The court's witcher stormed into the dinning hall, where the royal family were having their breakfast. He was aware that his hurried entrance into the hall was improper, but the news he had was quite urgent and alarming.
"Your majesty" Wrenall - the witcher bowed.
Thorne looked at him, "Is something amiss?"
"I'm afraid so, my king. The barrier was brought down last night" he informed. The king gave him a cold stare.
"Forgive my incompetent, your majesty. I did not sense the breaking of the barrier, until this morn. There was absolutely no trace about who has done this, the stationed guards were all knocked out, and up until now they do not remember exactly what happened" he informed.
"Wrenall, I expect you to be better than this" the king said.
The witcher bowed, "Forgive me, your majesty"
Kal and Raphael glanced at each other secretly, before Kal sipped his tea.
"Since the barrier is down, we all don't need telling to know that your bastard has left for Ramsgate" Katherine said cutting into her steak.
"Zander dares to disobey me?" Thorne asked with anger in his voice.
"No one is surprised, father" Ivo said.
"Rapfael," Thorne called. The second prince looked up lazily.
"Surround all entrances with our warriors, we will be waiting for Zander when he arrives" Thorne said.
"Of course, father" Raphael replied nonchalantly.
Thorne turned to the witcher, "Find out who brought down the barrier, I don't care how you do it. Find that god, or else you will suffer the consequences" the king ordered.
Wrenall bowed, "I'll do as you've asked, your majesty" he said lastly before he left.
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RAMSGATE
Carlisle was more than happy to see his realm back in order again. The tyrant was dead, and so were all his men. Their flags and signs were immediately thrown and burnt down.
All of his people that Adrelhael had imprisoned were all released. In a nutshell, the realm was back to the way that it was before - it's quite and peaceful nature.
"I can never thank you enough. I would have never have done this without your help" Carlisle told the lord impaler.
Zander nodded, "Promise me that you will take better care of Ramsgate" he said.
"I promise" Carlisle replied with a smile.
"You deserve to rule this realm. You are a little bit... " Zander trailed off, looking for the right word.
"Frail" Ian completed.
"Yes," Zander said and continued "but you have a good heart. You will do well here."
Carlisle smiled - the great impaler actually believes in him, that gave him a lot of confidence.
"I won't let you down" he said.
"Don't let the people of Ramsgate down" Zander corrected with a dimpled smile.
"Ramsgate will always be indebted to you" Carlisle stated finally before he escorted them to where the portal was.
"Wait," Carlisle said "Ian, can I hug you?" he asked with a smile.
Ian hesitated before he answered awkwardly. "No... and goodbye" then he walked into the portal.
"He is not the emotional type" Zander explained.
"I understand." he said still smiling.
"Tell Morgana that I want her to come for the celebration" The mindler god said.
"Of course" Zander replied. In a few days time, Ramsgate will be celebrating their freedom.
"You will be there right?" Carlisle asked.
"Would't miss it" The lord impaler assured before he walked into the portal also.
Carlisle exhaled, "He is so eminent" he said with a smile.
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The moment the great impaler stepped out of the portal, he saw exactly what he expected. The Red Draconian soliders have surrounded the entrance area.
Klaus - Ivo's right hand man stepped out in front. "The king requests your presence, immediately" he informed.
Zander sighed, before he walked away - heading to the throne room with some of the soldiers following behind.
When Ian turned to leave, one of the solider grabbed his arm suddenly.
"And where do you think you are going?" the soldier asked glaring at him.
Ian looked at how he roughly held him, before he shoved his hand away. "Touch me again, and you will wish you were never born" he warned with a glare, before he strode away.
The soldier made an attempt to fellow him, probably to stir up a fight, but Klaus stopped him.
"Let him go, the third battalions are too full of themselves" Klaus stated.
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Zander walked into the throne room, and the door closed behind him. He walked further in, and stopped in front of the throne that Thorne sat on.
"I was told that you wanted to see me" he said.
"Zander," the king called barely in a whisper "I curse the day that you were born, from the very first time that I laid my eyes on you." he said in a more clearer voice and continued "I could have strangled you to death, I could have killed you..." he stopped and looked up at him, then slowly he stood up.
"Who gave you the audacity to disobey me?" the king asked staring fixedly at his bastard son.
"No one did" Zander answered sincerely. "I disobeyed you, to save innocent lives, and I will do it again"
"How dare you!" the king thundered and gave him a hard blow across the face.
Zander chuckled softly, "You hit like an old hag" he insulted. And immediately Throne grabbed him by the shirt, as he continuously punched him across the face.
Zander didn't so much as retaliate, he just stood as numerous painful blows landed on every side of his face.
Thorne yelled out in frustration, as he let go of him.
"Is that the best you can do?" Zander asked, his face brutally battered.
"This is want you wanted," Zander said, "From the day that you sent me to the city of bones, this... is your reward for sending me to that horrible place. I was twelve," he stopped and added, "I never did anything wrong, I wanted to be the perfect child, I was the perfect child, because I wanted to please you. But what did I get? I got years and years of torture" he said.
"And now, you ask me why I disobeyed you. You should know the answer to that, dear father" Zander told him.
Throne knew that there was absolutely nothing that he could do, about what his bastard son has done. Hitting him numerously was just a way to express his anger.
Zander was right - and he was aware, sending him to the city of bones had its bad outcome, and he just has to deal with it. No matter how angry or frustrated he was.