Chapter 2: Sheltering in a Castle
Troy was getting excited as he, the King, and Perry headed in the castle. When he stepped through the castle doors, he was amazed! There were colorful rugs and chandeliers. The rugs were all curled up in staircases, and the chandeliers were swinging calmly against the brightly sparkling ceiling.
"So where would you like to go first?" The King asked Troy.
"Hmm, maybe if I can get your name first?" Troy replied.
"My names Konah," the King answered.
"Now that's some name!" Troy exclaimed.
"That's right! But Konah won't tell me what it means." Perry said, sort of with an impolite tone.
"Hey! Don't give our guest that kind of tone!" Konah sternly said to his son.
"Okay, okay!" Perry said, but put some force into that last word.
"So what's your name?" Konah asked Troy.
"Troy," Troy said proudly, trying to imitate Konah's voice tone.
"I could say the same thing to you too!" Konah exclaimed.
"Same for me." Perry muttered.
"So back to the subject, where would you like to visit first?" Konah said, with his voice back to normal.
"Let's see… how about the guest room?" Troy said.
"The guest room, ah! This way!" Konah said, pointing to go up the staircase. As Troy, Konah, and Perry walked up the staircase, they could see lots of different rooms once they reached the top!
"Now you go right." Perry instructed.
Troy nodded and walked to the right, because there was a pathway that covered a bit of the floor below. There was another door when he took a few more steps. Konah and Perry followed.
"We have multiple guest rooms, but you can take the one at the very end! In my opinion, that is the best!" Konah exclaimed.
"Can't wait to see it!" Troy exactly exclaimed.
All of a sudden, a really great smell came in the air.
"Let me guess, is that dinner?" Troy said.
"Yep! It's probably Royal roasted chicken, and a bunch of other tasty stuff!" Konah proudly said.
"Nice! I can't wait, but I'll see what I kind do for my guest room!" Troy gushed.
"All right! Now Perry, can you please help serve the wine?" Konah asked.
"Fine! Last time, I had to serve the gelatin dessert, well, at least this is easier!" Perry jeered.
"Now Troy, make yourself at home in the guest room!" Konah politely assured.
"Thanks!" Troy stated.
Troy walked towards his guest room, and Konah and Perry walked in the opposite direction, towards the kitchen.
As soon as Troy saw his guest room, he nearly fainted.
"This is awesome!" Troy exclaimed.
His room was in shades of blue, red, yellow, and green, but they all seemed to be glowing. His bed looked really big, but the blankets were so comfy! Troy experienced that when he put them over himself.
Troy then got out from bed and then looked in a nearby mirror. He checked himself to make sure that his face still looked good. One could assume he could be Asian. But his skin was a lighter brown, but it was smmoth. Of course, with black hair, and nice features in his face, like having blue eyes, and a normal and not flat nose, he'd say he'd look pretty decent himself.
"All right! I'm starving, let's go check out dinner!" Troy said to himself.
Troy walked down the guest hallway and then decided that the kitchen was downstairs. He was right! All he did was follow that delightful and delicious smell of royal foods. As soon as he reached the kitchen, he could already see the dining room, and Konah sitting on the head of the dining table.
"Welcome to the dining room Troy! I'm actually surprised you managed to find your way here." Konah exclaimed.
"It was pretty easy," Troy chortled. "I just followed the smell of great royal food."
"Well, well!" Konah said. "That is one great method of finding dinner when you're lost!"
"Heh, Heh, yeah!" Troy chuckled.
Perry came into the dining room later carrying a large platter of wine.
"Here's the wine father!" Perry said.
"Finally! But can you please serve them into the table?" Konah reminded Perry.
"Ah yes!" Perry exclaimed, and began setting down the wine.
But Troy was actually underage, but he was almost a teen.
"Is there any other drinks other than wine?" Troy said.
"There is this berry drink almost made by elixir. Would you like to try it out?" Konah said.
"Sure!" Troy exclaimed.
Soon later, there were knights, princes, and more of Konah's troops arriving. Later though, Troy heard some trumpets sounding.
"The Queen's arriving, just so you know!" Perry whispered to Troy.
"Got it!" Troy said, with his heart pounding fast. He rarely seen queens in his journey, although he was still excited. The queen finally arrived, but she was protected by two royal guards. The guards looked like knights, only they were wearing platinum like armor. Troy remembered someone. That person was the one that shoots arrows out of those arena towers that Konah has. He knew it wasn't a male… it was a female.
"Wait a second!" Troy thought to himself. "The queen is like a bigger version of them, which means one thing. Those female girls are the princesses!" Troy finished. A million thoughts went into his mind, but then he shook it out really quickly.
"Hello everyone!" The queen greeted everyone in the dining room.
"Greetings Qanah!" Everyone except Troy said. Well, Troy didn't really know the customs of this place!
"So her name is Qanah." Troy thought to himself.
Once everyone said Qanah, they bowed down to respect her authority. The Queen nodded and smiled. Her smile was dazzling as the moonlight.
"Thank you!" Qanah said.
As soon as she said that, everyone sat down, and Perry started passing out the wine. Troy observed what was around him. He was sitting next to Perry, and Perry was the person next to Konah. But Konah and Qanah both sit in the head part of the tables, but on opposite sides. To the right of Troy, there was a royal guard, then a knight, and then what looked like to be one of the princesses guarding an arena towers. Perry noticed what Troy was doing.
"Troops that are most helpful in the last battle get the honor to dine in the royal dining room." Perry whispered to Troy.
"Now that's a great rule!" Troy whispered back.
Troy looked at all the food that was in front of him. So he grabbed one of the big spoons and served himself some tender chicken, raw cranberries, and some greens. That was all he was going to eat for now. Perry poured that berry juice in Troy's glass. That glass was what Troy expected. Had that round circle instead of all around the cup. There was that familiar glass stand below the "cup".
"Whoa, this is going to be some dinner!" Troy quietly commented.
"It's always like this." Perry proudly answered Troy's statement.
Everyone in the table started chatting about all their own stuff. Like for troops, they would talk about things like they successfully made the finishing kill for a Golem, or they shot a minion from a range of seven tiles. For the Queen, she would occasionally talk to her guards or nearby troops, and the King would just talk to anyone around him.
"So Troy, how's your time going around here so far?" Konah questioned Troy.
"It's going pretty well." Troy replied back, while eating a spoonful of cranberries.
Konah nodded back, but then sighed a bit.
"Now what happened?" Perry questioned.
"Priscilla sure is missing a lot of flaming arrows!" Konah exclaimed. "I hope she knows that she doesn't need too much!"
"What's going on?" Troy questioned.
"Oh yeah, Priscilla ran out of some flaming arrows, and we are out of storage for them. So she journeyed over to P.E.K.K.A Playhouse to get more and to light her arrows up." Konah quickly summarized.
"Hmm, Perry, you're a prince right?" Troy asked Perry.
"Of course!" Perry remarked.
"Then what's Priscilla?" Troy questioned again.
"Well… she's my sister, so I might as well tell you!" Perry proudly stated.
But Troy knew the answer however.
"A Prin-" Perry began.
"Cess!" Troy finished for him.
"That's right!" Konah said to Troy.
"When do you think she will return?" Troy questioned Konah.
"Well, she is probably going to return tomorrow morning. I need her to help me in the rematch duel against that King. Rumor states that it's a double or nothing for trophies!" Konah replied.
"And I'm going to have to sharpen my lance before I go to bed." Perry added, while chewing on some cucumbers.
Everyone talked for a long time, but now it was time for dessert! Everyone was really excited, because it was strawberry cake today. Everyone took one eight of a piece, but the King, Queen, Perry, and Troy got to take one fourth. However, there were two cakes, which were enough to go around.
"There is a separate dining room where all of our troops dine." Perry informed Troy. Troy nodded in that response. That strawberry cake was good, and after everyone brushed their teeth, they started heading to their bedrooms. As Troy got to bed, he opened the window and looked at the sky from there. Lots of stars were appearing, and Troy smiled.
"I guess this is pretty cool!" Troy said to the sky.
Troy knew that he wasn't a fool or imbecile talking to the sky. He knew that someone was out there, who helped him travel through the cosmos. He started talking more things about his day for a few more minutes to the sky. Before finally, he climbed into bed and dozed off into dreamland.