Page 52 of Celestia, Year Four

I sighed in relief and felt myself being lifted up.

"Thank you, my Queen."

I felt tender lips press against mine helping me relax as my consciousness began to sink in a comfortable darkness.

Thank you for helping mybrother understand me… the real me.

GOODBYE QUEEN

~CELESTIA~

~THREE WEEKS LATER~

"Bibibibi."

"Momo? Where are you running off to?" I asked as I climbed up the last step of the stairs and looked down the hall to see Momo's waddling body enter the last room down the hall.

I bet she's jumping on Odion's bed again.

With a sigh, I walked down the hall and when I reached Odion's doorway, there was Momo jumping up and down on the bed.

"BIBIBIBIBI!"

"You must miss Odion, huh," I commented and entered his room.

Momo kept on singing and bouncing up and down the bed, having the time of her life.

The last three weeks was essentially me eating, sleeping, enjoying hot baths, and the now frequent visits from Arielle who'd give us the 411 on what was happening on the other side of our world.

Everything was being set in place, as our big plan was beginning to be finalized. As of now, Forsaken had tripled in numbers and ignited an uproar with shifters of all races.

The High Council, however, had been ignoring them, focusing on locating me and setting up a plan to try and blame me for the increase in Forsaken.

Little did they know that Mother and my dads were working on secretly spreading the word about the hidden truth and lies, using a magic code to ensure it didn't get back to the Council.

It seemed like a good 80% of the shifters were starting to notice the change in the Council, especially after they removed Orlando long ago and just recently Othello, who was bringing change to the shifter community in Aslan and across the towns and cities.

Magnor and Orlando had many connections from different dimensions and used them to their advantage.

The plan was to let an "inside" source of a high position inform the High Council of where they believed I was hiding and that included the rainbow crown that was apparently with them for safekeeping but was stolen.

They would tell them the day before our scheduled plan, knowing quite well that the story would be the perfect bait to say to the people once I was captured. They wouldn't waste time thinking about it or get a second opinion, seeing as they were desperate to track me down.

Faelia was working behind the scenes, creating a variety of potions. She'd had a vision of the Fae individual that created the Council's rejuvenation potions would be making an early delivery.

We couldn't afford for the Council members to be back in full health and magic power and that was where Faelia fit right into the plan. She and her men were ready to ambush the Fae and Faelia would go in disguise and deliver the potions.

The potions were requested to have an extra boost, and that was what Faelia was going to deliver. However, the potion’s effect would only last three days.

The scheduled delivery would be Wednesday night and the Council members would be drinking early Thursday morning.

The 'showdown' was scheduled for Sunday at noon and would give the potion enough lingering power so none of the members would notice the sudden depletion of energy.

It would be too late once it activated.

My men were working on the actual spot for the showdown, purifying the forest as much as possible while the familiars helped to sprinkle magic across the land to ensure it wouldn't get too damaged from the battle that would transpire. Just in case things didn't go smoothly.

Mother was creating magical barriers around the entire area and making safe spots across Aslan and the other towns and villages, knowing quite well if things went south, the sudden spike of concentrated magic would attract Forsaken everywhere.

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