The Tale of Two Kingdoms

Chapter Two

 Leaves falling from the trees covering the roadway through Moor city.  Amber lights glow through the sidewalks as people make their way out of the small stores that line each street.

“The night is young and Kiss and Tale Dating Service is about to get busy. Tarzan is checking the client list for the appointments set for his employees tonight.

“Maleficent has two clients? How did this happen?” He asks Drizella who is picking her nails and snapping her gum.

“I only booked her for one, I didn’t know she had another Anastasia didn’t mark it on the board.” She picks up the small white board with all the names listed. “See she only has the one that’s down.”

Tarzan looks at the board and then the book. “It’s marked in the book Drizella? Why didn’t you check the book!”

Snapping her gum and looking up at Tarzan she shrugs her shoulders and looks back at her fingernails. “I don’t know.”

“Well, did you bother to get the client's name she was supposed to meet? And where?”

“Um, yeah it is somewhere around here on a pad of paper.”

Drizella gets up and looks through a stack of notepads, books and other stuff shoved under the desk. “Here it is.” She hands the pad of paper to Tarzan and sits back in the chair.

“She is meeting Stefan at 7:00 PM? Where? Or am I supposed to find that on another pad of paper?”

“Oh, I remember him he was short with shoulder length hair greyish blonde like dressed like he was a king or something I had to laugh when I saw him walking in with four other guys. I thought they were here for a service call.”

“Drizella that is King Stefan and why would you every think Maleficent would be good for this date?” “Oh, he asked specifically for her.”

Tarzan rushes around the desk and out the front door. “Where are you going?” Drizella yells.

A man walks up to Drizella asking for a date for the evening. “Good evening my beauty how much would it be for a date with you?” The man smiles with excitement as he looks Drizella up and down. She giggles at him. “I am working the desk I am not working in the dating service tonight, but I have others that are waiting? Would you like me to call someone for you, sir?”

“No ma’am you are exactly what I’ve been looking for here for a date. Black hair, blue eyes and plum as a pear. So seriously how much for you?” “Sir I really appreciate you asking but like I said I am working the desk tonight.” “What time do you get off? I will wait.”

The phone rings and Drizella grabs it before it can finish ringing.

“Kiss and Tale Dating Service this is Drizella how may I service you tonight?”

Drizella walks away as she talks on the phone the man watches her as she turns and goes into a room and closes the door. Drizella hoping he will leave before she comes back out. She slowly opens the door to peek out to the lobby. “Great, he’s gone thank my holy kingdom.” She walks out and hangs the phone back up. Tarzan comes stomping through the front doors. “Well, what has your panties in a wad?” He looks at her as he passes by the counter if looks could kill in fairytale kingdom she would be dead.

“Gee sorry I asked!” Drizella mumbles under her breath.

Outside the fog rolls in moving down the streets. The amber lights from the street lights glow in its haze. When there is fog the people in the kingdom know something sinister is heading their way especially when morning comes and the fog turns green. Green means the evil dark fairy is angry and soon people will fall under the spells she casts upon them.

All the town folk move quickly to their homes shutting up the doors and windows and turning all lights off. For what lurks in the fog sometimes comes looking for the innocent.

Many years ago when the fog first appeared the King’s daughter Aurora fell under a spell from the dark fairy. The sign she left to warn them all was green fog. She sent her crows to deliver the message that anyone who dare cross her she would release a spell in form of green fog and will curse the whole kingdom. For many years, she stayed away from the town and lived alone with her crows up in the dark castle on the far edge of Wicked Range forest. She uses her magic to control the trees, veins, and plants to capture anyone who steps foot in there they are enemies that pass through the canopy as she has warned them all before.

But for the past 25 years it has been quiet and peaceful no crows lurking overhead spying for the dark fairy. The forest has even turned to life again it wasn’t all dead and withered.

The next morning just as some older town folk thought they would awaken to the thick green fog like smoke from a witch’s cauldron a spell is soon to come.

The streets are empty as the sun rises nobody wants to go out in fear of the curse. The first sound of a crow echoes over Kiss and Tale Dating service.

“Did you hear that?” Anastasia says to Tarzan.

Has anyone seen Maleficent since yesterday morning? Anastasia looks at Drizella eyes widen and a blank look on her face. “Ah, no sir!”

“We have trouble brewing and it will keep us from going out on dates so for now ladies I need you to reschedule the appointments to take rooms here inside the service no one will go out till this green fog has settled.

“Calling right night sir.” Drizella dials the first number on the list for appointments.

The green fog doesn‘t bother most of their clients are from the human kingdom the spell can only affect the fairyland people.

Meanwhile Tarzan checks the building for any leaks making sure the fog doesn’t get in. If it gets in they could all fall into a deep spell from the evil fairy and who knows what she has enchanted within this spell.

“Surprise! I am back bitches!” Drizella and Anastasia wipe their heads around when they hear Maleficent voice echo the lobby. Walking in with her head held high like a queen in a parade.

“Where have you been? Tarzan is pissed! He has been looking for you for at least two days!” Maleficent throws down her cape and face scarf from the fog. Tapping her long black fingernails on the marble countertop she asks, “So what’s the news?”

“The news? You mean the green fog that has all of us locked up in this damn building!” Anastasia says in an angered voice. “Your face is turning red like your hair!” Maleficent laughs at her.

“f**k you Mal! f**k you!!” She storms off into the back office just in time for Tarzan to come out of the elevator and sees Maleficent laughing while Anastasia walks into the office and slams the door! “What the hell Mal? First you disappear for days, no word of you, especially after our talk, about the human found dead, now this f*****g green fog sent by the evil fairy and you come waltzing in like nothing happened! You’re f****d up in the head you know Mal! Tarzan is face to face with her now as he is yelling at her. Maleficent looks at him turning away just to roll her eyes and pick her fingernails as if he isn’t even there. 

“I’m about had it with you! I am trying to give you a f*****g chance to show people you have changed and you are a somewhat of a good person now. But you keep pushing me and pushing me till I will just…” Tarzan walks away he can’t deal with this right now as upset as he is over the events that have unfolded lately and knowing sooner or later the human detectives will be knocking on his door asking about the human they found.

“Ya, know Tarz I am sorry I didn’t want to say anything to you, but since you have pushed me to doing it I guess I will let the cat out of the bag. She walks towards him as he hits the elevator button and turns to her propping his arm up on the edge of the wall waiting for the elevator door to open.

“What Mal? What didn’t you want to tell me?”

She gets close to him as he leans back from the black horns of hers and she whispers something to him. By this time, Anastasia and Drizella are huddled together on the other side of the counter mouths open with the look of WTF on their faces.

“What is she saying to him? Drizella whispers.

“I don’t know you i***t I can’t see her lips are you that ignorant how am I supposed to read her lips if her back is to us? I swear mother was right about you when they were handing out brains you were absent that day!” “Oh, f**k off Anastasia you thought you were always mommies little pet, the special one, the one mom loved more than anyone else.” Drizella rolls her eyes as she turns away.

The elevator door opens and Tarzan and Maleficent walk in together talking low so no one can hear them.