After the introductions Johanna and Gabriel were escorted by Kida to some accommodations. Kida seemed like a cold person, she did not talk to them on the way to their rooms, she also did not seem exactly like the friendly type. She also did not seem like the friendly type when torn Johanna and Gabriel's clothing. Even with some of the tears in her dress Johanna was still struggling to hold it. Gabriel caught on to this.
"Do you want some help there?" He questioned. Though he quickly realised he should not have asked that question. Johanna was very much on her last nerve.
"No I do not! One thing you should know about me is that I hate this stupid dress! I did not want to go to my suitors' ball and I certainly did not need to find a husband at it!" Johanna vented at Gabriel. After a moment's pause Johanna started ripping up the dress more until all she was left in was her underwear, with Gabriel being a man of honour was refusing to look at a lady in her underwear. "Gabe, why are you not looking at me?"
"You're just wearing your underwear"
"So?"
"Sooo, a man of honour does not look at a lady in her underwear"
"Ugh fine whatever, just gimme a sec" Johanna reassured Gabriel. Johanna using the scrap of her dress was able to make a more fitting outfit to fit in with the style of this land, using Kids as her inspiration, with Johanna wrapping some material around her bra to cover it up and using some more material to make a wrapping around her waist. "Happy now?"
Gabriel glanced over at Johanna and her beautiful creation that she whisked up, more quicker than any seamstress or tailor that he had seen before in his land, but he also noticed how beautiful Johanna looked in front of him with her curves, her red pixie haircut and her beautiful blue eyes. He guessed since he was so focused on Cora he never really focused on the other girls before.
"Excuse me strangers" a voice shouted behind Gabriel. They looked over and saw Kida waiting for them. "I know you said you may be here for who knows how long but in Atlantis we keep things at a steady rate and not a sluggish rate." Gabriel and Johanna then sped up to keep up with Kida as they both agreed that she looks like someone you do not want to get angry with.
Kida then finally shows them to their room. Although the pair would not exactly describe it as a room more like two mattresses with a quarter of a roof but it will do, they supposed. "Now, as Queen I want to know the exact details of why Yen Sid sent you." Johanna and Gabriel glanced at each other in confusion. "What?"
"You're Queen?"
"Yes, why is that so ridiculous?"
"Because we just saw your father, is he not king?"
"Technically he is but he's already dead" Kida replied. Johanna and Gabriel were definitely confused now. "My father was King but he passed away a decade or so ago and then I became Queen with my beautiful husband Milo. Now every so often, when I am bored of queenly duties, I summon my father's grave from above and I summon his spirit to do my duties for a while."
"How do you do that?" Gabriel questioned, astounded.
Kida wrapped her hands around her necklace that she has been wearing "with this crystal, it has helped me help Atlantis. Though sometimes I will admit it has caused me a few dangerous paths in life," Kida paused for a moment reflecting then turned to the pair "Now, why are you here?"
"Well our master, Yen Sid, sent us here to find a special object to defeat someone called Tenebris." Kida's face darkened at the mention of his name.
"You." Kida said astonished, "You two are part of the eight."
"Yes, why?"
"I hoped this day would never come. You see, many years ago your parents and I, along with many magical beings of the universe were summoned by Yen Sid. He mentioned this Tenebris, along with the power Tenebris has and said how our children would defeat him. Then, Yen Sid cast a spell making every woman in that room pregnant. Myself included. As you can probably guess I did have children, twins but you'll meet them later, for now though I will grant you two are treated like royalty. Since you two could save our kingdom." Kida told them. Then she dived into the water next to them and swam off into the gallows below without saying goodbye.
Gabriel then relaxed on his bed deciding to get comfy but he glanced and saw Johanna was not getting comfy. "Johanna you alright?"
"No, no I'm not"
"What's wrong now?"
"What's wrong is that our parents knew about this and yet they lied."
"Really? You're angry about a secret our parents kept."
"You're not?"
"No, I can understand why our parents kept it as a secret."
"Why?"
"Maybe it's the fact that out of the many women in the room, only eight would get chosen, then our parents thought "gee only eight that won't be our child" and decided not to tell us since they would have thought it would not affect us." Gabriel reassured Johanna. Johanna was not satisfied though, something did not sit right with her. Next thing Gabriel knew was Johanna diving into the same water Kida did but instead of some feet swimming away. He saw a purple tail swimming away.
