Irregular

Chapter 27

         "Good morning, Queen Zinnia." Indigo says as she flutters into the library. "What are you doing in here so early?"

         "Well, I couldn't sleep much last night so I figured I would get up, get some tea and a book, and go watch the sunrise on the balcony."

         "Why couldn't you sleep? Are you okay?"

I nod. "Yeah, i'm alright. Its just that boy I was telling you about, Lucky."

         "Is he okay?"

         "He could be better. He began his treatment yesterday and apparently it gets pretty rough. He doesn't want me to come and see him until its over."

She hugs me. "I'm sorry, Queen Zinnia."

I laugh. "Indigo, please call me Zinn."

         "Well, Zinn, what are you in the mood to read today?"

         "I'm not exactly sure what i'm looking for." I tell her. "Marah has shown that she has the ability to move things with her mind. Therefore, I know she isn't a ghost and I want to find out what she is."

         "You would want the creatures document." She flutters over to the other side of the library. At the very top of the bookshelf is a ginormous book that reads "FILES" on the front.

She hands me the book, it weighs like 100 pounds. "Alright then." I say. "Would you mind joining me for some tea on the balcony?"

She smiles. "I would LOVE to do that, Zinn."

The top floor is unbelievable. It's where my garden is planted. Nalsa has me growing it as a part of my training to understand my element. I love it. It's adorable. So far, I have not been able to actually bring to life a flower or grow one, but I sure can kill it! Which, I don't want to do because they are actually alive alive. They speak to me. First time my daisies did that, I actually peed a little. It scared the crap out of me. It sucks that they can talk to me because I have their lives literally in my hands. In the real world when I would accidentally kill a flower, it would just die. Here, it screams. It screams really loud and very morbidly. I guess its good motivation not to kill them though.

Anyway, the balcony I was speaking of earlier is in the same room as my garden. Its amazing. It circles the entire castle, which is really big. But, it also has this part where it's basically a giant square that sticks out the side of the castle. I plan on getting a pool and finding some pink water to put in it because Marah was very disappointed whenever she found out that the water here is actually just water. However, there is this thing called the purple sea. I have yet to see it, but Indigo says its amazing. Her and I will have to plan a day to go see it and many other places she has been telling me about. One of the places, actually, is candy land. I am going to take Marah there eventually because she has decorated her room into a "candy land". I figured i'd take her there and she can find more inspiration for her decor style.

         "What has been your favorite place here so far?" Indigo asks as we sit in the rocking chairs on the balcony.

         "Oh goodness." I begin. "I honestly don't know. Everything about this place is amazing and I haven't even seen all of it."

         "There is many places here that I think you would like. It will probably take a long time to see them all, but we can take one of our fastest Dragons and finish it within a week."

         "You and I need to plan a day for you to take me around the world. I need to know what I am Queen of, after all."

She smiles and nods. "I would be honored to that."

I plop the big book of creatures on my lap. "Where should I begin?"

         "Well, you said she was able to control things with her mind, correct? So, start looking at the creatures with those abilities."

         "Yeah, but what creatures do that?"

Indigo sighs. "There are only two I can think of and that is a witch and a fairy." She says. "However, witches have spells that they do that kind of stuff with and fairies are the size of your hand."

I shake my head. "Marah is small, but she's not that small."

         "Maybe she's a Metallic or a shape-shifter?

I laugh. "Okay. What are those?"

         "Metallic's are these creatures that can control metal. They can move it, change the shape of it, destroy it, create it, whatever. Shape-shifters are what they're called. They shift shapes."

         "That still doesn't explain how she was able to hold the tray and ice cream in the air?"

She shrugs. "The tray was probably metal."

         "But, the ice cream was in glass bowls."

         "Oh. That's true."

         "Good morning!" Ivan says as he enters the balcony. "Mama wanted you guys to have some fruit with your tea." He sits the bowl of blue pineapple and purple strawberries down on the table between Indigo and I. Lymiex would have loved the fruit here.

         "Thank you, Ivan." I smile.

He looks at the book in my hand and scoots closer. "What is that?"

I close it and hold it up for him to see it. "It's a book with all of the types of creatures listed in it." I tell him. "We are trying to find out what Marah is."

He looks at us funny. "Why? We already know what she is?"

I sat the book aside. "What is she and how do you know?"

         "She's a fairy!" He smiles. "And I know because I know fairies."

         "She's too big to be a fairy, Ivan." Indigo says.

He shrugs. "That's what she is." He then walks away. "SEE YA LATER!" He yells as he runs down the stairs.

Indigo laughs. "That boy is something else."

        "Maybe she is a fairy?"

Indigo shakes her head. "She can't be. She is way too big, and she doesn't look like them. Fairies look like little sparkly aliens. Marah is a beautiful human."

         "I feel like Ivan would know what he is talking about." I say. "Not to go against what you're saying, but maybe she is one? Just is a different kind of fairy?"

         "Like, a hybrid?"

         "Maybe. Is that possible?"

Indigo nods. "I don't see why it couldn't be? We could ask Nalsa. She probably would know, right?"

         "Yeah. We can ask later. Right now, I just want to watch the sunrise."

The sunrise is beautiful. I know that's a given because anything in the sky is beautiful, but the sunrise especially. Just like the moon, the sun is bigger here. Although, the temperatures work about the same. Its not hotter, nor colder, it's whatever I feel. Yeah. I feel. Apparently, my feelings control the weather. That is until I figure out how to control the water element. I just hope nobody makes me mad. Well, sort of. I also kind of want to see what happens because I am pretty nosey.