Guardians

Chapter 16

'Mindlink'

'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

'Speaking to dragons'

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Aura's POV

We were wandering around town for a while, stopping at a couple shops. I got a couple of things, to decorate the room. We stopped at one more store, before we headed to get dinner. 

"So this last place we go for today, we went by this place when we were heading to the palace. I think you would like this, Aura." Poseidon told me. As we swam to the place, I noticed where we were. It's the flower shopI had collapsed in front of. 

We went to the door, once we got inside I noticed there were air bubbles surrounding a group of planter boxes to the left. Inside the planter boxes, there were seedling in them. Onto the right, there were adult plants without an air bubble around them. But they were still thriving some how.

"Oh hello! Welcome to the flower shop! Would you like to look around and see if there's anything you would like? We currently are very limited with our flowers, but there should be more popping up soon!" A merperson said as we swam in. I looked around before noticing one particular flower. 

"Is this one available?" I asked the florist. She looked up from what she was doing, "Hmmmmm, let me check." From the corner of my eye I saw Poseidon nod his head. "Yes, it is actually. There is no hold on that one." I nodded my head. "Here let me get you the right stuff to have, so you can take it home with you."

She grabbed all of the things, before looking over at Poseidon, who handed her a pouch. She handed the things to Poseidon, who held onto it. She looked over at me, "There should be a manual in there if you need help taking care of it, otherwise if you need help I think the palace has a gardener or if you would like just come ask me!"

Everyone besides Scar and I said our goodbyes, before leaving. "Alright, it is getting close to dinner time, so we are going to head to the palace for dinner, unless we want to go to the restaurant?" Poseidon asked. The guys, not Scar, all said the restaurant. 

"What is the restaurant?" I asked. Kano looked over, "It's one of the best places to eat out of the town, we usually go there if we are out in the town!" I nodded my head at that. We headed to a building called Lobster House. On the outside, it looked like a small sunken upside down boat, but on the inside it looked bigger. There was a more public area and a secluded area. We went into the secluded area, but passed all the tables until we got to a door, which opened up to show a waiter ready at a hosting stand.

"Ah! King Poseidon, I see your back! What brings you here for today? Dinner with the family? Oh! I see two new faces! Where would you like to sit today?" The man asked. "Ah, hello Sebastian, hello! Dinner with the family, indeed, and a few extra people. Just our usual spot, just add two more seats." Poseidon said to the man. 

The waiter did just that, he brought two more chairs to a table before coming back to the hosting stand. "Alright, the table is ready. Let us head that way now." He said to us before swimming to the table, where he put the chairs at. Everyone got seated, while he crossed his hands back and bowed. 

"I will let you settle first, simply raised the flag when you are ready." He said before going back to the hosting stand. Kai was sitting next to me, while Ace and Poseidon got put at the heads of the opposite sides. Kano and Scar were put next to each other. Kai pulled up a seaweed menu, showing it to me. "What would you like to get? I believe these ones are the best option for you to eat." He said to me as he pointed at the options. I looked over before pointing at one option that looked good, Kai nodded his head. 

"Everyone know what they want?" Poseidon asked. Everyone nodded their heads. Poseidon raised the flag, and the waiter came back. "Alright, what would everyone like to order?" He started with Poseidon then to Kano, and all the way around to me, where Kai answered and he ordered his food. "Alright, I will get on with it."

Once the food came, everyone was digging in. Unintentionally, Scar and I both got the same food. We both got lobster salads, while everyone else got different fish foods. Once we were all finished, Poseidon got up and headed to the waiter. 

"Alright, we are ready to head back now. I believe the King and Queen will send a letter either tomorrow or the next day. That will decide what we do. If it's the tomorrow, we will have to postpone on showing you guys the land castle. If, we didn't get the letter yet, we will show you the land castle." Poseidon said. I nodded my head.

We started swimming back from the restuarant. Once everyone settled back inside the palace, everyone went their separate way. Seeing how it wasn't time to sleep quite yet, I headed towards the library. Once I got there, I went for the section about the royal family. 

I got a book and started reading. There were some pages either blank, changed, or missing. It seemed like this was either a popular book, or there's someone making sure they don't get the whole story. 

"Miss, it is time to go to bed." A voice said behind me. I turned arouund to the voice, slightly spooked from not hearing them. Clarissa was behind me, her hands folded in front of her. 

"Alright, let me put this up." I went over to the bookshelf, where Kai said they won't take it. After I put it down, I headed towards the room Scar and I are staying. Clarissa followed before saying goodbye after I reached the room. 

Scar was laying down already, he didn't seem to be asleep quite yet. I got ready for bed, laid down, and start falling asleep. 

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Finished: November 28th, 2023

Edited:

Published: December 5th, 2023

Words: 1058

Sorry for it being a little late! I wasn't near my computer much to edit it the past few days.

Have a great day/night!