Meeting the seer~
At the end of the royal meeting,all the guest left for their different kingdoms, sending their messagers far and near to announce to all the people the outcome of the meeting and the king's new degree.
Apart from those that traveled back to their towns and villages,the king arranged twelve chambers for the twelve seer to stay before traveling the next day.
The seer were to gather right before mid night and enchant a spell to ensure that the degree becomes the law and is written in the scroll of laws that were made by king's past and present. This was a yearly ritual and the degree not just makes it bounding but spread even beyond to the other realms.
When the day turned night and the mood began to shine. The king sent guards to the prince's chambers to get them. Queen Bianca and Queen Jasmine rushed to the king's chamber along with Queen violet to beg the king and ask him to spare their sons.
While all this were happening, Queen Luna took her nursing baby and tried to hide him but just then the door burst open and four guards barged in,Queen Luna's personal guard was pinned down by another guard to the wall.
"Please...please he's just a child" Queen Luna tried to protect the child in her arm who she wrapped with a thick blanket.
"My Queen you will have to forgive us but we are just following the king's order" the leader of the guard said but Queen Luna shocked her head strongly disagreeing and showing any sign of agreement to the king's order. "No...no..."
"You either give us the child or we take him by force"the guard all looked prepared to cease the child, Derek who was Luna's personal guard tried to struggle with the guard who was pinning him down but failed "Do not hurt the queen"
Queen Luna stubbornly held the child firm and hot tears started falling down her face as the guard began taking steps to approach her and collect the child. " Cease the child!"
Outside the room Elizabeth saw Queen Luna being force to give up her child while she wept and pleased with the guard,the child started crying but the guards didn't burge.
"My Queen please let's go,before someone sees you"Kira led Elizabeth out of the scene and the hall and into another corridor which led far from the king and queens chamber,far from the palace guard. The other hall led to another set of the palace where visitors were host,and where they were helding to was to the twelve seers chamber,most precisely the leader of the seer who was called the high priestess.
Cristal was behind Queen Elizabeth,protecting her from behind, although no one was looking for her but there was no were else he rather be than to be with the queen.
Finally they were out of the palace through a secret exit that led them outside the palace,Kira had study each corner of the palace but didn't know there were secret exit until she caught her mother five years ago passing through one of the tunnels.
The tunnel led to the building behind the palace building,this was were the seer come together to perform the yearly ritual.
Cristal was at first surprised that there was a secret passage in the palace and even more surprised that Kira knew of it and not him,he decided to save the question for later as for the moment he needed to ensure that the queen, Elizabeth successfully meet with whoever she wanted to meet without the king knowing or else it would be trouble for the queen to be seen outside the palace building by this time of the night.
On getting to the building there were two guards standing at the door securing the building entrance. Damn it!
"What do we do your highness?" Cristal asked, should he come out and fight them?,if he did the king will surely find out. They needed to sneak in,but how?
"Let me handle this your highness" Kira said and the brought out a flute from her pocket. Kira was from the kingdom of Tanzania(the heart of the kingdom),and they had the power of music and their music could lay a cause or a blessing on anyone they play or sing to.
Kira took her flute and began playing a very calm and sweet song while facing the direction of the guards by the door. This was actually the first thing Kira was using her power in front of Elizabeth because maid's were supposed to keep their magic and not use them.
In a couple of seconds the guards began falling asleep until they were completely sleeping. Kira,Cristal and the queen came out from their hiding and quietly sneaked passed them inorder not to wake the sleeping guards up.
When the three of them entered the room they found out that it was a stair case that led below the ground. It was dark but a little dim down there. Kira looked scared because she hated walking in the dark and their magic light bulb had already gone off while they were passing through the tunnel.
Kira hesitated a little bit but Cristal stepped forward. "Follow me" he Instructed and the other two nodded in agreement." Take my hands" Elizabeth extended her hands to Kira who reluctantly took it as they both followed Cristal down the stair case.
Down the stair were little candle lights and sand particulars as if the stairs and building were built with sand.
Finally getting to the bottom of the stair case they saw the twelve seers seated on a white cloth in a way that they formed a circle with the high priestess standing at the middle of the circle.
All the women had their face covered with a white linen starting right above their nose down to their jaw like an upside down triangle. Their eyes were all closed and they seemed to be repeating a particular enchantment. In a language no one knew apart from them.
The eleven women had their hand holding each other,and Elizabeth noticed all of them had a particular bead around their right wrist. The seer's always wore a special bead that they never removed from their hand,it was made with black pears that rested loosely around their wrist,it represented something that they called "The covenant".
Just then the high priestess opened her eyes and meant the scared but curious eyes of Elizabeth. For like a minute the priestess fixed her eyes on Elizabeth eyes. Elizabeth didn't know why but all of a sudden she groan outloud in pain and lost her balance and was about falling when Cristal and Kira caught hold of her immediately,but she was already on the ground with her hands touching the sandy floor.
Elizabeth looked up at the seer who was still staring at her emotionless. She looked like a goddess, Elizabeth didn't remember seeing this face at the royal meeting or maybe she didn't pay attention but right now,she looked like an angel.
Elizabeth have heard the rumor,once or twice that the lineage of the royal priestess was directly from the daughter of Amirah the goddess of beauty,pure and clean and they were called Angels. Elizabeth never thought the myth was true but she could clearly see it;those pair of eyes that were as clear as the deep blue sea.
"Elizabeth."she called and Elizabeth felt the pain again and it was far worst than the previous. She groaned loudly.