The Kings Hand

“That was good” she exclaimed as she walked out of the eatery. Sandy always thought that every meal was great and deserved a statement of appreciation. She lived to eat and ate to live, at least that's what she always says. Nothing made her happier than a nice meal and a pack of trollis for dessert. She lived a simple life on this military base she calls home. Nothing else was all that different about today except now our brave soldier girl is about to experience an event she will never forget. She was unaware that she was being watched through a steel grate by a fairy looking for help. But we will get to our hero and her encounter soon, first let's go to another World. The world of Helleafia.

Helleafia is a wonderous world with all sorts of magic and creatures you can only see in fairy tales. This world is not all good of course. Just like any world, with so much good, a great evil must challenge to preserve the balance of the world. The source of all good came from Helleafias most recent King. The Sky King Galileo. Or how he is known by his people as the Shy King Galileo. The King’s family ruled over Helleafia and its people for many generations. Every King before Galileo was strong, confident, powerful, and brave. King Galileo was not like his ancestors. He read and pondered and listened. Always listening to the voices of his people. He wept for them and made the Kingdom of Helleafia the great Kingdom it is today. Its citizens happy and proud of their Shy King Galileo, who never showed his face, but the citizens of Helleafia knew that Galileo was always watching over them through his magical crystals up in his castle.

Unbenounced to Galileo, a coup was happening at this very moment to overthrow him by his Evil Uncle Foustis the Sorcerer. The Evil Foustis fought hard for the throne and in his defeat by the former King, Galileos father and Foustis brother, Foustis fled to the edge of the Kingdom waiting for his plan to come to fruition. “Finally the time is now” he exclaimed. He had secretly been building an army of undead loyal only to him, to take over the throne for himself and push out his weak and shy nephew the King. In one foul swoop, Foustis played his pieces right and killed all those within the castle walls loyal to the King. King Galileo was so busy looking out for his citizens outside the castle that he forgot to place any eyes on the castle itself. Before he knew it, Foustis had the castle surrounded by his undead soldiers and knocking at the King's door.

King Galileo looked with his magic crystals at who was at the door and finally saw the 20 undead soldiers, skeletons in armor, ready to Kill him. The King only knew protection magic and had no way of defeating all of these undead on his own. Kind Galileo had to think fast and remembered the spell his father taught him in case anything went wrong. A powerful teleportation spell to take him to some place safe. King Galileo had never used the spell and didn't know where it would take him but he didnt care.

Galileo called out to his faithful fairy friend Leto and ran to the next room with the strongest doors. It didn’t take long for Foustis undead soldiers to break down the first door. King Galileo now trapped and alone with his fairy. He began the incantation circle for his fathers spell. The undead were right at his back continually swinging at the door with their swords and axes. These undead creatures had no souls or desire. Their only desires were to fulfil their masters' will. Galileo was almost able to finish the spell when the undead broke only slightly through the door slipping in their weilding hands with swords and axes. After one swing at the King, in his panic Galileo with all his fear and excitement had no choice but to rush the spell. King Galileo said “ Echo these words and hear my soul, take me away safe from harm, in the name of my father Fabrasher, light my way AVEENDRI”! Just like that, King Galileo and Leto were surrounded by a ring of light that quickly encased them both. As quickly as the spell engulfed them, they vanished, without a trace. The undead soldiers in a scramble broke down the door completely and stood where the King used to be. Who knows where the King left to. What world he fled to. But, this is not forever. Because the King would never leave his kingdom in the hands of a tyrant like his Uncle.

Now we are back to our unsuspected hero who is trying her hardest to shake the last pack of trollis from the vending machine. It has unfortunately gotten stuck as it was falling from its slot. No one was around to help as she had seemingly snuck in after hours to retrieve her favorite snack after dinner. Sandy was not accustomed to breaking the rules and sneaking around to grab a snack but her unwilling friend had neglected to get her snack for the day. Sandy has gotten used to her daily routine. She could not continue the rest of the day without her trollis.

So as I said before, Pheto was waiting for his chance to approach the lone soldier as she pushed and shoved that vending machine into submission.

Pheto had never seen a person quite like Sandy. In his eyes she looked upset and angry at that mysterious steel box. Pheto was in a hurry and needed a favor from this individual. He flew over to her and said. “Can I help”. Sandy in her panic screamed and yelled out. “Who was that”. No one is supposed to be here she thought. Who could be lurking around me whispering in her ear. “It was me,” Leto exclaimed. “My name is Leto and I'm a fairy, is there any way I can help you”. Sandy in her shock and awe could not find the words, but in her mind she filled her head with one thought “OMG its a Fucking Fairy, what do I do”. Once Sandy had a chance to gather her thoughts, she finally spoke and said “ what the hell was in that chicken”. Pheto not sure what to make of her words, asked again. “Can I help you” She finally realized that this is not some hallucination or a dream. A real life fairy is fluttering right in front of her. Sandy had so many questions but her hunger for those trollis still lingered in her mind and she said. “Yes, could you slip in there and take out that bag for me”. Sandy opened the lower hatch for her new fairy friend and he slipped right in there and unhooked the pack from its slot. In Sandys haste she grabbed the pack and began to munch on her snack. Leto convinced he assisted this person with whatever she needed. He thought, “she must want to do something for me now that I helped her”. He quickly slipped out of the vending machine and softly told Sandy. “The King is hurt, please help him!”