The Rescue Mission
Chapter 29
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

The fairies, Brianna and I wake up when the sun shines brightly into the bedroom. Brianna and I position the pillows on the bed so we can sit up and sit against the headboard. I interlock my right arm and hand around her left arm and hand. Then we see the fairies slowly waking up.

“I have an idea for you, Brianna. It will be another bonding moment for the fairies and us.”

“What is it, Richard?”

“Open your dress up and I’ll take off the night shirt. They will come over and lie down on our chests and stomachs. It has been some time since I did this. I haven’t done it with the last three pairs.”

“Then let’s get them caught up.”

I take off my night shirt. Brianna unties and opens the night dress.

“My fairies, please come over and be near to us. It has been some time since I have done this. Please come over and lie down on our chests and stomachs.”

“Thank you, father, mother!”

They fly over quickly to us. Bianca and Lavan land on Brianna’s stomach. They lie down and get themselves comfortable. The rest of the fairies find their favorite spot quickly. Amber and Cobalt are on my shoulders. There are two fairies near each of my nipples. The others are lying on my stomach. Soon their heartbeats are in rhythm with ours.

“Richard, Bianca and Lavan’s heartbeats are in rhythm with mine.”

“That’s right, Brianna. It allows them to know very quickly they are loved and cherished. The bonding will help all of us to calm down and breathe slowly. They are gifts of life from the Creator.”

“That is the way how I will feel when I give birth to our children. I am so glad you’re my husband. You will definitely know what I’m going through.”

“That’s right, Brianna.”

Then all of the fairies hug us tightly. Brianna leans her head onto my shoulder. “Hmm. . . . I love you, Richard, and your fairies.”

“I love you too, Brianna, and our future children.”

Then all of the fairies respond in one voice, “We all love you too, father, mother.”

“Mother, since you are both to us, what affectionate word can we use to call Brianna?”

“That’s a good question, Esmeralda. Do you have any ideas, Brianna?”

“I don’t mind being called mom or mother. King Oren and Queen White Dove called Athena and Einhorn, grandma and grandpa, yesterday.”

“That’s right. They did.”

“Now we are one big happy family.”

“It will get very big over the years, father.”

“That’s right, Rubio. We’ll take it step by step as our numbers increase.”

“I think it is time for the morning repast, father.”

“You’re right, Levi. Well, let’s get up and get ready for our last day of rest. I don’t know which world we’ll be visiting tomorrow. We must take a bath sometime today.”

My fairies fly off of us. They fly over to the dresser to change into their day clothes. Brianna and I do the same. Once we are presentable, we walk out or fly out of the room. The knight escorts us to the second floor dining room. We see several other people being escorted to the dining room as well. The doors are open for us and we enter inside. We see everyone else here. That would be the Local Group visitors, Anya, the Wizard, the royalty from each of the sixteen kingdoms of Twainor. Also, the Outside Helpers are here as well with their Escorts.

Some of them approach me quickly to congratulate my efforts in defending Brianna.

“Seeing the two swords clashing just confirmed the use of the Evenshard Stone. It is the key to stopping lasers.”

“You’re welcome, King Beltrane.”

“Also, your technique in using the sword confirms your training and ours as well.”

“Thank you and you’re welcome, Sir Chayton.”

We get escorted to sit at certain tables. We are grouped by Royalty, Local Group visitors, Escorts, Outside Helpers, Anya, and the Wizard. Brianna, my fairies and I are sitting at our own table between the Escorts and the Outside Helpers.

Once everyone has settled in, King Dryden stands up. “Friends, today is a day of rest for everyone. Local Group visitors, you’re invited to eat in the pavilion camps of your own choosing during the noon and evening repast. Tomorrow morning, after the morning repast, the Wizard will be taking Richard, Brianna and his fairies to various worlds to warn them of the danger that lies ahead. We pray for their safe return to us after each visit. Wizard Eldwin, please give the morning thanks to the Creator.” King Dryden sits down.

Wizard Eldwin stands up, “Creator we thank you for all of your wonderful blessings. We thank you for this food we are about to eat. Let it give us the strength to do your work in you Creation. Let this day of rest help us recharge ourselves so that we can do more. Thank you, Creator.”

Everyone responds together, “Thank you, Creator.”

Wizard Eldwin sits back down. The servers come in to deliver the plates to us. Several pages and attendees fill our mugs with our choice of drinks. Brianna and I request a mug of fruit juice first for ourselves. Then we’ll switch to water afterwards. We see that a light fruit salad is brought out first. We eat that in about one-quarter mark. When we get done, the servers come in to take away the plates and put the main dish in front of us. We see it is grilled fish and vegetables. There is a mild spice on top of the food.

We get done with the main dish in a half-mark. We did a lot of talking while we ate. When we get done with the main dish, the servers come out to deliver the dessert to us. We see it is the same type of dessert we had yesterday for the evening repast. However, the fruit selection is a different combination. We get done with that in about one-quarter mark.

Once we get done, the Master Chef and the kitchen staff come in. We give them our thanks and praise for another wonderful meal. We leave the second floor dining room and walk down the hallway to the stairs. We eventually make our way out of the castle and walk toward the pavilion camps.

Just when we arrive there, several musicians came up to me. All of them are smiling. “You have plenty of time to show us your musical instrument today, Richard.”

I look at Brianna and the fairies with a smile on my face.

“You better teach them, Richard. They won’t be satisfied until you do.”

“Yes, Brianna. Fairies, you can fly about and check the other fairies and unicorns if you like, or you can stay with me or Brianna. I’m sure Brianna will get pulled aside as well. It is your choice. We don’t have to be together for the noon repast, but I think to be together for the evening repast will be important for all of us. I will be in the Thryson Kingdom pavilion camp for the evening repast.”

“Thank you, father, mother.” They quickly get together. They discuss what they want to do. They agree that at least two of them stay with Richard. They know Bianca and Lavan will be with Brianna. It is decided that Amber, Cobalt, Ruby and Rubio are with Richard. Tiger, Tigress, Esmeralda, Emeril, Shiri and Levi stay together as a group. Victor and Victoria are already with their soul mates in King Oren’s fairy troop.

We split apart as agreed. Bianca and Lavan sit on Brianna’s shoulder while she walks about the pavilion camps. Once she comes near someone, several ladies and female Outside Helpers come up to her. They talk about many things from raising children and the home. Brianna tries to explain to them of the current situation and the need for a larger home for the four children that will come eventually. They agree, the space is needed for that many children.

My six fairies visited the unicorns and fairies in each of the Pavilion Camps. They have a wonderful time together as they learn about each other. My fairies explain what their roles are in the apartment, the balcony garden and the complex itself. They tell them about the greenhouse that will be built someday next to the mountain cabin.

Amber and Cobalt are sitting on my shoulders. Ruby and Rubio are sitting on my heat. I follow the musicians to the Angathorn Pavilion Camp. When I get there, I see all of the male and female musicians from each of the camps are present inside the main tent.

“Uh huh, I thought so. Every one of you is curious about my musical instrument.” Then I give a wide smile, “Then let’s begin with the teaching class.”

Everyone giggles and laughs. Everyone brings out a crystal to start recording the teaching class. “Hmm. . . . I need a chalk board up here.” I put my hands to the side of me, “Chalk board, an eraser, chalks sticks from my high school storage room.” A large chalk board with side supports, chalk sticks and eraser appear in a blink of an eye.

“We have something similar, Richard. We can bring it here instead.”

“That’s fine, Segan. Let’s do the switch.” I aim my hands at the chalk board, “Return chalk board, chalk sticks, erasers return back to my high school storage room.” The chalk board returns in a blink of an eye.

Segan stands up. He recites a quick spell. Instantly, a chalk board, chalk sticks and erasers appear in front of us.

“I need to start off some basics about scales first. Then we’ll talk about the musical instruments themselves.”

I proceed to tell them about the scale in general and how the octave is divided. “There are certain scales for certain instruments. I will explain the main scale that is used today.” I write on the board the letters and the half-steps for each one. Once they see the arrangement, they immediately understand how their scale is very similar to ours on Earth. They agree about the octave and the harmonic nature of the distance between the two notes. I write the twelve notes and show the pattern between the whole steps and the half steps.

Then I show the basics for chords. They understand that as well. After I get done with that, I bring in my guitar and case in by magic. I put the strap around me and attach the guitar so it is chest high on me. I then start playing the scales. Immediately they hear the pattern that is being played out. I would sound out the scale on one string alone.

“So, how is it tuned, Richard?”

“Each instrument for its size is tuned differently, but the framework of the scale is kept in mind. I’ll show you how this guitar is tuned.” I start at the base string ‘E’. I play each note until I get to the fifth fret. “Now that same note is found at the top of the fifth string.” I play it and the succeeding notes until the fifth fret. I keep repeating this until all notes are sounded out for each string.

“Here is something else to keep in mind about the spacing of the frets. They are based on the harmonic tone notes. I’ll play the half, the third and the fourth note. This will definitely help you remember.”

I place my finger on the twelfth fret, but I do not press it down. I pluck the string. The harmonic note is sounded out. I then play the third, the fourth and the difficult fifth harmonic note.

“Ah, now we see and hear what is going on. Now we understand why your frets are spaced that way. Once the fret location is determined for the harmonic note, your fret distance changes accordingly. It is the same distance on the lower half, but much shorter.”

“That’s right. Now I will play one chord only. However, I will play the four different chord versions with a different pattern when I press my fingers down behind the fret.” I play the four different versions of the chord ‘C’. They see and hear that the sound of the chord is the same at each location.

They all clap and cheer that they finally understand what is going on. Music is music, no matter who plays it. It is the universal avenue of thought and emotion.

I then start playing several of my songs that I have created. They all have smiles on their faces as they hear it put together. Amber, Cobalt, Ruby and Rubio are dancing in the air and flying about me as I play the songs. Between the songs, they would rest upon me to catch their breath.

When I get done, everyone claps and cheers. Everyone gives their praise and thanks to the Creator. For they know they will be doing this in heaven and when the Ultimate Last Battle is finally concluded.

The next subject we talk about are the instruments themselves. I tell them about the other string instruments we have like the harp, violin, cello and the bass cello. They agree that they have a similar string instrument to our violin. However, the body is a different shape and is tuned differently. My guitar is similar to their four string instruments. They do like my guitar with the two additional bass strings to give the instrument more depth.

Then we talk about the woodwind instruments. They have flutes of various sizes just like ours. Then we talk about the percussion instruments. We find agreement that drums, bells, cymbals, mallets hitting wood pieces are common to both worlds.

Then one of them asks me a good question, “Richard, how did you figure out you can play our string instrument?”

“I slid my finger down one of the strings and saw which fret has the same note on the next string. You have yours tuned to the fourth fret. The frets are evenly spaced. That is where you have the third harmonic tone note. That told me I’ll be playing one note at a time until I got used to your style of playing.”

“Then once you become comfortable with it, you started to add your own style.”

“That’s right.”

Everyone claps and cheers that music is still the universal means of communication.

Then for the next mark, several musicians come up to play their own instruments. They created some new music for the evening repast. Once I heard the new song, I joined in to add my style to it. Everyone has smiles on their faces that we sound great together.

When it comes to the fourth mark, or the mark before the noon repast, we are asked to conclude our music session by the Assistant Chef. There is a very good reason we had to leave, they have to get the tables, chairs, place settings and food ready for the noon repast. I put my guitar back into the case. I recite the spell to put it back into the room in the Grand Castle.

When I walk out of the Pavilion tent, I get greeted by Sir Halgren.

“Greetings, Richard.”

“Greetings, Sir Halgren.”

“You need to follow me. We are meeting with the military leaders from each kingdom. It is just a heads up for what will happen in the afternoon.”

“Then lead the way, Sir Halgren.”

Amber, Cobalt, Ruby and Rubio rest upon me while I follow Sir Halgren. We enter the Correlle pavilion tent together. I see all of the commanders and chief dwarf warriors and some of the visitors in our Local Group. Also, all of the Outside Helpers with their escorts are here as well. Sir Halgren escorts me to a chair to sit down among their midst. Everyone else is sitting down as well. We look up to the dais platform to see Sir Braxton standing up there getting ready to speak.

“After the noon repast, we need to share what is happening in our Local Group. We remembered last year. There was a large star ship armada heading toward to Scorpi, Evrat’s home world. The main question for Evrat is this. What is the current situation in your sector of space? So, get your reports ready after the noon repast. We’ll meet here at the second mark for that meeting. Everyone is dismissed.”

We all get up and think really hard what we’ll talk about at that time. For myself, there is not much to add. I will say there are more people hearing the Creator’s voice each day. We leave the pavilion tent and walk out to where we want to be for the noon repast. I start to walk toward the Thryson camp with Sir Halgren. Along the way, Evrat comes up to me.

“Richard, I have a question for you.”

“What is it, Evrat?”

“We have been monitoring the space armada since last year. They are still out there. I remembered the Emissaries told us they have a weakness against a certain element on an element chart. I think we figured out what it is. Do you remember what or who this group is?”

“I remember, Evrat. I did some searching through the stories on Earth. I know who they are now. What is the element they are weak against?”

“We did a spectrum check on the ships. We couldn’t find any gold on the star ships or inside it.”

“The name of that group is the Cybermen from Mondas. They are supposed to invade Earth in about four hundred years from now. They arrived here through a wormhole. They are from another universe.”

“So, that means, they don’t belong in our universe.”

“That’s right, Evrat. I know someone who will take care of the problem. But, I have a feeling once that problem is solved, another armada force will show up in its place.”

“I see. That would mean a balance of some sort must take place.”

“That would seem to be the most logical conclusion for that to happen.”

“Yes, it would. Well, have an excellent noon repast, Evrat.”

“You too, Richard.”

We walk to our respective pavilion camps for our noon repast. When I walk into the tent, I don’t see Brianna or the other fairies there yet. Sir Halgren escorts me to the table where I’ll be eating. He sits down next to me. Amber, Cobalt, Ruby and Rubio fly to their table setting next to me. They see a bowl of nuts on the table. They each take a nut to eat for the time being until the meal starts. I can sense from them. They are still hungry after eating that one nut.

Once everyone has settled inside the tent, we have the usual procedure of the noon repast. Once the giving of thanks to the Creator is given, the servers come out to deliver our plates. My fairies get a nice assortment of fruits, a cup of nectar in cups their size to pickup and some more nuts to eat. I receive a plate of fruit salad.

Everyone enjoys the first dish immensely. Then the servers come out to deliver the main dish. We see it is grilled fish with a different assortment of vegetables and spices on top. Again, we thoroughly enjoy it as well. After that, the servers come to bring the dessert. It is a bowl of cut up fruit pieces. On top is honey and a certain spice sprinkled on top to give it the right accent. We get done with that as well. The total time for the noon repast is one mark.

We leave the pavilion camp and go our separate ways. I walk about the pavilion camps greeting people that I know. Along the way, I see some dwarf artisans that set up some of their wares. I recognize one them right away. I bought the cave carving from him when I was here the last time. I walk up to him. He recognizes me right away.

“Greetings, Richard.”

“Greetings, Brackbur.”

“What would like to purchase?”

“Do you remember that cave carving I bought the last time?”

“I do, Richard. Are you looking to buy another?”

“Well actually to replace the current one. It needs to have a stronger set of veins of Ethereal Space ore and Evenshard stone. It will still have the same style with the dragon and the cave underneath. It will be the source of magic in the home and for Croin’s memory to get recharged a lot faster.”

“I see. Can you produce the cave carving here for me to look at?”

“I sure can, Brackbur.” I put my hand above his table. I recite the words and the cave carving appears in a blink of an eye.

“That’s great.” He looks underneath the cave carving. “Yes, I see these two veins are very small. What are these two scratches here?”

“I scraped them off and put them into two vials. The wizard has them. It is for emergencies that he might need in the future.”

“That’s fine, Richard. I’ll make sure the veins are stronger and still hidden underneath the outer stone layer.”

“How much will it be for the new cave carving?”

“It will be two gold pieces.”

I look in my coin bag. I take out two gold pieces and the hand the gold to him.

“Thank you, Richard. It is a pleasure doing business with you. It will be ready before you leave Twainor. You can keep the first cave carving. You might need it in another location.”

“Thank you, Brackbur.”

We both shake hands on the deal. Brackbur sets the cave carving off to the side on the ground. He writes down a note on a piece of paper to remind himself what he needs to do. He places the paper note inside the cave opening.

I start walking to the Correlle pavilion camp. We see everyone else arriving there to give the update on the status of the Local Group. The visitors give their reports of what is happening. Some are making plans to increase their surveillance network of satellites and space stations. Others are making plans to build more spacecraft and aircraft to get ready for patrols or anything else like replacing the older fleet they have.

The dwarf designers and the smiths on Twainor give their report that they are getting ready to build their first one man submarine. They invite the visitors to look at their drawings to see if it is done right. The visitors make their suggestions to them on certain aspects. The most important part is providing air to breathe inside the sea craft. They appreciate this input on the matter.

I then give my update on what is happening on Earth. Slowly, more and more people are hearing the Creator’s voice that got started with my handshake. They all agree that is first important step that needs to be done.

We get done with our reports by the fourth mark. We walk back to our respective pavilion camps. This time I see Brianna walking up to me. My other six fairies are following her. Bianca and Lavan are sitting on her shoulders. We kiss each other on the lips quickly. We then walk hand in hand to the Thryson pavilion tent.

“I’ll tell you later, what happened earlier.”

“That’s fine, Brianna.”

We enter the pavilion tent together. We find our table that is set up for us. My fairies fly down to their place setting on the next table to us. After five minutes or so, everyone has come into the tent for the evening repast. I see we have several visitors from the Local Group with us.

Once King Tierion has given the introductions, Renard gives the evening thanks to the Creator. He sits down when he gets done. The servers come in to deliver our meal. The first plate is a salad with some cold fruit. My fairies enjoy eating the nuts and small pieces fruit set before them.

After the first dish, the servers come out to deliver the main dish. We see it is roasted birds with several different vegetables. There are several different spices on top. We enjoy it immensely. After a half-mark, we get done with the main dish. Then the dessert is brought out. We see it is similar to the dessert that was served up in the Grand Dining room from yesterday. However, it is a different combination of fruits. There is a sweet syrup dribbled on top. When we taste it, it has the flavor of honey and a fruit mixed in with it. Again it is very delicious.

When we get done, we get ready for the evening sunset. When we step out of the camp, I see all of the musicians gathered together in the center part of the encampments. I join then. I bring back my guitar and case. I get it out and get ready to do the number that we played earlier.

Then someone shouts out loud, “Here it comes!”

As soon as the colorful light display enters the encampments, we play the song immediately. Everyone dances to the music we are playing. Brianna smiles at me while I play the song. Once we get done with the first time, I put my guitar down. I walk over to Brianna so we can dance together. My fairies are flying around us with golden glows and golden streams behind them. Brianna and I are glowing goldenly as well. Every time we hug each to get closer, the golden glow becomes brighter. Then, the colorful light display ends. The musicians stop playing. We watch the wave of colorful lights race toward the Correllianne Mountains. Once it gets there, the ridge lights up like a multicolored crown before it disappears. We look up toward the night sky. We see the stars, the nebulae and the Twin Moons shining brightly. Everyone claps and cheers for another wonderful day.

I put my guitar back into my case. I carry it with me as I walk back to the Grand Castle. We make our way back to our rooms. We change our clothes to the night clothes for the night. Everyone gets in bed and falls asleep quickly.

We have a great night of sleep. We don’t have any bad dreams or warnings from the Creator about the worlds we’ll be visiting over the next few days.

We wake up in the morning fully rested when the sunlight comes into our room. We get up and get dressed for the day. I put my armor on with my outer clothes on to hide the armor. I then put on the multi-pocket coat last. I attached the scabbard to the belt and insert the sword into it. I then put on the fairies’ satchel containing their food and water. I carry my helmet in my hand. Brianna has changed into a dress that seems to be elegant. It is one of the dresses from Rosella’s Castle Shop.

We all exit the room. My fairies fly about us as we walk down to the second floor dining room for the morning repast.

The morning repast is different this morning that grilled bird is served up.
We get done with it in about a mark. King Dryden stands up to speak to us.

“The Wizard is going take Richard, Brianna and his fairies in the courtyard where our Grand Sundial is. We wish them a safe journey to each world they visit. Wizard, do you know how many worlds you’ll be seeing?”

“I’ll be visiting several worlds this week and the next. The Pantheon Gods will be visited from Earth. That way, they will know the seriousness of the matter when Richard, Brianna and the fairies leave from Earth. The first world we’ll be visiting is Middle-Earth, my home world. We’ll be meeting Gandalf at the Grey Havens. Do you remember what was discussed during the engagement ceremony in Heaven, Richard, Brianna and your fairies?”

“I remember what we talked about, Wizard.”

My fairies fly into a coat pocket to get comfortable. Brianna and I put our hands onto the Wizard’s shoulders, then Brianna and I put our other hand onto each other. The Wizard puts his hands out. He recites a transport spell. We disappear in a blink of an eye. We see ourselves flying straight up to the sky. Soon the sky becomes black with the stars of the heavens. We exit the solar system quickly. We see an Emissary star ship following us. In a blink of an eye we are inside the star ship.

“Welcome aboard, friends. We’ll get you to your locations. There are some worlds that can be only reached from a special location that we know about. We’ll get to each world faster with our star ship.”

“Thank you for the assist, Emissaries.”

“You’re welcome, Richard.”

The Emissary star ship flies through the darkness of space. It soon comes near the world of Middle-Earth. We see the familiar landscape from a high orbit above the planet surface. We look on the screen, we see the various landmarks labeled on the image. The Emissaries activate the transporter. We disappear in a blink of an eye.

We appear in the Grey Havens in a blink of an eye. We see the port is not very crowded today. We see several men delivering some goods to another moored ship. We look toward the horizon. Soon we see, a ship that is similar to the one I saw in the third part of the movie. It is an average size sea ship. It arrives from beyond the horizon. Once it has docked into the berth, several ropes are thrown from the ship. Several men tie the ship fast to the posts on the dock. A ramp is pulled up from the docks and onto the ship. We see the familiar figure of Gandalf the White stepping down the plank and onto the docks.

He walks up to us to greet us.

“Greetings, Gandalf. It has been too long since I have been on Middle-Earth.”

“I remember you now. You were a wizard apprentice to one of the Blue Wizards. There were twelve in your group. That group comprised of six sorceresses and six wizards. However, the Blue Wizards were not with you at the time.”

“That’s right, Gandalf. We found a small blue stone pillar here on Middle-Earth. It originated on Earth.”

“You did? That’s interesting. Please tell me more. Let’s meet in the Port Hall here. It will be comfortable for us.”

We follow Gandalf to the Port Hall. He opens the door. We follow him inside. We see it is very empty of people at the moment. However, there are plenty of tables and chairs to make ourselves comfortable.

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