Into the Other World

30.

"This is a disaster",shouted the queen,"Someone find me that demon or I'll kill all of you!!!!!!"

Irin and Harley sitting in a room near the courtroom could hear everything,they soon began to feel suspicious about the queen's behaviour.

"I wonder",said Irin,"Why has Ivy become the queen's obsession".
"Only the princess has the answer to that",said Harley as clam as she could be.
"The princess is gone",shouted Irin.
Harley hushed Irin and went into deep thought for a while.
"We have to find the princess",said Harley.

When night came,the two slipped out of the palace and headed out of Ashness.

"Pleasant night isn't it",said Eta.

Ivy sighed and said that she wanted to go back. Eta shocked then told Ivy to have more patience and that after a few days they will head back to Ashness to face her mother. Ivy laughed as Eta had misinterpreted her.

"I want to go back home,back to where I came from",said Ivy.

To this Eta was silent,she saw Jasper sitting in a corner hearing what Ivy said and was in deep sorrow. Eta gazed up at the stars and joked that Ivy has got everyone wrapped around her fingers. Then she went back inside.

"What's with her",Ivy said confused.
"She's right though",said Jasper coming out from his hiding spot.

Ivy wasn't startled at all for she had already knew his habit of hiding and eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

"May I join you",said Jasper.
"Whatever you do I don't care",said Ivy.

Jasper seemed overturned by her coldness and just went and stood beside her. There was an awkward silence,no one uttered a word and all you could hear was the wind blowing.
L Ivy kept who kept on staring at Jasper,was studying his every feature and this made Jasper uncomfortable.
He covered his face and asked her what the was matter,why she was staring at him.

"How old are you?",said Ivy,"You look yonger than my crush".
"What's a crush?",said Jasper.
"Answer my question first",Ivy shoted.
"Little kid don't shout its already late",he said,"Me? You'll not believe me even if I told you".
"I'll be turning 19 next month",said Ivy.
"You're already 19 here",said Jasper,"And in front of me you're still just a little kid".
"So you're 30 years then",said Ivy.
Jasper bent down closer to her smiled and said,"I'm 100years old".

Ivy's eyes widened and Jasper let out a hearty laugh.

"You kids really don't know anything yet",said Jasper.

There was silence again and the wind blowing hard became colder. Ivy who couldn't fall asleep even if she wanted to didn't get back in no matter how cold it got. Jasper who had already got in also came back out with a blanket. He wrapped it round Ivy and hugged her tightly.

"You'll catch a cold",she said tightening his hug.

At the door Rafe was standing with a blanket in his hand with the same intention as Jasper but when he saw the two he got cold feet and just stood there.

"Three were fighting for one",said Crystal,"Now two are still in the race".
"Urgh",said Eta in disgust,"Ivy is his sister".

Lucy just laughed as she went to her room.