CH54 The new king

"Just calm down, she'll be back soon" Dylan was saying
"She's here" Charlie said, Damon abruptly stopped pacing
"What happened?" Damon asked, I told them what I had learned leaving nothing out
"So Alejandro is the new king?" Dylan was shocked
"Let's go" I told them and started walking towards Alejandros house, the men followed me, and I knocked on the door, I heard shuffling inside and the door opened to reveal Alejandro
"Hello, I'm.." I began
"Hey I know you, you're the woman from the market, what are you doing here?" Alejandro eyed me suspiciously
"Who is it mi hijo?" A woman called
"I'm queen Anastasia of the seven kingdoms, here to see king Alejandro of North America" I called looking at Alejandro, the man gasped, I heard footsteps and the woman came to the door
"Your majesty" I bowed towards her, a smile playing on my lips
"Agatha" she called me
"It's actually Anastasia now, but yes, it's me" I shrugged and laughed nervously
"Come in, please" the woman told us as she moved away from the door, pulling her son with her so that we could enter, Dylan and Charlie took one look inside
"We'll meet you back at the castle" Dylan announced as Damon and I walked into the house
"Can someone please explain what's going on?" Alejandro finally found his voice,
"Paul is no longer king, he was hurting the vampires tormenting them, so I fired him" I shrugged mother and son gasped "so now this kingdom needs a new king, that woman you delivered cakes to? At the hut? She told me about you, so here I am, if you want the job, it's yours" I explained
"Job? As in be king?" Alejandro enquired
"Yes"
"Yes, yes!!! He'll do it, ohh thankyou queen Agatha, thank-you" his mother sounded excited I decided not correct her, hey if she thinks I'm one of my old selves then why not?
"No mama, I can't, I don't know what to do" Alejandro seemed scared
"King Mateo was loved by everyone" I began, I held his hand to comfort him "I'm sure you remember how he ruled, what he did, I can't give you your father back, but I can give you his throne, metaphorically" I added the last word as an after thought, Alejandro raised his eyebrow "the throne burned, when Paul tried to kill me" I revealed sheepishly the woman smiled
"It's just as well that I hid Mateos real throne then, isn't it?" the woman Amelia went on to explain that there was a room in the castle that couldn't be unlocked by anyone who wasn't worthy, she had hid her husbands throne in there, and servents on the inside had assured her that Paul, despite all his efforts, couldn't get in, he had given up within a year, I smiled at that happy that Alejandro would have a throne, an actual throne after all.
We went to the castle, there were flowers everywhere, the castle was decorated with lights and flowers, I knew that Dylan and Charlie had done this and I needed to thank them, the servents greeted them, they were happy that a true heir was finally here, of course non of them had seen Alejandro for years, some had thought he was dead, but when Damon and I walked into the castle with Alejandro and Amelia they were all happy to know that the prince wasn't dead
"First things first" Amelia rubbed her hands as she walked in a different direction to the throne room we went up a floor and we came to a door she signalled her son to go ahead, Alejandro opened the door to reveal a big room, full of amazing treasures, there were portraits, rubies, gold, a crown, and a throne, Damon, without being prompted, started walking in to get the throne, but Alejandro stopped him
"It's ok your majesty, I can get it" Alejandro smiled, Damon walked back to me and I held his hand as thank you, Alejandro took the throne out, and carried it to the throne room, Damon had offered twice to carry it but Alejandro turned him down both times, saying he was fine, I know what you're thinking why not just blink? well Alejandro insisted that he had missed his home and wanted to see it as much as he could.
We decided to stay an extra week, as the queen mother Amelia had insisted, and we couldn't say no, so we stayed, and it was worth it when Dylan and Charlie planned something incredible
We woke the next morning and went down for breakfast, as instructed by Dylan and Charlie, Damon and I were there at nine sharp, Alejandro and Amelia came in five minutes later, Dylan and Charlie looked at each other, and they rubbed their hands together they gave me a wink, they were definitely up to something, when the door opened to reveal the servents carrying in the food I figured out what the lycans had been planning, carrying a tray of food, in walked Paul, he had no emotion on his face until he saw Alejandro and Amelia, then I saw emotion on his face surprise, annoyance, anger, loathing. It was quiet amusing really and I laughed not bothering to cover it up, I laughed so hard, Damon joined me in laughing and that seemed to anger Paul more, I laughed harder, Dylan and Charlie soon joined me in my laughing fit, and Alejandro and Amelia were laughing too, by the time Paul had put down the food and left we all had tears running down our face, the other servents walked in with food they all seemed amused once we had calmed down and sobered up Amelia spoke
"He seemed angry" that set me off again, and the others laughed too, once again we sobered up and ate breakfast
As Alejandro and Amelia went to explore their castle Dylan, Charlie, Damon and I went up to the bedroom Damon and I shared, all of us sat on the bed laughing easily at absolutely nothing, when we sobered up Dylan piped up
"Did you see Paul's face!" He laughed towards his husband and we laughed again, again we sobered up
"Please, I can't, please don't make me laugh again, my stomach hurts, please" I announced but I was still laughing a little trying to stop, Damon blinked away and Dylan laughed
"Do you know what the funniest thing is?" Charlie and I shook our head towards Dylan "a.... vampire....BLINKING!!" and Dylan started laughing again which set Charlie off, it didn't make me laugh
"I don't think that's funny, I think it's sexy" I told them, Dylan and Charlie just laughed harder, at this point I didn't even know why I was laughing, why any of us were laughing, but I hadn't laughed like this for a long time, and they say laughter is the best medicine, medicine of what I had no idea, but medicine all the same, Damon blinked back into the room and Dylan, Charlie and I burst out laughing again, my stomach was hurting so much but I couldn't stop laughing, Damon served us all a drink of water, and as I drank it I stopped laughing, Dylan and Charlie did as well, I stood up
"What happened?" I asked not feeling like laughing anymore
"The woman that told us about Alejandro did this to us" Damon announced "the juice we drank this morning contained something"
"Why would she do this?" I asked no one in particular
"Her reasoning? You needed a good laugh" Damon said looking pointedly at me, I laughed at that
"Me?" I was surprised
"She said you work too hard, you needed a break" Damon finished with a shrug
"But, then, how did we stop?" Charlie asked
"Oh when Anastasia said her stomach hurt I went looking for help, I met the woman, she gave me the pitcher of water, first I had a glass then she told me to give you guys a drink too" Damon explained
"You said this woman is on our side" Dylan told me
"She is, atleast I think she is" I explained
"Well I'm glad she's on our, I'd hate to think what she'd do to an enemy "
"Well I don't think she'd make them laugh" I told him, the men agreed, we talked easily after that, Dylan and Charlie talked about how they first met, and it was beautiful to hear.
The week passed without anything worth mentioning and we were ready to leave
"We need to find someone that has been to king Jabari's castle" Dylan told Alejandro at breakfast on our last day
"I'm sorry, I don't think my father ever took me to Africa" Alejandro told us "and we don't have any witches here except Paul"
"I'm not telling him to take us" I shook my head "I don't trust him"
"Yeah, he might blink us into the sky" Charlie said, I stuck my tongue out at him, they're not going to let me live this down are they?
"I can take you, I went to Africa with Mateo" Amelia told us, we all smiled happy that the queen mother could take us