"Come in" said Stella as she looked up from her office desk as she heard a knock on her office door.
"Good Morning Chancellor" said Ollie as he smiled and he walked into Stella office.
"Ahh Prince Oliver, I was not aware that you were coming over today, welcome, please sit" said Stella as she smiled and Ollie sat down.
"Thank you Chancellor" said Ollie as he smiled.
"So what brings you here my Prince?" asked Stella as she smiled.
"Well I wanted to come and visit you all, the Castle has been very boring lately" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Oh that is very sweet of you my Prince" said Stella as she smiled, Ollie was a good child, she knew that very well, he was kind, sweet and intelligent, she had watched him grow up.
"Yes, you know that you can always come to the Castle for dinner" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Thank you for your Invitation my Prince, but there is just so much work for me over here in the Palace" said Stella as she smiled and Ollie smiled at her.
"Umm Chancellor, there Is something that I need to ask you" said Ollie.
"Ask away my Prince, I will do my best to answer you accordingly" said Stella as she smiled.
"Chancellor is it true that Annie and the rest are going to Mons Caligo?" asked Ollie as he needed to confirm this with Stella first.
"Ahh… well yes my Prince, that is the truth" said Stella as she replied.
"I heard from Annie, she told me everything" said Ollie.
"Chancellor, are you in support of this? After all, you and I both know just how truly dangerous Mount Caligo is" said Ollie.
"Well yes, you are right my Prince, Mons Caligo is dangerous, but that is the only way to get Annie's powers back" said Stella as she replied.
"Are you very sure of that Chancellor, is there not another way to get her powers back?? One that does not involve going to that dangerous Mountain?" asked Ollie.
"Well sadly no, this is the only way, and I understand your concern my Prince, but Curtis has assured me that there will be no danger" said Stella, she could sense that the young Royal was just worried for Annie, and she found that very sweet of him.
"Everyone seems to trust Curtis here" said Ollie.
"Because he is someone worthy to be trusted" said Stella.
"So you are in full support of this Chancellor?" asked Ollie.
"Yes, I am" replied Stella.
"But Annie is not well, do you really recommend that she go to Mons Caligo?" asked Ollie.
"It is not about what I recommend my Prince, but on what is actually right, most times, the things that we place less trust on, are what actually give us the result that we are looking for" said Stella as she smiled, she of all people knew that.
"*Sigh*, I hear you Chancellor" said Ollie as he sighed, it would seem that the decision had already been made.
"Are you going to go along with them?" asked Ollie.
"Well no, no I am not, I will not be able to, I have too much to do here, the Realm needs me" said Stella.
"I see" said Ollie.
"What are you thinking about my Prince?" asked Stella as she knew that look on his face very well, he was planning something.
"Nothing Chancellor" said Ollie as he snapped out of his thoughts and he smiled.
"I will just inform their Majesties" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Oh well alright then my Prince, please send them my greetings" said Stella as she smiled.
"I will Chancellor" said Ollie as he smiled and he stood up as he walked out of Stella's office, he knew what he had to do, and he also knew that it would not be easy at all.
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"Mother, Father… I went to the Palace today" said Ollie as he smiled and he looked at his Mother as they were having dinner, it was very quiet, mostly because Albert was in one of his serious moods, which meant that something serious had to have happened, but Ollie knew that he had to go along with what he had planned to say, or else he would never get the chance ro.
"Oh that is very nice, how is Stella and everyone else?" asked Christina as she smiled.
"They are well mother, I even invited the Chancellor over for Dinner, but she mentioned that she had been very busy as of late" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Hmm" said Albert as he replied, he of course knew where his son went, there was nowhere else he would go except for the Palace to see those people, it really irked him, but the last time he had expressed his displeasure, Christina ended up scolding him like some sort of child, and he had assured her that he would leave their son be.
"Yes" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Father, Mother, were you both aware of the fact that Annie had lost her powers?" asked Ollie as he smiled.
"Well yes, it was quite obvious Ollie, she was looking very frail, and her life force was weak" said Christina as she drank from her glass of water.
"Do you know why she lost her powers?" asked Ollie as he was very curious, from the information he had gathered over the time, he knew that it had something to do with the revive spell, since Annie even asked him about the revive spell.
"Well we do not know for sure, but it is obvious that it concerns Azazel, and the real reason Curtis was here was because he needed to search for some ancient texts in the library" said Christina.
"Well Mother, do you know that Curtis has finally found a way to get back Annie's powers?" asked Ollie and this time even Albert looked like he was now interested in the topic.
"Oh really now?" asked Christina in surprise.
"Yes mother" said Ollie as he nodded his head.
"Well that Is surprising, Curtis really works swiftly" said Christina as Albert had to agree with her, he never trusted Curtis, the book was just too sly for his own liking.
"Well yes Mother it is, but what Is even more surprising is that he solution he found involves them going to Mons Caligo" said Ollie as his mother almost spit out her food as she controlled herself and she used the napkin beside her to clean her mouth.
"Mons Caligo?" asked Christina in utter shock, as Albert was thinking the same as she was.
"Yes Mother, Mons Caligo" said Ollie as he nodded his head.
"Don't they know that it is dangerous up there?" asked Christina as this made no sense to her at all.
"They do Mother, they know, but Curtis is apparently so sure of what he is saying" said Ollie.
"You see what I mean when I say that they are not be to trusted, how can we trust them when they conclude on such insensible decisions" said Albert as if he had been waiting to tell Christina and Ollie that he was right all along.
"Oh my, does Stella know about this?" asked Christina as she ignored Albert's comment.
"Yes she does Mother" said Ollie as he nodded his head.
"And what did she say?" asked Christina.
"Well she trust Curtis completely" said Ollie plainly.
"Well if Stella does not see anything wrong with them going to Mount Caligo, then it means everything must be fine" said Christina as she trusted Stella, she was the most sensible person she knew, and if she agreed with Curtis then it meant that they were worrying about nothing at all.
"I also agree Mother" said Ollie as he smiled, and he braced himself, he knew that he had to ask now or never, or else he was never going to be able to do it.
"I just hope that Stella knows what she is doing" said Albert to himself as he took a sip of his wine, he did not like how involved his wife and son were with the Greys and their matters, that was their own problem, and not his.
"Mother… Father, I have a request" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Alright Ollie, go on, what is your request Ollie??" asked Christina as she wondered what Ollie could possibly want to ask them, he seemed to edge, so it had to be something very important to him.
"Mother, Father I…" said Ollie as he hesitated, but he knew that his Father hated any sort of hesitation.
"Mother Father, May I be allowed to go along with Annie, Maddie and Matt?" asked Ollie as he braced himself and he held his breath for the reply as his Mother looked like she had just heard the worst news in her entire life, while she looked in worry at Albert.