Ki Song was in her throne, supervising operations in her kingdom, putting pilgrims to guard positions to prepare for any nightmare creatures that invade and seeing if Valor does anything.
It was a peaceful day… Until her worst nightmare appeared.
The doors were violently opened, it almost startled her.
Undying Blade, one of the Saints that she entrusted with her children's training, his eastern clothing, striking blue navy hair and red golden eyes showing anger and worries, he got in without even asking and almost shouted with his deep voice.
"Song! There is a problem!"
"Blade.. there is no need for this."
Ki Song looked to the side and noticed her daughters, Moon, Caera, Terra and Hel, all worried and scared. And they got even more scared after seeing their adoptive mother with a sword pierced in her chest.
She got angry.
"Undying Blade… I made abundantly clear that my daughters are not to see me like this…"
Ki Song made sure that her children only see her when she is using a Puppet with their face… never with her real dead body.
But Blade could care less about the Queen's anger, he was one of the only ones who had that luxury.
"There are more important things than that! Half of your children are missing dammit!"
"What…?"
Ki Song's expression dropped instantly.
"Revel, Seishan, Eunbin and Sunless have not shown up for training and are nowhere in the damn palace!"
'What…
I can't feel them…
Where…
No, I made sure…
I promised…
I…'
"Not even Heng could find them… there's something.."
"NO!"
Ki Song screamed for the first time in decades…
Blade rushed to protect the four mundane children from her Supreme Will wrath out of reflex.
Ki Song's Will stretched through the whole Jade Palace, no, thought all of Ravenheart.
'How could this happen?'
'Why did I let this happen?'
'I can't let this happen!'
The Sovereign was scared, desperate for the first time in years.
And she was like that for 7 days…
For 7 days, the four trapped siblings starved in an endless void of darkness, not being able to see, to hear, to even feel their own skin…
The only thing they could think was…
'I don't want to feel this weak again.'
Ki Song finally found the room…
She finally found them…
She found a way to feed them…
"Mother…?"
Sunless could barely see.
"Mother!"
Eubin ran to Ki Song, ignoring the sword on her chest, they all did, their Mother's despair turning into relief and joy.
For a long time, they hugged each other…
Those days were embedded into the memories of every one in the Jade Palace, they changed, they all did.
Ki Song, Sunless, Revel, Seishan, Eun Bin, even Terra, Caera, Moon and Hel…
Ki Song would never NEVER let this happen again, even if she lost her humanity in the process.
Sunless never complained about training again, he needed to be strong, they all did.
After all, they now understood what the Dream Realm is, even a place that they called home, betrayed them in the end.