"Lord Hessian, the people of Quay must be stopped before a full uprising ensues. We all know that the fish in the Claw Bay are dying, but that is no reason to blame King Geor or the Council. They must know this to be true!" Lord Grangion finished his banter with a swift punch in the sky, showing his true feelings about the crisis in Quay.
"Yes, yes, Lord Grangion, we all are very well aware of you standing on the matter of the fish," Lord Bransin, Head of Council, added in as Lord Grangion sat down in his seat. "He has been reminding us of this matter for months now." he whispered to a man sitting next to him. "Now do we have any other important business to speak of other than our salmon situation?" Everyone in the Council Room laughed, all but Lord Grangion who scowled and gritted his teeth.
Loud shouting from the other side of the Council Room's doors drifted to Lord Bransin's ears, stopping the whole Council in their tracks.
"What is going on..." Lord Bransin began, but stopped as the doors flew open and revealed a young man, staring in at them angrily.
"Where is my father?" Prince Vin demanded.
Lord Bransin looked at Prince Vin, stunned. What was he thinking, did he not know that we had an important meeting today. Lord Bransin looked around the at the Council and saw Lord Bransin still pouting in his seat. Well, it was to be important.
"Your father is on a very important mission for us." Lord Bransin said, trying his hardest to be reassuring.
"Yes, this I already know." Vin told him.
"Then the issue is gone, and we must continue with our struggle to save sea life." Lord Bransin gave a small snicker.
"I sent a message to my father telling him of my mother's condition..." Vin began.
"Yes, we have all heard of her condition and send our deepest regrets and prayers to her to make a fast recovery."
"She is going to die." Vin yelled out.
"Be that as it may your father is to busy at the moment."
"To busy for his family?" Vin challenged.
"That's not what I..."
"I sent a message to my father, and he did not send a message back." Vin called out over Lord Bransin.
Loud murmurs spread throughout the Council, most of them knowing that King Geor always sent back a message, especially to his only son.
Lord Bransin cleared his throat and looked down at Vin sternly. "You are sure of this."
"Very." Vin said.
"Well, that is news to us." he said to Vin and the rest of the Council.
"This I already know." Vin said to him. "I must go and find him."
"I am sorry but that is not going to happen. We are not to tell of his location." Lord Bransin turned from Vin and began to walk away as Vin's voice echoed throughout the Council Room again.
"The Law of the Missing, Dead, or Ill."
Lord Bransin stopped where he stood, frozen by what Vin had just said.
"The Law," Vin continued, "says that if the King, at any time during his reign, goes missing, dies, or becomes ill he will be temporarily replaced by the next in command. I am the next in command as the Prince. I order you to tell me where he is."
Lord Bransin searched around the room for someone to say something to go against what the Prince had just said, but he knew that there was nothing. It was the law, set by King Geor no less. Lord Bransin looked at Vin defeated and said, "Yeirh. He was going to Yeirh. There is something in Yeirh that we needed and only the King could get it for us. Our home is in danger. Do you know of the Dark Power?"
Vin closed his eyes and thought back. "Yes. It once ruled the world and everyone in it until the four gods of Reldum defeated it."
"Yes, that is true, and what you don't know is that the Dark Power has risen again. Your father was on his way to speak to the Lord of Yeirh, seeing if he would tell of a great Power's whereabouts. The Power created by the four gods. That was his mission and from what you have told us the Dark Power has taken him."
"Then we must act!" Vin exclaimed.
"Yes, we will." Lord Bransin yelled out. "Guards, send for a search group to find the King."
"No!" Vin yelled out.
"Listen here, Prince." Lord Bransin scolded him as the Council around them moved about and the guard walked out into the halls. "If you are our King for the moment then we must do everything in our power to keep you safe. Guards, take our King here and lock him in his room. Make sure he can not get out."
Two guards came and grabbed Vin by the arms, pulling him out of the open doors. Vin did not put up a fight, instead his mind was running through ideas of his own escape.
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