Zatch Bell: Return of the King

by Hysterical Insanity

4 years after the Battle for the Mamodo King has ending, the Mamodo are suddenly pulled back into the human world! Why, and how can they go home again? Full summary, pairings, and that sort of thing inside below the prologue! Title is temporary, this is NOT a crossover with Lord of the Rings! T for violence, language, and impossible science!

1. Prologue

Zatch Bell: Return of the King
Hysterical Insanity Productions.

Not so long ago, a great battle took place on Earth. 100 Mamodo children came to Earth to battle for the crown of their world. The battles were fierce, for with the Mamodo came great books containing spells for each Mamodo child to use. The catch, however, was that the Mamodo could not work alone. Each book could be read only by one human. These humans, Book Keepers, if you will, ranged from children to adults. They were of every height, color, personality, and status. The Mamodo and Book Keepers sometimes disagreed, but, in the end, they found that each pairing were a perfect match. Every team desired the crown, but only would win.
Zatch Bell.
That was four years ago. Now, with both worlds settled down after the long fight, a new disturbance threatens the peace brought by Kind King Zatch. Something is terribly wrong.
One by one, the Mamodo are vanishing, back into the human world.
To the far north of the Mamodo World, tucked inside a dark cavern, a rapidly fading girl grinned.
"They'll pay for not picking us for the battle, my dear. They truly will."

A/N Sorry it's so short, but it IS just a prologue, after all! The number of OCs will be severely limited, I can assure you. Only two (technically three, but you'll see.), except for a handful of times when I might need a plot device and don't want to use an actual character. If you'd like your OC to make a short guest appearance as a plot device, you can PM me a short description and I'll see where I can fit them in. I'll try to put in everyone I can, but I'm trying to use as few 'Main Character' OCs as possible. I will NOT accept a character that strikes me as a Mary Sue/Gary Stu. (If my 2/3 OCs get too Mary Sue-ish, slap me. Please.)
As for the pairings, it'll be a dose of this and that. No OC pairings; so if you hate those, don't worry. Small amounts of Kiyo/Megumi, Lien/Wonrei, fluffy Zatch/Tia (They're still only kids, after all.), and Sherry/Brago. I don't plan on this being a solely romantic fic. There will be romance, though. It's not really central to the plot, though, so you can mostly ignore it.
The full summary, as promised, is almost exactly as the prologue describes. 4 years after the Mamodo Battle has ended, a strange force causes them to return to the Human World. Reunited with their Book Keepers, they must hurry to discover what happened to them, and just how they can get home!
The story will mostly follow Kiyo, Zatch, Megumi, Tia, Kanchome, Folgore, Sunbeam, Ponygon, Sherry, and Brago. But there will be others. Like the villain.