Chapter 05: The Magical Kingdom, Anastasia
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“What’s a blog?” Tiadora asked.

Jason gave another wink at his other three friends and said back to Tiadora, “Let’s give you a trip to the computer lab.”

Everyone then stood up and ushered Tiadora outside.

“So a cumputor lap is a blog?” Tiadora asked again.

“Not cumputor lap. Computer lab. You don’t know what’s a computer lab?” Jason questioned.

“No. I come from a place where there are no computers,” Tiadora chose her words carefully.

“Great,” David turned to looked at her.

“Why?” Tiadora was puzzled.

“Nothing. Nothing. C’mon” Jason pushed her forward.

“Hey. What if Mrs Galili saw Tiadora?” Cornelia asked while walking towards the computer lab. “I mean Sally’s supposed to be at cheerleading practice and if someone were to see her..”

“I’ll come up with a plan. Don’t worry,” Jason said confidently.

Kadic Academy’s 3 computer labs were as big as 5 classrooms combined, each. Though only about 25% of the students only use it, the superintendent has decided to turn one of the labs into a ‘Fun-dimental Room’ where students can relax and spend their free time there. Filled with approximately 70 computers in each lab, Tiadora was told to sit down at one of the empty seats that weren’t taken. The modern world amazed her.

“Wow! Is this thing a blog?” she pointed to the switched on computer in front of her.

“Urm. No. This is a computer,” Kiara said irritated and whispered to Cornelia’s ear, “It’s like talking to a baby.”

Then Kiara bent down to the keyboard and logged into her blog website. An empty slot on the screen appeared, which surprised Tiadora further.

“Ok. This, Tiadora is a blog. Its like a diary but you type it on this keyboard instead of writing it down,” Kiara pointed to the keyboard.
“Amazing! A diary on a flat colourful brick,” Tiadora gasped.

Kiara slapped her head in astonishment. A brick? What a joke.

“So what to you want me to do with it?” Tiadora asked.

Seeing that Kiara was slightly pissed, Cornelia explained, “You can write in this cyber-diary anything you feel like writing. About your experience, your time spent in wherever you came from, anything. Oh, and no one can see it.”

“Really? Just like a real diary?” Tiadora asked.

“Yup. But after you finish writing your diary, click with this thing,” she pointed to the mouse, “..on the ‘Publish Post’ button. Okay? You think you can handle it?” Cornelia looked at her.

“Umm. Yes, I think so. So I just push all these square thingy to write my diary?”

“Yes. Now we’ll just be on different computers. Okay?”

Tiadora nodded her head in excitement. She can’t wait to write her first entry in a blog. So she began typing down slowly. But soon she managed to type very fast, making it very amusing and fun to Tiadora. She wrote down everything she knew. Well, almost everything and the four friends who were on the computer beside her were anxious to find out about her ‘diary entry’.

About half an hour later, Tiadora turned to her right, Jason, and said, “I’m done. That was so fun!”

“So happy to hear that!” Jason meant it.

“Um. Jason. I need your help,” she said quietly.

“About your blog? I thought you’ve posted it already?” Jason said.

“No, its not that. I need to find some people here,” Tiadora finally said.

“People? Who?” Jason turned to face exactly opposite her.

Tiadora wanted to tell him but it was difficult. What if he didn’t help? What if he was one of Xana’s monsters? Then, she thought, why she didn’t think that Jason was Xana’s monsters in the first place when she saw him and his friends? She looked down to the floor in between Jason and her.

Jason looked at her, trying to find an answer but he was too confused. A girl in a princess costume sleeping near the boy’s dorm to find people and who looks like the bitchest person in the school, is not what you see everyday.

“Um. Sorry I need to go to the toilet. Where is it?” Tiadora still looked down to the floor when she asked.

“Let me show you..” Jason offered when Tiadora rebutted.

“No. I want to go alone. Is it near?” Tiadora asked.

“Yeah. Just go out and turn right and there’s the toilet.”

“Thank You,” and with that she left the room in silence.

Jason was now more confused. What’s wrong with her? Why is she acting this way?

“Is she gone?” Kiara asked.

“Yes and she’s done with her entry,” Jason said.

“Oh finally. Let me check,” said Kiara while she went to her blog website where Tiadora’s blog entry was type-written.

Cornelia, David and Jason crowded around Kiara’s chair and read Tiadora’s blog. Jason said it aloud.

“Hi. This is my first time writing in this computer. It’s so magical. I should bring one of these back to Anastasia, if there is Anastasia again when I come back. It all happened so fast. Why wasn’t I there with the knights when Xana attacked? Just because it was my birthday that day, doesn’t mean I get a break from my duties as a guardian. I should have been there two nights ago.

At about 9.15 last night, Sir Lancelot bid me a good night sleep. Saying that he was going to be the one guarding at the shield of Anastasia, he wished he could spend more time with me that night. I didn’t like it when he said that. Yes, so what if we’re engaged. That doesn’t mean he can do anything to me. Sometimes I wonder why father, the King, chose him as my suitor. Maybe because he was the Fire Element. But, honestly, I’ve never loved Sir Lancelot.

Sir Arthur and Sir Thomas were kind. They gave me a crystal that was made from the combination of his water power and air from Sir Thomas. Surprisingly, Sir Galahad wrote me a book on the outside world which looked interesting to read. Sir Lancelot gave me a bunch of golden roses. Rare and beautiful but I got pricked many a times by it while carrying it to my room.

I walked back to my room, reluctant to leave all the four knights to guard without me. I’m the one with the Energy power! Well, I guess I should appreciate but what happen next was tragic. About 45 minutes later, I heard the first beam. It was very impactful. My tower didn’t give a clear view of outside. I banged on the door as it was locked. The guards outside told me that Xana was attacking and made it pass through the shield.

I told them to let me out but they refused due to father’s instructions. Then, the shocking thing happens. Inside the Pandora’s Box slowly appeared the Air Element. I couldn’t believe my eyes. According to Pandora, if an element were to reappear back in the Pandora’s Box, means that the elemental holder has died. Sir Thomas has passed away. But he wasn’t the only one. Slowly, the Fire and Earth element appeared. This could not be happening. I needed to get out and protect Sir Arthur but before I got out, the Water element appeared. My good friend was now gone.

I don’t know how to describe my devastation by just writing it down. However, I didn’t have time to weep over it because Xana was just outside my door. The door rumbled and made noise from outside. I couldn’t let him come in and kill me too. So I absorbed all the elements in Energy and jumped down from my balcony, to my stallion, Genevieve, and galloped into the Furran Forest outside Anastasia.

Xana was soon right behind zapping black magic charms towards me. I decided to give all my strength to Energy with the combined 4 elements to conjure up a time spell. My hope is to fly into the future to find for the four knights’ suitable magical descendants, bring them back here to Anastasia and fight Xana to free my kingdom.

Successfully, I landed safely at the other time, leaving the portal closed before Xana could charge in. My stallion must have gone to another time because it wasn’t with me when I landed. So I searched through the streets, asking around for the descendants but no one seemed to care. I saw many different things that weren’t present in 1865. Everyone looked so busy and wore revealing outfits. Soon, I grew tired and rested at one of the buildings I saw in a nearby park.

However, when I woke up, I found myself in a room. Brighter with pale colours that made my room at the castle looked gloomy. But the room was in a mess. If it was back in the castle, my servants would quickly finish cleaning it up at once. So unable to bear the awful stench that was coming from a closet, I decided to clean the room myself. And after that read a book called ‘History’ that talked about the times in the 19th century but there was nothing about my kingdom at all.

Then I made four new friends, Jason King stone, Kiara Sandals, David Feels and Cornelia King stone. They’re so nice but I do not have time to make friends. I need to find the descendants quickly. Maybe I can ask them to help me. But that would mean putting their lives in danger if Xana knew about it. Or if Xana managed to come to this time. I need to get help fast,” Jason finished reading.

No one said anything when Jason finished. Some were shocked and some were slightly confused. But Jason broke the silence.

“I can’t believe she mistook Sanders for Sandals!” Jason started to laugh out loud.

Everyone turned towards him awed by his reaction.

“I don’t believe a thing she is saying at all,” Kiara said.

“I believe. I mean she’s wearing a princess outfit with a gold crown and has no clue about what a computer is,” David answered back.

“Plus, this is a diary, something that she has wrote her personal feelings into. I would believe this crap if she can show us the magic, Energy,” Cornelia suggested.

“What do you think Jason? You’re quiet, that’s something odd,” Kiara sounded.

“All this sounds very familiar to me somehow. And I believe her. Look. She’ll be coming back from the toilet soon. Let’s just wait till after dinner. Then we get down to questioning. Alright?” Jason finally said.

Everyone nodded. Suddenly, Shaniqua, one of the cheerleaders came into the computer lab, looking rather frightened.

She ran over to Jason and the gang and shouted, “Help me! Sally’s gonna drown in the toilet!!”