Loque Bella was still out in the darkness; still screaming and still her normal self.
"She's not transforming mother!" Princess Rada shouted.
"Give it time!" Queen Gwen shouted and just then something happened. Loque Bella began to glow with a turqouise light and feeling something come to life inside of her she immediately stopped screaming; opening her eyes and removing her hands from her ears.
She looked at her hands and she could see right through them; her whole body too, her entire being was not just glowing a gentle turqouise light but was transparent, her hair also and when she stood up, looking at herself with her jaw completely dropped, something else happened. From behind her butterfly-like wings spread out; big and wide, also glowing and transparent and looking at her in her moon essence form, Queen Gwen and Princess Rada were blown away; eyes widened and with their mouths agape. They could not believe that they were actually looking at her. They had
"So why am I here?" Loque Bella asked."You are here to do what you were born to do . . . To heal," Queen Gwen responded."To heal what?""To heal whom.""My brother. Prince Mangus," Princess Rada answered."What's wrong with him?""He is . . . He is cursed.""Cursed?" Loque Bella went."Yes. He has been cursed for many many years and we would like your power to break the curse""My power can do that?""Your power deary can do so much. You are a healing spirit, anything that is damaged, sick or cursed . . . You can make better," Queen Gwen said."That is why you are here, to break my brother's curse so that he may return home," Princess Rada said."He has been away for far too long, it's time for him to come home.""What happened? How did he become cursed?" Loque Bella asked and Queen Gwen and Princess Rada passed a look at each other."His father cursed him.""Why?""Beca
On the road Prince Callum and Mr. Braun continued. Riding down the road to through the forest to Monteg. They rode all throughout the morning and then stopped by the side of the road to let the horses rest; they stopped by the river side and so the horses quenched their thirst as well. Mr. Braun looked at Prince Callum who was sitting on a large rock lost in thought; both with bowls of soup in their hands."No harm will come to her. We will get to her in time," Mr. Braun said."Why do they want her?" Prince Callum asked. "The fayagans . . . Why do they want her?""We don't know. Her mother just told us they want her because of her power.""What power is that?""I don't know. All her mother said was to protect her from the night and that was what we did," Mr. Braun said."I guess the animal attack she suffered when she but a child worked well to your advantage.""There was no animal attack.""What?" Prince Callum turned to his h
Night time fell and in Monteg, Loque Bella was in her room standing by the window and looking out. There was a gentle fire burning in the fire place and outside a gentle breeze blew.Just then the door unlocked and swang open and in walked Princess Rada."I brought you a cloak. Put it on it's cold out there," Princess Rada said holding a grey fur cloak in her hand that she then threw onto the bed."Where are we going?" Loque Bella asked."We're going deep into the mountains. That's where the cave my brother trapped himself in is.""So this is it for me huh?""We don't know that. You could survive," Princess Rada said."Could. That doesn't sound very promising.""I'm sorry Loque Bella but you are the only one who can help my brother. This has to be I'm sorry.""Yes but at the cost of my life," Loque Bella said and turned to her. "How can the two of you be this cruel?""We are not cruel. We are in pain and hav
A moment later Princess Rada had removed a few of the large rocks that were covering the opening of the cave in which Prince Mangus was in and Loque Bella had climbed through it and was walking through the dark cave with an oil lantern. She had taken off her fur cloak and left it outside with Princess Rada who was standing with butterflies in her tummy; she didn't know Loque Bella much but she knew she was of good heart. She didn't want to see anything bad happen to her. "Be careful Loque Bella," Princess Rada said to herself as she watched walk deeper into the cave. She walked through the darkness with the oil lantern held out in front of her to see where she was going, tip toeing along the cave floor and following the sound of Prince Mangus in deep sleep; shaking like a leaf and with her heart beating as loud as a drum. The cave was dusty and stuffy and had cob webs hanging everywhere; cob webs she had to remove from her path in order to keep moving. Loque Bella walked on and hea
Princess Rada walked up to the hole and looked into the darkness to try and see through it but she couldn't see anything; all she could hear was heavy breathing."Mangus . . . Brother?" Princess Rada gently called out as Loque Bella, still in her moon essence form, was standing a good distance behind her. "Brother?""Uh . . . Rada," a voice from in the inside of the cave said; baritone like the sound of a thunder storm."Huh he's back, he's back. Mangus!" she said and quickly got into moving away a few of the rocks to make the opening bigger.Just then Prince Mangus crawled out of the darkness and into the moon light; breathing so heavily and with his skin so moist like he just had water poured on him. He too had long white hair like Princess Rada which was at the moment falling over his face and was shirtless in a pair of grey cotton trousers that were torn at the bottom."Oh my goodness brother," Princess Rada said and helped him to his feet. He
Morning came and in the kingdom of Monteg Princess Rada, wearing a long gown, made her way down the corridor to Loque Bella's room. She unlocked and swung the door open and found Loque Bella sitting on the bed and looking out through the window at the mountains that bound the kingdom."You're awake," Princess Rada said and she turned to her, wearing a white night dress. "I came to announce to you that breakfast will be served soon and that you need to get ready.""Ready in what? The only dress I had is ruined. I have nothing to wear," Loque Bella said."Yes you do." She walked to the large wooden wardrobe in the corner and swung its doors open and inside were fancy dresses of different colours. "You can help yourself to either one of these dresses.""Wow," she said standing up and walked up to stand beside her. "They're beautiful.""They are.""Are these yours?""Yes they are," Princess Rada answered."I thought this was a spar
An hour later, Loque Bella joined Queen Gwen, Princess Rada and Prince Mangus in the dining hall for breakfast; with Loque Bella sitting where she sat before and the prince sitting right opposite her."It's so good to have you back my son," Queen Gwen said."It's good to be back mother. It's good to be home and see your faces again," Prince Mangus said. "I missed you both so much.""We missed you too my son. We missed you so much.""What was it like?" Princess Rada asked."Being under the curse? It was the worst experience of my life," he answered. "I was imprisoned within my own body. When I gazed upon father's blood and I started to turn into my fayagan form against my will, I felt myself being pulled back. I could still see the light but as I got pulled further back it started to dimish. It kept getting farther and farther away until the light eventually disappeared and there was nothing around me but darkness. But thankfully I had already made
Night time came and as Loque Bella was still in her room, this time standing by the window looking out at the night that was once the main source of her nightmares, a knock came to her door. "What do you want?" she asked and the door swung open with Prince Mangus walking in. "Loque Bella," he greeted. "Prince Mangus." "You missed dinner." "I wasn't hungry," Loque Bella said. "You have to eat so that you can keep your strength." "Yes so that it can be used to selfishly serve you." "You must not dwell on that," Prince Mangus said. "How can I not dwell on that? It is the sole reason why you're keeping me here. To use my power for your own selfish desires," she turned to him and said with her voice raised. "We will take good care of you." "That is not the point." "We will protect you," he said. "That is not the point either. I don't care how well you treat me, this is never going to b