The Elemental Magic Fae 2

Chapter 2 Queen Monica

I’m a little confused by Selaria’s choice for their new leader, and I’m equally surprised that they are willing to allow her to choose for them. Maybe Tobius is right and she is further along than I have been giving her credit for, but still why Marcus?

“Your Majesty, we are here.” I hear Kane say.

I look and see Kane, the head of my security, standing at the door of my carriage, with his hand out waiting for me to take it. Sometimes I wonder what I would have done without his or his wife Sinthia’s guidance when I returned.

I still don’t know how my older brother Nathaniel died, he took the throne when my father abdicated on his twenty first birthday. I returned too late to ask my mother, because my father had died a day before my brother from natural causes and she died two days after my brother, also from natural causes, or from Sinthia said was a broken heart from losing my father.

I tried to ask Marcus what had happened, but he would just stare off into the distance with a really sad look on his face and shake his head. Not even the wise ones or the Guardian’s would tell me what happened, and I bothered them for months before I let up and went on with my duties as the new Queen. But I had noticed that when I came back that security had doubled for myself and Marcus, but Marcus didn’t want security because he swore that he would never become King, and that he was leaving Sparkonia.

I grabbed hold of Kane’s hand and got out of the carriage. I look up at the castle and remember the day I returned, I could feel the sadness and the heartbreak from the people like it was cement slabs being dropped onto my shoulders, I could barely stand.

Kane had collected me from my house, it had taken all of the wise ones and the Guardians for him to leave Sparkonia. With all the begging, I wasn’t able to bring Selaria and Tobius to Sparkonia. For some reason my mother had forbid it, and when I got back here and found out that she had also died, I still wasn’t able to bring them here, even though I tried countless times, I was told I had to think of the people now, they are my responsibility.

I understand it now, that they needed me and they still need me. Even though Marcus and I are able to leave because we are the royal family, the other can’t, no matter how hard we tried, and we still haven’t figured out a way to bring the outside in. I have gone through the history book and all of the lessons that I had as a child and only found mention of a book called The Book of Prophesies, which I couldn’t find, and asked Marcus to look for it. but it was my daughter who ended up bringing it to us.

When I received it I was so happy, I was finally going to get some answers to my questions. But for some reason I wasn’t able to open it, so I gave it to the wise ones, and they have been having trouble opening it as well. They have asked if maybe Selaria could try opening it, but she has been too focused on Godric and the Rebellion, so I haven’t been able to ask her, and I’m not sure if she will do it if I ask, and Tobius won’t ask her because he thinks I need to.

“Your Majesty, are you ok?” I hear Kane ask, sounding worried.

“Yes I’m fine, just thinking about the past.” I say smiling at him and start walking toward the entrance to the castle.

I’m glad that Tobius is here, I thought my heart had been ripped out when I saw him explode and couldn’t find him. I was a mess for a week. I had asked him how he hid himself, and all he said was ‘it’s hard to explain.’ If only he knew how hard it was for me to watch it.

“Hey honey, is everything ok?” I hear Tobius ask.

I look up and see him walking down the stairs, sometimes I wonder if maybe it’s all a dream and I’m going to wake up and realise that he really is dead, and possibly break down again.

“Yes, everything is fine.” I say smiling at him. “Selaria was amazing, she even chose another leader for them.” I say when I get to him.

“Who?” He asks.

Which surprised me, because instead of asking, why she was the one that chose or why would they allow it, he just asked who. I wish I had the relationship that he has with Selaria, they are really close, and he knows her really well. I used to know her really well and it hurts when she looks and talks to me like she hates me, I just hope I haven’t ruined any chance of having the relationship that we used to have. Tobius says we will, it will just take time.

“Marcus.” I say with a little laugh.

“Your brother?” He asks, a little confused.

“Yes, my younger brother.” I say shaking my head, and then continue. “I’m not sure how I’m going to convince him to do it, he does not like being a leader.”

“I wouldn’t worry about it, Selaria will handle it.” He says confidently.

“I don’t know.” I say a little doubtful that she will be able to do this.

“You need to have more faith in her, if she chose Marcus, it’s for a reason, and since she chose him she will convince him to do it.” He says putting his arm around me and guides me up the stairs. “Trust her, and let her have a little leeway.”

I notice that Kane has stopped getting a little tense when Tobius puts him arm around me, or shows me affection, now he just smiles at me like a proud parent. Kane was one of my father’s security guards, but he is only twenty years older than me. But still he is someone that I look to for advice when I’m in need.

“So the coronation, we need to do that soon.” I say looking up at Tobius.

I know that he doesn’t want to do it, but it’s not just for him, it’s also for Selaria and myself. The people need to see that we are a family, and now not only do they have a Queen, but they also have a King and a Princess.

“Do I have to do this?” Tobius asks pulling a disgusted face.

“Yes sire.” Kane pipes up. “You and your daughter need to be shown to the people, so they know that there is now a royal family, and hopefully there will be another child.” Kane continues with a wink in my direction.

I didn’t think we had been quiet enough since Tobius had returned, but I did hope. We are now able to spend breakfast in bed, now that Selaria has decided that she doesn’t want to join us, but she reluctantly joins us for lunch and dinner.

“Fine, but tell Selaria before you go and start with any arrangements, she might do more harm than good if you go ahead without her knowledge first.” Tobius says smiling at me.

“Can you please talk to her about it?” I ask trying the puppy dog look.

“No, you need to bridge the gap.” Tobius says shaking his head. “I have stepped in when I felt I needed to, but you two used to be inseparable, now you have to figure it out, and I can’t keep doing it for you.”

“She doesn’t make it easy, no matter what I do, it’s always the wrong thing, and Tarlia doesn’t help.” I snap.

“Don’t blame Tarlia, she relates to Tarlia because of Godric, but you are her mother.” Tobius says stopping and turning me so we are face to face. “You left, and I may understand why, but she doesn’t, and she had a lot of responsibility dropped on her, and yes some of that was my fault, but I was able to work for my forgiveness, now it’s your turn.” He continues and then gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and walks away.

I walk toward the throne room with only my guards. It hasn’t been easy having Selaria back, I don’t know what else I can do to get her forgiveness, a couple of times I thought maybe I had it, but then something happens and we start having an argument. It was Tobius who suggested that Selaria be allowed to learn how to fight, and that I should allow her to use weapons. I wasn’t happy about it, but after reading some of the scrolls I found out that everyone in the royal family learnt how to fight years ago, I decided to let Selaria to start learning to fight.

I get to the throne room and prepare myself for my people. I look over at the throne where I know Tobius will soon be sitting with me and help me deal with any problems or queries that my people may have, but for now I’m doing it on my own.

“It will be soon, you just need to be a little more patient.” I hear my Guardian Lewel say

I turn to the smaller throne on my other side and Lewel is lying on the arm of the throne beside mine. Her body as usual is a rabbit and her head is a cat. She doesn’t really change her look, unlike most of the other Guardians. She enjoys her look and doesn’t see the point in changing her look since she has found one that she likes.

“I am trying to, but it’s easier said than done.” I say through our link. “I’m also still having no luck with Selaria, and I still don’t understand why Irinduma decided to become her Guardian, her and Vretiel are both really powerful.” I continue, still confused that they bound with my daughter and Godric.

“I’m not sure, but I think it might have something to do with the bond that they have.” Lewel says.

“What do you mean?” I ask confused by what she just said.

“The bond that Selaria and Godric have, it’s similar to what we have, but it’s with each other and with their Guardians.” Lewel says and before I can say anything she continues. “I do believe that Vretiel is able to communicate with Selaria and it’s not through Irinduma.”

Now I’m even more confused. I have only heard of such things happening and it was by my mother when she used to read me stories at night when I was younger and I used to dream of it happening to me, and I read somewhere that it can happen when the love and commitment is so strong that the souls intertwine and they become one, but it can take years for that to happen if the couple are dedicated enough.

I look over and see Kane looking at me from the door to where my people are waiting to talk to me, waiting for me to indicate that I’m ready. I nod to him letting him know that I am ready, even though I wish that I wasn’t sitting here alone. Lewel helps me a lot, but I would have loved it if Tobius could be sitting beside me, but until the coronation, that can’t happen.

It took two and a half hours to get through all of the requests and help my people. I am exhausted and can’t wait to see Tobius and Selaria. I decided to speak to her about the coronation at dinner if she returned.

I walk to my room so I can start getting ready for dinner, and I hope that Tobius is there so I can talk to him about my plan for dinner tonight, and hopefully he will give me some tips on how I can broche the subject. I have a few ideas, but I don’t want to mess this up.

When I get to my room I notice Tobius sitting on the chair facing the window reading a book about the history of Sparkonia. He’s been reading as many books and scrolls as possible on the history of Sparkonia, the only one that neither of us has been able to read is the Book of Prophesies.

I walk over to Tobius and sit on the chair beside him and look out of the window that over looked one of the many gardens.

“What is on your mind?” I hear Tobius ask.

I look over at him and notice that he has put the book down and giving me a questioning look.

“I don’t know how to broche the subject with Selaria.” I tell him looking back out the window and then continue hoping that he will be able to help. “Any ideas?”

“First I’d ask how things went after you left and then maybe put it in after that.” Tobius suggests and goes back to his book.

I get up and walk over to our walk in robe, which Tobius and I share. I don’t know what I want to wear tonight at dinner, but I am thinking maybe my blue gown with red roses with green vines and purple thorns. I got rid of all the clothes that I wore when I was outside of Sparkonia when I agreed to be Queen, because I knew that I would never be able to leave.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn around and see Tobius smiling down at me. I walk into his arms and feel his strong arms wrap around me.

“You need to relax.” I hear him say.

I don’t know what to tell him, I try and relax, but it’s easier said than done. My daughter seems to hate me, no matter what I do, I just make it worse, and now I have to somehow get her to agree to the coronation.

“I’m trying.” Is all I can say to him.

“Look I know it’s not easy, but she will come around, you just need to meet her halfway.” Tobius says pushing me back to arm’s length.

“And how do I do that when she doesn’t even show me where the halfway mark is?” I ask.

“It’s a give and take, she will push you and as long as you don’t push too hard back, I’m sure that she will show you where the mark is.” He says and then pulls me back into an embrace and then continues. “You just need to have patience and stop having a go at Tarlia when you see her, because Tarlia isn’t your enemy.”

I know that he is right, but it’s just hard see that Selaria prefers to be around Tarlia instead of me. I just hope that Selaria shows me where the mark is sooner rather than later.

We stand together for a while, before I push away from him and go back to going through my gowns for the gown that I want for dinner. I find it and put it on the hook so my ladies can help me dress after I get cleaned up.

I made some changes to the royal quarters when I came back, because as much as I love having baths, I found that showers were so much quicker and some days I didn’t always have time to have a bath. It took about fifteen men to finally figure out how to create a shower, it’s not as good as the ones outside of Sparkonia, but I can’t complain, seeing as we still haven’t been able to get electricity hooked up, not that anyone here would know how to use it or what to do with it.

I spoke to the wise ones about leaving Sparkonia and what good it would do for the people, but we all agreed that leaving might not be a good idea, seeing how some here wouldn’t be able to function very well outside Sparkonia and we are very behind in regards to technology.

I told Tobius about it and he agreed that maybe keeping it separate is a good idea. I was a little concerned, but I know what it took for me to go from knowing nothing about the outside and once having the luxuries coming back to having none of them, and I wondered if Tobius would want to stay, but he is loving the fact that he has to do things from scratch and sometimes I notice that Selaria is exactly the same.

I had a shower put into her quarters and found out yesterday from Lidia that she uses it only when she washes her hair because she prefers the bath, because she gets to relax and literally no-one bothers her while she is in the bath, but she gets bothered a lot when she is in the shower. I’ve tried my best to make sure that no-one bothers her.

“What are you thinking about?” Tobius asks interrupting my thoughts.

“Not much, only what I’ve accomplished and how far you and Selaria have come since coming here.” I say looking up at him.

“Yes we all have, which is why you need to relax, as I’ve been told, Rome was not built in a day and Selaria is going to need more time.” Tobius says smiling down at me.

“Did you know that she rarely uses the shower because she keeps getting bothered even though I have tried to have that stopped?” I ask, wondering if he has been told.

“I heard, even Lidia has tried to stop it, but she has also failed, but it’s not just your people, it’s also the Rebellion.” Tobius says, looking a little concerned.

“What is it?” I ask a little worried.

“The Rebellion seems to be relying to Selaria a lot, I noticed that it wasn’t until today that they came to you, and it is only Doug that comes to me, but it’s Charlie and the rest of the Rebellion that goes to Selaria.” He says walking out of the walk in robe and sits on the seat at the end of our bed and continues. “It is starting to make me wonder if they will see Marcus as the leader.”

“But you said that they trust her judgement.” I say sounding confused.

“Oh they do, but I just don’t know if maybe Selaria should have chosen herself as the leader, because in the end that is what she will be.” He says having a distant look on his face.

“What do you mean?” I ask sitting beside him.

“You and I both know that she will be the next Queen and when Godric wakes up he is going to be the next King, which means that the Rebellion will stay here and they will rule them.” He says turning to me.

He is right and I’m shocked that I didn’t see it myself. Why didn’t she choose herself to be the leader, and why did she choose Marcus?

“Now I’m more confused, do you think she doesn’t see herself as a leader or do you think that maybe there is another reason for her choosing Marcus?” I ask, more to myself than to Tobius.

“I don’t know, but I don’t think she just chose Marcus on a whim and that she chose him for a reason.” Tobius says shaking his head.

“Do you think she will tell us why she chose him?” I ask, sounding hopeful.

“I don’t know, but for now I think the best thing for us to do is to wait and see what happens and not question her about her decision and just trust in it.” Tobius says standing up and going back over to the chair that he was sitting in when I arrived.

I stay where I am thinking about what he said. I’m not sure why he seems happy to allow Godric to be in Selaria’s life and why he has so much trust in him, but with what I saw of him I wasn’t too happy about their relationship, and the fact that they were able to communicate through a link that I don’t really understand is really confusing as well, and the fact that everyone I have spoken to about his condition state that he is dead, but for some reason Selaria and Irinduma and Vretiel believe that he is alive, which makes no sense.

I ring the bell to let my ladies know that I will want them and go back to the walk in robe and wait for them. I was thinking about having a shower, but now I’m thinking I might have a bath, to help myself relax.