The Queen's Woe

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In the Crystal Castle, a sobbing broke the silence in Fairytopia.

"Umm... Rose? Are you alright?" Poppy asked.

Poppy didn't get an answer from Rose and her facial expression turned into worry.

"I need to send a SOS message to the tribal council right now!" Poppy gasped as she took her journal and started writing.

The rest of the ambassadors came running in and holding their journals.

"We got your message, Popsqueak. We came as fast as we could. What is going on with Rosethorn?" Val said.

"Yeah, she is basically me when I sacrificed Guinevere." Abby said and did a shudder.

Thinking about what she did on the phoenix gem quest made Abby's stomach drop.

"I have no idea. I tried to ask but got no reply." Poppy said.

In the tribal council, Rose entered, wearing a black dress and a lace veil on her face, crying with a handkerchief.

"I got very bad news." she sobbed. "The queen of Albion is dead."

The tribal council gasped in horror.

"OH M GOSH!!!! I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT!!!!" Abby said.

"You have?" Poppy asked.

"Yeah it was on social media and I thought it was fake but I looked it up and it was true." Abby said. "I even told mom and Corey about it and they were shocked. I have always thought she was going to live longer than Betty White."

"Hot dang y'all, that is sad. What can we do?" Holly Darlin' asked.

"By September 19, me, the leaders and some of the members of the council will go to the Kingdom of Gems and attend the state funeral." Rose answered. "I will also meet the new king."

"Okay." Abby nodded.

"But the True 8 are not allowed to attend for reasons." Rose added. "Because you have jobs and school."

"That's alright, I understand. I can still go because I am not in school nor have a job. Well besides being ambassador. Mom can also go as well because she has been a stay at home mom since 2001." Abby said.

"She does have a point, Rose." Poppy said.

"Alright. But no mischief." Rose said in a stern voice. "But we need to celebrate the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and I want to make it as memorable as possible."

"Oh." Poppy said quietly. "I forgot your dad died during 9/11."

"It's alright, I am so used to growing up without a father figure." Abby said.

"I remember when that happened, I was four, Lily was three and Camellia was one year old that she has to stay with her nanny in the Crystal Castle at the time and me and my family got to visit your parents' old house in Ariesona." Rose said. "We even attended the funeral of the fallen."

"Jessica and I were two. Pretty much we haven't grasped the concept of death yet." Abby sighed.

"So was I!" Cooper piped in.

"I know, you are only 3 months older than me." Abby smirked.

"September 16 will be the departure for Albion so there will be a time for me and the leaders to go to the memorial and lay the flowers on 9/11." Rose said.

"Wow." Abby said in awe.

Preparations were held for the anniversary of 9/11. Rose sat before the camera in her desk as the broadcast was shown to the entire country before she goes toher fitting. Abby and Cooper, along with Jessica, Anna and Mindy, looked at the memorial in Fairytopia Shrine.

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