Bonnie and Ann walked out of the hallway, not forgetting to put out the torch. They soon realized the commotion was coming from the castle entrance.
As they walked closer to the large doors Bonnie saw the 'king', the man that had first greeted her...Elijah, as well as some other people standing by them and plenty of servants like them curious about what was happening.
"Who is standing in the front?", Bonnie asked Ann, curious.
"The royal family. King Kol, his brothers Lord Elijah and Lord Klaus and his sister Lady Rebekah," Ann replied. Bonnie recognized Rebekah's name as Stefan's wife, she met Elijah and Kol, so the only Lord she did not recognize was Klaus.
Lord Elijah was trying to get the servants to arrange in an orderly way. Bonnie and Ann quickly stood in a straight orderly line. And the servants watched the family greet who Bonnie now knew as the third brother of the royal family and his wife.
After the greetings were over most of the servants started to walk back to their work stations. Bonnie decided to walk to the kitchen because that is where Ann was working and she didn't know anywhere else. Just before she entered she was stopped by someone gently grabbing her arm. She turned around to discover it was Stefan.
"Bonnie, I would like you to announce and manage the preparation of a dinner for me, my wife, her brothers, and her sister in law. The servants should know where all of our chambers are. If we are not there to send our request for dinner prepare blood-wine and kickshaw," he said.
Bonnie nodded, "Yes, M'Lord."
"Please, call me Stefan," he countered.
"Of course M'L...Stefan."
After Bonnie entered the kitchen she went over what Stefan had told her with the servants. At first, they questioned who she was, but Ann helped her and they soon understood she was the new chief. She was just about to help them cook when she heard...
"You, follow me!"
Bonnie turned around to discover Lady Rebekah pointing at her with her skirt bunched in her hand like she was just running.
"Me, M'Lady ', Bonnie questioned. It couldn't be her, she didn't do anything, but Lady Rebekah was pointing at her.
"Yes, follow me."
Bonnie followed her, wondering where they were going. She assumed that they thought she had disobeyed the rules, but then she remembered that the second part of her job was to cast spells. She only hoped she was correct
Rebekah led her to the throne room, then behind the throne to a door. The entered the chamber and Bonnie saw a large table in the middle of the room with dark wood floors and walls. There was a window on the left side of the room with a window (that she guessed was spelled so you could not see it on the other side) that overlooked the entrance of the castle.
She decided to stay quiet and they ended up waiting there for 5 minutes, Klaus had arrived at one point asking if she was 'the Bennett witch'. Rebekah told him yes and soon after the door flew open.
"I'm here!", the king said.
"What took you so long?" Rebekah asked.
"I found three grimoires and picked up a bag of ingredients we might need," he responded.
"Follow me, Bennett witch," he said. She obeyed deciding that she was indeed correct and she was not to be punished. They traveled down a medium length staircase to what she thinks is an underground tunnel.
"You want me to perform a spell?", she asked deciding it wouldn't hurt.
"Yes. I dark witch trapped a flower fairy in her flower. The dark witch is easy to take care of, but we need a witch to free the fairy. I know that this might seem that this is a minor issue in a kingdom of magical creatures, and it is, but my brother cannot know these problems ever exist," he said. Bonnie was a little confused, 'kingdom of magical creatures', is that what he was king of.
"Is that what you are the king of, a kingdom of magical creatures?", she asked.
"You didn't know?"
"No"
"Yes, I am the king of a kingdom of magical creatures. Hunters chase these creatures for their magical properties, we have decided to protect them and hide them."
"Why don't you compel or kill the hunters?"
"The hunters have been chasing these magical creatures for a very long time. They have developed ways to protect themselves from us."
"Why can your brother not know?
"My brother and I have never had the best relationship. He never approved of me being king, even the smallest things will turn him against me and he is an important business partner."
Bonnie didn't know what to think, maybe these vampires were not as bad as she thought, maybe they were people who had family drama and wanted to protect other people that were in danger. Maybe..., but she could not let those thoughts take her guard down.
They got to the end of the tunnel and emerged into a beautiful magical forest. There was a path down the center with trees lining it and many paths that strayed from the main one, which she assumed led to different mini villages of creatures. The king led her down one path and as they went deeper into the forest she began to see a miniature meadow of flowers and a sign that said 'Flower Fairy Meadow'.
kick·shaw-a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish, especially one of foreign origin (just in case you didn't know, cause I didn't)
Hi Guys! I know that this chapter took a while, but it is much longer than I typically make them. Leave a review.
