"Oh sweet comfort finally, after so long, we are finally going home" said Maddie as she could finally relax as the carriage was moving very slowly.
"Tell me about it" said Matt as he had to agree with her.
"You know guys, I can't explain it, but this doesn't feel real, it feels like some sort of dream" said Annie.
"If it is a dream, I don't want to wake up from it, I am never, ever, going to sleep outside again" said Maddie as Annie and Matt laughed.
"If I am being honest, it's kind of sad to be leaving Caligo" said Ollie as everyone turned to look at him.
"And only you would think that blondie" said Maddie.
"As for me, it's good riddance to that mountain" said Maddie as she smiled and she closed her eyes, she could not wait to get back to the Palace, and see Stella, and John and Lisa.
"But Ollie is right though, we have been there for a long time, so leaving feels a bit… sad" said A
"Annie as Ollie smiled at her.
"Exactly like that Annie, I mean we have spent so much of our time up there, that now it feels sad to finally leave and get back to our lives" said Ollie as he smiled.
"You might feel that way blondie, but I don't" said Maddie as she looked at Annie as Matt laughed.
"So you won't say that you at least enjoyed something on the mountain Maddie?" asked Matt as he laughed.
"Well I can't say that I didn't enjoy getting my sword, or finally getting to use it" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Alright, fine, It wasn't all that bad" said Maddie as they all laughed.
"But Ollie is right, we have spent a huge amount of our time on Caligo" said Curtis.
"How much?" asked Ollie.
"About five months, going to six" replied Curtis.
"Oh you can't be serious Curtis for that long?? Everyone must think that he probably died up there or something" said Maddie as Matt laughed.
"Of course you would think that way Maddie, but I don't think so" said Matt as he laughed.
"But 6 months is no joke" said Maddie as Matt did agree with her there.
"I can't wait to see my parents, and Aunt Stella" said Annie as she smiled.
"You can say that again, I will be happy to take a proper bath and feel clean again" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Oh which reminds me" said Maddie as she brought out her sword that she had covered because it was bloody and she waved her hand over it as she smiled.
"Oh it's so good to have magic again, I feel so whole and complete" said Maddie as she smiled and she put her sword away.
"Oh and you guys can thank me since I cleaned all your swords as well" said Maddie as she smiled.
"You didn't have to do that Maddie" said Ollie.
"Oh I know that I didn't, but I still did, I am going to use my magic for everything, in fact, I am not even going to walk anymore, just to appreciate my magic, six months without it is no joke" said Maddie as everyone laughed and Curtis looked at her as he shook his head.
"Maddie if anything, to show that you appreciate your magic, you would not use it for simple things like walking" said Curtis.
"Curtis, everyone has their different ways of showing appreciation, and this is just mine" said Maddie as she smiled and Annie laughed as Curtis shook his head at her.
"You will never change Maddie" said Curtis as he sighed.
"That's because I don't need to change Curtis" said Maddie as she smiled back at him and everyone laughed.
To tell the truth, Ollie was sad, once they reached the High Council Palace he would have to go straight home to the Castle to see his parents which he did not mind, but he was sure that he wouldn't see them for a long while, and he would miss them, even Maddie.
"Well I will miss you guys, It was nice being with all of you, and yes, even you Maddie" said Ollie as he smiled and Maddie scoffed at him.
"Aww, you don't have to say that Ollie, we will always ben friends, and you can always come and see us at the Palace" said Annie as she smiled and Matt agreed with her.
"Sure…" said Ollie as he smiled, but he doubted that, he was sure that he had a lot of royal duties waiting for him once he returned, but what could he say? That was what he was used to.
"As for me, I won't miss you at all blondie" said Maddie.
"Of course you won't" said Ollie as he laughed and in that same moment a loud noise that looked like something heavy hitting the carriage sounded and the carriage stopped moving as it shook a bit.
"Oh what now??!" asked Maddie as she groaned, why did they stop moving.
"Don't tell me that it's more rogues, this is horrible" said Maddie.
"Everyone wait inside, I will go and find out what hit the carriage" said Curtis as he got up and he opened the door.
"Be careful Curtis" said Annie as Curtis nodded, she did not want anything bad happening to him.
Curtis walked to the front of the Curtis where he saw a little scroll and he picked it up as Annie and Maddie looked out the window.
"What is it Curtis?" asked Maddie as she was relieved that there were no more rogues at all.
"It's a message from Stella" said Curtis as he opened the scroll.
"From Aunt Stella?" asked Annie and Maddie in surprise and Curtis nodded as he walked back into the carriage.
"What does it say?" asked Matt as Curtis quickly read through the scroll as he frowned briefly.
"Well it says that she doesn't know if this message will get to us in time, but she hopes that we are all well, and that we have good news" said Curtis as he started to summarize the letter.
"According to this, Evie is going to have her coronation, and Matt your parents want you to be there, all of us, so Stella is telling us not to return to the Palace for now, but we should go to the Vampire realm instead" said Curtis as Matt, Annie and Maddie looked confused while to Ollie this spelt trouble.
What was Stella trying to hide by indirectly telling them not to return to the Witch Realm right away, did something bad happen?
Ollie looked at Curtis as Curtis knew that he was thinking the same thing that he was thinking, but he would not disobey Stella's orders.
"Wait, a minute, Evie's coronation?" asked Maddie in confusion.
"Yes, it says here that King Henry has declared Evie as the Crown Princess, and her coronation is coming up" said Curtis.
"Wow, Evie the crown princess, that's…" said Maddie as she took a pause.
"Surprising" said Annie.
"Horrible" replied Matt, he could not imagine Evie as Queen, she couldn't take care of herself, not to talk about an entire Kingdom of Vampires.
"Well Stella wants us to go there, so we are going there" said Curtis.
"Even me?" asked Ollie.
"Yes even you" replied Curtis.
"But I need to ask of the permission from my parents first, I can't just go to the vampire realm just like that" said Ollie.
"Well Stella already asked the King and Queen, and they gave you their permission" said Curtis.
"Really?" asked Ollie in surprise as Curtis nodded his head.
"Awesome" said Ollie as he smiled, he had nothing against delaying his return back home, at least he could spend more time with Annie and the others.
"Umm guys is it only me or does this sudden change seem a little off, like Aunt Stella doesn't want us to go to the Palace on purpose?" asked Maddie.
"Well I don't know about that" said Annie in doubt.
"I mean, it's Evie's coronation, I have to be there" said Matt as he knew that his parents, and especially his mom would want him to be there to show his support for Evie.
"You are right Matt, and of course we are going to go with you" said Maddie as she smiled.
"I miss Evie, and the others, and cute Noey" said Maddie as she laughed.
"Yes I miss the others as well, especially Noey" said Annie as she laughed and Matt laughed.
"And I can't wait to meet your siblings" said Ollie as he smiled.
"I am sure that they will be happy to meet you as well" said Matt as he smiled.
"Well I guess that we are going to the vampire Realm now" said Annie as she laughed.
"That we are" replied Curtis as he touched the carriage and the carriage started to move.