I walked out and Relicta took me to an
alleyway. She took a very small key from the pocket of her little
Fairy dress and lifted a little flap in the brick. She fit the key
into the hole under the flap and another little flap appeared and
Relicta said “All hail our Mother, Queen!” and the flap shut and
a door appeared and Relicta said “You coming?” and I walked into
a world that wasn't my own.
The world was like this. The sky was
purple and pink with sparkle lights floating around in the clouds so
that they looked like they where sparkling. The ground was paved with
water. Solid, but water. I mean, you could feel it, it wasn't ice,
and when you touched it with your hand, you could take some and drink
it. But when you walked on it, it was as solid as stone. The
buildings where made of a white stone and where beautiful. With domed
roofs and pillars that had carvings in them. It was warm in this
world. Not too humid and not too hot. But warm and cozy, like when
you crawl under the covers of your bed and it's all warm.
It was night in this land. It's always
night. But you could tell when it was daytime in this world because
the sparkles in the clouds had lights and they dimmed when it was
day.
Relicta took me to the middle of the
city and into a palace of white and silver with diamonds. This it
where the Queen lived.
The Grand Hall of the palace was
completely silver with diamonds covering every wall. I was taken up a
staircase and more staircases until we got to the Queen's chamber.
Relicta knocked on the door three times and turned to me and said
“Now watch your manners, Rebecca.” and the door opened and
Relicta pushed me inside and shut the door again.
“Hello, my dear,” said the Queen
sitting on the other side of the room drinking some tea. “It's
wonderful to meet you. Why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea?”
The Queen was nothing like I had
thought she would look like. She was taller than most woman, with
very long, brown/red hair with two strips from the front braided and
pulled back and was tied off. She had pointed ears, lovely brown
eyes, and light red lips. She was wearing a lilac silk dress with
blue trimming with a gold braided sash with a silver necklace with a
gold star on it and a gold circlet crown (A lot like the one that
Lucy wears in the Chronicles of Narnia).
“Thank you.” I said and sat down
opposite her and took a tea cup and started to drink, and then I spit
it out coughing. The tea had burned my mouth and throat. Not in a bad
way, but I wasn't expecting it.
“Yes, it's an acquired taste. It took
me some time before I came to like it. Now I simply love it! Strange
how things like that happen.” said the Queen and took another sip
of the strange tea. I set mine on the table and asked “What kind of
tea is that?” and she looked up and frowned a little as though
trying to remember and then said “Kitterberry. It's a little light
purple berry that grows on a vine near Star Lake. You can't eat any
other part of the plant because it's poisonous, but the berries are
okay to eat so long as you cook them or dry them first.” a silence
stretched between us.
I finally said “Relicta said you
wanted to see me?”
“Ah yes. I've got a gift to give
you.” and she took out a sword from behind her chair.
“This is Stella Ensis, the Blade of
Stars. Stella Ensis is the only sword that can kill the Dragons you
can see” said the Queen softly. “Rebecca, I need you to get down
on one knee.” I did so and she said “Rebecca Jones. Do you accept
that you must face Dragons and defeat them?”
“I do.” I said nervously.
“Then by the power of Sidera,
I give you the name of Magistra Sanguis, Keeper of Stella Ensis,
Blade Of the Stars, slayer of Dragons.” and she tapped my shoulders
with the tip of the blade and said “Rise, Magistra Sanguis.” and
when I stood, she handed me the sword. It was as lighter than I
thought it would be.
The Queen suddenly said “I must
leave.” and she walked to the door when I called “Majesty, what
is your name?” and I was surprised to find her smiling.
“My name is Queen Amelinda. Amelinda
means the Loved and Beautiful.” said Queen Amelinda and she left.
Relicta brought me home and I knew I had to make Stella
Ensis a bag. I made one and I put Stella Ensis in the bag and always
carried her with me wherever I went.
That's how I started killing Dragons.
In the Fairy world, I was known as Magistra Sanguis (or, Blood
Mistress). In my world, I was still known as Rebecca Jones.
One evening, I was sitting on the beach
behind my house, setting a trap. I set chains and I found food and I
had laced the food with raw, poisonous, Kitterberries. The food was
unappetizing to humans, so I didn't have to worry about people eating
it by mistake. I was pouring sand into one hand into the other one,
thinking about my Mom. The Dragons had gotten to her a while ago.
Everyone else thought it was cancer, but I knew better. The Dragons
had taken Junnberries (a bright orange berry that was poisonous) and
fed them to her in the night. She threw them up, but the poison had
gotten to her. She was dying. Slowly.
Suddenly, my thought where brought back
down to earth when a girl with dark brown hair walked up to me and
said “Hi! I'm Clary Clemons. But call me Dell. Everybody does. Even
my parents. It's because I'm really good at figuring out computers. I
just moved in over there.” and she pointed behind her. “What's
your name?” Dell asked. I stared at her for a moment and said
slowly “Rebecca Jones.”
“Oh. Well, I'm going to go to 7th
grade tomorrow. You go to Clairimont?”
“Yeah.” I said in that same slow
voice.
“Oh. Well, are you going to go on the
bus?”
“No, I'm going to fly. Of course I'm
going on the bus!” I said, suddenly impatient.
Suddenly, I heard a voice call “Dell!
Come in for dinner!”
“Coming, Mom!” called Dell looking
behind her and she said to me “Bye, Rebecca! Se you at school
tomorrow!” and she took off towards her house. I could now hear
thunder as a storm came towards me from the sea. I sighed. I knew I
should go home, but I couldn't stand being asked what my day was
like, or eating my sister's cooking. It started to rain.
I was suddenly filled with anger. I
didn't know why, but I needed to scream. So I did. I screamed. I
didn't say anything, but I screamed. The rain was falling so hard
now, nobody could hear me anyway. Thunder came again and I kept
screaming. Then I collapsed and started to cry. I cried angry tears
of hate for the Dragons who ruined my life. Tears of dread of what
lie ahead for me. Tears that I knew that Dell's life was perfect and
mine was miserable. I was now drenched to the bone and I looked at my
trap. I stopped crying and I didn't scream anymore. Instead, I sighed
and I started to walk back home. I took Stella Ensis and her bag with
me. I walked into the house and Hannah said “'Becca! Your soaked!”
She looked at me and then looked alarmed and said “Rebecca, have
you been crying? Your eyes are all puffy and red!” Hannah sighed
and said “Okay, Becca, go get into the shower and I'll bring you
some Chinese food and warm milk.”
“Okay, Han.” I said sighing and I
walked upstairs, undressed, pulled on my robe and got into the
shower. I finished and walked back into my room and got into pajamas.
Then I crawled into bed as Hannah came in with the food and milk. I
ate and drank and by then I felt all sleepy and warm I fell asleep. I
dreamed that I was flying. I was climbing the clouds. I went up and
up and up until I looked down at the ground. I saw Dragons walking
around. Dragons flying below me and Dragons walking and hummers
flying around my ears. One of the Dragons pointed me out to a Dragon
and it started to chase me I climbed, but slipped and fell through
the sky, clouds making me wet. I screamed as I fell, but I remembered
that this was my dream. I
pulled Stella Ensis out of my bag and I started to fly again. I
hovered in mid-air and shouted “Get out of my dreams! It's bad
enough that I have to see you in the real world!” and I slashed the
Dragon's head off. It's blood splattered me and I started to kill.
Soon I was covered in blood. I had conquered my dreams. I woke up
just as my alarm clock started to beep. I turned it off and started
to get ready for school.
I got on the bus, and saw Dell waving
at me and saying “Hi, Rebecca! Come sit next to me!” and since I
couldn't find anywhere else to sit, I sat next to her.
“So,
what class are you in,
Rebecca?” asked Dell and I looked at her for a moment.
“Ms. Ryann's class.” I said.
“Wow!
Me too! So, what do you like
to do, Rebecca?” asked Dell.
“I dunno. I like to read. I mostly
keep to myself.”
“I love to read too! What kind of
book do you like?” asked Dell in an enthusiastic kind of way.
“Mystery books. Fantasy. Fiction
books, mostly.”
“I like fiction too. Do you read
comic books?” asked Dell.
“Yeah. You?” I asked.
“A little. I like D.C Hero’s.”
said Dell.
“Me
too.” I said. “Now let me ask you a
question, Dell. Why do you like me?” I asked. Dell seemed to think
for a moment before saying “I dunno. I just do. You seem...
interesting, I guess. And I like your hat.” I felt my head and took
my hat off and looked at it. It was a hat that had shoulder long
fuzzy ears on it. Hannah had made it for me.
“Thanks.” I said and put my hat
back on. Dell wasn't so bad after all.
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