Author's note: Oww…. No time.

Disclaimer: Holy crap, I don't own this.

Chapter 3: Love of my Life, six years ago underland

"I still love you…" Queen, Love of my Life.

Luxa looked out at the lights in the underland wishing Gregor was there, how she missed him! Two years is a long time for no news to come. Why do I still miss him? She thought. In a whole world of eligible people, why is it that I fall in love with the only one who I will never see again? She didn't see Ripred approaching.

"Queen Luxa," Said a guard. "Ripred wishes to speak to you."

"Let him in." Luxa said with a sigh.

Ripred had looked very concerned recently, always near Luxa. He sniffed the air before he entered a room, no matter what. Luxa thought he was just paranoid, Ripred was well aware of that.

"Luxa," He said.

"Queen Luxa," Luxa corrected,

"Fine Queen Luxa," He sneered as he said "queen". "You have important business with the council tomorrow; I suggest you listen to what I advise,"

"Ripred, I treasure your council but I do not think I need it for this occasion,"

"What you do not understand is that on this occasion you do,"

"Why?"

"They are going to suggest you do something you won't like,"

"How do you know?"

"I heard them,"

"What is it then?"

"They want a war with the spinners,"

"What?!"

"They will try to persuade you by saying that it is a preemptive strike, do not listen and most importantly ask for me to come," Ripred turned and was about to leave.

"Ripred, I must ask you something," Luxa yelled to him.

He stopped, and turned his head.

"Do you think Gregor will ever return?" Luxa said with hope.

"Yes, he will be back," Ripred said with confidence. "If you really love him after all this time, he will be back because he does to." And with that Ripred left thinking, Love, what a thing!

Luxa was walking to the meeting when yet again she thought of Gregor. This time she was filled with compassion, because in her heart she knew that he still loved her too. It was just too hard to think otherwise, people are smart like that.

The council was gathered around a small table waiting for their queen, everyone looked worried, none more worried than Vikus. This was not a good sign, Vikus was well know as a peace maker rather than a warrior, a voice of reason.

"Queen Luxa," said Mareth as Luxa entered.

"I know that you are going to ask the answer is no," Luxa said with strength in her voice.

"But Your Highness-"

"She said no!" countered Ripred as he opened the door. "I was able to persuade our prisoner to tell us who he was working for, he said he was alone."

"Surely you do not believe that-"

"HOLD ON," Luxa commanded. "What is going on? Did you all have a military operation going on behind my back?"

"Allow me to explain," stated Ripred. "Two weeks ago I found a spinner near your chambers, he was dressed as their assassins do. I quickly captured him and brought him to the dungeon where I have been questioning him rather forcefully. I did not want to have Regalia to have gone into a rash war without knowing exactly what was going on."

"So for the past two weeks we have constantly been on guard, and you not knowing was essential as the group that tried to kill you might find out that we knew if you knew. This morning I got the assassin to talk, he stuck to the story that he was alone in his attack, then I noticed an insignia."

At this point he held up a piece of cloth, In the middle was a white dot with a red and a blue lion fighting. Then Ripred flipped it upside down to reveal a that the lions looked like a chalice with cloth wrapped around it.

After everyone looked at it Ripred continued, "The insignia was also on some smugglers we caught two years ago right after Gregor left. These smugglers had it into their head that Queen Luxa was always an ill-fit for the crown, they really grew in numbers after Gregor left calling it the Queen's fault. They are very opposed to gnawers and obviously resent the current peace, we have found many of their ranks committing petty crimes and have never found one gnawer or nibbler in them. I have developed a plan to crack down on them, we create a discrimination law, anyone who discriminates against a species will be fined or sent to prison, any one in a group will have that group put under watch for one year."

Luxa was very angry by the actions done behind her back and found the idea of it quite idiotic not to tell her. Although she knew that Ripred's plan would work so she would need to do it.

She said with strength, "Then act on the plan, but know that after today that all actions will be consulted with me now." She was sure that if Gregor was here none of this would have happened. Come back soon, She thought. I need you, love you.