The Sweet Votharian Life

Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Meeting The Queen Of Honacob, To The Garden Of Wonders!

Floroso then started playing the beehive-shaped flute. Aaron, Wios and Lato were a little confused.

"Why is he playing that flute in the first place?" Lato wondered,

"Don't know…" Aaron replied, "I'm curious on how it will work."

Then, a yellow portal in the shape of a long hexagon appeared.

"Woah!" Aaron said, "Is that a portal?!"

"It is a portal!" Floroso replied, "There should be someone on the other side that can safely take us to Honacob!"

Then, some sort of bee monster appeared. It made Aaron surprised in fear.

"Woah!" He said, "Is that a bee monster you told us about?!"

"Floroso Of The Garden Of Wonders…" The bee monster said to Floroso, "Here to see the queen again?"

"Yes." Floroso replied, "And I brought company with me to go to The Garden Of Wonders."

The bee monster looked at a scared Aaron, a disgusted Wios and a confused Lato.

"So you brought the special ones…" He said to Floroso, "Very well…"

"Special ones?" Lato wondered,

"You'll find out later." Floroso said, "For now, let's get going to Honacob."

They crossed through the portal from the streets of Theoi Blela to Honacob, a part of Dead Center Forest.

Honacob is a forest inhabited by bee monsters and many kinds of bees. It's also home to the Hiveman Royal Family that existed for more than 300 years.

When Aaron and his allies arrived at Honacob, the bee monster showed them the way.

"Welcome to Honacob." The bee monster said, "My colleagues have already told Queen Melinda about your arrivals, Flower Human and Season Elves."

"Looks like we already know why we're special here." Lato said,

"I don't know whether to be disgusted by the bee monsters OR the fact that this place is so beautiful!" Wios said,

"Change of emotions really takes a turn for your friend when you cross something new." The bee monster said, "But I'm sure your friend will grow on us since she's not afraid of us."

"Yeah, let's hope she does." Aaron said,

"Anyways, to Queen Melinda's castle we go. Don't worry, she's not a tyrant. …Then again, we never had a tyrant in Honacob ever."

They head to the Honacob castle inhabited by Queen Melinda. Queen Melinda herself was in her throne room dusting her throne.

"What a day…" She said, "A Flower Human and his Season Elves companions will be here, guided by my good friend Floroso… Wonder when they'll be here…"

A butler appeared.

"Your Majesty, Floroso is at the front door." He said to Melinda,

"Ah, bring them in!" Melinda said,

The doors were opened by the butler. Aaron and his allies then stepped inside the throne room. They then kneeled to take their bow.

"Hello, Your Majesty." Floroso said, "Nice to see you again."

"Hello, Floroso." Melinda said, "I see you brought some special company, yes?"

"Right. Aaron Petali of The Flower Human family and Lato Sumsum and Wios Blossprin of The Season Elves."

"Fancy meeting you three as well."

"Y-Yes, Your Majesty…" Aaron said, nervous,

"Oh, ha ha ha, don't worry Aaron! I won't bite! Come on, you all can stop bowing now. We got some things to talk about."

Everyone got to their feet as Melinda went into her storage room and gathered something, which is a map of Dead Center Forest and handed it to Aaron.

"A map for you and your friends." She said, "Which is a map of Dead Center Forest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Aaron said,

"Now, this map is important because there's a lot to go in terms of who mysteriously killed our loved ones."

"My father…"

"Yes, and the same goes for my husband. We were childhood friends and then we fell in love with one another. I agreed to marry him, but as long as he's part of The Hiveman Royal Family. Of course, our relationship didn't end long as he was mysteriously killed a few months later…"

"Sorry to hear…"

"It's fine… Now, I'm also being told that Renombre is also lurking in Dead Center Forest. Sometimes he likes to be outside of the forest and in Theoi Blela."

Aaron, Wios and Lato then look at the map.

"Hmmm, there's The Garden Of Wonders!" Aaron said, "In the middle of Dead Center Forest!"

"And is that a carnival in the top right?" Wios said as she pointed to a place called The Twilight Carnival, "The Twilight Carnival? Oooh, I want to go there sometime!"

"Everything else around Dead Center Forest is rather dark." Lato said,

"Well no one has ever been to that place before." Melinda said, "Except for those living in there, that's pretty much their home."

"Huh… There's people living here…" Aaron said as he saw ruins in the south of Dead Center Forest, "And there's some ruins we can explore!"

"Wow, so many things to explore!" Wios said,

"But now's not the time." Floroso said, "Because we got to go to The Garden Of Wonders."

"Oh, right!" Aaron said, "Queen Melinda, what can you expect when we reach the place?"

"I don't know, to be honest…" Melinda said, "It's been a while since I've been to the place, and I'm very busy with keeping Honacob stable while this dark lord is around…"

"I see, well good luck."

"Same for you, Aaron, you and your friends better not get hurt."

"We won't."

"Alright, let me go get my flute to open the portal to The Garden Of Wonders."

Melinda walked to her storage room again.

"Wow, how many flutes are there that create portals to different parts of Theoi Blela?!" Wios shouted,.

"I… I don't know." Floroso replied, "But, they're in good use."

Melinda then got out with a flute resembling a flower.

"Alright, everyone!" She said, "Stand back!"

Melinda then played a melody on her flower shaped flute. Then, a portal with pink spiritual leaves appeared, leading to The Garden Of Wonders.

"And here it is!" Floroso said, "The Garden Of Wonders!"

Floroso then gives Melinda a thumbs-up.

"Thanks for the assistance, Your Majesty!" Floroso said,

"Floroso, you know my name is Melinda!" Melinda said after laughing a bit, "But other than that, you're welcome! And until we all meet again!"

Aaron, Lato, Wios and Floroso then waved goodbye to Melinda as they crossed the portal to The Garden Of Wonders.