Apollo nodded and turned to Ebony. He looked at her caringly and wrapped a arm around her waist and pulled her into a kiss. She was shocked but it didn't last long. He gently pulled away and backed up. "I had to know... I'm sorry..." he said quietly and turned to leave. Ebony looked at him and called,"Wait Apollo!" "Ebony we can always talk... Our connection is still strong... But right now I need to go and so do you..." he said and kissed her hand and left. Ebony swiped away her tears and turned to Ivan. "Hes right.... We better get going..."

Alexia looked down and thought about it. "Maybe..." She thought about this for a while. "...If it's for the good of Ebony and the magical creatures and humans Ivan would lead them just once. But there is no sure fire truth to that."

The queen looked at her and nodded "yes, your right." she said softly

Ivan looked at Ebony and kissed her cheek, "lets go, we hav eno time to waist." he sad as he took her hand and began to walk back towards the palace.

Ebony smiled and her wings began to come out. "With no time we should probibly fly..." she said and flexed her wings. She smiled and jumped into the air. She gained air and then dived towards Ivan and grabbed him. She pushed down hard with her wings gaining air and laughed. "This is much faster isn't it?" she exclaimed happily.

Alexia tried to think of a way to get him to come. "But what would we do to get this to be more positive an outcome?"

Ivan smiled and nodded "yeah it is." he said as he looked forward and smiled when he saw the palace in the distance. He hoped that they would get there soon.

The queen sighed, "as much as I hate to say this but if we manage to get him I will say that if he does that he will not have to worry about us killing that thing he calls his love." she said and disgust rippled threw every singel word she said.

Alexia looked taken aback at how disgusted the royals were about this girl. "I must inquire. What has happened that has made you hate his wife so?" She asked hesitantly.

The queen growled, "she only part werewolf and Ivan is suppose to be royalty. If he is the husdand of that thing then it will only show others that we are not true to our blood line and everyone will have doughts in us. It is all her fault, if she hadn't fallen for him he would have been marryed to molly and everything would be okay"

Alexia gave a strange look to them. "There is such a demon as a hybrid. Yet you are hybrids yourself being part wolf part human. There is no way to judge love by breed and no way to choose who is a hybrid. I pity your thought and how you wish for your son. Do you not want him to be happy or do you wish him to be emontionless. Is it true that you are not to fall for one but your own kind. I understand how you wish your pride to stay but you would make your son suffer for your own personal gain. I now know exactly why Ivan would run from you and choose never to come back again. I would not blame him for his actions now that I have heard how you think and act." She said venom and anger throughout her entire home. She was sickened and disgusted by how they believed their pride was more important than their love to their family.

The queen was taken back by what Alexia said, no one ever questioned the her knowledge. But right as she was about to say somehting she stoped, she realiezed she was right. He shut her mouth right away and sunk low into her seat, "you know your the first one to say that anything I say is BS.." she said as she looked at her "and for once I realized that maybe I was wrong. Maybe I should leave them alone."

Alexia let her head down, she honored the queen's understanding. "I understand why you have felt unhappy to it. And I wish he had not left as well for my forest but when someone is truely in love you cannot take that away from that person. I respect your understanding and I respect your choice to let them be it is hard for a mother to lose her son but she learns to cope for his happiness. He would not have left had you not treated his love so harshly, do you love the one you were forced to marry?"

Ebony started to lower as they came closer and landed in the small grove of trees not far from the palace. Just a medow away. She set Ivan down and landed lightly on her feet and caught her breath. "I can't let them see me flying.... They won't even let us in if I flew us in." she said and stood. She ran her fingures threw her hair but gave up on the windblown mess with a frustrated sigh. "Those vampires are going to die..." she grumbled while walking. "They took my sword... My bags.... Everything except my crystal wolf and belt.... I don't even have that dress anymore!... Ugh... I want peace but I want to make a few heads roll first..." she said ventilating her frustration.

The queen sighed and shook her head, "no, I dont love him. He is more like a annoying brother then anything else." she said then looked at Alexia "I understand but how are we going to get them here, I dought he would come here on his own free will."

Ivan smiled at her, "and we will but right now I have to talk to the queen and see what we can do about our little vampire problem." he said as he looked at her and kissed her head happly

"Youre refusing to call her mom now?" Ebony said and saw Apollo at the gates talking with the gaurd casually. She waved and he caught her in his eye and waved back ounce. He turned to the guard who nodded and walked into the gatehouse. As they walked up he beam and said,"Apparently, miss Alexia is talking to the queen right now. Bursted through likeable bat out of hell from what the guards said." Ebony looked at Ivan and then back at Apollo as the gate opened. "You know him?" she asked. "Yes, his father and I were good friends... I watched overthe youngster until that little witch decided it was fine to trap me in immortal wolf form for the longest time ever." he said and waved at the guard and walked through. Ebony looked at him confused and than at Ivan. "Apollo, how old are you?" she asked. "About a good 200 years.... Maybe more. You loose track after awail. And being werewolf already and living forever, didn't help at all." he said and the began to walk threw town.

"He knows about the killing thing so I don't know what to do."

Ivan laughed, "yeah, your right about that apollo." he said then turned to Ebony. "so are you ready to go and talk to mother. I am sure that maybe Alexia is talking some sence into her something." he said as he looked at ebony and smiled.

The queen sighed and nodded, "I just need to invite him here and tell him that we mean no harm." she saida s she looked at her.

Alexia nodded respectfully.

Ebony walked her hand intwined with Ivan's and they approached the palace. She looked at Apollo then to Ivan for support. She smiled at them bravely and Apollo grinned. "Let us in!" he called and seeing them the guard blew the alarm. Guards mobilized and Ebony tensed. Her claws began to come out and she hissed as the guards surrounded them with surprising speed. Apollo stood to her side ready to pounch as well and Ivan to her other side. "Talk about hospility..." Apollo muttered. "You have no idea..." Ebony said remembering the countless villages that had turned into mobs and tried to stake her.

Ivan looked at all the guards and wrapped a arm around Ebony. "take us to the queen now, we have something improtant to tell her and it my concern everyone." he said as he looked at the guards. He got ready to fight just incase and saw one of the guards run inside to tell the queen. He ran right to her and saw her talking to Alexia, "Ivan has come back your magesty, would you like to see them" he asked and she nodded. The guard nodded and ran back to them. "she will listen, please follow me." he said as he walked back to the queen, showing them the way.

Ebony looked at Apollo and her claws returned to hands and they both stood up. She followed the man with Ivan and Apollo. She felt so exposed only being in Ivan's shirt. It was short and deffinantly not fit for royal court. "What do you think she is going to do?" Ebony whispered. She had a bad feeling.... That the queens grudge against her was still strong.

Ivan shrugged "hopefully she will listend and understand." he whispered to her and kissed her head. THe man stoped just ouside the door and motioned for them to head in. Ivan nodded and opend the door and smiled seein his mother. "it is good to see you again." the queen said as sh elooked at them

Alexia heard the man and perked. "That was easy." She said good humoredly.

Ebony eyed the guards and then turned her attention back to the queen. "Greetings your majesty," Ebony said courtily and Apollo said the same thing at the same time. They lookedat eachother and smiled. Apollo stepped forward and snatched a glance at the beautfiul Alexia as he did. "Your majesty I am Apollo, Apollo wolfbane." he said and she seemed to be shocked at herring his high name.

The queen only managed to stare at Apollo. She had remembered meting him long ago and becomeing good friends, but that died after a while when he started to go further and further into the humans realm. THe last she had heard from him was that he had died a while ago or dissappeared. She then could only smile and say "oh drop the formalitys, po, it may be over 100 years since I last saw you but I am still the same girl from back then and I haven't changed.. much." Sarra said as she looked at Apollo and called him by the nickname she had given to him long ago.

Alexia looked at the formal man that had treated her a lady. She saw the queen act to him as a friend and smiled at her. He seemed to be friends with everyone and she had just met him how was that.