THE FELINE SNOW QUEEN-PART 17

The Feline Snow Queen

 

Part 17

The autumn queen and winter queen watched them come into the room. Sieska could tell that Scamper was right. They did look worried.
The winter queen marched straight up to Sieska. “What are you doing to find my son?”
Sieska was taken back by her abruptness. “Me? What are you doing to find your son? I have not heard of these dragons before.”
Sieska glanced over at the autumn queen. She looked away quickly sending a vibe up Sieska’s back coat.
“What do either of you know about these dragons? What do they want?” Sieska looked straight at the autumn queen who was looking at the winter queen hoping that she would say something.
The winter queen took a deep breath. “Usually they are harmless but they can make themselves known and when they do, it means trouble. They have powers.”
Sieska was still watching the autumn queen for any kind of reaction she could read from her. “What kind of powers do they have and why did they take the spring princess and your son?”
The winter queen shook her head. “I don’t know but we have to go there and find them.”
The autumn queen then came forward. “If I may speak.”
Sieska nodded. “Of course you may. Any information will help.”
She was a very tiny little queen-almost childlike. Her hair was auburn and every once in a while, the golds in her hair shimmered. Her eyes were chestnut brown with gold flecks. Sieska could see them clearly as her eyes were wide little saucers. She rested her freckled brown hand on her chin for a moment. Sieska was waiting to hear what she had to say. “I believe they want something from my court. The winter prince and spring queen I think were not intended to be taken. They would have no reason to take them.”
“Then why didn’t they let them go,” screeched the winter queen.
The autumn queen’s face blushed a bit. “I think they will…eventually.”
The winter queen’s eyes went wide. “Eventually? What does that mean? I want my son back now!” The autumn queen’s face deepened. Sieska could sense something from her and that she was hiding something.
“My autumn queen,” addressed Sieska. “If you have information that is valuable to us, please do tell us.”
Sieska watched her play with her dress and her eyes were cast down. The winter queen noticed. She grabbed her hand where she was touching her dress. The winter queen had the dress and her hand in her hers. The autumn queen looked at her horrified. Through gritted teeth the winter queen glared at her. “Tell us!”
Keshar cleared his throat. “Let her go.”
For a moment Sieska thought that she would not comply but when Keshar came forward she dropped her hand. The autumn queen rubbed her hand. Sieska could see a bit of redness on her hand-frost bite. Keshar went up to the autumn queen. “What information do you have? Please tell us.”
She looked at Keshar and nodded. “The dragons want a place to lay their eggs and the one spot that is the safest is the border between my forest and the high queens. Plus inside the forests of yours.” Keshar gave her a look. “Why my forest?”
She gave him a small smile. “Because you have the same power that they have and they think you will guard their eggs till they hatch.”
“Why didn’t they come to me and ask me instead of taking the prince and princess?”
“They might think they will be given their wish if they hold onto them. As before they have been shunned out of the area and in some areas not allowed at all. They don’t have much freedom here. Now they demand that they have as much right to be here as the rest of you. I support them.”
Keshar looked over at Sieska. She did not know what to think of it all. Keshar looked back at her. “Can you give them a message?” She nodded.
“Good. Tell them to meet us in my forest and bring the prince and princess with them. We will talk about what we can work out for them.”
Sieska saw the autumn queen take a sigh of relief. She even smiled. The winter queen on the other hand was not impressed.
“So,” she snapped. “You are going to give them what they want with no punishment?”
Keshar gave her a look. “We will meet first and then discuss what happens after.”
The winter queen still was not happy. She folded her arms tightly around herself as snow gathered at her feet.
Sieska spoke up then. “Then let us get the autumn queen back so she can deliver the message. We will all gather in Keshar’s forest at where the autumn border lies.”
They all nodded with the winter queen walking by them. “See to it that everyone follows through.” Sieska and Keshar watched her leave with a trail of snow following her. The autumn queen followed her. She turned and looked back at them before going out the door. “I will meet you there a head of the winter queen. As you know, she can be difficult and I don’t need her making the dragons mad. She won’t get her son back with her anger.”
Both Sieska and Keshar nodded. Then she left.
“Well, it looks like we have our work cut out for us,” said Keshar. Sieska nodded. “Yes, it appears we do. These faeries have caused such a disruption in our territories. The fox felines were one thing but this is quite another. I want things to settle and now.”
Keshat looked at her. “I can tell by your tone that you have had enough and I might say, so have I. But, we have to work this out and get everybody settled into their own territories. I am willing to let the dragons have their nests in some place of the forest that is not used. If it keeps peace.”
“I agree,” said Sieska. “I want peace more than anything. So, let’s prepare ourselves for anything with these dragons.”

***

Keshar had gathered some of his own guard cats and so did Sieska. They went prepared for anything. When they got there the autumn queen was already there. She had some of her guards there as well. Keshar noticed some of them in the trees guarding the area as well. Keshar nodded to some of his own cats to keep an eye on them.
  She greeted both of them with a smile. Sieska didn’t know why but another vibe went up her back sending up the fur on the back of her neck. The autumn queen came forward to greet them. She offered them a small smile. “They will be here shortly-the dragons. Before they come I want to warn you that if they are threatened in any way, they will use their magic to defend themselves. You don’t want that.”
“I understand,” said Sieska. “I have no intentions of threatening them. I only want peace and the prince and princess returned.”
Just as she nodded a roar filled the air. The wind got up as well and shook the trees that the queen’s guards were in. Some of them almost fell out. They all looked up into the sky. A huge black mist swirled and swarmed above the trees like bees. Then suddenly the black cloud started to take form. It was coming towards the ground.
 Keshar came out and stood in front of them all ready with his paw. The black cloud dissolved along with the wind. Standing in front of them all was now four black dragons. Some had green shimmers running through their scales and two had purple green. The one that came forward had a red streak down the side of his tail. What surprised Keshar the most was, their size. They were smaller than he was. The one that came forward was just below Keshar’s eye level.
Keshar almost backed up but held his ground. “I greet you. I have heard of you and your special powers. It is a pleasure to finally meet you.” He gave Keshar a toothy grin.
Keshar nodded. “It is an honor to meet you as well. I understand that you want a safe place for your eggs.”
The dragon nodded. “Yes, we believe we may have found the perfect place for our nests. With our magic being the same, we can ensure that our nest will be safe.”
Keshar nodded. “And what about the prince and princess. They must be returned.”
The dragon looked back at the others first and then back at Keshar. “We did not mean to take them. Some thought that they were a threat to them. Those ones were in the middle of selecting a nesting sight when the prince and princess came into view. It was only a defensive move on our part. I’m sure you will understand.”
“Yes, I suppose I do but now that you know they are no threat, you can return them.”
The dragons gold green eyes sunk into Keshar making his paw tingle.
“Are you going to give us a safe place for our nests?”
“I will if you will return them. Will you?”
Again the dragon looked back at the others. The one nodded. The dragon looked back at Keshar then and nodded as well.
“Good,” said Keshar.
“When you return them, I will show you a special area of my forest for your nests.”
Just after he said the words, two of the dragons started to shift form. Keshar let out a low growl. Sieska soon joined him and let out a low growl as well. The two forms took the form of two tall beings that looked a bit like their faerie counterpart but the eyes were dragon and their hands sported long claws. Leather wings fell down their backs. One was a female and the other a male. The male came forward. “It was us who took the prince and princess. We viewed them a threat when we were trying to prepare out nests.”
His dragon eyes narrowed in on Sieska and Keshar. “I must have your word that both of these will never be allowed into the special area of the forest where our nests are. I don’t trust either one.” Keshar and Sieska shared a look. Sieska this time spoke to the male dragon. “I understand your concerns and I am quite sure we can keep them both out of the area that Keshar gives you. They shouldn’t have any interest in your nests anyway. They want to go on their own.”
The male dragon nodded. With that the female came up to stand beside her mate. They both waved their hands in the air. Falling out of their hands were black mists and that swirled around in front of Sieska and Keshar. Two forms took shape. It was the prince and princess.
The winter prince had his arms wrapped around the princess. They both looked up wide eyed at Keshar and Sieska. The winter prince let out a sigh of relief. Siena came bounding over pouncing around the princess who hugged her.
Sieska let out a sigh of relief. “Thank you for returning them.”
Both the male and female dragons nodded. The female then eyed the autumn queen. Her eyes narrowed and her lips curled up. That cold vibe came back through Sieska. She threw Sienna a look. “Get them both out of here. Trouble is about to explode.”
Sienna wasn’t long following orders. She waved her own magic in the air and with a cloud of green and shimmer, all three of them disappeared.
Sieska then looked at the female dragon. Her mate was also looking at the autumn queen with distaste. She looked at the queen who was standing her ground and the ones she had in the trees were now aiming their arrows at the dragons.
Keshar looked at Sieska and then at the dragons. “Whatever grievances you have, I will not have it fought out here at the edge of my forest. Is that clear?”
He held up his paw with the glowing blue light. The autumn queen let out a gasp. Keshar and Sieska hadn’t noticed but one of the dragon shifters hit her with their own light. The queen had now collapsed on the ground.
  “What have you done,” shouted Skeska. The male dragon smiled. “We got our revenge for her actions against us.”
Sieska looked back at the Queen who was now surrounded by her guards. One of them looked up at the trees and howled.
Arrows rained down on them.

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Flash Fiction-The Soul LIghter

 

Hello everyone! Todays flash fiction is a bit strange and some might not get it and that's okay. I hope you enjoy it. Remember the next installment of the novel The Feline Snow Queen below. Happy reading! 

 

 

 

 

 

The Soul Lighter

 

Flash Fiction

He shows up at different times of the year. Always at the end of the day when the sun is going down. It’s mesmerizing to watch him set everything up. He does everything with great care and pays attention to detail.
There are more and more lanterns all the time which always leaves a tug at your heart.
These lanterns represent the ones that have passed on through to another realm. That is what he tells us anyway.
This time I could see lanterns lined up down between two rows of honeysuckles and lilacs.
I was guessing he picked this location because the lanterns would be protected from any breezes.
I sat down with my friend in the grass and watched him light each lantern. How he lit so many in such a short amount of time was always baffling to us.
My friend thought that he spelled us or something. I always laughed at that theory.
This year was a bit special and sad.
There used to be three of us come here but now there are only two of us this time.
He glanced over at us periodically and I got the feeling he knew who we were and why we were there.
All the lanterns were now lit and the glow from them made the black night glow with gold.
But there was one near the front and in about the third row that was not lit.
I stared at it and for some reason it bothered me that the lantern had not been lit. That poor soul needed its light.
I wanted to say something about it when he came nearby but I had never spoken to him before.
The words would come out of my mouth. I think fear covered my mouth with its hand.
He stood in front and looked at all the lit up lanterns and I thought for sure he would notice the one not lit and then would do the deed.
But he did not.
Now I was getting anxious.
Our eyes met and he winked at me. I startled when he did that. My friend didn’t notice. I looked at him again and he was still looking at me. Then he beckoned for me to come over.
My friend nudged me to go. When I came before him, I felt like he was some ethereal creature and not like me at all.
He handed me a candle lighter. “Light the lantern.”
I was going to ask why me. With a shaking hand I took the candle lighter and went over to the unlit lantern and quickly lit it. The flame inside was tiny compared to the others and I thought it was going to go out.
I stood back and watched the tiny flame. He took the candle lighter out of my hand and I hadn’t even noticed.
Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there were both my friends.
 I smiled.

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THE FELINE SNOW QUEEN-PART 16

The Feline Snow Queen

Part 16

Sieska was right. When they got to the castle, there was the death bird in the court yard. A bunch of cats were around it hissing and growling. Keshar joined his cats and Sieska padded up to the death bird who held the spring King. He was doing his best to ignore the cats. "I demand that you bring my daughter out here right now."
Sieska looked up at him and met his angry gaze. "I do not have her here. I have however seen them in the forest. They took Siena with them and flew off. I told them that I would not hide them. Where they have flown off to, I do not know and that is the truth."
The king sighed. "Alright, I believe you. But my birds and warriors will be looking over every morsel of this forest searching for any clues."
Keshar came up then. “I don't think they will be anywhere near here. The Prince made it very clear that they were going far away. There will be no clues to find."
The spring King narrowed his gaze at Keshar. "Why didn't you ask more questions as to their destination then?"
Keshar snorted. "Do you really think that he would tell me that when Sieska told him that she would not hold any information back from you?"
The spring King looked at them both and then back to Keshar. "Use your magic to find them."
Sieska saw Keshar's eyes go wide. She got the feeling that he didn't like to use his magic unless he was forced to.
"I have never used my magic to find someone. I'm not sure how even."
The king didn't look impressed. "So, you can summon your magic but you can't actually do anything with it?"
"Don't challenge me or you will see what this magic can do."
Sieska felt an electric vibe go through her and by the look on the spring king's face, he felt it too. Shadows flew over top of them. More death birds were forming above them.
Keshar looked at the king. "Take your death birds out of here and leave us cats out of your search." The spring King glanced over at Sieska who held up her head to him. He looked up at the birds and then down on the one he was riding. Both Keshar and Sieska watched him for what his next move was going to be. Then he grinned. "Fine my felines, I will leave this forest to search for them. But I warn you, I will not leave any stone unturned and that includes your forests. If I find my daughter trying to hide here, I will tear down your walls and this forest to get her back."
Before Sieska and Keshar could retort, the bird lifted off and flew up into the air and joined the others. Soon all of them flew off.
Sieska sighed. "Well, that was one of them. There still the other one to grace us with her presence." Keshar shook his head. "I hope she waits till after we have at least eaten and rested. I have had enough excitement for now."
Sieska laughed. "I will agree with that. Let's go eat before she does come. We'll need our strength I'm sure."
Both of them laid out on cushions in a sunny spot. Keshar was lightly snoring and Sieska was snoozing. Her nose twitched and then twitched again. Sieska was about to swat away what was bothering her when she opened her eyes. Looking back at her were large blue green eyes and she didn't have to ask who they belonged to. Sieska got up part way and stretched out on her cushion. She sighed. "What happened now Siena?"
"We met with something unexpected."
Sieska closed her eyes for a moment. Then she looked at Siena. "Tell me everything."
"We were on the border of the forest ready to enter into the autumn faerie queen's territory."
Sieska looked surprised. They had travelled far to make to her territory she thought.
"Did you come up against someone?"
She shook her head. "It was something. It was this large dark cloud and it surrounded us. The Prince tried his magic but it didn't work. Then the next thing I knew I was falling to the ground. The thing then took them away."
"Do you think it was the autumn faerie queen had something to do with this?"
Siena shook her head. "I met one of the autumn faeries when I fell. They rushed over to me when I fell. They had never seen anything like it before."
Keshar stirred at this time looking over at the two of them. His eyes widened when he saw Siena. He sat up abruptly. "What has happened and why is Siena here? Is the Prince a princess here too?" Sieska shook her head. "No, they have been captured by a strange entity that no one has seen before." Keshar looked at Siena. "Tell me what you saw."
Siena relayed what had happened. Keshar paced back and forth and then stopped. "I'm afraid we might have a threat that will be dangerous to us all."
Sieska eyed him carefully. "What is it Keshar?"
"I believe it is another like me."
Her eyes went wide."Like you? There is another cat like you out there?"
He nodded. "I had heard that there were others like me but not all are cats. Some have been rumored to be small flying black dragons that have been described as black mists or dark clouds. Why they attacked you, I don't know."
Sieska couldn’t believe it. She didn't like it one bit. This was the last thing she needed in her forest. "What are we going to do?"
Before Keshar could answer, one of Sieska's cats came bounding in. It was Scamper. They turned and listened to what Scamper had to say. "She is here and she is demanding to see you now."
Sieska sighed and shook her head. "It's the winter queen?"
He nodded. "And she is not alone."
"Who is with her, the spring King?"
"No, it is the autumn queen and they are both look worried."
Everyone shared a look. Keshar huffed. "We better go see them."
Sieska nodded. "Yes, I have a feeling that this won't be good."

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The Summer Walk-Flash Fiction

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The Summer Walk

Flash Fiction

It was one of those days when it was the perfect summer day and you wanted to walk in the sunshine. This was one of those days.
I walked in the meadow behind the house. Bees and dragonflies buzzed and flitted about in the wild flowers that grew in abandonment.
I picked some early asters that had bloomed and was walking along making a daisy chain out of them so I didn’t notice.
Something flashed across my vision and my eyes quickly diverted to in front of me.
I didn’t see anything and frankly I was used to seeing things that may or may not have been there.
I shrugged and continued on until I saw something up ahead.
I stopped and looked for a moment and thought it couldn’t be.
Very carefully, I looked around and then went ahead.
There was a chair with a bouquet of the flowers from the meadow sitting beside it.
Who put this here I thought. There was a book with a hat and blanket. The first thing I touched was the blanket. It was soft like thistle down. The hat was too.
I wanted to put the hat on my head but I knew I shouldn’t. I did pick up the book.
It was full of botanicals. The pictures were very pretty I thought. I always liked that kind of art.
I put the book back down and another thought came to me. I wanted to sit in the chair and without thinking I did.
I had to pick up the blanket, hat and book to do so of course. I sat there and looked out over the meadow with the blanket, hat and book on my lap.
I got kind of lost in thought and didn’t hear anything but the sounds of bees and dragon flies with the odd bird song in the near distance.
Then there she was, standing in front of me. Her eyes were periwinkle with this white blond hair flowing in the breeze.
I knew it was soft like silk. Her dress looked like spider webs all infused together. She had very long fingers and very quickly took the asters that I was making a chain with.
I got up putting the stuff back on the chair and I was about to say sorry for sitting there but she came up to me with a soft smile on her face and put the asters in my hair.
She smelled like honey.
I didn’t realize I had moved out of the way because she was now sitting in the chair.
 I watched her put more flowers in the vase beside her.
Then I found myself walking away from her and I didn’t want to but when my eyes could really see again, I was in another part of the meadow.
I looked around for her and wondered if I had been seeing things. But I knew that I did see her. Making my way back I met mother coming out the back door. She made a face when she seen me. “What did you do to your hair?”
I reached up and it was all in knots. The asters were all tied into the knots in my hair.
I sighed and walked in the house.

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THE FELINE SNOW QUEEN-PART 15

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The Feline Snow Queen

Part 15

Catar glared at them. Keshar rushed forward. The feline foxes behind her also came forward. Keshar held up his paw stopping the fox felines in their tracks. Their eyes went wide as Catar's did also. "You wouldn't dare," she growled.
Keshar eyed her. "You did declare war, did you not?
She walked right up to Keshar. "What do you want?"
"You let us all go as well as the others."
She sniffed. “The spring King already got his daughter thanks to you and so did the winter queen. They both took off on those death birds. All that is left are you and your friends."
"Then let us go before I am forced to use my magic."
Catar's stood her ground in front of Keshar and he wondered if she would actually let them go. The magic tingled in his paws.
 She grinned at him. "You can feel it can't you?"
Sieska came up beside Keshar at this moment. "What do you mean by that?"
Catar's glanced over at Sieska before she looked Keshar right in the eyes. "It means that maybe that you Keshar are not the only one with special powers."
Siena came up beside Sieska. "I could feel it from the time I met her. She does have some kind of special power but what I don't know."
"I do not want wars in these forests," said Sieska. "There has to be some kind of agreement made." Catar's threw up her head at her. "What do you propose our feline snow queen?"
"We set out an agreement that we all agree to."
Siena looked at her. "I don't think the spring King and winter Queen will agree to any agreement made with the fox felines or anyone else."
Catar grinned. "You’re a smart one." She looked over at Keshar and Sieska. "She is right, they will not agree with anything."
"Then we must come up with an agreement among ourselves," said Shae who had held back and stayed quiet. "I will not have any more kidnappings in my life."
Catar's glared at her. "I did not kidnap you."
Shae growled.
Keshar stepped around them and looked over at the fox felines who were watching his every move. "This is enough. You will let us go now. We will discuss this at a better time."
From behind them came the king fox feline. He did not look happy. "What is going on here? I thought they would all be gone."
Catar cleared her throat. "They were about to leave."
"I want them all gone," roared the fox feline King. The fox feline guards cowered back behind the queen Catar. Keshar was taken back a bit. Since she was the one who declared war.
Catar stepped back as the fox feline King faced them all. "The guards here will escort you out and they will take you to the border." Catar threw him a look.
"We can find our way," said Keshar. He looked at the others and gestured to them to follow him. They followed Keshar and up behind them was the feline fox guards. As they left Keshar could feel the magic in his paws and he knew it was coming from Catar. He wondered if the king knew about is mate’s magic. In any case he knew that this wasn't over yet.
They all left without incident. The guards did escort them silently to the border and turned around as soon as they crossed over.
Shae padded ahead with her own cats in her own forest. "Well, that was fun. Remind me not to ever associate with those beasts again."
Sieska sighed. "It was you who wanted to form an alliance with them."
"Did I say I wanted that? I don't remember." Her tail flicked from one side to the other. Shae continued on with her cats on either side. All their tails were straight up and looked quite happy with themselves.
  Sieska rolled her eyes. "We will take you back to your castle and see you safe inside."
Shae looked back at them and nodded like she expected it.
They just got to within the castle's site when a large shadow from above passed over them. The high queen's cats scattered for shelter along with Shae. Keshar looked up as did Sieska and Siena. "It's the death bird," said Siena. "They have come for me I bet."
She scampered more out into the open and Sieska could see the thing going to land right where they were. The death bird landed right in front of Siena.
 Sieska and Keshar both shared a look. Riding the death bird was both the spring princess and the winter Prince. Keshar greeted them both. "I thought you two would be long gone."
"We will be,” said the Prince. “But my princess wants Siena with her."
Siena jumped around and the princess's jumped off and ran to Siena hugging her. She then took her to the bird and helped her on.
The winter Prince looked down at them and smiled. "I thank you for helping us. I won't forget it. I will also forewarn you that the courts are not happy to hear of the trouble that has been happening with you all. The summer courts have been talking to the spring courts. They want to spell their lands with protective charms to keep you all out. That will restrict your travel in your forests. They will kill anyone who trespasses."
Shae came out then. "The summer court is up against me." She screwed up her face. "I don't want to see them either. I will treat them the same if they show up on my doorstep."
Keshar and Sieska walked up to the Prince. "Thanks for warning us," said Keshar. Sieska spoke to them both. "You know I will have both your parents on my doorstep and I will tell them the truth. So, I would make speed while you can as I expect one of them at least will be waiting for me when I get back to the castle."
The Prince nodded. "I know and we will be on our way right now. I could hear more death birds coming from a far. So, I would get your cats back. These death birds will attack."
Keshar looked back at the cats. They didn't need to be told. They all took off. That included Shae and her cats. They were gone as well.
That just left Keshar and Sieska. They both watched the death bird take them high into the sky. Keshar sniffed the air and so did Sieska. Together they said out loud, "death birds."
They both whirled around and ran into the forest on high heading for the snow queen's castle.

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Flash Fiction-Fairy Tale Rules

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Fairy Tale Rules

Flash Fiction

If you believe, keep it to yourself.

Glances at things that you think you see are permitted but stares are NOT.

If you find yourself lured over to the other side, then take heed of these rules.

1: You will probably meet a small creature with long fuzzy ears and tail. He will be wearing a key around his neck. He will want you to go with him and help him unlock something.

Do not go.

2: Keep on the path ahead of you. Never stay off. The bright flowers that lure you to them are not what they appear. Keep your eyes ahead at all times.

3: You will come to a small cottage and you will not be able to go around. The path goes through it. So knock at the door. A friendly witch will answer and when she smiles, say “The key is in the oak tree.” She will then let you through.

4. When you go out the back door, there will be three paths to take. Choose the one on the right. It will lead to the main path again. An overwhelming desire to go straight will tug at you. Fight it and go right.

5. Keep going on this path and every song and whisper that you hear, try to block it out. They know you are near. The one sound that you do want to hear is the sound of a gurgling creek. You will need to cross it.

6. There will be someone there to help you cross. Reach into your pocket and give him the three seeds you collected in your garden the day before. He will then help you.

7: Remember to thank him when you get to the other side. He will wish you a safe trip. This is important. His words will keep you safe.

8: You are almost there but not quite. A strange beautiful creature with butterfly wings like you’ve never seen will come out of the woods to greet you. Stay focused because if you are mesmerized by him, all will be lost and you will never leave.

9: A quick glance is all that is permitted, remember?

10: If he talks to you, his voice will sound like a beautiful bird song or feel like a warm summer breeze against your face. Close your eyes and keep going.

11: Now you see the end. It is a special door overgrown with ivy but you can see it. Now take note. Remember that creature that you saw at the beginning with the key around his neck?

12: He will once again want you to help him unlock something. This time nod. Out of his pocket he will take a special locket. Help unlock it.

13: When he opens it, he will hand you another key. Accept it and open the door.

14: When you go through, give him the key back and do not forget to say thank you and have a nice day.

15: You are now safe.

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The Feline Snow Queen-part 14

 

The Feline Snow Queen

Part 14

 The spring king paced back and forth in front of them while the winter queen sat in her winter chair. Snow swirled around the base and frost slithered back and forth on the floor around her. Keshar and his group of cats had just delivered the news to them both.

             Keshar was waiting for one of them to say something but neither one of them was speaking up. The cats were starting to shuffle about getting anxious. The spring king stopped and looked at them. “I will gather up what death birds I have and attack.”
            The winter queen smirked. He threw her an icy glare but she didn’t waver. “That would be suicide and you’re grasping at straws. You need an army to take on the feline fox clan. They have special powers that no else has.” Her silver eyes rested on keshar. She tilted her head at him. “Unlike you, that was given certain gifts that might certainly win against them.”
            Keshar shifted and knew she was referring to his own magic. “I will use it but I want to seek other solutions first.”
           The winter queen glared at him. “What other solutions are there,” she spit at him.
The spring king was watching intently. Keshar looked at them both. “I think we should all work together to get them all out. Ours powers combined will have a greater impact than just one.”
           The spring nodded and a little while later the winter queen nodded. “Okay,” said the spring king. “What have you in mind?”
          “I suggest we gather our best and we and meet with them and hear them out before attacking. If they are uncooperative then we will attack with our own ready in the background to attack.”
           They both looked at one another and then the queen nodded. The spring king stood tall in front of Keshar and all the cats. “Alright we will do it your way but if something goes very wrong you must use your most powerful magic to destroy them.”
            Keshar took a deep breath. “I will but hopefully it won’t come to that.”
"Fine,” said the queen. She got off her chair. Snow and ice followed her. “Let’s meet at the border of the fox feline’s territory in an hour.” She left the room without looking back.
   That left Keshar, his cats and the spring king. He almost started to pace again but stopped. “Alright, I will gather up my faerie army and we will meet you there.”

There was a darkness in his eyes that made Keshar nervous. He followed the spring king out and the cats and Keshar went outside. Other cats had come from the high queen’s forest to help along with the snow queens. Keshar addressed them all.

“We are going to rescue the snow queen and the high queen today. That is our main goal. As for the spring princess and the winter prince. We will leave that to the spring king and winter queen to take care of. Our main focus is the feline queens. Some of you will be on the outside ready for anything that might go wrong. Let’s go.”

Keshar led the way and the rest of them followed with those who went a head a little ways sniffing for any danger. The winter queen was already there when they got to the border. She was on top of a white horse. Behind her was her warriors armed and ready for battle. That made Keshar nervous. It looked like she was ready to barge in.

The winter queen looked down at them. “We are ready to proceed.”

“Let us go through first and stay back with the spring king for a moment while I have a chance to talk to them.” The winter queen almost sneered at him but nodded. Keshar looked around to see if the spring king was coming yet but nothing. A funny feeling came over Keshar. He was hoping he was wrong.

Keshar and his main cats went through the border and as soon as they entered could pick up the scent of the fox felines. Keshar expected that. After the death bird incident, he was sure that the king and queen would have the whole forest on high alert. So, it wasn’t a surprise when a couple of fox felines came crashing through the forest landing in front of them with teeth baring and claws out ready to shred them. Keshar bravely stepped out to confront the two fox felines.

“I have come in peace. I want to talk to the king and queen. We know that the snow feline queen and the high queen are being held here. Also the spring princess and winter prince. I demand that I get to speak to them now.”

The two large fox felines looked at one another and then the one nodded and turned. The other one gestured with his large head for them to follow. The fox feline then followed them. That made Keshar a little nervous to be sandwiched in like that but he knew his cats were nearby following.  He didn’t tell the winter queen or spring king that he was going to use his magic to hide his cats from their radar when they entered. It was the only safe thing to do. The cats he knew would be ambushed otherwise.

The leader led them to the palace and other fox felines came over and joined the escort into the castle. Keshar’s hair was standing on the back of his neck. Prickles went through his paws.

A pair of massive doors opened before them. Keshar could see the king and queen sitting up ahead on large cushions that were on low chairs. Very elaborate carvings supported the bottom and back of the cushions. The lead fox feline bowed and stepped aside as did the other one that was at the back of the line.

Keshar went forward then. The king sat up on his cushion and loomed down over Keshar. “You have come to talk to me. We will listen.”

The tone in the fox feline’s voice sent a warning through Keshar body. He took a deep breath and could feel the magic at his paws tingle. “I understand that the snow queen and the high queen are being held here. As well as the spring princess and winter prince.

The fox feline king grinned. “Word gets around fast. I assure you they are safe and comfortable. My queen and I have been talking with them about alliances and such. We strongly believe it would be in the best interest of these forest queens to join us in an alliance.”

Keshar came a little closer to the king. “Neither one of these queens will do an alliance. They rule their own forests and will continue to do so. I believe it would be in your best interest to let them go.”

The king tilted his head. “Why would it be in my best interests?”

“The snow queen and high queen cats will fight for them and so will I.”

The fox feline king raised an eyebrow. “So, you have an alliance with them?”

“I have an alliance with the snow queen and she has an alliance with the high queen at this time.”

“I see,” the fox feline king. “That is interesting. You know, I know of your past and that you were born with the magic.”

Keshar shifted. “That’s right, I know and I can feel your magic coming to life in this room and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I warn you. Do not use it in this room or you will never see your queens again.

“I do not take threats from anybody. I demand that you let them go.”

The fox feline let out a low growl and that brought over the two fox felines that had escorted them in. The room suddenly filled with tension as Keshar and the fox feline king faced each other. After about half a minute a sigh echoed in the room. It was the queen fox feline, Cattar. She leaped down from her chair and came to greet Keshar. Her king stood silent and watched her.

She glanced at the cats who were ready for anything and gestured for the two fox felines that escorted them in to go back to their positions. They went back without looking over at their king.

The queen faced Keshar who never moved or wavered. Her large gold eyes pierced into Keshar making the tingle in his paws more electric. “You want to see the queens? Then you will seriously consider forming an alliance with us.” Then she sighed again. The room was silent. “But I already know that you will not so as of now, I declare war.”

The king behind her gasped. She never looked back at him. Keshar now knew that she ruled.

“Then war is what you will get.”

Everyone one turned as they all peered at the spring king and he was not alone. He had a hold of someone. The queen growled.

“Oh, are you upset my queen? Now you know how I feel.” The spring king sneered at her.

The spring king was holding a young female fox feline who Keshar was guessing was the king and queen’s daughter. “You give me my daughter back and I may give you yours back.”

Keshar could hear Cattar’s nails scraping on the floor. He knew that she wanted to lunge at the spring king. Cattar through her head back the king who was looking at his guard cats.

“Sick you fox cats on me, and she is as good as dead. Give my daughter or she will die and this whole castle will be brought down.”

The king stood up and leaped down. “How do you intend to do that?”

Frost slithered across the floor making all the cats jump. Keshar knew the winter queen was just outside. Cattar hissed. Keshar looked everywhere for her but no sign of her yet. The spring king held his ground with the young fox feline in his grip. Keshar wanted to go over to him and ask what plan him and the winter queen had cooked up.

But before he could so any such thing the room erupted into glass windows exploding with two big death birds landing in the room. Spring warriors were on top of them and they were firing their arrows at the fox felines. Keshar ordered his cats to get out. He ran after them. “Let’s find them and get out of here while the spring king keeps them occupied. They just got around the corner when they ran into Sienna. She was wide eyed. “Do you know where they are” asked Keshar.

She nodded. “Follow me.  The room is spelled though. I’ve tried everything but I can’t open it.”

When they got there, much to Keshar’s surprise was the spring queen trying frantically to open the door. She looked at them with frightened eyes as she saw all the cats.

“Stand aside my queen, I will open the door.” She stood aside for Keshar. He held up his paw and the light formed. He closed his cat eyes and aimed the blue light at the door. It pushed the door open with a force. The queen ran inside to her daughter. Keshar heard the princess scream when she saw her mother. The cats rushed in ahead of Keshar. Sieksa greeted Keshar when he entered. “We have to get out of here now,” said Sieska.  “More fox felines are coming.”  Keshar caught a glimpse of the balcony doors. The prince was trying to open them with the help of another faerie warrior on the outside. Keshar rushed up to him. “Let me.” The prince stood to the side and so did the faerie on the outside. Keshar lifted his paw and his blue light blew the doors open. The prince looked back at the spring princess who was in the arms of the queen. The princess then broke away from her mother’s embrace and went to the prince who grabbed her and literally flew onto the back of the death bird who had brought the prince here in the first place. The queen dashed out to the balcony but the death bird had lifted off and was flying away.  The warrior and his death bird were still there. Keshar looked over at him. “Take your queen and fly her out of here.”

The warrior didn’t need any convincing. He grabbed the queen and they all flew off. Then he ran back in. We have to find a way out of here.”

“Follow me,” Sienna said. “I know some secret doors that will take us to the outside.”

They all ran out following Sienna. They just got around the corner when Sienna ran into something. It was Cattar. She had her guards with her. They grabbed Sienna.

The fox feline queen looked at them all. “Where do you think you are all going?”


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