The next day, besides performing his daily duties, King Llort was trying to figure out where to send Deanna. Stanley and he brainstormed ideas.
During this time, there was a knock at the door. "Come in," Llort said.
Sivread entered the room, holding a scroll. "Your majesty, I wonder if I may speak to you in private."
After Stanley left the room, Sivread told Llort, "I've discovered something I believe is of great importance."
"What is it, Siv?"
The adviser unrolled the scroll on the desk. "This scroll is hundreds of years old and was written by trolls of the past. It says that a human will be evil's destruction right around this very date."
Llort looked alarmed. "What does this mean?"
"It means that there is a prophecy that states the kingdom will be in danger very soon, and a human will be the cause of the evil's downfall."
Llort got up. "Deanna is a human! We've got to get her out of here! I can't let her get hurt, just in case this prophecy turns out to be real!"
He ran out of the room, bumping into Stanley. He told Stanley what was going on, then they gathered a group to look for Deanna. They all split up to find her.
Earlier that same day, while everyone else had been asleep, a few trolls dug up the rosebush that was formerly Gnorga and carried her to the basement of one of their homes. Following her example and practicing dark magic, they revived the queen to her original state.
"Oh, great Gnorga," one of them told her, bowing, "we need you now more than ever. The king is incompetent and has made a mockery out of our people. We are forever your loyal servants."
Gnorga laughed a loud, long, and wicked laugh. "Fools! I don't need any of you!"
"But...the prophecy..."
The queen glared. "I'm aware of it! I'll take care of the human, myself, then I'll dispose of Llort. He won't get in my way this time!"