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Chapter 28
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"They need us," Peter announced, "We are the last line of defense!"
"Stop being so melodramatic," Kendra rolled her eyes, as her husband paced in front of the mirror preparing his speech.
"Melodramatic? I was going more for persuasive," he pouted as he fell backwards onto the plush bed in frustration. Kendra leaned backed from her seated position to lie alongside him. Smirking amusedly, Kendra used a slender finger to push a lock of her husband's hair from his face. His brown-green eyes smiled up at her as he returned the gesture with one of her blonde curls.
"You my love, are already extremely persuasive," Kendra chuckled prettily, "I mean you did convince me to run away from home and marry you did you not?"
Peter pulled Kendra into a kiss as he rolled over on top of her.
"Hem hem, there are children about you know!" Mitchel scolded as he entered the room without knocking.
Kendra groaned and pushed her husband to the side as her brother tapped his foot.
"You know, just because you have the body of a fourteen year old, that doesn't mean that you are actually a child," she scolded, annoyed, "In fact I don't believe there are more than twenty Mer on this Island that are under eighteen and you still act more immature than them!"
"Yeah, yeah, don't get your wrinkles in a twist old lady," Mitchel teased as he stuck his tongue out at his physically seventeen year old sister.
"HEY! I may be a hundred and twenty two years old but that doesn't give you the right to call me old!" Kendra seethed. Being called old was the one insult that always got under her typically devil-may-care attitude.
"Calm down! Geez I was just joking!" Mitchel placated in vain as he levitated to avoid a blasting spell.
"LETUPAN!" she attempted to blast him again.
"Membatalkan," Peter canceled the spell with a snap of his fingers before it could knock his mischievous brother-in-law out of the air, "Play nice sweetheart. He is your brother after all."
"A very annoying brother at that," she pouted, as she crossed her legs and sat indian style in the air.
"Now before I was so rudely interrupted I was going to say that the Herald has switched from calling lost Mer to calling any and all citizens of old Atlantis," Mitchel announced, "Not sure what that means but that's what the faeries told me to tell you."
"Yes I know," Peter acknowledged, "Tink told me this morning and I've been trying to come up with a speech to give when I announce that the Island will be moving to join Atlantis. You know how our citizens get about change."
"Change is for ninnies and grown-ups," Mitchel and Kendra quoted the lost boys in unison.
It was true the only thing that had changed in the Nation of Kecantikan in the last 100 or so years was the occasional new comer to the island or the highly celebrated birth of a baby. None of whom aged after reaching physical adolescence.
Which of course made it quite odd, as Kendra herself was a teenager and a mother of nine to boot. Family reunions were awkwardly fun as all but the very youngest of her grand and great-great children were of similar physical age to herself and her husband.
And yet she never once regretted running away from her human family in stuffy old London and marrying Prince Peter Pan.
Peter's father, King James had grown tired of ruling ten years after Kendra's arrival and abdicated the throne.
It was said that he did so in a fit of madness, that only came from eating the rare and dangerous Gila berries that grew only on Skull Island at the northern border of the nation.
To make a rather long and complicated story unnecessarily short, King Hook became the infamous swashbuckling pirate, Captain Hook, after from what they heard from their occasional expeditions into the mundane world, he had gotten into an argument with a shape-shifting crocodile named Sobek and lost his hand. A fact that, along with a clock, had been dubiously incorporated into the multiple pieces of literature Kendra's estranged brother had written.
So now, as Ruler of the Nation of Kecantikan, which was occasionally called Neverland, it was Prince Peter and his wife Princess Kendra's duty, to inform their xenophobic citizens, that the entire landmass they lived on, was going to be teleported at exactly midnight, to its new home in the subtropical waters of Australia.
Their nation was going to become nothing more than a state under the trident embossed banner of Atlantis.
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"I understand that this news is upsetting. However Kecantikan was a part of Atlantis way before it was Neverland, and it is our duty at Atlanteans to help our sister nations in any way we can," Kendra addressed the grumbling adolescent that were crowded around in front of her as she stood on a rock overlooking Mermaid Lagoon.
Mermaid Lagoon was actually the largest transition pool for Mer changes in the entire world as it took up one square mile of water, not included in the twenty-one square mile landmass. More interesting was the fact that it was actually a crater, made by a golden meteor that had hit the once normal island, which created the very hole that was now the lagoon and sent a layer of golden dust laced with magic into the air.
The magic had in turn transformed the island into the semi-sentient, portable piece of land that it was today, as well as leaving it with the odd side-effect of eternal youth.
Anyone who drank the water on the island stayed young as long as they continued drinking it; in fact it was the basis for Ponce de Leon's search for the famed fountain of youth.
But that is neither here, nor there, or up, or down for that matter. And in Neverland logic, an argument could be made that it was also completely irrelevant to everything as it had nothing to do anything related to the most important game of Rock Scotch.
For the sake of the readers' sanity, we won't be discussing Rock Scotch or how it involves purple chalk and watermelon flavored fish. Instead we shall return to the arrival of the rather odd island of Neverland into the waters off the coast of Australia.
As that is what was happening as we were discussing how logic works in Neverland. You might now be noticing that logic in Neverland is prone to changing on a whim. Just as Time and Seasons change on the whim of King Peter.
Have I mentioned that ADHD is extremely common, rather severe and completely contagious in Neverland. It even affects innocent visiting narrators.
Fortunately, the effects of warped reality in Neverland are nowhere near as potent as they are in the magical realm of Tertanya, which was a mythical place also known as Wonderland.
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BREAKING NEW!
This was the marquee that was scrolling across the Channel 11 Evening News as it was being watched by a twitching Ice Princess.
"Reports are coming in of a large landmass that seems to have appeared out of thin air, mere feet from the shore of Duranbah Beach near Gold Coast City, in Queensland. No one knows where the island came from, but one there is one thing we can be certain of.
The camera zoomed in on a cluster of lights that was fluttering around the edge of the island.
Faeries were shown in bright detail as they giggled and waved as the cameras.
"And that is that this event is magical in nature," the reporter continued, "A possibility that would have been ignored before the unveiling of the Magical Nation of Atlantis just last month."
Static snapped across the television, removing the image as it was turned off.
"Aren't you coming?" Cleo called in question as she passed Emma's house.
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"Hmm, the history scrolls about Atlantis never said anything about 'Gill's Souvenir & Gift Emporium," Peter noted bemused, "Does the shop sell gills as gifts? Can't really see why a Mer would even need that."
A chime of bell like laughter came from the person shaped ball of light on the boy's shoulder as she explained.
"Ah, it's merely owned by someone named Gill. That makes much more sense," Peter agreed, "Well I suppose we should go inside, what do you think dear?"
Kendra, unlike Peter, had grown up among humans, simply rolled her eyes at his antics and entered the store, leaving her husband to follow her in.
"Hello, can I help you?" a polite sales girl asked from her place at the cashier adjacent to the entrance.
"Yes, do you know where we can find the royal council," Kendra asked nicely, "It is imperative that we speak with them as soon as possible."
Before the brunette employee could answer, she froze, wide-eyed as she stared at something behind the blonde girl.
Curious as to what had caught the woman's attention, Kendra turned to find herself face to face with a rather odd spectacle; odd for humans that is.
Peter was standing on top of a surf board that had been hung from the rafters of the building for decoration.
The blonde merely place her head in her hands as she let out a deep sigh of frustration. It was obvious from the cashiers dropped jaw that her husband had flown up to the item in question, which was nearly fifteen feet above the floor.
"One moment," she told the cashier who squeaked as she jumped into the air and joined Peter who was giggling with Tinkerbelle as they tried to figure out what the piece of wood and foam was for.
Without a word, she merely grabbed him by his ear, ignoring his protests, and dragged him through the air back to the ground.
"Sorry about that, my husband seems to have forgotten his manners-"
Tinkerbelle interrupted her apology with a burst of excited jingling.
"What is it Tink?" Peter asked intrigued. The glowing pixie flew towards a spinning caddy that held a number of metal circles with different items attached.
"What are those?" the easily distracted boy asked.
"Um-uh," the girl said, "Th-they're key chains." The girl seemed bewildered by the presence of what she knew must be Mer from what she had seen on the news lately.
"Key chains? What do they unlock?" Kendra asked confused. She had never heard of anything that could be unlocked with a chain.
"They don't unlock anything," the cashier giggled, realizing she had nothing to fear from people who were fascinated by key chains, "They attach to your keys as decorations."
"What a odd idea, I'd never have thought that keys were something to be decorated," Kendra announced delighted, "I wonder why Tink likes them so much?"
"Tink? As in TINKERBELL?" the girl's eyes lit up as she looked at the tiny blonde fairy in her small green dress.
"Yes, how'd you know?" Peter asked as he inspected the numerous dolphins and starfish key chains on the side of the caddy that faced him.
"OH. My. GOD! That means you must be Peter PAN! And you must be WENDY! This is so awesome! You're actually real!" the young woman nearly hyperventilated.
"HA! I'm famous and they don't even know your real name!" Peter laughed as fell backwards and began rolling from side to side in amusement in the air.
"Kendra. My name is Kendra Pan, not Wendy. My brother changed my name in the books he wrote," the blonde Mer huffed as she corrected her, trying to keep her disdain for the name Wendy from showing.
Tinkerbelle reminded them of the key chains as she jingled impatiently, when they turned back to her, they saw that she was struggling to carry a plastic fairy keychain that depicted a blonde pixie with a green dress surrounded by tiny stars.
Once she set it down against a box of mood ring she bent over and stuck her tiny arm out in mockery of the key chain's pose. A product tag on the item said 'Tinkerbell' in pink letters.
Imploring jingles erupted as the small pixie flew up to Kendra and began begging for the life size trinket.
"Of course, we'll get it," Peter agreed immediately as he picked up the souvenir, "I wonder if they have any of me. Huh, and to think I was apprehensive about coming here."
After several minutes of the cashier protesting payment, they finally got her to agree to accepting a small golden coin with an N on one side and Peter's grinning profile with its tongue stuck out on the other. Afterwards the four of them had posed for something called a 'Pichur' and agreed that the nice young woman was welcome to come visit them in Neverland whenever she felt.
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"Where could they be?" Emma groaned with frustrated worry. She, Cleo, Rikki, Bella and Lewis had just met back up after searching the enormous tourist trap that was Coolangatta, Queensland. They had already tried asking the inhabitants of the newly appeared island, but were simply told that King Peter was off exploring what they believed to be New Atlantis.
"If I knew I'd tell you," Lewis replied, he was just as put off with the fruitless search as the ice princess. Half the people around them seemed to think they were part of the tourist attractions.
"Isn't there a spell or something you can use to fin- Can I help you?" Rikki asked with a raised eyebrow as a family of four approached them with a camera in hand.
"I was just wondering if we could get a picture with you guys. You're costumes are just so realistic," the father complimented their authentic Atlantean garb, "We just got off the Boat tour that goes around Mako Island and a group photo with you guys would definitely make it a perfect trip."
Before Rikki could rudely tell them off, Bella bent down in front of the two children and smiled as she wrapped her arms around them, "That sounds like a lovely idea. How about we put the children in front with the parents behind them, Sihir, Nuri, Ndari, you guys stand around them. Cahaya can take the picture."
The family enthusiastically agreed and got into position as Rikki sullenly snapped the photo and handed the camera back.
"Thanks! This will look great in the vacation album," the mother said appreciatively.
The youngest of the two girls of the family walked up to Bella and pulled gently on her skirt to get her attention, "Are you really a mermaid princess?"
With a chuckle the mother bent down to gently correct the child, but was stopped by a smiling Bella, "Why yes, I am. My name is Princess Kusuma. I live on New Atlantis."
Smiling indulgently at who she thought was a street performer, she picked up her daughter and put her on her hip, "Thank you, how much do we owe you for the picture?"
"Nothing at all, we were glad to do it," Bella insisted before turning her attention to the young girl in her mother's arms, "In fact, here's something to remember us by sweetie."
Between her gold tanned finger, a rose suddenly grew and bloomed, "It'll never wilt," she smiled broadly as she handed the thornless rose to the child, "but like all life, it is still fragile, so when you go home, put it in some water and as long as you keep it happy it'll bring you luck."
The child giggled happily as she accepted the flower.
"Y-you –You're really?" the mother stuttered in awe, "T-thank you! I'll make sure it stays watered."
"Of course, have a good day," Bella said as she turned back to the others who were looking at her questioningly.
"What? I like children," Bella answered their non-question.
"Yeah, and I suppose a bit of positive press never hurts," Emma muttered thoughtfully in Atlantean as she began walking after Rikki who had merely rolled her eyes at the display.
"Must you always be so stand offish?" Cleo huffed, "I know you're not a people person, but you could at least try not to be blatantly rude."
"I'm not a tourist attraction," Rikki said simply, "besides don't we have some confused kids to find."
"Technically they aren't kids, people on Kecantikan just don't age after a certain point," Lewis pointed out, "OH! I think that might be them!"
The five royals spun towards where he had indicated and to their dismay, found a crowd of people surrounding a young redheaded boy who was doing summersaults in the air in exchange for cheers.
"PETER!" a young blonde woman admonished.
Anteceding an intervention on their part, a reporter pushed them out of the way and jumped in front of the blatant display of magic with a cameraman in tow.
"Breaking News! Flying teenagers have been spotted in the town of Coolangatta, New South Wales. It is likely that they are affiliated with the previous arrival of the magical island off the coast. Young man, excuse me," the uppity woman with the microphone called out, "What is your name? Are you from that island over there," she asked as she pointed to the large mountainous island that was floating in the water.
"Peter Pan, is the name and yes I'm from Neverland."
Emma facepalmed as he announced this. NEVERLAND! FREAKING NEVERLAND! The fairies on the island has identified it as Kecantikan! Why wasn't she told that Neverland of all places was REAL!
"It's official name is Kecantikan of South Atlantis, but official is borin- ACK! OW! OW!"
Before he could say another word, the young girl with him snagged his ear and began dragging him towards the obviously Mer group.
"PLEASE tell me you're the Atlantean Royal Council! Because if you're not I'm going to be extremely put out. We've been looking for you for hours," the girl said.
"Yes, well, seeing as this is Australia and not Atlantis, I can see why that would be a difficult task," Lewis grinned as the pair.
"Australia? As in the penal colony?" Kendra blinked surprised, "It's a country now?"
"Yes, and a rather nice one too," Cleo laughed, "How about we continue this conversation on your Island, which we should probably move before the military tries to bomb it. I also think you can let go of your friend's ear now. I sure he'll behave."
"He's not my friend, and if you think he'll behave, you're sourly mistake. He's a hundred and thirty years old and still acts like a three year old," she huffed, "Anyway, I'm Queen Kendra, this is my husband King Peter. Although, seeing as we're technically rejoining Atlantis as province, it's just Prince and Princess now is it?"
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"No, NO! STOP! It doesn't make sense! I don't want to play rock scotch! I don't even have a watermelon fish! Please just stop, I can't take it anymore!" Emma groaned she was unsuccessfully trying to convince the physically adolescent prince out of the strawberry tree he was painting.
"Emma, there is no harm in a having a little fun," Ash interrupted her attempt at persuasion, "Isn't that right Mr. Pickleumpkin?" he cooed as he scratched his purple and orange iquanaduck behind its ears.
"Ash? Not you too!? You're supposed to be on my side! UGH! I can't take it anymore! All this nonsense is –is…NONSENSE!" Emma shouted crazily as the last straw that broke the camel's back fell.
"EMMA!? Relaaaax. Try some cactus spines, they're really quite good once you stop bleeding internally,' Ash grinned as he started biting pieces of his iguanaduck off because it was now a cactus.
"What is going on?" Emma cried as the polka dots on her dress hopped off and began singing kumbaya with the butterflies as they fluttered in circles.
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"Emma? Wake up!" Ash worriedly shook his sleeping wife as she moaned and tossed in the bed.
"Ash? Nahyutu? Ngh My side. Nonsense is urmn nonsense," she muttered as her sleeping face contorted with annoyance.
"EMMA! You have to relax, it's only a nightmare," Ash tried again as he shook her by the shoulders.
"Whatsgoinon?" she murmured half-awake after being sufficiently shaken.
"Babe, you were having a bad dream," he soothed as she groaned annoyed as she turned to look at him with bleary eyes.
"Unh. Oh thank the goddess it was only a dream," she sighed in relief.
"Wanna tell me what it was about?" he asked concerned after all that tossing and turning.
"It was a really stupid dream. You don't want to hear about it," she chuckled at her own ridiculousness.
"No, really I do. I can see that it really shook you up," he consoled as he pulled her onto his lap with a smile.
"Well it made absolutely no sense. First it started with this island that magically appeared and get this, it was Neverland. Ridiculous right?" she grinned before shushing him when he tried to interrupt, "Let me finish first. Anyway, me and a few of the others were searching for Peter Pan in this tourist area and we actually posed for a group photo as if we were street performers, then we found Peter Pan and he was showing off to the media before coming back here. Then we got him, Wendy and Tinkerbell to drive Neverland over to us and attach it to the east end of the island. Everyone raised a new wall to go all the way around it. To celebrate we had a big feast and everyone drank lots of wine and Peter Pan wanted me to play some stupid game called rock scotch with a 'Watermelon fish', and when I refused to play, you came up and told me to relax and started eating an animal that was half iguana half duck but then it turned into a cactus and the dots on my dress started dancing."
Ash looked at her with what he hoped was a carefully controlled expression.
"Emma, sweetheart, how are you feeling?" he asked with a look of worry on his face.
The white haired princess glared at him, "I'm not crazy, it was just a stupid dream!"
Off in the distance a rooster crowed loudly, signifying the start of the day alongside the slightest lightening of the sky outside.
"Ugh, I thought Lewis put a Sound Canceling spell on Vi's chicken coop! Now I have to get him to redo it before that rooster wakes up half the island," she huffed as she pulled the covers off her legs and reached for her robe which hung on the back of the open bathroom door.
Once she was sufficiently covered, she irritably stomped her way to the front door, only to stop and gape wide-eyed at a red headed boy in a leafy green ensemble that floated above the Gathering Pavilion, crowing his lungs out in a near perfect mockery of the male foul's call.
"Oh fuck me," Emma cringed as she realized her nightmare had actually happened, "How much did I drink and please in the name of all that is holy tell me that I'm still drunk and Peter Pan isn't actually crowing on top of that building!?"
"Only a glass," Ash started weakly, "But it was some sort of wine that the Lost Boys make. Apparently it's made with fairy dust and happy thoughts, mixed with distilled sea grape juice. It's really strong and probably hallucinatory considering the dreams you had. You passed out an hour into the feast and I brought you home."
Another crow sounded in the distance as the Prince of Neverland flew up to the top of the statue of Atargatis and continued his chicken version of a wake-up call.
"I'm not going to say I told you so, but…. Maybe next time when I tell you to forgo the drinks; you'll remember this before saying that it's rude not to accept strange food because it might hurt someone's feelings."
Emma chose to ignore him as she activated her flight bands and took off after the Kecantikanian annoyance.
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"I apologize for my husband's lack of manners. He's used to all the Lost Boys jumping up when he crows. He forgot it wasn't just us anymore," Princess Kendra apologized as she ignored her pouting husband in the background who had his mouth frozen shut by Emma.
"Apology accepted. Although I do think that this does raise certain issues about the newest changes to our nations map. How about we have a Council meeting, at say noon, so that everyone will be awake and fed?" Ash accepted as Emma sulked in the background, nursing a hangover with a cup of hastily made coffee, "and when my wife's gotten a Sobering potion from a healer."
Kendra merely smiled as she nodded in agreement, "Ah, yes, I remember my first glass of Juju Juice like it was yesterday. Swore I saw waltzing dodo birds and woke up with a nasty headache the next day. I'd recommend a glass of orange juice over a sobering potion. Magically grown citrus naturally counteracts the effects of fairy made wines."
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"We have nearly four thousand citizens currently living within the boundaries of New Atlantis and I think reorganizing the boundary lines to match the demographics would be more beneficial to the integration of our people as a nation in the long run," Lewis argued as he stood in front of an updated map of the Nation.
The three newest additions to the council had odd looks on their faces as they realized that the nations they'd spent years ruling were about to be broken down into provinces.
"What about the people who are already settled and who have homes and families? Are we just going to up root them to new homes without giving them any say so?" Peter rebutted carefully, he was in king mode and no longer resembled the immature teenage boy who'd arrived the night before.
"I'm not sure if you've noticed or not but when Delphi joined New Atlantis, they started spreading out. When they did this, people with similar backgrounds and powers began grouping together. There is a large section at the base of the volcano that the Kebakarans from both New Atlantis and Delphi congregated and terra-formed to suit their needs," Rikki pointed out, her own home was not so coincidently in the very center of the newly formed town. The other Kebaks had all but fought to get a spot to build their home near hers when they learned that she was the Guardian of the Sun and by default the strongest Kebak.
"I've certainly noticed," Lewis chimed in, "All the Ahlians from both islands have settled around the Tower. Heck, even a few have moved into the lower levels as my assistants."
Kendra looked at him confused, "It would seem that Atlantean has changed in the two millennia Kecantikan has been separate from it. What is an Ahlian?" Kendra asked. Peter merely smiled.
"It hasn't changed that much, you just don't know the word because there aren't any on Neverland," Peter chuckled, "Ahlians are magic users, witches and wizards of the sea, if you will. All the Ahlians of Neverland were wiped out in the Great Purge that destroyed Atlantis. They all signed up for the front lines thinking that their magic would keep them safe, but the Cursed Ash killed every single soldier Ahlian or otherwise that went to the Battle of Phoenicia. Now the only magic users on our island are the faeries."
"As interesting as that little history lesson was, we still have to deal with the jurisdiction problem," Will brought the conversation back on topic, "I for one, was swarmed this morning, by numerous Tanah's who wished to leave both Mako AND Delphi to live in the northern most mountains of Kecantikan. They seemed tired of living on an organic unbendable turtle or in dense jungle where bare rock is almost non- existent."
Peter's stared with amusement at the purple eyed prince; the man didn't seem to know that the handful of Tanah's that lived on Kecantikan had also practically begged him to be able to live in the mountain range when they'd first arrived.
"You do realize what's going on don't you," Tadhana spoke up, after having been entirely silent the entire meeting.
The group shook their heads as they turned to look at her, "It does not surprise me that you do not remember your previous lives. I, however, see the past as if it were still happening."
They merely stared at her confused.
"What I mean to say is that I know what old Atlantis was like, the Mers grouped together with other beings with similar abilities. This isn't anything new. In fact the mountain ranges of Kecantikan were once home to the village of Dunia, named for the being of earth from the Time before Time. To save precious Time I will tell you the best possible outcome of this meeting as I see it. I will tell you how Atlantis was originally divided."
The other Council members sat up curiously, waiting to hear what the girl with the mirror irises had to say.
"Princess Tadhana, we'd be much obliged," Lewis intoned as he shifted uncomfortably in front of her blind gaze.
"Of course. I will state it simply. Sihir, if you'd be so kind as to mark this down."
"When Atlantis was thriving the jurisdictions was divided as such. There were three provinces. Mako, Delphi and Kecantikan; and each member of the royal council ruled over a different group, depending on their own abilities."
Lewis waved his staff and the three islands that made up New Atlantis were shaded with three separate colors. Blue for Delphi, Red for Mako and Yellow for Kecantikan.
"Cahaya ruled the Kebakarans and the area beneath the enormous statue of Atargatis was home to the village of Membara; the village of cinders, where the fire elementals lived at the base of the Volcano."
The mage prince turned and drew a fiery red circle around the group of forty houses at the indicated place on the map.
"Ndari ruled the Sejuk people, where they gathered on the banks of Svalbard Bay."
An blue-white line traced around the ice filled body of water between Delphi and Mako, as well as a ring of fifty or so houses on Mako's bank that were home to Emma's subjects.
"Sihir, you ruled all the Ahlians and the two towns that surrounded the Tower of Magic in the Province of Mako and the Temple of Ahli in the Province of Delphi. Allow the residents to choose the names of these towns or arguments will arise."
A pair of red-purple circles surrounded the two new villages that measured thirty homes and two large common buildings in total.
"Nuri and Semasan ruled in tandem. They presided over the three villages of Alirans and Berbicara's. Each province devoted one seaward facing coast and a stretch of forest to this group. They were and will be our best domestic defense with the power of the ocean at their fingertips."
Three long stretches of beach and chunks of jungle from the outer most points of the nation were outlined with a deep blue. All together eighty five homes resided in their jurisdiction.
"Kusuma, your jurisdiction, as before, covers the orchards and food fields of all three islands, Acacia's glade, and the Gelid and Telunga villages on Delphi.'
Green encircled the southern end of Delphi, a small patch of west Kecantikan and the north end of Mako as Lewis marked out Bella's territory.
"Lemah, you will rule from the mountains of Kecantikan to the shore at the west, including Skull Island."
Silver lines shot out of Lewis' staff and followed the Celik princess' instructions. All the mountains were colored gray, as well as the flat plateau that lead out to bay in of water that was enclosed by the three provinces in their triangular arrangement.
"Peter, you and Kendra will rule over all Kecantikanians who do not belong under the other's jurisdiction."
"SO I still get to keep my lost boys?" Peter whooped as a gold line surrounded all of the remaining pieces of Neverland.
"Yes, I as well will do what I have always done. I will preside over the Celiks. Any Celik who does not have a separate elemental or magical ability beyond the Sight will be under my jurisdiction."
The remnants of Delphi were divided by a light shimmering gold-silver until the only remaining space left were the fairy glades and the unclaimed pieces of Mako.
"Lelakin, you are strong and able, but I See that you doubt your ability to lead those who are Mer when you yourself are not one. Do not worry, for you are a Prince in heart and mind. They will follow your lead. You will rule over all Mer who are neither Celik nor Kecantikanian. You will be in charge of all new subjects that arrive until they chose where they belong."
Bold black lines wormed their ways through the patch work of villages until Mako was almost entirely blanketed.
"Finally we have the Fae. So far the two fairy glades are currently ruled by two different monarchs. Queen Taryn and King Stavros will agree that Queen Tinkerbelle knows her people better and should continue leading them as well as vice versa."
The triangles that made up the two different faery glades were immediately outlined. Acacia's Glade was outlined in a nearly neon green while Fairy Glade was outlined in a dark pink that was reminiscent of spring flowers.
"The barracks on Delphi are not of any province and are under the collected jurisdiction of the Royal Council. This is how the decision would have come to pass if I had not cut it short by exactly 39 hours, 47 minutes and 19 seconds," Tadhana finished with a smile, "Enjoy the rest of your day."
With that the petite Celik stood and started towards the entrance hole of the Council Chamber.
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And so the Citizens of New Atlantis were settled.
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