Crowns ~ Smosh

Ten

"What do you think happened?" Courtney asked, turning towards her siblings, each of them in different states of distress. 

"I just can't believe a place that our mother loved so much could trap us," Mari sighed, glancing around at the empty space around the pavilion that they were trapped on. 

"I wish to know the way out!" Olivia exclaimed and they watched as the flowers opened up. Golden dust dropped from the flowers onto the stones that mirrored the ones in their bedroom without the flowers. As the dust hit the stones, they lit up in exactly the same way that they did when they entered this place.

"We danced our way in-" Wes started.

"So we can dance our way out!" Shayne finished.

Olivia moved and stepped onto the stone, but stepped away confused as nothing happened. She shook her head.

"It's not working," She sighed. "Someone else try." With a small prod from Noah, Mari stepped forward, dancing the first two steps before she too stepped away when nothing happened. 

"So what do we do now?" Mari asked.

"It just seemed so right!" Olivia exclaimed frustrated. Both Mari and Noah started towards her when they stepped on the same stone, and jumped away as it lit up.

"We have to dance together!" Noah realized, tugging on Mari's hand. Mari nodded.

"He's right, everyone pair up!" Slowly each of the young royals moved so that they were standing by a partner. And then, pair by pair, they danced the dance they learned took them to the wonderful world. And they continued dancing as the golden dust they showed them the way lifted their feet until they were dancing through the air, circling higher and higher and moving closer and closer to the exit.

~*~

"Until the king recovers, I am king," King Raub was announcing to the guards that had gathered in the front hall. Duke Bereta stood proudly by his side. "I've hired you to protect myself and Duke Bereta." 

"And the king's children?" One guard asked. 

"Traitors you mean," Duke Bereta snapped. "They've run away in the king's time of need. If you see them, which I doubt, throw them in the dungeon." 

"As you wish, Your Grace, as you wish, Your Highness," And with those words the guards left the throne room to take their positions. 

"This has worked perfectly," King Raub smiled, pulling Duke Bereta to the thrones with him. "This is all ours, my dear friend, this is all ours."

~*~

"Mother's dance pavilion," Ericka breathed looking around where the magic had taken them.

"I'm not surprised it leads here," Matthew said, his hand still intwined with Joshua's. 

"I'm going to miss going there," Noah was sniffing back tears, and Mari gently wiped away the ones that were gathering on his cheeks.

"We all will."

"Let's go find Dad," David said, motioning his siblings forward, but stopped them suddenly as two guards passed near them.

"King Raub has given us orders," The guard was saying.

"King?" Keith hissed. Each of the children sent confused worried glances at each other, before creeping closer to try and catch more of the conversation.

"Capture the princes and princesses and throw them in the dungeon," The first guard continued.

"And the king?" The second guard asked.