"I can't believe you're the nymph I was told about." Eris smiles. "Yeah, it's me alright. Sorry, I couldn't have told you sooner." She says. "It's okay. The way Queen Daeverana's tone was made it sound like I'd meet you guys sooner than later." Eris rubs his neck. "You've met Aever?" She says's surprised. "You did? Sounds like you guys were close by the nickname." Responded Eris. Sylvie laughs. "We're much older than you think?" Says Corlun. They all take a sit at the table.
"We're all over one thousand years old. I'm the oldest though, been living for seven thousand." Says Phayor. "Queen Daeverana was the original old. She's the one who formed this order of knowledge." Says Sylvie. "And how come I never knew about that?" Eris replied. "What matters is that you know now."
"Come on Grayson! I'm ready." Asserted Rose. Grayson walks into the room and he and Rose sit down in chairs by the bed where Hasan is lying and holds hands. Rose then chants a spell then they both close their eyes and fall asleep.
Rose and Hasan appear upon a jail cell. Holding two children. "Oh, this is the day of the riot. Hasan's tenth birthday." Says Grayson as he stood beside Rose, watching the children in the cell.
"Hasan, wake up!" Young Grayson said as he shook young Hasan to wake up. "What?" Young Hasan said as he awoke. "I overheard the guards and it seems like we finished that portal." He says and young Hasan's face lit up. "So we could be out of here soon?" He asks.
"Who said anything about getting out of here?" A guard appeared and said crudely. "It's just the beginning, little buddies. You! Sixty-four, come with me." The guard demanded as he opened the cell. He takes young Grayson and locks the cell.
"They numbered you?" Rose asks. "Yes, they numbered all of the children they made slaves. Hasan was One." Said Grayson. "He's alone in his cellar. Go pull him out. You have to touch him for him to see us." Asserted Rose. "Not yet, I need to see this through."
"Hasan." A guard whispered as he walked to the cell. "Sypho. Why'd they take Grayson?" Young Hasan asked. "Probably for the same reason they want me to take you. I need you to come and play along for a while. I'm getting all you kids out of here." Sypho said as opened the cell. Young Hasan followed behind the guard.
"Who is Sypho?" Rose asked as they began to follow young Hasan and Sypho. "He was the only adult there who saw the wrong that the cult was doing. He helped us kids in secret." Said Grayson.
"So to become a member of our order, you have to consume this." Says Phayor before he slams a book on the table. "A book? I have to consume… a book?" Questioned Eris. "Yeah, it sounds stupid. But we all had to do it." Says Corlun. "Don't worry, it's completely edible. But this book records all the history of the planet. And the only way for it to be read is if it is consumed. It can only be consumed if the books see you fit." Phayor elaborated. Eris sighs. "Ehh, okay."
Grayson and Rose follow Sypho and Young Hasan. "Where is Hasan being taken to?" Asks Rose. "They needed him to open the portal. I don't know why they need him though." Grayson responded. "I think we're about to find out."
"Thank you for bringing One, Sypho." A guard said standing at a door. Sypho smiles nervously. "Can I witness the portal being opened, Veda?" Asked Sypho. "Don't get ahead of yourself." He responded as he grabbed young Hasan away from Sypho and entered a room.
"Why am I here?" Young Hasan asked angrily. "You're a piece of the puzzle." Veda smiles. He enters another door in that same room.
"Rose, that's where we need to go." Said Grayson. They followed Veda into the other room.
"Boss, can I ask you something?" A guard asks, Veda as he connects wires. Veda nods. "Why are we connecting One and Sixty-four's life forces?" The guard queries firmly. "Long ago, the nymph Queen sealed off teleportation to the Dark Realm. And when she sealed it, she made only two ways for it to be unsealed. One of those ways is to get an heir of one of the Ten Great Fae Kingdoms and an heir of a minor kingdom." Veda laughs. "Connect their life forces and blast them into the portal. If I remember correctly, that brat Sixty-four is a prince of a kingdom called Zaharia." Veda laughs again, sinister every time. "You never cease to amaze me." The guard said.
Grayson's face is engulfed in shock when Rose turns his way. "Uhm, I think it's time we get out of here, Grayson. Get him to notice you so that we can get out." Says Rose. Grayson nods and goes to Young Hasan.
Grayson grabs young Hasan's left shoulder, but he doesn't feel it. He starts to shake young Hasan until he finally looks up at him. "Grayson?" He asks. "Me, alright. Now wake up." Says Grayson. Rose then puts her hand on Grayson's shoulder and a bright light shines from them.
Grayson and Rose awake and the others aren't in the room. "Why is he still asleep?" Grayson asks. "He'll wake in five minutes. Just go make him something to eat." Rose says assuredly. Grayson nods and leaves the room. Rose then turns to Hasan.
"Hey, I know you're awake." Smiled Rose. Hasan slowly opens his eyes. "I don't wanna see Grimm." He whispers. "I don't wanna talk to him either." Still lying down, he turns in the bed, facing the window. "But you love him." Says Rose as she sits beside him on the bed. She then hears a shattering sound. It's the window. "And I know that glass shatters when someone is right about you." She tilts her head and smiles. "At least thank him for waking you. You could've still been comatose. He probably won't accept though, it was an act of love." Asserted Rose. Hasan turns back around and looks at Rose. He chuckles. "Thanks."
Rose and Hasan both leave the bedroom they were in and they walk down the hallway towards the living room.
"Ooh, Earth has books about fairies. What the hell is a Tinker Bell and why is she so small?" Jessica asks no one. "Our planet correlates with Earth. But our fairies are definitely taller than Tinker Bell." Aeron says.
"Uh, hey guys." Hasan says, rubbing the back of his neck. Jessica gasps and goes up to hug him. "Yes, the crew is back together," Jessica says cheerfully. "Yeah, but where's Sloan, Zoe, and Ash?" Hasan asks. "Sloan's sleep and Zoe and Ash they're probably doing couple things." Grayson jumped into the conversation. "Oh," Hasan responded.
He inhaled deeply. "Thank you, for… getting me out of there." He says. Grayson chuckles. "You don't have to thank me," Grayson says. Hasan smiles. "So, what did you guys see in his head?" Grayson's face lits up in remembrance. "Oh, about that. Uhm, we found out how they were going to open a portal to the Dark Realm. And I also have to tell you a secret of mine that only Ash and Sloan know. My full name is Grayson Zuveion Zaharia, Prince of Zaharia." He hesitates. Everyone looks shocked. "And I'm not done. They needed the life force of a royal to one of the Great Realms, and the life force of a royal from a kingdom that is not of the Great Realms. I'm pretty sure that… you're the Prince of Gigantios, Hasan.