Chapter 12 Day 10 Tuesday
Draconaris Diablo makes an entrance.
Draconaris Diablo was resting in his castle in Moldavia when the message
arrived from Mr Petrova. He was fuming when he heard the news and then
calmed down quite quickly. His valet said, "Sir they would have only
called you with this information if they considered it totally outside
their scope to cope."
"Yes Egor you are correct as always. I will need to go and check the
facts myself. I do not want anybody to be going after the wrong person.
You know how restless the natives will get if they realise I still
exist. I will not have a princess injured like she has been and somebody
will pay for that regardless of who carries out the punishment. I want
the team ready to do my bidding once I give the word to go into
action." With that he flew through the night and arrived at the St
Petersburg in Scarborough harbour around 02.00. He rested for a while
and then made his way to the Royal hotel. He carried a black bag with
him like any doctor would. A guard took him to the room where Lucinda
was resting. He knocked on the door and Tiny opened it.
"Hello, Mr Petrova called me saying my help was needed and I flew
through the night to get here. Mr Petrova wanted me to inspect the
wounds on your Mummy and do what I can for her. You may call me Dr
Draconaris."
"Well you may call me Tiny. Everybody does. After you have made Mummy
better will you stay and have breakfast with us?" As she spoke he
noticed the mark on Tiny's wrist.
"Who marked you child? I doubt your Mummy did that to you."
Baby had awaked spoke, "The same person who did mine. Nana Princess
Alice Lavinia. Yesterday she showed all the senior ladies how to do it
and we who had not a mark were marked. We are going back to Whitby
today. We are going on the Dracula trail. Have you heard of Dracula?"
"In that case I might come with you as I would be interested to see
Whitby and the trail myself. It is quite a while since I last visited
there. First though we need to sort your mummy out."
Dr Helga entered the room. "Sorry, I did not realise another Doctor had
been called in. I believe Lucinda she is putting herself in a trance to
stop the pain. She is far worse on her front than the back and that is
bad enough. It looks like she has been whipped, beaten and carved with a
knife."
"I would like to see all the injuries myself. However I am glad there is
a professional here to help me and act as a chaperone. First we will
clean up all the scars and wounds on her back. I have brought a special
skin to cover the wounds with me."
Both Tiny & Baby watched as the wounds were cleaned with surgical spirit
and then a layer of skin was placed on the wounds.
Then Lucinda was turned over. "See what I mean Dr. It is as if somebody
has done the same to her on the front and then carved a cross on her
with a knife."
"We clean her and then treat them all the same. The person who did this
though will pay for what they have done, you can be sure of that. For
now though I am needed here and retribution can wait for another time
once Lucinda is better. For now though we need to clean these wounds
each morning and they should heal with the minimal of scarring.However I
will stay nearby to ensure she comes to no more harm. That is the least
I can do for her."
Baby & Tiny had got dressed. "Sir we have to take you to the dining room
with us. All the others are already there"
Tiny spoke, "Mummy we need to go for breakfast."
Lucinda responded immediately and then noticed the stranger. "Sorry if I
startled you Lucinda. Lucinda you have had Dr Helga & I looking after
you. I have painted plastic skin over the scars. I need you to have a
high protein diet to ensure that healing takes place. Now who did this
to you?"
Tiny spoke, "That is easy it is the same person who caused me to be. Mum
was raped at the age of 16. The person who did this has powerful
connections in the Russian mafia. We thought we had seen the last of him
when Mum got a job with Mr Petrova, but it was not to be. He has not
been around since I was born until recently when he turned up like a bad
penny. He wanted money off Mummy or he would tell the authorities what
she hides under her wrist & that she is a daughter of the Prince of
Darkness. Mummy could not give him anything, as we had no money. As for
Mummy being a daughter of the Prince of Darkness I do not think so. For
he would not allow Vladimir to do what he did to Mummy. If Mummy had
been as he said, one look from her would have sent him to his final
resting place. I certainly would not of allowed it if I was a Prince of
Darkness. Vladimir gave Mummy a beating as a reminder of what he could
do to her if he wanted to, if she does not come up with money for him.
He then carved a cross on the front of Mummy and went away laughing and
saying even he will not want you now that you have that on you. You will
soon be my slut and so will your child. I helped Mummy dress the wounds
as best I could. I was glad Mr Petrova offered her this trip because it
got us away from him. Mummy might be a lost princess but there is
certainly nothing evil about her. Vladimir on the other hand is evil. If
the Prince of Darkness exists I hope he takes him and does to him what
he has done to Mummy and the other ladies"
"Thank you Tiny. Mr Petrova suspected it was the same person who had
previously harmed your Mummy. I am here to ensure no more harm ever
comes to you or your mummy. I need to make a call to my associates and
then they will ensure your wishes are carried out." The doctor rang a
number and said, "It is confirmed. She has been badly carved and whipped
and beaten. The team may take him and have a free hand in his
punishment. Apparently he also raped her at the age of 16 giving her a
child that is a Tiny. So we can be certain that she is my grand
daughter."
Baby spoke, "I was going to ask cousin Gabriel if she would send her
troops to hunt down Vladimir and then he could be punished
appropriately."
Lucinda spoke, "Doctor, Tiny my daughter is correct. Vlad will come
looking for Tiny and me. His friends are all very powerful in the under
world. They will find out where I am and then inform him of my
whereabouts. So being here I could put others of my family in mortal
danger. Perhaps it would be better if I left and returned to my home."
"Lucinda your tormentor is being taken care of as we speak. He may think
he is a big man with the Russian Mafia but there are those that even
they fear. I have just turned them loose on him and his friends. I will
stay here for a while to ensure you recover correctly. Also I have
promised Tiny and Baby I would accompany them to Whitby. There is much
there for me to see apparently."
In Estonia Lucinda's attacker was picked up.
.
After receiving the order from Draconaris a group had set out to capture
Vladimir. "The boss wants this one collecting and then we can get to
play with him. The boss though wants to see his face when he realises
what we are. I have never seen Lord Draconaris so wound up about
anything before when he realised his grand daughter had been harmed I
thought he would blow a fuse. Our guest will be very lucky if he
survives. If the boss does not want our guest I know a few others that
might like him as entertainment."
Vladimir had gone out to a bar when he found Lucinda and her brat were
not at home and he thought his luck was in. The two of them approached
him at the table and started to chat to him. They even had bought him a
drink each from the bar he was frequenting. They introduced themselves
as the Gemini sisters. (Twin Sisters). He left the bar with one on each
arm thinking he had scored and then broke his own rule and took them
back to his apartment. He very soon discovered the twins were very
strong as he was overpowered once they got into the apartment. He also
was to find he was trussed up like a turkey ready for the Christmas
dinner just before it was put in the oven. Somebody came to the door
carrying some items and he was placed in a sack.
He heard one of the Gemini speak, "You may empty this apartment of
everything as he will not need it ever again." He was carried out by the
twins and thrown into the back of a van. He could feel they were on a
very bumpy road. The journey seemed to take a very long time. The next
thing he was aware of was being lifted out of the van and taken to a
room. There he was released from the sack his ankles were attached to
shackles bolted to the floor. Then his arms hoisted above his head and
also attached to shackles. The Gemini proceeded to cut off all his
clothing.
One of the Gemini spoke, "You have hurt somebody very dear to us. We
want some information off you and we could do it the easy way. We could
just kill you outright or we can do it the way we much prefer by taking
your life bit by bit."
"Get stuffed I have important friends and they will hunt you down and
kill you if you harm me. They are all powerful for they run the Russian
Mafia."
"Good at least you are cooperating. I thought I might have to thump you
like this. My Twin is an expert with a whip. Perhaps a few friendly
strokes of her whip might remind you what might happen if you lie to us.
I understand you like carving on girls in fact I have a few friends of
yours here who wish to say hello and to show you their appreciation of
your skill in carving."
His eyes opened wide as a group of girls entered the room. He started to
scream. "You can do that all you want nobody will hear you in here as it
is sound proofed. We decided to come and play with you. Now what do we
do first? I know you are a sculptor and like to carve girls. So that is
where we will start. As the Gemini told you we want some information
about all your associates."
Dr Draconaris went into the dining room and sat at the table with the
two tiny girls. Princess Alice looked across. "Who is that sat with the
girls and chatting to them?"
Dr Helga spoke, "Somebody called a specialist in from abroad when they
saw the scaring on Princess Lucinda. Dr Draconaris helped me clean the
wounds and covered them with plastic skin. He promised Tiny & Baby he
would accompany them today when they go to Whitby. In fact he was quite
taken on with the two of them. He was saying one day he would like to
introduce his daughters to them for they have a lot in common."
Princess Alice opened a locket that was around her neck and looked at
it. "Gabriel would you mind pushing me over to the table where Baby and
Tiny are?" Gaby did as requested.
As they got across Tiny spoke, "Nana Alice and Gabriel we hope you do
not mind we brought Mummy's new doctor for his breakfast. He told us he
flew through the night to get here to attend to my Mummy. Dr Draconaris
has cleaned and covered all Mummie's wounds to make them better. As he
says he has to stay until mummy is well. I have invited him to accompany
us to Whitby."
"Princess Alice nice to meet you again. I was surprised to see you here.
I thought you were living in Germany these days. I take it these two
little ones are your family as they both called you Nana. Now whom is
this pushing you? Oh no wonder you Alice are here. Are you looking after
the New Queen? I presume all the others are related to you in some way?
I heard Tiny call you Gabriel so I presume you are called Queen Gabriel.
That mark on your arm tells me something else though. Tiny has already
told me you are going to Whitby on the Dracula trail and invited me to
join her. Is that ok with you?"
Alice spluttered, "Do you think that is a good idea Doctor?"
Gaby spoke, "Princess Alice the Dracula trail is only visiting the
sights Bram Stoker wrote about in his book. There is no danger in that.
If you are scared we can find you a silver cross or garlic. Also we will
have Dr Draconaris with us."
Lucinda spoke, "Well I am coming with my new found sister. Nothing could
be as scary as Vladimir Jankosky was. If I had a wish it would be that
Vladimir was eternally consigned to the hell I went through with him. Oh
I have just had a tingle run through my whole body. As if my wish was
granted. Dr Draconaris you will be with us so I am sure I will be in
safe hands."
Alice spoke, "Dr Draconaris is it? The last time we met you escorted my
sisters and me to safety from the Red horde. I remembered then you used
a different name. Do you still live in a castle?"
"Queen Gabriel, Dr Draconaris is my correct name and title. I am a fully
qualified doctor. What I omitted to say was, also I am a Prince of
Moldavia. Or at least these days I live in my castle in Moldavia and
have a quiet life. My daughters tend to ensure I remain having a
peaceful retirement. They tend to get fed up with me being at home and
keep wanting to visit their cousins in Europe. They though hardly ever
leave the castle while I still visit the locals and treat them for their
sickness."
"Dr Draconaris, you are still welcome as are your daughters. As a prince
of Moldavia and apparently one who saved Princess Alice and other
Russian Princesses. Now you come out of retirement to treat Princess
Lucinda. Tiny & Baby are two of my dearest friends and companions. They
will still be children when others change to adults. I already have
ordered that Princess Alice Lavinia is treated with the utmost respect
as the senior princess and the only surviving daughter of Tsar Nicholas.
If you helped rescue Alice and her sisters then you shall as senior
Prince receive similar respect. You must have a gene that lets you age
slowly like my two companions. Now that I know what has happened to
Lucinda I will have to place a bounty on her attacker. He will have to
be caught and taught a lesson."
Granny Peters spoke, "Draconaris It appears you turn up when princesses
are in danger or need help. You escorted my sisters and me to the
Submarine that took us to England and safety. At that time you told me
you lived in Romania. You told me you were the Black sheep of your
family. Black sheep or not you were there for me and my sisters, and as
Gaby is my grandchild you were there for her as well."
"Prince Draconaris. It appears you also like Gunther deserve a medal
from me. I am to make presentations at the Great Yorkshire show in
Harrogate on Thursday. You will attend with the others. I would like
your daughters to be here with us. I did not realise Moldavia had a
prince though. Would you like to me to arrange a flight for your
daughters?"
"No Queen Gabriel they already are on their way here. Apparently they
wished to see Tiny & Baby as they all have something in common. Also
they have discovered they need to be close to me, or they get quite
distressed."
Princess Alice started to laugh as a group of tiny girls entered the
room and said, "Is our daddy here we missed him?"
Alice said, "Now I know where the gene has come from that my grand
daughters carry."
Lucinda spoke, "I feel silly calling you aunts. I suppose you are Mum's
sisters or at least half sisters? Also Tiny & Baby will want you all to
join the Tiny club. Grandpa thank you for coming to my aid."
"Father the Gemini took care of the problem and left the problem in a
nice warm place with Lucy and some old friends of his are taking an
interest in him. She said to tell Lucinda that she can sleep in peace in
the future. She also says we have to stay with and protect the Queen who
rides. We have to protect her from one who has tried to kill her several
times already."
Gaby spoke, "The person Lucy was talking about has killed at least one
person to my knowledge. In fact he killed the person in front of me by
running them down. The person who died was one of his drug dealers who
was also a racer like me. I helped the police catch him and then somehow
he escaped and burnt down my parents' home. He is a drug dealer among
other things and a nasty piece of work. Girls I do not know how you can
help me, but Maddy is at much at risk as me as we look alike. With the
recent media interest in me, he by now will realise where I am and come
after us again. However this time I have lots of protection. So I doubt
he will get near."
Tiny spoke, "Gaby, Baby and I promised we would be there for you. My
baby sisters are shocked that this fiend has repeatedly tried to kill
you. They say they left one set of Gemini behind and now they are here
they find another much younger set that they have been instructed they
must protect. They apparently can speak to us two without speaking as I
can receive messages in my head from them."
Dr Draconaris spoke, "I believe they are referring to you and Maddy,
Queen Gabriel. There is only one difference between the two of you and
that is the mark on your arm. Please show my daughters so they know
which of you is which. Lucinda & sister I am surprised my gene skipped a
couple of generations. You two and your mothers must be carriers or Tiny
& Baby would not have been created. Whilst we are here it might be
better if you Lucinda and sister are mothers to all this lot. I know
the relationship is different but who would believe it."
Cardinal Waibel stared at Dr Draconaris. He then held his hand out.
"Pleased to meet you Doctor. For a moment you reminded me of somebody
from long ago when I was a young priest in Germany. I was told the
person was bad yet he helped me and countless others without payment."
"My old friend I see you are now a cardinal. The last time we met you
were a novice priest. There are certain advantages if people believe you
are bad. They leave you alone, that is apart from the odd villager who
will send their daughter to work in my kitchen in the hope I will take
them as my wife. I usually let them work for me for a year or so and
then send them back home with a bag of gold. Occasionally one cannot
return home. This is because something happened to them and they would
not be recognised by their families. Alice I must apologise. I did not
know about your daughters. Had I known I would have been there for them.
Judging by your age I must have infected you but in a different way.
With you the infection must have very slowly infected you. I never ever
took a wife, as you were the only contender. Occasionally one of the
girls would sneak into my bed while I slept. They all wanted to be the
lady of the manor. At first I did not realise the maid had been in my
bed. She then started to be very sick and was losing weight fast. I had
her parents brought to see her. The father said, "May we stay till she
goes?" Well I realised what was happening and I had to fake her death. I
gave the parents a small pension and they cremated their daughter, or at
least the coffin they thought contained their daughters body was
cremated. As I say most of the girls return home with a purse of gold.
She may have been the first but certainly not the last. In fact it still
happens occasionally certain little people encourage some of the girls
to creep to my bed. They are told before hand to say their goodbye to
their friends and family. Most girls though these days come from the
orphanage. They are told to stay in my bed and kiss me when I awake."
Alice started to laugh. "They all were normal adults who became your
children."
"I was the first of the tinys. We sort of know who is suitable. It
appears that only teenage girls are affected and become tinys' like us.
We did try an older female once. She did become a bit younger and she
decided to play the part of our nurse. The Doctor did tests on us and
apparently our DNA had changed to match that of the Prince. With the
exception of me and one more all the others were orphans. I did contact
my parents when they sent my remaining sister to the castle. At first
they did not believe me then papa asked me something I only knew. They
were happy I was still alive if somewhat smaller. My blood sister with
my parent's permission did what I did. Mum and Dad cremated another
daughter and there was much sadness. Or at least a coffin that was full
of waste food. Mum and dad asked if they could work at the castle to be
near us. My original father is now Egor my Daddy's valet and my mother
is the nurse."
The group departed from the Royal hotel in Scarborough in the fleet of
coaches for Whitby. Nena spoke, "Welcome to the Tiny group it appears
Julia and I will be getting more flower girls. At this rate we will be
having more bridesmaids and flower girls than guests. Our journey today
is only 20 miles to Whitby. So even going at 30 mph we should do the
journey in about 40 minutes. We are now going over part of the North
Yorkshire moors. The last time we did this we went to Pickering and then
caught the train to Whitby. This time it is the more direct route we are
going on. In fact we might even see part of the old railway line from
Scarborough to Whitby. We are now going through Sandsend. It is very
quiet resort and has a nice clean beach even if it gets windy here.
There though are only a couple of shops." They then saw Whitby open up
before them and the coaches dropped down a steep hill into the town and
Den parked the coach in the coach park at the side of the railway
station. John & Arthur followed with the other coaches and parked
alongside.
"Now we need the old part of the town first. As we have lots of tiny
ones with us will one or two of the older ones help look after them?"
This brought a giggle from the tiny ones. "Now girls first we are going
to see the Dracula exhibition. I have been reading the book so I have an
idea what to expect. Do not be scared as it is only wax figures made to
look like the illustrations in the book." Inside the exhibition the tiny
girls and Dr Draconaris all burst out laughing at the wax figures of
Dracula & his victims.
Dr Draconaris spoke, "Nena I think we might like to read your book and
see how the story varies from those that are told back home."
The lady at the till spoke, "You come from Transylvania? Are the stories
there as scary as what we have?"
One of the Tinys' spoke, "Sorry we laughed. We come from Moldavia. Back
home Prince Dracula was a hero although he at times had to do some nasty
things to certain people. He kept his enemies at bay because he was very
strong. I think this Bram Stoker might have visited our country at some
time and taken the bad bits and added to them."
The lady laughed, "It is maybe a story. He certainly wrote it while
staying in the town and it brings us a lot of trade. Without it we would
be just another sleepy east coast fishing town. The other famous person
we have is Captain James Cook. He also has a museum. As it is you will
see every shop selling Dracula items. I for one am glad the story was
printed it gives me my living. A few miles down the road Robin Hood was
supposed to have saved fishermen from pirates. We used to be a whaling
port and Richard the Lionheart set off for the crusades from Whitby."
They went up the 99 steps to the abbey to see where Dracula was reputed
to have been buried. Then they came back down the steps and stopped off
at the Whitby Jet shop. They looked round and bought some jet items. One
of the tinys spoke. "Is a necklace made of this valuable? The assistant
went and called an old man from the back.
"Have you it with you now? If you have I maybe able to value it for
you."
"I have it with me here. I know where there are several more that are
similar to this. They all came from a relative who visited Whitby in the
past."
The man looked at the necklace and then went to some old files. "Yes the
necklace is made from real Whitby Jet. I can even tell you who it was
made for as I have the original sales ledger here. It was sold by my
great grand father to a prince from Eastern Europe. There should be
several more necklaces though. Every one of them is very valuable. I
have two here similar to them that I cannot sell because most people do
not want items so big these days. I had considered breaking them up but
father told me we must always have a set or two in case the person who
bought the original sets ever returned. I take it you are the grandson
of the person who bought the sets."
Dr Dracoanaris spoke, " Well I am related to him as are the girls. I
will take those two off you, as only two of the little ones do not have
a set. All the other little ones got a set each some time ago as a
present."
The shopkeeper boxed the two sets up. "Now I have to look for big enough
pieces for another two sets. If your grandson comes here they will be
waiting for him." Doctor Draconaris signed the sales receipt and they
left. It was not till they were long gone the woman assistant noticed
the signature was the same as on the original ledger."
From there they went to the market hall there they found a shop selling
velvet dresses in a medieval style. Tiny spoke to the woman. "Do you
have any in our sizes?"
"Yes the children's ones are in considerable demand. I might not have
enough in one colour though. The adult ones we can make to order if we
are out of stock in your size."
After the visit to the gothic shop they noticed the tall ships in the
harbour. Among them was the Bark Endeavour that was a replica of Captain
Cooks ship. The replica had recently sailed all the way to Australia and
back now it was moored in the harbour. Other famous ships were in the
harbour for the tall ship race. The girls had a look round some of the
ships. Then they went to the amusement area near the beach. Soon it was
getting near lunch. They got a message from Princess Alice, "Have you
had lunch yet? If not I have the perfect place for you all. It is next
door to the Dracula museum.
Soon they arrived back. Tiny and the others went in. The doctor said,
"What is this?
The waitress laughed, "If it has with blood it means tomato sauce. the
children love it. A glass of blood is red wine for the adults and
blackcurrant juice for the children."
"Ok I get the idea. Are all your meals seafood?"
"No sir we also cater for vegetarians and vegans' here. Most men though
go for our seafood platter which is a selection of sea foods and chips
with no vegetables."
"I will have that then, but can I have white wine, not red please? Red
does not go fish. It should be white."
"I take it sir you are not too enamoured with the Dracula theme."
Tiny spoke, "Actually for children the idea is great. I noticed the two
shops next door are empty. Will you be extending into them?"
"I had thought about it as we do get rather busy. However because of
the credit crunch my bank will not loan me the money I require. If I
want to expand I will have to look for a partner. Who though would be
daft enough to buy into an expanded Dracula cafe? Next door has a
Dracula exhibition. I had thought about an exhibition on the real
Dracula. Not the rubbish they have next door."
Tiny spoke, "What time do you close? As I might know an investor or two
who might be interested in helping you. I am being serious so will you
come to this address tonight in Scarborough and be prepared for a late
night? If you were serious about it that is." With that the group left.
"Tiny why did you say that you know nothing about her."
"True, but she does not know about her future partners. Does she? I
wonder if she knows about the eternally young daughters and grand
daughters of the real Dracula. Well I for one would like to put the
record straight about Grandpa and I liked the idea of the real story and
so do all my tiny sisters."
Alice clapped her hands and said, "Well said Tiny. I for one would be
interested if it was done properly. What I am surprised at is that lady
being so pro Dracula. You have not kissed her previously have you
Doctor?"
"No there was only one other and that was an emergency and I had to give
her the kiss of life."
Gaby spoke, "Aunt Alice I know you married a German aristocrat and had
children to him. He alas is departed. I feel you should perhaps get
married to your first love. If what the girls say is true then you will
be almost immune to the small changes. Now though I want to go to the
Captain Cook museum."
Inside the museum they looked around and then the attendant spoke. "Have
you any family in these parts?"
Gaby was about to say no then remembered and said, "Well there was one
person I know of who lived in this area, but I do not know where and he
could have used three different surnames. The first surnames you could
try are either Bond or Peters.
A few minutes later the man spoke, "I have census returns here for 1881,
1891, and 1901. I can find one address with both those names shown as
living in Robin Hood's Bay. The main person though is shown as being
born in Hanover. Would you like me to print off the pages? According to
this some of the family are buried at Fylingdales Parish Church, which
is the parish church for Robin Hoods Bay. I could get that information
if you wish."
"Yes please I would like to know who was buried there."
Outside the museum Prince Draconaris spoke, "I thought it was me who was
supposed to like graves. What is the interest in those at Fylingdales?"
Alice spoke, "Would the name Robert Battenberg mean anything to you?"
"Well if we are talking about the same person he went missing. He was
supposed to be in England but was never found."
Gaby spoke, "He married Victoria on the quiet and they had a child.
Later he was to take another wife and had many children to her. I am
from the Victoria line."
"No wonder Alice was eager to get over here. Not only do you carry the
line of Nicholas that I noticed you sported on your arm, but also
Victoria and Robert. Had that union become known it could have changed
history. I presume the British government know of your history?"
"For some reason they were eager to have both me and Maddy engaged to
William & Harry. I understand the Prime minister nearly had a heart
attack when he discovered as Roberts's descendant I was able to make a
claim on certain estates in the North. At the same time the Parliament
in Scotland was asking for the boundary between the two countries to be
altered. They did not expect what happened. Glasgow across to Edinburgh
got transferred to the new country of Northumbria. Apparently I am the
ruler of it. I also inherited certain other crowns from Grandma as her
descendant. From Robert I got the crowns of the Three Germanys, Bavaria,
Hanover, and Prussia. Since then Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland,
Ukraine, and Georgia have all recognised me as their monarch. Even
Russia has decided to accept me although it was people power that made
them decide. Currently they are bringing a harbour as a present for me
into Scarborough. This once constructed will ensure all my fleet can in
future all sail into the harbour."
Prince Draconaris said, "In that case we had better look at this church
on our return journey. I was hoping the Tinys could spend a little time
on the beach as it is not often I get to the beach with them."
"I know my father was wanting to look on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay
for fossils. If we set off sooner than planned we could please
everybody. That is settled. Den says the tide will be out and he knows
of somewhere that we can have refreshments. Princess Alice will need her
chair as will several others and we have a steep hill to negotiate."
They departed from Whitby sooner than intended and soon found their way
to Fylingdales Parish Church. There was a tent over one grave. In the
churchyard was the Rector he was looking at a tent over a grave. Gaby
spoke, "Hello we are looking to see if any of these people are buried
here?"
"I can take you inside and get the register out and then tell you if
they are here or not. Oh that grave has recently been opened for an
exhumation. The coffin was taken away for the corpse to be inspected.
The rest of the coffins have not been touched. The gravestone is
currently in the church for safekeeping. I have had it cleaned and
restored while it is in here."
Prince Draconaris said, "Wow no half measures here. Victoria is
mentioned, as is her child. The second wife is as interesting he took
Tsar Nicholas's sister as his wife. It appears they had lots of
children."
Alice looked at the stone and spoke, "Rector thank you for repairing the
grave marker. As a Princess of Russia & Germany I will see you are
reimbursed your costs. However my aunt and cousins should lie with their
father & husband in York Minster."
The rector placed the birth, marriages and death registers on a
photocopier machine. "I also have a copy of the inscription for you and
a copy of the grave book. Some of the villagers are rather upset that
Roberts grave has been touched."
Gaby spoke, "All here are family of those who rest here. I have to ask a
favour. Princess Alice is deeply religious and Sunday because of certain
reasons could not go to Mass."
"Now you young lady I do recognise. I saw you cycle on Saturday. The
Vatican channel also showed you up in Durham & Northumberland. I see
that surprised you. Both Anglicans and Catholics use this church. The
Catholic Church went down into the sea some time ago and has not been
replaced. The father and I came to an understanding and shared this
church. I know it is only a small thing but it works. Currently I am
also the pastor to the Catholics as their priest recently died and was
buried here. So far he has not been replaced by Rome. It also looks like
his former home will be the next to fall into the sea.
Cardinal Waibel was listening to this. "I take it your parishioners do
not mind sharing?"
"No sir and my bishop has given his permission for the church sharing
scheme. In fact this would have been the original church till the split
with Rome. As for the parishioners they all work together in the
surrounding villages regardless of denomination."
Cardinal Waibel got out his telephone and rang a number. "I am in
Fylingdales at the moment and have discovered Catholics and Anglicans
have been church sharing for some time. When is the late father due to
be replaced?
"Oh we have a problem there the priests home is in danger of falling
into the sea and we have not found anywhere suitable. We were quite
aware of the church sharing scheme. We were hoping the Anglican priest
would also continue to look after our people, but have not formally
asked him."
"In that case please inform the bishop that Cardinal Waibel has decided
to appoint the current Rector as joint priest to both communities. He is
after all doing that job and should be paid for it. Now Rector you heard
that you are officially appointed as joint priest. To formalise it I
will return on Sunday to officially appoint you in front of your
congregations."
"I have most of the furniture from the fathers house in my garage. All
his vestments are in the vestry. Who do I hand the items to? Some of the
furniture could be quite valuable. I also have various church furniture
and items that were saved from the Old Catholic church. We were
discussing placing most of those items in here. I will need to apply for
a bishops licence to do that."
Cardinal Waibel telephoned Bishop Richard in Durham to find out if he
was allowed to issue the required permit. Richard laughed, "We both got
appointed as joint bishops and you can certainly sign the required form
for both denominations. Tell the Rector that Bishop Seed from Durham
will come on Sunday to see him made first Anglican-Catholic priest."
"Right Rector have you a contractor who can install these before Sunday?
If you have asked him to get here now as I want to speak to him about
another job."
The rector did as requested. In the meantime the rest of the group went
down to Robin Hoods Bay. There the first stop was the ice-cream van on
the beach. The children went to play on the beach. Nena spotted a rather
large cafe and went inside. "Hello do you cater for coach parties? There
is rather a large group of us and some of the party wished to come here
for refreshments." Nena noticed the photos on the wall and looked at
them.
"I see you are interested in Robert. He had this place built. I am only
the manager. This place is owned by his heirs. Where they are I do not
know. Nobody has told me to close down so I just continue as my mother
did before me. Paying the money into the bank and taking a wage. I have
to send all bills to the bank and they pay them. I can provide food for
the entire group although it will be a little slow as I am on my own
today."
Princess Alice was being pushed by Prince Draconaris. He left her at the
cafe to go to the beach "Young lady I heard that. I think I have the
solution. My daughters do not wish to go on the beach so they can help
you. I noticed you have some baskets of fish are they fresh?"
My husband landed them not long ago. I was going to close for the day
and start cleaning them."
Nena spoke, "I think we will need them and more for all the group."
The woman telephoned a number and shortly a very weather beaten man
appeared. "Hi you asked for all the catch. The children have just
finished this lot. Are you sure you need it all."
"Mum can we go to the beach and play there are lots of little children
there today?"
"Just as soon as you have helped me clean these and then I can start
preparing a meal for lots of guests."
"Children go and play I will help your mother. Had she said so I would
have taken all the trays home to sort and clean. Sorry about the
children miss. They spotted other children just like them and wanted to
go and play with them."
Nena looked at the children and said, "You have all Tinys?"
The woman spoke, "Regular as clockwork they are. Each one comes along
exactly nine months after the last. I tried precautions but it made no
difference. They still pop out. The doctors tell me they will never get
any older and will eventually die looking like children."
Alice spoke, "The Tinys your children spotted are my great grand
children. My grand daughters have the same worry as you." As she was
speaking Prince Draconaris came in carrying a child. I believe this one
belongs here she got excited when she saw the others and used up too
much energy. I had to carry her back here." He looked at the photographs
on the wall he gasped. "Oh my who is this lady"?
"Sir that is my grandmother she was manager here like my mother was
before I became the manager. She is still very much alive. That was
taken shortly after a visitor dragged her out of the sea when she was
swept off her feet and dragged into the sea. She never knew his real
name only that he was a friend or guest of her boss Robert."
Alice grinned and said, "I presume he ended up giving her the kiss of
life?"
"He did save her life. Some of the men from our village said he must
have been immensely strong to fight the sea like he did that wild
night."
"Your granny and I have lots in common. My sisters & I were saved from
certain death in a similar way. My grand daughters also have produced
Tinys. So we have lots in common. I would like to meet your granny I am
sure we would find we have lots more in common."
The woman went to the telephone. The fisherman spoke, "I thought I could
not have children. Then they started coming every nine months. At first
I thought my wife was seeing somebody else, but when we both took
precautions the children still came along. We went to the doctors and
found something remarkable. Apparently my wife is capable of
impregnating herself. We just now just look on it as a blessing. I
presume before long she will no longer have children."
As he was speaking Sonja arrived. "We got your message. We suddenly
found there was lots more Tinys. Have we found another family member or
daughters of Lord Draconaris?"
"Did I here you say Lord Draconaris? That was the same name Granny told
me the man who saved her from the sea was called. Did you know him? He
must be very brave or very fool hardy. He was a friend of Robert
although I thought Granny said he was a doctor and not a lord."
Alice spoke, "As I said before your Granny and I have much to talk
about."
"Hello I am Octavia. My granddaughter May said we had lots of guests. I
see you are looking at me in my younger days when I was manager for
Robert. This is April my only daughter.
Nena arrived with Julia and the Tinys, "Sorry but while they wanted to
be on the beach and play there. They all need to check up on Daddy as he
did not come down to play with them."
The Fisherman spoke, "They are the same with me and worry all the time I
am at sea. Sometimes I wished I did not have to go to sea. I though need
to find some income. May here is the only one to have lots of children.
May is still drawing the same wage her grand mother did. I told her to
ask at the bank about a raise in wages. She though is scared that this
place will be closed down and then we would have problems."
Tiny and Baby came running in "Grandpa we have lots more Tinys here.
They also can talk to us and they wanted to meet you."
Octavia looked at him and said, "I know it is impossible but you look
like the gentleman who saved me years ago. Are you a Draconaris?"
"To answer your question my name is Prince Draconaris Diablo. I come
from Eastern Europe. I am also related to the person who saved you all
those years ago. He was visiting family he had here. Now to what I just
overheard about wages. I believe you Madame looked after Robert's
family?"
"I still am as I objected to his grave being disturbed. At least the
children who rest there have not been disturbed."
"Well from what I understand Robert thought highly of you. You sir are
quite correct. The wages of May should have increased long ago. Now I
have a proposition for you sir. The sea life centre in Scarborough is
looking for somebody part-time to talk about fishing. In addition I have
noticed a need for a mini bus service from the car park at the top of
the village to the bottom and return."
One of the Tinys spoke, "Daddy just do as Grandpa Draconaris says. We
have lots of sisters who need us."
The fisherman started to laugh. "Octavia, Bram Stoker had the stories
all wrong. Part of it was correct though. Lord Dracula existed and still
does. He though gives life and does not take it. He has remained as
young as when you first met him Octavia. That is why you thought he was
related to the man who saved you. Once he gave you the kiss of life it
meant he had shared his life with you."
"Do not be silly.You are insulting our guests."
Gaby spoke, "I am a direct descendant of Robert and the error over your
wages will be corrected. You Octavia did you only have one child?"
"I now this sound silly but it is the truth. I never married and never
went with a man yet I found I got a swollen belly. Only Robert though
believed me all those years ago. Twins popped out and one was still
born. Robert had the child buried along with his children that did not
survive. I was one of the few who knew Robert's true name. Not the name
he lies buried under on the tombstone. He had few secrets from me."
"You young lady have been marked the way the Russian Royals are. You
also are wearing German rings I recognise. My late mistress told me
about those marks. You are marked as the heir to the Russian throne. The
rings tell me you also inherited the Three German crowns of Bavaria,
Hanover, and Prussia. So both Nicholas and Roberts blood runs in you."
Granny Peters spoke, "Hello Octavia. The last time we met my sisters I
had just landed here at night and you brought us food and provided us
with shelter till we could move on.Gabriel is one of my grandchildren."
Nena looked at the women and spoke. "We are going to have to arrange
additional transport for all of these and extra tickets. All the Tinys
should be there on Thursday."
Prince Marcus spoke, "If you do not mind Gabriel I could land a
helicopter here and transport them all to the show ground."
Draconaris thought and then spoke, "Lucinda would you mind if I
accompanied Marcus as it will be the first time these Tinys have flown?"
Baby spoke, "Grandpa you will still be with one of your daughters. You
know we are all attuned to each other. With practise your daughters will
be able to communicate like we can. We know you also want to spend a
little time with your other family. We also have to be here on Sunday as
Cardinal Waibel promised the Rector we would be."
Octavia spoke, "You brought a Cardinal with you?"
Nena spoke, "He was ordered by the Holy Father to join us and attend to
our needs. We also have the Bishop of Durham on our staff. Alice
tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day. I was wondering if you and your
daughters wanted to come here and spend the day with Octavia. I know it
is not on the list to go to but some of the younger ones want to go to
escape at Castleford. It is an indoor ski run and toboggan run. There
also is a shopping area across the road."
Gaby noticed May look across at her husband. "Well some of my friends
wanted to go there and have some fun. I though cannot go without all my
Tinys. I know my mother and her ladies are wanting to look for bargains
across the road. I have been there previously and know there is also a
roller rink and a rock-climbing wall. For people who like bikes there is
also a specialist shop."
May spoke, "Gabriel as a descendant of Robert I presume you are an owner
of this place. Can I assume this trip is a job bonding exercise and that
all of us should attend as a job training exercise? Have I permission to
close the cafe until further notice?"
Renate spoke, "Yes you are correct. When this trip was first envisaged
it was as team bonding. I did not realise our team captain & daughter
were related. Now I noticed your glances. You already have stated
financially you are hard up. Octavia you like Alice became a partner of
Draconaris with that kiss when he dragged you from the sea. I think it
is high time he took responsibility for you and all his grand children."
Baby spoke, "All you Tinys are going to have to pack your bags and come
back with us."
One spoke, "Papa John may we go with our Tiny sisters."
"Yes and take them with you via the lift as I doubt they will manage the
steep hill."
Sonja spoke, "We will also be making our way back. I noticed a shop or
two we wanted to visit.So we will take the long way back."
This left May, John and the senior ladies. The telephone rang, "Aunt May
I have something to tell you. I might have investors to help me extend
my cafe. You will never guess what I had in the cafe today. Sorry I will
be with you soon. Tell the Tinys to be ready. I am taking you all across
to Scarborough to meet my investors. I think they might be surprised at
what we have."
May put the telephone down. "Sorry that was John's very excited niece. I
presume one of you has said something about investing in her cafe."
Fisherman John spoke, "I think we had better go the quick way as she
will be heading home now. I also need to speak with her mother."
May secured the cafe and they departed. The group found themselves in a
hotel. John spoke to an older lady at the desk and said, "Can you
arrange for somebody to cover the cafe as we have to go away for a
while."
Alice spoke, "I presume it is your daughter with the cafe in Whitby?
Have you any more children?"
"I wanted her to take over from me here as May did with her mother. She
though wanted her own place. No other than my much younger brother.
There is nobody else."
John looked at his watch. "Sister I think you had better go and pack a
bag for your self and daughter. May has gone to pack ours. Now you sir
can I offer you a drink from the bar? John looked at the barman and
said, "This is May's grand father he has decided to pay us a visit."
"Yes sir, I will also bring some wine for the ladies."
As they sat down to wait the door burst open and a young woman came
flying through it like a dervish. John spoke, "Steady on we are here
waiting for you. I believe you have already met May's grandfather
earlier today."
"The Tinys from earlier today. They are all your grand children?"
"Well actually they are my grand daughters children just like your
little cousins all are. I think perhaps their grandpa should provide the
funding for their cousin to enlarge her cafe. I also think you should
come and spend some time with your cousins. Your cafe will still be
there for you although from tomorrow the workmen are due to rip all
three shops apart. So it would not be a good idea to be around until it
is finished. Now young lady I would like a few questions answered. The
first is I take it you or somebody you know has visited Romania or
Moldavia?"
John spoke, "Actually it was my sister and my self sometime ago before
either of us got married and had children. We went on a tour of Eastern
Europe with Global. Have you heard of that company? They went into
liquidation recently."
Nena spoke, "Yes some of us used to work for them."
Cardinal Waibel came in and spoke, "The others are already on their
respective coaches. I have just had an interesting time with Rector
Bird. Apparently there were two of Tsar Nicholas's sisters living here.
One married Robert. The other lived with them."
Alice spoke, "That explains a few things I could not understand. Child
come here and tell all these what you see on my wrist."
The young woman spoke, "You are a daughter of Tsar Nicholas. Mother and
Aunt taught me the signs but Grandma would not permit us to be marked as
children and grandchildren of his sisters. They said it could bring
about our death."
Gaby who had come looking to see what the hold up was spoke, "You talked
to me earlier. The Tinys insisted you were given help. You must have
seen my arm but yet you said nothing."
"Sorry I did not notice it. I was taken on with there being so many
Tinys. They made me think of my little cousins and if I could use them
as waitresses in the cafe." She has a look at the mark. "Oh, Oh, Earlier
I thought you were just a teenage girl with her friends. Mum we will
have to collect the other three."
Gaby spoke ,"Other three? I thought we had you all here?"
"No there is Mum's sister who never married and looks like my twin and
then our grannies who are old ladies and live at 39 Valley Road in
Scarborough."
Gaby spoke into the telephone and got security. "I want somebody to go
to 39 Valley road and collect three ladies. Two of them will be elderly
so help might be needed. We will meet you back at the Royal."
The young woman spoke, "As my little cousins are all calling you Grandpa
is it ok if I do the same?"
"I suppose you might as well do so as even Gabriel is calling me that."
She launches her self at Draconaris and kisses him on the lips. "Thanks
I never knew my real grandpa."
Alice looked at Octavia. "Octavia it appears we are cousins and both
fell for the same person. I think we are going to have to keep a tight
hold of him or we might accidentally have lots more Tinys. It also
appears that Prince Draconaris puts in an appearance when a princess is
in danger or has been harmed by somebody."
Granny Peters spoke, "When we were here years ago I did not realise that
you were family. Had I and my sisters realised that, We might never have
moved away. As it was we moved to an area where I knew some family
lived. I think perhaps the cafe should be called The Princess Rest or
something similar as it has provided for many Princesses of Europe in
times of trouble. Now to you Constance, yes I know your name. Your
cousins have a remarkable ability and could read your mind. Providing
the builder has done as promised then work should have started on
ripping all three shops apart. We had intended to talk to you about it
tonight. However after calling at Fylingdales church we got a builder
who could start immediately. He also has a few alterations to do at the
Parish Church. Now Octavia there is something that I should tell you.
The remainder of the bodies in the grave will be exhumed and reinterred
at St Peter's in York with the rest of the family who have died in this
country."
"I expected that to happen when Robert was exhumed. Does the Rector
know?"
"Yes and the grave marker will still remain. It will be altered slightly
to say the above remains have been transferred to York Minster."
.
Gaby spoke, "Come on all the others are waiting. Constance it will be a
tight squeeze but the Tinys want you with them. So that means my coach.
Octavia and the rest will find it better on one of the adult coaches. I
understand your bags have already been placed on them."
The return to Scarborough was uneventful. John the fisherman spoke.
"This trip tomorrow do you mind if I do not go? I would like to have a
look round Scarborough and have a chat with some of my fishing
colleagues in the town."
May spoke, "Well I would like to look round Freeport. I am not bothered
about looking around the Escape part."
Gaby spoke, "We will be one coach down as Den tells me his coach has to
go in for a service. So we will be taking one of the Helicopters
instead. That will get us there sooner. I presume the rest of you do not
mind much slower coach ride. John and Arthur will let me know when you
arrive. Now we are back here I for one intend go back down on to the
front."
Constance spoke, "Do you mind if I come along? First though I need to
find my room."
Baby spoke, "Actually you will have to share with some of us. We are
getting rather full. So the smaller ones of us are doubling up or even
trebling up. Not that we mind as it is warmer for us that way."
Constance started to giggle, "Well it is a while since I have had to do
that. If the hotel was very busy then I had to share with some of my
tiny cousins and my room was let off. If you do not mind I will take you
two as I do not know you and it will give me chance to see what I have
let my self in for."
Tiny spoke, "I am Tiny and still the smallest of the Tinys. This is my
cousin Baby and all your cousins are sort of our cousins. You do not
need to find your room. We will show you it later. I need somebody to
lift me up to play the slot machines. Your cases will be taken to our
room."
As they were speaking they heard a "Oh my we have been invaded by
Tinys."
Tiny went across to the three ladies, "I will have you know I am Tiny
the daughter of Princess Lucinda and great grand daughter of Princess
Alice of Russia and Germany. This is my cousin Baby who is from the same
line as me. Now whom may you ladies be?"
"Well Tiny and Baby it is nice to meet you. So our niece Alice Lavinia
is also here. We are of similar age to her and I believe you have met
our Tinys already?"
"Oh I think they are expecting far older ladies than you two appear to
be. Nana Alice looked after me on the ship coming over and then we found
Tiny. We need some adults to take us down on to the front. Constance
came across and did a curtsey.
"Sorry I cannot stop to talk I have been detailed to look after these
two Tinys. Somebody thinks I did not spend enough time with them."
"So Constance we understand from your mother you branched out and
started your own cafe how is it doing?"
"You need ask. It was going fine and I wanted to expand but the bank
would not lend me the money. Then earlier today in Whitby my cafe was
invaded by Tinys and their friends. I now have discovered that they are
my little cousins and that their great grandpa has decided to help me
expand. In fact he already had booked the builders to do the job before
I even got home. He also has stated I and my cousins should be marked to
denote who we are and that was not negotiable."
"Yes Constance when the young men arrived at our house it was obvious
they expected elderly ladies. Apparently we two are together. Your aunt
though got waylaid by a group of Tinys who told her she was sharing with
them. They were calling her Constance so it was apparent to us they must
be new Tinys."
Tiny spoke, "Oh in that case she is with the daughters of Lord
Draconaris. To strangers they say they are our sisters. The reason why
is obvious. Baby and I are cousins."
"Well girls we do watch the news. For what recently has happened the
descendant of Robert has been accepted."
Baby spoke, "I came across with Nana Alice and the White Russians loyal
to her. We all travelled on the St Petersburg to Northumbria to greet
the new Queen."
As Baby was talking Gabriel and Nena approached the group. "Hi Baby I
thought you might have already gone with the other Tinys. Nena and I are
waiting for the guard to appear with the three elderly ladies. We
decided we would push them. Granny has gone to ensure the Whites are
ready to be reviewed by the two Princesses and Alice. Sorry Constance I
understood you had already gone down to the front with the horde of
tinys."
One of the ladies spoke, "Actually it was not Constance who went with
the Tinys. She is here chatting to us. We are the old ladies you are
looking for."
Nena spoke, "Oh it is not just Draconaris that has the long life gene.
He was going to take responsibility for all the tinys."
Both ladies glanced at Gaby's arm and then did a curtsy. "So you both
recognise me. As neither of you are as infirm as I expected would you
both carry my little friends? They soon get tired if walking. Nena and I
had intended giving them a piggyback down to the front."
Both Tiny and Baby put their hands up to be lifted up. One of the ladies
spoke; "It is quite a while since either of us carried a child. You two
though look light enough. Empress Gabriel we the sisters of Nicholas
would be pleased to agree to your request. It is a long time since
either of us reviewed any troops."
With that they left to go down to the front via the sealift. Before they
got out Gabriel placed the crown on her head. Both ladies grinned,
"There is no mistaking the crown of Catherine the Great. You wear it as
if it was made for you."
Gabriel handed the ladies a tiara each and said, "I believe these were
made for you two. They recently turned up." As they got out of the lift
they noticed sections of the new harbour were already being fitted into
place. Gaby also noticed another tent had gone up on the front.
Gaby, Nena, Constance and the two ladies inspected the lines of troops
they smiled when they got to the front. There holding a banner was the
other Constance and the remainder of the tinys. "They told me they are
the most important troops as they are the Royal body guard. Constance
how do you cope with all these? They have just about worn me out in such
a short time."
"Well it is a bit of a struggle so I had to called in for help to deal
with the smallest two."
"Hi I am Tiny and that is Baby my cousin. We have the job of looking
after these ladies. They will have to put Constance to bed with us. You
are so lucky having lots of tinys to keep you warm. Now we are going to
explore the new tent are you coming?"
Gaby picked up the smallest of the group still standing. "I am Gabriel
or Gaby to my friends. I did not get time to learn all your sisters'
names so perhaps you can help me if I place you on my shoulders."
"I am called Elizabeth but my sisters all call me Wee. They sometimes do
it to confuse Mum by saying we want Wee Wee. I am the one Grandpa had to
carry as I ran out of energy."
Constance lifted Elizabeth off Gaby's shoulders. "I think little cousin
I should carry you. I hope my bed is big enough for you to join Tiny &
Baby. Would you like to sleep again with me?"
Tiny spoke, "We have decided that Mummy Constance should have her baby
Wee Wee in bed with us. Wee Wee tells us she cannot sleep unless she is
cuddled up to Constance."
Constance said. "Even if she does not start out in my bed she somehow
manages to get in during the night as when I awake Elizabeth is always
there. Today was the first day she had not pestered me to take her to
the cafe in Whitby. I asked if she was ok and got told my sisters need
me today."
Baby spoke, "So it was you we locked on to. We knew we had another Tiny
as she could talk to us. We told her about Grandpa and he just happened
to pick Wee Wee up and carry her back to the cafe. So Constance must be
the breakfast bar you told us about."
Nena & Gaby looked puzzled. Constance spoke, "So you finally admitted to
somebody what you have been doing. You always awoke with white around
your mouth so I knew. If you have not already guessed I am permanently
lactating and could do with this ones help. I went to the doctors and
they gave me something to dry me up but it did not work. So when this
one started to relieve me it was a great help."
Holly and Ivy came across. "Hello are we allowed to call you ladies
Aunty?"
Both ladies thought for a moment and then said, "May we see your wrist?
Gabriel showed her arm and Holly and Ivy their arms. "Apparently you all
are entitled to call us that."
Gabriel spoke, "Constance yesterday all those not marked decided to get
marked. I even had one placed on my wrist so I know what it feels
like.Certain princesses in your line took a decision not to mark you. I
can ask Alice to mark you although it should be done by the senior
female in your line."
The two ladies look at each other. "Is that a request or an order
Empress Gabriel?"
Gaby thought for a moment and said, "I would prefer it if all your
family was marked. Renate thought it was barbaric and yet all her family
asked for her to mark them. So even she gave way and did as asked. Some
of the British Royals also have been marked with Elizabeth's sign."
Holly said, "Our Mummy fell out with her sister because of the marking.
Yet it has brought us all together. I would tell all the Tinys to have
it done."
Wee Wee lifted her head up and with a milk covered face spoke, "If
Granny dos not want to do it then we will ask Granny Alice to mark us.
My sisters all want to be marked like their tiny sisters. They told us
it only tickles. Can somebody wipe my face please? Constance will you
take me to the slot machines and we will see if we can win anything."
Gaby's father David had been stood watching the floating harbour that
was been locked into place. As soon as they were locked into place a
ship would pull up on the harbour side and men started to unload
concrete blocks that were placed on the seaward side of the harbour and
then more ships came unloading rocks. Other ships came with
prefabricated buildings that were being hoisted on to the new harbour.
He turned to Sigfried who was also watching. "All it will need is the
services connecting and then it will be ready for use."
Soon ship after ship from all the different countries was entering the
harbour and tying up. Dave realised the harbour had been designed to
cope with the severest of storms. Even with all the ships in it the
harbour was massive. As they watched the lights went on in the
buildings. In addition a new lighthouse was incorporated into the
harbour. As they watched the last of the Russian ships sailed into the
harbour and tied up.