Permission To Join
"I'll talk it over with them first." Layla said to Queen Astrid.
"You go ahead and do that." Queen Astrid said.
That night at dinner in the banquet hall at the Tangu palace, Rashid was sipping on his water.
Akilah noticed Rashid picking at his food.
"Are you all right, Rashid?" Akilah asked.
"I guess I'm just missing Achim." Rashid sighed.
"I have an idea." Layla said.
"You do, Layla?" Rashid asked.
"What is it, Layla?" Akilah inquired.
Layla turned to Sofia and Zandar, "Mother, Father?" she asked.
Zandar set his pita bread down, "What is it, Layla?" he asked.
"Do you think we could possibly join Achim and his parents on their trip to Freezenburg to see Queen Hildegard's new daughter?" Layla asked Sultana Sofia and Sultan Zandar.
"What do you think, Sofia?" Zandar asked.
"Sounds like fun." Sofia agreed.
"Yes!" Layla and Akilah cheered.
Rashid suddenly became dizzy, "Oh, my!" he exclaimed, falling to the floor, passing out.
"Rashid!" Sofia exclaimed.
Rashid transformed to Hideaki and got up off the floor.
"I am not who you think I am." Hideaki said to the sultan and sultana.
"If you are not our son, then, who are you?" Zandar asked, he was curious.
"My name is Hideaki Reed, I am a Huangel." Hideaki answered.
The Sultan of Tangu was shocked, "What?" he asked.
"I inhabit your son's body, I come out when needed, I mean your son or you no harm." Hideaki explained.
"Whoever this is, he doesn't seem evil, perhaps we should let this play out and see where it leads." Sofia said to Zandar.
"You have got to trust me." Hideaki pleaded with Zandar.
The Sultan of Tangu held out his hand, "Okay." he agreed, shaking hands with Hideaki.