Numb

"Evolve? What do you mean by that and what in Heaven is happening?" She asked. If her body wasn't numb she would have been grabbing her and shaking her so she could answer all her questions. Crystal sat on the side table and looked down at her. "Let me tell you then. My name is Crystal Emerald, the next princess of Emerald village." She said. "What do you mean next princess? There are only next queens." Libra butted in. "You really like interrupting don't you Libra? Anyways, witches only have Princesses. There are no next queens cause the queen we have lives forever. She was never born and she will be we die. She is the living definition of infinity. Because of her never ending life, there is no need to have next queens. For us, there are only next princesses because unlike queens, witch princesses don't live forever." She said, answering Libra's question. She looked down at her to make sure if she had no other questions. Libra just watched her and waited for her to continue with what she was saying. Seeing that, Crystal continued. "As the next princess, I have many responsibilities including making sure my species remains at peace. I've been doing a good job for the past 5 years and-" "five? Wait, are you saying you are just 5 years old?" She asked, cutting through Crystal's story once again. Crystal looked at her and said, "Yes Libra, I am just 5 years old." Libra's eyes widened in shock. Is this what she meant when she said she was younger than her? But she looked so old! Before either of them could say anything the door swung open. The queen came in and paused as soon as she saw the blonde-haired woman sitting next to her daughter in her room. Libra looked at Crystal and moves her eyes to her left and back gesturing Crystal to go before something happens. Crystal was about to stand up and leave when the queen shouted, "Stop! Freeze witch!" After saying that, she took a fork that was on the table near the door and pointed at Crystal with her hands trembling. She had seen witches before. They were horrible creatures that once wrecked the human world using their powerful spells. Luckily the angels of the past managed to stop them from completely destroying the world below them and kicked them out of their kingdom. There were many different kinds of witches with different powers but the most dangerous witch was the Emerald witch. By the looks of her blonde hair and her green eyes the queen could tell that she was in fact one of those witches. Seeing her near her unwell daughter truly frightened Heather very much. The king was not in the castle at that moment because he had left to go to Alpine Aquestria to meet his daughter's future family so the kingdom was left unprotected. Was this why the witch was here? She wanted to take advantage of the situation and harm the princess of angels to take revenge. Crystal stood there with hands in the air to show that she had come in peace but the queen did not fall for it. "Guards! Guards! Take this witch out of here!! Now!!" She screamed. Guards came running through the door with swords in their hands. Crystal looked at Libra with a smile before she used her magic to disappear. The queen ran towards Libra and scanned her face to make sure if the witch didn't do anything to her and she breathed the breath of relief when she saw nothing wrong. "You really aren't safe here dear. With your father away, many enemies will try to harm the heir of our kingdom. I'm not sure what I would have done if..." She paused and shook her head to drive the thoughts away. "Where is the doctor Libra? She was here when I left so where could she have gone to?" She asked. Libra didn't know how to answer. Should she tell her the truth or should she keep quiet until Crystal tells her to speak? Not knowing what to do, Libra shook her head. "No mother. She just left and I don't know where she has gone to." She said with a sweat drop on her face. She really didn't like lying to her mother but it was the safest thing to do at that moment. She tried moving her arms and body but she remained still like she has been frozen. "Don't worry my baby. We'll make sure to find out what has happened to you ok? Now just get some rest and feel excited for your birthday tomorrow." She said as she gave a small smile. She really didn't know what to do. Her daughter could move and why did she just suddenly faint....oh my, was it the witch? Maybe she did something to her precious baby. Whatever it was, she had to make sure to protect her daughter until her father returns.