Patty Liu - Silent Reflections

Princess Wendy and Tony finally made it back to the small village where their guards had been staying. Udo the giant left them again and went to see if he could find any more talking birds to help. Tony figured Udo would probably forget about them again and just let him go off.

Princess Wendy immediately got a hold of some chalk slates. She handed one to Tony and her guards quickly handed her a blanket and hot tea.

ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS WAIT, ANTONY, Wendy wrote on her slate and added a sad face after her sentence.

I KNOW. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO, THOUGH, Tony wrote back. He noticed there was a large chalk board posted on a tree in the center of the village. Miscellaneous news was written on the board for all the villagers to read. He quickly went over and wrote on the board that help was coming soon. They just had to wait. Some villagers walked by and read the board. They cheered silently but eventually walked off. There was nothing they could do.

I NEED TO SLEEP, ANTONY, the princess wrote.

GO AHEAD. I WILL WAKE YOU WHEN THERE IS NEWS. Tony was also pretty sleepy from sitting up in the tree all night. Every muscle in his body was aching.

Princess Wendy was led into a small cottage by her guards. She was tucked snugly into a soft warm bed. She didn't know how she was going to fall asleep. She was so worried about being trapped in the Sixth Kingdom forever without any sound. But her exhaustion soon took over and she drifted off into a soundless sleep.