Anastasia

Travel the world

I loved walking around the coven at sunrise, it was quiet, really quiet, not a sound, I could still hear people snoring, but I could blank that out, people would start waking up in around two hours, so I had two hours to think, think about anything and everything, there was one thing I had been thinking about for a few days, I wanted to travel the world, not the mortal world but the magical world, I had always dreamed of travelling to Narnia as a child, and now I had a chance to see the magical world, I wanted to go with the man I loved but would he be able to come with me? What with work and everything. Soon, as I was sat on the bench overlooking the whole coven, I heard an alarm somewhere, I knew people were now waking up, so I decided to walk home.

Once home I could hear clattering in the kitchen, that could mean only one thing my mate was cooking, ahhh I loved his cooking he was a god when it cane to cooking, I looked up and smiled knowing someone must have read my thoughts, but I wasn't sorry, not at all,

"Morning babe" I greeted Damon with a kiss, Damon held me by the waist.

"Morning beautiful, how was your walk?" He asked, I told him it was great and I helped him set the table, we sat to eat and I thought about how to approach the subject of travelling, would he be ok with it? Will he be able to come with me? Who would I take if not him? Could I even go without my soulmate? "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked touching my hand it was now or never

"I've been thinking..."

"I'll alert the media" Damon announced I looked at him like I would break him in half and he put his hands up in surrender

"You and Robert are definitely friends" I told him, shaking my head, when he raised an eyebrow at me I explained how Robert had said the same thing a few chapter's ago, he just laughed

"Anyway, what's your relationship like with your boss?" I asked as I bit into some toast

"It's ok, I guess" he shrugged not knowing where this was going

"Do you think your boss would mind if you took a couple of months off?" When Damon gestured with his hand for me to go on I carried on "I feel I should meet my people, the seven kingdoms, I think I, we should go and meet them" I shrugged too not knowing what else to say, but what Damon did took me by surprise, I don't know what I was expecting but I wasn't expecting him to laugh, not just a chuckle but a laugh, he stood up and went to the front door where his jacket was hanging, he took out some folded papers and walked back to me  he handed me the papers, I unfolded the papers and read them

"Wait, this is...." I stopped and looked at Damon, then I looked at the papers again "You already asked for two months off, but why?" I was so amazed at this

"I have no idea" Damon shrugged "I walked into work yesterday, and found myself in my boss's office asking him for two months off, he gave me the time off starting today, no questions, and I'm actually glad he didn't ask coz I still don't understand why I asked for the time off" I smiled at his explanation "so" he started as he held me by my waist again "when would you like to leave?" I kissed him whilst I thought about it

"How about now?" I asked hopefully
"Ok" he smiled with a nod, "but, I would suggest we take someone else with us, actually two other someones" I raised an eyebrow questioningly "Dylan and Charlie would be great" I was about to say no but Damon stopped me "Charlie has seen the world, he has travelled everywhere for his books, it would save us time in travelling by road or air" he finished and I had no choice but agree, so when I nodded Damon let go of me and rang Dylan, I blinked upstairs and decided to pack, I packed t-shirts and jeans for me and Damon knowing he'd wear nothing else, I packed a few dresses for me as well but not many,

"Are you going somewhere?" I turned towards the voice

"Robert, yes, Damon and I are going to see the world, if I'm to be queen I want to get to know my people, to listen, to help" I nodded

"Uh huh, are Dylan and Charlie coming too?" He asked randomly

"Yes, why?" I asked as if I was waiting for a bomb to drop, Robert just smiled

"Coz Charlie's standing right by the door" he whispered pointing to the side where the door was, I looked to see Charlie standing there

"Am I interrupting something?" Charlie asked

"Uh, you do know that I see and talk to ghosts, right?" I asked him as I pointed to where Robert had been standing, Charlie  looked too but obviously couldn't see anything but thankfully he nodded, as if to say yes he knew and all I could think was thank the gods, I mean can you imagine what it would be like to try and explain that.

"So what are you doing?" Charlie  asked me

"I'm packing?" I said in duh tone "Wait please don't tell me packing is a mortal thing, in the magical world we don't pack, we just click our fingers and clothes appear" I clicked my fingers for effect

"No, we don't click our fingers, some witches maybe but not vampires and Lycans, we pack" he smiled he came and sat on the bed where the suitcase was laying open, my dresses and t-shirts and other clothing on display, I quickly closed the lid before he could get a good look

"Did you need something?" I asked not meaning to sound rude or anything

"Yeah, we're having a meeting downstairs,  Dylan thinks it would be a good idea to plan where to go, when to go, and how long for, so that two months are enough to reach your goal, I came upstairs to call you down"

"Oh" we walked downstairs and into the living room, Dylan had a pad infront of him and a pen in his hand, on closer inspection I could see all the continents written down, and some towns and what seemed to be covens "Hi Dylan" I greeted with all the enthusiasm I could muster

"Good day your majesty, I hope you're well" he greeted standing up

"Um, new rule for when we're travelling, and even after we return, Dylan Charlie I think you have both earned the right to call me Anastasia" all the men gasped as if this was unheard of "You guys are my family,  and I don't believe there is a need to be so formal" both Dylan and Charlie sat on one knee in front of me, like warriors sit, there heads bowed and their right hands on their heart,

"Thank you for the honour, Anastasia" Dylan said

"Yes thankyou, so much" Charlie said as they both stood up

"Now Dylan, Charlie let's have something to eat before we proceed any further with this plan" without waiting for comments I went into the kitchen and started taking out ingredients to make cheese sandwiches, I also took out snacks and drinks, I put everything on a tray then took it into the living room, Charlie stood up when he saw me and took the tray from me "thank you" I told him, he set the tray on a table and I sat on the floor infront of it

"Your majesty, please come sit here" Dylan said as he got up, pad and pen still in hand

"Didn't we establish no more your majesty?" I announced still sitting on my spot, Dylan nodded "I'm fine here, you don't have to treat me like a porcelain doll, treat me like I'm your friend, not your queen" Dylan sat down again as I took a walnut and put it in my mouth

"Even if we spend two days in each coven, two months will not be enough to cover the whole world, this is impossible" Dylan announced as he ripped the page out of the pad, screwed it up, and threw it on the floor, I saw four screwed up pages on the floor "sorry, I'll clean that up later" he told me sheepishly, I just shook my head

"Dylan, we don't need to travel the whole world in two months, we can cover what we can then come back home and go again when we can, you know when work permits, where do you work anyway?" I asked popping another walnut into my mouth

"You don't know where I work?" Dylan asked to which I shook my head with a shrug "I'm Charlie's publisher" Dylan announced I smiled at that this meant Dylan and Charlie could take more time off, we just had to worry about Damon, but I'm the queen and I was sure his boss would be ok with him taking more time off.

"Great, that's brilliant" I smiled "now stop worrying about the trip, and eat something, all of you, please" I picked up the tray and held it infront of Dylan, Dylan took the tray from me, and set it down again and all the men took a sandwich and started to eat, we talked easily after that we just talked and talked and we laughed, it was a fun day.

That afternoon Dylan and Charlie went home with a promise of meeting here in the morning at eight sharp.