Author's Note: It's been several years since I've tried writing a Slayers fanfic. Alas, I'm going to attempt. This chapter is by far the most important. It has to be written out in order to achieve the rest of the story. Sorry, but the main characters of this fic will show up in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
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Chapter One.
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Amelia happily placed down a large amount of papers and smiled happily. She immediately jumped onto her desk and pointed towards the ceiling of her room, "Take that! This time I will win!"
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One Year Ago...
After the last mission of helping out Pokota's town and helping Lina and the others destroy Shabranigdo, Amelia felt dull. Sure, being a Princess of Seiryuun had its ups and downs, but overall she was lacking adventure. Since she found life to be completely boring, she decided that she would take a stroll around the castle, then take a stroll around the town. While walking around town, she passed by a bookstore. She noticed a poster-sized paper advertising something. Glancing at it, her eyes immediately turned into stars and she clenched her hands, "I'LL DO MY BEST!" After that, she rushed back to the castle, searched for her diary and began to frantically re-read all of her adventures.
What caught Amelia's eyes on the sign wasn't the over-exaggerated drawing, but it was the words placed on it:
'IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS! WHICH MEANS THAT THE CONTEST WILL BE TAKING PLACE AGAIN! AUTHORS! USE YOUR FINEST IMAGINATION TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE MELODRAMATIC ROMANCE! THIS TIME, THE PRIZES ARE BETTER THAN EVER! FIRST PLACE WILL WIN...'
Amelia didn't care for the prizes so she neglected to read what they were, but she did remember several years ago entering that same contest and winning second place. This time, she wanted to take her claim as the Melodramatic Queen of Novels! She was exceptionally excited with the fact that instead of Sci-Fi Melodrama, this time, it's Romance Melo-drama. So, in order to get inspiration for her novel, she hastened herself to use past-experiences to create the perfect winning story.
Amelia frowned while reading her diary. Certainly, she could attempt to make a love story between herself and Zelgaddis, but... every time she attempted to write, her face turned bright red with embarrassment. After three weeks of attempts and failures, she decided that she would try a different pairing. Yet, Gourry and Lina didn't suffice as a good enough subject for her. So, she continued to go through her diary. "Too boring, not exciting enough... ugh... when will I ever figure out who to use..."
Then, her eyes rested on one of her diary pages: Today, we found out that Ms. Filia is a golden dragon...
Amelia's eyes lit up. She jumped up and down with excitement, "This is perfect! Miss Filia! She's one... beautiful! Two, she's got a great personality. She's compassionate... even took up Valgaav's egg to raise as her own son... Now! This can be an awesome romance! Surely Miss Filia will never find out about her being a heroine in my novel! And of course... hehe! She will be paired with her enemy! Mister Xellos! Ooooooh! This is exciting me already! I just love these type of stories! Though! I can't forget to add in some justice! Naturally, a story just isn't good enough unless it has justice! But hmmm... romance... maybe I should go read some romance novels to get a good idea of what shows up in them..."
Amelia rushed out of her room and went to the library. Once there, she began to read romance novels. After several chapters, her face turned extremely red, "Oh my... who knew how... specific these details are... ummm... I don't know how I'm going to write stuff like this... and Miss Filia and Mister Xellos won't be happy if they read this type of stuff... Ah! Like they'll ever find out! Even so... I must use an alias for my name!"
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End of Flashback.
Amelia ran out of her room and rushed over to Phil, "Daddy! I finally finished! And with a few days before the deadline!" Phil smiled towards his daughter, "As expected of an ally of justice! Daughter, may I read the story?" Amelia smiled brightly, "Of course Daddy!" She happily handed over the manuscript to her father, who then sat down in a comfortable chair and began to read.
After several hours, Phil called Amelia over, "Umm... is something wrong Daddy?" Phil's face was red and he was on a very-romantic chapter, "Amelia... I... I want to know... where did you get these ideas? Certainly, I know that my daughter hasn't participated in such actions!" Amelia's face was beet red, "Daddy! I... I researched it... I... I'm planning on waiting until marriage..." She was completely embarrassed. "Good good! I must admit that this is very... flashy, but the story seems to be great! And I don't know why, but I feel as if I know the names of these characters... are these your friends?"
Amelia shook her head back and forth, "DADDY! It's not a true story! Though... I do wish that those two would get together... Miss Filia could definitely change the ways of Mister Xellos! They could then become Allies of Justice and wander the world spreading Love and Joy!"
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Due Date.
Amelia happily delivered her novel to the competition. While there, she noticed a very familiar face. "Oh ho ho ho!" Amelia politely smiled, "Miss Martina, it's been awhile..." Martina handed in her novel to the competition as well, "Oh! If it isn't Miss Amelia! Planning on losing again? Oh ho ho ho!" Amelia twitched a little bit then responded, "Miss Martina! This year you shall lose! Unlike your novel, mine has a touching forbidden romance mixed with the realms of justice! No one could ever challenge such a touching story!" Martina laughed aloud again, "Justice in a romance novel? Ha! Certainly that won't defeat my novel about a poor princess who ended up losing her kingdom only to be united with a stunning rich knight! And under the protection of Zomulgustar, they consecrate their love!"
After the time limit of when the novels were due, the announcer of the competition spoke up, "And now that all of the novels are in, the five judges will each read them and make notes! After that, the judges will get together and discuss with one another who deserves to be first place. Allow me to go over the prizes again. First place will receive a rare pearl necklace along with their novel being released to every bookstore known to the human race! Not only that, but the novel will be heavily advertised, making it a best seller. Second place will receive 24445 gold coins. Lastly, Third place will receive a year's supply of tissues along with a gold bracelet. The winners will be announced in a week! Best luck to you all!"
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After a week had passed, a large group awaited the results of the popular competition. Several competitors were shaking, afraid of the results. As for Martina and Amelia, they both had full confidence in their work. At last, the results were announced, "In third place, Loving You Fondly by Miss Mermaid! In second place, Falling In Love Under Zomulgustar's Powers by Martina. And finally, in first place... Namagomi by AoS!" Amelia smiled widely and glanced at Martina, "It seems that I have defeated you this time! Maybe you should buy yourself a copy to enjoy it!" Martina frowned, "And what, pray tell is your alias suppose to be?" Amelia smiled, "AoS! It stands for Amelia of Seiryuun!" Amelia was extremely excited about her acheivement. She didn't care for the prize, but was a bit excited that she received a new pearl necklace. She completely forgot the fact that her book was going to become extremely popular. Though, she didn't worry, because she knew that none of her acquaintances would read her novel. Or if they did, since it was under an alias, they wouldn't know who created it.