"What? Who? Who's Her Majesty? And how is she here?" To say that I was confused was an understatement. Was this a bad thing? Sira looked very serious now.
I think I know now what happened. A few days ago, something big came to shake the earth. Even the elder trees felt the power stir beneath them. I have no idea what you did or how you did it, but now I am sure. It was you who took down that ancient barrier! The dome that sealed the Dragon Queen within it for so long was taken down by you, a non-magical being who could enter the dome exactly for that reason. It all makes sense now!
"What? No! Nothing makes sense now!"
Yes, yes! You see: every living being in this world, from the plants to the animals to the Humans, has magic in them. Maybe it is dormant and unseen to the eye, but it is there. That's the rule of this world. But you, it seems, are not from this world. You don't have a sliver of magic in you, so even the most powerful wards couldn't detect you. Sira's eyes were bulging as he continued his train of thoughts.
And Ferras was saying something about a blue light that seemed to break the sky - that must have been The Orb of Souls. Did you see anything like that? Where is it now? Please, this is very important.
"Uhm, yes I think I know what you mean, but I have no clue where it is right now. When I touched it, it kinda disappeared." The Kimberian swished his tail back and forth, nervously.
Something as powerful as that won't just disappear. Maybe its energy was converted somehow. But how did you do it? While Sira was nervously twitching his nose and brushing his cheeks, I mostly just sat there. Stunned.
I have been here for barely a week and already all hell has broken loose. So many things are happening that I seem to have no control over. I was being played like a marionette by fate. It was scary.
"So how is this connected with the poison? You said that something helped me...?" He snorted at my question. Isn't it obvious? She is in you right now. I think you two must have fused somehow, but due to your lack of magic, nothing has really happened yet. Which is probably for your own good. Her will could easily overpower you and take over. Then again, I am no expert when it comes to magic fusion. I might be completely wrong, but what I am certain about, is that the reason you nearly died and survived, was her.
"What? How can she be the reason for both my bad reaction to the poison and for my survival?" Things were getting increasingly confusing.
My theory is, that if you hadn't had any foreign magic in you from Her Majesty, you wouldn't have reacted to the burn at all. With none of your own magic to resist the poisonous fire magic, nothing would have happened. There's even a possibility, that you would have taken over that affinity for fire. My god, you probably could have become a high ranking caster right away! Magic transfusion - something that had been attempted many times, but it never worked so far.
But now you bear something even more powerful than the pure fire magic of a fire spirit. I'm afraid that spark of magic from the poison has reached the sealed magic of the Queen. You might be in great danger! She will slowly awaken now. I can't say what will happen, but be prepared for the worst.
"Woah - hold on! Are you telling me, that this 'Queen' or whatever will slowly start killing me from the inside? Or what? Are you absolutely sure about all the things you've said so far?" This was crazy! Absolutely crazy! I was both excited and terrified. I didn't know what to think.
Unfortunately, yes.
"Okay so, who is this Queen anyway?" All this talk about this person, but who on earth was she anyway? A Human? A god? She sure seemed to be like a god to Sira.
He smiled at me. I think I will let you figure that one out on your own. Now then, I was going to show you how to put up your mental barriers to protect yourself against any telepaths that might be out there, but I see that won't be necessary.
"Why?"
You have Her Majesty with you. No one even has a chance against her. You are safer than safe with the Queen around you.
"Okay, so you are saying she will block out anything telepathic right?"
Yes.
"Then how come you can speak to me?" Ha! Got him! I wonder how he will explain that one. But once again, he just grinned at me.
I see you aren't stupid.
WOW. Thank you! Seriously! How rude!
For one, it is because she has accepted the Kimberians. Why? I can't tell you right now. Again, it is better you found out for yourself.
That's such a cheap answer.
Anyway, now the most important thing to do is to keep you safe. Don't get into the wrong hands, then everything should be fine. He jumped up and stretched his wings.
The best thing to do would be to keep you here really, but I can see that that isn't an option. So instead, we will send one of us with you.
Wait, what. I didn't agree with this. Where was my opinion here?
Kimba, you can come out now. I know you've been listening in.
Oh, I'd totally forgotten about Kimba. Sure enough, Kimba came creeping out from behind the leaves of the tree. Gently, he glid down to us and sat on the rock next to Sira.
And what were you thinking, listening in like that? Using Jacklyn as a port? Sira shook his head disapprovingly. I've decided that I want to send Kimba along with you. The Queen knows nothing of this. Kimba will be there to guard you. He tapped his tail at Kimba. Kimba lowered his head. I'm at your service, Nene.
It took an immense amount of will power to keep myself from laughing out loud.
"Not to be rude or anything, but like, what is he gonna do? What if someone tries to kill me? I'm not sure killing them with cuteness is an option, although I must say you would come quite close."
Oh, don't you worry. We have our own methods of defending ourselves. You see, usually, creatures can't even see our village up here in the trees. Only the ones we want to can see it or very powerful magicians can also see through our illusions.
Interesting. So now I know that on top of everything else, Kimberians can also cast illusionary spells. In addition, I can also be sure that Ferras is a very powerful magician.
The biggest benefit of having Kimba with you, is that he can cover up your hair and eye color with an illusion. Only few people would even have the power to notice the spell. It would be totally safe.
"That's a really good point actually. So, can I have black hair? Or maybe blond? I've always wondered what I would look like with blond hair."
Kimba squinted at me. I think we'd better stick with black. It fits you better.
I laughed. "Okay then." What am I getting myself into?
Now then. Since this has been cleared up, it is time to go eat. I believe Ferras and the Queen are waiting for you.
"What. How is the Queen waiting for me?"
Excuse me. I meant our Queen. Queen of the Kimberians. Not the Queen of the North.
Oh my god.