Moondance

Eclipse : 2

Footsteps approaches as the gates open

     "My Queen, a messenger from the Lunarium has arrived." said the queen's guard.

    "From the Lunarium? For once in a blue moon does a messenger from the moon arrive. Let her in." said the queen sitting on her throne.

       A bright glow approaches as the doors from the hall open wide.

Every one of the guards and even the queen's subjects was drawn to the approaching light. To everyone's curiosity, a ladybug figure hovers over in front of the throne. "Greetings your majesty, it is very lovely see you again!"

        Everyone was surprised to see a ladybug as the mystery messenger.

Her voice was high pitched but pleasant to the ears. Every one of the queen's subjects started asking questions as they murmur amongst themselves.

      Although the queen was the exception, she was delighted by an old friend's visit. "Ah Baba, how nice of you to come! Tell me, what have you come bearing for us at this time of night."

     Baba flies in a circle leaving a trail of purple glitter. Everyone was shocked as they never had seen anything like this. The purple glitter stayed in tact mid-air, forming a circle from which only a Lunarium messenger could read. "Queen of the night, it is to be announced to you and your people of the upcoming solar eclipse, set 2 weeks from now. The Solar eclipse will last 5 weeks, and will start begin when the sun is at its peak. Please be prepared accordingly."

       "Ok my queen, that is all for this message, take care of yourselves. I shall now take my leave, bye bye." Baba says cheerfully and exits the palace.

       "By the moon, an eclipse!" Says the queen. Everyone who had been surprised before is now greatly astonished.

Thoughts started to swirl, whispers became loud statements. Everyone started talking amongst themselves and slowly the throne room became a box words.

       The noise was understandable to the queen for a brief moment but soon after, she had been vexed.

  "Silence!" she shouts. The room obeyed her command without a second too late, they all gave their attention to the queen as she stood up to give an announcement.

  "An eclipse, a blessing to us all. The kingdom of Aphyx has been given the fortune of the decade, the night will be evermore appealing to us than it ever has been before."

  Everyone had a smile on their face. The queen had been very pleased with the message and they all waited for her orders.

"Spread the news to the people of the village and tell them we shall hold a ball and a festival for the month's grand event."

        Everyone departed in an orderly manner. News begun to spread. Joy and excitement filled the whole kingdom. The morale of each citizen had risen.

    Queen Cereus had appointed her subjects and advisers each to their own task. "Tell the citizens of Aphyx that I have an announcement to share at the palace tomorrow, let them come when the moon is nearing its peak."

  After her subjects left, she sat back into her throne, closing her eyes for a moment. "My queen, if I may ask, what are you doing?" says Sina, the queen's newly appointed guard.

     The queen had not responded. Moments had passed and suddenly, there start a shift in the air.

       Through Sina's perspective, the wind had stopped, the ground stood still, and walls became quiet it is as though something ominous was amidst.