The palace was extremely big. It could have accommodated more than fifty orphanages like Hewyard."What have I landed myself into",Zane heard Scarlett whisper as she stared at the palace with a flabbergasted expression on her face.They were being led inside the palace by the guards who were heavily armed . Not with guns or any modern technology. They had swords, daggers, bow and arrow and other weapons that made the kids even more nervous. They could have easily disarmed the guards with their powers and run away but then, where would they run? They didn't know where to go. And if Eva had sent her there, they needed to trust her. They thought Queen Kendra Monroe might be able to help them. The big gates opened and they went inside where things were even more lavishing."It's so beautiful!", whispered Emily.The palace was indeed beautiful from inside too. Red carpet laced the floors and candles were lit up all along the corridor. Beautiful paintings were hung up on the wall of horses
Zane could feel the eyes of everyone in the throne room, on him."What does she mean Zane?",asked Derek, he took Zane's hand. "And why are you so nervous?""Don't be so intrusive Derek!",shouted Zane, withdrawing his hand.Kendra seated herself on the throne as Zane threw a disgusted look at her."Tell us",said Kendra. "You are hiding many things. Tell us and you'll be free of that burden Zane, it's never good to lie to your friends""I will tell them when the time is right! You didn't have to poke your nose here in this matter!",shouted Zane"Careful with your tone",said a guard, gripping his sword tightly."Zane",said Kendra, much gently. "Tell us what you are hiding and be free of your burden"Zane looked at the queen and his body went numb, his senses tingled and he said,"Ofcourse.... ofcourse I will say whatever I am hiding!""Then tell us""Look, I was hiding that ...that I am natural swordsman. If I am given a sword I can do miracles with it",said Zane, still in a sluggish tone
Laurel was just about to open the door when Zane knocked. "Who is it now?", grumbled Laurel before opening the door.She was wearing a black dress."Wow you look nice",said Zane"Thanks",said Laurel straightening her dress with her hands. "You don't look so bad yourself""Come on I never look bad!",said Zane spreading his hands and looking down at his suit.Laurel rolled her eyes. "I assume you didn't come all the way here just to compliment me""Umm...no I didn't", confirmed Zane. "I wanted to ask you about something""Yeah? What about?""Well..... yesterday",said Zane scratching his chin," When Kendra asked me about what my powers were....I was tempted to lie but I couldn't, there was just something about the queen that I couldn't bring myself to lie. And then suddenly I lost control of my senses and I felt like I had to lie and I lied....I told her my powers were swordfighting and whatever. But I don't understand what happened....did it have something to do with you?"Laurel sighe
Everyone was going upstairs, back to their rooms. They were full , especially Zane who had overeaten just so he could avoid being questioned by Kendra. But she didn't give Zane a free pass. She questioned everybody about their identity, Zane, Natalie and Laurel had to lie and Mick partly lied. And Zane thought Scarlett was the one who was most relaxed because she wouldn't have to reveal her powers or any such thing. But instead, Scarlett was the one most agitated among them. She was scared, although she tried very hard to hide it. She was scared that any moments the queen could order her guards to execute her. But she put a brave face on and pretended everything was fine. And when Kendra questioned her about her identity she went " I am Scarlett Olivia and I am a normal human. Also, my father usually stays out of town for business and my mother died when I was young. My father remarried . The women is utterly horrible and she has three kids with my dad....So, naturally they are the
Zane opened his door to go out and see the kingdom a little bit. He saw Scarlett being escorted, by a handsome guy, downstairs. Zane thought he saw something in the corridor. When he turned around, it was gone. He grew suspicious but he didn't trust himself for he was tired. He had not rested the whole night and thought he was probably hallucinating.But then he saw a door open in the far end of the corridor but as soon as he tried to focus inside, the door closed. The only thing he got to see was a pair of big rainbow eyes staring at him, and then the door closed.Scary? I know.Zane didn't believe in ghosts, but then again, why would any of his friends be trying to scare him?"Who's there?", shouted ZaneNo reply."Answer me! Who's there?!"Nobody answered"Look if you are trying to scare me or-""No! I am not trying to scare you!", shrieked a girlZane looked behind and saw a girl standing with a sketchbook in her hand. She had the same rainbow eyes that he had seen before behind
Zane banged the door of Laurel's room, shut and walked back towards his own room.Natalie was wandering in the corridor and tapping her feet in a rythmic fashion. "Hey!",she said, as soon as her eyes located him. "Hi",he replied, disheartily"Looks like someone has been having a bad morning""Yeah you could say that""What happened?",asked Natalie"Nothing much", replied Zane , looking here and there."It's full moon tonight",said Natalie"What?! I - I almost forgot!""Yeah I know, so, are you planning on telling anyone?" "Telling anyone what?""That....that we are werewolves""I don't know""Come on Zane! After everything we've been through together, atleast our friends deserve to know the truth!""I...I just don't know if I can trust them!""Fine! Then trust me!",said Natalie,"Because I trust them!"Zane sighed but said nothing. "Okay, if you excuse me please"Zane walked away from her.Natalie looked after Zane with concern-filled eyes."Where are you going?",she asked"To clea
All the kids had lunch in silence. No one said anything about the disappearance of Derek. Queen Kendra was silent too. She would just smile at whoever would look at her. After the lunch, Scarlett pulled Zane aside and asked him to do something. Zane knocked at the door, and Queen Kendra opened it. He was accompanied by six guards. "What is it, my dear?",asked Queen Kendra"I just want to talk to you about something",said Zane, "But your guards insisted on coming with me"Queen Kendra gestured at the guards to wait outside and she invited Zane inside. "Tell me, what's bothering you?",she asked"Ummm....so, you see, my friend is missing and I can't find my friend anywhere. I thought you might know where my friend is""And what makes you think I know where he is?",she asked"Because I didn't say if it was a 'he' or a 'she' ,yet you know who I'm talking about",said Zane smiling. Queen Kendra laughed "Oh dear......I have no idea what you're talking about. I thought you mentioned it wh
"Wait.....did you just say Forest of Deception?",asked Zane"Yeah", replied the woman"But.....in our realm....I mean from where we all come from, Earth. This forest of deception is there too!""Yes, it's everywhere. This....this forest has a long history of death, deception. And......a part of this forest is in every realm. You must be aware that there are 7 realms. Technically there were 8 realms Earth, Helmfirth, Erstonia, Ebraxas, Craburn, Icosall, Byrandan, Pamlivam but, Ebraxas was........ destroyed so now, there are only 7 realms""Wait, you know about Byrandan?",asked Zane curiously"Well yes.......",said the woman. "The kings and queens of every realm have a treaty. The realms have a treaty never to wage war against each other. Queen Isabella always hated the treaty, she's the queen from Erstonia and she hates Queen Kendra. She's always wanted to attack Helmfirth but.....you know, the treaty kept her from doing it""And now?", asked Natalie. "Well, you see..... Pamlivam was