Red Planet

Queen

  "Who's the most powerful in this world?" A demonic voice spoke.
  "I am." A more regal and confident voice answered. A queen looking in a mirror, with a demon staring back at her.
  "Who has the most gorgeous kingdom in all the galaxies?" The demon spoke leaning closer.
  The queen wrinkled her snout and dug her talons into the wooden dresser, "I am. You ask these questions as if the answers aren't obvious."
  The queen looked down at her perfectly painted and polished crimson scaled forearms, then softly let go of the dresser and admired her almost perfectly white talons.
  The demons smile faded slightly, "You seem tense.." it narrowed it's eyes, "You have perfectly cleaned and brushed, blonde fur. The most delicately made dresses and jewelry. What could possibly be wrong?"
  The queen lifted her head at the demon in the mirror. She swished her tail, feeling the strings of diamonds around it move.
  She was about to answer when a frail, gray, ball of fur with two tiny horns sticking out behind his ears came into the room, when he did the demon in the mirror quickly disappeared, just showing the reflecting of the queen now.
  The queen didn't turn to look at him, instead she looked him straight in his dull blue eyes through the mirror, he bowed and kept low to the ground afterwards.
  "Your majesty." He softly pulled out of his satchel a rolled up paper tied with a blue ribbon, "A message from Queen Odeta."
  She looked away from the frail boy, instead looked at her reflection. Her maroon horns that started a bit above her eyes then went back in between her ears and point up at the ends.
  The frail boy carefully took a few steps in then sat down next to her rolling out the paper, "By the past of our kingdoms, I hope to have a feast with you at your wealthy kingdom to discuss the alliance after me newly being crowned queen. Three days time from receiving this message after the one day delay. Greatest hopes you accept my offer. Signed Queen Odeta for Queen Rory."
  "Hm.." Queen Rory turned to look down on the frail boy, he quickly took out a fresh paper and a newly sharpened pencil then got ready to write, "Dallas, I want you to tell me if you missed anything, don't be scarred this time." Dallas nodded his head while his hand started shaking.
  "Tell Queen Odeta I would love to have her visit my kingdom, and she can bring a few guards and one special someone to make her feel more comfortable while she is here. Tell her I offer her to stay a few more nights to learn about my kingdoms customs and traditions if she would like. Get that?"
  Dallas wrote a few more things then sheepishly looked up at her, "Your majesty.. I must tell you Queen Odeta does not go by she,her terms, but instead goes by they and them."
  Queen Rory looked hard at Dallas then turned away to the mirror, "If she goes my they and them, why is she labeled as queen?"
  Dallas bowed slightly, "There is no official label for if a ruler goes by they or them, so the people just chose if they want to address the ruler as king or queen."
  "Hm.. strange." Queen Rory gently brushed the fur on Dallas's head, showing she is in power even though she didn't need to. "I will decide if I will call them king or queen when I see them in two days." She pulled her talons away from him. "Dismissed."
  Dallas bowed putting the papers in his satchel then walked out closing the door behind him quietly, the demon appeared again in the mirror when he left, entering with a loud and echoey laugh. "Well if you weren't tense before, you sure should be now."
  Queen Rory ignoring it as she gently took off almost all her jewelry except a tight gold necklace with a large ruby, she turned off her lights and went to sleep having nightmares of blue.