The Rescue Mission
Chapter 25
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade are characters from the Star Wars series saga. This point of the story for them can be found in various websites for Star Wars. I am not touching those story lines already established by other authors. When I found the story line for Cade Skywalker, I came to the conclusion his story is not finished. Therefore, I am providing an alternate time line for Cade after the last entry in his story line.

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Brianna and I wake up in the morning fully rested at 6:30 AM. “BZZZZZ . . . . BZZZZZ . . . . !” I reach up to turn the alarm off. We turn in the bed to look at each other. We smile together.

“So, what do you think of my kissing game, Richard?”

“That was a kissing game?”

“Yes it was. It did several things for us. First we learned every inch of our bodies. The second is for us to learn how to kiss each other.”

I smiled again, “So, how did I do? Am I a good kisser?”

She smiles back, “You got better as we went along.”

“Hmm . . . Okay. As long as I’m getting better at it. There were a few times we caused each other to shiver.”

“That’s the idea, lover boy.”

“Well then, let’s keep practicing.”

“We will, we will. You’re a wild and crazy boy.”

“Yep! I’m wild and crazy about you.”

We giggle and laugh as we get out of bed and get ready for our big trip.

“What should I wear when we arrive there?”

“Wear a long skirt to the calf. That will be conservative enough. The dresses I saw there are about the same length. I didn’t see any miniskirts and short-shorts worn in public. You’ll have to find out what goes on inside the bedroom and the home.”

“That’s understandable. Thank you, Richard.”

“You’re welcome.”

“What are you going to wear?”

“I’m going to wear my armor. On the outside I will be wearing a pair of pants, shirt and jacket. You’ll like the design on it. But first, I need to see my fairies.” I put on a pair of boxer shorts and step out of the master bedroom. I walk into my bedroom. I see them stirring to get up.

“Good morning, my fairies.”

“Good morning, father, mother, Omega.”

“I’ll set up the bowl, soap and towels for you.”

They all respond in one voice, “Thank you.”

I take the bowl from the dresser top into the bathroom. I fill it halfway with warm water. I walk back into the bedroom and place it on the towel on top of the dresser. I make sure there are enough soap pieces for them and their towels are stacked up near by.

“Okay, it’s ready. Don’t forget to pack up your bags. I’ll be carrying your bed coverings, pillows, food and water in my satchel . I’ll also bring some sugar packets for an emergency.”

“Thank you father, mother, Omega.”

I leave the bedroom and walk back into the master bedroom. I make sure the satchel has my spare clothes and my toilet bag. The satchel for the fairies will be filled after we have our breakfast. I put on a T-shirt and a pair of socks for the time being.

I walk out to the kitchen to see what needs to be done. I see Larry and Helen getting breakfast ready. I see it will be cereal, milk, fruit, toast, jelly and juice. I take some paper plates and napkins from the counter. I place them on the center table in front of the sofa. I then place several bowls of fruits and nuts for the fairies to choose from.

I then help Helen set up the table. “It looks good, Helen. Let’s call them in.”

“Yes, call them in, Richard.”

“Okay, everyone. The table is set, come in for breakfast.”

Then Brianna and my fairies come walking and flying into the living room. The fairies fly to the center table and stand near a plate. Brianna walks up to the table. We all stand together and hold hands together. The fairies see this, they decide to stand with us. They fly up to the table and stand there. We break our hands so the fairies can join us. We all look at each other with smiles.

“I’ll give the thanks. Creator of the Universe, we wish to thank you for all of your wonderful blessings. There is one more marriage ceremony to do on Twainor. I thank you that Brianna found me and we are now together forever more. I thank you for my fairies. They are a great blessing from you that I can give life to them. Soon, Brianna will give life to our own children who will carry on and bring more life to everyone they meet and from themselves. We all thank you for the food that is provided for us. Let it give us the strength we need each day to do your work. Keep us safe always no matter where we go. Thank you, Creator.”

Everyone responds in one voice, “Thank you, Creator.”

The fairies fly to the center table to have their breakfast. We sit down at the table to have ours. Everyone can sense the excitement in the room. Something new will happen for everyone. We don’t say much while we eat and drink the breakfast. We get done by 7:15 AM. Larry and Helen take the dishes to the kitchen while the rest of us get our things together. I bring the satchel for the fairies into the bedroom. I place the water skin in the satchel, a towel, a bowl, and several of their own cups. That includes the small wooden bench and curtain set up I made for them and the hose nozzle I made for the water skin. In another plastic bag contains several pieces of different floral soaps they like. I place several bags of nuts and fruits in there as well. In one of the fruit bags I put a plastic bag of sugar packets for an emergency. The bag has fifty packets in it. They roll up their bed covers and pillows as neatly as possible. They place them in the satchel where they want them next to the other items.

“Is that everything?”

“It is, father. Don’t forget the cave carving for Croin.”

“I won’t, Tiger. It will be in my satchel.” I take the cave carving off the dresser. I wrap it up in another towel and take it into the master bedroom. I put it in the satchel with my other clothes. I make sure it is well padded with my clothes all around it. Of course, I did put a few thongs in the satchel. This is to sleep in the bed with Brianna.

“I’m getting dressed in my bedroom, Brianna.”

“Okay, Richard.”

I walk back into my bedroom. “Okay, it is time for me to get dressed, my fairies.” I take off my boxer shorts and thong. I put them in the hamper in the bedroom. I put on a regular pair of underwear and shorts. I leave my socks and T-shirt on. I stand up with my arms straight out. “Full armor on.”

My armor appears on me by magic, including the boots and helmet. I then say out loud the next phrase. “Embroidered clothes done by Avel’s fairies.” Then the embroidered clothes appear on me by magic in a blink of an eye.

“You look great, father, mother, Omega!”

“Thank you, my fairies.” I take the cook book on the dresser that I bought several months ago and take it with me to the master bedroom. Brianna sees me.

“Oooh . . . There is my knight in shining armor. I love that embroidered work. Whom did it?”

“At one time it was neat, clean and not torn. When I met Avel in the woods, it got torn along the way.”

“I remember that part of the story. The fairies repaired the clothes with what they had. I can’t even see the torn pieces from here. They did a masterful job on it. Why are you bringing that cook book?”

“It is for Beharn. He is the Master Chef for Thryson Kingdom. It will give him a head start on learning some new cooking combinations. They already know how to grill bird and fish there. I gave him some pointers on how to create some new combinations the last time I was there. It will be interesting to see what they have now.”

“What are their foods like?”

“Well, the fish and birds they have are a similar taste to ours. The vegetables and the spices will be different. That will be especially true for each region and kingdom. One kingdom may favor hot and spicy while a different kingdom will favor sweet and savory. There are unique fruits and vegetables for each kingdom.”

“I see. It is like here on Earth.”

“That’s right.” I place the book inside my satchel. I look down to make sure my sword is in place on the belt and in the scabbard. I know that will change to a better one sometime in the future. I see that all of my darts are in place on the gauntlets and the calves of my legs. I make sure the wrist bows are working properly. I don’t hear any ‘squeaks’ from the gears. The forearm shields are in front and back of my body armor. I also check that my knives and stars are behind the front breast plate. I add a new weapon to hang from my belt, a thin dagger knife. I’m not bringing any of my oriental weapons with me. I put on the embroidered jacket. However, it is modified. It has enough pockets on the front and inside the jacket for all of my own fairies. The fairies added the pockets during one summer at the apartment in Jacksonville. I make sure the folded up third satchel is in my own satchel. I put it around my shoulders. I put the fairies’ satchel onto the other shoulder. I also make sure my full first aid kit bag is in there with some aspirin just in case Brianna or I need it. I take the bag of coins from the dresser drawer. I put it in the satchel as well.

“That’s smart to bring a first aid kit. I brought some of my own personal things as well, like my antiseptic pads and my own morning medicine needs.”

“Yes, it is. It contains a lot of items, two spools of thread, needles, bandage wraps, pads, two mirror sizes, ointment, a fold-up knife, etc. I also put in some coiled rope.”

“I remember that part of the story. The soldiers used some of your items to save the Outside Helpers on the star ship. Do you have your own pads for your female aspect?”

“I do, Brianna. It is in my toilet bag. I brought enough for a month. I don’t think I go through them like you do. But I know you will figure it out. My fairies know when I need it.”

“That’s fine, Richard. That’s another thing for me to learn about you.”

“So, are you all packed up?”

“I am, Richard.” She puts her two satchels on her shoulders.

We walk out into the living room. We see the fairies all gathered around with Helen and Larry. “It’s time.”

“Yes, it is, Richard and Brianna.”

We walk and fly out the back door and toward the twin fire places. We see everyone else there waiting for us. We see Anya and the Wizard with their own satchels on. Rhiannon is standing nearby. We see all of the Cherokees there from yesterday. They are gathered around as well. We also see all of King Oren’s fairy troop as well. They have their satchels on containing their clothes, bed rolls, pillows and some of their own personal belongings.

“Before we take off. There is something that must be done for Brianna. Lavan and Bianca, please come forward.”

“Yes, mother, father.” They hover in front of me and Brianna with smiles on their faces. “It is time for you to become heart attached to Brianna.”

“Yes, mother, father.” Lavan flies over and lands on Brianna’s left shoulder. Bianca flies over and lands on her right shoulder.

“Your hearts are now tied together. Brianna, they will sense everything about you. They will know when you are sad, angry, happy and joyful. If you are sad or angry, they will hum a tune to lift your heart up and ease your mind. They will know when you are pregnant and when you are sick.”

“Thank you, Richard.”

Then Bianca and Lavan start to hum a joyful melody that only Brianna can hear. They touch her ear lobes in affection. Some tears come down Brianna’s face. Quickly, Bianca and Lavan touch the tears and bring it to their mouths to taste it.

Brianna whispers to them, “These are tears of joy, Bianca and Lavan.”

“We understand, Brianna.”

Helen comes up quickly to wipe away the tears from her daughter’s face with a tissue.

Then the Wizard creates a transport sphere. All of King Oren’s fairies change into butterflies before entering the transport sphere. Once they are all inside, the Wizard shrinks the sphere down to pocket size and puts it into his robe pocket.

All of my fairies fly to a pocket on my jacket. They had already decided who is going to be in which one several months ago.

“The last time I went, I initiated an email from Renard.”

“You won’t have to do that, Richard. Anya and I will take you there ourselves. Brianna, put your hand onto Anya’s shoulder. Richard, put your hand onto my shoulder.”

“Okay.”

We do as we are instructed. Then all of the Cherokees gather around us with Rhiannon, Helen and Larry. They start to sing a joyful Cherokee melody as we get ready to depart.

Anya and the Wizard recite the transport spell. Our bodies began to glow with a white light around us. Then we disappear in a blink of an eye.

We see ourselves flying high into the air. Then we enter into the cold black space. We race past the planets of our solar system quickly. I can see from Anya and Brianna’s faces they are taking in the beauty of the Creator’s Creation as quickly as possible.

Once we leave the oort cloud around our star system, we encounter three star ships. They are from Takron Four. Then we see Tek flying toward us. He too is glowing with a white glow around himself. We all smile together as we become a group flying toward Twainor. We fly past the double star of Sirius. We fly toward the region between the Horse Head Nebulae and the Crab Nebulae.

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In another galaxy, far, far away from the Milky Way Galaxy. It is the year 26.5 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin). A man wakes up in the middle of his sleep. He opens his eyes as he looks around. He gets up from his bed and stands next to it. He looks at his wife, Mara Jade. He looks at his new born son, Ben lying in his crib. He walks to the door of his bedroom and closes it carefully without making a sound. He walks to another room that has become his quiet room.

Luke sits in the center of the room on the floor. He closes his eyes, then he opens them again. He sees the images of his father, Anakin. He sees Yoda, his Jedi master. He sees Obi Wan standing there as well.

“What did you feel, Luke?”

“I felt a presence in the Force that I never felt before, father. It is very strange.”

“How strange was it?”

“I felt someone who can combine the Dark side and the Light side of the Force into one Force.”

“We felt it too, Luke. However, if you look further, there is another who possesses that capability as well. That person is much stronger than the first one you just felt.”

“Hmm . . . you’re right, Obi Wan. I feel another presence as well. The two are from the same galaxy that is very far away from here. If I can feel it, the Sith Lords will feel it as well.”

“That’s right, Luke.”

“So, what do I do about this information?”

“Yes, yes, what will you do, Luke?”

“If I go to meet this person, Yoda, I will probably lead the Sith Lords to that galaxy.”

“Yes, yes, you will lead them to it.”

“However, the Creator tells us that they will meet their ultimate doom when they arrive there.”

“When will that happen, father?”

“It will happen during the time of your great-grandson, Cade.”

“I will have a great-grandson? That is nice to know, father.”

“Yes, it is, my son.”

“Then I will go see this man who can combine both the Light and Dark side of the Force. It will set up the Sith Lords for their ultimate end.”

“Yes, yes it will.”

“Which direction should I fly, father?”

“As you always do, Luke. Use your instincts and the Force to guide you. Use your hyperspace drive star ship. You should get there in two days and be back in two days.”

The images disappear in front of him. He gets up and walks back to his bedroom. He decides to do the trip tonight. He sits on the edge of the bed carefully. Mara stirs. She looks at Luke.

“You had another talk with your former masters, did you?”

“I did, Mara. I must take a trip to another galaxy. It will take me two days to get there.”

“Then you better get back here by the end of the week.”

“I will Mara. They told me we’ll have a great-grandson named Cade.”

“I heard that name as well in my dreams, Luke. He will finally deal with the Sith Lords once and for all.”

“Yes he will. He will lead them to another galaxy where they will meet their ultimate end. But, for now, this trip I’m doing is to give them the direction on which way to go.”

“You’re leading them to some people who can combine the Light side and Dark side of the Force.”

“I am, Mara.”

“Then kiss me goodnight again and your son, Ben.”

“Yes, Mara.” Luke bends down to kiss his wife, Mara. He gets up and kisses the forehead of his son, Ben. He walks to his dresser drawer and opens it quietly. He takes some clothes to change into for this week long trip and puts them into his travel bag. He then closes the drawer and exits the bedroom. He changes his clothes in the living space of the home. He walks to another closet and opens it. He removes his space suit, helmet and boots from the closet. He puts them on. He then exits his suite aboard the Errant Venture. He walks down the hallways until he enters the hanger. He sees his two star ships there. They are separate from the other fighters on the deck. He walks over to a repair room. He opens the door to find his trusty R2D2 unit there plugged in to get charged up.

“Come on R2D2. I need you. I’m going to visit someone in another galaxy.”

“Brrrrr! Wheeet! Twoooo!”

“It will take us two days to get there. We should be back by the end of the week.”

“Yyyyyeeet!”

Luke unplugs R2D2 from his power core station. R2D2 rolls forward and follows Luke to the hyperspace drive star ship. Luke lowers the lift from the star ship. It picks up R2D2 and locks the unit in place. Luke opens a side compartment. He puts his travel bag inside it. He closes the cover and locks it shut. Luke climbs up the hand rails on the star ship and enters the cockpit. He turns on the engines to star warming them up. He sees he has plenty of fuel to do this run and get back again.

Once the engines are ready for main flight, he turns on the lift engines to get himself off the deck floor of the star ship. He flies forward slowly. Once he clears the hanger doors, the hanger doors go back down. Once he has cleared Errant Venture, he engages the hyper space drive on his star ship. He shoots forward into hyperspace.

He checks his radar screen. He sees he is being followed by a Sith scout ship. “That’s it. Follow me to your ultimate doom.”

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Then we see the rest of the Outside Helpers join with us. Now all twelve of us are together. We see several more star ships around us as well. We all join our hands together. We enter the oort cloud around Twainor’s star system. We fly past the planets quickly. Then we see the blue ocean world of Twainor and its familiar continents.

Tek puts a headset intercom on each of us. They are hanging from his belt. “These headsets shouldn’t short out in their atmosphere. We designed it for the lowest power supply setting.”

“See you all at the Sea Gala Arena, my friends!”

“We’ll see you there, Richard!”

Once we enter the atmosphere of Twainor, the star ships follow us for a short distance before they encounter the disruptive nature of Twainor’s atmosphere. They shoot out firework rockets announcing our arrival. We split apart and go to our respective kingdoms that we represent.

Everyone on Twainor sees the colorful display of the fireworks from the ground. Everyone cheers and claps their hands. The land and sea dragons roar, shoot flames and shoot water streams. Ryujin safely discharges his lightning bolts into the air. Wild animals, horses and unicorns neigh, birds sing out and fairies cheer out loud with joy.

The Wizard and Anya fly to Thryson Castle. We see people gathered around in the court yard. We see a clearing space near their sundial. They land in the space and we all reappear in a blink of an eye.

Everyone cheers out loud even more when they see us.

Then we see King Tierion and Queen Shiranna appear when the double doors are opened. The people move aside to make a walk space to where we are. Everyone gets quiet. Everyone bows as they walk past them with Queen Shiranna’s arm in King Tierion’s arm. When they get up to us, the four of us bow to them formerly.

“Rise, friends of Twainor and Thryson Kingdom. You are welcomed here.”

We rise up. We nod our heads to them. They nod their heads to us.

The Wizard speaks up for us all. “Thank you for your hospitality, King Tierion and Queen Shiranna. However, it is not only we that are here. I have with me a special presentation to do. Avel, will you please come forward.”

“Yes, Wizard.” Avel steps forward to be near us. “What is it, Wizard.”

“I have with me a very big surprise.” The Wizard takes the transport sphere out from his pocket. He makes it bigger. “Come out King Oren and Queen White Dove with all of your fairy troop!”

Then all of the butterflies fly out of the transport sphere. They all quickly change into fairies in flashes of light. Five hundred fairies came with us.

Everyone is astonished with what they see.

“What’s this? How is this possible?”

Then King Oren and Queen White Dove fly in front of Avel and hover in front of his face. “We are fairies from Caliber the Unicorn. His is from Athena and Einhorn.”

“You are from Caliber? I remember that name now. He was on Noach’s Ark. He and his mate pleaded to be on the boat.”

“That’s right, Avel.”

“Athena and Einhorn will be glad to see you then.”

“I also have a surprise my friends.”

Everyone looks at me now. “I too have given birth to my own fairies. Two of them you will recognize quickly. They are giggling and laughing right now. Come out my fairies!”

Then all of them fly out of the pockets of my jacket. Everyone cheers when they see the six pairs of fairies come out along with Amber and Cobalt. They hover around me quickly.

“I have some more surprises for you all. I have a new expanded title now. I am now the Omega Unicorn Dragon.”

Some of the people look at me differently now.

“I met Leviathan, Eingana’s mate. He breathed upon me to activate the drop of Eingana’s blood within me. I now have two sides within me. I can sprout feathered wings or dragon wings. Levi and Shiri, are my first born after this encounter with Leviathan. They have two additional forms. They have a butterfly mode.”

Levi and Shiri quickly change into butterflies in a flash of light.

“They can become dragon butterflies as well.”

Levi and Shiri quickly change into dragon butterflies. They shoot out little streams of fire from themselves.

All of the dragons present roar in approval.

Then Levi and Shiri quickly change back into fairy mode in a blink of an eye.

“I have another surprise for you all. Wizard, will you be so kind as to do the honors.”

“Of course, Richard. Within Richard, he has remembered every one of you that he has met. I was able to draw out those memories from him. I will do that now.”

Then the Wizard puts his hand above me. He recites a short phrase. Then one thousand memories fly out from me and hover above us.

“Fly to your respective selves, memories. Update the people here on what has happened on Earth!”

Then all of the memories fly to their respective selves around Twainor. They all get a jolt in their minds as they recall the events on Earth as if they were there. Then everyone around Twainor cheer and clap their hands out loudly. All of the dragons shoot fire, lightning and water streams into the air. The Outside Helpers all smile widely on what they have learned.

Everyone realizes there is still more work for me to do on Earth before the Emissaries show up in forty-five years.

King Tierion raises his hand to quiet everyone down. “Who is this lovely lady with you, Wizard?”

“Her name is Anya. She is a sorceress on Earth. However, we are not originally from Earth. We are from another world. That story is told in one of the stories on Earth. We come from Middle-Earth. That will be one of the places that I will be taking Richard to.”

“You are welcomed, Anya.”

“Thank you.”

Then I introduced Brianna. “This other lovely lady that is standing next to me, is Brianna. She is my mate and wife. We already had two marriage ceremonies on Earth. We realize there will be a third one here on Twainor.”

Everyone claps and cheers to welcome Brianna to Twainor. Brianna gets a little red faced from embarrassment. Bianca and Lavan see her red face. They fly quickly and land on her shoulders. They hum a soothing melody to calm her down.

King Tierion raises his hands to quiet everyone down. “We will now let our guests check into their rooms. The wedding at the Grand Gala Sea Arena is three days from now. This will give us and them time to get acclimated to our world and for final preparations there. We have made preparations in the throne room here to have our meals there to accommodate the larger crowd for those who are invited.”

Then we get pulled into the crowd. We laugh on what they learned on Earth. The military leadership loved the idea of having my memory of them along the way and becomingly real. The real Croin laughs and blows smoke out each time as he recalls what he did with me.

“I’m glad and honored to be your memory companion, Richard.”

“You’re welcome, Croin. We have a lot more to do on Earth.”

“That we do, Richard. That we do. It was fun blowing flames at people after you iced them with your freeze darts. It was great to see the looks on their faces. I can’t wait to do it again to Sauron.”

“Hopefully we’ll catch him fast enough the next time.”

Amber and Cobalt are talking excitedly with the other fairies. They get the latest news on what is happening lately. My own fairies are asked many questions. They answer the questions as best they can.

Caltron approaches me, “Greetings Richard. My memory did some investigation in Italy and Greece. I found the ancient ruins there for the Greek Pantheon Gods. I found a magical doorway in Hephaestus’ Temple. You’ll be using it to meet them.”

“Thank you, Caltron.”

Then Sir Valmar approaches me, “Richard, we found a blue stone here on Twainor. It is from your world.”

“Where is it located?”

“Its located in the waters off Emerald Isles in the Maranelle Isles.”

“That’s a strange location.”

“Yes it is. What’s the purpose of the blue stone?”

“It was used on Earth a long time ago as a natural transporter. If you use an Ethereal Space ore near it, it will transport you to another blue stone location.”

“They are probably on other worlds, waiting to be used at the right moment.”

“Yes, they are, Sir Valmar.”

I turn to hug Avel. He presses his head into my body. We look at each other. “I miss you brother, Avel.”

“I miss you too, Richard. I sense something new about you. Is it because of Eingana’s blood drop being activated by Leviathan?”

“It is, Avel. As I earn the rest of the black sashes, I will be able to control the dragon and the unicorn side in me. If I can master it, I will be able to do things that men have dreamed of doing.”

“I believe you, Richard. We’ll talk some more later. You need to get inside to your room. The noon repast will be in one mark.”

“Thank you, Avel.”

The four of us slowly make our way to the castle. I hug many people along the way.

“We look forward into seeing your new wings, Richard.”

“I’ll show them later, Marcon. Perhaps after the noon repast.”

“Eingana will have a talk with you at Sea Gala Arena. She will give you some insight on your new abilities.”

“Thank you, Marcon.”

The people who live near by, slowly return back to their homes. I see that all of the Castle Lords and Ladies with their Castle Commanders are here for the reunion. Avel, Caltron, Serena, Dwarf King Thranton and Queen Rosina are joining us as well.

We are escorted to the second floor rooms of Thryson Castle. Once we enter the room, the fairies fly about to check the space out.

“This is nice, father. Where are we going to sleep?”

“I think the best solution is among our clothes in the dresser drawers. What do you think, Brianna.”

“That can work, Richard. But, when we wake up in the morning, your blankets and pillows need to be taken out so we can get to our own clothes.”

“Or maybe we just dedicate a drawer to them?”

“That’s even better, mother.”

“Does everyone agree to Esmeralda’s idea?”

All of the fairies shout in one voice, “Yes, mother, father, Omega!”

Fortunately, there are two sets of drawers in our room. I unload my satchel into several drawers. Brianna does the same as well. We open a drawer. The fairies take out their belongings, blankets, pillows and place them where they want it in the drawer. I take their bath set up and set it up on top of my dresser. I take off my sword and scabbard and lean it against the dresser.

Brianna sees there is a small closet for us to use. She hangs her dresses and blouses on the hangers in the closet. She sets up some of her personal items like make up, jewelry and other items on top of her dresser.

Once we see it is all done, we exit the room. We are escorted by a knight to the first floor. He has a big smile on his face as he escorts us.

When we get to the foyer in the hallway, we meet several other people there as well. I shake hands with several Castle Lords. Brianna gets some hugs from the Ladies. They congratulate us on our marriage.

We make our way into the throne room. There, I see Sir Halgren.

“There you are, Richard.”

“Its good to see you again, Sir Halgren.”

We give each other a fierce hug.

“What’s this, I sense you are stronger now.”

“I am, Sir Halgren. I learned how to hold onto my sword longer.”

“That’s great. We’ll do some practice sparring today or tomorrow.”

“Have no worries, Sir Halgren. I must keep myself in shape. I’m earning the black sashes for my martial art discipline.”

“That’s good, Richard. You can join us on the fields nearby.”

Sir Halgren escorts us to our seats. We are sitting with King Tierion, Queen Shiranna, King Thranton, Queen Rosina, the Wizard, and Anya. On the right side are the Castle Lords and Ladies. On the left side are the military commanders from the Kingdom and the Castle Lords. There are several Dwarf Warriors and Dwarf Commanders there as well. On the fourth side are the Mystic Order members from Thryson Kingdom. Sir Halgren sits with the military commanders. Avel, Caltron, Serena, along with my fairies and some of Avel’s fairies are at a fifth table in the group. The dragons are outside having their own noon repast in the ocean to the East.

Once King Tierion sees that everyone has settled in, he stands up to address us all. “Thryson Kingdom, this is a very special gathering. Our Outside Helper has returned to us. However, he is not alone. He is now married to his lovely wife, Brianna. We are also glad to have the Wizard and Anya in our presence as well. We welcome them with open arms.”

Everyone claps their hands in appreciation. King Tierion raises his hand to quiet everyone down. “Renard and Trianna, will you please give the Thanks to the Creator for our noon repast?”

King Tierion sits down. Renard and Trianna stand up together.

“Thank you, my king. Creator of the Universe, we wish to thank you very much that our Outside Helpers have arrived safely. We thank you for this food. Let it give us the strength we need each day to do your work.”

Trianna continues, “We thank you Creator for all of your wonderful blessings. Let this wedding be a time of rejoicing for all. We pray that lives of Richard and Brianna is rich and fruitful as they help others around them. Also, give them patience and courage as they raise their children to be responsible adults. Thank you, Creator.”

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

Renard and Trianna sit back down. Then the meals are brought out the servers on wheeled carts. We look at the plates that are placed in front of us. We see that grilled fish is served up with grilled vegetables and grilled fruit. Cold water is poured into our glasses. Some are served ale and wine for those who request it.

Brianna takes a bite from her plate. “This is great. I love it. The spices are great.”

I lean over to Brianna and whisper to her. “This is one of the ideas I gave to Chef Beharn.”

“You did? I love it. I didn’t know you can cook.”

“I learned it from my mom and dad.”

She whispers back, “That makes sense.”

We continue eating the noon repast. I look around while I eat. I can see everyone is enjoying the meal. I see my fairies are enjoying their roasted nuts and pieces of grilled fruit very much.

When we get done with the main dish, the servers come back to take up our plates. They return with our desert. It is more grilled fruit done with a different set of spices. I see that it is topped with a glazed sauce made with honey. It takes another quarter-mark to finish the desert.

When we get done, the Master Chef and the kitchen staff comes out. We give them a round of applause and cheering for the wonderful meal. They return back to the kitchen.

King Tierion stands back up, “The afternoon is for your own enjoyment, we’ll meet again here for the evening repast. Richard and Brianna, I suggest that you visit Rosella in the Castle Tailor shop. You’ll need a set of clothes for daily use and be fitted for the wedding garments.”

Brianna and I nod our heads together, “Yes, King Tierion.”

We get up from the chairs. I lead Brianna to the Castle Tailor shop. I knock on the door.

“Enter.”

I open the door. We both walk inside. “Richard, it’s good to see you again. You must be Brianna.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

We hug Vincent, Thomas, Rosella and the others in the room.

“We need to measure you both. I can tell that Richard has changed some since he was here the last time. But it shouldn’t be too much of a change.”

We then go through the steps to get us measured like I have done before. Brianna sees the garments on the hangers in the Tailor Shop. She likes how they feel.

“Will I be able to purchase any of these? I would like to take a few back to Earth.”

“Don’t worry about paying for them, Brianna. They are gifts from King Tierion and Queen Shiranna.”

“I don’t think I have enough coins with me, Rosella.”

“I’m sure you don’t, Richard. The clothes will be ready tomorrow morning. Come by after the morning repast.”

Brianna and I leave the Tailor Shop. We walk down the hallways until we get back to the foyer. Brianna sees the ladies walking through the gardens nearby. She decides to join them. We give each other a quick peck on the lips before we split apart. I walk down the hallways until I reach the doorway that leads to the training fields. I see the men out there going through their paces to stay in shape. I see also the Castle Lords, King Tierion and military commanders as well. They see me approaching them.

“Welcome, Richard. I hear from Sir Halgren that you need to stay in shape now. You can join the men on the field.”

“Thank you, King Tierion. Before I do that, I need to take off these clothes.”

“We’ll help you take them off.”

“There is no need, Sir Valmar. I learned how to take them off or put them on by magic.”

“How is that possible? You’re not a wizard.”

“No, but it is because of your own world. Your Ethereal Space ore here is very strong. It has a long-lasting effect within the body. I’ll show you. “Embroidered clothes off, have them folded up on my bed here.”

The embroidered clothes disappear in a blink of an eye.

“That’s not all. In my hand, my sword and scabbard.” I out stretch my hand. The sword and scabbard in the room appear in my hand in a blink of an eye.

“That’s amazing, Richard.”

“Yes it is, my friends.” Sir Valmar assists me in putting the scabbard sword on my belt.

“We have built the new armor that was suggested the last time by the Emissaries, Richard. We are training them so they have full control of its capabilities.”

“You’ll need to learn how to do it without saying anything. It has to be done with the mind. That way, your opponent won’t know what will happen next.”

“That makes sense, Sir Trenton. Should I get outfitted with the armor?”

They smile at me, “No, not until we get the numbers from Rosella. You’ll try it on the day before we go to the Grand Gala Sea Arena.”

“I see.”

Then Sir Halgren escorts me out to the training fields. I go through the paces of working out with them. I go against Sir Halgren in some sword sparring with two wooden swords. This time I last longer against him.

“You’ve gotten better, Richard. I couldn’t get the sword out of your hands. Your score would get you into the final rounds this time.”

After two marks of working out, I take a breather and water break with the rest of the men for a quarter-mark.

After the break period, I go through the movements of the martial art moves I learned. They see quickly that I can take them down quickly.

“That’s amazing, Richard. You patterned your moves based on the animals.”

“Yes I did, Sir Trenton. I will be learning a lot of animal moves with each sash. That includes learning how to use the various weapons with each group. It is estimated I will learn how to use 600 weapons by then. There is a group of them that belong to the field worker tools.”

“Hmm . . . that’s something we need to add to our regimen. That way our men can utilize any weapon that is available to them, even if it’s a regular hoe or axe.”

The Castle Lord commanders and the Kingdom commanders get together on how to work that out and add it to their regimen of fighting tools. They need to learn how to use farmer tools to defend themselves or to use in the offense.

We walk over to a nearby shed to see what they have. They agree those field tools need to be added. I lot of the movements will be based on using the fighting staff. Now they have to get used to the shorter lengths on some of the tools and how to use the metal part of the tool as weapon.

We get done by the fourth mark in the afternoon. We split apart and get ready for the evening repast. When I get to my room, I see the embroidered clothes folded up on the bed. I take off the armor and place the pieces next to the dresser. I place the padding into the bottom drawer. I recite a cleaning spell for the drawer. I close the drawer and open it. I see they smell fresh and see they are clean.

Brianna sees what I did. “What’s this? You use magic to clean your clothes?”

“Yes, I did Brianna. We can try it when we get back to Earth.”

“I’ll certainly try that. It would save a lot of time in doing laundry.”

“Yes it would.”

I put on the embroidered clothes. Brianna changes into another dress and blouse. We make sure we look good in the mirror by checking ourselves out.

Once we are satisfied, we exit the room and walk down the stairs to the foyer area. We enter the throne room for the evening meal. We sit in the same seats that we sat during the noon repast.

After Renard and Trianna gives the Thanks to the Creator, the kitchen servers come out to deliver the plates in front of us. This time the meal is grilled bird, grilled veggies and grilled fruit.

Everyone enjoys it immensely. After the desert we exit the throne room and enter the court yard to get ready for the sunset.

A musician comes up to me. “Do you want to join us, Richard?”

“Not tonight, sir. I would like to dance with Brianna for the first time. I’ll play tomorrow evening. Do one of your own songs tonight.”

“That’s fine, Richard. Enjoy the evening sunset.”

Then we hear the fairies yell out above us. “Here it comes!”

I look at Brianna, “We start to dance as soon as it enters the courtyard, it will last about ten minutes.”

“Okay.”

Then all of a sudden the colorful streams appear in our midst. The musicians start playing a song. Immediately I give a golden glow about myself. Brianna emits a colorful pattern around herself. We dance hand in hand like we see the other couples are doing. When the song gets done the first time, the musicians repeat the song again. Brianna and I stop as we see the colorful interaction from everyone else.

Each of my fairies, Amber and Cobalt have a golden glow about them as they dance in the air with the other fairies that are gathered. Brianna is amazed at seeing the beauty of the colorful display that she sees. It is very similar to what she saw back on Earth a few days ago.

Then the colorful display leaves the courtyard. We see it race across the landscape. When it reaches the mountain range, the ridge lights up like a rainbow crown then it disappears. We look up and see the Twin Moons in the sky along the Horse Head Nebula and the Crab Nebula shining brightly and larger before our eyes. We see the stars come out in its full beauty. We all clap and cheer together. We give thanks to the Creator for another wonderful day. We then retire to our rooms for the night.

We change into our night clothes. I put a thong on. Brianna puts on one of her baby doll nighties. We do another kissing game like we did the night before. We then fall asleep for another night sleep.