Cornelia : No fair! Why did Irma can become a princess while I can't?!
Me : Well, it's kinda hard to explain.
Will : Something tells me your jealous, Corny.
Cornelia : I am so not jealous. And don't call me Corny.
Me : Right, now on with the story...
Will : Do we have to read the disclaimer?
Me : Nope, not this time. I don't think repeating it will be fun, anyway, as I was saying...
Chapter 19 : A Surprise
The girls and Matt were still shocked after Irma told them about Aliria being a daughter to the king, and she's a princess. 'Nice one Irma,' Cornelia said, thinking it was a joke. But when she noticed Irma's face, she realised she was serious.
'So, let me get this straight, if Aliria's father is the king, then that makes her...' Will said before the others interrupted.
'A princess?!' they all yelled at the same time. Irma just nodded before telling them to lower their voices.
'We need a way to defeat him without letting Aliria knowing,' Taranee stated.
'Let me look a little deeper about him. Jusst give me time,' Irma said, hoping she could at least enjoy being a princess of the palace.
'Fine, but we don't have enough time though,' Will said.
'And something tells me you got something else to tell us,' Taranee added.
'Yeah, kinda,' Irma said.
'And what is it?' Hay Lin asked.
'The king told me that the guardians are in his way of conquering Meridian. He even wanted to conquer Kandrakar and the other dimensions,' Irma explained as the others looked at each others.
'Great, looks like our job just got a lot harder,' Will complained.
'Tell me about it. This is even worse than fighting Phobos,' Cornelia said.
'Which one? The first or the second?' Hay Lin asked, which Cornelia glared at her.
'Anyway, we need to find a way to stop the king before he goes attacking Meridian or Kandrakar,' Will said as Irma nodded, which she understood what she meant.
'Well, there is something else that I also needed to tell you guys,' Irma said as Will raised an eyebrow.
'And what is it?' Cornelia asked.
'Well, the king knows about...' Irma said before stopping without finishing her sentence.
'About what?' Taranee questioned.
'...' Irma remained quiet.
'Irma. Tell us about it. Don't be shy,' Will said.
'It's not that. It's just that the king...' Irma sad before taking in a big breathe before saying what she needed to say. 'The king knows about Earth,' Irma finally spoke.
This left the others stunned as they were speechless about what they should say. 'What?!' Cornelia asked loudly, breaking the silence between them.
'Shhh...' Irma said as Cornelia quickly closed her mouth. Hay Lin then listened through the air to make sure the hallway outside the bedroom was still empty.
'Why didn't you say so?' Will asked.
'You'd think it's easy for me tell you that he's planning to head to our homeworld,' Irma protested.
'Look, all we need to do is to find a way to stop him before he even think about opening a fold to Earth,' Will said as she clenched his hand.
'Girls, we better head back. It's getting pretty late,' Matt said as he looked from the balcony into the night sky.
'Irma, we'll come back tomorrow about our plan,' Will explained.
'And please Irma, go and do some research about this king,' Taranee added.
'Oh, and don't brag about you being a princess once this is over,' Cornelia said as Irma nodded. Once they all left, Irma then went to take a seat on her bed when there was a knock on her door.
'Come in,' Irma said. As the door opened, Irma then noticed it was one of the king's servant carrying metal tray. Irma figured it could be supper time, but once she took a closer look on what's on it, it was a letter. As she took the letter, the servant left the bedroom, leaving her alone with the letter.
As she opened it, she read it out loud. 'Aliria. Tomorrow, I have a special surprise for you at the main entrance. Head there by noon,' Irma read. She wondered what the king meant by a "special surprise". 'Only one way to find out is to wait till morning,' Irma thought as she placed the letter on the table beside the bed. She then went to sleep, wondering what kind of surprise waiting for her tomorrow.
The next day, at Heatherfield, the girls were quite worried about the king visiting their place. They have a few reasons to worry about, first was that the king could start a war between Medimn and Earth, which they feel that it would be hard to battle Medimn without revealing their identity, second was that if the king got hold of any technology of theirs, then the king could use it against them. And lastly, if the king noticed the real Aliria in the basement, it could spell trouble for Irma who the king presume that she's Aliria. 'Napolean, make sure you have eyes around Heatherfield,' Will said. The girls are at Cornlia's apartment, discussing about the problem they would face.
'Luckily today is a day off,' Cornelia said as comb her hair.
'Yeah. Anyway, Napolean would use his power over the Heart of Earth to make sure that the king wouldn't come. If Napolean spotted a suspicious fold, then it means that the king is here,' Will explained.
'But how do we fight him without drawing attention?' Taranee asked.
'Simple, we use glamoring,' Will replied, remembering the last time it worked.
'What about Aliria?' Hay Lin asked.
'We hide her in the basement of the Silver Dragon. Blunk and Caleb would be with her to make sure that she is protected. And if the king does enter the basement, Blunk would just fold them out of there and towards Kandrakar,' Will explained.
'Now that is one nice plan,' Matt said.
'Thanks, been thinking about it this morning,' Will said with a little blush.
'So, what should we do now?' Cornelia asked.
'Now, we wait,' Will replied.
Back in Medimn, Irma was exiting her bedroom to find out what was the surprised she would be expecting in noon. As she headed towards the main doors, a hand grab her wrist preventing her from opening the doors. When she looked at the person who held her hand, it was non other than the king. 'Not yet. It's still early,' the king said.
'So, when will I be able to see it?' Irma asked.
'Soon,' the king replied. 'But first, why not some breakfast.'
'Yeah, I'll take it,' Irma said before they both headed to the dining hall for their breakfast.
Meanwhile, outside of the palace, there were a dozen men getting ready to move out with the king towards somewhere in the fold which was created earlier. 'Alright men! If there is any threat, eliminate them,' the captain ordered his men as they answered back.
Irma still wondered what kind of surprise that was in store for her outside the palace. She thought that if she could make time pass faster, then she could have a see what was the surprise soon. As she took a bite into her meal, she look at the king who was enjoying his breakfast. She bit her lip before finding the courage to ask the king. 'Erm, Father...' she hesistate a little after saying that, 'What is the surprise outside?' Irma asked.
'Well, it won't be a surprise if I tell you, won't it?' the king asked as he smiled. Irma just gave a small laughter as some kind of joke, but she couldn't help but wondered what was the surprise that the king told her about. She just had to wait for it as she had no options. If she went out, the king would just block her way.
Meantime, in Heatherfield, the girls were at the Silver Dragon basement, telling Caleb and Blunk about what's going to happen. 'Got all that?' Will asked, making sure that Caleb got what she was telling him about.
'Yeah. If there is any enemy threat coming to the Silver Dragon basement, take Aliria to Kandrakar and protect her,' Caleb said, repeating what Will told him about earlier.
'Great, then wehave one less thing to worry about,' Will said.
'But Blunk still no get why girl look like funny Irma,' Blunk said as he examined Aliria formed.
'Well, me neither,' Cornelia said.
'Maybe it's just a coincidence?' Hay Lin suggested.
'Yeah, maybe. Anyway, we still need to keep an eye for any fold that's open,' Will reminded them.
'Got it chief,' Hay Lin replied as she salute.
'Hay Lin, you know that sometimes your over exagerating,' Cornelia stated
'C'mon Corny, stop being so motherly like,' Hay Lin protested.
'Guys, can it or you two might argue,' Taranee said, stopping the two friends from arguing each other like Irma and Cornelia did.
'Anyway, the plan is to lure the king here so that we can find a way to defeat him without alerting any people,' Will continued.
'And how are we going to do that?' Caleb asked.
'We will be doing a glamour around Heatherfield. So if a battle broke out, all the people could see and hear was nothing from the battle,' Matt said as he decended the stairs.
'So, how's everything going?' Will asked.
'Fine, too fine. Will, I have a bad feeling about this,' Matt said.
'Yeah, me too,' Will agreed.
'Where's Napolean?' Taranee asked.
'He's back at the apartment. He told me that he could scan the place over there would be easier,' Matt stated.
'Something tells me it is another one of his short cat naps,' Cornelia said as she crossed his arms.
'Since there isn't much we could do right now, we'll wait for,' Will stated.
'Wait for what?' Aliria asked, finally speaking.
'Wait for the king to make the first move,' Taranee explained.
'Wonder how is Irma doing right now,' Matt asked.
'Why? Are you worried about her?' Cornelia asked.
'No, not me, but Stephen,' Matt stated.
'What do you mean?' Will asked.
'On my way here, I bumped into Stephen. He asked me how is Irma doing right now,' Matt stated.
'And what did you say?' Will asked.
'What can I say? I don't think Stephen would be please to hear that Irma is a princess at Medimn,' Matt explained, which was a big mistake. The girls then looked at each other worriedly, hoping that Aliria didn't hear what did Matt just said. But unfortunately, she did as she stared at them with her mouth wide opened.
'What?!' Aliria asked loudly.
'Look, we can explain,' Will started. As she and the rest of the girls started to explain about her being a daughter to the king, Aliria was shocked to find out that she's a princess of Medimn.
'Why didn't you tell me?' Aliria asked.
'Because we think it won't be a good idea to defeat your father after you knowing about it,' Will explained.
'But he did threated me like a maid. So, if you defeat him, please don't hurt him too much,' Aliria said.
'I can't keep that as a promise, but we'll try,' Will said.
'Great, now we have three things to get less worry about,' Hay Lin said, trying to cheer the group up.
'Hay Lin, I don't think it's the best time to joke,' Taranee whispered to her.
'Will, I better head to the Hales' apartment to check on Napolean. Would you mind coming along?' Matt asked.
'Sure, why not,' Will said before she and Matt left the basement.
'Now, what should we do now?' Cornelia asked.
'How about a game of chess?' Hay Lin suggested.
Back in Medimn, Irma was waiting impatiently in the bedroom. 'What's taking so long. I don't have time to wait here without doing some research on the king. And I can't believe that I could though about going researching,' Irma thought as she pace up and down in the bedroom when her bedroom door kncoked.
'Aliria, the king wants to see you at the main door,' a servant said.
'Okay, coming,' Irma replieda before she exited her bedroom. She then followed the servant to the main doors to see the king. Now she wondered whether it would be a good idea to tell the others about it after seeing what the surprise is.
As Irma approached the main door, she noticed that the king was accompanied by two guards. She wondered why there were guards standing by the king when there's a surprise for her. 'Come, you must be excited about the surprise I'm about to show you,' the king said as she blindfolded Irma.
'Why am I blindfolded?' Irma asked as she was being led out the doors before down a flight of stairs.
'You'll see,' the king said before he nodded to the guards. This meant that the king and Irma would go into the fold before they followed them.
As they both exited the fold, Irma wondered what was going on when the king took off her blindfold. The sudden light rays was bright, which she had to close her eyes for a while before opening them. She was shocked as to where she and the king were. 'This is bad, really bad,' Irma thought as she looked at the king for some answers.
'Aliria, welcome to Earth,' the king said as they were both on top of a mountain to look into the city of Heatherfield.
'Why are we here? And how did we get here?' Irma asked.
'First of, it's a visit. Second, my spies told me about it earlier, so I got curious and wanted to see what Earth was like,' the king replied, which Irma needed to tell the others, now.
Well, again, sorry about the late update cause with the driving lessons and other stuffs, I don't have time to do my stories. But tomorrow, I do have time to make at least two chapters, but I hope to update more than that. Well, please leave some reviews as to encourage me to do more, thanks.