Chapter Twenty Six: The Royal Family

" Do we really have to walk all the way there? " Aurora grumbles as Penny stops and turns to Aurora. " Yes, I mean, that's how you got out here in the first place, right? " Penny questioned which Aurora shook her head to. Instead, Aurora walked up to Penny and after grabbing her hand, she proceeded to teleport them, almost instantaneously within the mainhall of the castle.

The hall, was completely crystallized on the walls and had a certain, Opal like shine to them. The floor was made from some type of cut crystal which was also a rainbow white and was almost nearly perfect without any scratches of scuff marks from boots.

" Mommy, Daddy, I made a friend" Aurora ran behind Penny to a man and woman who stood, confused by the presence of the new young lady in their castle.

" Out in the fields again, aye Aurora? " The lady knelt down and picked Aurora up in her arms, kissing her cheek softly.

" Yeah and I made a friend" Aurora said again as the Man and Lady walked over to Penny.

" Well it is nice to meet you, my name is Dynhart " the Man introduced himself and then pointed to the lady and introduced her as his wife Alibela. The King and Queen of the witches.

" It is an honor to meet you both. My name is Penelope but people usually call me Penny, I don't mean to be any inconvenience to you and your family. I was simply walked to the Kingdom and found Aurora in the fields and she teleported us here. Which I'm glad she did because jeez that was one heck of a walk" Penny laughed which raised a chuckle from the King and Queen.

" Well is there anything we can do for you? " Dynhart asked, and Penny took a moment to think on what she wanted. " Well, I would like to mainly just learn as much as I can about the Underworld and the Kingdoms. Oh and if I could maybe find my parents, that would be great" Penny had so many request that she blurted out the first things that came to her mind. Her parents were the primary concern but she would've been happy to also learn more about the world.

" Well we can help you with the history and knowledge part. As far as your parents..why would you not know their location" The King asked and before Penny could answer, Aurora spoke up. " She was taken away from here when she was a kid, she just got here for the first time" Aurora explained which surprised the King.

" You just got here? From where? Earth? " The King joked, not expecting that Penny's answer could have possibly been yes. However, when Penny nodded, the King found sincerity in Penny's eyes and knew she was joking about this.

" Well, if you did come from Earth because you were sent there. I would like to know who sent you? Because humans are never suppose to come here" The King answered which Penny knew she needed to explain. " I'm actually a Witch, my mother is one. It's one of the reasons I want to find her"

The King and Queen looked at one another before turning back to Penny. " Well your mother would have to be here as this is the Kingdom of the Witches. And currently, Noone of our kind is permitted to live beyond the walls" The King knew every single person in the Kingdom by name. He had always been very direct and straight forward with his people as much as he could. Ruling through honesty was his priority as it had been his father's before him.

" My mother's name is Raven.. I don't know if that helps" Penny grew excited at the possibility that she was so close to her mother for the first time. Though, her excitement was quickly diminished when the King seemed to be stumbling over who that could be. " I do not know anyone by that name.." The King answered finally, after thinking deeply on the name. " There is Noone in my Kingdom by that name" he added.

" That's impossible. My mother is a Witch. Her and my father, Shawn who is a Night Slasher had lived here for a long time and - " Penny was interupted by the King's growing concerned expression. " Did you say, your father was a Night Slasher? " The King asked to which Penny nodded.

" That cannot be. Night Slashers do not come here all that often and they would have certainly never mated with a Witch. Not only is that forbidden but it something I would have known about" The King was almost offended that Penny would say something so drastic. " Well I highly doubt you'd be informed about my parents sex life but- " Penny was interupted again by the Queen now. " I don't know who you are but we are still willing to help you with the knowledge part. As long as you do not continue to make up these wild fantasies " The Queen's kindness was both generous and almost demeaning to Penny. She had not been lying and could not understand why this was so inconceivable to them. But for now, it didn't matter what they thought of her. She would find her parents on her own, but only after she got the information she needed which at this point, was everything that they had. " Thank you, I would appreciate that" Penny smiled as she was lead to a gigantic library filled with hundreds of thousands of books. " Our history began " The King started as he opened a giant book and began explaining the entire history of the Witches Kindom over the course of what was in reality only a few hours but what felt like days.

" We have always been wary of the vampires, for in the past we used to be allies but we learned not too long after being allies with them, that they could not be trusted. There had been many many times where seizures were attempted, but failed because of our great defenses. This was all due thanks to the design of this wonderful it's wonderful stronghold, which had been designed by my great great grandfather who- " he continued on and Penny felt like she was going to lose her mind as he rambled. " I was hoping that maybe I could learn about the prophecies? " Penny chimed in the moment she had the chance to which came when the King stopped for a second to clear his throat.

" The Prophecies? Which ones are you referring too? " The King asked as he walked over to a table and pulled out another large book.

" Something about a savior that would be able to come along and change the world or something " Penny herself was not too sure of the prophecy because Lysette had always spoken about it very loosely.

" The savior? There is only one prophecy that I know of that speaks about that, though, it's very old and very...well..it's just not accurate " The King explained which was finally something that had caught Penny's interest

" What do you mean it's not accurate? " Penny asked, hoping that she would finally get some answers as to what she was expected to actually do without it always being shortened too " Save the world".

" Well, the events it speaks of, have never come to pass for a start. And then, it also speaks of love that is so strong that it will go beyond any and all tribulations. It will be untainted and pure and will bring peace to the Underworld and all worlds" The king explained and then continued " The problem with this is that it also says that the person who will bring about the change, will be cleansed in the ashes of a underworld destroyed by ignorance. So this could imply that either it was figuratively destroyed or that it is actually destroyed. But if it was destroyed, then how would it be saved? " The King posed a great question that Penny already knew the answer too. " Yeah. How..?" Penny decided that it would be in her best interest to not reveal too much about who she was and would let the King continue supplying her information. But one thing was certain, Lysette was correct about the Prophecy. And this meant that Penny, would need to find all the answers she could before returning home.