Chapter 12: Friend or Enemy
As Endymion passed out from the attack he saw the shadow coming towards them. "No, leave the children," he whispered, as he slipped unconscious.
The children grouped together around Endymion as the shadow emerged, "Do not fear me. I come as a friend." Out of the shadow slithered a naga. The children held their breath. "I am unarmed. Do any of you know where he was taking you?"
A young girl nodded, "He was taking us to the shelter."
"Do you know where it is?" She nodded. "What is your name?"
"Chrisy," she answered barely above a whisper.
"Alright, Chrisy, you are going to lead us there. I will carry this one as we go." The kids nodded and began making their way down the halls.
The children kept to themselves only speaking when spoken to and Chrisy leading on. It only took about three hours and four left turns later Chrisy stopped and pointed, "There, but I don't know how to get them to let us in."
"You did really well, thank you." The naga then stepped forward. "Open in the name of the royal name of Serenity."
"Who dares request entry in my name?" Serenity's voice boomed.
"The friend who currently holds your husband…" The doors flung open.
"Release my husband before I send you to your grave!"
"My name is Kristiano, and your husband needs medical attention. I am here as a friend." The naga introduced himself.
"We will see what you are. Children inside! Count Astrono, take Endymion in and check him over." Serenity commanded. "You, Kristiano follow me. Countess Solana take care of everyone til I return."
Once Endymion was inside with the children and the rest of the court, the Countess nodded as Serenity closed the door and began leading the naga down the halls.
"Forgive my curiosity, highness. But where are we going?"
"If you become in peace then you can bring peace. We are going to the control center to open communications."
"Again forgive me, Highness. But you don't seem to be like the legends make you out to be."
"First off, legends are hardly ever right. Secondly, I am pregnant and my hormones are all over the place. And lastly we are at war and in the time I have been here my friends have been fighting for over two weeks while only two days have passed for me and I don't know if they are alright." Serenity stopped and sighed. "Your turn, why are you attacking us?"
"A thousand earth years ago, a bright light came burning and purifying for light years around our home world. That bright light dried up our planet to a lush forest with small lakes. Not even close to enough water for us to breed." Kristiano looked down at his tail. "After several centuries our leaders decided that we should take revenge on who caused our civilizations down fall."
"And you traced it back to earth because the sun and earth are the only planets left with life. And Earth is the only on which you can survive."
"Well, if you can get these leaders to try talking to me instead of killing my friends and family we may be able to accommodate you on Earth."
"Gracious Serenity, Do you really hold that much power?"
"My Kingdom may be gone but I did marry the King of the Earth and now carry his child." Serenity said with a smile, "Let's go see what we can do with these leaders."
The rest of the walk to the control room was full of friendly conversation.