Chapter 16

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Back at the Valisia palace Foloki's was check on so that his knees weren't to damaged, the journey really didn't do to well with him. Alexzander went to his father to tell him what was going on, so that only left Conner, Mylene, Elena, and Foloki to themselves in the medical room. Foloki was rubbing his knees as Conner and Mylene were outside the open door, Elena was within Foloki sitting in a chair that was nearby. She was messing with the hem of her dress, felling awful that she couldn't do anything in the fight. If she just taken her scepter an not out like she did, "you all right Elena you seem a little off" Foloki asked as he was watching Elena seeing she was down.

Elena waves the question away "oh no I'm fine I'm just a little tired that's all it's been a long day," Foloki points his thumb to the door we're Conner and Mylene was at "you can leave you know Alexzander told me he's just going to speak with his father an stop by the in to get LIarm to help me." She nods at Foloki's comment standing up an heads to the door she looks out to see the other two having a serious conversation, walking out the room to see if Isabel is all right that an she really needs to talk with her. She heads to her sister's room thinking what she's going to tell her about the adventure she had, going up to the door an about to knock Elena hears small giggles. A few hushes trying to tell each to be quiet, Elena cracks the door open to see what was going on a boy that was a faun dark brown hair an skin with small little horns on his big afro hair, he was wearing a jacket sizes to big for him to ware, another child that looks in his 13 years of age with light skin with short brown hair, wearing a navy blue suit his shoes were placed next to Isabel's bed. Her sister was on the same bed they were messing with flowers making them so they could ware them as hats, there were a few fairy's that Isabel pointed out when they got here, the fairy's were messing with their hair putting flowers in them. Elena opens the door more wondering who these kids we're, but doing so the fairy's turn to see Elena they all scattered away in different directions.

The kids were sad that they left their play time was over turning to see who scared them away, Isabel jumps off the bed into Elena's arms giving her a big hug. "I didn't see you in your room so I thought you were around the palace, but you weren't there but I found some kids that wanted to play with me," Isabel says in quick excitement tucking Elena to meet her new friends she meet. The older hurry's an gets off the bed an bows to Elena the little faun does the same as well, "crown princess Elena it's a honor to meet you I'm Jake an this is Bogdan were workers here in the palace, sorry if we played with your sister we thought she needed a friend." Elena was surprised she didn't mind these kids playing with her sister, she's glad that there's kids her that Isabel can play with worrying that she was getting bored. Elena smiles to them with motherly vibe "that's all right I'm quiet glad that Isabel found someone to play with."

The two boys smiles at each other but knowing that they had to get back to work, they wave their goodbyes to Isabel an Elena as they ran out the room. She turns to Isabel wanting to know who were these boys "so um... who are they? Isa", her sister smiles big "they work here in the palace with the servants they help Simrah they mostly call her auntie for short, but they mostly play by themselves but when I found them with the fairy's, I asked if could play to an they all said yes." Elena sat down on the bed listening to her sister day an reading the book to them, as they were making the flower hats Elena smiles an lays back on the bed, Isabel follows as we'll both tired from their day. Elena rubs her sister's back as Isabel was falling asleep from the comfort, Elena leaning on her hand she looks at the flowers that were placed in Isabel hair, some were purple an dark blue the white flower hat was fall off Isabel's head. Closing her eyes form slumber Elena hopes things will turn out better tomorrow, cause today was stressful dealing with Cullen even with the fight of Alexzander and his father.

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The next day was simple as any other days here Elena went to see how Gabe was doing, he was a lot better still in bed the jackuins stayed with Gabe helping him get better. Well Minks was Luna an Skyler found a rope an they were playing with that, Elena told Gabe about her adventure with the group an about Cullen. "So you two are still fighting it seems what's with that guy, I thought a prince was to be noble an stench of greatness," Gabe says trying cheer up Elena as she gives him a playful shove in the shoulder. "Gabe don't get me wrong his personality isn't great but when it comes to his friends, he's dead set on making sure their okay heck Mylene had to run home cause Alexzander was after she ruptured something," Elena said to Gabe pilling an apple for Gabe to eat with some pills. Elena speaks again "I give him that but Conner told me they know each other a lot long then he knows Alexzander, saying their two peas in a pod but Alexzander is so..."

Gabe watched Elena as she try's to find the right words to describe Alexzander, seems that rudeness isn't the only word she couldn't end the conversation. "He has a short fuss or he's so demanding that you follow what he says that clashes with your free spirit," Gabe speaks waiting on what would Elena says next. Be she just shakes her head not really knowing what to do, then a idea pop up "why don't we do some of their old traditions, Amir did say that Alexzander was more free spirited when he was younger." Elena jumps up from her chair dropping every thing on the ground, Minks backs way from the mess as Skyler an Luna looks at Elena. She runs out the room yelling thanks for the talk to Gabe, she already had a plan in motion she was heading to find Amir.

Gabe looks at the crushed apple an sighs "I was looking forward to that apple." Seeing there's no other way "hey Minks you mind if you could find someone to get me another apple?" Minks nods at him an smiles "yea sure so I can get away from these two right now," nods towards Luna and Skyler as they played tug a war with rope but Luna pulls to hard. Causing Skyler to fly back hitting the wall getting tangled in the curtains, blowing it out his face an grins a toothy smile at the others.

Amir's room

Elena knocks on Amir's door hopping he's in looking around the magenta crystal covered room, Amir was looking into mirror that was placed in front of the room. It towers over the wizard he was flipping through a book frustration was showing, mumbling some old words that Elena didn't really know what he was saying. Smiling she closed the door behind her with a light shut, but swung back open with such a force it nearly scarred her to death. "If its just a question or your bored till have to wait I'm quite busy right now, an I'm not into child's play right now so if you please the door is that way," Amir says as he takes a bottle an a metal pot out the air to mixing thing together.

Elena looks over to him an smiles "I'm hear to ask um... what kind of traditions that Valisia had, just curious that's all an what does Alexzander likes when he was young?" Amir stops an turns to Elena with a raised eyebrow "who bribed you," Elena looks at him confused at his answer "huh I don't think." But Amir waves is had to stop her comment on what he asked "I mean who asked you to you know think of Alexzander well being I thought you hate him with a passion." Elena sees were he's getting at but smiles "I just wanted him to you know prove that I'm well kept ruler, an that I wanted to show to not be up tight as much like relax." Amir blinks then some more chuckles a bit then burst out laughing, a tear or a few rolles down his face about her wanting to help.

Wiping away a tear Amir placed a hand on his stomach to hold his pain, Elena frowns thinking what she said was so funny to him. But Amir waves at her direction "good one if I was 200 years younger that would have been the best joke I ever heard, but then again I think this would match it pretty well." Elena cross her arms in a serious tone not liking what Amir said, but the wizard looks at her realizing she's serious. "Oh your not joking are you " Amir says as he watched her get upset with him, he sighs sitting down in his chair an cross his legs. "Alexzander stop the palace traditions over 4 years ago Elena his mother died a year ago an the next 4 years his father is ill, his father really didn't care for them so barely anyone kept it up, any ways in 3 months Navidad as you call it but for we call the feast of the giants."

Elena sits down wanting him to continue "the feast is to honor of king Kritis an his great friend the king of Giants Homohr, we are still in good terms with them Alexzander makes sure of that," Amir looks down at his hand twirling his thumbs together. He starts up again "it was also 3 month after our great king Kritis has passed away, a great man I should say I never really met him but I did meet Homohr though." Amir leans back in his seat looking at Elena with emotions that he couldn't explain, " Homohr was the kind try's his best to keep those around away form the mountains, so when he meet Kritis he told me he never met a really stubborn human before." Amir chuckles a bit as he try's to figure out what to say next, " day after day the Kritis will show up in the mountains say he wants to build a peaceful land, Homohr though he was mad but they got to talking an end up as great friends." Elena watched Amir felling that she should have him stop, seeing that this was hard for him to handle.

Amir smiles "the stories that I hear from Homohr was the comforting thing I heard from him, but it's hard for me to think of my father Homohr in such a sad way." Elena stops an try's to think back what he says father did he mean he's the son of the king of Giants, "are you implying that you're the son of Homohr?" Amir grins for a bit an nods at her direction "yes but adoptive son to clarify miss Elena." Elena was amazed a giant taking care a baby 10x his size, Amir stands up with a smile an hands Elena a paper.

Shoving her out the room once again Amir told her to find Smirah she knows the traditions more then him, saying he mostly stayed hidden away form everyone so he only knows a few traditions. Sending her off with a smile Elena opens the paper, it was Amir's hand writing saying Alexzander is big on sweets. Elena smiles glad that Amir was helping her she heads to the kitchen hopefully that Smirah is there. She walks pass some stairs an paintings she stops at the lady that she saw, a while back about the vase incident she looks at the gold engraving. "To my lovely wife, an late queen of Valisia who left behind a son an father, Queen Victoria nor Pendragon" Elena says ready out loud another idea pops in her mind once again.