The Grey Storm

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The Mysterious Panther,
The Merciful Horse
And the Dangerous Phoenix all meet
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"Dear cousin, the dance was surely the talk last night."

"Wouldn't dare think that Iseul would dance with you, thy scandal!" the Queen stirred her tea, Isamiona smiled to herself with her teacup near her lips. General Elyme agreed as the three ladies all sat there in silence, looking at the desert outside through the palace indoor garden peacefully.

All three resembled very much like their grandmothers. The Queen was the only one of pure Malagarian descend, while General Elyme was of Italian-Malagarian and Isamiona was of South African, Korean and Malagarian descendant. General Elyme was the only one out of the three that had her grandmother's lilac eye colour, while Isamiona has grey eyes instead of blue ones and the Queen had violet ones. Yet they are the exact image of the three sisters.

"Thank you, your Majesty. I hope both parties were enjoyable," the Queen hummed tapping the gold spoon gently on the rim of the teacup, shaking off the tea droplets. General Elyme rubbed her stomach as her cousins looked at her in shock, "You with child again?"

"No! Heavens no! After Rosemarié, I got snapped. Devin wouldn't want to see me go through labour again,"

"Yeah, after seven kids." Isamiona said sarcastically, General Elyme slapped the young girl's arm playfully. Isamiona dramatically gasped looking at the Queen, pointing to her arm. "Your Majesty have witnessed the assault? This means war!" the three ladies giggled then sighed happily, the Queen tapped her lip in thought. "Issa dear, I see a dangerous path you take. Will it all be worth it?" taking the girl's gloved hand into hers, "It is not my revenge alone, I'm simply guiding those two. They've been through worse,"

"Ney! You saw how they killed the twins, your mother―"

"Like I said," she cut the Queen respectfully, glaring hard with a firm look. "It's not mine alone. I can punish my wrongdoers, but those two won't get closure."

"My Queen, the cub speaks. It will do no justice if she does her part first, Elijah and Ethan had no one, while we had mothers against the monstrosity of Fathers." General Elyme added putting a hand on the Queen's shoulder, giving a gentle look. "Remember? I held the three sisters back from foiling your plans and let you do your own thing?"

"But back then was a hard era―"

"Now, now. . .this is a peaceful era, where we rid the lingering of that toxic era. Issa is doing her part,"

"You are right, please don't give Namjoon stress in the future. His blood pressure makes my stomach uneasy," Isamiona pulled her face in disgust, the Queen rolled her eyes. "Well excuse me! We all bonded to someone, it's normal to have opposite reaction to old age things."

"Yeah. . .mine handles it well, I do not feel anything besides getting a headache when he's hangover." General Elyme boasted refilling her teacup, Queen Mazadorä clicked her teeth in disbelief. "He's your foster brother, I'm binded to someone out of my kin."

"So to speak, mine is a Primary school library. Her allergy annoys me, but it's nothing so bad." the ladies explain their experience with sharing half of their families' heirloom Elixir of Ammena, only for to complete the sisters of three. Now shared between six people, an Elixir binding those who consume it to the throne of each kingdom. "It feel's weird knowing that we share a soul, knowing each other's thoughts and feeling. Like your body is not yours anymore,"