Odette smiled softly down at her sister. "It's for you to play with. I know that you are lonely, and I know I haven't played with you in a while. But I will make it up to you." She smiled once again as she returned to het throne and sat.<br/>---<br/>Alva rose from her deep bow and looked up at her King. "My lord. There has been strange happenings. The forest has been.... Decaying..." She looked at her King nervously as she waited for his response.