When Mako arrived at the castle, he saw that he wasn't the only one summoned by the Queen. A lot of different merman and mermaids were there. Young and old, smart and dumb, Mako couldn't see why this selection was summoned. Before he could think more the Queen came into the large room. Everyone made their elegant merman type of bow of respect to her, while she swam up to her luxurious throne. With a fluent movement of her hand she signaled for everyone to return to their upright position again. For a few moments she gazed upon everyone in the room. With a deep sigh she began to talk. "A great misfortune has befallen our clan," her voice sounded sad, yet composed. "Dispite our grand efforts, a great treasure has been stolen from our mids." The merpeople in the room started to mutter in disbelieve and aggravated. With another fluent movement of her hand the Queen quietened everyone down in an instand. She took out a sphere. It was perfectly round, gave of a gentle glow and fitted perfectly in her hand. Another sigh. "We used to have two of these, but now we are left with one. The magical powers of the combination of the two spheres is what has been protecting our precious clan." The Queen took another look around the room silently. "I choose to summon you all because each of you has regularly been outside of our clans territory and thus has experience with what awaits outside of our safe boundaries. I need some volunteers to search and retrieve what is rightfully ours. For the safety of our home, family and precious clan." The Queen has been very seriously speaking while she ended her speach with the request. Mako didn't know what to think about all of this. This was the first time he had ever heard of these spheres that kept the clan safe. After looking around he concluded that he was not the only one that didn't know. Around him various discussions sprouted, but this time the Queen only sat on the throne quietly and didn't stop the rising noise. Mako quickly made his decision. This could be a good chance to prove his abilities and finally gain some respect from his clan members. He swam forward a small distance. "I volunteer," he loudly proclaimed. Everyone in the room was quiet for a moment before the murmering started again. The Queen showed a beautiful smile to Mako. "Thank you, Mako, I greatly appreciate your help." Other merman and mermaids in the room couldn't take being overruled by the young Mako and swam forward too to volunteer. The Queen smiled upon all of them. "Then my grand heroes please rest and come back tomorrow so that I can share all the information that I have gained about this aweful criminal." Slowly everyone went back to their homes. Not knowing what the Queen was going to tell them tomorrow. When everyone had left, the Queen took out the small sphere again. While caressing it lovingly, she softly spoke so that nobody but she could here it. "Soon, I'll finally have both of them."