Rise of the Malactric Heir

After they finished eating, Adora looked at Ayden before sighing.

"Ayden, since you are going to see your mother, may I ask you a favor?" He looked at her when she asked.

"Sure, what exactly is it?" he inquired.

"Can you find out from her what your brother, who was on the train and with whom you had an argument, is doing right now?" she asked, his eyes narrowing.

"I will, that is something that my mother can do for you, she is grateful," he responded, and she smiled.

"Thank you, I need to know what he is up to, I had a feeling since then he might get more involved with this," she said.

"I had that same feeling, I want to know what he's after, but my mother won't really know about that, but don't worry, I'll get what she does know," Ayden replied.

"Thank you so much, Ayden; I really appreciate it," she said and he smiled at her.

"You don't have to thank me Adora, it's the least I can do," he replied, and she smiled and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Ifrit asked and she looked at him as he smiled.

"I'm going up to the upper deck," she responded.

"Oh, then we'll come as well, we have nothing else to do," Ifrit said as they went to the upper deck and looked outside when Adora noticed they were getting closer to the kingdom.

"We are almost there?" Zavis asked.

"Yeah, we are, we will land in a few minutes, my father should be there," Scott responded and they smiled as they looked at each other then Adora lowered her head.

"What's the problem?" Ifrit asked and she glanced at him.

"My father might get angry at me again," she responded as he stared at her.

"You, don't tell me you didn't tell him about the Draconics," he said and she smiled then sighed.

"You're going to give the weak heart a heart attack, but you're not at fault, you couldn't possibly tell him before, you had just found out and things were not well for any of you, everything was bad, I know because I was there, he wouldn't be mad at you, pretty sure he would understand why," he said as they stood in a corner while the others talked.

"I know, but still, he deserves to know these things because he is the king," she replied and he patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't think about it too much; you did what you had to do at the time, and it was the right decision, sheesh," he said and she looked at him.

"Sheesh?" she asked.

"Yes, I think I might get a heart attack soon enough because of all of you, damn you guys are just as dangerous as the enemies," he responded and she chuckled as he looked at her eyes.

"By the way, I noticed your eyes are still off, but not as bad as yesterday," he said.

"Kyris isn't giving me a choice, he's taking me to see his brother, maybe he can tell me how quickly it'll be back to normal, I'm not worried about it, it's getting better," she replied while staring at Alix, and Ifrit turned to look at him and smiled.

"Yes, I can see why it could get better," he said, and she looked at him before tapping him behind the head, which he chuckled at.

"I'm kidding, maybe, who knows," he said as he moved away from her with a grin, and she exhaled deeply before looking out at the clouds.

"They're pretty," she said, and Alix glanced at her since he was standing right beside her.

"They're lovely, no doubt," he replied, and she smiled at him.

"You are correct, without a doubt," she said as the ship started to move slowly and they looked at Scott.

"Arrived?" Scott smiled after Alix asked.

"Yes, we have arrived home, I will take care of the ship and so on while you guys go ahead to the castle," he responded.

"You can do that after, you are coming to the castle with us, there is time," Adora said and he looked at her and then smiled.

"Are you sure?" he asked, and she sighed before approaching him and patting him on the shoulder.

"I'm pretty sure, relax and land this ship," she responded, and he sighed and started landing the ship.

After a while, the ship finally landed, and Scott opened the door, allowing them to exit the ship, and Adora sighed after sniffing in the fresh air.

"Doesn't seem like my father is here," Scott said and they looked at him.

"Well, let's just head to the castle and get started with what we have to do," Alix suggested. "I think we should spend the night since it's already late in the afternoon, then leave tomorrow if we get the location," they all agreed.

"We will do that, thanks, Alix," Adora said and he smiled then they went to the castle.

Upon arriving at the castle, the guards greeted them before they entered and Adora bumped into the queen who nearly fell, but she grabbed onto her arm and the queen looked at her before smiling and Adora raised her up.

"Sorry, are you okay?" Adora asked and the queen nodded.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I wasn't looking, I'm glad you guys are back," she replied, smiling.

"We are not here for long, we might leave tomorrow, but it's good to be back as always," she said and the queen sighed in relief.

"I'm glad to hear that, your father will be here soon, come on in," the queen replied as she led them to the living room and they all sat down.

"So you're staying the night, right?" Adora looked at Alix and smiled as the queen asked.

"We're staying the night, and once we get what we came for, we'll leave," she responded.

"Good, well, first and foremost, I am glad you are all safe, we were worried as hell, I am sorry the crystal is gone, but at least you don't have to go after that now," the queen said as the king walked into the living room and they all looked at him as he stared at Adora who smiled.