Ch 6
Izz woke up to find himself on Ariaelle's bed. "How did this happen? I thought Snow put me in a cage and hurt me whenever I tried to escape." He told himself. He then saw Romeo sitting by his side. "Alright you're awake! You must be wondering what happened that you're back in here, aren't you?" he said gently. Izz nodded. "Remember I was hiding under Ariaelle's bed? Well after that I told Ariaelle where you were so she went into Snow's room and found you out cold in that cage and brought you here." He explained to him. "Where is she?" Izz asked. "She's with Fiona, Doris, Aurora and Cinderella. She's really mad." Romeo answered.
He then saw her come in through the bedroom door. "You're awake! I'm so sorry you got hurt." She told Izz as she hugged him gently. "Maybe it's not her fault. She may be acting weird but it may be because Romas is making her do it. I can tell." Izz told her.
She was confused about Romeo. "How did you get here? What're you?" she asked Romeo. "Ariaelle relax. He's a friend. He's a Wishing Demon which is sort of like a Psammead. He became my friend." Izz explained. Ariaelle understood. She hugged him as she fell asleep on the bed. She was really tired after going to Earth and saving him. Fiona saw Snow shiver as she and the others cornered her. "We're glad you're worried. Ariaelle asked us to help her and become her friends but you don't seem that way. You also hurt Izz. We… can't trust you anymore. Just go away Snow." Fiona told her.
Snow understood and walked out of the room. She then walked out of the castle. She was angrier than ever. Ariaelle then woke up later. It was night fall. Izz was eating an apple. Romeo was looking at her quietly. "Hey princess. You sleep okay?" he said to her. "Yes I did Romeo." Ariaelle answered. She then went downstairs. Fiona and the other girls were waiting for her. "Where's Snow?" she asked them. "She left but why do you want to know? She hurt Izz and treated you like dirt." Doris told her softly. "Izz said that Romas made her help him and that he told her I put a spell on you guys to make you like me. She needs help." Ariaelle explained to her.
"Oh man that's why she's acting weird. I can't believe we sent her away. " Doris said. They then saw somebody show up. It was Ogre Child. "Don't feel worried. I'll help you guys get your friend. Ariaelle told me about what happened. I wanted to help." she told Fiona and the other princesses. "Let's go!" Fiona said as they ran out into Aria. Izz was worried. He was still very hurt but Romeo watched as Ariaelle and her friends entered the Domin Forest. "Snow are you out here? We're sorry we yelled at you? Let's be friends again!" Fiona yelled into the night air. Doris then heard soft sobbing come from behind a tree. Ariaelle then came over to it. Snow was there upset. "Are you okay? You seem sad." she asked her. "That's because I lost my friends because they liked you. I'm sorry I've wrecked everything. Romas told me all that stuff but I guess I was wrong." Snow told her.
"It's okay. All is forgiven. Romas is evil and lied to you. He wanted to turn you against your friends but now you realised that he was wrong." Ariaelle said to her. Ogre Child stared at Snow curiously. "Who is she?" Snow asked. "She's Ogre Child, the protector of Aria." Fiona told her as they walked back to the castle. Romas was furious at that but smiled when he saw that Romeo was alone with Izz. Romeo could tell him to help him but there was no way unless he used Ariaelle. Izz then saw Ariaelle walk back into her room. "What happened when you went to Earth? Did you find your parents?" he asked her curiously. Romeo was beside him. "It was different. I did find them. They were asleep in a cave in the forest I walked into. I asked then about coming back and us being a family again." she answered him.
"What did they say?" Romeo asked excitedly with Izz. "They said they would only come back once Romas is taken care of because my Mom has another baby on the way. This makes my nission more urgent to finish." she replied. Izz understood. "At least one of us... has the chance to be with their family." Izz whispered sadly. "Wow so another great kid like you is gonna be in Aria pretty soon but what if it's half human and something else like you are?" Romeo said breaking the silence. "I'm not sure. But I want Izz to be her god brother and to help her/him if it does go down that way, okay? Romeo I want you to be it's friend when it's older." she told them. A sad smile crossed Izz's face as he lay on Ariaelle's knee. Romas then smiled evilly. He'd just found a way to get that Psammead to help him. "Thanks Ariaelle. I won't let you down." Izz said softly as he fell asleep lost in good dreaming for once.
Ariaelle was nervous. What if that did happen? But she had a feeling it wouldn't happen. Only Romeo noticed that Izz wasn't in the room. He'd walked out of the room asleep. Fiona was about to fall asleep when she heard soft sobbing come from outside the door. She got out of bed and walked into the hall. She saw Izz in a heap against a wall sobbing. She then bent down to talk to him. "Are you okay Izz?" she asked gently but he wasn't answering her because he was asleep. She then saw Ariaelle run up to her. "Thank goodness he's safe! He must be a sleep walker. I'm glad we found him before he got hurt or worse." she told Fiona as she put Izz in her arms. She saw tears run down his furry face. Romeo then watched as his friend woke up. Pain was in his eyes. "I was remembering those I loved back on Psammeadis, those I was too late to save." Izz told her gently. She understood but Romeo was worried for his friend. He had a feeling Romas was to do with this.
"Maybe we should keep an eye on him. I think somebody tried to get him to his lair using his grief as bait. What happened when he went away that made him so sad?" he told her. "I'm not sure. He never talks about it." Ariaelle answered. In the Realm of Dreams, Izz's parents were watching this. They felt sorry that their only son was blaming himself for what had happened to them. "We must go make things right." his father thought as he vanished. Izz was still awake when he saw him. "What're you doing here? I thought you... were never coming back." he told his father sadly. "We're sorry son that we didn't get the chance to be a family again but one day we will. We're in the Realm of Dreams. We saw you were thinking of us as you slept walk tonight. Your friend Ariaelle has always taken care of you and we've a fwwling you'll be part of her family." he explaing hugging his son as he vanished.
Romeo watched as his friend cried openly. "It'll be okay. Just let it all out. Then you'll feel way better." he told him as he hugged him. Ariaelle watched this scene thinking of her own parents. She wished for the day when they could be together once more...