“Orfa, before we
leave, please tell me what you have written of the preparation for this grand
event.”
“Yes,
Your Highness,” The scribe unrolled a long scroll and began to read.
Today King Omni of the Northern Kingdom of
Golden World, during the sixth revolution of Golden World around the bright
Star Sunyan, seven moons before Summers Eve, has embarked on a journey to make
his family. The King is riding his white steed covered with a gold, a red, and
a purple silk cloth all with the crown and scepter insignia. King Omni will be
attended by two heralds carrying golden horns with red and purple triangle flag
insignias and twelve flag bearers—half with purple flags, half with red. A
battalion of guards, four large supply flagged wagons with rations, tents, and
supplies, too many to count. Behind them are white wooden carriages with golden
trim and gold insignias on the doors, each pulled by two white horses. Within
them, guides holding gold crowns and scarlet and purple clothing. Each carriage
has two grooms aboard and four guards following along with yours truly, all in
our finest attire, to attend the grand welcoming of the King’s new family. And
in the sky, the colorful dragon Luca will fly with grandeur from above, showing
the magnitude and joy of such a monumental occasion.
When
she was through, as was her custom, Orfa pit her feather pen in her hat and
rolled up her scroll and bowed to the King.
“Very
good, Let us proceed,” said King Omni.
Orfa walked to a groom who was
holding her horse and helped her to climb on it, while the heralds gave a
fanfare on their horns. King Omni started forward and all the company joined
him.
Luca
took off in flight. He was bewildered at the grandness of the affair. This was
the first time he had ever seen such display and was curious to see where all
this would lead. They made their way around the castle from the gate and headed
south toward Downington Ocean. The large parade traveled until the sun started
to set.
In a large meadow, the King raised his arm to
the sky, and shouted, “Halt.”
The trumpeters on either side again
sounded their horns for the halt. The carriages lined up to the north, and the
carts were placed at the four corners of the set up area. Servants and guards
fell to work, pulling tents out of the wagons and putting them up. The tents
were purple with the Kingdom insignia of gold surrounded with a red outline on
each side. Ribbon- like flags of red and purple graced each of the five tent
poles. There were four ribbons on the tall center pole and one of each color
was on the four outer poles. Others gathered wood for fires and brought out
food from the carts. Luca had been flying along, watching the festivities
dumbfounded at their meaning. He landed near a grander tent being raised in the
center of all the others. It was like the others but much bigger. It had a wing
that the others did not have. A red carpet was being put down in the tents
doorway, leading though the awing into the tent.
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