is the best part." Syder smirked playfully. "It will lead to wherever you need it to, even if it is outside of the castle."

"So if I wanted to go back to the motel room I stayed in I could?" My eyes widened with wonder. "Or Sam and Dean's motel room?"

Shaking his head Syder heaved a sigh. "You have to be careful. Remember what you have become and then you can answer that question yourself. But if you meet the requirements yes." He winked at me with a smile. "It will not lead you to the outside door though, so think about that before you use it."

"So I could essentially go all the way to Texas with that thing?" Not that I was planning to go back to Texas any time soon, but the prospect of being able to check on my mom or brother was appealing.

"Long distance travel is tricky." Syder pulled me to one of the four seats. "With the tunnel it will take you just as long to use it as if would to set off from the castle gate. So unless you want to walk the hundreds of miles to Texas I would not recommend it."

I laughed shortly. "How about getting back? Once I've gone does the passage stay open or do I have to find it again?"

"Once again that's a little tricky." Syder shrugged. "The passage allows a person to go through and a person to come back. If someone were to open the door here and want to go another place, the one before would he stuck. Also if the door on the other end gets used for a different purpose then the person would also get stuck."

I understood the first one but the second made me scratch my head. "Hu? Can you run that second past me again?"

"I will give you an example." He smirked. "My Lord Aberdae once used the passage to get to his father's locked armory, here in the palace." He shifted quietly. "There is only one door in and out. While my Lord was inside the vast armory one of the king's men unlocked and opened the only door. Because of the soldier the link between the passage and the armory was lost."

"Oh got it." I nodded understanding. "What if I... I'm not saying I am going to do this, but what if I wanted to bring someone back with me?"

Syder frowned as if he got the true meaning of what I was asking. "If one person goes through the passage only one can return through it, or so I have been told. I do not know anyone who has wanted to bring someone else back with them." He narrowed his eyes at me. "Would you like me to show you the servants' stair?"

Shaking my head I got up. "No but thank you." I gave him a weak smile.

"My Lady I do not recommend bringing either of the Winchester brothers here. It could be bad for everyone involved." He took my hand and kissed it with a bow. "If you need anything you can use the passage to find me quickly. When thinking of a place to go within these walls, you do not need to be overly specific." He winked before leaving the way we came in.

Sighing to myself I climbed up the ladder and checked out the next level. This one was a dressing room and was split where one side was a lavatory, and the other was a dressing area with a wardrobe o one end. I went over and opened the doors. Inside was split too. One part was beautiful gowns, fully made and embroidered with beads and gemstones. The other held shirts and skirts all beautifully crafted.

I didn't allow myself to think on them very much. I had the rest of my life to marvel at the dresses and other elegant clothes. The ladder continued to the next level of the tower.

This one held a large four poster bed in the middle of the room with a chest at the end and a small desk with a chair off to the side. There were large windows with heavy drapes. I pulled the drapes away and looked out. A balcony coming off, I walked out looking at the scenery.

The view was breath taking. I could see most of the open court. Little ant-like Fae wandered around doing preparations for the feast going to take place. I walked around and found a railed stair that lead up to the very tip of the tower.

I am usually afraid of heights but I fastened a death grip around the rail and climbed up to the topmost part of the tower. It had a deck all the way around. I could even see the edge of the forest. But like I said my fear short lived my experience at the top. Making my way down was a bit more frightening then going up but I made it back and into the bathroom without fail.

"Good morning Tea." An unfamiliar male voice met me as I closed the windows and pulled the drapes back in place.

My eyes widened in surprise looking at the strange man sitting comfortably on the edge of the bed. His golden brown hair hung in waves at his ears. Bright purple eyes shone out from heavy brows. A smile graced his full pale pink lips. "Please forgive me for surprising you." His voice was deep and warm coming from his muscular chest.

Instinctively I crossed my arms from protection. But please tell me how would one go about protecting themselves in a Faerie castle from the King of Faerie himself? "Do I really have a choice?" Forgive me for being defensive but for goodness sake can't a girl get some privacy?

His laugh was even more boisterous than Sage's. "You have got a mouth on you I see." He remained smiling. "Either that or you are just ignorant of who you speak to."

"Maybe I just don't care who it is I'm talking to." I pulled the chair from under the desk and sat down in it backwards. Aubree may have chosen me but ultimately it was his father, Oberon's, fault for my current situation. "To be a disrespectful as possible what are you doing here?"

Anger flashed through his face, burning his eyes. He clenched his hands into fists and the room's temperature rose quickly. But then it was gone almost as quickly as it had come on. "You do not want to anger me child." His voice had lost his mirth.

"I'm aware." I smiled sweetly at him. "Chill out or you might further cause global warming." I laughed at my own joke.

He seemed to find it funny as well because things cooled off. "You are very lucky I am enjoying your company." He folded his hands lightly in front of him. "How are you doing Tea?"

I swallowed hard recognizing his threat. "Truthfully I'm not that good. This palace is beautiful and all but I would much rather in the comfort of my hotel room with my boyfriend." I rested my elbows on the back of the chair and dropped my chin into my open hands. "This tower isn't much help either. I feel like Repunzel without the magical hair." I would have told him about my fear of heights and slight claustrophobia at these wooden walls but I didn't want to give him anything to use on me.

"If it would please you to know, this tower is absolutely nothing like her tower." He smiled a dazzling full white teeth smile at me. "Repunzel's tower had none of these luxuries that you have. If I am not mistaken you are not trapped in this tower. You are supposed to be sleeping though."

Rolling my eyes I shook my head. "As you should know, if you are as connected as you would like me to believe, you would know that I am not even tired and never said I was going to or needed to rest." Rolling my eyes wasn't a good gesture and it seemed to frustrate the king.

"Yes your acting skills are impeccable." I wasn't sure if Faeries could partake in sarcasm, but he was dancing with that fine line. "You are already catching on that Fae can talk around with their lies. Though we cannot lie with words, but our actions and what other people think can be untruthful."

"SO your saying if I started signing everything I could lie?" I raised my eyebrow, remembering how I had gotten through Ian's commands. "I wouldn't be saying anything at all."

The king let a small snort of a chuckle escape from his mouth. "If you started communicating only in sign language you would change the way you use words. Meaning you would not be able to lie if you only signed. But I believe you would lie if you kept your main way of communicating as speaking it may work."

I couldn't help but laugh. "So other than out witty banter why are you here?"

His face lost its carefree attitude. "I have come to illicit your help." He straightened his shoulders and locked his eyes on me. "You may not understand why Aubree has chosen you but I do. It is treasonous and I will not stand for it." Noticing his voice had increased in volume he dropped it. "That is where you come in. You and your boyfriend were planning to incapacitate Aubree anyways. I am willing to over look anything you have in mind."

My jaw dropped. I would have never thought he would have guessed this. It was just ridiculous and personality hilarious. I actually started laughing. "Are you telling me to kill your son?"

"If it comes to that then it comes to that, but I did not say anything about that." Oberon was walking along the thinnest line I had ever seen. It was true he did not tell me to kill Aubree but he had claimed he wouldn't punish us if we did.

"What do I get if I do this for you?" I held up my hand when he opened his mouth to answer. "I know you said you will over look everything but if death does ensue what happens to me? I am... was human. I will not be ruling this court on my own. Plus if it gets out that I aided Sam and Dean there will be a revolt. Also if I was a member of court I would call for his killer's head on a stake." I hated to say it but if I got Sam and Dean involved I might be signing their death warrant. "There is no way I am going to get them involved if it could lead to their death. If you..."

Oberon held up his hand silencing me mid-rant. "I cannot make promises about this court but I will take no action against them." He stood up to his full height which I couldn't have seen when he was sitting down but he was really tall. "As for you, I could never ask you to continue to govern my people. I will bless you with a gift only one other human had received. I will make you human once more and this court will fall under my rule once more."

His words surprised me. He could make me human as long as I killed his son. What kind of weird backward family was this? "Why would you wish this on your son?"

Oberon masked his thoughts with a calm composed blank face. His hands were clasped lightly behind his back as he walked from one side of the room to the next. "He would use you and your power to destroy me. Auberdae may be my oldest son but he had never loved me. He has been searching for a way to dethrone me since he first started this court. Finally he found the answer to his inquiry and here you are."

Walking to me he held out his hands. Cautiously I took them not really understanding. Oberon helped me out of the chair smiling faintly. "It is a shame though to steal that innocence that you posses. You should have never had to find out about us. Your father did so much to protect you from this world."

"You knew my father?" I frowned slightly. Aubree had dangled the same information in front of my face. I knew if I asked the monarch to divulge said information he would give me the same answer I had gotten from Aubree. "Was he..." Piecing together his words a thought came to me. "Was he a Faerie?"

A rumbling laugh bubbled out of him. "Why do you look so appalled by the thought of him being one of the Fair Folk?" Cupping my chin he smiled at me. "Worry not little one, your father is not a Fae."

"But you know what he was right? Would you tell me?" I couldn't help but hope that he would actually give me a straight answer about my dad.

A sly grin appeared on Oberon's face. "I could tell you who your father is. But you would have to do something for me."

"I am already being told to kill your son for you. What else would you want?" Asking that was dangerous. I knew it but I really couldn't do anything else. It would have to be a very interesting thing if to know and could help me understand him a bit better I guess. "Shouldn't you just give that to me? I could always turn you in for trying to get me to kill your son."

Chuckling once again Oberon shook his head. "Do you really think that they would believe you over me? You are a human turned Fae, in our caste system you would make you less than dirt and not reliable at all. Also you have already proved that you can twist your words and actions into lies."

"But none of us can outright lie. I would tell them that you want me to kill your son." I frowned at how he was turning this around on me.

"I never told you to kill him. You took my words to think that is what I meant by my words." He remained as smiley and fox-like as ever. "You could not tell them that I told you to kill my son because I have not. You have nothing on me and they will believe their king over anyone else."

I clenched my jaw knowing he was right. "Fine so what is it that you would want from me to tell me who my father is."

Running his fingers through his golden locks he laughed. "You have already said what more could I want? This you are not going to like. Set up Dean for the murder. He will take the fall, you will be made into a human again and then you get to be with your precious Samuel forever."

I glared at him for his easy words. "Why would you want Dean to take the fall?" I was confused that would ask such things. "Dean hasn't done anything to you. I would never set Dean up to take the fall for this stuff."

"Then you will never find out about your father from my lips." A savage glare was sent Tea's way. Oberon carefully avoided saying everything to do why he wanted Dean to take the fall. "You will have to get the information from someone else. It will not be from me or mine."

I couldn't let his words effect me. I shrugged knowing he would dislike it. "Fine I guess we are done now then. I think I actually do want to lie down for a little bit so if you would please leave and I can take a rest." If he was going to be a jerk I would feed it right back at him.

"You have yet to agree to do my bidding." The temperature rose several degrees simmering in the King's anger. "Will you do as I say? Will you go forth with plans to hinder my son?"

Clenching my jaw I couldn't stand that he was going back to this. "I will think about it and get back to you." I climbed up under the huge down comforter on the bed. "Good-bye King Oberon, I would say it has been a pleasure but I can't lie." Smirking at him I pulled the comforter up around my throat and lay down on the bed.

I didn't know if he left but when I sat back up I had to pull the blanket up around me. The temperature had dropped to icy. "Are you kidding me?" Standing near the desk was another monarch that I never thought I would have the displeasure to meet.

A regal woman with long white hair stood at the desk. Her dress was much like the one that Hollywood had used in the first Chronicles of Narnia movie that the White Witch wore. Icicles hung along the neck line like a necklace. "Hello Teodora."

I set my lips in a straight line disliking how hard it was to get away from all of this and just sleep. "I am guessing since you aren't all sunny and cheerful you would be Mabh." I sat up not liking how much it felt like the large walk in freezer in Costco, that my whole class got to go in when we took a fieldtrip around the store.

"The Seelie king may allow you to speak to him in an easy disrespectful way but I will not tolerate it." She straightened up and glared at me. "You will speak to me with respect that my title requires."

I hated the thought that she could so easily get to me that any of them could get to me so easily. "Excuse me Queen Mabh but you are not my queen. I get it you have a title that your subjects have given to you but I am not one of them. If you haven't heard I am a Queen myself and as one you should show me respect too."

The temperature dropped to frosty. "You think that I should show a little human turned Fae girl that thinks she is a queen. Just because Auberdae fooled you into kissing him and has brought you into his court that does not make you a queen." She glared at me out of her icy blue eyes.

I dropped the blanket and got out of bed. I was not going to let her think that I was scared at her just because she could cool down the room a little bit. Setting my jaw hard I kept my teeth from chattering. "So let me guess you are here to make a deal with me too?"

Queen Mabh shook her head at me. "I don't think you understand why I am here."

"Well that is obvious." I rolled my eyes not liking how it got even colder. "I don't mean to be rude but I am not very fond of the monarchs of Faerie courts. I have already gotten a deal from the other side of the fence today. So you can see why I am a little bit testy."

"I do understand." Mabh nodded. The room got a little bit warmer. "But my proposition is quite a bit easier to accomplish. You have to do nothing but deny Oberon's request."

"So you want Aubree to keep to his plan. You want him to overthrow Oberon?" I realized how stupid my question was after it came out of my mouth. Of course she would want Oberon dethroned or dead. It would give her more power to rule. "He would become king in Oberon's stead and then what you would kill him? And what in the world would I get out of not killing Aubree?"

A tight lipped smile met Tea's inquiries. "If I killed Auberdae then another would just take his place as king. As for your reward for doing as I asked you I will give you something that you cannot have right now." She waved her hand and a glass like oval appeared out of thin air. A picture shaped itself at the queens twitched finger. Out of the oval a picture of Sam formed.

"You are going to give me Sam?" I quirked an eyebrow.

The queen rolled her eyes mimicking me. "I will turn him into a Faerie and then you will be able to stay with him forever." She smirked. "Aubree needs you to feed his court. He needs you to be safe here. He does not need you to further his line or do anything other than looking pretty. Sam can be your consort. The two of you will live for a very long time together, longer than you would have before and he would be safer because you would not have to be worry about him hunting."

I frowned; both propositions would have to be thought about. Neither were very easy and only one would allow me not to kill someone. "I will have to think this over just as much as I will have to think the King Oberon's deal." I sat back down on my bed. "I hope you don't mind but I think I want to get some rest now."

Laughing the Queen smirked. "You are resting Teodora. Do you really think that Oberon and Auberdae would let me just walk into their palace? You have to be kidding." She snapped her finger and the oval with Sam's picture shattered. "Do not be a fool to think that I will wait very long like Oberon. I demand an answer within 24 hours."

"What are you going to do if I go with Oberon's offer?" I glared at her.

A glint appeared in the ice cold eyes. She didn't give an answer, just vanished.

Again I am a day late and I am sorry for it but I had a paper and a homework set due this week. I thought that I would be able to do both and type this at the same time. I was unable to do as much as I though I could. I hope that I will be able to get the next chapter out on time even though I have five test over the next four days. But we will see. Thanks for always being faithful and I hope you have enjoyed. The point of view should go back to third person next chapter so if you do not like it you will not have to read it this way much longer. See you soon.