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Tiara's Choice 3
Tide
The palace was shaking. It must be a dream. Someone was shouting.
Tiara woke, but the shaking didn't stop. She grabbed robe and shoes and ran to the throne room. The ground continued to rock steadily.
"Queen! We have to evacuate!"
"Evacuate?"
"There's a new fault line, right under us, it's about to go, there are people still asleep--"
Mandrool's voice chimed in Tiara's mind.
"The crystal!" Tiara screamed, "No!"
The ground fell away beneath her feet.
Water. She was looking up at the ceiling of the palace, through water. Her breath whispered up in a trail of bubbles.
Queen?
"Mandrool?" Tiara whispered. Shock. "What am I breathing?"
The world changed. One of the crystals is gone. You are needed.
"Yes." Tiara could swim, she just had to remember how. This water felt light and sweet and supported her body easily. She turned in the water to look around, see who else was in the hall, and start waking them up.
The palace had been on a hill above a bay. Now it was in a bay; water covered all but the tallest towers. Most of the city was still on land, but the rich fields along the shore were lost forever. All the human people discovered they could breathe underwater. That blessing had not come to the cavedwellers, and more than half their population was missing or dead. People left homeless flocked to the palace for help, then turned around and offered help when they realized the queen and council were just as badly off as they were. Tiara and her people organized medical care and sent groups of able-bodied folk to help those in need.
"Queen!" Three soaked wizard-knights slogged up the slope to Tiara's land camp.
"Timas, Ronan, Amberi! Are you all right?"
"Fine, Queen." Amberi replied, sounding tired. "We went down to the labs. There won't be much to salvage down there, the earthquake broke everything."
"Including the walls. You now have thorough ventilation down there."
"Hush, Timas. Queen... Galiel is gone. The crystal he used, and his equipment, are gone as well.
Tiara's breath choked her. She had known, too far inside to admit, that it must have been Galiel. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'm sorry."
The queen heard herself say, "To upset the balance so far, he must have gone into space." She bowed her head and pain rolled over her. My knight, my friend, why, why... and she should have known. The day before Galiel had come to her and offered his love. Tiara had had to tell him she did not feel the same. Even if she had, the queen could not pair up with someone half her council still watched warily as if Galiel would call down the days of darkness any minute.
Tiara felt she should have known.
She should have known.
Mandrool's soft song interrupted. How could she have known? Galiel had given no sign he would leave, no sign his experiments had produced anything worth leaving with. And he had never been cruel like this in the past. How could she have known? What could she have done? Taken back the crystal, and stopped all the good he was discovering with it?
No... she had done nothing wrong.
Tiara lifted her head and pushed her own feelings away. Her people needed her.
Tiara's Choice 3
Tide
The palace was shaking. It must be a dream. Someone was shouting.
Tiara woke, but the shaking didn't stop. She grabbed robe and shoes and ran to the throne room. The ground continued to rock steadily.
"Queen! We have to evacuate!"
"Evacuate?"
"There's a new fault line, right under us, it's about to go, there are people still asleep--"
Mandrool's voice chimed in Tiara's mind.
"The crystal!" Tiara screamed, "No!"
The ground fell away beneath her feet.
Water. She was looking up at the ceiling of the palace, through water. Her breath whispered up in a trail of bubbles.
Queen?
"Mandrool?" Tiara whispered. Shock. "What am I breathing?"
The world changed. One of the crystals is gone. You are needed.
"Yes." Tiara could swim, she just had to remember how. This water felt light and sweet and supported her body easily. She turned in the water to look around, see who else was in the hall, and start waking them up.
The palace had been on a hill above a bay. Now it was in a bay; water covered all but the tallest towers. Most of the city was still on land, but the rich fields along the shore were lost forever. All the human people discovered they could breathe underwater. That blessing had not come to the cavedwellers, and more than half their population was missing or dead. People left homeless flocked to the palace for help, then turned around and offered help when they realized the queen and council were just as badly off as they were. Tiara and her people organized medical care and sent groups of able-bodied folk to help those in need.
"Queen!" Three soaked wizard-knights slogged up the slope to Tiara's land camp.
"Timas, Ronan, Amberi! Are you all right?"
"Fine, Queen." Amberi replied, sounding tired. "We went down to the labs. There won't be much to salvage down there, the earthquake broke everything."
"Including the walls. You now have thorough ventilation down there."
"Hush, Timas. Queen... Galiel is gone. The crystal he used, and his equipment, are gone as well.
Tiara's breath choked her. She had known, too far inside to admit, that it must have been Galiel. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. I'm sorry."
The queen heard herself say, "To upset the balance so far, he must have gone into space." She bowed her head and pain rolled over her. My knight, my friend, why, why... and she should have known. The day before Galiel had come to her and offered his love. Tiara had had to tell him she did not feel the same. Even if she had, the queen could not pair up with someone half her council still watched warily as if Galiel would call down the days of darkness any minute.
Tiara felt she should have known.
She should have known.
Mandrool's soft song interrupted. How could she have known? Galiel had given no sign he would leave, no sign his experiments had produced anything worth leaving with. And he had never been cruel like this in the past. How could she have known? What could she have done? Taken back the crystal, and stopped all the good he was discovering with it?
No... she had done nothing wrong.
Tiara lifted her head and pushed her own feelings away. Her people needed her.