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Memories	By : Asirainis Category: +A through F > Dragon Quest/ Dragon Warrior Views: 1615 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Forty Five: Closure for the Hurt King
She spelled them to the Kingdom of Argonia where she went inside with the others. Once they saw her safely in the hands of her father, she watched them getting ready to leave. Her heart yearned to go with them as she watched the familiar golden glow of the Godbird soulstone taking them to the skies. She watched them with a heavy heart as her father placed his hand on her shoulder. "I know how you feel daughter, because I felt the same way about it when you left."
She nodded as she turned to her father to give him a hug. "I know now why you and Calchas could never find my family." He looked at her in shock, "Did you find them Airlia?"
She nodded as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"I did father, but I have something I need to show his majesty and his son. You're welcome to come with me if you wish." He nodded as the pair went to the castle. He had long suspected why he couldn't find her parents, but never gave up hope that he was wrong. The pair went up to the castle, as the guards allowed them entrance. She gave a small, weak smile to Elsie who was merely happy that the girl was safe. They went up the stairs to find King Clavius and his son, Prince Charmles in the throne room. She had always been in awe of the room, but now dreaded it with every fiber in her being. She suspected he always held hope his brother was alive, and now she would deliver the message that he wasn't alive any longer so many years later.
"Ah, it's wonderful to see you again Airlia!" Clavius smiled slightly when he saw her.
She now realized the recognition was because of familial ties of blood that he had always suspected on some level. "As always Your Majesty, it's wonderful to see you again as well. I've some unfortunate news regarding your brother, Prince Eltrio…" She felt her words catch in her throat as she blinked rapidly to push the tears back from her eyes.
He stood up suddenly as he looked at her, studying her for some sort of lie, but yet somehow knew it was the truth. If she was this pained, then… "Where is my brother?"
Charmles spoke up, his whiny voice catching their attentions, "You lie! How could you possibly know where he is? Speak up!"
She stared at the king as he nodded to her, "Give me a moment child. Charmles, mind your manners around her. I've warned you several times now about that." He left to find his chancellor. She looked at her father as he nodded to her gently.
"Prince Charmles, she has no reason to lie, can you not see how hard this is for her too? For all of us?" Her father spoke softly, but sternly to catch the spoilt prince's attention.
Suddenly the pair of men came rushing back to the throne room before he could respond. "Child, do you truly know where he is?"
She nodded as a lone tear slipped past her eyes, confirming the fears that were always there within King Clavius's heart. "Can you please take my son and me to this location?"
Airlia nodded as Francisco stood, "May I join all of you since she is my daughter?"
The king nodded after a moment, "Of course Francisco, I suspect you may be needed to comfort her if I'm correct."
He turned to the chancellor, Michael, and said, "Can you keep an eye on matters for a few hours? I suspect it won't take too long to see this to the end."
Michael nodded as he said, "Of course, Your Majesty. Take whatever time you need to see what she has to show you."
King Clavius smiled as he looked at her, "Please, lead me to him."
She nodded as the four left the castle and went just outside the vicinity of the kingdom so she could use her magic to take them to the Dragovian Sanctuary. When they arrived, they were just outside of the gates as Clavius and Charmles looked around at their location. "Where… where are we?"
"This is… was the home of a young Dragovian woman named Xia… She was my mother."
Francisco knew this was going to be hard if she could barely talk now as he suggested, "Why don't you lead us there before you explain everything?"
Charmles, however, merely stamped his foot in a tantrum as he demanded, "How could Uncle Eltrio be here? This place is nothinglike Argonia!"
Airlia pinned him with a look of anger, echoed by her uncle before she spoke to Francisco again. "It's okay father, I am up to explaining this part before we move on."
Clavius nodded as he said, "Ignore my son's outbursts Airlia, please continue."
She nodded to Clavius as she spoke again, "My mother lived here, but had apparently an adventurous spirit and left to see the human world. There, she found it to be so beautiful, far more than this place is, as you can clearly see. She met Eltrio by chance there. They fell in love when her father, Chen Mui, separated the pair. Eltrio had acquired an Argon Heart, and had a ring made from it. With that in his pocket, his sword on his back, he left to find her. He almost made it to the gates when he died of his wounds…"
She stopped for a moment as the tears came again, hot and fresh as her eyes stung from the tears already shed. King Clavius took a handkerchief out of his pocket and offered it to her. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Charmles glared at the girl, not liking where this was going… "So what if your mother was Xia and Eltrio came to see her here. Why should you care to tell us any of this?"
Francisco glared at the boy as Clavius rounded squarely on his son, "You will be silent Charmles. She felt obligated because she had heard me talk about his disappearance. Leave her be and let her finish her tale." She smiled weakly at the pair, knowing how hard this was going to be to explain all of this.
"Father, do you still carry your ring that Calchas gave you long ago?" He nodded as she saw the goddess etched into the ring and smiled. "Everyone, come with me now. Father's ring will keep us safe. I will finish the tale when we get to his grave." She wanted to cry, but held the tears back until they reached the gravesite.
King Clavius looked at it as he knelt before it. "At last I've found you now my brother. I can only hope you're resting in peace."
Airlia's eyes filled with tears as she pressed two fingers to her lips and then to the grave. "My mother is buried here too. She died in childbirth, having passed on after giving birth to twins. They were hers… and Eltrio's children. After being separated, she begged her father to let her go back to him, because she loved him. He had refused of course. So when she saw he had fought to get back to her, only to die before reaching the gates her heart broke into tiny, inconsolable pieces. Her only light was the children within her. After giving birth, being so weak and yearning so much to be with her love, she passed on."
King Clavius looked at her having caught the single important fact, "Twins?!"
She nodded, "I was one of the twins… my brother… is Draco."
Francisco encircled his arms around his daughter, to find out she had a brother, but that her parents had passed hurt her and he knew it.
Charmles spat in his rage, livid that she would say all of this, "You lie!"
She looked at him, flabbergasted as she wiped away the spit with the handkerchief, "I do not! I don't want the kingdom, and neither does Draco, for your information you pompous brat! You're my cousin, and I would gladly show you respect, but you need to give even as small as an ounce of respect in return. So far, you have yet to do that!"
He spun on his heel walking away from the group, and the safety of the ring as she grabbed his collar. "Don't leave the protective circle of my father's ring; the ring protects us from the creatures guarding the path!" She indicated the circle with a finger, as he tried to snarl away from her hands.
King Clavius rounded once more on the pompous child, "Charmles, she is correct! You will show her respect! Airlia already said she didn't want the kingdom. She wanted to put my spirit to rest. She knew the only way to do it was to know where he is now. She wanted to do the same for you, because you are her cousin. Now behave yourself."
The fat prince glared at her in contempt as she spoke. "My mother rests here too, Charmles. Please, I'm asking you as my cousin to be respectful of the dead."
He finally nodded and the four before the grave took a moment of silence before King Clavius could put a special trinket – a carving of two roses, on the grave. "Rest well my brother. May you be happy in the next life since you couldn't be happy in this life."
He turned to Airlia, "May we go back to my kingdom?" She nodded as she quickly spelled them back to Argonia. When they went back inside the safety of the kingdom's walls, they looked up and saw the evil castle that was looming over the world was starting to break apart.
"They beat whatever was in the castle, but the worst is to come yet I fear. My subjects come into the castle until the threat is done once and for all please! Worry not for your belongings, but for your lives!" King Clavius spoke as he urged his people into his castle.
Airlia didn't move, waiting to see her friends once again. Clavius turned to her, a pleading expression on his face, "Airlia, please come inside!"
She shook her head, "They beat part of the evil, and they promised to see me regardless if the evil was fully dealt with. So I will wait for them before I come in…"
Clavius nodded, "Please, knock three times when you're ready to come in. Francisco, would you care to join me in the throne room?"
Francisco looked up at Clavius and nodded, "It would be my pleasure, King Clavius. It seems we have someone in common now, after all." The pair went in, pained smiles on both of their faces as they worried for her fate.
Shortly after the castle doors were locked, the familiar golden glow told her that they came back to her! She got up and ran to them, happy to see all of them there, a little bruised, but still alive! "Brother, you brought everyone back to me!"
He nodded with a smile as Yangus held his blood encrusted flail of destruction. "Yea, we got 'im good!"
Jessica shook her head, "But it's not over yet! He's still up there, waiting to fight us. Empyrea said we needed the orbs of the sages to fight him, to get past his barrier. She gave us a flute but… none of us are sure where to begin…"
Airlia smiled, "The answer is simple. Where he 'killed' each sage is where we'll find the orb. Let's go to Farebury to find Master Rylus's orb. However, let us go somewhere before that, so Draco can see Medea one more time before this all out brawl."
The group nodded as she whisked them off to the Mystical Spring. Airlia unhitched Medea's tether to the wagon. Walking over with her to Draco, they helped her to drink the water as she began to change.
The princess embraced Airlia, "I'm so sorry about both of your parents…"
Airlia gave her a sad smile, "So am I, but it's okay. We have each other as brother and sister, so at least we have that in our corner."
Medea nodded as she turned to Draco, "I have so much I want to say, like I don't want to marry Charmles, but I don't have much of a choice. However, I want you to fight with everything in you; the fate of the world depends on us, not just Trodain anymore."
Draco nodded, "I know my Princess, but have faith. With everyone fighting alongside me and my sister hidden safely from Rhapthorne, everything will be alright." Medea smiled as she slowly turned back to a horse which left everyone feeling angry, but more determined than anything to fix the situation.
Airlia pinned Trode with a look, "I want you to fix this marriage thing, and Uncle Clavius might be more understanding now that he knows who we are."
He nodded, "I certainly hope so, but let's go now to Farebury everyone!"
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