Chapter 7

Sol and La galloped away from the border at a fast pace and didn't stop until they reached the castle. Pegland flew around the palace door.

"We must speak to the Queen. It's an emergency!" Sol shouted.

"Tyler hasn't returned from the Unseelie Court!" La yelled.

"Her majesty must be informed at once." Pegland fluttered her wings.

They all rushed into the castle and went straight to the throne room. When they reached the door, Pegland snapped twice to open it. It opened, and they went in.

Queen Morganna sat on her throne while Samdy stood beside her.

"Your Majesty, Tyler never returned to the border," said Sol.

"Hock, please come now!" Queen Morganna shouted.

He appeared.

"Materialize the all-seeing caldron. We must find out what happened to Tyler."

He stretched out his short arms then waved his hands in front of him. "Sisba, sisba, boomba, boomba, shisabaoo, shisabaoo, kaboo, kaboo!"

Large beams of light shot out from Hock's palms. A big iron caldron appeared in front of them.

Hock peered into it. "Oh, my Queen, its an awful sight." The Marshal hung his head.

"What is it?"

"He has been stripped of most of his clothes except for rags. It looks like rotten food has been thrown on him!"

"We must get him out of there!" She turned to everyone else in the room. "I must read the prophecy to all of the leaders and you too, Samdy. I'll summon everyone here now." She placed her index fingers on each side of her forehead and closed her eyes. "Charlo, Dimenia, Sendie, Markim, and Marta come to me now. Kaie, Ladyanna, and Morgan from the Land of the Dogs, and Gonzo from the Land of the Cats come to me now. Princess Anaie from the Faerie Kingdom come to me now." She opened her eyes and put her arms down.

Everyone appeared except for Marta and Anaie.

"Mother, its so wonderful to see you. Is there a problem going on with the Realm?" Kaie gazed at her mother with her one sapphire eye and one emerald eye.

"The prophecy's coming true my darling, and we'll all need to come together, since we're all a apart of it." He majesty walked over to give her daughter a hug.

"Princess Anaie and Marta aren't here. I know all of the leaders should be here." The lights shone on Kaie's blond and silver hair.

"Hock, look into the cauldron and tell me where Marta and Anaie are," said the Queen.

"Marta's in the Unseelie Court. I believe she has betrayed us. Anaie's being held captive in a place called Deacon, Mississippi."

"How did Marta get over there? I didn't give her the power to cross over the border. Mabon must have slipped past the unicorns." Queen Morganna paced around the throne. "Deacon, Mississippi! I thought I would never hear of that place again. This is quite a turn of events. We must make sure the prophecy come true." She turned to Sol. "I need Cemilla here too. Please bring her here."

In only a few minutes, Sol brought Cemilla to the room.

"Since everyone's here, I'll read the prophecy." She unrolled the parchment paper and began to read. "A faerie will fall from grace and leave the Faerie Realm to be with an ancient evil power in an unspeakable land. The Faerie Realm, once a land of total light, will become partly dark after the Great Faerie War. The war will cause leaders to die and for transplanted faeries to come. A half faerie/human will be born twenty-four years after the war. He will receive his powers on the eve of his eleventh birthday. Thirty-five years after the war two men who are two sides of the coin will come to this land from the Earth Realm. They are the offspring of the transplanted faeries Charlo and Cemilla. Three animals will find a human to help write the story of the faeries and help achieve victory." She raised her head and rolled the paper up.

"We must get Tyler out of that dungeon before they kill him!" Cemilla cried.

"We will. Dimenia and Sendie will use their ability to shape shift to rescue him," Queen Morganna said.

Dimenia and Sendie shape shifted into dark-brown winged trolls and flew out of the room.

"Me want to be with me son in his time of need," wept Charlo.

"You'll be reunited with him soon. I'll make sure that you are."

Samdy peered at her. "Grandmother, am I the half faerie/human, the prophecy speaks of?"

"Yes."

"Will Morgan, Gonzo, and I go to the unspeakable land soon, my Queen?" The lights shone on Ladyanna's orange hair.

"Yes, very soon."

"What human will we meet?" Ladyanna gazed up at Queen Morganna with her amber eyes.

"She'll be the one who understands you, since humans usually can't understand dogs from any Realm."

"How will I keep from standing out since I'm purple? Earth Realm dogs are never purple." Morgan stared at her with kaledioscope eyes.

"You'll be a miniature pinscher with auburn hair and dark-brown eyes when you go there."

"Will I look like an orange and white tabby? The way I do now," said Gonzo with a pur.

"Yes, because that's one of the most common cats on the Earth Realm except your eyes will be green instead of amethyst." She turned back to all of them. "Deacon, Mississippi's where the war will be fought. This is where Cydia is, and she's planning her worst. We must fulfill the prophecy!"