Ellarya looked around Alagron’s Cave. Giovanni had a vast hoard. It was stuffed with trinkets – some large, some small , all of some sort of fabulous gemstone , or of a similar nature. The hearth was large and warming. It had a Magma Sapphire Heart Crystal that was always aflame. It came from the depth core of Rosedrop World and maintained the ambience and temperature needed for Alagron’s comfort and well being. He had his own pool of Honeydew water , which ran fresh from the mountain range direct from the Diablo Double Helix. It had hints of the Celestial droplets as well. It was a must, to maintain the balance necessary for the Rosedrop World existence. In a small recess on the Opposite Side , Ellarya found Giovanni’s Camp. He had a lovely bed and all the indulgent trappings he so desired around it. He had his own bathroom that was hidden behind a Vined Ivy Alcove. The Vined Ivy dripped with a blood like substance that oozed from its deeply red flowers that emerged from the Vines like beaded chains. The blood red nectar trickled down into a small sink , hidden in the recess of the vines, the same color . The Redsink had a drain with a stopcock to redirect the Nectar into a vial or flask. The Nectar run off then flowed outside, where it evaporated once it hit the fresh air. The Vines themselves were a dark and deep blood red, almost black. In there he had some of Ellarya’s belongings that she thought she had misplaced. A perfume bottle, one of her Favourites (a small bottle of Cartier scented perfume) , a necklace her mother gave her (circular gold chains that were flattened where they joined- unique and intricate- Ellarya had misplaced that as a child – it had been given to Stefano, by their Moms many years before ;Giovanni- took it off him ,must have been when he went and smashed up Steve’s place . Found it with Elle’s array of correspondence ) and a waistcoat timepiece that she had bought him and had engraved: Love Beyond Time. She was surprised to see her two items-both precious to her. But he had them with her gift to him, their wedding night. He kept them safe and together. She left them be and didn’t touch them. She found his catchet of tricks , he used to entice people to his way of thinking. She saw the copies of the NDAs, hadn’t realized there were so many. Made her sad. She missed him terribly when he left her. Her parents were away. Her siblings off living their own lives with their families and work. Steve was down in the depths of his own work and Giovanni had left. She had her own work but it was summer and she could spare some time away. She decided she was going to stay with Alagron and make sure that his captured heart remained hers. She had to keep transforming into her humanoid horned self. This was the way Alagron liked her best, as a Butterflairy she was too small and delicate for him to hold . She would sometimes float up and sit on the tip of his nose and wave her appendage tail to tease him and make him sneeze. Fly up to his Left Eye so he could see her clearly and blow him a kiss. He would blink and wink and snort-saying to her, change now , so , I can see and delight my senses with you again. How to entertain a dark Drake with a good heart string flowing through it. Ellarya kept him entertained with music, with art , with games. She would have him fly out over their Chessterfields and he would send a blaze to roll the dice and have the fields in an uproar as a battle ensued. The BatDrakes would come away and fly with them , as would the FireflairyDraklings. ( fireflies that breath fire, the ones that glowed so , her wedding night )

Steve was in a right old “state”. The Kurgha Dowager, was getting more demanding. She had no one to help her and was starting to really put the screws in about one thing or another. She was never happy with him and always had to put something or someone else first before him. This was their life and for the most part he just accepted that was the way it was and he had no choice. She would constantly leave him. He adjusted to the “single” life , but it was a charade. IT made him unhappy. was upset that Elle had disappeared without a word . She created stink. She sent out call after call after call. She didn’t want to cook, clean or do anything but eat ,snacks . She sat and worked . She was so very gifted . She was really a lovely person deep down just when it came to Ellarya – she sort of lost the plot. Ellarya was really Steve’s friend first, all along and she didn’t like it. Ary did her best to come between them all the time with the demands of work , of learning, of spending time with her. Ary as Prime had to deal and fight off the Filth from the Degenerate. When you take over as Prime, these histories are passed to you and you hold the flutterflairy field lanes , as well as the tributaries of the Butterflairy tree streams, that keep all the strings, and streams of the Rosedrop World in place. In these strings and streams , through the Ones of the Filth,she saw the degenerate and their activities. The crimes, the pain , the victims- some died, some had to be put back together. She saw and felt the trauma from this time and time gone past. In certain circumstance, she could feel it in the future . She could alter time. She could prevent pain and suffering. She had the ability to transgress and heal and turn and change events. She held the visions of the Inquisition through time and space that touched the World of Wiccan. She held that all in her mind and her heart. It made her humble and demure. Araswati Prime was “SIMPLY THE BEST”, at her job. ( She did not ever surpass , Dhanya’s innate and natural abilities or those of her Dhanya’s cherished child) Ellarya was to be passed all of this and the passing occurred day and night and was more difficult for Ary , if- she was not around! Ary missed her. Ary and Elle were good friends in spite of everything; very good girlfriends. Elle loved coming and making sure her friend had everything. She hoped that Stefano would see and understand , everytime she crossed Ary’s threshold , she was doing this for him first and foremost. It did not mean she didn’t love or care for Ary she did. Stefano would always have a small piece her Elle’s heart and visa versa. Elle just soaked up the knowledge.

Stefano decided it was time to look for his Muffin. When 6 weeks had gone by and Ary was disorganized, irritable, and her place had a layer of dust. Tuffles , successors: Mimi and Mini were shunned and shooed outside most of the time. Her work had deteriorated and everyone waiting for stuff was complaining. Giovanni shouted the loudest , his charity work was on hold. The press was waiting for the stuff to be printed up and released and he had no ARTWORK! He was going nuts. Giovanni , rarely raised his voice. He was the quite , calm, ice cold steel type , behind those Golden Blue Eyes of his- always fire and ice, jekyll and hide within him.

Giovanni decided it was time for another one of his “private sessions”.Off on one of his escapades: Ellarya called them his ” little trips” . He went off often, on his other wife( not her )on these escapades. Sometimes, he would call her to him to be with him and watch him. When he visited back rooms to watch the gifted performances of Burlesque Dance. He would look but never touch, his rule. He really enjoyed beautiful sensual women and had a sort of love / hate relationship with them. Something, his other wife would force him to get a grip. .It was his way, when , he was out on the road. His time on the road,as far as Ellarya was concerned,as with his other family. (Not her). He would never do that to her. It was ok though when he brought her along. They had lots of fun together- that she didn’t mind. Funny how, one adjusts and let love keep them ” Naive and Gullible”. She was in many senses very naive and gullible. She never actually saw them as so very mean and cruel, which in reality they all were including Araswati. Deep in the recess of Ellarya’s mind and heart was The Promise- a cry for help from a mother for her one and only beloved and cherished son. She would leave him one person in this world who would love him , stand by him to the world and say simply- I love you and mean it for himself.

(Muffin did not need a promise for or from anyone to help Steve.)

Into Alagron’s Cave flew in a Lyopart. It was quite a large one with its own set of wings. Very impressive Lion’s mane of Rainbow Colours and body of a Leopard with its gold skin and black and green spots. The Wings shimmered the colours of the Rainbow. Ellarya knew the Lyopart had been sent by Stefano for her . She bid a parting farewell to Alagron and promised to see him soon. She said she had to go to check on her home, her Prime , her own Dragon and she would talk to him every night before she went to sleep. She would keep him company in dreamscape with Mymsha and their glowing Eggs. (She didn’t get why they glowed , thought that was they way they were meant to be. )He would not be alone. Ellarya decided to leave her ” happy songs” playing , so, the essence of white light would keep flowing through his white heart strings , in the changing once dark and blackened heart. They would feel more than connected ,all of them. Alagron was pleased. He nodded and gave her permission to leave with Goldy, the particular name of this Lyopart. Goldy allowed Ellarya on her back in her humanoid form and flew her straight to Stefano’s at his place.

Ellarya transformed to her Butterflairy self and flew to Steve. He was waiting and he flew into her arms. She hugged him. She had missed him. He kissed her and tasted the change within her. He looked into her Eyes and through to her spirit. He kissed her , deeply. He let his scarab wings entwine with hers. He held onto her , let his hands roam , around and down her length. He delicately played with her wings. He stooped down and looked up into her visage and took in her body , her shape, her wings and felt elation and joy. He stood up and kissed her again. He whispered to her , “we have to go”. He lead her to the Hessian Blue Oval South Sea Carpet. There was a small ship in the middle of the Carpet. Stefano said,”” hold on”. The ship grew and expanded. He held Ellarya. He said hover up with me, and raised her into the air, and onto the ship’s deck, as it grew. There , on the deck , the whirling waters of the Carpet , became the South Sea. The ship went under in a protected bubble and came up in the pond , which was Ocean Waters. The Butterflairy Tree stood on the South Sea Shores in the front garden of the Royal Residence of Rosedrop World. THRC beneath was part of its domain.

The Ship with its Sails opened , it took to the air -up and up. Stefano directed the Ship. He was Captain- Lord Admiral Stefano Beaumont was at home on his ship: The Chinta Rose. Lord Admiral , as it was his duty to defend the waters of Rosedrop World, the air above the waters, from the dark forces ‘attacks. The Chinta Rose was a sight to behold , a full sized ship with elegant sails, Captains quarters and room for a crew and storage below decks. He had the position on the higher deck with the Captain’s Wheel. The main mast went up and up with its grand sails billowing in the sea air. HE sailed the sky and the seas. Stefano could reach up into the Stratosphere, with this ship to look down or up , take in the Universe. Stefano had access to reach the Jai ladders and talk directly with Celestial and Diablo 7. He could sit and have a “Parlez” with them all. On this particular excursion , he was heading towards Alagron’s Cave, Ellarya noticed. They had both transformed to their humanoid forms. Stefano and suitable attire for them both. He had a Velvet Dark Green Captain’s type Jacket. It had black and gold lapels and the buttons were brass. The end of the sleeves were embroidered to match the lapels. He worse on his Jacket, the symbols of both the Morning and Evening stars combined. The stars joined harmoniously. Ellarya could not fathom why he was taking her back to Alagron. He could not possibly know. This was true. Sterfano did not know about Alagron but he sensed the change in her .Thinking the drake affect , was off her own drake, who was being affected by Shyvra, because Ary was in disarray. It wasn’t that alone. It was the scent of the Cave within the Dark Mountains, from the mist there. The mist from these Caves and Mountains had a way of penetrating through into you. It reminded you that they had been there longer than you and held some of the Secrets of Rosedrop World and its vast Hoards which belonged the Drake’s Ryder. Ellarya had on a simple light Pink Rose coloured dress with pretty flowers in a “William Morris” type design that was sliming and fitting with a low V shaped neckline, which just slipped over her. Flat Boots to match, of slightly darker shade of pink almost a light brown hue ,in Suede, with a light pastel green sweater of light wool and cotton , to keep the chill off her shoulders. Her dark and curly waves bouncing around her smile with one curl , always right in the middle of her forehead. Like the poem: “when she was good she was very very good and when she was bad ,she was what ? simply just as ” bad ” as she could be to the delight of the loves , in her life. Their outfits complimented one another: Steve’s from his mother, Ellarya’s from hers. The Moms left their mark and reminders of their promises to one another , in strategic places to be met and come across throughout their lives , once they had passed. Their reach was long and destined to reach to the next generation. Imagine those two with grandchildren. The children : Steve and Ellarya , did not stand any chance at all!

Ellarya, in her relationships, was not alone. They were consenting and they were adults in “lust” , with each other, if not love deep , deep affections with emotional and celestial/diablo bonds. Ellarya had started out very shy but stepped and grew into her sensuality. Dhanya told her and taught her daughter of these ways. Being of science and not so much of Art at the time, Ellarya , just put it all down to Dhanya’s “mutterings”. She did listen and learn,like all of it, not quite believing , any of it would come to pass. Especially Steve – he was well out of her reach, or so , she thought. It all came to pass. Predictions or planned appointed destiny written by the Celestial and Diablo 7. How to change the winds? the tide : create your own destiny . To take control as a woman in a man’s world and still be a lover , kind and caring spouse, ( mother to be- as yet she had not realized although those around her had) and “the chosen , cherished child” that she was. For the Prime ARY , who remained hidden from sight by choice. Her own choice. Just what must have been , that had upset the MOMs , when Ellarya was asked to make her Promise to & for : Steve. They let Ellarya be the one to step out into the world and be subjected to the elements and find a way through the fallout. Ary was Prime, she remained protected and rightfully, so. Her 2nd was to step up and out , as per position demanded. Ellarya was the one to face the professional and personnel ridicules and disciplinary procedures. The snide comments and sneers and jeers. The financial losses too . Ellarya did it with grace, lots of tears and despair at times. She did it , all of it :For the Love of Steve Beaumont.

Ellarya found a small stool sat back holding onto the side of the ship as it rocked and swayed slightly and looked at Admiral Beaumont . He guided his ship. His black long straight hair loose and flowing behind him. The reflection off the sparkles of his the gold in his jacket :”sparkle and shine”. He was as happy, as he could be ,at this precise moment in time. He loved Ellarya , as best he could, if only for the moments , they seemed to capture ,in time between them. The sea mist air spray , from the Celestial heavens, making the journey , slightly cool. He smiled and hummed and sang her all his lovely songs. Some she had heard. Some she had not. The new songs she had not heard before were the really special ones. His Songs were like children and he kept the most special ones close to his heart and not for general release. Ellarya was privileged. She loved him more if that was possible. Steve guided The Chinta Rose to a hidden lake , to side of the foothills just behind the entrance of the Alagron’s Cave. It was like a fjord that went deep into the mountain core and was a hidden passageway. He dropped the plank and guided Ellarya off. They transformed into their Flairy- winged selves and flew past Alagron’s Cave . Ellarya was surprised. Up the dark mountain to another opening higher up… She had not noticed it before. It was a smaller opening, hidden in the open by the shadow of the Great Dark Mountain. You had to know it was there to see it was an actual Cave. Steve guided his Muffin up to this , higher, smaller opening . Inside was a vast Cave. It was a Palace of Caves. It made Alagron’s look like a ” Cottage Cave” :smaller and delicate. Imagine a delicate Drake Cave. Steve and Ellarya entered ORYON’s Cave. Oryon was Stefano’s Drake. Oryon was KING of the Dragons. They both approached Oryon who had heard the fluttering of their wings. as they approached him. Before they entered the Cave proper. Steve took Ellarya, in his arms and said to her : “be one with me before we go inside, I need you to be with you”. They transformed and were one and slept through the rest of the night. They were in the front guards’ room within the entrance of Oryon’s Cave. As they awoke, ORYON summoned them to him. Stefano looked at Ellarya and got up .He revealed to her , his Angel Wings in his humanoid form that she had not seen before. His wings were white and glistening feathers with deeply dark purple veins. The purple came about and developed has his relationship with Allura grew. It represented his love for Ellarya not Ary. This was because Ellarya had stepped forth with him, out into the world and had declared her love for him. To the world ,they were “just friends”!To each other and a select few, much more than that. His dark black hair flowing down his back midway. His beautiful strong features and kind smile. He had on dark jeans and a dark t- shirt. He had a single necklace around his neck. He left his Captain’s jacket on the chair in the guards’ front room. The necklace was gold and held a St. Christopher medallion, a small one. It was one Ellarya had given him many moons ago before one of his trips into the Real World. The Patron Saint of Travellers’ to protect him always. ( he also had what Ary had given him , by way of protection and treasured deep within him- he would not have the career he had without her) Ellarya had to transform into her horned tailed self as Oryon had requested each of them to present to him transformed. Steve stood back and watched as Ellarya found a sharp stone and cut her palm. The pain caused her to transform. As she pressed it deeper she became aflamed and her blood spread and dripped around her wings and down her so she reflected sweat , blood and fire. Steve was transfixed. She had on a sheer black satin dress that clinged and blended with her so well, it looked as if she was there in the flesh and nothing else. They looked at each other , with renewed awe and respect , realizing that they both had hidden depths with each other yet to explore.

Steve and Ellarya , hand in hand , walked into Oryon’s Cave . Steve with his glorious white and purple veined wings holding onto Ellarya with her horned and tailed self with her wings and body ablaze and glistening with swear and blood. They walked into the Cave proper and there he was: A White Dragon, with a tail that turned and reflected all the colors of the Rainbow. THIS was a DRAGON OF LIGHT, hidden within the dark Cave mountains . This kept the balance. He seemed twice the size of Alagron. Steve bowed . Ellarya curtsied. Oryon viewed them both and asked Steve to release Ellarya to him. Ellarya felt herself being swept up much the same as Alagron had done to her. As she swept up her dress fell off and there she was seated on the brim of Oryon’s Nose. She sat side saddle. Steve could see her silhouette -horned and tailed and her wings spread out dripping of blood , sweat and fire. Oryon demanded she mount his snout properly. She sat facing him astride. Stefano went and put on his music. Ellarya was being hypnotized. Oryon ever so slowly was lulling her into trance. His tongue slithered out.

Dripping with Oryon’s saliva from every part of her, the King of Drakes, lowered her , satisfied he had knew everything there was to know about Steve’s Muffin. He returned Ellarya to him. He caught her in his arms and withdrew with her to to the pool within Oryon’s Cave, much like that in Alagron’s but twice the size. It had a heated pit region where,Steve sat with Ellarya as she came around. He washed her and kissed her tenderly. He said did she remember what had transpired. She nuzzled into him and nodded, she did and closed her eyes. She had gone on a trip , a flight with Oryon around his kingdom. He had taken her to Shyvra and Mymsha to see Araswati She had her learning of the past 6 weeks which had slowed down, accelerated and advanced by many years. Ellarya was given teachings and abilities that equalled those of her Prime. This was the role of the 2nd and Ellarya had to be trained . Steve was not going to have Ellarya without, under any circumstances. Their mothers’ had bound them and that was that. In trance and with his explorations of her entire: inside and out – the Dragon King was laying down a layer of protection around Ellarya, as she was becoming a shadow Prime. The protection was in his blood , trickles of his blood droplets that were spread through his saliva . Oryon’s blood droplets were absorbed into Ellarya’s bloodstream. The protection ran through her arteries and veins and through her double heart. She had double hearts: one silver, one gold that held the aura of two dragons. She had the protection and blood of the King of the Dragon’s and she had a small piece of Steve’s heart within hers. Ellarya’s babies including Steve’s child had been protected. Stefano had felt the unborn children when he kissed Ellarya at Kela Aheto. He felt his child, as well as the other two and happy about all 3. His baby was not going to be an only child. His baby was going to have a brother and a sister. His baby was a little girl and he named her JADE, immediately, once he knew she existed. It was their way that the moment a baby came into being , it was named. He was so very happy.

Ellarya Starchild , Shadow Prime came around on Steve’s chest in Oryon’s pool and cried in his arms. She felt Ary’s pain and tragedy. She clinged to him and decided she would do what she had to to keep The Promise and help her friends , all of them. She was going to be an agent of Light. The key to being a successful agent is to understand and dance with dark side- Ellarya had met the requirements thanks to Giovanni and Stefano both. Their mothers were all friends. Was this their doing or was it all planned at one of the Sister Moms’ Infamous Bonfire Nights.

The waters of the pool in Oryon’s Cave had special qualities. As Steve, washed and made sure the protection had been oiled into her , Jade began to grow and develop. The other two went into hibernated state, their development was put into suspension.. Stephanu felt that triplets was too much and he had Oryon help him with the necessary spells to keep all the babies safe and at time of choosing, or triggering , the next baby could develop- one at a time. The trigger had to come from the baby’s Dad. Each subsequent child would be named by their own father at the time of activation. Activation could only come from the father of the child. This would ensure only one baby would develop at one time. He was delighted about Jade and loved her immediately . Steve was a very special sort of guy, he loved all the babies his Muffin was carrying , he referred to them as his little Muffins. Jade was the first and the eldest and his and she would always hold a special place in his heart. Ary loved all Elle’s children , Jade was special and she was gifted to be an Artist too ,at Ary’s bequest, her special affection for Elle and her child by Stefano. A child was a child was a child and in this world- all children were treasured . Children in Rosedrop World and in the Royal Residences were a rarity and had been for the previous generation.

Coming into the present, as Old Hallow’s Eve and Bonfire Night now approach, the new Starchild Prime called on her Parian , the Royal Commander of the Guard and her husband with his guards ,tKoSS to be vigilant. Her position was to remain intact and protected. Kurgha Dowager was to remain encapsulated and roam the pathways between Realms , until the debt owed was settled and explained. NO one had a right to harm and deprive children, let alone kick a defenseless cat. The Beings between Realms on the desolate pathways- the Grey Creatures that dash between the shadows , needed to assure that Ary was safe and undisturbed.Ary had committed 2 unforgivable, inexcusable acts against Elle- which meant Elle could never return to her again ever, in any lifetime. Ellarya did not ask to be Prime- Aryswati gifted it to her,;something Ellarya never asked . She did accept and at almost the beginning of this tale, stepped into her role after 2 years of waiting patiently for time to advise her to do so.

Glamourous NANA remained as Steward and as head of the now Royal Family ( Parian’s and Ellarya’s) and acting state figurehead of Government. His two elder brothers , formed the advisory council along with Parian and the Celestial 7 and Stefano. Parian’s his adult children ( son and daughter ) from his first marriage also lived in the Royal Palace. They formed the Senate of the Government . Rosedrop world had governing bodies along with its Figurehead and Ellarya , the actual Prime. Collectively they all kept the business of Governing the Chessterfields and Rosedrop World engaged, in finding balance between dark and light. tKoSS kept everyone especially Ellarya Starchild Prime and her children all of them safe. Stefano’s protection and love endured. Giovanni’s wrath and troubles continued and Taylor with Parian’s lifeforce that had surrounded and protected Ellarya all those years ago , reached and did so again.

Ellarya kept working, honest work as a C- Level, Herebral Alchemist , this work keeping the dark at bay and the Light within her and her world alive. She held up the strings and helped guide the flutterflairy lanes that kept their world in balance from the opposing forces.Keeping love within her hearts for her friends, all of them , who let her down. Love was the key. She pulled them to her, kept them close to her hearts, their essences pumping through her double hearts and working in their worlds , they remained attached and their circle intact , which included who was in isolation and suspension . Araswati , encapsulated honeydew crystal globe- the very same , she had shown Ellarya, all those years ago . 💕🌹 Mimi and Mini were with her. She had her comforts within the Globe. She had a F.A.V. She had her art tools and paraphenalia. She also had 3 items of Elle’s : Jade’s Baby Hat, Dhanya’s sparkly blue scarf and Elle’s Circle Cloak which had been commissioned and paid for but never delivered. Giovanni had it for along time when he was very ill and far away. He was meant to bring it to her in the sacred alcove with the drakes on their Wedding Anniversary. One delay after another and the cloak was handed over the Celestial 7 for safe keeping.

Ellarya had been passed all the information required was within her and her bands. She had to work hard to keep them open and active and keep the dark forces from within at bay. She called on her drakes , she prayed to the heavens. She changed everything in the structure of her life and her beloved children to achieve what was deemed impossible. She took her place as Prime, as Parian’s wife. Parian was Commander of the Guard as well as Royal Consort and Ellarya s middle child, a daughter , was heir , prime in training and successor. Parian had been chosen as her paternal figure and he was the one who activated her being , quite by accident. Last child , was Giovanni’s: a son.