The Queen's power~
"You must be the king's new toy," Queen Bianca spoke, looking at Elizabeth with a spark of rage in her eyes.
"And you must be Queen Bianca, the king's first... wife." Elizabeth wanted to turn the word wife into a toy, but decided not to say something that would cause trouble between herself and the king's first wife. Besides, she didn't know what Bianca was capable of doing to her.
Bianca stood up from where she sat under a shade and walked towards the magic pool, and with Nora and Victoria by her side, it made sense why Elizabeth didn't see any of them earlier; they were all together.
Queen Bianca was a bit taller than the other two queens, with Victoria, and the other could only be Nora, the king's second wife. Bianca had long, yellowish coloured hair, which she styled into a ponytail. Just as Elizabeth's hair was rare, Bianca's hair colour was rare.
The other queen had dark hair, while Anna and Luna had brown hair. Anna's hair was long and thick, while Luna's was tangled, long, dense, and beautiful.
All the queens were uniquely beautiful, and it was terrific that the palace saw her as the most stunning of them all; she felt more confident in herself.
Suddenly, she felt someone glare at her. She looked up and saw Queen Violet angrily glaring at her. " Who told you that you were the prettiest among the rest of us? Just because you got lucky and had red hair, nobody would have even noticed you."
"What?" Elizabeth spoke in confusion. Seeing how lost Elizabeth seemed to be, Luna, who was with Elizabeth inside the pool, swam and held Elizabeth by the shoulder.
"Don't think too much about it, Violet just read your thoughts, that's what she does, read people's thoughts without their permission," Luna said, glancing at Violet as if she had an issue with her before.
Bianca laughed as if amused by something. "Were you just complimenting yourself in your thoughts? So bad that someone had to reveal it to us, so sorry, dear," Bianca said with a sad face, but everyone knew that she wasn't at all tragic but enjoying the way Elizabeth seemed to be lost.
"You might be wondering what I can do right?"Bianca asked, looking very excited. When Elizabeth didn't answer, she gave a wicked grin before snapping her fingers.
From different corners, animals began crawling out, and even birds flew past Elizabeth and landed on Bianca's shoulders; not just the animals, but also the fairies, came out.
" Are those really..."Elizabeth tried to ask a question while pointing toward the fairies.
" Those are fairies, and yes, I just summoned them. I have the power to summon any living creatures, including humans with weak self-esteem, humans that are broken and damaged." Bianca proudly boasts, "No one can resist me, not even the king."
Elizabeth didn't understand why Bianca felt so proud just because she had such extraordinary powers. Even if she could command the king, it didn't mean she was better than the rest of them. The other two queens by Bianca's side didn't even seem to care at all.
"Watch your thoughts, little girl," Victoria warned Elizabeth after rereading her thoughts. This, however, really offended Elizabeth, so she now can't think freely without someone invading her thoughts.
Just when Elizabeth wanted to say something, Jasmine spoke up, "Stop that, Victoria, she doesn't like it, stop invading people's minds and thoughts". " Yes, and she's not a little girl, she's now a Queen, maybe now the king's new favourite," Luna added fiercely.
"Shut up! How dare you say that to my face?" Bianca spoke with an outburst of rage. With that, she stretched her hands towards Elizabeth, who was still in the water, and Elizabeth felt something crawling behind her; she hoped it wasn't what she thought it was.
"Elizabeth! Behind you," Anna screamed, "Snake!" All the other queen swam out of the pool, and the fairies covered them up with their robe. Queen Bianca and her gang started laughing, with Bianca smiling devilishly at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth froze in horror. She didn't dare move, nor turn to see the snake on her back. She just froze with her heart pounding, and it felt like she could faint any moment now.
"Bianca, stop it! She is terrified of snakes. Stop it now!" Jasmine tried to help Elizabeth inside the pool, but she couldn't bring herself to get close to her. The other fairies couldn't help themselves; Bianca had control over them.
Bianca laughed, "What? Can't she talk again? She's so scared to death, Victoria, tell me what she is thinking right now". Victoria laughed so hard she felt like crying, "Trust me, Bianca, you do not want to know," Victoria responded.
" Please...please.." Elizabeth was pleased, but she was terribly traumatized. She remembered when she got bitten by a venomous snake when she was just eight years old. It took a month for her to recover from the bite; her parents couldn't heal her faster, so she suffered for months. Ever since then, Elizabeth has dreaded the sight of snakes. She regretted coming to the magic pool in the first place; she wished someone would save her at this point.
"Come on, Elizabeth, just one bit won't hurt. Besides, I'm curious to know how powerful you are. All you have to do is heal yourself of the snake bite, isn't that so simple?" Bianca said, still teasing Elizabeth with the snake behind her.
Anna tried to wash the snake off Elizabeth's shoulder with water. Still, Victoria already told Bianca of Anna's intention, and Bianca gave Anna a death glare, stopping her on the track." Don't even dare," she said to Anna.
Suddenly, Elizabeth lost consciousness due to her fear and fainted, and was drowning in the pool. Without considering Bianca's warning, Anna stretched her hand towards the pool and lifted Elizabeth's body out. Luna used her power to draw wind around Elizabeth's body, and the wind gently carried her toward them. Meanwhile, Jasmine quickly brought Elizabeth's ride and put it on her.
Bianca scoffed at Jasmine and the other queens who were surrounding Elizabeth
"Hm. My pool bath is over, unfortunately, and so I need to go now. We would like to see how our new queen is doing, but we have other things to attend to, "Bianca said, giving a side grin.
"You could have killed her, Bianca," Jasmine shouted. She was agitated that Bianca could go to such extremes.
"Well, excuse me if your new Friend can't take a little joke. And don't you dare raise your voice at me, fourth wife, or I will have Nora set your pretty long hair on fire, is that clear?" Bianca asked, but there was no response, just some dark aura coming from the rest of the Queen.
"Good," Bianca said as she walked away with Victoria and Nora tagging along." That witch," Jasmine cursed within her breath.
"Quickly, let's take Elizabeth to her chamber and call the physician," Anna said, noticing that Elizabeth's temperature was dropping.