Book2:KigdomIteDreams

et,writtenanddirectedbyKingDimitri.

    Anuredaothestage.ItwasNatalie,thecssicballetdaalndslim,shehadstylishposeandmatchlessgrace,elegandsymmetry,muchlikeagdioblossom.Thetwoofthemdaogetherseamlessly,perfectlychraphed.Nataliewasnotonlyadancer;shewasalsoatalentedposer.Shewoulduseapendsketchpicturesofposturesandmovementsastheycameintohermind.Thenshewouldstriogetherintoadahesesketchesweretherhythmofherlife,snatchesofhersilhouette.Thetwoofthemdanandonuntiltheycametothesideoftheke.

    Maryranquicklytowardsthem,hergoldenhairflyingandshimmeringinthemsunlikeaseaofgoldendaffodils.KingDimitrirememberedseeingMaryforthefirsttimewhenshewasrunningtocatchherschoolbus.Justasnow,sheranwithhershiningandripplinggoldenhair,trailingbehihewind.ItwasamomentthatremaiampedinKingDimitri’smemory.

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    AloudspshcaughthisattentionandKingDimitrisawaslimgirlburstoutofthewaterandwalkonshore.Herwell-tonedbodyseemedtobenaturallyoiled,aswaterranoffherhairandbodylikepearls.SheisDeanna,asagileandquiderwaterasamermaid.Shecouldremainforthreewholedaysier,evensleepingonitssurface.Shewasborninthesepartsandgrewuphere.Likethenarcissusthatgrowsbythewateranddownatitsrefleallday,Deannaisshyandintrovert.

    MarystoodbyherthekesidewithWhiteFairyandNatalie.Allthreeofthemhadlonghairfallingtotheirwaist.Theirthreedifferenttrastingcolorsplementedeachotherandmadeaprettypicture.Anotherspshofwaterbroughtoutanirl–naughtyDorna.Sheraisedherarmandshowedthemthergecarpshehadaught.Sheputdowthewater,butjustasitwasabouttoswimawa