While Herardo was alone, he heard a trampled outside the tree.
And when he peeked out, he was shocked when he saw Tuscan with Montecarlo and their carrying Gricielda, they were from Bolanaire land. Herardo immediately climbed up inside the hollow tree, and peeked at them as they entered. He only knew Tuscan, but he didn't know Montecarlo and Gricielda was, because they were a Bolanairian. He sees them laying Gricielda down, who's body was almost ruined. Herardo was baffled on what are they doing there.
"Will her body will be restored here?" Montecarlo asked Tuscan.
"I'm not sure, its my first time doing it, but if in your land in Bolanaire can restore a ruined mannequin in Bolanaire hollow tree there, it could also happen here in Albany hollow tree! We need to try!" Tuscan said.
"This tree is just like the Bolanaire tree isn't it?" Montecarlo asked.
"Yes, this is the equivalent of the Bolanaire tree in your land, and if your tree can heal, this tree can do the same, I guess!" Said Tuscan.
"How many days will Gricielda be in it?" Tuscan then asked him.
"On the Bolanaire tree it lasts a few days, I think it also doesn't last very long here ," Montecarlo replied.
"Then let's leave Gricielda here, and let's just go back to her after a few days," Tuscan said.
Montecarlo did nothing, but leave Gricielda and he will come back again for her soon.
And at that moment they left the hollow tree.
And when they left, Herardo came down of hiding.
And he saw the cracks in Gricielda's body.
"She's from Bolanaire land?" Herardo said to himself, and he began to remember the former queen of Bolanaire land, the love of his life.
Herardo waited until midnight.
And when it came he peeked out of the tree.
The road was quiet and he could no longer see any mannequin walking.
He went outside and go to the tower, there is only one tower in Albany land. The tower was a hundred feet high. From the top, he can view the kingdom of Bolanaire land from far away.
He looked at the huge palace and it was shining.
Desiring to go there to see the former queen, but he did not yet have the courage to do so, he thought that the former queen did not want to see him anymore.
Meanwhile in Bolanaire land.
Melania and the former queen had just finished axing the rocky wall, and they got only very little gold and diamonds. So did the other mannequins that axed as well.
The officer took it, and when he saw that only a little that they got, he was disappointed.
"The new queen will not be satisfied with what you got! Tomorrow you have to come here earlier so you can get more!" Said the officer.
"But how can we do that! We are starving?" Said one of the mannequin looking tired and hungry. The officer gave them food, but they were rotten. It came from the falling fruits from the secret garden.
They forced themselves to eat it because they were so hungry.
After eating, they were sent back outside the mine of gold and diamond. The mannequins scattered around outside the huge palace and they were look so filthy and starving.
Except for Melania and the former queen, they had a small room in the basement of the palace.
...
When Melania and the former queen were alone, they talked.
"Why aren't they coming back yet?" Melania said worriedly about Montecarlo and Gricielda.
"I don't think they'll come back!" said the former queen.
"But why?"
"What if they come back here? They will only get suffer by what they are experiencing here at the hands of the new queen! While in Albany land, their lives will be safe and prosperous! " said the former queen.
"But they won't do that, they said no matter what happens they will come back here, right?" Melania said earnestly.
"But when they get there, I'm sure their minds will definitely change, that's what they will do, you'll see," said the former queen.
"Then why did you let them go there?"
"Because I trusted them, but I still have a suspicion that they would never come back!" said the former queen as she shook her head.
"Maybe they will come back? Maybe tomorrow morning, right?" Said Melania.
"They won't be able to come back even tomorrow!"
"But why are you saying that my queen? Believe in them, they will come back here, they can find Herardo," Melania said.
"I'm hopeless, the leaf that they ate was no longer valid, they should have returned here before it expired, but it is useless now, so even if they return here it is too late!" said the former queen.
"Then nothing happened, they can't bring Herardo here either?"
Losing hope says Melania.
"Yes, so our plans won't work as well, it can't be done!" Said the former queen.
Melania was burst into tears by what the Queen said.
"I want to go home!" Crying Melania said, she wants to go back in her world, the earth. She was a human who became a mannequin.
"I'm sorry Melania, I can't help you, I'm not the queen anymore, I have no power," the former queen said sadly.
Melania felt uneasy, she doesn't know what to do, and what she's afraid of is forgetting the past. The new queen Misty will give her the water of forgetfulness soon, and when this happens she will become a mannequin forever, she won't be able to go back to her world, she won't be able to do anything.
"I have to find a way to stop the new queen, otherwise I will be a mannequin in this place forever! I want to go back with Brando. And maybe she'll destroy all the mannequins here! This shouldn't happen!" Said Melania.
"But it will be difficult for us to stop the new queen as long as she wears the necklace, especially if she gets the powerful crown!" The former queen. "She should never get the crown!"
Melania said desperately, she is thinking about what she will do.
...
Meanwhile in human's world.
When Brando fell asleep, Misty entered through the portal door to Bolanaire land, she went there quickly, so that Brando will not see her entered the portal door.
As she entered, the portal door immediately vanished in a blink of an eye. As she sauntered the Bolanaire kingdom, she saw the filthy mannequins approaching her, she already knew what they want, they were begging for mercy due to starvation.
"Dear queen we are hungry!" Begging says the mannequins as they approach her, they forcefully reach out to the queen to hold her. Misty was in rage when she saw them approaching her, she hates the hundreds of dirty mannequins that she sees infront of her.
"You are all disgusting! Don't come near me, don't ever touch me!" Misty shouted with anger on her face.