Her departure

"I always knew that you'll choose power to your daughter." Lord Benedict said.

"She isn't my daughter." King Reginald said sternly and Benedict chuckled.

"You've got what you wanted, so leave today." King Reginald added.

"Not until I enjoy what you where enjoying on my arrival." Lord Benedict said sarcastically.

"Apollo" king Reginald called. "Gather all the palace sluts here." King Reginald ordered and left the chamber.

•••

"Dad, I heard Lord Benedict was here." Kalisha asked.

"He is still here." Queen Kalispell answered.

"What does he want?" Kalisha asked.

"He came for Oceana." King Reginald replied sharply.

"Oceana?? Oceana is a nobody so how did her name get to him." Kalisha asked curiously.

"The sword. He wants the sword, and there's no way he can get it without Oceana, as she is the only that can lift the sword." 

"So what did he give you in exchange?" Kalisha asked.

"A part of the power gem." He answered.

"Wow..." Kalisha said in awe.

"But, I'm not a fool. I only accepted it because when I find the other four pieces of the power gem, I'll kill him and take the sword too." King Reginald said with a maniac grin.

"Why can't you just kill him right away?" Queen Kalispell asked.

"He is a lot stronger than I am, you could feel that when he entered here. Even if I and Arnold alley against him, we wouldn't stand a chance." King Reginald said. "No more questions okay? Just get ready, in the next one hour, Oceana would be leaving the Castle to Evermore."

★★★

"You talk more than your age Ana." The fairy said.

"How do you know my name?" Oceana asked.

"I know you, I know almost everything about you and that is because I am your spirit guide." The fairy said.

"A spirit guide? What's a spirit guide?" Oceana asked.

"Enough of the questions. You'll get to know the answer as time goes on, and you'll also get to know your spirit animal just like that of king Reginald." The fairy said.

"Wow.. you know a lot of things, what's your name?" Oceana asked as she bashed her lashes cutely.

"I don't have a name. It's up to you to name me."

"What about I name you... Shaunie or.... Hazel, yes Hazel. Which of them do you prefer?"

"I prefer Hazel. I have an encounter with the name Shaunie, and it's a bad experience. Now back to the matter why I came. The first thing you have to learn is controlling the sword and making it invisible."

•••••

"What are you doing in my chambers?" Queen Satish questioned.

"I only came to tell you something interesting." Queen Kalispell said.

"Leave!, I'm not interested in whatever you want to say." Satish thundered.

"What if I told you it was about Oceana?" Queen Kalispell said and rolled her eyes mockingly.

"What about Oceana?" Queen Kalispell asked curiously.

"Well, yesterday she was locked up in the dungeon." 

"Dungeon?? Who locked her up?" Satish questioned fiercely.

"Calm down. I'm not done with the gist, Lord Benedict also came yesterday and concluded that your precious Oceana would be following him to Evermore, and you know what that means?? My daughter would become the heir to the throne." Queen Kalispell said and started laughing.

"No!!! It can't happen." Queen Satish said as hot tears trailed down her cheeks.

"You can do nothing to him, remember even king Reginald can do nothing." Queen Kalispell said and left, leaving Queen Satish in tears.

*****

Queen Kalispell entered into her room and took out the locket. She blew air on it, and as usual a thick mist surrounded the place which later died down revealing Shaquille.

"Why did you disturb my slumber?" Shaquille asked.

"I wanted to tell you that Oceana would be leaving for Evermore, and Kalisha automatically becoming the crowned princess." Queen Kalispell said excitedly.

"You are talking like the mortal you are, you think you have gotten rid of her? Just hold on to the future and the answers you seek will come to you." Shaquille said.

"What do you mean by that?" Queen Kalispell asked.

"Do not disturb my slumber ever again and let me also tell you, Kalisha's spirit guide and animal has been released." Shaquille said.

  "Why?? It shouldn't...." Before Queen Kalispell could finish her statement, Shaquille disappeared into thin air.

Queen Kalispell shrugged her shoulders and left her chambers.

°°°°°

"Don't let your guards down!" King Reginald said as he palmed Kalisha's chest and she fell down.

"That was too hard father." She complained.

"Nothing is too hard, you are receiving training from the strongest, I mean soon to be strongest king in the world."

Lord Benedict was watching them from a tower as smile crept on his face.

"Reginald thinks I'm foolish enough to give him the piece of the power gem with it's power inside. He will never cease to amaze me." Lord Benedict said and giggled.

"It's time for my departure." He mind linked king Reginald who immediately stopped his training with Kalisha.

****

"Oceana, it's time to face your destiny, I can feel it." Hazel said, but her remaining words were interrupted with a loud bang on the dungeon gates.

"Ana, can you hear me.. it's your mother, I won't allow you to go anywhere." Queen Satish said in the middle of her tears.

   "I'm not going anywhere mum.." Oceana said.

"Listen to me Ana, Lord Benedict wants you and that is why I trained you to make the sword invisible, because if he finally gets the power of the sword, the world will be at his feet, combined with the power her already has from the other artifacts."  Hazel said.

"So you mean I'm going to Evermore?" Oceana questioned.

"That's exactly what it means. I'm right here for you." Hazel said.

"I can't leave the place I know as home, never!" Just as Oceana was talking, the guards came and bundled her to where Lord Benedict was.

Queen Satish quickly ran to where they were and saw Queen Kalispell smiling maniacally.

"Mum, stay strong for me." Oceana said, and just like the rushing wind, she was gone.