Page 5 of The Time Of Queens

“Alright, Toots, what can we do?”

“Well, this is when it gets tricky… oh, and only my best friend calls me Toots, my actual name is Keira,” I told him, and once again, Pip squealed in delight.

After this I spent quite a bit of time explaining everything that had happened since stepping foot in the fountain. Needless to say, Adam was shocked to hear that Pip had followed me through… As for Pip,not so much.

No, if anything she just looked excited by the idea. Like there was another her running around, like a Pokémon she needed to find and train. Of course, I soon had to crush this hope by telling them what I already suspected.

“I think I might have created a new timeline.”

“Why do you think this?” Adam asked, ignoring Pip’s disappointment at not having the chance to meet her older self.

“Okay, so you know the King and Lucius pretty well… right?” I asked, making him nod and answer a simple,

“Yes.”

“Have any of them ever spoken about finding their Chosen Ones before and then losing them?” Adam’s eyes got wide at the thought, whereas Pip gave me loved up, puppy eyes and said,

“Aww you hear that, Luc gets his very own Chosen One… Oh, I mean… hell no, not even a hint at finding them or that would have made big, big, Supernatural news that.”

“Ah I see,” Adam replied after his wife, understanding now what I meant by this being a new timeline.

“I think he could have recognised the kiss,” I admitted, making Pip skip closer, which was quite a skill in her big ass dress. Then she plonked herself down next to me and said,

“Wait, you kissed him…? Oh, now we get to the good bit.”

“You would call it the juicy part but yes, I kissed him,” I told her, making her smirk and tap a finger to her lips.

“Juicy part… See, I am learning all kinds of great stuff from her,” Pip added, winking again and making me giggle. God, she was a riot.

“Yes, I had no choice, because last time, the second he saw me in Muncaster, he recognised me as being his straight away. So, I needed to distract him from seeing me.” I told them about how I got there, and everything up until the point that I ran and they saved me in the woods.

“That’s the part where I came in, making them believe she had run a different way,” Pip added, puffing up her shoulders with pride.

“And you don’t know how grateful I am for that,” I told her, making her grin and say,

“What are best friends for?”

Gods she was killing me here with her sweetness. Although I could also see that Adam was worried about her, as his first thought was no doubt how much trouble his wife could get into, and rightly so. But I also knew that with Pip here, willing to assist me… well, she was the only one with the type of mojo that could help. The only person that could get me inside and hide my true self from Draven. After all, she had done it before and thankfully, this time I didn’t have a Harem to deal with.

“So exactly what is your plan here?” Adam asked, forever the sensible one.

“All I want is for a way home, thankfully the fountain gives me that, the only thing I need now is a coin to get inside the temple.”

“Oooh that’s a tricky one,” Pip agreed before continuing to point out the obvious, “But the King is sure to have one of those.”

“A little difficult to do when she wishes to remain unknown to the King,” Adam said, highlighting the obvious part that Pip was missing.

“Oh, that’s going to be a pickle, but what if…” Pip’s thieving frame of mind was quickly stopped when Adam stated sternly,

“No, I will not have you stealing from the King and nor will I.”

“And nor would I expect you to or even ask it of you,” I replied, making him frown.

“But you would ask something of us?” Adam questioned. I sighed before looking to Pip.

“The last time I went back in time, you came with me, and you hid who I was to the King. You could mask the fact that I was his Chosen One.”

“Oh yes, I could do that,” Pip said, nodding enthusiastically.

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