'~WARSICK: Behind The Mask~' Jefhalo Edition-Book 2

XXVIII

Evelyn's POV:

It had been about eight months since the bombing. Lots of people had worked on re-building the woodland. Nikki gave Mrs. Windward a break and instead used her magic to rebuild some of the taller, and tougher to build structures  in the Woodland. Even the statue of Good, Jef, Nikki, Jack, Ant, Velvet, and Alex had been destroyed in the bombing, but now, it was back to its original state, if not better. Nikki had used her magic to rebuild it, adding me and Andrew to it. She had added a platform under it so it was kind of like a stage. It would be where there would be kingdom meetings and such. There was a bell at the very top of the statue too, which we would ring to call citizens over. She made it so that it looked like me and the other Woodland royals were holding the bell in the air. She had also resurrected her husband, Jack.

Alex had not been present during the bombing because he'd gone on vacation and only had come back four months after the bombing. Alex is technically the first retired king of the Blaze kingdom, Good and Jef being both the second. The Woodlands kingdoms castles, homes, stores, and paths were restored again, and just a little plants. Grass and shrubs were starting to come in again after being burnt in the fire. Woodland citizens were even helping the greenery grow back by watering the growing grass and plants and even planting a couple flowers. Since Greenland had helped us by letting our citizens stay on their land until ours was safe to live on again, we decided to give them a present. Nikki had come to their land and built them their own stone statue of the royals in the middle with the same bell and platform.

We had kept Lucas in the Clover kingdom's dungeon until today. Right now, he was being transported to the Woodland. Today was the day where we would have the vote — the vote on Lucas's execution. Me and the other Woodland royals decided that we'd have five glass bowls on stands to the front of the Woodlands statue platform. They would each have labels on them, an execution way for Lucas. People would make a line, standing in front of the labeled glass bowl they wanted Lucas to die by, and the labeled bowl with the most votes, will be the way Lucas dies.

    Right now, me, Andrew, Nikki, Jack, Ant, Velvet, Jef, Good, and Alex were standing on the stage, citizens of the Woodland surrounding the platform with Napsap and Minx at the very edges of the stage. Good took the microphone. "Greetings, citizens," he said. "We all know about the bombing, and we all know it was Lucas who did it after Nikki announced it months ago in Greenland. His behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Today, we will be voting on his execution. As you all can see, there are five glass bowls with labels on them. They each have a way Lucas can die: Beheading, electrocution, hanging, boiled alive, and lastly . . . Evelyn's idea, being fed to Alba the dragon." Good paused for a moment. "Please stand in front of the labeled execution bowl you think Lucas should die from. The bowl with the most votes will be the way Lucas dies."

    With that, the mob of people started to move around, slowly forming five lines. The first labeled execution bowl, beheading, had around sixty-or-so people in line in front of it. The second labeled execution bowl, electrocution, had around forty people in line in front of it. The third labeled execution bowl, hanging, had what the looks of it, seventy people in line in front of it. The fourth labeled execution bowl, boiled alive, had eighty-ish people in line in front of it. Lastly, the fifth labeled execution bowl, being fed to Alba the dragon, had one-hundred people in line in front of it. "Alright, folks," Ant said through the microphone. "It looks like the fifth option has won. Lucas will be fed to Alba. His execution will be next week on Tuesday."

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