“We need to speak with you.” The voice was familiar, but it wasn’t until he looked up that the king of fyre realized who had come into his office.  The colored light from the ceiling above shone around them as if they were standing in a flame.  The entire room was lit with the flame colored light, flickering with each movement made.

“Lord Keegan.” He nodded to the Fyre Kingdom adviser. “Lord Miltiades.” He acknowledged the Earth Kingdom adviser, and sat back in his desk. “What am I in trouble for now?” He asked, knowing full well that anything the advisers from the Capitol would want to speak to him about was bound to be something he did wrong.

“You aren’t in trouble for anything.” Lord Miltiades said with a shake of his head.

“Well not yet.” Lord Keegan muttered under his breath.  The King arched a brow in response.

“We came to speak with you about researching more into the being from the dark forest that attacked your wife.” Lord Miltiades said before the King could inquire more on Lord Keegan’s statement.  A sense of relief washed over him.

“That’s it?” He asked, completely surprised. “Sure.  Go ahead.” He shrugged, propping his feet on the table, one leg crossed over the other.  His hands folded in his lap. “I’m sure there’s more information in the Queen’s library than either the Fyre or Earth.” He paused, thinking a moment. “Definitely more than in the earth Libraries since… you know the rebels burned it to the ground…” This comment was met with a glare from Lord Miltiades, and a shake of the head from Lord keegan.  He put his hands up defensively. “Which I had nothing to do with.  That was all the Mushroom King.  I wrote all about that when I reported everything to the Capitol.”

“You did support it though.” Lord Miltiades said.

“My Aunt was an ice hearted bitch.  She got what she deserved.” The King replied coldly.  His feet dropped back to the floor, and his attention returned to the papers he had been looking over when they had arrived. “Now if you will excuse me, I have some work to do.  The seasonal meeting isn’t very far away.  I have a lot to go over.”

“We will leave you to your work.” Lord Keegan said, taking Lord Miltiade’s arm, and sifting away.

“RASHEEDA!” The voices of the other elemental elders woke her with a start.  It took a moment to sort through all of the voices joining together in her head.  She always hated being woken by meetings.  A new Queen of the Sidhe had taken the throne since she was last awake.  

“How many years has it been?” She asked, arching her back in her sleeping area under the dirt.

“Too Many.” The voice of the Fyre Elder answered in her mind.

“Many things have changed.  The Dark Guardian has woken, and gone rogue.” The Water Elder added.  An image played in her mind, a connection to the thoughts, and current actions of the Dark Guardian.  The focus seemed to be on a woman.  There was something… familiar about the woman, but she couldn’t place it.

“Who is that woman?” She asked.  

“The Current Queen of Earth, wife to the Fyre King.” The Fyre elder responded.  “We should intervene.”

“No.” She replied sternly. “Let’s see how this turns out…” She could sense a strength in the woman, something that she wanted to know more about.  The joined attention of the elders turned, switching to watch the Queen of the Sidhe.  She was playing with a child, and speaking with two Men.  A little searching in the Queen’s mind, and She knew that it was the Fyre King and the Queen’s consort.

“She stole from the forest.” The Sky Elder whispered into her subconscious, guiding her in the right direction. They sat back, watching everything unfold, not interfering, but ready to step in if anything went too far.  

As time went on the other elders lost interest.  The watching dwindled down to only her and the Fyre Elder over time, and eventually just her.  She watched through the eyes of the Queen as she rebuilt a land that had been decimated.  She watched as the bond with the pixies grew.  She watched as a new life was created within her, a strong life that would forever be bound to the darkness.  One day, something happened within the capitol, and all of the elders were drawn in again.  The advisers wanted to dig into the history of the realm, something that was strictly forbidden.  There was much arguing in the meeting, chaos in their minds.  In the end though, she had been chosen to meet with the Advisers since it was the Queen of her element that was to be researched.

With Great displeasure, she pulled herself from the earth, and took the form of the Sidhe.  Her eyes were green, her hair a bright green with black bangs.  Clothes were brought to her, and she was made presentable to approach the men in the Capitol.