Return to the Palace
King Ahmed and Ishtar have now returned to the Palace. Cassem has met them at the bottom of the stone steps and King Ahmed and Ishtar dismount. Cassem takes the reins of the horses and leads them away to the stables which is located at the back of the Palace.
King Ahmed needs sleep. He has not slept for three days now. Ishtar and him climb the stairs to the courtyard of the Fortress and go inside of the Palace. "Ishtar", says the King, "It is necessary for me to get some sleep now so I expect you will be able to amuse yourself for awhile". "Alright", says Ishtar and with that King Ahmed goes up the stairs to his room. He really should go to the waterfall and program the wireless monitor to scan the Galaxy for any unusual activity. This will have to wait until the morrow though as even for him rest is necessary.
With that the King prepares for bed. He falls to sleep immediately.
It is now ten-thirty and Ishtar decided to go up to the attic room with a candle and see what else is there. But first she makes sure that Nadia, the cook has feed Tartufe and let him outside. Ishtar decides to make a cup of tea with lemon and take it up to the attic room with her. While the tea pot is on Ishtar takes the lighted candle up to the attic and places it in a safe place. Then she closes the door and goes back downstairs to make her tea. After the tea is made she again climbs the stone staircase back up to the attic. She places the tea on the table by the round window that overlooks the courtyard and garden below.
Ishtar decides to read the book about disappearing and materializing somewhere else. This is considered a magic book for the supernatural. As Ishtar reads the book she sees that Nymph Faires are capable of this and also the supernataural such as herself. She follow the directions to study how to do this practice. You must stand and concentrate about diappearing. You must concentrate intensely which she does and then you must think about where you want to materialize instead of where you are. About this time Malika appears on the table in front of the round window. Malika wants to know what Ishtar is doing. Ishtar explains that she wants to disappear and show up somewhere else. Malika tells her this is easy to do if you are one of those who have powers. Ishtar tells Malika she does have powers. Malika tells Ishtar she does this all of the time. With that Malika then becomes her full adult size. Ishtar is impressed. Ishtar asks, "What shall I do?" Malika tells Ishtar to concentrate intensely on the stable. It is not too far. She tells Ishtar that she will meet her there. The Nymph Fairy tells Ishtar that King Ahmed is also capable of disappearing too. With that she was gone. Ishtar thinks, "Well here goes and with that she disappeared and came back inside of the stable. Malika was there waiting for her. Malika tells Ishtar she must practice doing this so that she can disappear effortlessly. Ishtar promises Malika she will practice. And then Malika left. Ishtar disappears again and returns to the attic room. Finishes her tea and takes the cup and the candle back downstairs to the kitchen. Now Ishtar decides it is time for her to get ready for bed so she goes back upstairs and prepares herself for sleep.
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