9: The goddess's Proclamation

When Reyna took her pendant off she placed it on the altar in front of them. Avery placed his hand over hers that were on the pendant. He took a deep breath before he spoke loudly "I call upon thee Tina Wright the goddess of magic and wraiths. Please answer my plea."

Within minutes after he had spoken the words a Raven haired female with pink eyes came down wearing a black and blue dress. She looked between the duo and placed her hands together in front of her. "Who summons me?"

Both Avery and Reyna both bow their heads towards the goddess. "We did goddess." Avery said calmly "My name is Avery sparkfreed, I am the eldest prince of the royal line of wraiths. Beside me is Princess Reyna Militia-a demon, angel half breed."

Hearing Avery speak Tina walked up to them. "How may I help the two of you? I rarely ever have any one be it one of my kin or not summon me."

"We wish to speak to you about the old land of the dead. There was once a kingdom there was there not Goddess?" Avery asked

"There was, a male who I was once a lover to made that land for those who wished to be away from the laws of those around them that have unjust laws and views upon the kingdoms."Tina explained. "why do you ask about it?"

"Princess Reyna was prey of that territory and had found the crown instead of the item she should have found in its stead. Which automatically made her the queen of that territory. But both of our parentals believe that she isn't ready to be the queen of that territory with me at her side." Avery explained

Tina looked at Reyna who didn't once look at the Goddess, she looked ashamed of herself for being there and for what Avery had said about her. Tina went up to the young red haired female tilting her head up making her look at her. "Look at me child, Tell me honestly-do you feel at home with those you hold blood with?"

Reyna frowned "No goddess I do not."

"When you wore that crown, did you feel at home?"

"Yes goddess I did."

"Then it is settled what shall happen. I wish for the two of you to go back to the kingdom of the dead, there is a temple there for my beloved-Bryce. He is the lord of the underworld. He helped my past lover build that place. He will make sure everything is right for all parties."

"How would one go about summoning him from his realm?"

"You have the crown still don't you princess?"

"Yes ma'am...I do." Reyna said as she took the crown out of her bag of holding

"That's how. He'll see that and know what is going on. He's been beside you and all of those who have played that game fairly. That place is for population control and there needs to be a queen of that kingdom. That queen just so happens to be you. Do not look so upset and down dearest. You have found your purpose and have found someone who is willing to keep you company throughout your role and purpose. You've gotten lucky with fate. So allow it to take you where it should." Tina said sincerely towards the young red haired female

"Y-Yes ma'am, thank you goddess."

"Of course."

The goddess then left out and Reyna took her pendant from the altar. She then looked at Avery. "We...We need to go back."

"Yes before our parents destroy everything." Avery said before he kissed the top of her head softly "Hold tight beautiful."

she did what he told her and he took them back. They landed back in the cafeteria where no one was in, but they could hear commotion outside. "Looks like my father is already starting to destroy everything, let's go. Keep close, I wouldn't want you to get hurt."

Reyna held onto his hand tightly. "Okay let's go Avery."

When they left the building Avery and Reyna went searching around the entire grounds of the campus for the temple only to see it hidden amongst the trees. He picked up Reyna, which scared her a bit since she hadn't ever been picked up like that in all of her life. He sprouted wings that were a mix between demonic and angelic as he flew them to the temple. He set her down at the foot of the altar before he let her do what she needed.

She placed the crown down as she placed her hands together. "Oh lord of the dead, please hear my plead. I summon thee to help protect the kingdom of the dead."

It didn't take long for the torches that were within the temple to glow dark blue as a tall male with white and blue hair with light blue eyes came into the temple in a puff of black smoke. "Ah so you're the new kingdoms royal huh? What's your name kid?" The male asked leaning against the altar

"Reyna Militia sir."

"A Militian huh? Somethin' about you doesn't seem like you're telling me the whole truth here." Bryce said as he sat on the altar with his legs crossed as he held the crown in his hand swirling it with his pointer finger. "You see, this crown just doesn't show up for anybody. You gotta be real special to wear this thing. But if you're just a mere person from the Militia family I'mma have to kill you to take it back."

"I'm half demon half angel. I was sent here by my stupid parents who wanted me to 'get stronger' which was just a lie to get me to be killed by my other shitty siblings." Reyna said annoyed

"Oh! There's the kicker I was lookin' for. You see Demons and Angels aren't supposta ya'know...breed together. It's a twinney tiny oops on your parents part for doing that. Because they made you, they made someone who could take this place to a whole new level. Let's start by how you managed to get this lovely crown." Bryce said as he placed it back on her head

When he did it didn't activate as it had before when it was placed upon her head, Avery saw this and looked shocked. "It didn't change her."

"You must be her lover boy. A wraith no doubt?" Bryce asked

"Yes sir. I'm the eldest of the Sparkfreed's that are next in line for the throne in oakheart." Avery stated

"Well kiss that goodbye, if you're her lover-you're eternally stuck to her by the hips." Bryce stated before he got up and looked around his temple. "This place was made before things went to hell and back. Which no-it has nothing to do with my realm so don't go there. I deactivated the spell that curses that crown so I can talk to her normally without that stupid curse getting in the way."

"Oh...I see. So what will happen now? Our parents are destroying the kingdom of the dead as we speak, they don't want us to be here. They don't wish for this land to be active any longer." Avery stated

"I know, the moment the first building fell I knew something was going on and I even got word from my wife Tina what's been going on. But I want to hear from our little queeny here how she found that crown. Depending on how she found it depends on what I do next." Bryce stated

"I was prey in the first game that was played here. Avery and many of his siblings were reapers, It was just after I had talked with Avery about why he and the other reapers couldn't touch me. I had reverted Avery back and in the room he had been protecting there was a glass case. Engraved on it was the words 'Thee who wears this crown upon thy head controls thy kingdom of dead'. I didn't think much of it since no one has ever gotten all of the items before. So I just grabbed the crown without thinking much of it. It wasn't until I spoke with Avery after the game ended that I found out that the crown had replaced a dagger I should have gotten to protect myself." reyna explained

Bryce hummed out in thought for a moment before he looked at Reyna. "Are you the youngest of your kin?"

"Yes."

"That explains it. This is no mistake. Alright here's what we're going to do. We're going to make hell for you two's parents. But first, you two need to be reverted back to the glory of the king and queen of the dead. You two officially will be my ambassadors here in the world of the living. This kingdom serves as a place for people to live out their days in a place of deathly rush and to see if they are strong enough to fight off death itself. I will be allowing two of my loyal followers to join the two of you in making sure things go according to plan."