Patrick Tells Why The King Treats Him So Badly

"Anyways, let's go home. Don't want them to know, we know about you."

Finally the boys reach home.

As they enter, Jane comes and greets them. Jane tells them dinner is served. So all go towards the dining table and sit down. Seeing the food Jane says "I've made your favorite foods. Sandra told what Fallon and Sam like, boys I know everyone's favorite, Devon told me about you guys but Patrick I didn't know what you like so I made some food after searching on Google. Hope you like it."

Smiling Patrick says "Ma'am you don't have to be so courteous. Whatever you serve is fine with me."

"Ellis, didn't you tell him no formalities?" sighs Jane

"Jane, he's a bit slow. But he'll learn soon." says Ellis

After eating everyone gets up and Ellis and the boys begin to go towards the stairs while Leonardo and his boys begin to help Jane in clearing the table and Patrick also joins them. So Ellis calls them saying "Boys bring Patrick upstairs after you're done. He has a lot to pick up and understand."

The boys give a yes nod. As Leonardo cleans the table he holds his head in his hands. Seeing him Gaby says "Leonardo, are you OK? Damn you didn't rest after coming back from cosmic land and used your powers to keep them underwater. Why didn't you let us help you?"

Suddenly Leonardo falls on his knees. Seeing Leonardo in pain Chris says "The reason Leonardo didn't let us help is the pain is unbearable. He didn't want us to suffer." Chris quickly goes over to Leonardo and holds him and asks if Jane can give him a glass of water. Jane quickly pours a glass of water and Gaby takes it. Then Jane calls Ellis to come down quickly. As Ellis and the boys rush down the pain is too much excruciating for Leonardo. Ellis quickly rushes over to him and holds his hands. A light emits from his hands. In a matter of seconds Leonardo's pain vanishes. As he gets up Ellis says "now who's going to tell me what happened?"

Replying Jane says "Ellis, Leonardo all of a sudden felt pain in his head, really bad pain cause he took us underwater. Chris says he didn't want the boys to bear it so he did it alone. "

As he gets up Ellis says "Leonardo, why didn't you say taking us underwater would be so hard on you. Going there is not important to me, but your safety is. Please stop seeing me as your ruler whose wish is your command. The only thing I wish for is for us to be friends, is that too much."

Taking heavy breaths Leonardo says "Ellis, you're our friend, is the reason I took the risk. And if we hadn't gone, would we have been able to bring Patrick back. I know saving him is one of your priorities."

Ellis takes a deep breath Jane says "Sam, call Luke over. Then I'll say what I have to. Oh, and tell him Patrick is here and I'm not sending him back so he ought to be ready if have to fight against the mermaid king."

Everybody looks at Ellis and as Patrick was about to say something Ellis stops him and says "Patrick I know you don't love her. So, forget that world. And I know you can't live on land, I'll arrange something. Don't worry. Sam, Fallon, make sure he doesn't run. Gaby, take Leonardo up to the room. And, make sure he doesn't run off to cosmic land. If any of you get any message do not go without telling. Whoever goes without my consent is out of the force and no longer my friend."

Just then Luke arrives and says, "Ellis, what's the matter? Patrick, are you OK?"

Replying, Ellis says, "Don't say a word (Ellis tells Patrick). If you say being quiet and taking the beating as blessings of the king, yeah he's fine."

"Beatings?" says Luke confused

Sam says, "Yes, the king really treats him like a servant or rather, sorry for saying but slave."

"So, you gonna tell why he treats you like that or do I go and ask myself." says Ellis

Taking a deep breath Patrick says, "I am a slave. The only reason I'm allowed in the kingdom or that I'm marrying Patricia is cause I never lost to any enemy. My home is 5 nautical miles from the kingdom. The king attacked my home land and captured most of the men mermaids and put them in the dungeons where they work cleaning the rocks so the fresh water stays fresh. One day a slytherin attacked the kingdom and when it went towards the princess I went and tackled it. After a long battle I was able to save the princess. As a gratitude the princess granted me freedom from the dungeons. Then one day a shark entered the kingdom and caused quite a havoc. It was going to capture a baby mermaid but I dived in time and managed to get the shark to leave the kingdom. ('You didn't kill it,' Clive asked) No way, a shark is also a fish just like us. Just a little larger and more ferocious. As for wanting to kill, it's their nature, god's way. As a mermaid I will never kill anything unless it goes against the gods way or is attacking wrongly."

"Patrick, by what you just said, the king should be indebted to you, yet he treats you like a slave and if anything happens to Patricia it's more your fault then whatever is attacking her. Why? " asks Denver

Taking a deep breath Patrick says "Patricia is the king's only child and his wife's last memory. He loves her dearly or rather obsessively. He cannot bear a tear in her eyes and being his only child she's also in the eyes of his enemies. Anyone see the necklace in her neck? (Jane says 'Yes, it's a sapphire. Is it her mothers?) No, the king took it from some weird looking thing. ('weird as in?' asks Clive) Weird as in it was or looked like a horse with wings. ('Horse with wings? I've heard about unicorns. Horse looking beings with horns on their heads but wings' says Denver confused) See that's why I said it's a weird looking thing. ('It's a pegasus and if it had a sapphire in its neck it must have been a female and it belongs to The Late Highness Maryann. And if your king took the sapphire from her, he's going to pay for it with his life.' says Leonardo) What? Pegasus, her late highness as in Elli's mom. "

Replying, Leonardo says "Yes, the late highness Maryann is Ellis's mother. And Pegasus is a magical horse, a descendent of the heavens. The queen had raised a young baby pegasus by herself. She put one of her sapphires in her neck to symbolise she belongs to the queen. If it is the queen's Pegasus, from what I've heard the queen would let Pegasus take Ellis for walks on her back. She had full faith in her."

"Ah, it's been a thousand years since the queen passed away. Her horse? …" says Sam

"The Greek god Zeus honored Pegasus with a special immortality and turned it into a constellation on the last day of its life. Stories say it takes its horse form every 100 years so, it's possible when it came on earth. The king took her sapphire. And, if that's true, the person who wears the sapphire and where that being stays will be doomed." says Chris

"What's so special about this Pegasus?" asks Clive

"Pegasus fought in the battle against a monster known as Chimera. Later he was honored and transformed into a constellation. Few hundred years later he came to earth and ended up meeting the queen. Rest is as told. Last on the Pegasus is, after the queen gave up her life, a few years later it disappeared. Everyone thought it had gone back as a constellation. But maybe it came back and the king encountered it." says Devon

"No it was the princess who saw Pegasus first and told the king she wanted the necklace in its neck. But since we were mermaids, we had to wait for it to come closer to the rocks. One day when it came we backed the king who sprung on it and took the necklace from its neck. And then we left. That's it." says Patrick

"Ellis, why are you so quiet. Pegasus belonged to your mom and …" says Denver

"Denver, if you're thinking I'm thinking of how to avenge Pegasus? You're not wrong. I will get the sapphire back, the king will pay. But for now Patrick is our priority. As I said Patrick is not going back."

"Ellis, didn't you listen to what I said? I was part of the group and wherever I stay, doom will follow. That's why I have accepted my fate in the king's hand. I did wrong." says Patrick

"Patrick, you didn't listen, it belonged to my mom. It took me on rides. And, I'm the ruler. Your doom period ended when you entered my house." says Ellis