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(Reboot) The Cavern (LunarWolf and Guardian Angel)

Caly was just looking around for a moment then looked as Caera and Grant seemed to be coming into the room as well, everybody seemed to be coming up out of hiding as well.
 
the only person who wasn't there was Abby as she had decided to stay away as she wasn't on speaking terms with Caera at the time because she was still acting as if she was the kings play thing and not free. it was hard for her to feel like she was free when she knew that she would have to go back and be a slave to him once more
 
Caera was just settling down in a chair and looking at her son as he was running over, and he was throwing his arms around her. "Mommy. I'm so glad you are back. I was worried." he cried.
 
Grant looked at his food when it was placed infant of him and then he waited for Caly to start eating before he would start as he didn't want to be rude
 
Vincent, Robert, and Grant all started to eat while leaving the others to do as they wanted but they were all hungry and it seemed wiser to eat then talk at that point
 
Everybody was sitting down to eat at that point in time although this is about when Caly noticed that Hayden and Abby weren't there at all. Hayden was out training some of his soldiers and she wasn't really sure about Abby at the time. Azalea was currently sipping at a bit of broth although she didn't seem to have too much of an appetite at all.
 
Almost a year had gone by since the death of the mad king and the world seemed to slowly be getting better for everybody. Those that had been underground were emerging to the surface again, at least if they chose to do so anyways.

Hayden had returned to his kingdom with an alliance treaty signed with that of Caly - an agreement that they would both come to the aid of one another should they need it at all. Over the past year, Hayden and Abby had grown closer together. Sure it had been difficult at first but they pushed through it and got to know more about each other. A relationship had blossomed between the pair of them - although that being a new thing within the past few months so they were still a bit unsure about announcing it to everybody at that point in time. Yet everybody seemed to know about it - after all they were always spending all of their time together.

Caera and Grant had been at ends with each other still for the first few months of the year - although things did end up changing after Caera ended up having a miscarriage. Something that had occurred when she had fallen from her horse one day - something that had many convinced it had been done intentionally by somebody. Somebody who was jealous of her starting to come to terms with the fact that Grant did actually care about her - and the pair were growing closer together. Yet that was ruined for her with the miscarriage and a fear that he would leave her sweeping through her, but he remained at her side throughout the entire thing. Now the pair of them are happy together and there are rumors going around that they are going to get married - rumors being started by Archer because he was happy that he had a "father" figure in his life, which meant that they were married. Too young to actually understand what it truly meant.

At some point during the year, Vincent and Caly had actually finally gone through with getting married to each other. A grand celebration - and a number of upset advisors as well when they were losing their jobs. The eldest of them finally getting tired of them and removing them from their jobs to hire people that were going to actually be helpful to the young king and queen. At the current time, Caly was sitting on the throne just speaking with a few other nobles that had come there to propose an alliance while she was waiting for that of her husband, having some news of her own for him. She was pregnant, a discovery that she had learned about just a few days ago. She had ended up getting sick with a rather serious fever for a few days and this is when it had been discovered.

Azalea and Robert had ended up finding themselves growing close together as well - although not to the point that they were dating, but they were definitely seen together often. There were certainly rumors going around that they were a couple; considering they were always together and they seemed to share a room. Although they more saw themselves as just friends with benefits at that point in time - currently the pair of them were laying in Azalea's bed with Hayden's kingdom. The red haired female was curled into him, her bare body pressed against his.
 
Abby looked at Hayden from where she sat on the edge of the bed and watched him sleep. it wasn't often that she woke up before him and this was one of the rare times that she had. with a soft smiled Abby stood up and got dressed before heading out as she had a lesson to teach. one of the changes had been that of the dancers Hayden had made it to where they couldn't be touched and this made everyone even Abby happy. Abby walked to the ballroom where the experienced dancers and the new dancers waited to start that days lesson and practice session as they had a performance coming up.

Grant laid in bed holding Caera close while she slept and he looked at the ceiling. Grant was thinking of how to broach the topic of trying again with her with out sounding like an ass or that was what he only wanted from her. Grant had heard the rumors of them getting married and he hadn't brought that up with her either as he didn't know how to bring it up. Grant knew that Archer viewed him as a father figure and he did his best to be that for him.

Vincent walked in to the throne room a stack of papers in his hands. he was often seen with paper work as there was a lot that the former king had ignored and that Caly simply hadn't gotten to. Vincent didn't mind doing the paper work but he swore there were times when he felt like it was going to take over and rule the world. Vincent looked up and smiled when he spotted Caly and then walked over and kissed her lightly "morning love" he then moved to his seat to see what the Nobels in the room wanted from them.

Robert ran his hand over her back while he held her close and rested with his eyes closed. Robert didn't want to get up and go to work but he knew he would have to get on the move or the king would be angry. one thing that had changed for him was he was now one of the kings advisors and he worked with Grant on his sword skills. Abby learned as well at her insistence but she trained under Azalea after she did her dancing lessons.
 
Hayden seemed to be fast asleep at the time - although Abby had already been deep asleep by the time that he had finally gotten to the bedroom the night before. There had been a lot of paperwork that he had wanted to get done and out of the way; which had resulted in him staying up for a good majority of the night the night prior. So he had maybe gone to sleep about two hours prior to her waking up that night - so there was that chance he wasn't going to end up waking up until closer to lunchtime. Though people knew not to bother him - half the time if they absolutely needed somebody they would rather bother one of the generals first, and at that point the only general that had decided to return had been Azalea. Grant had stayed with Caera and Archer in Caly's kingdom, as that is where the young woman and the boy had wanted to stay.

Caera was rousing a bit and rubbing her eyes, although only after Archer came running into the room sobbing and crawled up onto the bed next to her and the only thing that she heard was the whimpered, "Mommy." Her arms were going around him gently and she was just rubbing his hair a little before she was asking in a soft voice, "What's wrong, baby?" "S....Some of the other kids were being mean to me....." Archer was whimpering and just buried his head into her chest before telling her that they were being mean because he didn't have an actual daddy and that he was from the underground. Yes there were still somebody people like that even after a year - yet again it was a transition for a lot of people and it would definitely take time to adapt for many. Caera was just sitting up and speaking to him in a soft voice that everything was going to be alright, just holding him close.

Caly was looking towards Vincent as he was walking into the room before she was commenting, "Good morning." Sure she wasn't sick anymore, but she was still a bit under the weather and still recovering from being sick. Her eyes were going towards the nobles that were there and now that Vincent was actually in the room they were launching into everything that they were wanting to talk about. One thing just happened to be about an heir and how they should have one sooner rather than later. Then there was more serious discussion about planning for what they were going for preparing for the winter, and talk about how some of the buildings that Caly had wanted to construct were going; an orphange and a shelter for those without a home.

Azalea was just pushing some of her hair out of her face as she yawned before just glancing at the door as somebody was knocking on it. "Somebody had better be dying." she groaned as she buried her face into the pillow before she was getting up. She was grabbing her nightgown from the ground and pulling it on - so she was wearing at least something at that point in time. Sure it was a black rather sheer nightgown but it was still more than her just being nude. Opening the door revealed one of her rather nervous looking lieutenants at the time - somebody who knew not to bother her unless it was an emergency. "General Azalea, there is something that you need to see." he was speaking after a moment in time which had her giving a nod before she was stating that she was going to get dressed and she would be there right away.
 
Abby looked over about half way though her lessons when some of the advisors came in looking rather nervous it wasn't often that they came to see her and when they did it usually meant they wanted her to wake Hayden for some reason. having heard what time he had gone to be Abby spoke "nope I am not waking him up if it is that important go and speak with Azalea" Abby wasn't going to wake him up and if there was trouble then Azalea would come and ask her to wake the king up and at that point then she would wake him as it would be of the most urgency.

Grant sat up and then ruffled the boys hair lightly "just ignore them Archer" while he wanted to tell Archer to fight back he didn't think that Caera would be pleased with him doing that. Grant then looked over when there was a knock on the door and a nervous maid came in looking for Archer. this maid was with him at all times to help keep him safe and to make sure that if they were busy and he needed something that he could get it "sorry I tried to stop him and told him you were both still sleeping"

Vincent held his hands up to silence the men when they asked about an heir "that is for me and Caly to decide but rushing us isn't going to do anything at this takes time and even if we were to have a child right this moment the baby would still be just that a baby and unable to rule until they came of age we are looking in to a regent should something happen to us both but for the time being this is not up for discussion" would Vincent want a child yes he would but he wasn't going to be pushed in to it simply because the Nobels wanted them to have a child.

Robert growled when he heard the male speak and then got up and pulled his pants on "what is going on" Robert wasn't happy to have been woken up but he figured he might as well get up and get about his day as he had a lot of work to do and he needed to check in on the people. Robert looked at Azalea and smiled before walking over and kissing her cheek "try not to wake the king he was still up when I came to bed"
 
This had the advisor seeming to balk a little bit but in the end he was giving a nod of his head and was soon enough heading off so that he could go and speak to Azalea as well. Nope she would take care of it at that point in time, and it probably would bother her all that much unless she was already super busy with everything, although that was pretty unlikely that she was that busy. It seemed like the advisors had learned the same information as the lieutenant that was already speaking with Azalea at the time. The man that was speaking to the general and Robert was just looking as they were exiting the room before he was speaking, "The scouts found something... horrific in the forest. It would be best for you to come see yourselves instead of me telling you about it. Too many listening ears." This had Azalea giving a nod of her head before she was speaking, "Let us get going then. Lead the way."

Caera was just looking towards the maid before she was stating that it was fine, she would rather him come to her when he was upset then thinking that he had to wait until she was awake. "I don't care if I just fell asleep after being awake for days... If he ever needs me... I am available for him." she was speaking to both of them and letting Archer know as well.

Caly was just stating, "That isn't a discussion that we are going to be having at this time." And they also didn't need to know about their personal life. She was hiding a cough in her arm before she was turning her attention to the noble that was speaking to her about the orphanage and how the construction had been completed. That was perfect; and now it was time to find a matron to run the orphanage. This had her thinking for a moment before she was speaking, "Somebody please summon Caera for me. Or if she is resting have a message passed on that I wish to speak to her about something as soon as possible." This had a servant bowing and they were heading off to do so while the next noble was telling her about the shelter that had been finished.
 
the maid nodded her head and then back out of the room leaving the three of them in there alone so that he could talk more if he wanted to. while she knew he was being picked on she hadn't known it was this bad or she would have said something to Grant and Caera when if first started.

Robert nodded his head and then finished dressing rather quickly before looking at Azalea "lets go see what is going on and has so many people freaked out" Robert didn't know what was going on but he figured it had to be something bad if they were bothering them
 
Caera was just hugging Archer to her tightly before she was speaking in a soft voice that she loved him. "You'll have to show me who." she was speaking after a moment in time. No she wouldn't do anything terrible to them... but she would definitely teach them a lesson about bullying. She would bully without bullying all at once - and it helped that most of the kids did study under her since she taught a number of those that were from the surface about the underground.

Azalea was nodding before she was following after the soldier and they soon found themselves leaving the kingdom instead and heading towards the edge of the territory where a small village sat. Not a large village, but one that they left alone since the people were just innocent farmers. But Azalea found herself putting a hand to her mouth as they entered the village to see the horror the soldier had talked about. The people had just been slaughtered... some of them just nailed to the walls of the houses as though they were prey. There was a symbol on the doorway of one of the houses of another kingdom.... one that they had heard about only in rumors. This seemed to be there way of declaring war. "Send a messenger to General Grant right away. Make sure that Queen Caly is informed of this as well." Azalea was speaking after a moment before issuing another order to another soldier there to get some of the other men and start working on burying the people.
 
Robert looked at another man and then spoke "go tell my sister to wake the King he needs to know about this" while he didn't like the idea of waking the man as he had heard as they had left that the king had only just gone to bed he knew this was urgent and if Abby was told to wake the king by him or Azalea then she would wake him as they normally wouldn't wake him from something stupid.

Grant nodded his head "we will be here for you no matter what but your mom is right you point them out to her so she can handle this" Grant figured it was better for an adult to handle it rather then leave the young man alone and on his own to handle it.
 
Azalea was shaking her head before she spoke, "No. Do not wake the king. I will personally deliver the news to him." No she knew that there was a chance that he would wake up with a rather violent streak... and she at least knew how to handle it.

Archer nodded although it wasn't long before there was a knock and a servant was entering the room after Caera was telling them to enter. "Lady Caly wishes to see you, Miss Caera." the servant was speaking after a moment in time.
 
Grant took Archer from her and then kissed her cheek "go see the queen Ill take Archer with me to the sparing ring to check in on the men" Grant wouldn't teach him anything just yet but he knew the boy would need to learn sooner rather then later.

Robert looked at her "you sure? Abby can wake him and he doesn't seem to get violent with her" Robert wouldn't argue with her if she was sure but he would make sure that the King was informed of everything once the man was awake
 
Caera was nodding her head before getting to her feet so that she could go and speak with the queen since she had been summoned evidently. With that she was giving Archer a kiss on the forehead before she was heading off.

Azalea was nodding before she was speaking, "Yes I'll do it, this way I can give him the information right away."
 
Grant then looked at Archer and spoke "you want to go and watch the guys spar and train?" if not he would figure out what the boy wanted to do

Robert nodded his head "ok" he didn't like the idea of waking the king in general but he knew that it had to be done.
 
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