Chapter 4:
East of the city was full of fields so flat and grassy that there was no place anyone could possibly hide. Everywhere you turned there was grass, or flowers, or some kind of plant; it looked endless.
"Where could Rini have run to? How far can she run?" Serenity exclaimed. They had been searching half a day, and there was no trace of her at all.
"Could she have been kidnapped here? She certainly can't hide here!" Endymion thought aloud. He looked at the endless field. "We can't even tell if she's been here or not."
Helios remained silent for a while. He looked and looked, but saw nothing. "She has been here," he began, and Serenity and Endymion turned to look at him, "I can sense her energy. In fact, she's somewhere around here."
The king and queen looked at each other. Rini was no where around, how could she be around there? "Do you think she's underground?" Endymion asked looking at the ground.
"How could she be underground? There would have to some kind of trap door or something here for her to get underground. Besides, we arrested the gang of thieves here last year, and even their base wasn't underground," Serenity reasoned.
As they continued to argue, they began to wander around looking for places where trapdoors can be located. ("There are no trapdoors!" "Yes, there are!" "King, Queen, please, stop your arguing.") Soon, they came upon a field of yellow flowers, that were so beautiful and strange, because they had never seen such flowers, that they had to stop to look.
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"Huud, Ruud, those are my parents!" Rini exclaimed.
"Wow, the king and queen. I never thought I would meet them..." Huud glazed in amazement.
"Is that your true love, Rini?" Ruud whispered, directing his attention to Helios. Rini only blushed, and changed the subject.
"I need to talk to them. I need to tell them I'm sorry, and that I'm here and that they need to help me, and... so much more," Rini said. "But how do I do that? How did you talk to me before I became a flower?"
"There will be no talking to them, my dear princess!" the old queen yelled. She walked up to Rini, and slapped her across the face. "You may have had your way with them, but you will never do as you please with me!" She began to walk away. Rini tried to chase after her, but her roots where stuck to the ground.
"I don't care what she says! Help me!" Rini yelled. "Ruud, Hudd! How do you talk to them?! Mom! Dad! It's me: Rini!"
"I told you no talking to them!" the queen came running back and slapped her again. "I guess I'll have to watch you." She just stood there, and no one moved.
"I am so sick of you. I am tired of being your stupid flower to look at," Rini said angerly. She looked the queen in the eyes, raised one her green dressed arms, and slapped the queen back. "I order you to turn us all back into humans. It is the command of the royals; the command of me."
"Don't be foolish, child. I am the queen here. I will never give in to you!" the queen yelled back. "Maybe I'll change your family into flowers too!"
Rini looked straight into the queen's cold eyes. "No, you won't. You can't."
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"Do you hear something?" Helios whispered. "It sounded like Rini."
"Yes, I did. Maybe we're hallucinating," Endymion suggested. He put a hand on his head. "The heat is unbearable here."
"Why would we all have hear Rini if it was an hallucination? She's here, but she sounds so distant," Serenity said.
"I think she said something about helping her," Endymion said. "My daughter needs help! But we don't know where she is!"
The three of them looked at each other for a moment. "She can see us though, so she has to be here somewhere," Helios began to look around.
"She must be looking at us from some trapdoor!" Endymion exclaimed, and once again began to look around at the ground.
"No, I think she's here," Serenity whispered looking at the flowers. "This one smells like the perfume I gave her. In fact, these flowers all smell different. I think she's a flower." She turned to look at the other two with an expression of horror and shock. "I think she's hurt." The flower had a ripped petal, was bent over, and wouldn't stop yelling.
To be continued...
East of the city was full of fields so flat and grassy that there was no place anyone could possibly hide. Everywhere you turned there was grass, or flowers, or some kind of plant; it looked endless.
"Where could Rini have run to? How far can she run?" Serenity exclaimed. They had been searching half a day, and there was no trace of her at all.
"Could she have been kidnapped here? She certainly can't hide here!" Endymion thought aloud. He looked at the endless field. "We can't even tell if she's been here or not."
Helios remained silent for a while. He looked and looked, but saw nothing. "She has been here," he began, and Serenity and Endymion turned to look at him, "I can sense her energy. In fact, she's somewhere around here."
The king and queen looked at each other. Rini was no where around, how could she be around there? "Do you think she's underground?" Endymion asked looking at the ground.
"How could she be underground? There would have to some kind of trap door or something here for her to get underground. Besides, we arrested the gang of thieves here last year, and even their base wasn't underground," Serenity reasoned.
As they continued to argue, they began to wander around looking for places where trapdoors can be located. ("There are no trapdoors!" "Yes, there are!" "King, Queen, please, stop your arguing.") Soon, they came upon a field of yellow flowers, that were so beautiful and strange, because they had never seen such flowers, that they had to stop to look.
~~~~~~~~~
"Huud, Ruud, those are my parents!" Rini exclaimed.
"Wow, the king and queen. I never thought I would meet them..." Huud glazed in amazement.
"Is that your true love, Rini?" Ruud whispered, directing his attention to Helios. Rini only blushed, and changed the subject.
"I need to talk to them. I need to tell them I'm sorry, and that I'm here and that they need to help me, and... so much more," Rini said. "But how do I do that? How did you talk to me before I became a flower?"
"There will be no talking to them, my dear princess!" the old queen yelled. She walked up to Rini, and slapped her across the face. "You may have had your way with them, but you will never do as you please with me!" She began to walk away. Rini tried to chase after her, but her roots where stuck to the ground.
"I don't care what she says! Help me!" Rini yelled. "Ruud, Hudd! How do you talk to them?! Mom! Dad! It's me: Rini!"
"I told you no talking to them!" the queen came running back and slapped her again. "I guess I'll have to watch you." She just stood there, and no one moved.
"I am so sick of you. I am tired of being your stupid flower to look at," Rini said angerly. She looked the queen in the eyes, raised one her green dressed arms, and slapped the queen back. "I order you to turn us all back into humans. It is the command of the royals; the command of me."
"Don't be foolish, child. I am the queen here. I will never give in to you!" the queen yelled back. "Maybe I'll change your family into flowers too!"
Rini looked straight into the queen's cold eyes. "No, you won't. You can't."
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"Do you hear something?" Helios whispered. "It sounded like Rini."
"Yes, I did. Maybe we're hallucinating," Endymion suggested. He put a hand on his head. "The heat is unbearable here."
"Why would we all have hear Rini if it was an hallucination? She's here, but she sounds so distant," Serenity said.
"I think she said something about helping her," Endymion said. "My daughter needs help! But we don't know where she is!"
The three of them looked at each other for a moment. "She can see us though, so she has to be here somewhere," Helios began to look around.
"She must be looking at us from some trapdoor!" Endymion exclaimed, and once again began to look around at the ground.
"No, I think she's here," Serenity whispered looking at the flowers. "This one smells like the perfume I gave her. In fact, these flowers all smell different. I think she's a flower." She turned to look at the other two with an expression of horror and shock. "I think she's hurt." The flower had a ripped petal, was bent over, and wouldn't stop yelling.
To be continued...