Chapter 12A Chapter by Miren KaisenFinally, everything is coming togetherIt was finally the day; I gave the
queen my report of everything I knew. The court nodded in approval of my proposal
and we got everything ready. Tamillia was coming also, after she begged the
queen to let her tag along. She would be the one riding my horse. “So, were going to meet pirates”
the old man joked. The duke and I seemed to have gotten close, although I could
not tell you why. It gave me a strange feeling knowing they were all on my side
with this. Ari smiled and pushed me aside, placing her fingers of her lips. “Will we return?” she whispered. I
looked back behind her, we were out of sight of the others and I sighed. “I don’t know” I replied with all
the truth I knew. Her smile vanished and she rested her head against my chest. “In case we don’t make it back” she
rose her head up and moved her way to my lips. I placed my hands on her
shoulder and stopped her. “We’ll make it back, and then you
can” I smiled to her, she gave me a weak smile herself and sighed. “And if we don’t?” “If I thought we weren’t going to
make it back I wouldn’t have agreed to let you come along” I lend in closer to
her. She reached her hands up and we hugged one another. Quickly, once
realizing my mistake pulled her back from me. “I do apologize. We really should
head back” I let her guide the way back and we saddled the horses. Once we were off and out of the
castle gates, Reno tugged on my shoulder. “What will the pirates do when they
see you?” her eyes filled with tears. “Let’s hope they don’t hold grudges
like the king of Bonto” she nodded and I turned back to watch the others. Ari
was on her own horse, which made me laugh a little. The entire court seemed to
be enjoying themselves, Ari in particular. I sat back on the horse with
Tamillia, fully aware of what was to come. I began to wonder if I was really ahead
of Bonto’s king like I thought. Or was Alys just as informative as Tamillia. “Tamillia”
I asked, she turned her head slightly but made sure to stay straight. “What is it?” her voice was filled with
irritation, although I couldn’t figure out why. “Does Alys know what you know?” “It’s hard to say, I want to say
yes, although I really can’t remember” I nodded, even though I knew that was a
lie. The volcano was a ride five days away; we spent most of it on the road.
However, none of it was really eventful. “There it is” Zane pointed to the
large mountain in front of us, where the so called pirates lay dormant like the
volcano. We tied the horses in place, all heads turned to me for direction. “Well?” my father turned to me and
the so did the rest of the court. “Its thousands of feet under” I
explained. “Left of Maerilin is a tower” everyone began to look around the
mountain. There was no tower to be seen anywhere. “Maerilin is a small dragon, but it’s
not really a dragon” Tamillia whispered to me. “If Alys is looking for it, she
has already made it to the gates” “How can you tell?” we were sitting
on two rocks, Reno sat in the middle. The rest of the court began to search for
the tower, but with little luck. “Because, the tower and Maerilin
are gone” I turned to her, Reno did the same. “So, now what?” my voice sounded of
disappointment, my mind was filled with defeat. “Like this world, dragons do not
exist in my world. There is a shrine that was centered in the village I grew up
in; it was guarded by Maerilin who was said to be a dragon god. He guarded a
tower, but that was in my world and Karil said that he buried it here” Tamillia
looked to the dirt covered grass and sighed. I put my hand up and she shot her
eyes up again. “None of the letters said he buried
the treasure here” I grew a huge smile; one I didn’t think was humanly
possible, and began to jump with my success. “So it’s… Where?” I turned to her,
placed my hands on her shoulders and kept my smile. “The gate, it’s referring to the
bridge between your world and my world. The key and the maps will open it; the
tower and Maerilin guard the treasure. Don’t you get it?” I became so over
joyed in my thrills that I got the attention of the others. “What is it?” the duke placed his
hands over my shoulders to get me to calm down. I turned to him and let out a
slight laugh. “I know where the treasure is” Zane
stepped forward and applauded me, so did father. “Where then?” I gave Tamillia a
stare and pointed to the sky. The court starred, and starred, and starred. “The sky?” suddenly the Duke asked.
They began to laugh at me. I shook my head to them, waiting for an ok from
Tamillia. “You can tell them” she replied
with complete understanding of what I was getting at. “The treasure is located in another
dimension” I began; they stopped laughing and watched me. “The gate is
referring to Tamillia’s home world. The tower is there also, we just need to
find the gate” Suddenly, the duke burst into
laughter. The others did the same, Zane stepped forward. “What he says is true”
they stopped and starred. “I come from another dimension completely
different from this one” Tamillia explained. The others shook it off in disbelief.
“This was a waste of time” they
began to turn around, even Ari showed an expression of regret and pity for me.
I grabbed Zane’s sword and held it up, they all turned in gasp of my actions. “What
do you plan to do with that?” they demanded. I threw the blade into my skin; it
cut threw my skin and bruised me. “This will show you the truth”
Tamillia stood up; I urged them to come closer and look. Her magic showed; she
held her hands above the wound. My skin began to come back together from the
cut and all was left was the bruise. They gasped while Tamillia looked up to
Ari. She stepped forward and bowed to the queen, holding her chest to her
heart. “I promised to be loyal to you my
queen, and I will continue to carry out my duties as your physician” she stood
up and watched Ari’s surprised eyes. “Other worlds really exist?” they
all looked at her as if she were some witch, however, her loyalty to the
kingdom was too much to be over looked. Soon, the blood on my arm was gone and
they agreed on my theory. We began to look for the gate, Tamillia led the way. Once we made our way further into
the jungle, we came closer to the pirate territory. And just like that, we were
ambushed by the pirates. All of which seemed to remember me very well. “Look
who it is boys” the captain walked up to me, past the rest of the paralyzed court
members. “Aris Torium” the captain’s voice was shallow as he watched me. I
smiled and tipped my head to him. “Last time we's saws you yous were
running for dear life” they laughed, the court members watched. “So what brings a thief like you
into our territory?” he spit his words into my face, I gave him a sly smile. “I’m looking for a gate” he backed
up from me and watched my eyes. “What’s in it for us?” his breath
smelled of the salty sea. I laughed at him, slightly, and took my footing back
on the ground. “Ari” I turned to the terrified
girl standing behind me, she nodded. “You can have some of the treasure?”
the pirates became wide eyed. Knowing what was next, I drew Zane’s sword from
his belt and held it between me and the captain. “Smart boy aren’t ye?” he laughed;
I put the sword down and returned with a smile. “Consider it a deal, who’s to
say we won’t take it all?” “There’s told to be 4 kingdoms
worth of gold where were going” his gaze deepened as I told him, one thought
was money and jewels to every pirate. “4 kingdom, ye say?” he scratched
his beard and the other pirates shouted with pure enjoyment. “Didn’t Alys say there were 12
kingdoms?” Ari asked from behind me, she was whispering and could not be heard
by the cheering pirates. “4 kingdoms worth is all they’ll be
looking for” I replied. I wasn’t planning on bringing them along with me to the
next world, but I would give them as Ari promised. The pirates began to lead the way now;
the captain chopped the vines in front of us. Revealing more of the path, we
finally made it to a large golden gate. “Is this what ye’s looking for?” the
salty captain asked. We looked at it in amazement. This was the gate that would
lead us to our treasure. “The gate to heaven” Reno called
it, I watched, as did Tamillia, as she approached it. The court was stunned, it
stood high. The gold wrapped around itself and formed an arched at the top. We
nodded to the pirates and they cheered with satisfaction. Zane took out the
maps he hid within his jacket and looked at each of them. “So, how are we going to do this?”
Zane asked, Tamillia stepped forward and took the maps from him. She walked up
to each of the short pillars that stood just above my waist and placed each map
down. “This is the gate, once all the
maps are in and the key is turned it will open to my world” she looked at me; I
pulled the key out of my pocket and walked up to the key hole. Once Tamillia
set each of the maps down, I inserted the key and turned it. Wind knocked us back as the gate
opened up, a stair case was revealed as the ground shook and rumbled. Everyone,
pirates and court members alike watched with the same expression that marveled
over the gate. Tamillia stepped forward and placed her hand on my shoulder, quickly
she turned around to face the court and the pirates. “This is the gate to Ariliks” she
yelled, and the pirates cheered her on. This was the gate to another world, the
court settled down and one by one we passed through the golden gate. © 2014 Miren KaisenAuthor's Note
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