Chapter 23 - The Portal
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Queen: As the two of you pass through those gates, our lives and the lives of all our people will be in your hands. We won’t get another chance for another descension. All hope rest with you. But know my loves, you are smarter and braver than you know. I believe with all my heart that if anyone can do this it's the two of you.
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Queen: Aiko, you have so much of your father in you. He would be so proud of you if he were here.
Aiko: He is mom, right here where he will always be.
Queen: I love you so very much! Come back to me.
Aiko: I will mom, I will.
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Queen: Rey, from the time you have entered into our lives you have been a daughter to me. There is no one I would trust more than you to be by Aiko’s side. You both have seen each other through every trial, and now more than ever you will need each other to overcome this trial.
Rey: Thanks you my Queen, I will
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Scene: After saying their final goodbyes, Aiko and Rey turn from the queen and walk through the gate to the portal.
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Scene: As they do it opens for them and they begin to walk across the bridge to the portal.
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Scene: Meanwhile, Gess hears them and starts to make her way across the lower bridge to the stairway below.
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Scene: As Aiko and Rey step on the platform, a light beam shoots through the tower. The portal begins to open between them.
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Scene: Meanwhile, Gess races up the stairs to find a hidden door in the ceiling of the portal.
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Aiko: what’s happening
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Rey: I don’t know. I can’t move.
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Scene: Just before they are transferred through the portal, Gess jumps into the beam of light, that transfers all three down below.
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Queen: Was that Gess who jumped into the portal with them? But that's not possible. Only elves can use the portal.
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