The Magical Secret of the Crystal Kingdom

Chapter 21 - United Again

Chapter 21 - United Again

Sunny and Eden were in the middle of the counsel chamber with all of the other animals when they heard a rumbling in the distance followed by a bright beam of light that shot straight through the roof of the chamber. Everyone froze, fearing the worst when they quickly realised that they had nothing to fear at all.

In front of them was quite honestly the greatest sight they could have wished for. Their rightful King and Queen had returned. They were right there before their very eyes, radiant and regal and they had brought with them Rose, Alex and some new visitors.

"Your majesties" said Sunny, bowing before them. "We have all prayed for this day and for your safe return. This truly is the greatest moment that we could have wished for. I never doubted that you would come back. Not for one second and now here you are."

"Oh your majesties it is so amazing to see you" called out Eden. "So much has been happening but we felt your presence stronger and stronger in this last day. We're so proud of Rose and Alex and the other children for being brave and strong enough to allow you to come this far. Who else is this with you?"

"This is Alice and Anthony, Rose's adoptive parents who as you can see are now horses. Also, Kel and Christophe are Callum, Violet, Ruby and Alex's parents. Kel has become a lion and Christophe an eagle too just like Violet. Lucy is Issy's Mum and she has become a deer too and Mrs Johnson is a very important lady who has been helping us ever since we left Velaro Fore and she has also become a deer" said Abner pointing them out one by one.

"Nerrez and Maura will know straight away that we have arrived" added Alva looking at Abner as if to remind him of the pressing nature of things.

"Alva is right" said Abner. "Everyone please listen to me very carefully. There are many things that we both want to say to you but right now there is no time. We will just have to limit all we have to say to a massive thank you for everything you've all done and how you have stood firm while waiting for us to return. We have one more battle ahead of us. One which we cannot lose. We will leave immediately and we will no doubt meet Nerrez head on the battlefield. There won't be much time and we will be outnumbered severely. Nevertheless we have Rose with us and she will provide us with the key to victory. We have waited all of this time for her to be ready for the task ahead. When the time comes, we know she will not let us down." Abner looked at Rose and everyone was staring at her. She was quite sure that she didn't know what to do but had a growing confidence that when the time was right something would happen and she would receive some guidance somehow. She nodded at Abner, her father and he turned back to the crowd.

"Our loyal friends, tonight we will face our greatest enemy of all. Our Fears. We will stare it right in the face in the form of Nerrez, Maura and all of their hordes. Remember, they all once loved us and we once loved them. Let us have the strength to rid our land of this darkness. Together we stand, together we shall prevail. Let us go, we have no time to waste!"

"Everyone, let's go!" shouted Sunny.

"We all stand together" shouted Eden and they all turned and poured out of the counsel building and off into the night, towards the dark palace to face Nerrez once again.

Nerrez of course had been waiting. He hadn't expected them to return so fast but he had known that something was happening ever since Alex had slipped out through the portal crystal earlier that evening. He had felt the portal activate and knew that it was Abner and Alva's doing. As soon as he felt it he went into Maura's chambers and told her that they were to prepare the army once more and that they were to bring the prisoners with them onto the battlefield.