XII. Attack
Kelly felt hands come around her waist and suddenly she was transported into the living room where the rest of her family was gathered. All of them had wands pointed towards doors. She could feel magic of ten beings in the manor that were not her family and that felt maliciousness towards her. She recognized three Ancients, Elvandra, Odena and five werewolves.
Sapientes and Tenebris were blocking the doors. Outside you could hear furniture getting broken, windows being smashed. Suddenly it grew quiet but Kelly could still feel them. She was scared. After five minutes of tense silence voice rang through the manor.
"Little queen, you are surrounded, give up. We only want you. If you come out, we will spare them. You have twenty minutes before death befalls you all."
It was the derisive voice of Odena. Sirius recognized it, but so did Kelly. No one knew, apart from Kelly and Sirius, what was that about. From behind them Sapientes said: "Your majesty, you need to decide. Keep in mind that they are Fallen, traitors. Penalty is death."
It was surprise to everyone that it was Kelly who responded him.
"Sapientes, Tenebris, I need you to swear oath of loyalty."
"We understand," came from both of them.
"Do you wish the usual oath or something else?" asked Tenebris.
"Did Ancients swear oath of loyalty?"
"Yes." It was a simple answer but it told Kelly all she needed to know. Calling her magic forth Kelly summoned parchment and quill. She wrote the oath down and handed it to Sapientes without any words. He swore the oath without any questioning.
"I, Sapientes of the line Auris and Advisor of Gold Throne, swear on my magic and life to her majesty Queen Kelly Lillian Auruma Black, Commandeer, Ruler and Guider of Magical Creatures that I will abide laws of Throne and that I won't do anything against Her will, Her or Her family. Long may she live and as I said so mote it be!"
With a flash of gold the oath was sealed. Tenebris underwent the same procedure and then asked: "Now, what?"
After her question Odena's voice rang through the manor again.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock, your majesty, you have ten minutes left."
Kelly took a deep breath and let her instinct take over. Sapientes and Tenebris watched in amazement as golden glow went around her. They knew what it meant. The Queen has united herself with past Queens and is using their knowledge. Her voice was clear as it rang through the manor.
"Frigidum rise and fight for your Queen!"
The air became cold, the floor froze and Giants, white as snow with blue hair rose from floor. The main one, a female with dark red tiara on her head, nodded towards Kelly and said: "We will defend you now, but to get ours loyalty you will have to prove yourself to us. We are a proud race and I, Isiga, won't let us fall."
Kelly just nodded. She sat on the sofa because her head started hurting very much and she could barely stand on her feet. She could barely hear what was happening and soon she lost awareness of her surroundings.
Meanwhile the battle was raging on. The only thing you could hear was buzz of magic. In one corner Elvandra was fighting a losing battle. One of the Frigidum was choking her and any magic she could do was useless, after all, she was an ice pixie. Soon she was choked to death and died. Once, she would have been mourned after by human and pixie alike, but now her betrayal against the Queen cemented her fate. She would not be missed.
The werewolves were frozen to death. What before were strong warriors, now were ice sculptures. They will not see another Moon nor will they run down the werewolves' territory beside the Golden Palace.
Now, the only that were left were the three Ancients and a phoenix. They were surrounded and no one wanted them to live but at the last moment the three Ancients threw themselves at Odena and disappeared with words full of bitterness which have not been said for a long time and will not be repeated.
After the four left, Isiga turned towards Sapientes and Tenebris and said in an old, by many forgotten language: "We are not heartless and we know what she survived but we have our laws. We will help you in protecting her because without her we are all doomed."
With that said, Isiga and the rest that came to fight and defend the Queen left back to their safe place.
"Tenebris, deal with the mess. I will take the Queen and her family to safety," Sapientes said turning towards the family that was scared and was frozen.
"Where?" Bella could be heard asking with barely heard voice.
"To the Golden Palace," Sapientes said going over to Kelly.
"Sapientes, be careful. The Council won't be happy."
"I know Tenebris, believe me I know but we don't have choice. She exhausted herself. She needs to be where it is her right. Where, her magic was born."
He continued going to the Queen and said to them: "Come, I know that it will be hard but you will need to accept it. Touch any part of her body. Her magic is craving for Palace and will guide us there."
They touched her body and some unnatural light went around her. It started with black and went through almost every colour and settled on the white. As it settled they were pulled by familiar tug of the portkey.