The Gifted (The Prophecy Foretold)
Chapter Twenty Nine
Xenia went into the Queen's room to drop her flowers when the Queen called her. "Yes, your majesty."
"Can you help me take care of the King today? I need some fresh air."
Xenia looked at the king, there has been no progress on his health. "I do not know if his majesty would want this." she told the Queen.
"He has no choice," She answered her.
"As you wish, your majesty." She bowed her head and went to set the bath tub for the King.
The King wanted to talk but he couldn't. The Queen has never felt this helpless. She needed space so she could pray to the guardians to be merciful on her and set the King free.
"I have set the bath tub," Xenia said.
"I will take care of his bath, find him something nice to wear and get him his meal."
"Yes, your majesty." Xenia bowed her head to do the Queen's bidding, while the Queen took the King to the bathroom.
Xenia got the King's robe and went down to get his food, she saw Chloe downstairs too getting food for Prince Zod but she was surprised that she didn't make any comment or whatsoever.
Chloe got the Prince's food and left immediately. Mrs Golan, the palace cook was surprised to see it. "Is there something I should know of?" she asked Xenia who was stunned as well.
"Uh?" Xenia asked.
"What did you do to her?" Mrs. Golan asked.
"Um..." she smiles. "...I have no idea."
"Well, whatever it is you did, it worked." she dished out the king's food. "How's the king doing?"
"He's getting worse by the day. I hope they come quickly so this can be over."
"And her majesty?"
"Well, you know Queen Elise is a fighter, so she's pushing through."
"I am glad the king married such a loving wife." she handed the food to Xenia.
"I am too." Xenia collected the food and left.
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Phoebe woke up only to find herself in a strange place. There was no houses or anything all that could be seen were fogs. She turned around to see if she could find a way out but the four corners looked the same. "Hello!" she called hoping that she wasn't the only one here. "Anybody out here!"
Nothing could be heard. Even the breeze refused to blow, everywhere was silent as a graveyard and this made her so afraid.
Am I dead? She asked herself. This looks like a place the spirit of the dead wanders to. She thought.
"Hello..o." she called again but everywhere was dead silent. "Anyone out here? This ain't funny!" she yelled but her voice returned back to her.
"Why does she sound so much like you?" Phoebe heard a voice say but when she looked around, there was no one.
A voice chuckled from behind. "I know right? She has my eyes."
Phoebe was going crazy. "Show yourself!" she commanded.
"I think she got her commanding tone from you,".
It was the man's turn to chuckle.
"Are you man or beast?" Phoebe asked but there was no reply. "Reveal yourself."
The man appeared behind her but she didn't know and the woman appeared in front of her. She didn't know why but she fell to the ground.
"Are you that shocked to see me?" the woman asked.
"W..wh..who are you?" Phoebe stammered.
"Should we tell her?" The voice behind her made Phoebe jump up in fear. The man and the woman laughed. "Don't be scared, we ain't here to harm you." he assured her.
"Who are you?"
"I am the guardian of messages, I am sure you must have heard about me."
"Guardian of messages?" Phoebe asked and the man nodded. There was only one Guardian of messages that she knows and that's the person Claudia said was her father. Could it be that they are the same people? She asked herself.
"Why aren't you wearing the amulet?" she turned to look at the woman.
How does she know about the amulet? Phoebe thought. "Who are you? How come you know so much about me and I know absolutely nothing about you?"
"We are your parents." The woman answered.
"My... Parents?" Phoebe asked not believing what she just heard.
"We are your parents." The man confirmed it.
Phoebe was finding this difficult to believe. What's happening? My parents are dead. Why am I seeing them? Is this a dream? If it is I would like to wake up now. She covered her ears to stop her from listening to whatever the two people in front of her were saying. All she wanted was to wake up from this beautiful nightmare.
"Phoebe, " a hand tapped her and when she woke up, she saw Chad and Gwen standing in front of her. She sat up on her bed with her hand trying to calm her beating heart.
It was just a dream. She breathes a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" Chad asked.
"I dreamt about my parents." she answered. "It felt...so real like they were real."
"Isn't dreaming about a dead relative a bad thing?" Gwen asked.
"Not relatively a bad thing. There could be a reason why her parents are trying to communicate with her. As we know, her father is the guardian of messages, he might have some things he would like to tell her." Chad explained and Phoebe found it to be true but then, how was she suppose to interact with her dead parents?
"She knew about my amulet." Phoebe told them.
"She's your mother, she gave that to you so she is supposed to ask when she didn't see it on you." Chad answered.
"What do you think I should do?" Phoebe asked.
"Talk to mom about it and tell her to let you have the amulet just for one night. If they visited you, I believe they will do it again and this time, do not run away from them."
Phoebe nodded. "I will go and talk to mom about it now." she stood up and went to meet Claudia.
Gwen was staring at Chad in a weird way that made Chad chuckle. "Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked.
"How did you know all these?" she asked.
"I am stunned myself." he smiled before leaving.
"How am I sure you don't have powers too?!" Gwen yelled.
Chad turned back to look at her. "I wish I do but I don't. Let's just say I am smarter than you." he winked her before running out of the room.