FAIRYTALE

5

    "I must say, that's the best breakfast I've had in ages, trust me, breakfast has never been that fun in the castle, it's usually always so serious but you came along and changed everything" Prince Stephan said as he and Ivris took a walk in the garden
  

"Well, I like to bring life wherever I go, so you're welcome, it was  my pleasure making it fun for everyone, well everyone except your fiancée Heidi, she's just so I don't know, overbearing i guess" Ivris said picking up a flower and smelling it
 

  "Yeah I know, I really try to understand her but she's something else, she just changed after you came she wasn't really this bad, yes she was a bit like this but she became worse from the first day you came here" Prince Stephan said sighing
 

"Ooh,  someone's insecure, now I understand, she thinks I'm competition, seriously though I feel for her, but after all said and done, she's still crazy" Ivris said picking another flower and smelling it
 

Prince Stephan laughed then picked up a flower and put in her hair "Perfect" he said looking at her and smiling
 

Ivris smiled too then picked up another flower and put in the pocket of his shirt "Perfect" she said.

    ***
 
    The Queen mother was on the roof of the tower pacing, deep in thoughts, Lord Lurve walked up to her quietly and held her hands, startled the Queen turned around but relaxed when she saw who it was, she gave a little smile and said

"Fancy seeing you here Lurve" Lord Lurve smiled and said "I always know where and how to find you my lady" and they both laughed.
 

"You know you can always share your problems with me, you're not alone Migra, you have Stephan, you even have Ivris now and you have me, even if you have no other, you know I'll always be there when you need me, just as I know you'll always be there when I need you, so please share your problems with me, don't shoulder it all alone, let me be there" Lord Lurve said taking her to a large stone, he sat her down on it then sat beside her

"I know  all that Lurve, I know" she said sighing

"I can't help but wonder when all this will end and we can finally live a normal life like we used to, so that our people can be comfortable again, so that you and I can finally get married, you know we can't have a wedding and celebration with the enemy lurking around, with the whole kingdom in attendance, everyone will be in grave danger, just look at what our kingdom has been reduced to, we can't walk about freely without carrying some kind of weapon to defend ourselves, without looking around to know if someone is watching or following, we rise early in order to finish before sundown, no more festivals for fear of the enemy capitalising on us when we least expect it and we're defenceless, its really saddening, I feel the people's pain and anxiety, I feel all their worry, whether they will be attacked or not, I just want it all to end, so that our children can have a happy childhood, so that everyone will be at peace again"

Lord Lurve didn't say a word, he just hugged the Queen.

  There were tears in both his and the Queen's eyes.

They just stayed like that, no one spoke or moved, there was nothing left to say or do.

They only hoped that all will be well at the end, hope was their last option.