"Queen we are under attack!" "Send forth the defense." "The defense is gone!" "Gone? What happened?" "The were killed by our attackers!" "How many?" "Three" "Three thousand?" "No just three." "Do we have a chance?" "If we give up our planet and take your people with us." "Where would we go?" "I don't know. I am only your advisor and friend not you." "Could our mother ship hold that many?" "There are only 150 left!" "How could three kill 10 thousand pixies? Sound the alarm. Send all survivors to the hanger." Yes your majesty." "Oh and Rebecca?" "Yes?" "Pray! Pray that God will some how deliver us." Shamakra, the Queen of this dieing planet, gathered her servants and told them to gather supplies. Shamakra gathered every piece of clothing she could find, knowing that her people won't have anything. The last thing she grabbed was a locket that her father gave her. Except it wasn't there. She panicked, searching everywhere until a servant came in and told her it was time to go. She thought about how her people needed her so she reluctantly left the jewelry box and grabbed the clothes and a teddy bear. On her way to the ship she told all her servants to grab provisions and toys for the children. She ran to the ship barefooted, a disgrace in the fairy culture, but that didn’t matter right now if the council wanted to complain about it then who ever is left after all this could but not now. Now was the time she had to save her people, what small number there was. When she reached the ship she immediately told the pilot to leave not remembering the servant she had told to go get all the toys. The ship was about 50ft into the air when he came running out of the palace. Shamakra told the pilot to set the ship down but he couldn't and she knew that. The servants only hope was to fly, a direct disobedience to the law for servants to fly and normally would be punished with death, but this was an emergency, this is a life or death situation. Queen Shamakra flew down to the servant and told him to fly. He sprouted his wings for the first time in his life and flew with the queen’s help.
Aboard the ship it was mass ciaos. Everyone was in a line for food, provisions, medical care or dorms. Shamakra’s head was swimming with all the need. She tried to help with anything her people needed. They were her family and she loved the as such. Then the great queen felt a little tug on her tattered rags of what used to be a dress. She looked down to see a little girl in an oversized shirt sucking her dirty thumb. Her hair was matted and her two front teeth were missing. Their she stood right in front of the most powerful person on her dieing planet sucking her thumb and holding out her hand. The queen bent down to look into the little girls sky blue eyes said, "What do you need sweetie?" “Some lady told me to give you this” she said in her little three year old voice. Shamakra held out her hand and the little girl dropped a small locket into it. A small tear came to her eye, she opened it up and saw the picture of her sister and mother. “Who told you to give this to me?” The little girl was just silent. Shamakra picked up the small girl, and made an announcement, “Does anyone know who this girls parents are?” Everyone was silent and none made a comment until a young man came before and bowed to one knee and spoke only this, “Your Majesty?” “Yes? Do you know her parents?” “I did, yes, but I am sorry to bring to you the terrible news…” “I don’t think the day can get much worse. Go on, please.” “Her parents were one of the victims of the attackers. I’m sorry.” “I do believe it is alright. Attention People Of Raquia….” She waited until she had everyone’s attention, “As you all know, I do not have an heir to the throne so I wanted to get your approval to adopt this young girl to make her my heir.” She saw people nod their head and others with blank stairs. “With do respect Your Majesty, this is just a little orphan she could never take the throne she is of no blood descent.” “With all do respect Ethan, I can’t have children and now your telling me that I cant adopt her so your saying that I cant have an heir to rule after me?” “I am sorry Your Majesty. I didn’t mean it like that.” “No I know you didn’t mean it like that. You were just trying to point out the old laws. The old laws almost made fairies extinct today and if any one is left of the council that wants to dispute this point he or she may, but I am making a motion to change those laws. Anyone against me say, ‘I’.” No one said anything for almost five whole minuets. “Very well then I would like to introduce your new princess,” she bent down to ask the girl her name, “Princess Lillian of Raquia, heir to the throne.” “All hail Princess Lillian!!” screamed the crowd. Shamakra just grabbed the girl’s hand and asked her if she understood any of this. “Not really. The kept saying something about me being a princess.” “That’s because you are a princess. I adopted you to become my heir to the throne. One day you will be a queen like me. I’m kind of like your mom.” “You could never be my mom!” she screamed “Ok, ok just breath how about big sister?” Lily nodded her head. “Ok big sister it is then. How about getting a bath and some new clothes?” Lillian just smiled and they headed to the baths.
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