The Royal Homewrecker

Day 5: Still Going Strong!

The train continued on its way, and Saffron trotted into the dining cart and sat down at a window table where Comet was sitting eating a bowl of cereal sleepily. She smiled at him and he just nodded his head at her, she set her plate down and gently set down a tabloid filled with the latest celebrity gossip.

She flipped through the pages while gently eating her haystacks when she flipped to a brightly colored page with the King and Queen's faces looking quite upset. The flashy words on the top reading 'A Royal Illness!' And a blank face ran across Saffron as she read into its contents, the words telling her a story of a great illness plaguing the Queen causing the King to not leave her side.

Saffron's face must have twisted into something of shock because Comet set down his eggs and looked up at her with a look of bewilderment. "Saffron? What's wrong?" He questioned and Saffron set down the tabloid and licked her lips with a grin. "Look at this." Saffron slid the article over to him and he read over it, and as he did his eyes got more and more wide.

He wiped a bead of sweat off his forehead and curled the magazine up with his magic, Saffron looked at him with a long blink and a gentle shake of her head and he huffed. "The queen needs to see this!" He stood up from his spot and rushed for the door, Saffron barely had time to turn and catch up with him.

The two worked their way down to the Queens office, Comet opened the door and to his surprise they found her lying on the couch with an ice pack on her head and a cloth over her eyes. "Queen Sundrop I have something very important to share with you!" Comet exclaimed, clutching the magazine in his hand and walking up to the Queen, she responded by holding a hoof in the air and letting out a sharp 'shh'. Comet took a step back in confusion, "But this-" He added before being once again sharply interrupted. "Go take it to the King, I have a horrible migraine." The Queen hissed Setting a pillow over her head. Saffron wore a wicked smile and raised her head up as the two of them made their way over to the King's office.

When they entered the train he was resting in a lounge chair with a cup of coffee and a newspaper, he looked up at the two and smiled. "You still have a few minutes until work starts, go enjoy yourselves." He responded cheerfully taking a sip from his coffee and continuing his reading, Saffron mirrored his joy and with a shrug went to walk away but Comet grabbed her tail and pulled her back. "We found this article, it could cause some issues and I believe it should be addressed." Comet added cautiously walking a little closer, the King lowered his newspaper slightly and gave Comet a look. "Its just some silly tabloid." Saffron added fluttering her eyelashes at him.

Flame seeming satisfied with this response went back to reading, "It's about your wife." Comet countered holding the magazine up to the King who immediately dropped his newspaper and snatched the article and began to read through it. Saffron watched his eyes dart across the page and his froze like stone in a brooding and concerned look. "Where is she? Has she read this?" Flame asked looking at the two, they both shook their heads and he got up from his chair. 

Every noise and little flicker of light felt like nails against Sundrop's skull, and it seemed like this horrible migraine of hers was not letting up any time soon. She's only ever had a handful of migraines in her lifetime but this one was without a doubt was one of the worst, and she was scared that medication would upset her stomach. She was in a double negative situation, she turned her head to the side and opened her eyes just enough to see the pain killers set out on the coffee table, with a glass of water, coffee and two slices of toast.

She covered her head with the pillow and curled back up into the crook of the sofa, it almost felt like curling up to her husband. Her body began to relax, and she felt herself begin to doze off until she heard a door open. The harsh sound of the train tracks made her rigid with pain and she felt her migraine wrap its claws around her head and squeeze her brain tightly, then the door shut and for a brief few seconds there was silence.

"Sundrop are...are you ok?" She heard Flame ask stepping closer to her, she rolled over and opened her eyes and looked at him. Her eyes were watery as he stepped a little closer and rubbed the top of her head. "Have you taken painkillers?" He whispered, setting a magazine down and kneeling down beside her, she only shook her head and rubbed her forehead. "It upsets my stomach." She mumbled, setting her ice pack down and sitting herself up, eyes shut and her ears pinned back in pain.

She could feel Flame's hand on her back as he handed her a glass of water and some pain killer. Reluctantly she takes the medication and then leans on his shoulder, that's when she sees her. Saffron almost drooling over Flame, her eyes fixed on him and her eyebrows raised slightly and lips parted gently, did she not see who he was hugging at that very moment?

Sundrop glared at Saffron until she felt Flame tilt her head up with a gentle hand, she looked up at him and he gave her a gentle kiss before getting up once again. Sundrop watched as he picked up the magazine he came in with and quietly left, once she was alone and was left staring at the ceiling thinking about everything. She was beginning to regret this god forsaken trip.