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Part 8

When they were about to go down a hill from which they had a good aerial view of Fang, they were both astonished! The entire Fang Population surrounded the palace. Namaari got off Tuk Tuk and said, "Mother!"

"Namaari wait!"

But Namaari didn't stop until she was near the gates. Even in such a tense moment, she did NOT want to look vulnerable. As she walked through the gates, a guard bowed to her and said, "Your highne-"

"Where is my mother?!" asked Namaari anxiously.

"Word from the palace guards is that...s-something is not right with the chief and they need you" stuttered the guard.

Namaari ran past her to the palace. When the citizens saw her, the made way for her to enter.

"Princess Namaari, please...come with me." said the general.

"Please tell me that mother is okay." said Namaari with tears in her eyes.

She rushed into her mother's room, only to be greeted by her mother, lying in bed and slightly groaning

"M-mother..." mumbled Namaari. "WHAT HAPPENED?! TALK NOW!" screamed Namaari.

"Princess, we heard her scream out in the night then it suddenly stopped. And when we came in...we saw her like this and coughing. She's unresponsive but we are doing all what we can and our doctors believe she was poisoned by something." explained the general.

"What creature was it?! Fang has never had any poisonous animals!"

"Princess, we do not know."

Namaari's rage got worse and she said, "You mean to tell me that a dangerous creature is on the loose and you have not been on the lookout?!"

"We were going to but we were waiting for you to instruct us on what to do..." said the general.

Namaari sighed and said, "Gather a team and look around for clues but be in your armor. And dismiss everyone outside. Encourage them to remain indoors until this invisible threat has passed. But let in Raya. She's on her way here."

"Yes your majesty." Said the general as she sprung into action.

Namaari went beside her mother and rested her hand on hers. "Who or what could have done such a thing." expressed Namaari as her voice broke.

Raya entered not long after and said, "Namaari...w-what happened?"

"Mother is supposedly poisoned...I sent out guards to look for clues. Dep la, please be alert."

"W-we can ask the dragons for help!"

"OH RIGHT! I didn't think of that sooner..."

"I'll go get Sisu. Stay here with chief Virana. She and Fang needs you."

"Raya, wait...-"

"Yes dep la?"

"I was being warned in that nightmare I had...the place was just...red everywhere as my mother pleaded for help. There was this ominous sound echoing... I think it's safer if I go." said Namaari

"I'm not letting you go. Stay with your mother" instructed Raya.

"Please be careful..." said Namaari. With all going on in her mind, she no longer cared if anyone was seeing. She embraced Raya before giving her a kiss on her cheek. Several guards stood in shock and were just staring.

Raya left to look for Sisu on Tuk Tuk. 

"If I were Sisu where would I be?" thought Raya to herself.

She then remembered that Sisu is a water dragon so she was going to every nearby source of water and after 2 hours of searching, she finally found Sisu swimming in a river with her older brother, Pengu. 

"Sisu!" yelled Raya.

Sisu saw her and said, "Raya! What's up." She was in a very jovial mood. 

"We need your help" replied Raya while bowing in respect.

"What's wrong?" asked Pengu as he slowly approached.

"The Fang warrior, chief Virana has been poisoned by an unknown creature...or someone...she isn't responsive but what makes it weird is...Namaari had a nightmare about her mother just moments before fireworks were set off to alert her. I've never seen Namaari so terrified." explained Raya.

"Oh my goodness...let's hurry to Fang then." said Pengu

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