Magical Instincts

Chapter One

Yuri was asleep in his bed, having a nice dream about the Great Demon Kingdom. He was sittting in the throne room overlooking all of his friends and subjects. Conrad was on his right along with Wolfram and Gwendell and to his left was Guinter, his daughter Gisela and Dacascos. They were all there smiling at him and wishing him something. They kept on saying it over and over again. But for some reason he could not hear what they were saying. He kept trying to strain to hear, but whatever he did he could not hear. He knew nothing was wrong except with his hearing. Everyone was so happy.

All was going well within the kingdom and he knew he was okay. All of a sudden he heard a series of explosions outside the windows of the hall. Everyone was still smiling at him and then, all went dark. He could still hear the explosions, one right after the other. Suddenly he bolts straight up, waking himself out of what was fast becoming a nightmare, and noticed that the explosions were in sync with the blaring beeps coming from his alarm clock! "Damn alarm clock! It's 7:30 am! Scared the bajeezus out of me!" He thought angrily to himself. "Who in the world set the alarm clock? I know I didn't. It was probably mom, she does that quite a bit on the week days, so I am not late for school, but today is Saturday, so why..." Before he could finish the though, a bang came from the door as it swung open, revealing the perp of this outrageous crime.

"What up, Shibuya!" The other boy said! "Of course!" Yuri thought to himself. "It's you Murata! What the heck were you thinking setting my alarm for 7:30 in the morning!? It's Saturday!" He blew his top at the sight of his best friend, demanding to know what the boy was thinking.

"Oh come on, don't tell me you've forgotten what today is?" Murata asks, chuckling to himself amused. Yuri just sat there, trying to wake up and remember what was so special about today. He sat there for a few more minutes but could not put any plausible ideas into his head. He looked back up at Murata to see him smiling down at him. Yuri knew something was up, but for the life of him he could figure it out!

"Okay!" Yuri said, a little annoyed at his friend's continued smiling, "So tell me, what's today? It can't be that important for you to wake me up at 7:30 in the morning, on a SATURDAY!" He knew he was being a little bit childish but he really wanted to catch up on some sleep. He had been really tired and fatigued the last couple of days. He was about to apologize to Murata for his outburst, but before he could, his friend only startled chuckling again.

"Come on! I ain't gonna tell ya! You're gonna have to figure it out for yourself," Murata was saying. "But you need to hurry, the bath is ready!" He finished. Yuri sat there for a minute, "Bath? Why in the world would he need a..." "Oh crud!" He gasped, and Murata just looked at him a little startled. "We're going to the Demon Kingdom today, aren't we. I can't believe I totally forgot!'' He said in a rush, as he threw the blankets off of him and dashed to get his clothes from his dresser and closet.

He picked out the uniform for the Demon King. He liked this uniform because it was comfortable and was a lot like his school uniform. He put it on quickly, turned for the door and literally slammed into Murata on his way for the door. He grabbed Murata's hand and led him to the bathroom, saying, "Come on! We don't need to waste much time. I want to go before my mother..."

"YURI!" He heard his mother call, "I need to see you for a..." Yuri got to the bathroom before she could finish and slamming the door jumped into the bath tub full of lukewarm water.

"Hey Shibuya, don't you think you should talk to your mom." Asked Murata, but before he got an answer the water in the tub had always began to swirl and form a whirlpool dragging him and Yuri into the depths of the portal. Before they got all the way down to the bottom, Yuri looked up and saw the angry face of his mother. "Well, I am going to be scolded when I get back! Hopefully I don't have to come back for a while." he thought to himself, starting to relax into the current of the whirlpool. He found out during the first times of using the portal that if you relax you won't feel like you can't breathe while you were under the water. He just closed his eyes and let the water pool him down and down. Soon, he felt that the current was now pushing him up. He looked up and saw a bluish light coming into view. "Well, that was quick! It usually takes longer than that! Well, I guess it just depends on where I end up on the otherside. I guess I am going to end up at Covington Castle. That route usually takes the least amount of time."

He kept looking up and saw that he was now closer to the surface than before. Another half a minute and he broke the surface, gasping for a little breath before standing up, and looking around. Sure enough he was in the fountain in the center of the gardens of Covington Castle. There standing in front of him holding a towel for him was his godfather Lord Conrad "Conrart" Weller. He smiled at Conrad, and said, "Hey Conrad!"

Conrad just smiled at him and replied "Welcome back Your Majesty," He gave a slight bow. Yuri became a little frustrated with the way that his godfather had addressed him. "Conrad!" He started saying, a little sterner than he ment to be, causing Conrad to look at him quickly, a worried expression on his face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so frustrated, but, how many times do I have to tell you, not to call me 'Your Majesty', you're my Godfather, call me Yuri!" Conrad looked bemused, he suddenly chuckled.

"Yes, Yuri. Forgive me?" He asked the Demon King, knowing what the answer was already going to be.

"Of course he will, Conrad. You already know he will, so why don't you stop stalling and hand us the towels!" Murata said coming up from the surface right behind Yuri. Murata stuggled a little bit before he got his footing on the slippery flooring of the fountain. "Careful Shibuya, the tiling is a little..." SPLASH! "Too late!" Murata laughed to himself.

Shibuya took one step and slipped and fell backwards into the fountain, getting drenched from head to toe once again. Conrad jumped up into the pond and hurried over to Yuri. "Are you alright, Yuri? You didn't hit your head did you? Do I need to call Lady Gisela?" Conrad was frantic while trying to help Yuri to stand back up, making sure to keep a good hold on his godson's arm before helping him walk to the edge of the fountain before putting both hands under the boys arms and lifting him over the side.

"Now, that's enough Conrad, you're starting to sound like Guinter!" Yuri said, laughing a little bit. "I am okay, I didn't hit my head and no, you don't have to call for Gisela!" Yuri looked back towards Conrad who seemed to sigh in relief. "Really! You really are starting to sound like Guinter!" He thought to himself, amused. "By the way," he continued, "where is everyone at? Wolfram and Guinter are usually here with you to welcome me back!" Conrad and Murata glanced at each other sharing an amused look. Yuri noticed this and became completely annoyed. He felt something was up.

But before he could say anything, Conrad and Murata both took one of his arms and started pulling him towards the castle doors that lead to the great hall and throne room. When they entered into the castle, they stopped, both took a towel and started to dry Yuri off. "Whoaaa!" He yelped in surprise. "What in the world are you doing?" He asked them, a little freaked at the sudden rushness of both his godfather and best friend. They both kept silent as they continued to dry him off. "What the heck?" He thought, "Now I'm being ignored?" He could help to start feeling a little aggitated. But he let them do what they were doing.

When Conrad and Murata seemed satisfied with how dry he was, they took him by the arms again and head straight for the doors of the Great Hall Throne Room. Conrad, pulling Yuri along couldn't help but keep smiling at what he knew was coming. "He's going to be stunned!" Conrad thought to himself. Murata shared a look with him that could be interpreted to mean I totally agree!

Yuri couldn't help but wonder what in the world was going on. They soon reached the hall's grand doors. Conrad reached out and took one handle and Murata the same with the other. They pulled open the doors revealing a dark hall. Yuri was beginning to feel this situation becoming a little sketchy. All the times he had been in the Great Hall it was lit, he had never been in with the lights off.

All of a sudden Conrad and Murata both pulled at him to force him to follow them into the hall of darkness. He almost freaked out before he found himself in the room and the doors closing behind him. "WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU..." He began to yell at his friends when all of a sudden, all the chandeliers and light fixtures all burned with a bright light to reveal all his friends and subjects were standing in front of him with huge smiles all there faces.

"SUPRISE!" They all yelled. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Yuri paled!

End of Chapter One: Surprise!

Next: Chapter Two: Fatigue!

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