The Land Of Kaito

Breakfast

Breakfast. The most boring time of day.

Well, not usually, but now it was.

Yawn.

Cairo leaned over.

"Bored?" he asked.

I nodded.

Thee was absolute silence at the table. Mothenzerath was busy studying some papers, and every time Cairo and I tried to talk, the gogs glared at us.

Now, you might be wondering what a gog is. A gog is a creature with horns, buck teeth, a toothy grin...sound familiar?

Kim is a gog and now his "tribe" we're staring at us like a hawk watching it's prey.

"Kinda creepy, aren't they?"

"Who?"

"The gogs," Cairo rolled his eyes.

A gog gave us the evil eye.

"Let them talk," Mothenzerath said, looking up from his papers.

Finally!

Mothenzerath started talking about Kaito. After a bit, my mind started to wander. I tried to force myself to listen but it was no use; I couldn't stop thinking about the portraits. Why was one hidden underneath a tapestry? This was one mystery that couldn't go unsolved.

"Okay, Gisellle?"

I jumped.

"You weren't listening, were you?" Mothenzerath raised an eyebrow.

"No," I admitted sheepishly.

Mothenzerath sighed.

"I said to look out for the Evil Queen," Mothenzerath repeated.

"There's an evil queen?" I was alarmed.

"Yes, so you have to be very careful," Mothenzerath warned.

"Just exactly how evil is the Evil Queen?" Cairo asked.

Mothenzerath shook his head.

"I'd rather not tell you...you'd be quite scared."

I gulped.

"Wow," Cairo breathed.

"You don't know the half of it," Mothenzerath sighed, "she rules the northern part of Kaito."

"So, this evil queen...what's her name?" I asked, curious.

"No one knows," Mothenzerath said solemnly, "she refused to tell anyone."

"Yikes!" I said.

I was already not liking the Evil Queen.