"It was easy to make your sister go away. I thought that if she was so confident about everything it would be difficult to let fear inside." Morpheus said.
"It looks like that on the outside but, the truth is that she let fear inside. She knew she could find a way out and let you think that way. I bet that she is right now searching for a way to help me and find a way out of this world." Blake said.
"Are you kidding? She doesn't even know that you exist. The moment you had been sent, she assumed that you had been killed. She is never coming back for you. Now go back to the room I had given you." Morpheus said.
"Okay. But are you sure she thought that?" asked Blake.
"She never looked more disappointed. I can even read minds so; I definitely know that she thought you are dead." Morpheus said.
"Fine" replied Blake and left.
Shadow came out of the shadows and asked, "Why do you lie to him? He is a prisoner; why have you given him a room?"
"He has potential, a lot more than anything I have seen. He would make a great asset if allowed. He is not as confident as his sister. A few words are all it would take to turn his heart around; a few words will bring me back my place at the guardian alliance. He could have great powers or could perish. It is his choice. Lying to him makes a great big difference. All hope inside him needs to be crushed and the next time Elsa checks the spirit realm, she will be brought out, and when she is brought out, she will start searching, so, time is less and much work to be done." Morpheus said.
Unknown to Morpheus, Blake had been listening to everything he had just said and was making way to escape from there. He suddenly came out of his room and said "I want to see King Hydrafist."
"Before I do that, may I know how much you heard?"
"I did not know that you said anything until you told me that you said something. I am now eager to hear what it was."
"Nothing special. I was just discussing with Shadow here on how to repay the people who have suffered a human loss because of me." Morpheus lied.
"Okay. Wasn't as interesting as I was hoping."
"You leave that alone, you said that you wanted to see Chris, right?"
"Yes. I want to see him alone."
"Fine." Morpheus said and snapped his fingers. Suddenly a passage appeared and Morpheus said "This is the path to Chris' dungeon. Enter if you dare."
"Thanks" Blake said and went.
Blake went inside and saw darkness and nothing else. Suddenly the door closed behind him. He kept on walking. There were no handles anywhere so, he searched the ground for something that could help him to see better. He found nothing. "I want to see where I am walking now." Blake said, trying to be confident. As he said this, the whole place lit up with arrows pointing towards one way. Blake followed these arrows hoping to reach a certain destination. He walked for hours and hours and finally reached a hallway lit by torches. He felt as if something was about to happen. He was doing his best not to make a sound. Suddenly he was hit by a huge block of ice. He was frozen and could only blink. A man came in front of her to see whom he had hit. Blake recognized him completely; he was Chris.
"Sorry! I thought you were Morpheus." Chris said. He snapped his fingers and the ice melted.
"I should introduce myself. Last time I didn't, I lost my sister. I am Blake. I came here from another world. I am searching for a way to go back and I thought that you might know one." Blake said.
"I am Christopher Hydrafist, ruler of the Snowy Kingdom, Guardian of Fun and Husband to Elsa, Guardian of the Spirit Realm." Chris said. "I might be able to help you find your own way." He continued.
"Thank you. But wouldn't we have to get out of here first?"
"Yes, we do."
"But how?" Blake asked.
"Clouds. I can create clouds. They can carry us out of here. Your sister was sent to the spirit realm. I know that she found a way out. She met my wife and daughter and secured them. She has made sure that Elsa and Crystal will not come here. She is going with them to the Fairy Empire to seek advice from Titania and has developed all knowledge about Dreamanaria. If you want to meet her, you should leave right now. The clouds will be ready in 5 minutes." Chris said.
"How do you know all this? And if the clouds can help carry you out of here, then why don't you use them to help yourself?"
"The clouds I create see everything happening. All the clouds in the sky are created by me. When I close my eyes, I see whatever the clouds see. I was waiting for the right moment to escape and I believe that I have found it." Chris said.
"How do you sleep then?"
"When I sleep, the clouds sleep. The clouds do not alert me unless something urgent has happened" Chris said. "Let's go." Jack pointed his finger at the dungeon door and started rotating it. A thread shot out of his finger and started to twirl itself in the shape of a cloud. Suddenly a silver thread shot out of his finger and started to go around the cloud and make a silver lining. "It's not every day that you get to see a cloud being made, is it?" Chris asked when he saw the excitement in Blake's eyes.
"No. It looks so beautiful. But why the silver lining? I didn't see it on any cloud when I was with Samantha." Blake said.
"Every cloud has a silver lining. Each cloud is different because of its lining. I use a different kind of thread for each cloud. You just can't see it from where you stand. You need to find your own silver lining before trying to see what the clouds have."
"I never thought of it that way."
"Nice. Now hop on." said Chris and hopped onto the cloud. Blake hopped on too, and the minute he did, the cloud went soaring across the sky at the speed of 200 miles per second.
"Are you sure that we are not going to fall? This is going so fast. Slow it up a bit." Blake said.
"How 100 miles per hour?" asked Chris.
"How long will it take to reach the Fairy Empire?"
"We should reach by tomorrow morning if we go at 100 miles per hour."
"That should be good enough. Could I ask a few questions during this time?"
"Of course"
"What is it with people and snapping their fingers? Morpheus sent me to the dungeon by snapping his fingers, you unfroze me by snapping your fingers. How can you do it? I mean that are you born with it or do you have to practice to learn to do that?"
"Good question. Before answering it, I should tell you the whole story. Your sister knows the rest. She will tell you what I don't. Not many people know this but, Morpheus is of royal blood. He was born to the kingdom of the Moon thus; his skin is grey. His parents were King Khonsu and Queen Artemis. Morpheus' real name is Thoth. When he was born, all the guardians had gone to bless him. Athena, guardian of wisdom, blessed him to always be wise in any decision he makes. My parents were next in blessing him. They had the power to do whatever they want with a snap of their fingers so, they gifted him to do the same. Of course, they had made sure that he could not kill anyone with a snap of his fingers. Just as Poseidon went to bless him, Hades swooped in and took him. Just as he was about to go, he turned around and said that we would be sorry for defying him. One of the reasons that Morpheus came after me and my family is that because of my parents gift to him was the reason that Morpheus is not the heir of the kingdom of the Moon. You see, before all of us guardians go to bless any baby, we decide what gift to give to that baby. Hades hadn't shown his true colors yet. He had just asked for a change in role. We hadn't given him that. The next day, Hades showed his true colors when he abducted Prince Thoth and turned him into the monster he is today."
"What do you mean guardians?"
"Your brother will tell you that."
"But how did Prince Thoth turn into Morpheus?"
"Yes, well Thoth was bred under captivity and made to be a servant of Hades. The worst part was that Hades told Thoth who he really was. Thoth got mad and started preparations to kill Hades. Just like my parents' gift was supposed to work, Thoth had soon enough assembled an army and killed Hades. Thoth was supposed to be given Hades' place, which was the Defender of Peace. On the night he was to be made the Defender of Peace, he was supposed to pass a test. The test was to be sent to the spirit realm and make it out in an hour. When you are in the spirit realm, you are peaceful; no matter what you were in the world. When Thoth was going to kill Hades, he sent him to the spirit realm to reflect on himself. Just as Hades was about to be sent to the spirit realm, he shouted out and cursed us all. He said that his soul would never calm down. He said that he would come back one day, stronger and worse than before. He said that he would stop at nothing. When Thoth was sent to the spirit realm for his test, he came out late. When he did, he was standing in front of us as if he had seen a ghost. He kept on rattling on about Hades. His parents were shocked to see him this way and disowned him. He fled that night and started to call himself Morpheus, the King of Nightmares."
"Can't Samantha tell me all of this too?"
"No. Elsa doesn't know all this. She doesn't know this because she was not there the day Thoth was abducted. No one told her that Thoth was abducted by Hades, she just knew that Thoth defeated Hades and was to be given his position but didn't earn it."
"Why was she not there?"
"Well, I'd have to start at the beginning for that too. 5 years after Thoth was abducted, the Guardian of the Spirit Realm died. Before dying, she left a portal so that we could inspect the spirit realm every day. Egbert, the Easter Bunny, was inspecting the spirit realm when he found Elsa there. Elsa looked at least four years or so to him. He was shocked as he didn't think that such a small person could have died at such a small age. You see, when you die, you are sent to the spirit realm. Egbert went to ask her how she reached there. She told him her name and how used to come here regularly. She used to snap her fingers and reach here. She said that since she was about three years, she was coming here. She said that she came here whenever she was feeling sad. This time Hades had come and destroyed her whole village and she lost her parents. Egbert felt sorry for her and told her to follow him. He got her to Titania, the queen of the fairies and perhaps the most important person in all of Dreamanaria. He told Titania about how Elsa lost her family and travelled to the spirit realm on a regular basis. Titania immediately held a guardian meeting and put Elsa out for adoption. She told all the guardians about Elsa and her tragic story. She declared Elsa as the Guardian of the Spirit Realm. Mrs. Claus liked her so, she adopted Elsa."
"If Queen Elsa was around 4 years old when the Easter Bunny found her, then wouldn't you be like, 20 years older to her?"
"No. That time my parents, John and Carol Frost, were the guardians of Fun. I was eight years old at that time." Jack said.
"Oh. I did not know that. I have another question. When Hades took Pitch, weren't you and all the others royals targeted by him?" Ally asked.
"Yes. Pitch was the first royal to be taken by Hades. Me, Surya, Blur, Buck, Chippy, Mercury, Midnight, Alice, Bella, Butterscotch, Diana, Jewel, Luna, Elsa, Scarlet and Gloriana were all targeted by him. So, we were all put in the highest amount of security. Thoth remained as the first and last royal to be taken by Hades." Jack said.
"How many kingdoms are there?" Ally asked.
"Well, there are only eight kingdoms. I was the prince of the Snowy kingdom, Surya is the prince of the Kingdom of the Sun, Blur, Chippy, Buck, Mercury, Midnight, Alice, Bella, Butterscotch, Diana and Jewel are the princes and princesses of Easter Isle Kingdom. Luna is Pitch's elder sister and is thus, the princess of the Kingdom of the Moon. Gloriana and Scarlet are the princesses of the fairy empire and Elsa was the princess of the Corner Kingdom."
"There are TEN children of the Easter Bunny?!!"
"Yes. But we can't go to your brother straight away... the royal family of the Kingdom of the Moon needs to know about the dangers they're about face... Morpheus never got over how his parents disowned him... they're next. We need to rush there first."
"Yes. But I still have one more question. How come amongst all of the new generation, you were the only one who became king?"
"My parents died in the war against Hades."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"Don't be. I was just ninety–eight at the time and I have gotten over it." said Chris, "We're here."
"How have we reached so fast?"
"Well, the Kingdom of the Moon is closer than the Fairy Empire. I just told the cloud to take right for the Kingdom of the Moon and here we are."