Chapter 9- Never Ending Fantasy (Part 1)

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"We will talk more about it in the morning. There are lists of things that we can do for them." He smiled, enjoying her happiness. "But one more thing, Ray." He made sure she was looking right at him as he spoke, "Ray, you have to know, you won't be exactly like your father, but you have his good heart, and you will do great things just as he did. And one day, you will have the greatest control over your powers, it just takes time. And lastly." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as they started to walk towards the little castle, "Theo could never, ever hate you."

Rayna smiled at that last one, "Thank you, Uncle."

"You're welcome, Ray." They continued towards the castle, both with lighter shoulders, as they moved forward together to figure out their next steps.

Chapter 9- Never Ending Fantasy (Part 1)

"And this person really wants to help the people?" Theo asked Kalevi with such hope.

Kalevi smiled, "Yes, she wants to help as much as she can in the village. She doesn't care about the consequences that could come with helping."

Theo sighed harshly, "There should not be any consequences when it comes to helping people. But with my loving father on the throne, heads can roll because of it." He shook his head in anger. He sighed, though he was the prince, there was very little that he could do with a tyrant of a father wandering the kingdom. As he got older and spent more time away from the palace, he felt a great hatred grow towards his father and his poor decisions that he continued to make around the kingdom. "Any outside help that we can get will be the most helpful." He hesitated before he asked his next question, "Is there anything you can tell me about this person? Other than that the person is a she"

Kalevi smiled softly at the prince. He wanted to tell him everything. Who this magnificent woman was, how he knows her, where to find her, that she was alive and well. But he settled for Rayna's words that she asked him to pass along. "Just that she has grown up in the kingdom all her life, and she wants to give back to the people in the best way that she can right now."

"Right now?" Theo caught that last part of the sentence and found it curious as to way he worded it that way. Questions came pouring into his mind. What was this person planning for in the future? Why couldn't it be done now? And how far off in the future was it? But he settled for the one. "What does that mean?"

Kalevi hesitated trying to think of a way to say his next words. "There are... circumstances that prevent her from coming to Terra at the moment. Safety circumstances as I am sure you can understand." Theo nodded with his words, but he still looked suspicious as Kalevi expected him to be. He has been asking question after question ever since the fire happened at their past home. Even before then, he asked questions but it only got worse with time as he spent more and more time outside of the palace. There have been rumors around the kingdom... rumors about the princess. People say they saw her in the hills dancing in the fields of rainbow flowers and tumbling down the green hills with a redheaded girl before Kalevi and Catherina's house burned down. And since there were no remains of the princess when she was pronounced dead, the people hoped. They hoped with every last shred of hope that they had, that somehow, magically, the princess was still alive. And that, once she was able to, she would save them all from the horror they now found themselves in.

With the time Theo spent outside the palace and with the people, he became more curious with each rumor that he heard of his dear friend. And asked even more questions.

"Yes, I can understand that." They continued on horseback down the dirt trail that followed through a cover of normally luscious green trees, but due to the weather were now bare. The minutes ticked on until the prince couldn't hold back his thoughts any longer. "And you say she is from Terra? Would I know her? Does she still have family here? Or does she live here in town? Would she be able to meet in the near future or is this going to be for a longer period of time?"

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