| “The X marks the spot.” Buzzy stated. “That is where the trail breaks off and leads to the mouth of the hidden cave where your parents and a band of the king’s loyal army are waiting for an opportunity to strike. They have been waiting for the last piece of information. Which I have, that explains the exact location and amount of force necessary to cause a compromise in the foundation of the Dark Queen’s castle. Which if we can budge it, will bring down the whole castle and every evil body in it.” Ozzy interrupted, “But first we have to get past the Dark Queen’s army that checks every person that wants to climb the mountain path. They will recognize Anna. They may also be looking for a blue horse at this point. Even if they are not; a blue horse is going to gather attention. We need to camoflauge Splash as well as Anna. The rest of us are just foul, in the eyes of the Dark Queen’s army not too mention the Geese Police. Which I fully expect to also be on guard of the castle.” “Nothing this Dam Duck can’t handle!” Dan exclaimed while making a feathery fist and smashing it on the map causing a few feathers to fly in random directions. “I’m not afraid of any Geese. Police or otherwise.” Ozzy stepped forward and said, “Not all the Geese are our enemy. Many of them joined the Geese Police because they wanted to do good. It was their leaders and the politicians who misled them. Now many are faced with knowing what they are doing is wrong but if they say anything the entire rest of the squad turns against them seeing them as traitors. This is almost a perfect manner for controlling the troops and keeping them from ever really questioning the orders that come down. Then they are put in a position where they have to get their own hands dirty or be faced with the traitor brand. Once they have done something they knew was wrong, it gets easier the next time and easier than that the time after. Suddenly one day they wake up and realize they are in so deep there is no way out. Corrupted power has led to the downfall of every civilization to ever exist.” next page |  Dark Queen |