The Girl in the Cloak

Home

The three women and storm arrived at a large door at the top of the stairs.

"Welcome home," Luna said as she opened the door. The door gave way to a beautiful realm. Stars dotted the ground. The horizon was a beautiful mix of purples and pinks. Above that, the sky was just as full of stars as the ground. It was like they were in a pocket that was surrounded by the universe. "Looking out at my father's work always inspires me." Luna was looking out at a large Nova that burst lightyears away from them. It turned the sky bright red for a moment only then everything went back to the same as before, except that the core of the show, it was brightly colored and swirling. "Someday I wish to ask him why everything is the way it is out there. It seems, special."

The girl was speechless. Everything was fantastic, beautiful, and genuine. For whatever reason, she could not find a way to express her feelings of what she saw. The sense of awe had taken Fa-Lees by surprise as well. Luna pointed out at a large castle, its walls and tower seemed to bring light to all around them as they danced like a Borealis in the night sky.

"There isn't even one cloud out there." Fa pointed out as she followed the others and watched after storm running about.

"No, we never did have them. Everything has always been, lacking without them I suppose." Luna was looking back into the skies.

The three women and storm finally arrived at the castle. It was very empty at first glance, but when Luna touched a large diamond-shaped slab on one of the walls something changed. From the paintings on the walls came out many different beings. They were dressed in the best possible gear for their jobs. Some were butlers and others were maids, others still were gardeners and some guards.

"These are the helpers of the castles. They were made from the castle and know any time something is wrong or any time someone is in need. You need only call out, not loudly just ask, and they will come for you. For your privacy, though they will not listen unless you first ask them to, so whatever the job requires just ask for the one that would help." she looked back at the freshly moving keepers of the castle and asked "Butler good sir, can I have a drink for my companions and I?" One of the butlers took off into the castle faster than the rest of them and moments later came back with water for all of them including the svern pup.

"This is... new." Fa seemed both amazed and slightly uncomfortable with the news of the castle helpers.

Hours passed as the Queen showed everyone around personally. Fa and Rain both were able to pick out their own room, Storm couldn't pick between them for who he wanted to sleep with at first but after some time made his bed in Rains room. She felt it was kind of coincidental that the svern pup had chosen the name storm if her name was Rain. Maybe they were actually meant to be a team. She made up her mind to start training the svern on her own, after all, he had grown quite large. His head was now above her waistline. She was petting the svern when Luna came to the door.

"I would like to show you something." The girl and the svern followed the Queen down the halls and through the rest of the castle out into a beautiful garden. "This is where we will train you. Not tonight, tonight you get to sleep in a real bed. But tomorrow we will start." The girl felt the cloak start to ruffle around her. They shared the excitement at getting to train. Maybe they will finally learn all that they were capable of.