I
Noema has been suddenly awakened. She was breathing so heavily; she had a very bad dream. She ran to her parents’ room and knocked with urgency.
“Mother, Father open the door!” Noema even used her fists in banging her parents’ room.
King Timodore and Queen Asalea suddenly have been awakened by the noise outside.
“What is it?” still in a daze King Timodore asked.
Furrowing, Queen Asalea alighted from the bed and opened the door.
“Noema, what is so urgent?” asked the Queen who was surprised upon seeing her daughter outside of their bedroom.
“Queen Mother tells the King to wake up, new enemies are coming!” she almost shouted.
“What?” King Timodore asked stunned. He was already beside Queen Asalaea at the door.
“Yes Father, I saw it vividly in my dreams. They are coming now.” Noema insisted, her breath was rugged.
King Timodore nodded and carried her daughter tenderly. “Then let’s go, we will tell all our guards and soldiers to be ready.”
King Timodore, rang the bell to alarm all his men in the palace, and together with Queen Asalea and Noema they went to the Grand hall to give his command to his troops. They forgot about Quacey, who was still sleeping soundly inside his room.
Just as the guards and soldiers set foot on their strategic positions; the sound of the gate alarms echoed all over the palace. The gate has been showered with bullets by enemies outside until it has been opened forcefully.
The enemies however were so surprised to see that no one was around the palace when they entered it. They did not know that all the guards and soldiers were just around watching them.
The enemies tried to enter the main door going to the Palace’s living room, but as they turned their backs from the gate the flashing of swords can be seen, speedily slashing the necks of some of the intruders. The soldiers and guards became invisible as Noema thought them to be. She thought of playing hide and seek with those guards and soldiers before the intruders came in.
While Sulie and her Uncle were able to run already inside the palace trying to look for Toremo. While looking for Toremo, they saw a young boy, who seemed to have just woken up and been loitering around the place. The little boy seemed to be searching for the people inside the palace. He was even scratching his eyes as if trying to make himself more awake.
Sulie ran to the little boy. She remembered what Toremo told her before. The King of Glodeous’ son was named as Quacey. To determine if the little boy is the son of King Timodore and Queen Asalea, Sulie called him, smilingly.
“Quacey! Hello little boy; where are your King and Queen parents?” she asked smiling at the little boy who looked at her and to her Uncle confused.
II
But Sulie underestimated the intelligence of the little boy. He did not reply to the strangers rather he retorted back. “I am no Quacey. Who are you by the way?” Quacey asked innocently.
Sulie and his Uncle looked at each other.
“Oh, so you are not Quacey? Do you know where the King and the Queen are right now?” Sulie asked again.
“Hmm, I don’t know, I just woke up. Don’t you have an appointment with them? Why the King and Queen did not meet and greet you if they knew you are visiting them? They greeted us when we arrived. I will try to look for them. May I know your names so that I can tell them?” Quacey replied trying to determine who their visitors are.
“Oh, no worries, we will just find them. I am a good friend of the King and the Queen and I actually wanted to surprise them with my visit.” Sulie said while tapping the head of the little boy.
“Uncle, maybe they are in the dining hall since it is still breakfast time,” Sulie whispered to his Uncle who just nodded.
Suddenly, Quacey transformed into his invisible self and followed the two visitors whom he found doubtful. He felt bad vibes towards the two.
At that moment, at the grand hall, all of the goons of Sulie’s Uncle were all dead. All of their heads are now detached from their bodies.
King Timodore and Queen Asalaea, together with Noema went to the Thrones Hall. Suddenly, a realization hits Queen Asalea’s brain.
“Goodness! Where is Quacey?” she exclaimed. Fear rushed through all her veins.
“Mother, Quacey I guess was still asleep,” Noema answered and held her mother’s arm.
King Timodore ran to Quacey’s room and told Queen Asalea and Noema to stay still inside the throne’s hall.
When he opened his son’s room, King Timodore gasped with air when he noticed that Quacey was not around. He shouted.
The King’s loud voice calling Quacey reached the ears of Sulie and her Uncle, who immediately stopped from walking and looked back.
“Sulie, I guess that was the King calling the name of his son.” Sulie’s Uncle said softly.
Sulie nodded. “Hey, maybe that little boy we bumped into was actually Quacey?” Sulie was furrowing, sensing that they might have been played on by a child.
“Then let’s go, better that we find first that little boy before his King Father finds him.” Sulie’s Uncle stated while completely turning his back, returning to the prior place where they saw the little boy.
Giggling and laughing, Quacey was actually following them. “Now I know you are enemies and not my Dad’s friends. Let me see what I will do to you both.” Quacey murmured, smiling naughtily.