Garlox quest

Chapter 60; Balanced.

'Is everyone okay?!' Mex and the rest of the party had made their way to the camp ground. Big clouds of smoke surrounded the place. The fire had spread quickly, and many royals and knights had found their way trying to safe or prevent things from getting burned. 'Watch your step mate.' Mex felt one of the knights bumping into him. In the distance, he could see Lynch and Youkala make their way outside of the castle. 'Hey! You!' Lynch noticed Mex stampeding towards him, and quickly put on his hood. 'Come on little one, Let's get out of town.' Lynch quickly grabbed Youkala by his waist, and pulled him on top of a horse to quickly flee the scene.' Scurelt and Baldock had left to help their partners in peril. 'Mex, where are you? These clouds make it impossible for me to see.' 'February! Stay put. Whenever you feel my touch, teleport us back to my house okay? We're nothing more but a bother here.' As Mex lost Lynch out of his sight, he saw February's purple sparkly outfit. 'Let's go!' He held February's hand, but also one of a stranger. 'Please take me with you.' As Mex and February got back, the stranger coughed and suffed, curling up to a ball on the ground. 'Please, do not hurt me! I have nothing to do with my mother.' Ankha was laying down on the ground, her gold atire affected by the huge amounts of smoke. 'We no mean you harm cat lady.' February held her hand out to Ankha. 'Y-you're that fairy from earlier..' Ankha accepted February's hand, and shyly pulled herself up. 'Wait, Ankha? We're in for it now.' Mex was still rubbing his eyes and trying not to puke. 'I'm sorry.. I wanted to leave my mother behind. The only thing she talks to me about is marrying. ''A woman is powerful, but a woman on top of a man is fit to rule!'' is what she tells me.' Ankha didn't let go of February's hand, and could only gaze deeply in her eyes. 'That, does make sense.. But please, Ankha. You must understand that this isn't the way!' Mex got up, and crossed his arms. 'You're putting us in some serious danger.' he added. 'I know! But please, I have no choise. I have never left my own kingdom. I could have never left on my own! And besides that, you seemed like.. Decent folk. I'm sure that you've seen what ''my people'' are like. I'm truly disgusted by the ways.' Mex frowned, and took a step closer. 'Isn't it YOUR job to make that a better place! If anything, someone who can make it better for others is supposed to take that opportunity..' As he said that, mex looked somewhat confused. Something about what he had said made him think. 'No, in our kingdom it's not like that. My mother thinks that she has the lead, but she doesn't. In truthfulness, she doesn't know either. Please, allow me to explain.' Ankha made a gesture with her hands, saying that Mex and February should take a seat and listen. 'I suppose that you know that Pannack has taken over Cheopia many years ago. They stood strong! But their power grew to strong. Marcus, Queenly's father and leader of the army, made sure all Cheopians were marked, every inhabitant was known by a number. By the time Pannack had send more knights to rob our houses, rape our women, eat our food... There was nothing we could do. That was until my mother and Marcus, my father, decided against it. He said that he felt sorry, and had fallen in love with my mother and this kingdom. He wanted to change it, just like you want me to Mex. My mother had killed my uncle with his permission, using his body as a decoy for Marcus' dead body. The knight believed that Marcus had been killed, and that the people of Cheopia had riotted against Pannack. They believed that if they could kill Marcus, anyone could be next. With their tails behind their legs, they fled and left us with nothing but a destructed kingdom. We have tried to rebuild it, but with not much luck. My mother claimed power, as she was the one who supposedly had killed Marcus. She was a great leader, but only with my fathers words. Together they ruled for a short period of time.. My father got ill, and my mother wasn't that much of a leader. She lived off the lower income people. This caused a community to be born. ''Shimashinu'' They have sworn to keep to their own, and refuse to contribute to Cheopia. They see this as a lost cause, and think that we should surrender to Pannack. They destroy Cheopia from inside by committing many hate crimes. It's a true mess.. I don't want to be queen, only because I do want to do something. As Queen I can do nothing to help my people. I have tried to reach out to many other knights outside of Cheopia, but my mother never allowed me outside the borders.. And now I am here.. You'll help me? Please?'