Dragon's curse

chapter sixty nine

I am going to meet the queen and king of this town. To be honest, I am kind of nervous about meeting them and all but I can only hope that they will help us save Ash. If they don’t help us then the spell won't work on Ash and I don’t know what I will do if that happens.

The smell of pine trees and flowers filled the air as they got closer to the front doors of the casil. After a few more minutes of walking through the brick path until they reached the front door and quickly stopped walking. Suddenly, the front doors quickly opened up and they quickly went through the doors, the doors slowly closed behind them on their own. Once they were in the building, they were standing in a small ballroom with stairs on each side of them that led to the balcony. The king and queen were dancing to a soothing song that was played by a young man sitting a large, wooden piano. The music was soothing as Jaff and the others watched them dance on the glass floor that shined like freshly fallen snow that curved a frozen lake. The walls were painted a baby blue color while the sealing was pitch black with white dots that looked like stars in the night sky. They couldn’t help but be amazed at how beautiful the ball room looked.

Fox said out loud in surprise, “Wow, how beautiful.”

Suddenly, the music stopped instantly as the man finished the song, the king and queen quickly stopped dancing with bright smiles of delight on their faces filled with Joy.

Gray said with a smirk on his face, “You and black should go talk to the king and queen while the rest of us go do what we came here to do.”

Jaff nodded his head in understanding, he calmly walked over to the king and queen until he was only a few inches from them. Black sighed as he followed close behind Jaff silently. The king and queen turned to face them as they stared in surprise as they stood silently while standing in the middle of the ball room.

Jaff said as he bowed to them for a few minutes, “My name is Jaff and I am a monster hunter who hurts any monsters that cause harm or ill intent to humans.”

“Nice to meet you Jaff, I have heard a lot about you from Ash’s letters.” The Queen said with a smile.

The king then asked, “How can we help you?”

“Um right, I was wondering if you are family or friends of Ash?” Jaff asked with honesty.

Both the King and Queen replied, “Well, we are considered Ash’s friends.”

The Queen said “You don’t have to call me Queen by the way, you can just call me Lin.”

The King then said “You can Just call me Rin but some people even call us the twins.”

“Right, Rin and Lin. Can you go to Fire Hill for a spell that will help save Ash?” Jaff said nervously. 

Lin smiled as he asked “What has happened to Ash?”

Jaff replied, “Her… Her mother took control of her body… Ash is no longer in control any more.”

Rin nodded in understanding as he said “We will head out to Fire Hill right away.”

Jaff instantly said “Thank you so much.”

He then walked out of the casil with Black following him close behind and they waited for the others silently. Three hours later, Gray and Fox suddenly came out of the casil with an exhausted look on their face as if they went through three days without sleep.

Black asked “Where are Akatsuki and Wolf? Shouldn’t they have come out with you?”

“Oh, you know. Tying up loose ends with the merchants that live here so our district doesn’t go broke.” Gray said as he yawned deeply in exhaustion.