The truth behind cold walls

Chapter 8

                                                                      Part1

     When the queen of fire castle was storming down the corridors, she bumped into someone throwing them to the ground with only the sheer force of her strides, breaking from her deep thinking or more accurately her murdering plans for one person, she looked down; digging daggers to the sprawled petit man under her, when she recognized him as the young doctor who saved her brother's life, hurriedly she helped him up to his feet "Oh, I'm really sorry doctor Yuki*, my bad I wasn't looking...", he cut her off bowing deeply "No need to apologize your majesty, I was at fault here. If you could excuse me I heard mister Riff is awake and I need to check on him", "okay thank you, just be careful he awoke in a really bad mood", "I'll take your advice into consideration, have a good day your majesty", with that he bowed again and continued to his destination, queen Finna kept following him with her eyes till he turned the left corridor, now that she thinks about it, the presence of that doctor two weeks ago was really strange and unexpected, like he was a messenger from heavens coming in the right time to save her little brother's life, she isn't a believer but she will reconsider her choices. Doctor Yuki was an ice gormian, and if it wasn't for the circumstances and her brother's life at stake he must have been beheaded the moment he put a step in their land, because he is an ice gormian one from a tribe that was in war for ages with the fire tribe, he didn't have an entering permission to the fire realm, didn't pass the border guards and most importantly didn't have a reason to come from the ice realm or have a pass leaving out from it, everything about him is suspicious. Queen Finna wasn't chosen as a queen only for her bravery in battle against the Darkans but also for her sharp senses, her graceful logic and extreme focus in the worst scenarios, reading the situation from each and every corner leading to the right plan in the nick of time, characteristics that only belongs to supreme leaders. it's true that she accepted him in her palace the strongest fortress, but also the weakest if it got penetrated from inside by enemies, she didn't ask his reasons or motivations for coming, but she made the perfect plan by keeping close eye on his every move by charging guards specialized in secrecy and stealth to follow his every move, also strengthening the security around the important sections within the building, she turned in her heels continuing her passage to the throne room to begin her daily tasks as the fire queen.

When doctor Yuki turned the corner, disappearing from Finna's sight, he let out a breath he was holding, sighing in relief but not loud enough because he still can feel her presence behind him, he also can feel all the other presences lurking in the shadows, keeping watch over his every move, they don't leave him even in sleep, it's not like he's dump enough to make a mistake, he knows that his only purpose is to save the brother's queen and return the same way he came in, two weeks ago...

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A man shouted from above the tower watch "On guard! There are five unidentified beings coming from high above in the sky and the magical compass detected a powerful surge of magical energy as well", "can't you pinpoint the intruders by the telescope, we can't see anything from here" another guard from below cried out, indicating the other guards to take position arming themselves with their magical spears, the first guard replied "there are lots of snow clouds in the sky, we... ", suddenly five flying horses entered his vision cutting him immediately making him stumble backward in fear, "It's okay sir Claude, it's me Ikor", "Oh! Prince Ikor you startled me", "I'm sorry sir Claude are you okay?", "Nothing to worry about my prince, I'm really happy to see you again, we really missed you, the palace wasn't the same after you went in your quest as the ice herald", "I'm here now, there's nothing to fear anymore", says Ikor smiling, "I hope so the king is really mad, after you took the Alicorns without his permission", said the guard worriedly, "It's okay, I returned with them safely, could you please open the gate and take them inside" said the ice prince descending to the ground with the other flying horses behind.