Dragons Rising: My Mistake Changed My Kingdom {Book One}

Chapter Nineteen: A Few Years Later . . .

    This takes place when Orca is around five years old. It's going to be in third person starting from chapter twenty, because Orca never had time to write the rest of the events in her point of view, therefore the story will finish in third person.
    WHY DID ORCA HAVE TO DIE SHE COULD HAVE HAD GOOD INTENTIONS FOR TAKING THE THRONE, MAYBE SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE DRAGONETS SO SHE WOULD RULE HER KINGDOM SAFELY AND NO ONE WOULD RUIN IT.
    ANYONE EVER THINK OF THAT?
    Ahem, yes. The story.

    I watched my mother swim to the entrance/exit of the Deep Palace, turning around in a circle. So she noticed someone's watching her. I smirked. My mother turned a few more times before shrugging and continuing on. She swam to a school of fish and caught some for breakfast. Father was still out on patrol with the rest of the SeaWing guards.
    Good. He won't be back until night. That gives me the whole day.
    Now, you might be wondering why I was watching my mother. Well . . . I was old enough to think about challenges. With luck, mother would go train for a battle and I would get to watch her do it, learning her moves so that I could dodge her.
     Mother, just stop doing boring things and go train already! I thought. Before Humpback comes and ruins everything. Just in case he does.
    As if I summoned him, Humpback sidled up beside me, flashing with low light.
    Good morning, sis! I see you're watching mother again.
    Yes, now leave me alone.
    But why do you want to watch mother so much? What is so important to you that you have to - oh. Orca! You - you can't do that! You know there's a chance of you dying too!
    Not if I watch mother the way I am. I can learn her moves and teach myself to dodge them.
    What about that narwhal spear?
    Ha! That stupid thing can't hurt me. All I have to do is pin her tail down.
    You're not going to use your magic?
    Nope. It wouldn't be a fair fight, anyways.
    That's at least one good thing about you. My brother stated. I looked offended, and Humpback laughed. But there was sadness in his eyes. Sadness like . . .
    Like he misses the old Orca. The one who saved him. I bit my lip.
    Brother? How about later today I can play with you. The way we used to. I promise not to go all 'watching mother mode' when she passes by.
    Really?! Thanks! Humpback's eyes immediately brightened. See you later!

    Queen Coral's POV
    The years passed and Orca was growing more and more mysterious. Half the time, I couldn't find her, and the other half she was there, but charting my every move, watching me every second, sizing me up . . . I knew what was coming.
    If only I could have longer with you, dear Orca. I thought with a sigh. I remember the days when you were so young and so fun, and you didn't care about the throne. I swam to the surface, waving away the guards that moved to follow. No crying in front of the guards. I thought.
    As I sat on the beach, I wiped a tear from my snout, watching the waves come in and out, in and out. I missed Gill and my family. Humpback was still around, but I still felt separated from my family. Separated like I would never see them again.
    A green SeaWing landed beside me and I saw him walk over.
    "W-what are you doing here?" I asked quietly. "Shouldn't you be on patrol?"
    "I snuck away from everyone." Gill replied. "Why are you crying?"
    "I . . . " For a moment, I couldn't speak. And then words started spilling out of my mouth explaining the whole situation, and by the end of it, I was crying for the daughter I might lose, or the life I might lose.
    "If Orca does win, the kingdom will be in good hands." Gill said. "Don't worry, I'll make sure of it."
    "And if I win?"
    Gill thought for a moment. "Then I know that the SeaWing kingdom will have a great queen, and a greater kingdom than there has ever been before. Even if Orca might have had better . . . well, that wouldn't have happened, would it have?"
    I thought for a while about that, seeing the sense in the SeaWing's words. "Yeah," I said. "But Orca would still be dead."
    "Challenges go one way or another, Coral." Gill said. "That's all you need to know. And though we'll lose a great daughter . . . won't you also lose a threat?"
    "Gill!" I exclaimed. "What - "
    "I'm just joking, Coral. Three moons."
    But as Gill and I continued to chat, I could have sworn I saw a dragonet narrow her eyes. But when I looked again, I only saw sand.