We were mermaids last night. Travelling the realms of water. Swimming towards the golden light of the sun.
This was what really had happened to the forest in the kingdom of Hasar-Adar. The forest of autumn and spring.
Most of it hadn’t been swept away as someone thought first. It still stood there, but it had lost it’s former glory, and were only a shadow of what it once was.
A big storm had occured last night, taking with it people, and pieces of the forest, carrying it all to another realm.
And that realm: was created by a curse, cast by an evil queen.
Anyone who was taken to that realm, had lost all what they had: They didn’t remember their identity, but thought they were someone else. All their memories had been replaced by something else…
Now, in the originally realm of Hasar-Adar, people that remain in the academy, and hadn’t been swept away by the curse, were in uproar.
Some were afraid of what might happen to them: What if it came another curse? Another wave?
Their were frustrated because the storm last night had taken Anakin, their king and leader from Winterland, and both his students were gone too.
Was it any way to bring them back? What if it wasen’t? What if the whole kingdom were on the way to doom?
«Everyone calm down!» shouted the fairy Abigail, who stood on the stage down in the cafeteria, «Of what have happened tonight, we will still proceed like we normaly do. So everyone can go to their classrooms after their breakfast.»
In the doorway stood Hagar and Isha, two pirate-sisters who had also been taken in by the academy. And how wonderful wasn’t it to have a roof over your head, when being asleep in the night?
Hagar and Isha had been without that, for a very long time. They had been forced to sleep out under the stars, with no shelter for the rain that came every now and then.
They had been traveling far and wide, looking for their friend, Amanda with the axe, untill they had found her, and taken her with them on their journey through the kingdom, looking for a better life, and a future.
Last of all, before the academy took them in, they had rescued someone from a forced child wedding. And that person had followed them ever since. Her name was Karinne, daughter to the evil queen.
But now, together with the two pirate-sisters, and with Amanda with the axe, all four of them was staring around at all the different specimens in the cafeteria, were lots and lots of them were all upset about something:
There were fairies at one table, some witches at another, and trolls… pirates without a captain…
Karinne frowned,
«This isn’t a school. It’s a zoo! I can’t believe I ever set foot in here.»
The other three ignored her for the moment,
Hagar tilted her head when gazing towards the pirate-table were her people was: Pirates without a captain? Wait a minute!
«Where is captain Youthful?» she asked, mentioning the funny guy who had made quite the number the last day, making sure everyone knew what kind of captain he was, and that he never took a no for an answer.
«Who cares about him?» Karinne just spat, «I’m out of here.» turning around to walk away, «Maybe the curse took him, for all I know.»
«If you two could just be silent.» Isha added, «I’m trying to hear what mother superior says.» looking towards the fairy Abigail on the stage, «Maybe she knows a way to break the curse that have swept so many away.»
«This is a job for us fairies.» they heard her say, «And if anyone of you has a question, don’t hesitate to come to us.» gazing at the students before adding a «Aby, out.» and walking off the stage.
Hagar was on the brick to walk over to her, when she felt Isha’s hand on her shoulder.
«I need to talk to her.» Hagar exused herself, but Isha shaked her head,
«Don’t you see that the fairy is already surrounded by other students? I think she has enough to handle right now. We should wait until we can get her alone.»
«You’re right, sister.» Hagar sighed, «But we’re pirates, and pirates never wait.»
Isha smiled back at her,
«I know. But this time, it’s the most reasonable thing to do.»