Chapter One Hundred Six
Frazer grunted when the ogre dropped him to the floor near the bed and M'Yari walked to him, her hips swaying while she walked. Kneeling down, she helped Frazer sit up when she moved her hand along his arm and he hissed, clutching his arm to his side.
"You have dislocated your shoulder," she said breathlessly and he looked at the floor.
"Aye, but I'll live. Now, take me home an' we'll forget this ever happened," he said as he tried to stand up but the ogre pushed him back down, causing him to scream in pain.
"No!" M'Yari shouted as she stood up and her eyes crackled in a white light. The ogre grumbled as it backed up and she bent down, slid her arms under Frazer then stood up, placing him on the bed. "Leave us!"
The ogre grumbled then bowed as it headed for the door and the door slam vibrated around the room. Frazer looked at the white walls, the gold ceiling and remembered how soft the white carpeting felt against his skin. The rest of the furniture was a white wood, tapestries of naked fey in compromising positions hung on the walls and several potted plants sat in ivory planters against the walls. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling on silver chains and the light from the chandeliers showered the room in a rainbow of colors. The large bed sat at the center of the room and a golden canopy was draped over the top of the bed. Golden sheets were under a large white duvet and white silk pillow covers shimmered in the light from the chandeliers.
"This is…nice," he said as she nodded and sat on the bed, moving toward him. She crawled almost cat like toward him as he scooted across the bed, got up and held his throbbing arm against his body. "Uh, no, there will be none of that."
"But, My Love, you have no other choice," she said as she sat on her knees and he titled his head to one side. "You are mine!"
The Doctor looked at the scanner while Jamie stood next to him and linked his thumbs in the belt loops of his jeans. Duer had taken the others into the living room while the Doctor checked the screens and Jamie thought before he said anything to him. He did feel guilty about shouting at him and the Doctor seemed to sense what he was thinking and smiled at him.
"Jamie, it's alright, I am not mad at you," he said and Jamie nodded.
"Aye, I ken that, but you have tae understand where I am coming from," Jamie said with a sigh.
"I do understand."
"No, I really dinnae think you do, Doctor. You have had your bairn taken before but you were able tae get them back. Even when the Master took Zoe an' Donald, I ken that you would make sure that they would come home again. But you never had your bairn taken in the middle of the night then changed into something else. My Mary, she loved tae sit an' watch the fey lights. I would sit just inside the doorway an' watch her chat with the tiny lights an' her giggle would light up the night. She would always come inside afterwards an' told me what they were talking aboot. That morning, that damned morning, when I woke tae find the door open an' her nae in her bed made my heart freeze in my chest. I had every neighbor looking in the woods for her. We spent nights combing the woods for a sign of her. Hamish nearly broke his ankles three times, tripping over rocks as he climbed them in hope of finding her. I couldnae sleep an' eating was a joke. That night I heard her giggle on the wind, I nearly broke my fool neck running into the woods. They were there, dancing in the moonlight, an' she flew to me, landing in the palm of my hand. This wee thing, no bigger than a butterfly, looked up with me with these eyes that had no idea who I was. If I had the guts, I would have folded my fingers an' squashed the life out of her. I couldnae do that. I couldnae kill my wee girl! She just flew away an' I never saw her again. Now, now my son is in the hands of the fey an' who knows what that monster is doing tae him," Jamie said while the tears rolled down his face and the Doctor nodded.
"You are right. I have no idea what that's like. But, if you let me, I think I know someone who will put a stop to this once and for all," the Doctor said when they felt a slight bump and he smiled.
"Where are we?" Jamie asked, wiping his eyes with his hands.
"Come and see!' the Doctor said as he headed for the doors and Jamie looked toward the hallway.
"Should we tell the others?"
"No," the Doctor said, shaking his head. Opening the doors, they walked out onto a courtyard of lush green grass, a wide variety of trees and the bushes were carved in the shape of animals. Statues of fey males and females lined the pathway as they walked by them and Jamie noticed that some of the statues looked frightened of something. At the center of the pathway was a gazebo made of white wood and someone was lounging on two white marble lounges.
"Who are they?" Jamie whispered.
"They are the ones we are here to meet," the Doctor whispered as they walked up the steps and the Doctor did a little bow. "Your Highnesses, it is a pleasure."
The figure lying on the lounge to the left was a tall fey woman. She was thin and muscular with long blue hair that cascaded down her back, her elegant pointed ears sticking out from under her hair. She also had orange eyes and slender hands with long fingers.
Her face and body was flawless and she was absolutely stunning. Her long sleeve dress was a dark blue silk, cut low in the front, and her shoes were sparkling silver. Her cape was made of white fur and just touched the floor while gold crown sat neatly on her head.
The figure lying on the lounge on the right was a tall fey male. He was thin and muscular with long white hair and his elegantly pointed ears stuck out from under his hair. His yellow eyes glanced at them from under heavy lids and his long fingers clenched into tight fists. Like the female, His body was flawless and he was strikingly handsome. A pair of curved horns wrapped around his ears while a gold crown sat on his head and tiny bells hung from the tips of the horn. His white linen shirt showed the muscles of his chest as the sleeves of his shirt rippled in the wind and the sunlight sparkled on his black boots. Tight grey trousers completed his outfit and he sat up, folding his legs toward his chest.
"Who are you, Sir?" the male asked.
"Husband, we must surely recognize the Doctor," the female said and the male blinked.
"This is not the Doctor," he said as the female stood and the cape folded neatly around her. She seemed to glide as she headed toward the Doctor and Jamie and she smiled at them.
"The face as changed but the power roll off him like waves to the shore," the female said then looked at Jamie. "And he has brought his young friend."
"Doctor, she thinks I'm your Jamie," Jamie thought.
"Yeah, sorry about that," the Doctor thought.
"It has been a long time, Majesty," the Doctor said with a nod of his head and she smiled at him.
"What brings you here, Friend?" she asked and he looked at Jamie.
"I asked him to bring me here, Majesty," Jamie said with a bow and she walked to him. Lifting his chin with her finger, Great Queen Titania of the fey looked into his eyes and stroked his chin.
"Your heart…uh…hearts?" she asked then looked at the Doctor. "He is like you now."
"Aye, I am," Jamie said with a nod of his head and she placed her hand at the center of his chest, feeling the rapid beats of his hearts.
"Hush now. There is no need to cry," she said as he felt his hearts slowing down and breathed in deeply then breathed out. "There, that's better. Now, tell us what is wrong?"
"It is my son, Great Lady, someone has taken him," Jamie said and she nodded, tapping her long fingers against his chest.
"Who has taken him?" Great King Oberon of the fey asked as he stood up and walked to them. Jamie slightly smiled as the tiny bells jingled and swung back and forth on the horns and Great King Oberon smiled back. "Yes, we know, they do make a great deal of noise."
"My son was taken by his godmother. She, like you, is a fey an' I fear that she means to harm him," Jamie said then gave a quick explanation about Frazer and M'Yari and winced when Great Queen Titania dug her long nails into his chest.
"Friend Doctor, we know of the fey called "M'Yari"," she said and they heard the distant sound of thunder echoing around them.
"Who is she?" the Doctor asked.
"With great shame, we must admit that she is our sister," Great King Oberon said softly and looked at the ground. "We had banished her to the mountains with the hope that she would mend her ways but it appears that we were mistaken."
"She seemed rather nice to me the couple of times that we met."
"That is only when the mood strikes her."
"Doctor, she did something tae those men that had captured an' abused that unicorn," Jamie said and the Doctor nodded.
"She would have killed them. That is what she does when someone abuses her pets," Great Queen Titania said with a sigh.
"But what she gave him was a gift," the Doctor said and Great King Oberon nodded.
'That is what she tells those that do something for her, but there is always a price for the gift," Great King Oberon said, shaking his head and the bells jingled back and forth.
"What sort of price?" Jamie asked.
"It depends on what she wants."
"And what is it she wants?" the Doctor asked.
"We do not know."
"Then mebbe you can tell us what her riddle means," Jamie said and Great Queen Titania titled her head to one side.
"What is this riddle?" Great Queen Titania asked.
"There will come a time when the child will stop growing an' the child will no longer need childish things. The child will then no longer see what is and no longer will the child need help," Jamie said and she lowered her head, thinking for a few seconds.
"Is your child like you?" she asked.
"Is my son a Time Lord?" Jamie asked and she nodded. "Aye, he is."
"That is what the first part is about. Our sister had the sight and could see the past, present and the future. She knew what he was to become," Great King Oberon said.
"That makes sense. In a way, he has stopped growing now that he is a Time Lord," the Doctor said.
"The second part talks of him growing up, becoming a responsible adult," Great Queen Titania said and Jamie smiled.
"Calling my son responsible is a bit of a stretch," he said then softly laughed.
"What about the last part?" the Doctor asked.
"That we do not know," Great King Oberon said then looked at Jamie. "What is your son's name?"
"His name is Frazer," Jamie said and Great King Oberon and Great Queen Titania's eyes went wide.
"Then you must mourn for your child, Friend Jamie, he is never returning," Great Queen Titania said, stroking his hair.
"What are you talking about?" the Doctor asked and Great King Oberon sighed.
"The last part means that he will never see the world outside this land again and he will need no help because he will serve her now," Great King Oberon said.
"No, my son isnae going tae be her slave!" Jamie shouted and Great Queen Titania hushed him.
"He is not her slave," she said with sadness in her eyes. "He is going to be her husband."