A/N: so everyone I'm finally back with a new chapter which is the weary first thing that I'm writing on my new laptop Cerberus, don't ask how I come up with this name for him, well it is a bit better then that what my cousin called it who installed up everything for me. Peti's words and also name for him were when he brought him to me were; "So, here is the little fellow, he is finally ready." Oh brother, and he is 22…

And now a little backstage info, currently I'm sitting in my old class in my old high school while waiting for the closing ceremony and to get the notes for my exams…I'm bored as hell…I even finished reading Bizenghaust Voil. I., Tarot Café Voil. I and II. But now I will continue to write so be ready for some angst and suspense…

XVI. Queen of Tears part I.

After the day on which Molly was visited by Canelotto was the whole palace alarmed and ready to protect the members of the royal family. It was now one day before the Moon festival, but everyone shared mixed feelings about the whole idea to celebrate something which was usually bound to happiness, joy, love, friendship and harmony, in a time when such a dark dread was lurking in the shadows waiting to bring sorrow and pain to everyone.

Aikka was worried to say the last. The young king feared for his family, for they safety he knew how Canelotto was and what he could do. Even if he was barely awake at that time in the Temple of the Heart when Canelotto explained to Eva that after he got imprisoned he manipulated the streaks of time like a puppet player and then his dark plans let Eva be born, his Earth princess. He dared to kill her mother, let her be abounded for almost ten whole years from her father to awaken the flame of her power, then on Alwas he made Rick and Jordan have one accident right in they first race, but this explained later why Jordan was only slightly injured and why on all they races when they had a crass they didn't die. Ok after knowing this there come the question about what if Eva's success was also Canelotto's work, but then while listening to the creature he hated with all his beaing for torturing the one he loved, he told her that she won by her own power. This was all so hard to understand, but he knew one thing, Canelotto has returned and does not only want Eva, but also they children and this would he never allow to happen. But there was also one other thing, a promise, a promise which he and Jordan gave to Eva to not tell anyone about Canelotto and what he did.

"King Aikka? So here you are?" asked a voice from the door.

The king looked up from his desk at which he was staring now since almost three hours. In the door stood Ning smiling at the young man who looked puzzled at her. She and Koji were the only ones of his friends who used his title before his name, even Jordan only did this when he wanted to mock him.

"Yes, what can I do for you Ning?" he asked her smiling.

"I wanted to ask you if the girls can come with me and the twins in the city to make a little shopping trip in the bazaar." She said smiling.

"If Maya and Molly agree then they can. They to love to look around for new things, which look interesting in they option."

"Ok, and don't worry I will keep one eye on them." She said with a wink and left.

Aikka watched the door for a little while after she left then his ears suddenly perked up as he heard a noise. Blue eyes scanned the room for the cause as he spotted a book lying on the ground.

"Hmm…wonder how this one fell down?" he asked himself as he leaned down to pick it up when he saw the page on which it opened. He picked it up and looked at it curious. It was one old book about legends and myths from Nourasia's history, but he didn't remember ever seeing this book in his live. It was bound with red leather which looked weary old and the probably once white pages turned with the time to a sickly yellow color.

The young king stared at the only halfly readable page with the almost unreadable text which showed also fine straights of dust. From the stile of the noticeable writing he guessed that this book was out of the time from his ancestor King Moaton who lived for about eight hundred years ago. He looked down at the illustration of a young woman sitting on a throne, the colors were almost all faded and he couldn't see the face on the picture, but it all looked strangely familiar to him. A sudden gasp let his mouth as he remembered seeing a similar picture up in one of the old rooms in the north wing of the castle.

Now he was hurrying to find the right room and the painting. After searching for a while and swearing that he will consider to let Stan and Koji build a lift in the castle, he never noticed just how many stairs they had. But then he finally found that what he was looking for.

The room was dark because the deep violet curtains which were still blocking the sunlight to stream inside. The old furniture's were cowered with tick dust and there in one of the darkest corners stood the old painting, the woman's face hidden by shadows. Aikka walked over to the widow and ripped the old curtains down, filching a bit from the sudden light which hit his eyes, but soon got used to it. He turned to the picture and his heart stopped. On the painting was a young woman sitting on a golden throne, black blue and scarlet roses were all around her, but also flames in the background. The woman wore a deep scarlet dress which almost had the color of blood, on her side a bloody sword and in her hands something which resembled the hearth of a creature, tears were running down her checks, but not this was what made the king froze down in shock, but the fact that the young woman resembled his queen in so many ways. He walked nearer to the picture to look at the title which the painter give it, he gasped when he read; "Queen of Tears"…

To be continued…

A/N: so what do you think about this chapter? I hope I got you curious for the next chapter? To be honest I had most of the fun while writing about the picture, my fantasy showed me a beautiful picture to which you will also get a little childe riddle in the next chap, well I think it really shows by this chap which two mangas I have read before this…