Author's Note: Sorry I didn't update yesterday but I had to stop to figure out what'll be happening next. It's turning out to be harder then I thought it would be. I was just told that I'd be traveling at the end of July for like three weeks! So I really want to finish this story before then so I don't leave you guys hanging. So hopefully I'll have this finished soon!
Sunshine, your reviews really make my day. I'm so happy that I have such a loyal reviewer like you! I will hopefully be updating more because I want to finish this before I travel but at the same time I don't want to rush it. I'm so glad that my updates cheer you up and I hope all goes well with your family!
I luv milorian, your idea is good and I will consider it. But the fact that I'm on a deadline for this I may not be able to write it. You really do have great suggestions! Here's chapter sixteen! Hope ya'll like it!
Clarion waited for some sort of response to show there was life on the other side of the wooden door. Her siblings were still behind her, looking just as nervous as she was. She then witnessed the door handle jiggling from the other side. She stepped back a bit not knowing what was going to open the door. The door slowly opened revealing a short woman. She wore a green robe like dress and deep purple fortuneteller style hat. She had messy blonde hair that her hat didn't conceal fully and stormy grey eyes. The women looked up at her visitors slightly surprised. Clarion looked down and smiled.
"Uh, hello…" The women said with caution. Her visitors were able to pick up on the fact that she had a slight French accent. "Who are you?"
"Well, I'm Clarion, Queen of Pixie Hollow." Clarion said. "Lord Milori of the Winter Woods, King Robert and Queen Elizabeth of the Forbidden Souls, King David and Queen Dania of the Never-Miracles and King James and Queen Louise of Humeria." Clarion continued, indicating to each person as she introduced him or her.
"Oh." The woman said. "Please do come in."
Clarion and the others followed her into the cabin. But it wasn't what they expected. The cabin was filled with potions and ingredients that they had never heard of until now. The cabin had an eerie vibe to it and so did the woman herself. They saw many snakes and rats creeping around the place and a black kitten. The cat had golden eyes that seemed to shimmer when you looked deeply into them. They continued to walk through the home until they were in an office. The room was scattered with papers and potions either cooling or boiling. There were shelves and shelves of books that were all ripped into shreds. The woman walked behind the desk and sat in the deep blue chair. The cat ran into the room and perched itself on it's mistress's lap. The woman began to stroke it as it purred.
"My name is Zoey. I'm a magician, fortune teller and clairvoyant." She said in her mild French accent. "And may I ask where you all are coming from?" Milori nodded and went to answer her.
"Well, we are coming from Pixie Hollow." Zoey nodded.
"And are you all close?"
"Yes, we are family." Dania replied. Zoey's eyebrows rose up.
"You are all related?" Her guests nodded. "How peculiar…" She muttered. "Now what brings you all here?" Zoey seemed to never run out of questions and each one she asked raised a storm of curiosity within the monarchs.
"We are on a quest to find four special gems." Clarion said. "We've come to your cabin because we were all hoping someone could help us."
"What are these gems?" Zoey asked, stroking her cat.
"Uh…" Clarion said, trying to remember. "The emerald shaped star, the sapphire shaped human, the golden shaped butterfly and the…Oh! The pearl shaped spirit." Zoey raised a brow.
"The pearl shaped spirit?" Zoey repeated her grey eyes full of amusement.
"Yes." Louis said. "Do you know where we can find one?"
"Of course! Right here!" Zoey exclaimed. They all looked at each other and smiled. "But it is my prized possession…" She said with a glint of blackmail in her eyes.
"Well if you give us the pearl shaped spirit, we will return the favor however you would like us to." Clarion suggested, willing to do anything to get that gem.
"Hmm…whatever I want for the pearl shaped spirit?" Zoey asked, confirming the offer.
"Whatever you want." Zoey thought for a moment. What could she ask from these monarchs? Anything really but what does she really want. Zoey gasped and flicked through the spell book in front of her. There was one particular spell that she wanted to perform for as long as she could remember, but she was missing one important ingredient to finish the spell off. Maybe these people could help her… "Well then, I want to giant ruby shaped hearts!" She exclaimed.
"Two giant ruby hearts?" Clarion asked slowly. Zoey nodded. Everyone knew that a Queen had the power to make gems out of Pixie Dust and flowers, so all the men looked at their loved ones. Clarion looked at the other girls and realized that this wouldn't be too hard if she had their help. "Deal." Clarion said confidently.
"Great!" Zoey exclaimed. "I'll let you all stay the night and you can make the gems in your room." Zoey said. "Felix?" The cat looked at his master. "Show our guests to their room." The cat nodded and began to lead the visitors out of the study.
The royals followed the moving back object up the creaking stairs to a room. It had two large king sized beds, which had deep purple sheets. A small sitting area with a dark green sofa and two black chairs either side of it with a coffee table. It had lots of paintings of what seemed to be ghosts and spirits. They all knew if anyone had the pearl shaped spirit, it would definitely be this woman. The cat gave a big 'meow' before strutting off. The royal just looked at each other.
"So, I guess we are spending the day making two giant ruby hearts…" Dania trailed off.
"I suppose we are…it is hard enough making rubies, but ruby hearts?! This woman better put them to good use or I'll have a few choice words for her!" Clarion said annoyingly. She hated it when people asked for things they didn't really need. Milori chuckled at her as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Don't you worry, sweetheart." He assured his annoyed lover. "There must be some reason she needs them. So, how do you make gems?" Milori asked hoping to calm her down a bit.
"Well with pixie dust and flowers." She said. "But for rubies we need roses. Do you mind if you guys go find some? And they need to be ruby red." Milori nodded and all the guys left to hunt down some flowers, something they never thought they would ever be doing. As the birds landed at a flower field, the four men got off and went in search of red roses.
"Where do you even find roses?" Robert asked annoyed. Milori rolled his eyes.
"Duh, in a rose field!" James exclaimed. Robert smacked the back of his baby brother's head.
"Thanks Mr. Obvious!" He joked. The men laughed and went to work. Luckily, it didn't take them long to find the roses but fining ruby red roses was the real challenge. What many people didn't know was that a rose wasn't just red but many shades. There was ruby, crimson, scarlet and deep red. To all the men they were red but apparently the female gender thought otherwise.
"Is this ruby red?" David asked holding up a rose. Robert studied it.
"I don't think so." David sighed and threw it back.
"How about this one?" James asked. Robert held the flower to the shining sun.
"Nope." Milori rolled his eyes at Robert acting like he knew what he was talking about. He suddenly picked up at least twenty-five roses. "Whoa…what are you doing?" Robert asked the Lord of Winter.
"Don't act like you know more about shades of red then we do!" Milori chuckled. "If we all take a bunch of roses each, there is sure to be some ruby ones the girls will have." Everyone nodded and began picking as many as they could before flying back to Zoey's cabin. They walked into the bedroom to see the girls already having pixie dust swirling around their fingers. It was still gold and starting to take shape as a heart. They walked over and dumped the roses on the coffee table in front of them.
"Here you go!" Robert said. The girls eyed the men suspiciously.
"So you are telling me that these are all ruby red?" Dania asked dryly. The men nodded nervously.
"And you had no trouble at all?" Louise asked and she too received four nods.
"Give it up guys! We're not stupid!" Clarion giggled. "I can see from here that there is some scarlet roses." The men sighed. "But you are lucky there is enough ruby ones."
Clarion got up leaving Dania to work on the heart. She went to the roses and divided them into ruby ones and others. The men saw that they hadn't picked as many rubies as they hoped. Clarion went into the bathroom and got a basin full of water and brought back to the coffee table. She took each petal off one by one and placed it in the basin of water. Once she had all the petals in, she got out a small pouch of pixie dust and sprinkled it on top. Milori and the others watched in amazement as Clarion turned her hand above the basin and the pixie dust began to collide with the mixture of petals and water. Once the dust absorbed all the mixture, she was left with ruby red dust. All the men's jaws dropped in wonder. Clarion took the basin over to the girls who were working on the golden shaped hearts. She took a handful of the dust in her hand and delicately blew it within the golden swirls. The two colours collided and changed the swirling gold dust into ruby red. She stepped back and smiled at her work.
"There." She said happily. She turned to her family and Milori. "Close your mouth boys, it's not attractive." She giggled at the still shocked faces. Milori regained his senses and walked over to her.
"How come I never knew you could do that?" He asked as he wrapped her in an embrace. She smiled at him and kissed his cheek.
"Never really had a reason to tell you." She shrugged. "But don't tell anyone back at home, if they knew I could do that…everyone would want a gem!" Milori chuckled at her.
"How long will this take now?" Robert asked. He continued to stare at his wife and sisters as they made the heart.
"Not long, now that we have the colour and shape, we only need to make it bigger." Louise explained to her brother-in-law. He nodded and sat next to Elizabeth and admired the work his wife was making.
Two hours passed, and finally the two giant ruby shaped hearts were completed. It had to be around six in the evening so the girls all took a well-deserved rest. They were all on one of the king sized beds when a knock was heard. They looked towards the door as David went to go answer it. He opened the door to see a short housekeeper. She was taller than Zoey, but not by much.
"Good Evening, your majesty." She bowed politely, being told beforehand that the guests were royalty. "Madame Zoey requests all of you to join her for dinner." David nodded his thanks and everyone got up and followed the housekeeper to the dining room. The table was fairly large seeing as Zoey lived by herself and was laid out for them. They sat and waited for Zoey to arrive as well as the food. Zoey walked in and sat at the head of the table. The food was given out and the royals ate happily.
"So are the rubies done?" Zoey asked as she took a bite of her salad. Clarion nodded in response. "Already? They are giant right?" Clarion nodded once again. Robert and James were sitting further down the table, holding back laughter.
"A mouse would be considered giant for her!" Robert muttered to his brother, thankfully Zoey didn't seem to hear it. The boys stuffed their mouths with food to hold back the laughter, which was threatening to come out.
"Well you may stay the night and leave tomorrow morning." Zoey said surprising the royals at how rude and dismissive she was being towards them.
They quickly finished up dinner and went to their room for the night. They walked in and all came to a stop when they remembered and saw only two king sized beds. They all looked towards each other. The all knew the sleeping arrangement was not going to work but they had to try.
"How are we going to do this then?" James asked.
"Siblings in one bed and spouses in another?" David suggested. Robert glared at him.
"You are so not sleeping next to my wife!" He exclaimed.
"Okay then…uh how about guys in one bed and girls in another?" Clarion suggested.
The girls nodded and were willing to go with the idea. The men on the other hand had different things on their minds. Before any of them could object, the girls gave them the you-are-going-to-listen-to-us stare. They all sighed knowing this would be the worst night's sleep ever. The girls slept soundly as the guys kept falling out. Milori fell out so many times that he decided to sleep on the wooden floor. David was fed up and decided to go to the bathroom to splash some water on his face but ended up sleeping in the tub. The only ones who did sleep soundly out of the guys were the brothers.
The following morning, they got dressed, freshened up and had breakfast with Zoey. They packed the bag they brought in with them and brought the rubies down. They were so big and heavy that the men had to drag them to Zoey.
"They are good." She said simply, examining them. She smiled once more and pulled out the small pearl shaped spirit from behind her back. It was a bit bigger then their hands. "Here you go." The royals just stared at her. Clarion took the gem from her hand and left with her siblings. Once they were earshot from the cabin, they began to speak.
"So selfish…" Clarion said. "We made two giant rubies, shaped them into hearts for something so small."
"I know." Milori said. "But at least we've got it now." He wrapped her in his arms and pecked her lips. Clarion smiled at him and placed the precious gem in a small bag.
"One down-" They guys said all together but were playfully interrupted by the girls.
"Three to go!"
Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Decided to make this long to make up for not posting earlier. I don't know if I'll be able to finish this by the time a travel though. So if you guys don't mind waiting while I'm on holiday, I won't rush the chapters but try to post at least one everyday! Tell me what you think I should do in your review…please because I really need advice on this! Hope you liked this! See you all in the next chapter!